Chapter 8: Playing a big sword in front of Guan Gong?
Larry Bird was famous worldwide for his super high basketball IQ and superb skills as a player.
Unlike those players who rely on their bodies to make a living, his physical fitness is mediocre among historical stars, and some even call him "poor physical fitness".
However, in fact, Bird's physical fitness is just not as good as those famous "birds and beasts", but it cannot be said to be inferior.
As a white man, his strength, coordination and agility are extremely excellent, but his defensive end is a bit slow. Even so, he has been selected into the "second defensive lineup" three times.
Bird is a player with almost no shortcomings, but what he talks about most is not his basketball skills, but his ability to show off.
The highest level of pretending is not only to dare to speak loudly before the game, but also to learn from it when it comes to words.
There are still many classic Bird's show-off jokes such as "I want to kill you here", "left-handed shooting", "are you here to compete for second place?" in the NBA.
"Larry." The Dennis and his son were obviously very familiar with Bird, so they stepped forward and said hello.
Bird nodded to the two, still staring at Li Rong, his eyes full of endless sarcasm: "You should have many languages in common with Danny (Anji)."
Bird was trapped in his later years due to back injuries and Achilles tendon injuries. At a Christmas dinner, Auerbach, the then chairman of Celtic basketball operations, was having a dinner with the players when he suddenly received a trading call.
The Pacers wanted to exchange two young players for their hometown player Bird, but the Bishop refused.
But Angie, who attended the dinner, immediately became anxious, put down the knife and fork in his hand, and said to Bird in front of Bird, "This is a good deal, you have to agree!"
The bishop smiled and looked at Angie: "I have received a trading call about Kevin (McHale). Should I trade him away?"
"Of course!" Anji answered without hesitation.
At that time, the team was in internal and external troubles. League president Stern began to suppress the Bishop's influence in the league. The team's two core members, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, both reached the end of their careers and suffered frequent injuries. In addition, the newly selected second-tier rookie Ren Baiyas died of drugs, and the Celtics were already in turmoil.
Anji's proposal was naturally based on the consideration of continuing the team's future, but it did not take into account the feelings between the players and the fans at all. At that time, McHale was even the most loyal friend of his team, and he still wanted to trade it ruthlessly.
In the end, the bishop did not agree to Angie's suggestion, but sent him to the Sun shortly after.
Anji was called back by the Bishop to serve as a team operation work by the Bishop. As soon as he took office, he traded the team's undisputed core Antoine Walker. The crazy Celtic fans couldn't stand it emotionally, so they gave Anji the title of "Trader Anji", mocking him for only thinking about those crazy big deals in his mind, and would not help the team slowly improve their strength with a down-to-earth approach.
Li Rong still did not change her opinion in the face of Bird's ridicule: "Danny Angie suggested that you trade and leave your proposal back then, and the Celtics are still a bottom team to support you in order to support you."
As an old bird who has been in the league for many years, Larry Bird naturally knows this, but emotionally he cannot accept this "cold-blooded" behavior of trading teams for many years to survive the reconstruction period.
"Larry, this is Lee." Old Dennis knew how perverted Bird's competitive spirit was. He was afraid that the two of them would be frozen, so he hurried up to smooth things over and introduced them to them.
Bird glanced at Li Rong indifferently. What Li Rong had just said was the established fact, and he could not refute it. In addition, he was old now and didn't want to bother with the young man. He picked up the basketball in the yard and shot a ball into the basket not far away.
The ball did not score, and the basketball hit the outside edge of the basket, and the desperate situation fell into Li Rong's hand on the other side.
Li Rong didn't even shoot the ball, and he also threw it casually like Bird, hitting it in the center of the basketball.
Bird became angry this time, thinking that it would be fine if he didn't care about you just now, but he was still excited. He stared at Li Rong without moving: "Boy, when I was playing basketball, were you just a chromosome?"
After Bird finished speaking, he didn't even take off his suit and picked up the basketball again, in the same posture and the same distance, and shot into the frame.
Li Rong was not outdone. He picked up the ball and retreated to a position further than before, shot, shot, and made the ball: "And I am now lively on the court, but you can only live by boasting about the past."
"It's broken!" Dennis and his son looked at each other, knowing that the two of them were in a fight today.
Larry Bird is famous for not giving up. In one game, McHale scored 56 points that broke the team record, and was complacent about it. Bird soon responded with 60 points in a game.
I would rather mess with Jordan than go against Bird, this is a famous saying that has been circulating in the NBA for a long time.
If you mess with Jordan, Jordan will beat you up on the court and then ridicule you without hesitation.
Provoking Bird, he will not only blow you up on the court, but also destroy your confidence with trash words.
Bird is a famous person who likes to bully rookies, especially in away games. He will completely defeat a rookie player in front of away fans, and then shout at the opponent's coaching seat, "Come on, change someone to guard me, this poor guy is almost crying."
The reason why Li Rong dared to confront this historical legendary superstar just now was not only his unyielding spirit, but also because the system prompt sound that had not appeared in his mind for a long time.
"The king of force is successful in showing off in front of him, congratulations to the host for receiving the achievement gift package."
He triggered the system task for the first time in training camp, but he never heard the system prompt again afterwards, so he almost forgot about this matter.
After Li Rong made the reply ball, the system sent another prompt sound.
"The king of force is successful in showing off in front of him, congratulations to the host for winning the lottery card *1."
With this prompt sound, Li Rong gradually understood how this system reward should be triggered.
He looked at Bird with some excitement, as if the big nose in front of him had turned into a golden mountain of gold.
Li Rong picked up the ball again and ran to a position further than Bird, and shot and the ball entered.
Bird naturally was not willing to be at a disadvantage...
The two of them shot farther and farther, they had already exceeded the NBA's three-point line, making Dennis and his sons stunned.
Old Dennis murmured to himself: "I have never seen anyone dare to show off so arrogantly in front of Bird."
To show off in front of the former king of tyrants, to use an idiom to describe it as "showing off a good job" and to a common saying, it is "to play a big knife in front of Guan Gong".
Chapter completed!