Chapter 87 86. I didn’t expect you to be such a little brother
"How is it? The environment in Charlotte is pretty good, right?"

"It has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and a high rate of greenery. It is worthy of being called the green capital of the east."

"Of course, this is the best city in Carolina..."

At around 1 p.m., Zhang Yang arrived at the Charlotte Arena to report.

Since Jordan was not there, old Bickerstaff told Zhang Yangming to start training at 9 a.m. and asked him to arrive at the gym an hour early to prepare.

Felton, who just played in the Orlando Summer League from 7th to 18th, is also back.

Originally, Felton was going to play in the Las Vegas Summer League, but when he heard that Jordan was going to train Zhang Yang, he called Jordan many times, which annoyed Jordan so much that he agreed to train with Felton.

When Felton saw Zhang Yang coming, he drove Zhang Yang around the city and helped Zhang Yang get familiar with the city he lived in. Although he had only stayed here for 4 days at the beginning of the month, he was busy with work, and Zhang Yang's understanding of the city was still limited to Felton's oral description at the draft conference.

Zhang Yang felt that he was a little too sensitive in some ways - was the fat brother showing off that he could drive freely?
Felton drove to a residential area and said, "This is where Tellem said you're going to live next. It's full of high-end apartments and hotels. People who live here are usually white people who work in the Balancan area. They have high incomes, and the apartment property fees here are also high, but the security conditions and infrastructure are also very good...Except for the suburban villa area where I live, this is the best place to live in the city.

Charlotte also has high-rise buildings. If you want to go to a prosperous place, go to Mitton Square in the Balancing District. There are banks and securities companies there. We call it "South Wall Street". The largest shopping malls and luxury stores are also there.

I remember there are a lot of Chinese people living in the north, tens of thousands of them. It's very lively there at the beginning of every year, as if they are celebrating some festival. But unfortunately I have never been there. I will go and see it when I have the chance... Do you know Chinese Kung Fu?"

Zhang Yang: “?”

When going shopping during the Spring Festival, shouldn’t I ask him if he knows Chinese?
Felton: "Don't go to the East District. There are so many black people there that it's not safe... Jack, why do you look like that? It's true that areas where black people live are very unsafe. I'm a very open-minded person. You don't have to worry that I'll be angry because of this..."

Zhang Yang’s eyes said: Fatty, I don’t trust you at all!
In this regard, Felton can say whatever he wants and he just needs to ignore it.

On the day of the draft, the two days of pre-signing tests, and today, Zhang Yang and Felton have met several times and have become familiar with each other. He guessed why Felton was so enthusiastic about him - he wanted to be a leader!
He thought it was normal for Felton to have this ambition.

Okafor is only one year older than Felton and is just over a year older than Felton.

Okafor was the NCAA basketball champion in 04, and Felton was the NCAA basketball champion in 05. Both of them performed at the top level in college.

The rest of the Bobcats, except for Brevin Knight who had been a starter since the late 90s, were all water dispenser managers unwanted by other teams.

杰拉德-华莱士、普里莫兹-布雷泽克、朱梅因-琼斯、卡里姆-拉什、梅尔文-伊莱、基斯-博甘斯、马特-卡罗尔……这些球员，在03-04赛季时，场均得分都不到5分，甚至还有一个打了26场每场打7分钟场均0.9分的。

Gerald Wallace and Brezek performed well last season, but the former only averaged 11 points per game and the latter only averaged 13 points per game.

Faced with these competitors, Zhang Yang would find it strange if Felton didn't want to be the boss.

Apart from other things, Xiaofei is indeed very ambitious. If Erha had Xiaofei's ambition, he would not have cried out of grievance in the Thunder.

But Harden has changed a lot. A few days ago, he said that he would enter the NBA directly after his freshman season. With Harden's confrontation that even Zhang Yang envied and a body of 95+ kg, it is estimated that he will weigh over kilograms by then. The time for actively developing his skills seems to have been advanced. When Zhang Yang first met Harden, this guy was focused on practicing his corner three-pointers... No, he, Charlotte Zhang San, has to work harder to avoid being surpassed by Harden.

In the evening, Felton took Zhang Yang to dinner at his favorite restaurant when he came to Charlotte during college.

This made Zhang Yang's impression of Felton improve a lot, and he didn't have to show off in a big restaurant.

At their age, they enjoy the food more when they come to small restaurants like this.

After dinner, Felton sent Zhang Yang back to the apartment. After saying goodbye, Zhang Yang was led to his room by the property management.

This was his first time staying at the place arranged by Tellem.

