The team's 14-man roster was confirmed, and Su Yang got free and flew to Las Vega as planned to watch the summer league game.

As soon as we set off, we were just watching the news. Suddenly, we saw tmz reporting that Cousins ​​had an argument with others on the wild court. We immediately decided to adjust our itinerary and launch the "Cousins ​​Renovation Plan" that was originally planned to start the new season training camp in advance.

The two main things happen not within Su Yang's plan. The first is to publicly praise Antetokounmpo for becoming an MVP and the best defensive player. So why do you mean to treat Antetokounmpo as the core of the future, which may make the sensitive Cousins ​​think too much.

The second thing was to get Guy in order to get the deal, Patrick Patterson was sent away in advance, a Kentucky alumnus from Cousins ​​when he was a university student. He did not ask Cousins ​​for his ideas, and Patterson was the object of Cousins' confidant when he encountered difficulties in the NBA.

Anyway, Cousins' personality is prone to random thoughts.

"Course me a private flight, and you need to prepare some things Cousins ​​like, food or magazines, and don't need to do too much. Just put them in a more obvious place. In addition, contact the reporter and go to the airport to take a photo of Cousins ​​and I board the plane together. At that time, copy the photos and send them to the King's official website to try to let more people know..."

Su Yang thought for a moment and made arrangements. The assistant hurriedly contacted him, and he opened the address book and found Cousins' number.

The first time I called, no one answered it.

I waited patiently for the prompt tone and continued to call the phone for the second time, but no one answered it, but the personal status of the team chat group showed that Cousins ​​was online, and I had sent a message half a minute ago. It was impossible for me to suddenly put down my phone and leave.

Su Yang was too lazy to guess what Cousins ​​had in mind, so he just continued to call the third time, and it finally got connected after a long time.

"Hey, boogie, let's go to Las Vegas to watch the game. I specially booked a private flight..."

"It's boring if you don't go."

"The summer league level is indeed a bit low, but we just happened to be in the finals. I think this is the moment when you show your ability as a team leader. I talked to Giannis and the others last night and they hope that the team will have more people supporting them, including the general manager..."

On the other end of the phone, Cousins ​​fell silent.

Su Yang probably felt a little confused when he heard the words "team leader". After all, he couldn't beat Tyrek Evans before. After Evans' performance declined, no matter whether the Kings' former boss Maruf Brothers, former president Jeff Petri, or the two coaches Paul Westfar and Keith Smart, he never said that Cousins ​​would become the team leader.

Su Yang did not urge the reply, thinking that Cousins ​​was sensitive and suspicious, and any words were easily unsolved. It was a bit like a single-threaded CPU with insufficient computing power. It was best to handle one command after another. Asking too much at once could easily lead to an explosion.

"Okay, when..."

After a long silence, Cousins ​​finally responded, like a three-year-old child, and finally confirmed that the adults were not making him happy.

"Attend to the airport at 2 pm, we flew over and caught up with the competition. Do you want me to arrange a driver to pick you up?"

"I can drive!"

Su Yangxin said okay, it seems that Cousins ​​yelled at King's former physical fitness coach Sharpo, and even almost attacked. There should be no logic: Cousins ​​said he was uncomfortable, and Sharpo said that there seemed to be no problem, so he was furious!

Knowing that Cousins's thinking is different from that of ordinary people, there is no need to worry about it.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Su Yang saw Cousins ​​arrive in advance at the airport. He smiled all over his face, which was completely different from the image on the phone. He even took the initiative to come over to help carry his bag and said that he was a big guy and was suitable for carrying more things.

Su Yang was not surprised, so he turned to Cousins' shoulders and stood side by side to facilitate the reporters to take more handsome photos.

Get on the plane and sit face to face. The relatively compact space invisibly brings the two people closer and reduces some barriers.

Su Yang asked for two glasses of red wine at the flight attendant who specialized in serving private rides, and asked casually: "I cleaned up the information left by Jeff Petri a few days ago. I accidentally saw the video of you trying out for the Kings. He made 80 of 95 shots in the three-point line, and some three-pointers. He was very good at rebounding and his technical movements were also very series, but I heard that you had a short time to learn basketball, right?"

