Chapter 370 [Fresh and refined, not doing business]
At around nine o'clock, Guo Xu entered the stadium and greeted his teammates who had arrived one after another.
The atmosphere inside the Suns team was very good, especially the relationship between four strong men of similar age in the inside line became very strong. They spent a lot of energy, energy and passionate fights together for two months, and shot a very commemorative short video, which was stored in their respective computers.
The 213cm blue-collar center Desagina Diop came early, and Guo Xu took the initiative to say hello to him.
Compared with O'Neal, Diop is relatively well-proported. His arms are very long and his legs are not as thick as O'Neal. His shoulders are super wide and his back is thick.
This super tough man from Senegal is only 22 years old until the end of January next year. His skin is shiny and bright, with a very festive face, his eyebrows are a little geeky, and his smile is even more stupid than Nene, showing a very white mouth of crooked teeth.
Diop was obviously not valued by his parents when he was a child. Children were in the alternating period of breast permanent teeth from the age of 6 to 12, and the arrangement of teeth was often mixed, which was called temporary jaws in medicine. Guo Xu also had this situation when he was a child. His family took him to the dentist and pulled out the front teeth. The crooked teeth that had originally grown at the back slowly came to the front.
"Can I call you Sag? Do you like this nickname?" Guo Xu asked with a smile.
"It's okay, it was a bit weird at first..." Diop said with a silly smile.
When we were practicing football together, three teammates nicknamed him "Big Sager", which was simplified from his name. People with longer names in the United States generally have abbreviation, but they don't have this habit in Africa. To put it bluntly, they just scream randomly.
Guo Xu looked at him and didn't look like 127 kilograms, and asked, "Are you losing weight than last season?"
"Did you see it? I've lost 122 kilograms." Diop said shyly. He is very honest. Xia Tian successfully lost weight under the guidance of his teammates. He can do whatever others say. Haslem is now a weight loss expert.
Diop reached 135 kilograms at the heaviest Cavaliers and rarely had a chance to play. Everyone said he was a plagiarism. Sometimes he couldn't fall asleep when he got home from the game and couldn't help crying secretly.
Now this weight is perfect for him, his mobility has increased, and his strength is still not weak.
No matter how big he was, Diop was just a 19-year-old young man when he first entered the league and was stimulated a lot with the Cavaliers. He was very happy to join the Suns. Guo Xu called him to chat and told him clearly that he was here to be a defensive blue-collar worker, and he only had to do what he was good at and would not pass the ball to him on the offensive end.
Diop is also a weirdo. He started to formally come into contact with basketball at the age of 16. How poor his basic skills are, you can imagine how poor the Cavaliers coaching staff wanted to develop his offense, but not only failed, but also caused him to suffer from shooting phobia.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Diop played for NBA for 12 seasons, and went to four teams. He played 601 games in total, with a total career score of 1,138 points, which is approximately equivalent to Kobe's score in half a season in 2005. He is so fresh and refined.
He has set a series of magical records, averaging less than 2 points per game; his highest score in a single game in his career was 10 points; he did not score a single point in 258 games, the first in NBA history; as an inside player, his career shooting percentage was 42% and his free throw percentage was 46%.
When Nene came, the scene became more lively. Xiao Si said that Nene practiced English during the holidays and asked him to rap to prove it.
Nene really sang a few words. Although his voice was very thick, he received everyone's applause.
After Lagabel came, he quickly got along with his teammates. His appearance is handsome among black people and can easily leave a good impression on people.
Marion and James Jones chatted for a while and recognized a younger brother. They looked very similar in figures, both of them had a bit of a hunchback and super long arms. The difference is that Jones is 2cm longer than Marion's neck, which leads to a gap in height, otherwise they would be brothers...
When Josh Howard greeted Marion, both of them laughed happily, probably with the same idea in their hearts, I was finally not the ugliest person on the team.
Whether in draft or trade, Brian follows one principle, that is, not to find problematic players, there will be basically no conflicts in the Suns locker room, and the players get along well, which is a big advantage.
At 10 o'clock, the reporters entered the court, and the players took the core makeup photos. Guo Xu stood in the middle and held the basketball. On both sides were Marion, Nene, Stadameer, Joe Johnson, and four strong men were posing together.
The Suns have a strong lineup. If these five people are in their peak period, other teams basically don’t have to play, just surrender.
In the interview, everyone was in agreement and expressed their confidence in winning the championship this season.
The most interviews with Guo Xu were asked: "You haven't practiced for nearly three months during the holiday. Will this affect your condition?"
"No, I have confidence."
The reporter asked: "Most of the stars train very hard, and even Michael Jordan had to practice more during the holidays that year, but you went to make a love movie. Some people said you were not doing your job properly. What do you think about it?"
Guo Xu smiled and said, "When Jordan went to play baseball, some people said that he was not doing his job properly. He won three championships when he came back. How strong the players are, after all, they speak with their grades. I don't have any special thoughts."
Guo Xu was too lazy to answer this question, so he also used Jordan as an example to perfunctorily pass.
In order to break out next season, it is normal for a star to train hard several times during the holidays, but it is impossible for a player to do nothing except sports or play basketball. That is not called hard work, that is called robots.
Jordan has retired, and many people still like to use him as examples to mock active players, saying that his training level is unparalleled, and his achievements are mostly achieved through hard training, which is a complete defeat for everyone in active service.
Jordan is indeed great, with six championships and a bunch of personal honors, but it is a bit disgusting for some people to make him a god.
Jordan has been training hard. When he bets, he always uses one hand and the other hand to practice basic skills, right?
In the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls fell behind 0-2 with a big score of 0-2. Jordan scored 59 in the first two games. The media revealed that someone had seen Jordan gambling all night in Atlantic Casino on the night before the game. He missed training in key games.
Moreover, Jordan likes to make movies like Guo Xu. Everyone has watched "Slam Dunk" and what everyone has not seen is a bunch of adult movies. In 1995, Jordan was involved in the infamous "Golden Club Case". Later, because of a thief, his appearance as a lust was completely exposed.
When Jordan was having sex with his lover, he especially liked to use a camera to shoot the process. As a result, a thief visited Jordan's house and stole the video tape. The Internet was not so developed at that time, otherwise Jordan's image would have been the same as that of Brother Guan Xi.
A reporter asked: "You did not represent the US team in the US Championships in the summer. Will you consider joining the Dream Team in the future?"
As it ranked sixth in the 2002 World Championships, the United States must participate in the 2003 American Men's Basketball Championship in Argentina and win the top three to qualify for the Olympics. Stimulated by the last year's defeat, many top-notch NBA stars who can travel participated and easily won the first place.
Guo Xu smiled and said, "I haven't received an invitation from the national team. If someone invites me, I will consider it."
Someone asked Guo Xu about his girlfriend, but he did not admit that he had a girlfriend and went there perfunctorily.
Chapter completed!