40. All villains (4000 words)(1/2)
"The hard work I'm talking about is for you to work hard. I can make faster progress by practicing for just two days than you can by practicing for two months. So why do you work so hard..."
As soon as Liu Xiu said this, everyone in the audience was filled with questions.
Travis Outlaw, first-round pick out of high school!
His height, wingspan, athletic ability, and physical talent are off the charts.
In this year's Rocky Mountain Summer League, Travis Outlaw and Mo Williams received extremely high ratings.
Not to mention he is a superstar, but he is also a genius with star looks.
What is this guy who looks like an ordinary person talking about?
Can you talk nonsense just because you look good?
This offseason, Liu Xiu is indeed one of the three rookies with the most news. The other two are LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony.
But unlike those two, this rookie of the Trail Blazers made headlines by relying on gossip.
Unexpectedly, Travis Outlaw didn't refute! Instead, he covered his head helplessly.
What the two said seemed to be joking, but they didn't seem to be joking...
"Healing value +19, from Quintel Woods."
"Healing value +8, from Rasheed Wallace."
"Healing +18, from Jeff McGinnis."
"Healing +5, from Derek Anderson."
"Healing +25, from Damon Stoudemire."
"Healing value +13, from Dale Davis."
"..."
"..."
…
The healing value has increased!
The blood is finally starting to return!
Just now, when Liu Xiu entered the training ground, a reminder flashed before his eyes.
"The Portland Trail Blazers training camp lineup is complete, and the host has joined the Trail Blazers training camp lineup."
This tip means you can save healing points!
Coincidentally, Travis Outlaw, a good partner, immediately provided an assist.
Liu Xiu's "great and upright" remarks alone are at best offensive because he "occupies the moral high ground". In fact, except for teammates who are directly competitive in basketball, most people will not associate this with basketball.
, cannot get healing value.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't get it. For this kind of thing, you have to make preparations.
But Travis Outlaw's angrily questioning later gave Liu Xiu an opportunity to directly get the healing value.
Although the healing value obtained is not very much, the highest is only 25, but it is not bad.
After all, this isn't something that can really bring about serious mood swings.
It's better than nothing.
These increases in healing value also allowed Liu Xiu to understand the impact of his words and deeds on different teammates.
Although it is not certain, we can know how much his teammates like or dislike him from the feedback obtained from the healing value.
'I was originally worried that not coming to the arena early would delay getting healing points, but it was a waste of time if I came... Fortunately, all members have to be in the team to join the team... Wait, there are no healing points to get during the offseason every year?
'
“The host needs to be in the competitive team to obtain healing value. When the host withdraws from the competitive team, the healing value ends. The host twice quit the competitive team after the summer league because the end of the summer league means that all participating members have withdrawn from the summer league.
After the host joins a team, if the host does not withdraw from the team, it will not be regarded as withdrawing from the competitive team during the offseason."
'So that's what it is...'
As far as Liu Xiu knows, he has only experienced one team change - the Syracuse University Orangemen changed teams to the Portland Trail Blazers.
The first time I encountered such a situation, I didn't understand it, but now I understand.
Randolph changed the subject and said to Matt Carroll: "Matt, I didn't expect you to get the contract. I thought you were going to play in Europe."
The tone was a bit surprising, but Randolph was even more surprised that Liu Xiu actually had several friends in the team!
He really didn't think about it, but he, Lan Pang, had become Liu Xiu's friend...
Matt Carroll responded: "My agent was originally talking to me about going to Europe to play, but I didn't expect the three of us worked so well together in Salt Lake City and the team kept me."
Liu Xiu came out at the right time: "Ruben has renewed his contract, of course you can."
"..." Ruben Bontje didn't expect that this would bring the topic to him!
But he's not angry either. Yes, he only played two games last season and got a total of 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, but he just got a guaranteed contract of $660,000 a year.