Asking questions like that, Su Yang mainly planned to introduce the topic into Cousins' childhood and teenager experiences, and was preparing to peel off the cocoon.

The main character traits of many people are basically the experiences they had when they were young, and the proportion of professional players is higher.

Chamberlain was too ugly when he was a teenager, and no girl was willing to date him. After becoming famous, she slept crazy with women to make up for it.

Carl Malone has a mother who doesn't allow him to cry no matter what, making Malone the strongest man in NBA history.

In high school, Jordan felt that his ears were too big and his hairline was too high, so he couldn't meet up with girls. After becoming famous, he dressed up and had scandals.

Larry Bird was afraid of being poor when he grew up. Until he earned $3 million a year, he still felt that $7 beer was too expensive.

Iverson's mother has done countless jobs, but she just doesn't want to beg for his father, so she turns Iverson into a very stubborn player.

Wade has played street basketball with his stepfather and several stepbrothers since he was a child. He believes that "jump shots are soft balls. No matter what they encounter when breaking through, he will never ask for fouls." So he entered the league and faced the piston steel barrel, and still broke through seven in seven out.

"Yes, I started out learning how to play rugby and wanted to be an NFL player. Unfortunately, I grew too fast and my knees couldn't bear the impact. I had to change my career and learn basketball. I learned all the technical movements very quickly..."

In the words, Cousins ​​put down his guard and slowly explained his childhood experiences. Su Yang listened patiently and nodded frequently to respond.

As a child with four sisters, one younger brother, but no father, Cousins' childhood memory is that his mother had to work two jobs to support the whole family, and he would argue with his sisters every day just to find a little space in the small house.

Later, when he changed to basketball, Cousins ​​was talented and extremely fast, he always had an opponent who could not defeat. In order to defeat his opponent quickly, he would use the method of colliding with his opponent or elbowing his opponent, and over time he became more and more likely to lose patience.

The most typical case is when he was playing against Griffin. He was very upset when he heard others praise Griffin, so he made a crazy hand-to-hand defense, which made Griffin score 8 points in half of the fourth quarter. However, he suffered 6 fouls and was forced to go off the court to rest. Then he stared at Griffin and made three consecutive jump shots, defeating the Kings in one wave to take away the victory, which made him so angry that he scolded Griffin as an actor.

In short, years of experience and various factors have made Cousins ​​become sharp-tech, but he is also inferior, arrogant and autistic. He always hopes that others will find the unirritable heart under his huge body, and is worried that others will play tricks on him, so he simply uses evil deeds to attract attention.

Anyway, Cousins ​​is not a truly destructive young man. He did not drink alcohol and smoke marijuana like Beasley, but would watch charity dramas with crutches. He needed others to praise him, and he was sincerely praised.

Of course, Cousins ​​did have some attention problems. He used to keep his focus through taking medicine in high school, and because there were too many small movements on the court, he was nicknamed Boogie by his Kentucky alumnus Strand in college.

Su Yang is very confident. Since Mike and Malone can trust Cousins ​​and play seriously, of course he can do it too.

While Cousins ​​was having a happy chat, Su Yang said seriously: "boogie, our goal next season is to make the playoffs. We need you to carry the team on both offense and defense, set an example to lead everyone to defeat some powerful opponents..."

Not sure what happened, Cousins ​​suddenly turned his head and said, "I think that should be the responsibility of MVP and the best defensive player."

Su Yang wanted to laugh when he heard this, but he still insisted: "In my eyes, you are an NBA historical power forward. I treat you as Duncan to arrange tactics. You can fully play the four or five positions, but the premise is that you have to become more patient so that you won't waste your talent. The media said you are the next Derek Coleman, I don't let you think that you have to prove that those people are very wrong..."

"Then I'll try..." Cousins ​​replied in a low voice, obviously not as confident as before, and his inferiority character has the upper hand.

"You have to believe in yourself. I have prepared you for your contract extension in advance. Unless you want to leave, you will stay in Sacramento forever. Maybe there will be no championships, but you will definitely be a city hero like Carl Malone..."

"Ok, I'm ready!"
Chapter completed!