Chapter 1 Kobe in Sydney

Sydney, Australia. Seeing Kobe suddenly appear before him with Vanessa, Su Feng immediately thought of the words "a model for us all."

Oh, so this is Kobe, unafraid of what people say?

Logically speaking...

Since you brought Vanessa all the way to Sydney, your reason for refusing the US team's invitation doesn't hold up!

But...

If Kobe were afraid of gossip, he probably wouldn't be the Kobe in Su Feng's memory.

"Hey, wait a minute... did you get a haircut?" Su Feng asked, looking at Kobe.

Perhaps because he was used to seeing "bald Kobe" in his previous life, Su Feng didn't notice for a long time after meeting Kobe that...

Kobe was "balding."

"Yeah." Kobe nodded.

As everyone knows, generally speaking, people tend to become stronger after going "bald."

Take Su Feng himself as an example.

In the past two years, with his hair visibly thinning, Su Feng's shooting percentage has been steadily improving every year.

However...

Kobe became unhappy when he noticed that Su Feng kept focusing on his shiny head.

Because...

I have such big elbows, Su thief, didn't you see them?

In a Chinese restaurant in Sydney, Kobe kept dropping his chopsticks from the beginning of the meal to make Su Feng notice.

Every time he bent down to pick up his chopsticks, Kobe would deliberately wave his big elbows in front of Su Feng.

However...

Su Feng didn't even glance at him...

He was actually busy chatting with his fiancée, Vanessa, can you believe it?

Bang, bang, bang.

Cough, cough, cough!

At the dinner table, after Kobe tried to remind the two of them not to ignore him by knocking on the table and coughing...

Kobe was completely despaired.

Because...

"What? So that's how you can match shirts?

Is this the secret to Britney always being ahead of fashion?" Listening to Su Feng's very advanced fashion matching theories, Vanessa felt like her eyes had been opened today.

"Yes, and besides clothing matching, your lipstick shade selection and the color and style of your shoes are also very important," Su Feng said with a smile.

Kobe: "..."

Couldn't understand.

For a straight man like Kobe, Vanessa and Su Feng's conversation was like an encrypted communication.

And so, after having supper with Su Feng, Kobe realized that he had forgotten the main purpose of his trip.

That is, comforting Su Feng was just an excuse; the real reason was to find a chance to beat Su Feng up on the court!

……

On the 30th, although the men's basketball Olympic Games were all over, the whole team came to the venue to watch the finals between the USA and Yugoslavia due to the awards ceremony.

As a result, like the previous semi-final, the USA team didn't win this final easily.

From the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, European basketball was actually starting to overtake American basketball through tactics.

In Su Feng's previous life, many NBA tactics you know in the future were actually absorbed by the Americans from European basketball.

Honestly, if the coach of this Dream Team IV wasn't Tomjanovich, Su Feng felt that this Dream Team IV might really have screwed up.

Unlike other relatively arrogant American basketball coaches...

At this Olympic Games, although Coach Tom didn't come up with any new tricks, he did a good job of knowing people and making good use of them in terms of using the players.

On the basketball court, because there is only one basketball, even the most luxurious lineup may not be able to exert its full strength.

In response to this, Coach Tom established the core of each position of this American team in the lineup, and in each lineup, he would choose to send role players to partner with the stars.

As a result, under Coach Tom's various substitutions...

Even the Chinese men's basketball players on the stands began to feel dazed.

Because...

How did we manage to scare this American team into a cold sweat in the previous semi-final?

"Alas, if it weren't for Xiao Su, we should have lost to this American team by about 30 points, right?" Liu Yudong said with emotion in the stands.

Gong Xiaobin added, "Old Liu, 30 points is conservative. I think it should be at least 40 points."

In Su Feng's previous life, in this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the American men's basketball team by 47 points, just as Gong Xiaobin said.

Unlike playing against European powerhouses, where the men's basketball team can make up for the gap through some of its own advantages...

The American team's unreasonable pressing, the full-court press without worrying about consumption, and the lineup so rich that even the water dispenser managers are stars, are simply the nemesis of the Chinese men's basketball team.