The room is very big, the living room alone is dozens of square meters, and it has a bedroom, guest room, study, gym... The decoration style is simple and the furniture is complete.

Thumbs up for the agent.

Looking at the phone number of the car rental company on the door and the coffee table, as well as the note saying that they had already negotiated with the car rental company for him, he needed to notify the company 10 minutes in advance and a driver would come to pick him up... Zhang Yang wanted to give his agent the middle finger.

You can leave a note, but don’t stress that he can’t drive alone!
When he arrived at the airport at noon, he asked the airport freight company to deliver the mountain of luggage. The property staff had already moved the things to the living room, arranged them neatly, and sorted them according to the labels on the cartons.

Zhang Yang gave the property management guy a 20 US dollar tip, and the guy left happily.

There was a pile of things and he didn't plan to clean them up. He just took out the boxes of bedding and pillows, and the boxes of sportswear, and changed the bedding in the bedroom. He would ask a housekeeper to help sort out the rest later. He would spend the little money where it counts.

...

At 7 a.m. on July 21, Bickerstaff arrived at the Charlotte Arena.

He is much happier than he was last summer.

Last summer, looking at the group of players averaging three or four points per game, he was overwhelmed and worried about the 0 wins and 82 losses. He even thought about quitting as soon as he started working.

Fortunately, there were still a few talented players among those players who were delayed and buried by their original teams. They played well after coming here and finally finished third from the bottom with 18 wins and 64 losses, at least not a single-digit win rate.

Now, one year later, they have Okafor who has already played well, Felton, a mature point guard who entered the NBA at the age of 22, Gerald Wallace who is a genius in the comeback, Brezek who is just a passing starter... and that high school student whose talent is visible to the naked eye. Bickerstaff is full of expectations for the future.

When he arrived at the training ground, Bickerstaff saw that the high school student had already arrived. Not bad, not bad. He really arrived an hour early as asked... Wait, why is he so sweaty?
Zhang Yang noticed someone coming, stopped training, and saw it was the head coach, so he greeted him, "Good morning, Bernie."

Bickerstaff: "Good morning, Jack, when did you get here?"

Zhang Yang: "I ran over from the apartment, it was almost 7 o'clock."

Bickerstaff: "You're up really early..."

Zhang Yang: "I have to train with Michael at 9 o'clock. I come early to practice shooting. I may not have time to practice basic skills when training with him. But when I am at home, I also get up at 6 o'clock to train. It's hot in California in the summer, so I usually practice for a few hours in the early morning and evening."

Bickerstaff sighed in his heart: Going from zero foundation to dominating the California high school basketball world in two years is not just based on talent!

Jordan walked into the training ground. He heard Zhang Yang's words, but didn't say anything. He just said hello to the two of them and went to the gym to warm up.

Zhang Yang responded and prepared to continue practicing shooting... He suddenly turned around and looked at Jordan who was walking into the gym.

I haven't seen you for half a month. Boss Qiao seems to have lost some weight?
He admitted that the various models he saw around Jordan those days were very good-looking, with different looks and figures. Some had big breasts, some were well-proportioned, some were charming, and some were skinny...but they were too unrestrained. Was he being squeezed dry?

Do you want to remind me? People in their 40s should learn to live a steady life, so as not to shed tears in vain when they are old.

Around 9 o'clock, Felton arrived at the stadium.

As soon as he entered the training ground, a ball flew towards his face. Although he was a little fat, he was agile and caught the ball with one hand.

He was about to speak when Jordan's voice came.

"Raymond, stretch your body and practice with me."

Felton was almost hit by the ball when he came in. He was a little angry at first, but when he heard this, he immediately perked up, responded, and ran off to stretch his body.

A few minutes later, Felton ran up to Jordan excitedly: "Michael, I'm ready!"

Jordan frowned: "You so fast?"

Felton nodded. The warm-up was not sufficient, but he couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to beat Jordan! This was his first exciting moment in the NBA!
Jordan didn't remind him again. He felt that he had said enough, so let's get started!

Ten minutes later...

Felton sat on the floor holding the ball, he wanted to go home with the ball!
But seeing several basketball racks and countless basketballs in the training ground... running with the ball would not have any effect on Jordan, and he would even be laughed at!
He and Jordan faced off against each other in 3 groups and lost all of them!

6比10、5比10、4比10……

What happened to the two-year retirement you said you would do? What happened to the 42-year-old man you said you would do?

He has never met such a strong opponent!

It's okay to be strong, but his mouth is really foul! Felton began to doubt whether he has the ability to play in the NBA.

