"You're fired from the team!"
"After this game, go back to the dormitory and pack your bags!"
In the locker room, the words of the team general manager Yan Lei were like a thunderbolt from the blue. Zhao Feiyang, who was sitting on a chair to rest, was surprised, "Why? I just came back from injury!"
"You are 29 years old this year, and your peak period as a player is over...The team has supported you for so many years, and it can be regarded as the most benevolent..."
"What special code does the team have to support me for so many years?"
Zhao Feiyang immediately became angry when he heard Yan Lei's words, and stood up from his seat with a bang.
"In that semifinal two years ago, if I hadn't hit a three-pointer to win, would the team have reached the finals?"
"If it hadn't been for that ball, would my knee be injured? It would take two years to recuperate! Has the team given me a penny in the past two years?"
Zhao Feiyang still wanted to argue, but Yan Lei had no intention of listening anymore and interrupted him directly, "Okay! Whatever you think!"
"Whether you think the team is burning bridges or you think the team has failed you, in short...you have no right to bargain now..."
Yan Lei left.
Zhao Feiyang was left alone and stunned.
He has been here for seven years as a player of the CBA Sharks club.
From the time he entered the club at the age of 22, he started as a rookie and later grew into the main player of the team. It can be said that he dedicated his best youth to this team.
Here, he signed two long-term contracts, one as a rookie contract and one as an extension contract.
The Sharks Club is not considered rich, and they did not offer him a very high price in these two contracts, especially the second contract extension. Calculated, his monthly salary is only about 20,000 yuan, which is very high for a professional. There are too few players.
Even so, Zhao Feiyang did not jump to other places, even if other clubs offered him several times the price.
Unexpectedly, before he could realize his pursuit of "one man, one city", the Sharks Club would be the first to abandon him.
"The second half is about to begin!"
"Please ask both teams to enter as soon as possible!"
The staff's reminder came from the radio, Zhao Feiyang woke up, and his teammates happened to return to the locker room from outside.
The room suddenly became lively. Looking at these familiar figures, Zhao Feiyang was in a trance. His career seemed to be over!
"Once today is over, I'm afraid I'll never see you again!"
Crunch.
The door opened again, and this time it was the team's head coach Li Guohai who came in.
Li Guohai looked at Zhao Feiyang as soon as he entered the door, and the two looked at each other. Zhao Feiyang noticed that Li Guohai nodded at him, presumably knowing that he was fired.
"The lineup will be adjusted in the second half."
"Substitute Xu Rui inside, remember to fight for more rebounds..."
"No. 2... Zhao Feiyang enters..."
The lineup arrangement was completed and the players walked out of the locker room one after another.
When Zhao Feiyang passed by head coach Li Guohai, the other side rarely reached out and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him in his ear, "Play well in the second half, and I will let you play for the rest of the time..." .Age is the biggest threat to professional players and no one can avoid it..."
"It may be a relief to leave the stadium. Let's find a serious job in the future!"
Zhao Feiyang glanced at Li Guohai gratefully and nodded lowly.
The second half is about to begin.
Sharks players came on stage one after another, and the moment they walked out of the tunnel, loud cheers erupted in the Pearl City Stadium.
Unfortunately, most of the cheers were not for them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the NBA China Tour."
"This is the NBA preseason game."
"Today's game teams are the Pearl City Sharks and Los Angeles Lakers... In order to repay the support of Chinese fans, the NBA and CBA jointly hosted this game..."
More than 20 years ago, NBA President David Stern waited in the cold wind in front of CCTV for a full hour before he had the opportunity to meet with CCTV leaders.
Five years later, with his unremitting efforts, the NBA finally entered the Chinese market.
Later, Yao Ming was selected by the Houston Rockets, which narrowed the distance between the NBA and China and made the annual China Tour event more and more lively.
Until this season, in order to create more publicity stunts, the NBA took the initiative to express its willingness to invite a CBA team to China to play preseason games.
As they expected, the game did attract quite a few fans.
Especially when many fans learned that Kobe Bryant was personally leading the Lakers, the tickets for this game were sold at almost sky-high prices.
The Pearl Sharks are not strong enough, so for the sake of game viewing, the Los Angeles Lakers played a lot of tricks in this game.
At most times, the score difference is only within 15 points, and most of the players on the field are substitutes.
call out.
On the court, the referee's whistle sounded.
The third quarter begins immediately.
The numbers on the scoreboard stood at 46-60.
The Sharks trailed by 14 points.
"Ding!"
"The 'Super Star Experience Card' system has been successfully activated!"
"Start as a newbie and give the host a gift package for newbies: a Ray Allen experience card."
"This experience card is valid for ten minutes."
experience card?
Ray Allen?
Zhao Feiyang was shocked.
Ray Allen is so familiar to him!
Just two years ago on February 7, the Boston Celtics played against the Los Angeles Lakers in a home game.
Ray Allen hit a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Rondo. This three-pointer brought his total number of goals to 2,561.