In this life, after Su Feng appeared, this passivity has been greatly alleviated to some extent.

Because most of the time, the American team has to use its heavy troops to encircle and suppress Su Feng.

In the end, in this Olympic final, the American men's basketball team successfully defeated Yugoslavia 97-86.

Since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics began allowing NBA players to participate, the American men's basketball team has laughed to the end in three consecutive Olympic Games.

And at the award ceremony, when the five-star red flag was raised for the first time in the award ceremony of the three major men's ball projects of the Olympic Games, countless Chinese people proudly straightened their chests in front of the TV.

It is worth mentioning that after the award ceremony, in order to express his gratitude to Su Feng, Liu Yudong, who was "not good at words," took the initiative to take the men's basketball players and hang the bronze medal won by the whole team around Su Feng's neck.

But...

Just as Su Feng was so moved that he almost shed tears, Carter, who was next to him, actually walked up to Su Feng with his gold medal in his mouth.

After some eye contact, Su Feng quickly understood what Carter's thick eyebrows wanted to express to him:

Oh, my dear boss!

Look, you have two championships, and I also have two championships, but I have an Olympic gold medal, do you have one?

Alright...

Just like what McGrady predicted when he left the Raptors.

Vince Carter's miserable life is about to begin.

……

After receiving the bronze medal and finishing the interview, according to Su Feng's previous plan, he planned to return to China first and personally deliver this precious bronze medal to Grandpa Su.

The other members of the men's basketball team, after experiencing this Olympic cycle, will have to think about how to break the Bayi team's dominance over the CBA, except for Yao Ming, Hu Weidong, and others.

Therefore, after coach Zhang Bin announced the on-the-spot disbandment of the men's basketball team, the story of the Chinese men's basketball Dream Team I came to an end.

On National Day, Su Feng, who was forced to bring Kobe and his wife home, gave Kobe the birthday present he had prepared for him on the plane back to China.

And this time...

Kobe felt that it was great to meet Su Feng in the summer of 1994.

"What's in here?" Kobe asked curiously, looking at the gift box Su Feng gave him.

"Open it and see for yourself," Su Feng said, shrugging.

A few minutes later...

When Kobe opened the gift box, he found that inside this beautifully packaged gift box, besides a few video tapes lying quietly, there was also a photo album with the Lower Merion family photo as the cover.

"In the video tapes, there are highlights of our games during the Lower Merion period, and some daily life scenes," Su Feng explained to Kobe.

Upon hearing this, after finding an excuse to go to the toilet...

Su Feng found that when he came back, Kobe's eyes, which had just cried, had already betrayed him.

"Thank you, I like this birthday present very much," Kobe said, punching Su Feng in the chest.

At this time...

What Su Feng absolutely couldn't have imagined was that this birthday present he gave Kobe this year would change the fate of him and Kobe someday in the future.

……

On the evening of the 1st.

In the courtyard of the Su family's old house, when Su Feng brought two international friends back home, Grandpa Su kicked Su Weiguo away and gave Su Feng a warm hug. The old man was already so excited that he was weeping.

"Grandpa, I brought you back the Olympic medal.

Next time, I'll find a way to get you a gold one."

Su Feng said with a smile, looking at the old man in his arms.

After a long silence, Grandpa Su said, "Okay!"

Just like that, Su Feng spent a pleasant week of vacation at home.

Although Su Feng took him to eat a lot of delicious food these days, Kobe found that...

He never had the opportunity to have a one-on-one true man battle with Su Feng.

"What's the rush? Are you in such a hurry to be abused by me?" At the end of the pleasant vacation, Su Feng looked at Kobe and said.

"Abused?" Looking at Su Feng's confident face, Kobe smiled without saying a word at this moment.

So, in order to let Su Feng know how strong he is now, Kobe decided on the 8th that he would go to Toronto with Su Feng when Su Feng was preparing to return to Toronto.

Vanessa felt that she had been let down after all.

Because do you know...