Jack is still the best, he is handsome, speaks well, and is a good listener...

Seeing Jordan walking towards Zhang Yang, Felton wanted to yell: Jack, run, this guy is a devil!

Just then, Felton heard Jack speak...

"Michael, is it my turn?"

Jordan: "You've been practicing for more than two hours, right? Do you still have the strength to spar?"

Zhang Yang: "I still have enough stamina to deal with a 42-year-old man. Are you ready to be beaten by a high school student again?"

Jordan: "Getting beaten by high school kids again?"

Zhang Yang: "I remember there was a high school student who entered the NBA at the age of 17 and scored more than 50 points on your head."

Lost to a high school student by more than 50 points? Jordan recalled that there was Kobe who developed a rhythm style in the 02-03 season... But what about that 17-year-old high school student? That was a 24-year-old double-first-team superstar and MVP candidate!

But don't say it, the smell of this speech...

Jordan bared his teeth: "Come on, let me see how you can score more than 50 points on me!"

Zhang Yang began his first sparring match with the God of Basketball. Felton stared at Zhang Yang in amazement. Was this his humble and gentle little brother?

He thought he was crazy enough for wanting to beat Jordan after just moving his body for a few minutes, but compared to this little brother, he was as low-key as he could be!
But, little brother, since you are so crazy, there must be something, right?

Felton was filled with anticipation...

Soon, he saw Zhang Yang being abused by Jordan, even worse than him. If he was being abused, Zhang Yang would have been killed.

Felton: “…”

He was so stupid to have such an unrealistic idea.

Think about how to comfort the little brother. Even a 22-year-old mature brother is doubting his life. The little brother should not shut himself up...

but!

Zhang Yang: "What a wonderful duel. You narrowly won this time. You won't be so lucky next time! I will definitely beat you next time...

By the way, Michael, can you teach me the step you just did?

That one, the one right here, the one that pushed up when I took a step back... yes, yes, that's it..."

Jordan taught him three times, but Zhang Yang still hasn't mastered the skills.

He was angry: "How many times do you want me to teach you? I can't stand you anymore. Let's spar again and learn it yourself!"

Zhang Yang: "Since you are so anxious to be beaten by high school students, then come on!"

Watching the two of them quickly start their second sparring session...Felton: Huh?

...

After a morning of training, Felton refreshed his understanding of Zhang Yang... This high school student is completely different from what he thought!
He is very cultured and polite. Under normal circumstances, you won't even hear him swear. He is not pretentious in his politeness and can be casual when necessary. Compared to the teammates in the summer league who kept saying "Fuck you", Felton felt very comfortable chatting with Zhang Yang.

But Zhang Yang's practice with Jordan made Felton feel scared... He was really afraid that Jordan would get angry and kick his little brother out of the Bobcats.

However, although Jordan cursed, he still taught Zhang Yang everything he wanted to learn. Although Jordan soon lost his patience and dragged Zhang Yang to a duel, or to be more precise, he beat him up, he still continued to teach...

As for Zhang Yang, he became braver as the fight went on. During the sparring, he did not lose his fighting spirit at all because he was beaten in the last sparring. What made him braver as the fight went on was his mouth, which was even stronger. Even Felton could not imagine that those words could be combined like that.

That’s fine, but there is one thing that Felton is very confused about.

Jordan is willing to teach Zhang Yang, even though he doesn't have the patience.

But when he humbly asked for advice after being abused, Jordan became impatient.

During lunch, Felton complained about this to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang returned to his younger brother mode and said, "Didn't Bernie tell us to arrive early yesterday?"

Felton: “I arrived early!”

Zhang Yang: "8:55 is considered early. Michael was here at 8 o'clock. You were almost an hour later than him. He had to wait for you to warm up. He must be displeased with you."

Felton: “So what time did you arrive?”

Zhang Yang: “A little earlier than him.”

Felton: "Oh, then I'll be there at 7:55 tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yang: “…”

Why didn't Xiao Fei ask him what time he arrived? He didn't play by the rules!
After lunch, Felton said, "Do you want a car to pick you up or do you want me to take you home?"

Zhang Yang: "I'll go back to the gym and continue practicing."

Felton: "Didn't Michael say we'd meet in the morning? Will he come in the afternoon?"

Zhang Yang: "I'll practice more before he comes. I can't practice properly when he's here. This summer I want to practice my shooting and try to get stable playing time at the beginning of the season, such as being a pitcher, a counter-attacking rusher... I need to have at least one qualified ability."

