Phoenix.

Coming to the city again, sitting on the team bus, on the way from the airport to the hotel, Chen Mu looked at the seemingly familiar, but unfamiliar scenery outside the window, and had a lot of thoughts.

I came to the city on my own two years ago and started my NBA journey.

Two years is not a long time, but it is only a short experience in a long life.

But in Chen Mu's view, the past two years have been a long time, like a TV series that will never end.

From China to the United States, from Phoenix to Philadelphia, the effort to stay in the league in the first season, the depression in my heart after being abandoned, the excitement of coming to Philadelphia to meet new partners and integrate into a new system, the media hype when I returned to Phoenix for the first time to play away, the shouts of the fans, and the fact that after I scored a goal, I stretched out my hand to Colangelo in the VIP box......

Now that I think about it, it's really a little naïve, haha!

"Hey, Chen~!"

Iguodala's shout woke Chen Mu up from his memories, and before he could reply, the gossip king had already come up, and asked with a "malicious smile": "Will you come to Phoenix City this time...... Yes~? ”

"you."

What Chen Mu was saying about Iguodala laughed and scolded without answering. But the words have already come to this, how can the gossip king stop? After a while, he brought his gossip team members Carney, Louis Williams and others to come up and ask left and right.

On the other side of the aisle of the bus, Korver sat quietly, looking back at Chen Mu and a few people messing around, smiling faintly.

In the front row, Lowry, the new core point guard who has performed well in the opening 10 consecutive wins, also turned around, his eyes wide open, wanting to participate in the frolic between the team's big guys, but he didn't know where to start. I couldn't fit in for a long time in a trance.

In the last two rows of seats, Milicic and Evans sat in silence, ignoring no one and not talking to anyone, one wearing headphones and the other wearing sunglasses, pretending to be cool.

Evans is a complete eccentric, sometimes talking a lot, sometimes not saying a word, and this is about the time when he doesn't say a word, and his face is full of "don't bother me". I didn't know what I was thinking, and I didn't notice the frolic in the front seat.

After all, Milicic is still a young man in his twenties, and it is true that he thinks very highly of himself and wants to pretend to be proud, but deep down he still craves friendship and friends.

Now seeing that Chen Mu and the others have no problem with each other, and they are very familiar with each other, Milicic is also itching in his heart. You said come forward to blend in, it seems a little abrupt, from the beginning of the season to the present. I've never given the team boss a good look!

But if you don't step forward to blend in, I panicked in my heart, there weren't many people in the back seat, it turned out to be in the pistons, grizzlies or something. There are some old guys in the team who have a strange temper and like to sit alone in the back row. At that time, Milicic himself was very contemptuous of these strange things in the back seat.

Unexpectedly. Now that I'm on a new team, I've become the kind of person I once despised.

"Am I the outlier on this team......

Ask. Milicic knows that he is not a person with a good personality, and his failure to make a name for himself with the Grizzlies in the Pistons is naturally related to the coach's lack of attention, but it is also inseparable from his eccentric personality.

How many times, I clearly envy the smooth communication between American players without any guilt in my heart, and the harmonious atmosphere like a family with all kinds of jokes. But a voice in my head told me that I was a foreigner from a foreign land, and they, the local guys, must have quietly looked down on me in their hearts!

This kind of emotion will be felt by anyone who comes to a new city and a new environment. It's just that Milicic put this emotion too big and couldn't adjust it for a while, which eventually led to a disconnection between himself and the overall atmosphere of the team, and even his personality became a little gloomy and eccentric.

Do you want to continue with such a thing?

I've suffered the loss of my personality for half my life, so I finally have the opportunity to start over, and I still have to watch the opportunity slip away? ?

Look at the Chinese kid, isn't he also a foreigner? Even on the basis of language, I have an advantage over him!

When he first came to the Alliance, he must have been as nervous as I was! How did he overcome all this? How did he become a close friend with his teammates, and even the new core of the team, so that everyone wanted to listen to him?

It's only been two years, he's only been in the NBA for two years, and in terms of experience, I'm his senior. But why, he was able to do so well, while I, I could only hide in the last seat of the bus, enduring this weird rebounding idiot next to me?

Seeing that the topic of Chen Mu and others has gradually shifted from girls, to cars, and from cars to tanks, they have now begun to talk about the military strength of various countries.

I understand this, I also like the military, I can talk to you!

Milicic knew that with Chen Mu's easy-going and generous personality, as long as he stepped forward and said this, he could immediately integrate into the inner circle of the Philadelphia 76ers.

But he couldn't.

Dacomilisic, a former inside talent, has begun to lose hope and courage after going through too much grind and suffering that he shouldn't have experienced at his age.