Just when Vanessa asked Kobe how he was going to arrange for her, Kobe actually said to her...

Isn't it good for you to go back to Los Angeles by yourself?

As a result, Su Feng took the initiative to stand up.

"Vanessa, come to Toronto with us, Britney is coming to Toronto in a couple of days anyway," Su Feng said to Kobe.

"What? Didn't you and Britney already break up?" Kobe asked in surprise.

"Break up... so what if we broke up? Can't we still be friends after breaking up?" Su Feng replied calmly.

On the 9th, Su Feng and Kobe and his wife boarded the plane to Toronto together.

Before he returned to Canada, Su Weiguo had a friendly conversation with him.

The theme of this conversation was mainly about how a man can get out of the "shadow of a broken relationship."

At that time, Su Feng almost couldn't help but laugh.

Because he realized that Su Weiguo was worried about him before...

It turned out that he was afraid that he would be thinking too much because he broke up with his American girlfriend first this summer, and then lost in the Olympic Games...

Of course, Su Feng was still quite touched by Su Weiguo's concern for him.

Different from Su Weiguo, Wang Yuanyuan's conversation with Su Feng was more direct.

Anyway, after confirming that Su Feng hadn't suffered in certain aspects, Wang Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief at that time.

It has to be said that Chinese parents are still more subtle in their education on these issues.

"So, is this also the reason why there are so many veteran drivers in China?" Su Feng thought silently to himself this day.

……

In October, after Su Feng returned to Toronto, a few more things he was more concerned about happened in the NBA.

First, Wang Zhizhi officially reached a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The contract is a 1+1 system, with the first year guaranteed and the second year unguaranteed.

Originally, judging from Wang Zhizhi's prospects in the NBA in this life, there were quite a few teams in the market willing to give him a better contract.

However, Wang Zhizhi, who was playing in a foreign country and had already bought a house in Los Angeles, didn't want to move.

Moreover, playing for the Lakers, Wang Zhizhi felt that he still had a chance to play in the Finals anyway.

Therefore...

This time, it's really not that Old Buss wants to squeeze Wang Zhizhi, but that Da Zhi, the working man, took the initiative to stretch his head over for Old Buss to cut him.

In addition, Battier signed a two-year contract with the Nuggets worth a total of $8 million.

Honestly, Battier definitely made a lot of money with this contract.

Because in 2000, a salary of $4 million a year, just talking in the team, your back would be straighter than most of your teammates.

But...

What's up with the Nuggets signing Battier?

Could it be that the Nuggets think they have a chance to play with the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals?

Su Feng felt that Battier in this life was the real winner in life.

Because he not only has a ring, but also earned so much pocket money from the Nuggets for nothing.

In addition to Wang Zhizhi and Battier staying with the team and changing owners, in mid-October, just as Su Feng was teaching Kobe how to be a human being, Hu Weidong, whose contract with the Bulls expired, also became the target of pursuit by many NBA teams.

In this life, Hu Weidong, who is now 30 years old, has had good performances in the past three seasons.

He can score an average of nearly 10 points per game and is considered a good player to supplement the team's bench firepower.

Hu, who originally planned to return to China to lead the Jiangsu team to play in the CBA, hesitated after discovering that he could still play in the NBA.

Because...

He also wanted to play in another Olympic Games with Su Feng.

Therefore, he hoped that he could continue to stay in the NBA to maintain his condition.

As a result, the support of the Jiangsu people for Hu Weidong became the last straw that broke Lao Hu's psychological defense.

"Why is Lao Hu coming back? What's the point of winning the CBA championship? Winning glory for the country is the most important thing!"

"That's right, that's right, isn't it just being bullied by the Bayi team for a few more years? We can wait!"

"Support Lao Hu to continue to stay in the NBA!"

It has to be said that as long as any issue rises to the national level, the unity of the Chinese people is definitely something that the people of other countries cannot understand.

And so, the Celtics, who had not made any moves except for re-signing Duncan during the entire summer, took action.

They used part of the team's exceptions and successfully moved Hu Weidong with a contract with a total term of 4 years and a total value of about 3 skins.