Felton thought about the morning training. Indeed, he had been abused for two hours and there was really no real training. So he decided to practice again in the afternoon.

He and Zhang Yang returned to the gym and continued practicing.

Felton saw Zhang Yang practicing basic skills step by step and thought of the goal Zhang Yang mentioned for the start of the new season... When Jordan was not around, the little brother was the humble, gentle and calm little brother again!
That is to say, it’s not the little brother who has the problem, it’s Jordan!

After practicing for a while, Felton felt uncomfortable. He had been beaten all morning. He originally wanted to save the soul of a fallen girl, but ended up training again...

Then let's give the younger brother a beating! It's just right for the younger brother to see his strength, so that the younger brother won't look down on him because he was beaten by old Jordan.

Zhang Yang gladly accepted the invitation to practice.

Soon, Felton discovered that it didn't seem to be Jordan's problem...

Although Felton is only 185 cm tall, he weighs 93 kg, and his height-to-weight ratio is even more excessive than Harden's current one.

He has good speed and his skills are far beyond what Harden can currently match. He graduated from his senior year at the age of 22 and his playing style is very mature. Zhang Yang is completely unable to defend him.

Felton is also very active on the defensive end. He is very good at using his body to block breakthroughs. If he can stick to someone at close range, he can also interfere with the jump shot. He has the potential to defend the goat's low-post back-up...

Felton accomplished what he wanted to do. He let his younger brother see his strength. It wasn't that he was not strong enough, but that the 42-year-old old man's one-on-one ability was too unreasonable.

But after the little brother started sparring, he kept chattering!

"You were just lucky on this shot. I will definitely block it next time."

"Oh, that's a good shot. Look at me stepping back... Damn, I missed again."

"Haha, you can't defend me!"

"Look, it's still this position, I can still make the shot!"

"You win this time, but don't be complacent. I will definitely come back..."

Felton's head was buzzing. He was Jordan and he was also irritable!

He really wishes he had a mouth like Jordan so he could exchange insults with his little brother!

...

After a day of training, Felton was ready to leave with a tired body and mind. When he saw Zhang Yang walking towards the physical therapy room... he followed him.

He originally had no patience for physical therapy. In his opinion, it was something that only players in their thirties or forties who were about to retire did. For example, in the morning, Jordan practiced for two hours and then did more than half an hour of physical therapy.

But since his younger brothers had gone, he had to go too, to avoid being looked down upon by his younger brothers, who would think he was not self-disciplined enough, thus affecting his leadership charisma.

Felton still likes this little brother very much. Although he is a little...special when they practice sparring? But as long as they don't practice sparring, he is a good brother.

The next morning, when Felton was woken by the alarm clock, he felt very different!
After a day of training yesterday, he originally thought that he would feel a little uncomfortable today, but with the high-level physical therapy of the NBA team, plus his recovery ability as a professional athlete in his early 20s, apart from feeling a little hungrier than usual when he woke up, he didn't feel any other discomfort.

With the pressure brought by his younger brother's self-discipline and the benefits he had tasted, Felton felt that it was possible to insist on physical therapy after training.

He ate something, left home at 7:40, and drove to the Charlotte Arena in more than ten minutes.

I checked into the training ground at 7:55. Great, Jordan hadn't arrived yet.

However, he saw Zhang Yang's back with his vest wet.

Arrived earlier than Jordan? He must have practiced for at least half an hour! Including warm-up, when did the little brother arrive?
Felton did not have the mentality of a snake player and did not think about coming earlier than Zhang Yang, but he worked harder in training today.

They trained together for a day yesterday, but the time was too short to see anything special about Zhang Yang's talent. Felton doesn't have the vision of a professional coach, so he didn't see what was special about Zhang Yang. But Zhang Yang's eagerness to learn and his down-to-earth and focused attitude towards training... made him feel the same pressure as DeRozan did back then.

DeRozan is one year younger than Zhang Yang. Although he is unwilling to be surpassed, he can still accept it.

Felton couldn't accept it!
He is 5 years older than Zhang Yang!
During the practice session with Jordan this morning, Felton felt that the other party's attitude towards him had improved a lot and was willing to give him guidance... Jack was right, Jordan disliked him yesterday just because he came too late.

But Felton felt that Jordan's advice was somewhat outrageous.

What do you mean by "walk faster"? What do you mean by "jump higher"?
Did he not want to?
But he didn't dare to directly refute and express his opinions like his younger brother, so he could only feel wronged... Jack goes! Kill Jordan! Help the big brother to get revenge!

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