One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Five. James Waits Patiently

At 8 am on March 27, a taxi arrived at the parking lot outside FedEx, and a tall and strong black man got out.

Seeing this man, the security guard of the stadium greeted him. The other party did not ignore him because he was a security guard. He went up to him and chatted with him enthusiastically before entering the stadium.

As a superstar of the era who won MVP, championship, championship MVP, best defensive player, and scoring champion, James no longer needs to stand outside the stadium and feel sad like he did in the past.

Although it is different from the way he initially envisioned to win the championship, the goal has been achieved.

Next, what needs to be done is to accumulate honors.

However, James feels so difficult! It seems that only when Sun Ce wins the championship can he have the opportunity to fight for the championship.

To seize the opportunity, you have to wait patiently. For example, now, his Lakers team must patiently finish this season and achieve certain results to be more attractive to top free agents in the summer.

But this is difficult! It is very difficult for the Lakers to win 50 games now.

Currently, the Warriors are ranked first in the West with 67 wins and 8 losses, the Grizzlies are second with 65 wins and 10 losses, the Thunder are third with 58 wins and 17 losses, the Spurs are fourth with 56 wins and 19 losses, the Trail Blazers are fifth with 50 wins and 25 losses, the Mavericks are sixth with 48 wins and 27 losses, and the Lakers are seventh with 46 wins and 29 losses.

The Pelicans, Suns, and Jazz are all between 39 wins and 41 wins, and the Lakers are not in danger of falling to the eighth place in the West to play the Warriors in the first round.

However, playing the Grizzlies in the seventh place is even worse for the Lakers than playing against the Warriors. The Grizzlies' record after the All-Star Weekend is better than that of the Warriors!

There are 7 games left, and for the Lakers, they must win at least 4 games to have a chance to win 50 games.

But they are a popular team, and the schedule at the end of the regular season is not easy.

Connected to the WiFi of FedEx Arena, James opened the homepage of the league's official website and looked at the record rankings...

If it were in the East, 50 wins would be a great chance to enter the top four, but in the West, it is fortunate that the Warriors, Grizzlies, Thunder, and Spurs have very good records this season, which has caused the overall record of other teams in the West to decline. Otherwise, if their current record were changed to last season, they might not even make the playoffs.

And the current record of their Lakers has also made James, the second player in the league, suffer a lot of criticism.

But in this situation, James chose to accept it and keep himself patient.

Since he enjoyed the help of Kobe's peak tail, he has to survive the current transition period. When Kobe cuts his salary to make room and Hibbert's garbage contract expires, good days will come!

The most important thing James has learned since the beginning of brother basketball is to wait patiently for opportunities.

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“Noah, I heard that you’re playing the lead this time? That’s so cool. You’re not tired of winning Grammys and planning to win an Oscar, are you?”

“Why do you all like to pay attention to these boring things? I just sing and make movies to kill time. Those things are too simple for me… Do you want to play a role too?”

“I want to go, but I don’t have time. You know, we are different. My team fills my schedule every year. In addition to training, it’s work.”

At 3 pm, after lunch break and before warm-up, James ran to talk to Sun Ce.

When James heard that he was going to act in a Marvel movie, he was still quite tempted, but his team would not agree. If Sun Ce was also going to make a cameo, then it was fine to make a cameo together, but if Sun Ce was playing a villain with so many scenes that he could be regarded as the protagonist, he was willing to play a supporting role, but his team would not agree.

And Disney really promoted Sun Ce as the protagonist.

Including the salary that Bill Duffy and Disney agreed to reveal a few days ago, Sun Ce, who officially starred in a movie for the first time, received a salary of 35 million US dollars, second only to Robert Downey Jr.'s 50 million US dollars.

According to the salary of Avengers 2,

the salary of Sun Ce and Robert Downey Jr. combined is higher than the salary of all other people in the movie combined.

Disney has no choice. Now Marvel fans only recognize Sun Ce as Thanos. Changing actors will definitely affect the box office of Marvel movies among basketball fans. Moreover, with Sun Ce's current popularity, it is not a loss to pay him 35 million US dollars.

Chatting with Sun Ce, James couldn't help but sigh that Sun Ce has become the player with the highest salary + endorsements and other pure basketball-related income among basketball players in the world by playing basketball. He writes a few songs a year and sings songs, becoming one of the top earners among male singers. Now he makes a movie and directly gets the top salary...

Sun Ce played basketball for several years to get his current status and income, but singing and making movies are at the peak since his debut!

"Is it really like what he said? He chose to play basketball because he is the worst at it? Damn it..."

...

"Will you get a high salary this summer?"

"I hope so. I have to thank you for recommending me to play under D'Antoni."

"No, even if I didn't recommend it, you would have played well..."

After the warm-up, the players of both teams entered the court, and Sun Ce and Jeremy Lin chatted for a while.

This year, Jeremy Lin played as a substitute for James and played well. Due to Kobe's reduced playing time, he only played 25 minutes per game this season and scored 17.5 points. As a two-way guard, Jeremy Lin can play two positions and averaged 22 minutes per game, scoring 10.3 points, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals, which is quite outstanding.

However, sources have long revealed that the Lakers are interested in signing Deron Williams this summer, and Jeremy Lin is expected to continue to wander.

But this is the norm for role players. Players who can stay in a team for a long time are either superstars, at least All-Stars, or pure substitutes with the ability to lead the locker room.

Jeremy Lin, who has the ability to start but is not at the All-Star level, is not related to either of them.

After a round of greetings, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Grizzlies' home game against the Lakers began.

The strength gap between the two teams is even greater than the early and mid-season confrontation!

The Lakers now have basically no centers available. Hibbert was directly abandoned. Motiejunas, like Jahlil Okafor, is not suitable for the current NBA. Sakishi has more playing opportunities than Hibbert and Motiejunas.

Facing the Lakers, the Grizzlies mainly play with a small lineup tonight, because the Lakers are currently mainly using Ed Davis, Tarik Blake, Metta World Peace, Sacre, and Brandon Bass.

If the Grizzlies are in good shape, the Lakers need at least three players like Zhan Lunke or a nervous knife like JR Smith to explode. Maybe one person’s explosion is not enough!