Another day, Philadelphia.

"Yin'er, I thought about it for a long time and felt the need to tell you that it was actually ......"

Typing these characters on his mobile phone, Chen Mu paused, then scratched his head, and deleted them all.

Since the bar video was released, the relationship between Chen Mu and Su Yin has undergone some subtle changes.

After Iverson's deal was completed, Su Yin sent a text message to comfort him, and after the victory against Golden State, Su Yin also sent a congratulatory text message as always.

But Chen Mu could see that Su Yin's tone and words to him had an extra layer of inexplicable separation.

really let Chen Mu say that he couldn't say why, Su Yin's text messages have always been relatively shy and restrained, and there is not much special emotional expression. Before and after the incident, there was no particular change in her attitude.

However, the sense of alienation between the sentences was something that Chen Mu couldn't ignore.

In fact, Chen Mu also tried to call Su Yin later, but Xiao Nizi only prevaricated with a simple sentence of "I'm very busy with my studies", didn't say anything, and hung up the phone politely.

Next year, Su Yin will graduate from middle school and enter university for further study. Which school will he choose, and where he will stay in the future, Su Yin has also communicated with Chen Mu many times before.

After traveling to many cities with the team, Chen Mu gave Su Yin a lot of advice, although he was very eager to say that sentence in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

"Come to Philadelphia."

This simple sentence, if it is changed to other girls, Chen Mu may be able to say it without taboo. After all, I have been in Philadelphia for more than half a year, and it is natural for me to have a certain affection for the city.

But for some reason, in the face of Su Yin, Chen Mu couldn't accurately express the thoughts in his heart, and after several verbal temptations, Su Yin also skillfully avoided this question, which made Chen Mu unable to guess what the girl was thinking in her heart.

"Between us, how are we going to go......?"

Looking out the window, Chen Mu didn't know what to do, holding the mobile phone and hesitating for a long time, but finally didn't dial the number.

Early in the morning, Chen Mu participated in the second assembly practice of the breakfast club with Iguodala, Korver, and Carney as agreed. Everything went smoothly, with Iguodala as an instrument maniac taking the lead, and everyone was full of energy and didn't mean to be lazy.

Especially the rookie Carney, I don't know if it was to get the recognition of Chen Mu and others, and he practiced very energetically, if it wasn't for Iguodala to remind him in time and let him be careful not to practice too violently and strain his muscles, I'm afraid Carney wouldn't even be able to lift his arms now.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu smiled knowingly, got up to change his clothes, and prepared to go to the team training hall to practice.

Walking on the street, Chen Mu kept thinking about Andre Miller's guidance to him yesterday, and felt that he had benefited a lot.

Miller's speed is not fast, his strength is not too strong, and his bounce arm span is also average in the NBA, and his height is a lot shorter than Chen Mu.

But it was such a guy who usually dribbled the ball like an old man, but he used his thieves and demons on the court to score points, which made Chen Mu have to sigh that skills can really make up for the physical gap.

Troy Murphy's body is far from Chen Mu's, his skills have not reached an astonishing level, and his back body singles ability is even poorer. So when facing Chen Mu, he was eaten to death by the latter, and almost the whole audience was deflated.

But in the face of Bosh and Boozer before, even though Chen Mu's defense has improved greatly, he still can't completely defend against the two. Those complicated foot changes and back-to-back jumpers that were difficult to defend always made Chen Mu very crazy.

"Chen, remember."

After completing the one-on-one teaching, Miller gasped and said to Chen Muyu: "Back-body singles are very complicated, and there are many skills required. ”

"Even the big guys who are standing at the top now have some emphasis, Dirk's back is not mature, KG is biased towards backward jump shots, even if it is as strong as Duncan, there is also a problem of relying on height, arm span and strength, looking for subtle shooting space, not invulnerable."

"What I showed you just now, including the single Davis on the court, is just scratching the surface. Because I'm a point guard, most point guards aren't very good at back-to-back defense, so I can get a bargain. And you're up against a defender who fights against the insiders every day. ”

"Nowadays you have very poor back skills, and it's hard to score points with your back to the back, so most of the people who come up in front of you are big forwards who have their own problems on the defensive end. But when you have a certain level of accuracy on your back and can continue to score points, those big men who were originally defensive centers will come to greet you in turn. ”

Miller said very carefully, every sentence was like a golden sentence, almost putting the difficulties that Chen Mu was about to face in front of him, and analyzed them one by one to Chen Mu.

"At that point, your fledgling back-to-back skills will hit Waterloo again, and it will be more difficult to score points, and you won't be able to use your feet and shoot a lot. It may even make you wonder if your hard work and hard work are useful. ”

"Be sure to remember when the time comes." Miller looked like a "person who came over", and said with a straight face: "Don't hesitate, keep practicing." Just like your strength exercises, one day, when you completely cross that bottleneck, back-to-back singles will become your biggest reliance on survival in the NBA! ”

After saying this, Miller patted Chen Mu's arm, turned around to pack his things, and left the training hall.

"Back-to-back singles are just a means of scoring, a staged strategy to contain the defense. You can't be limited by this offensive method, even if you practice a reliable back play, you must combine the frame and the back basket to have a miraculous effect! ”

Chen Mu knew very well the path he should take, walked into the training hall with his head held high, and began his personal training.