Surpassing Reggie Miller's 2,560, he officially became the person with the most three-pointers in NBA history.
"Fuck!"
“It’s awesome to be able to experience it for ten minutes!”
"Isn't this kind of random killing on the field?"
Zhao Feiyang is full of expectations.
Before he hesitated for too long, the game started on the field.
It was the Sharks' turn to attack.
The ball was given to core defender Li Wei, who held the ball across half court. Zhao Feiyang had no extra time to be stunned and could only quickly get into the game.
After the ball passed half court, Li Wei held the ball and organized an attack at the top of the arc.
Zhao Feiyang reacted quickly, threw away the Lakers players behind him, and came to the left three-point line to respond.
"Use the Ray Allen experience card!"
"Ding!"
"Used successfully."
At this time, Zhao Feiyang was the only one running out of the open space, and there were only two defensive players in the area. If he chose to shoot a three-pointer, he would have room to shoot.
However, Li Wei ignored him, just gave Zhao Feiyang a cold look and gave the ball away.
His pass was unreasonable and went to the right side of the penalty area where defensive players were gathered. As a result, the basketball was directly intercepted halfway by the opponent's defender Jordan Farmar.
Snapped.
The opponent stole the ball, launched a counterattack, and scored a dunk across the half court.
"Li Wei, why don't you pass the ball?"
When he returned to the half court to serve, Zhao Feiyang asked Li Wei angrily.
Li Wei's reaction was beyond his expectation.
"Why should I pass it on to you?"
"Zhao Feiyang, I know you are going to get out after this game... To tell you the truth, my uncle just bought a stake in the club..."
"Laying you off is the advice I gave him..."
Zhao Feiyang was angry and angry.
At this time, the ball had already been given to Li Wei, but Zhao Feiyang rushed forward and asked, "Is it you?"
"Why are you targeting me?"
"Do you still remember that winning goal two years ago?"
Li Wei looked at Zhao Feiyang with a gloomy face, "Labor and management are the core of the team. What qualifications do you have to shoot that shot?"
Li Wei's words made Zhao Feiyang unbelievable.
"Your special number only scored 9 points in that game!"
"If you don't pass the ball if you feel bad, others will be unhappy... Then you are double-teamed in the remaining 7 seconds, and you can't catch the ball at all... I ran out of space, so the ball The power is now in my hands..."
"I just threw a fucking ball, what did I do wrong?"
Li Wei still had a cold face after hearing this.
"I do not care."
“I don’t care if the team wins!”
"Even if we are going to lose, it's my responsibility to miss that shot..."
Zhao Feiyang felt completely unable to understand Li Wei's thoughts.
The game continues.
Li Wei held the ball for half the game, and Zhao Feiyang did not argue with him again.
After all, Ray Allen's experience card time is limited, and wasting a second is his own loss. He knew that Li Wei would definitely not pass the ball to him, so he could only look for opportunities by himself.
On the field.
Li Wei used his teammates' pick-and-roll to break through with the ball, but encountered interference after entering the basket. He distributed the ball to the wing, and then retreated to the three-point line again.
His teammates failed to score, and the basketball bounced out of the basket. This time, Sharks big man Xu Rui picked up the rebound.
"Give me."
Li Wei shouted.
Xu Rui passed the ball to his hands.
Li Wei, who was standing on the three-point line, stopped organizing offense. Seeing that the Lakers players in front of him did not come up to defend, he simply stood at the top of the arc and shot.
Three-point shooting is not his strength, but he still chooses to take it.
boom.
The basketball fell one step ahead of schedule, and Li Wei made a three-pointer.
There was an uproar.
Zhao Feiyang almost cursed out of anger.
"Is there any mistake?"
"Would you rather miss than pass the ball?"
Seeing the timer of the experience card passing by, Zhao Feiyang's heart was bleeding! It was like slicing his heart with a knife.
After Li Wei failed to shoot, the Lakers counterattacked quickly with a serve. Their efficiency was so high that they easily scored a fast break layup after halftime.
Seeing that Li Wei was still preparing for a singles, at the critical moment, the referee's whistle sounded.
call out.
The Sharks made substitutions, and head coach Li Guohai lost patience and directly replaced Li Wei, who kept making mistakes.
As soon as Li Wei left, Zhao Feiyang's opportunity finally came.
It was the Sharks' turn to attack again.
After the ball passed halftime, Zhao Feiyang ran out of the space and asked for the ball on the wing. The substitute teammate at position 1 quickly gave the ball to him without thinking much.
Snapped.
The moment the basketball fell into Zhao Feiyang's hands, he felt his whole body trembling, especially his hands that seemed full of power.
Without any hesitation, he decisively raised the basketball high and took off.
The basket was still the same basket, but in his perception, the moment the basketball came out of his hand, he seemed to have a premonition that it would fall into the basket.
really.
The next second.
Uh-huh.
A perfect three-pointer was scored smoothly.