Because Hu Weidong planned to return to the CBA after the Athens Olympics, although there were many teams on the market that offered higher salaries than the Celtics, Hu Weidong ultimately chose the Celtics.

And these "many teams" included the Raptors.

Because even if Stern doesn't want to see Chinese players gathered in one place, how could Su Feng not be tempted by a microwave oven-like substitute player like Hu Weidong?

Even in terms of athletic ability, Hu Weidong, who has not suffered any major injuries in this life, is better than Old Curry.

However, because Su Feng knows that he will leave the Raptors in the future, when giving advice to the tool man Gruwald, Su Feng's suggestion is to only sign Hu Weidong for three years.

After all, Su Feng doesn't want to leave Lao Hu alone in the freezing cold of Canada after he leaves.

And so, an interesting scene appeared.

That is, according to the rule that only teams with Chinese players can win the championship starting from the 97/98 season...

Now, the Lakers, Celtics, Raptors, and Philadelphia thugs all have at least one Chinese player in the next season.

And coincidentally...

When ESPN first gave the combat power rankings of each team in the new season, the Raptors, Lakers, Celtics, and Philadelphia thugs happened to be the top four teams in the combat power rankings.

Therefore, before the 00/01 season even started, there were many superstitious American fans who had already begun to discuss what kind of strange existence Chinese players were.

……

According to the new season's schedule, the Raptors' preseason will officially begin on the 18th.

And because Su Feng, Carter, and Nash all participated in the Olympic Games in the summer, none of the three will play in the team's preseason games in the new season.

In addition, considering that Barkley still needs to lose some fat, Barkley will not appear on the Raptors' preseason roster.

In the new season, the bugle call for each team has been sounded one after another.

And after thinking that he can now "five-five" with Su Feng, Kobe also returned to Los Angeles with Vanessa.

Stephen Jackson, who played for the Raptors in the summer preseason, performed well, and the Raptors have officially signed him to a three-year contract with a total value of 1.5 skins.

If there are no accidents, the main framework of the Raptors in the new season has been initially determined.

Judging from the salary structure, before Carter's renewal date arrives, the Raptors are still the team with the most reasonable salary structure in the league.

Of course...

Compared to the Lakers, Trail Blazers, Celtics, and other teams that have to pay a lot of luxury tax this year, in Su Feng's view, the Raptors' current salary cap is nothing but a big "poor" character.

There's no way, Raptors owner Chad is like a younger brother among these tycoon owners in the NBA.

Therefore, in the new season, Su Feng feels that the Raptors still have to tap potential within the team.

And just before the start of the new season's preseason...

The New Yorkers finally took that step forward to their own doom.

Ewing has been kicked out.

And the team that took over Ewing, like in Su Feng's memory, was the Seattle SuperSonics.

The arrogant New Yorkers in the market are applauding and cheering for the team's management's approach.

Then, you might not believe it when I say it...

In the future, the people who will criticize the team management's approach are the same group of people.

Poor Big Gorilla.

From now on, he can no longer fly a plane on top of the Empire State Building.

However, compared to Ewing being kicked out, what makes Su Feng feel the most speechless before the start of the new season's preseason...

It has to be those players who want to hug O'Neal, Kobe, and Kidd's thighs.

No...

Toronto is a bit cold.

But you can't all dream of the Lakers!

There's no way, due to the Lakers' brand appeal, coupled with the geographical advantage of Los Angeles, and the team framework composed of O'Neal, Kobe, and Kidd...

Even if Su Feng thinks about it with his toes, he knows that there will be countless players in the next season who will express their loyalty to the Lakers.

In a simple sentence, it is...

Who in the world isn't a Lakers fan?

In late October, as the Lakers completed one signing after another.

A cosmic team that is enough to shock the entire United States has also been born!

……

ps: By the way, when Su Feng mailed the content of this book to me from another dimension yesterday, he wanted me to remind everyone that the fake cosmic team is the Lakers x, and the real cosmic team is the Raptors √.

ps2: Continue to beg for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets! Mwah!