"Shaq? Who are you talking about?" Kenny Smith wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
"Li Hao, a Chinese player of the Lakers" has been said, and there is no way out.
"Hahaha~~~" As O'Neal finished speaking, Barkley couldn't help laughing.
"Shaq, I know you want to create a topic, but you can't have no bottom line. You are a second-round pick, and you are also a Chinese outside player," Barkley mocked after laughing.
In the NBA's decades-long history, there have been many second-round picks who have performed well, but there has never been an example of a second-round pick becoming the best rookie.
"Charles, have you forgotten Yao?" Barkley's bet with Kenny Smith really entered the Chinese fans' horizons.
Bet on Yao Ming not to score 19 points in a single game in the new season.
The result of that bet was known to all Chinese fans. Unfortunately, Kenny Smith was not willing to let Barkley kiss his ass, and finally chose a donkey instead.
"Yao is the inside guy," Barkley said.
"Why don't you make a bet?" Kenny Smith, who was not too concerned about the excitement, suggested.
"What are you betting on?" It was O'Neal who asked. Although O'Neal was talking about Barkley, in fact, O'Neal already had some regrets in his heart.
"Let's bet on who can become the Rookie of the Year in the next season. If Jabari Parker becomes the Rookie of the Year, then Shaq kisses Charles' butt. If the Chinese player Shaq said can win the Rookie of the Year, then Charles kisses him. Shaq ass,” Kenny Smith said.
"What if neither of them wins Rookie of the Year?" O'Neal asked.
"Then it's a tie, and the bet doesn't stand," Kenny Smith said.
"Kenny, we made a bet, so what are you doing?" Barkley looked at his old partner Kenny Smith.
"I'll be the referee" Kenny Smith didn't want to be involved in a butt-kissing bet, even though he was the one initiating it.
"No, I have to bet on three people together." At this moment, Barkley and O'Neal had a perfect understanding.
"Say one too," Barkley said.
"Andrew Wiggins" Kenny Smith had a million rejections in his heart, but he knew very well that he couldn't refuse this matter, and he couldn't refuse it, otherwise it wouldn't be him sitting here.
"Don't worry, I will wash both butts by then." Barkley seemed confident in himself.
"I'm looking forward to you kissing my ass," O'Neal said not to be outdone.
"I won't let a donkey replace me this time." Kenny Smith also fought hard for his position as the Big Three.
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Li Hao became popular, although it was only a small one. Because of the bet between Barkley, O'Neal and Kenny Smith, Li Hao, the second-round pick, appeared on TNT with the No. 1 pick and No. 2 pick, and appeared in the mouth of fans.
Li Hao, who was training with the team at this time, didn't know about it yet, but he soon found out. After the show, O'Neal called Kobe as soon as possible,
"Hahaha" Kobe immediately laughed in the locker room when he heard about the bet between the three O'Neals.
"Kobe, you didn't lie to me, right?" O'Neal couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, Shaq, you have to believe my opinion, Lee is a very good guy," Kobe said.
"Is that little guy with you? Let me say a few words to him?" When it comes to basketball, O'Neal knows that Kobe never talks big.
"Li? He's still practicing three-pointers on the training ground." Five hundred three-pointers a day is a training that Li Haolei can't hit. When he was training at Kobe's personal training hall, Li Hao made at least 600 three-pointers a day. In the last week In order to reach 80 attributes, Li Hao shoots at least 1,000 three-pointers every day and keeps shooting as long as he has time.
"Does that little guy work so hard every day?" Hearing how hard Li Hao worked, O'Neal gained a little more confidence.
"Of course, Shaq, you don't know, Lee is the hardest-working player I've ever seen." Kobe almost turned into Lee.
"Kobe, please send me Lee's phone number later. Forget it. I'll come down to Toyota Sports Center and we'll have dinner together tonight. Call Lee." TNT is headquartered in Los Angeles, and O'Neal is originally from I have a house in Los Angeles.
"Okay." Kobe, who was originally planning to go home, finally agreed to O'Neal's invitation.
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When O'Neal arrived at Toyota Sports Center, Li Hao had not yet completed his 500 three-pointer mission, so he did not stop because of O'Neal.
Kobe had returned to the training ground at this time. Originally, Kobe was going to take a shower and go home, but after O'Neal wanted to treat him, Kobe returned to the court to practice again and wait for O'Neal.
"Hey~~Shaq, why do I feel like you've gained weight again?" Kobe could tease O'Neal at this time, but he would no longer be qualified to do so when he retired.
"You'll know when you retire." O'Neal rolled his eyes at Kobe.
"No way, even if I retire, I will work out every day." Kobe felt that he would never gain weight.
O'Neal did not argue with Kobe, but turned to look at Li Hao, who was still practicing three-pointers.
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Li Hao's shooting posture is standard and can be called a textbook. Not only is Li Hao's shooting posture extremely standard and beautiful, but his shooting speed is also amazingly fast, and his shooting percentage stunned O'Neal.
The difference between 80 and 85 seems to be only 5 points, but these 5 points of attributes bring a qualitative improvement to Li Hao. As a person involved, Li Hao feels this the most.
"500, Li, today's training is up to standard," the trainer who has been passing the ball to Li Hao said.
The trainers in the Lakers team have working hours. In order for the trainer to stay and help him train, Li Hao has to pay a little extra money.
"So be it, Mike." Mike Leal, the Lakers' new trainer this year, is just over 30 and is considered the apprentice of legendary Lakers trainer Gary Vitti.
"Hi~~~" Seeing Li Hao finish training, O'Neal took the initiative to say hello.
"This is Shaq, you should know him," Kobe introduced Li Hao.
"Of course, the league's number one center, Shaq, I am your fan," Li Hao said immediately.
"Haha, Kobe, I like Li Hao." Olney said and gave Li Hao a hug.
In front of O'Neal, who is 216cm tall, Li Hao, who is 195cm tall, looks a bit petite.
"Lee, you should say this to a lot of people, right? It seems like you said it to me too," Kobe revealed.
"Yeah, is there a problem that I'm your fan? I've been watching you play since I was a kid," Li Hao said seriously.
There seemed to be no problem. Kobe finally stopped worrying about this topic: "Shaq said he wanted to treat us to dinner."
"Invite us?" This made Li Hao completely confused. This was the first time he and O'Neal had met.
"We'll talk about dinner later. Let's take a shower and change clothes first," Kobe said.
"Okay." If someone invites someone to dinner, Li Hao will naturally not refuse. Although Li Hao is not short of money now, as a Chinese, his virtue of being diligent and thrifty must not be lost.
PS: It’s a new month. Isn’t it too much to ask for votes?