The Philadelphia 76ers have always wanted to have a good center. Daim Porter is not bad, and he is also a double-double inside line at the level of 10 million, but he has no back, no personal offensive ability, and cannot share the offensive pressure for Chen Mu, and he can't even turn the ball as a setter.

Milicic can do all these things if he works harder.

Coming to Philadelphia from the Grizzlies, in addition to a trace of dissatisfaction and resentment towards Chen Mu at that time, Milicic also rationally analyzed the situation and felt that this was a good opportunity.

With Hunter leaving, Philadelphia is in dire need of a backup center, and Durham Porter's injury has still affected according to last season's situation, and his average playing time per game generally does not exceed 30 minutes.

This means that Milicic, who came to Philadelphia, as long as he didn't mess up, averaged 18 to 20 minutes per game. It's still promising.

In addition, Philadelphia's current roster will definitely need some trade reinforcements if it wants to make a difference in a few years, and Durham Porter's big contract will not expire until three years, so it is certainly not a wise move to keep him eating up salary space. Cleaning up Hellam Porter and finding a suitable inside partner for the Chinese kids, this move of Philadelphia has even been seen by the media.

Chinese boy, what kind of inside partner does he need?

Able to gain a firm foothold on the weak side. To be able to attack decisively or quickly divide the ball after receiving a pass, to stabilize the basket when Chen Mu is cruising around and sending out blocks, to complete the task of protecting the basket, if there is also the ability to defend the back offense, it is even better, by the center to top the opponent's interior core, Chen Mu can be liberated, grab the rebound and push the counterattack.

I can do all these things very well!

Milicic is well aware. As long as you work hard, at your current age, you still have a lot of potential. When he entered the league in 2003, Milicic was just under 18 years old. Now that he is full, he is only 23 years old.

At the age of 23, how many old stars have just entered the league at this age!

There are opportunities, it depends on whether you can grasp them.

If you grasp it. If you perform well this season and contribute a lot, maybe in a year or two. I'm going to be the starting center in Philadelphia.

I want to let them, all the people who have given up on me, know that they are wrong. I, Daco Milicic, definitely have what it takes to become an NBA All-Star caliber player!

"Darko, come here~"

Milicic thought about it and thought about it, and the rhythm of the music coming from the headphones was so fast that he couldn't help but shout, but he heard what seemed to be someone calling him.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that in the front seat, Chen Mu and the others all turned their heads and looked at themselves with a smile, and Iguodala was still waving his hand, signaling him to come forward.

Well...... Good!

Be sure to seize this opportunity, they took the initiative to invite me to join the discussion, which is a kind of trust and an encouragement!

I'm going to take my chance, fit in, be good friends with Chen, and get a foothold in Philadelphia!"

Milicic took off his headphones, put on what he thought was the friendliest smile, and hunched over to the front row.

"Come on, come on, I'll ask you something."

Iguodala mysteriously reached out and put his arm around Milicic's shoulder, causing the latter to be moved to tears again and almost cry because of this sudden friendship.

"Darko, let me ask you, do you have a girlfriend?" Iguodala looked serious, but the question he asked left Milicic with a black line.

"Uh, no." Milicic replied.

"No, it won't! You're so handsome, you won't have a girlfriend??? ”

Iguodala was a little anxious when he heard the answer, and Chen Mu and the others around him were laughing, as if they were watching Iguodala's jokes, and they didn't know what the hell they were doing.

"You, you, you, think about it! Is there really none?? Could there be any girl who has a crush on you and is still waiting for you in your homeland??? Iguodala asked urgently.

I don't care about you! Is this kind of thing like a girlfriend something that you can come up with if you think about it carefully? You're looking at the tomb robbing notes??!

Although there were 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping in his heart, Milicic still did not break out on the surface, and his handsome face shook and said, "This is really nothing." ”

“…… DAMN！ ”

Iguodala was silent for a long time, scolded indignantly, and then reluctantly took out his wallet and handed each one a hundred dollars amid the wild laughter of Chen Mu and others.

Oh, it turned out to be a bet on whether I had a girlfriend or not.

Wait a minute......

Are you making fun of me?!!!

Looking back at the Chinese kid, Haha's stomach was about to hurt, and the trace of good feelings for Chen Mu that Milicic had finally given birth to in his heart disappeared instantly, and he turned around angrily and funny, and sat back in the back seat.

Fuck your mother's Chinese kid, this day just decided, after becoming a starter, partner with Reggie on the inside, and squeeze you to the bench! Let's see if you still laugh when you come! Hum!

At 6 p.m., the Philadelphia 76ers, the first in the East, returned to the bus and headed to the West Arena to challenge the Phoenix Suns, the first in the West. (To be continued......)

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