There is no other reason. He is 213 centimeters tall and weighs 117 kilograms.
Resolutely, Ruben Bontje was ridiculed by several teammates who were close to him while lying down and taking money that ordinary people could not earn in ten years.
The Trail Blazers' "Fab Five" of the Orlando Summer League are back together again, and everyone is happy.
As long as there is no discussion about hard work, everyone will be happy.
…
There was no friendly atmosphere where the whole team introduced each other and everyone got to know each other. Liu Xiu noticed this.
After the two of them came in, Travis Outlaw, Matt Carroll, and Ruben Bontje came over to say hello.
Liu Xiu even felt that since he and Randolph didn't come, the three brothers didn't dare to let go of their voices when talking in the team.
Liu Xiu didn't think about bringing the whole team together...
The 'Fab Five' of the Orlando Summer League gathered together and chatted. Others were also affected by Liu Xiu's words at the moment. They felt that this hour's 'showing diligence time' would not have any effect, and they gathered together with good friends.
We started chatting together, and in a short exchange they all talked about Liu Xiu, a rookie who made people feel uncomfortable when he first arrived.
This was the first time for most of my teammates to meet Liu Xiu, and their first impressions were very deep.
Shortly before 10 a.m., head coach Maurice Cheeks and chief assistant Kevin Plitchar arrived at the training ground.
"Hello, we have changed a lot of people this year. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Maurice Cheeks. You can call me Morris or you can call me coach."
As soon as Maurice Cheeks finished introducing himself, the ‘Ohu Squad’ shouted in unison: “Okay, boss.”
It had been more than half an hour since Liu Xiu made his debut on the team, and his teammates had just begun to pay less attention to the rookie before they were attracted to him again.
Are you... making fun of the head coach?
This title belongs to the Trail Blazers.
Assistant coaches and trainers always call Maurice Cheeks 'BOSS', but players have never called him that.
Randolph has never shouted like this before. Travis Outlaw and Matt Carroll are two rookies. The former is honest and the latter is cowardly.
Reuben Bontje, one of the few water fountain keeper.
Then there is only Liu Xiu!
This rookie is seeking death! He actually teases his teammates and teases the coach!
Paul Allen, the Microsoft tycoon, gave Maurice Cheeks a lot of power!
Aside from the lack of trade rights and player management, Maurice Cheeks is basically the same guy.
Paul Allen would not interfere with Maurice Cheeks' coaching, either by firing him or by giving Maurice Cheeks full command.
Maurice Cheeks glanced at the 'Aohu Squad' and ignored it.
This has different signals in the eyes of different people. Randolph breathed a sigh of relief - 'Why did you believe this kid's evil deeds and go ahead and tease the coach?'
But just now he shouted the loudest.
He has a straightforward temper, and in his opinion, if Maurice Cheeks didn't have an attack on the spot, there would be no problem.
He wouldn't think about what would happen if something like this happened, or what would happen behind the scenes.
Others are different, they rejoice in others' misfortunes, are speechless, and look down upon them... There are so many different things about all sentient beings that it's impossible to list them all.
This episode did not affect the gathering process. The coaching staff arranged for everyone to introduce themselves so that everyone could get to know each other or get to know each other again to promote relationships within the team.
Maurice Cheeks knows that it is of little use, but this matter is not his responsibility. He belongs to the decision-maker of the coaching staff. Kevin Pritchar can do these chores whenever he wants. What if it has any effect?
But it really didn't have any effect. Maurice Cheeks saw the position of his players and knew that the new season would be more troublesome than last season.
On Liu Xiu's side, when introducing himself, Randolph was introducing the old players of the team to him.
"Patterson, Woods, and McGinnis were part of a criminal gang. Originally, Wells and Pippen were part of the same group, but these two left.
Stoudemire and Patterson have a very good relationship, but Stoudemire is not on their side. McGinnis and Stoudemire are both your competitors, and they will definitely target you."
To be continued...