After a three-game winning streak, the 76ers have two more days off before embarking on their first road trip of the year.

It was a tough road trip that took the team across the United States, flying to Los Angeles to take on the Clippers and then east to Seattle. After returning to the East, he went north to challenge Boston, then went south to play Indiana, Atlanta, and finally Orlando in the south.

With 6 away games across the United States, the schedule is as difficult as you can imagine. But because of three consecutive home games at the beginning of the season, and the "generous treatment" of resting in the middle, there is no dissatisfaction in the 76ers.

After all, if you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

"Bang!"

Recalling the movements that Miller taught him, Chen Mu turned around and flew to the frame, and after landing, he always felt that something was wrong.

"It's still not right, it's stiff, it's like when you first came to this body, you felt when you practiced shooting, and the control of the body was very problematic."

After the last game, Chen Mu, who got the highest score of his career, broke through the 30-point mark and completed the system's single-game scoring task, and the reward he received made him overjoyed.

The bronze scoring marksman badge has been improved under Chen Mu's strong play and turned into a silver badge, and the effect has been further strengthened. In addition, there is no need to talk about the SP point rewards that come with missions such as "First Start".

If Chen Mu can find the scoring feeling in the next game, if he scores continuously, after the badge is activated, the accumulation of the feel will be faster. When the badge flashes, even if Chen Mu has a few more helpless step-back jumpers like in the previous game, he may be able to score.

"To maximize the effect of the badge, what is needed is the corresponding ability support. If you don't find the feeling of your back, it's useless to even give me a gold badge. In the final analysis, you still have to rely on strength to speak on the field! ”

After an afternoon of continuous practice, Chen Mu was tired and panting, took a shower in the shower room, and returned to the locker room to sort out his clothes.

"Toot toot!"

As soon as he opened the door of the wardrobe, a piercing bell rang, causing Chen Mu to frown slightly, and when he picked up his mobile phone, he saw that it was the agent Duffy who called.

"Chen, what are you doing? I've been calling all afternoon, why don't you kid always answer?? ”

Picking up the phone, Duffy didn't change his style, and said like a cannon: "Something big happened, a great thing!" Tomorrow is the start of the away game, right? Wait for me tonight, and they and I will be there in the evening! ”

"Wait, wait."

Chen Mu was stunned by Duffy's words, and wondered: "What's the big deal?" What's good? Who are they? Why are you here today? What the hell are you talking about? ”

"Oh yes, you haven't had time to read the emails and texts I've sent you, have you?"

Duffy couldn't hold back his excitement and said loudly, "It's NIKE!" NIKE IS GOING TO SIGN YOU WITH A CONTRACT TO PUT YOU IN THE JORDANTEAM, AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO PLAY WELL IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE THEY WILL GIVE YOU SIGNED SHOES! ”

"What ......?!"

Chen Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

NIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH YOURSELF??

Have you had a chance to launch your signature shoes?!

On the other end of the phone, Duffy was still talking as always, constantly describing to Chen Mu how hard he worked and how much effort it took to negotiate with NIKE. HOW MANY CONNECTIONS WERE USED AND HOW TO GET THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIP, NIKE FINALLY AGREED TO INCLUDE CHEN MU IN THE JORDANTEAM.

However, Chen Mu had no intention of listening to these details.

For the next half a day, it was like watching a movie fast forward, and Chen Mu was like a dream.

At 8 o'clock in the evening EST, Duffy and several NIKE staff members came to Philadelphia and had an in-depth exchange with Chen Mu.

Although the contract was not signed on the spot, the two sides did not have too many objections to the details of the cooperation and basically reached an agreement.

"We're based in Oregon, and you don't seem to have any away games against Portland recently, so I looked at the schedule and the best thing is to make a trip from Los Angeles to Oregon after the first game of the road trip and sign a formal contract."

The NIKE staff is very professional and after studying the 76ers' recent schedule, he said: "We will contact the team and let you take a half-day vacation without affecting your participation in the game." ”

"Liaison with the team......

Hearing this, Chen Mu frowned slightly, and sighed: "I don't know if Billikin will agree." ”

"Haha, don't worry about this." The staff seemed to have heard of Chen Mu and Billikin's unpleasantness, and said with a relaxed smile: "We are also a big company that has cooperated with the NBA for so long, and there are many ways to do it." Billikin is a businessman, not a killer, and if there is a profit to be gained, he will not be too embarrassed by this kind of good thing. ”

With NIKE's commitment, Chen Mu was completely relieved, and the two sides wished each other a happy cooperation and ended the meeting.

“JORDANTEAM……”

On the way home, Chen Mu had a lot of thoughts, looking at the starry sky in a foreign country, and a special feeling arose.

"I also joined JORDANTEAM one day, and it was an incredible fate."

Although it is a great honor to join JORDANTEAM, Chen Mu knows very well that his commercial value cannot be considered too high before launching his signature shoes.

With a Chinese background, continuous progress, and the launch of your own signature shoes, it doesn't seem to be a particularly distant thing.

What Chen Mu looked forward to even more was that when he and NIKE basically negotiated the content of the contract, the system's prompt appeared again.

It's just that this time the prompt made Chen Mu a little puzzled, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of the system.

"Completing the commercial contract with NIKE and starting the reverse bootcamp ......? What does this mean exactly? (To be continued.) )