Chapter 525

Chapter 525: 5 O’clock.

As the saying goes, rely on medicine if you want to be healthy.

Kobe and Iverson felt like they were filled with strength after drinking the soup of muscle and bone strengthening yesterday afternoon.

By the way, this was 5 O’clock in the morning.

Kobe even said that if it weren’t for Chen Huan just taking a plane and arriving in Los Angeles yesterday, he would’ve come knocking on the door at 4am.

Looking at the helpless look on Iverson, it was evident that Kobe usually did this.

Alright.

This old man was waking up at 4am but how did he end up having two daughters?

Chen Huan thought but didn’t say.

Otherwise Kobe may get triggered and fight Chen Huan.

He definitely would lose but his aura was something scary.

Kobe personally drove the two to the Lakers training facilities.

Of course, there were no other players at this time.

The team just played a game away so they went back home to rest since they were tired.

Then there were very few people in the entire league that would come to the training ground at four or five in the morning, let alone in the Lakers.

However, the guard at the door was fully energetic as he gave a thumbs up from the security room when he saw Kobe’s car.

“Paul has been here for 30 years and on the first day I joined the Lakers, he encouraged me and told me I could become a superstar. I naively believed him at the time and was filled with motivation but I learned later that he told this to every youngster that came to the Lakers.”

Kobe said while laughing as he parked the car.

Chen Huan expressed his understanding.

Sports in abroad countries wasn’t just a sport but also a mentality.

Many people regarded it as a pillar of their mind.

It could be poor people or people that worried about their mortgage and had to work every day but their love for the team was sincere and from their heart.

Only pure fans and players could support a great sport.

As for China…

Well, ping pong was quite good, there were many people that played ping pong spontaneously.

Badminton and volleyball was also quite nice, especially the women’s volleyball.

Even tennis was developing well.

The rest…

Ha, ha…

(◣_◢)

Entering a real basketball court, the physical therapist and coaches weren’t there.

What Chen Huan and the other two had to do was repeat the usual training.

Both Kobe and Iverson were veterans in this.

They even recorded some of their training regimen for Chen Huan so Chen Huan could also train along with them.

Doing the training at least once every two or three days.

Chen Huan did their training at least once a week at best and tortured those guys in the Zhejiang CBA team.

The rest of the time, he was just exercising to maintain his physical condition.

Luckly, he took the muscle and bones strengthening (Intermediate) so he almost surpassed everyone in the court in terms of physicality.

At the beginning of the warm up, Chen Huan even did better than Kobe and Iverson.

But when it came to the real ball-handling training, he was inferior.

It was mainly due to rhythm.

He couldn’t keep up with the rhythm of Kobe and Iverson.

It wasn’t that Chen Huan was slow or strong enough, or even Chen Huan’s accuracy in his shots were not enough, it was just that he was much worse in terms of experience and about the little skills involved.

But for Kobe and Iverson, Chen Huan was already amazing enough.

With Chen Huan’s speed, strength and shooting, he could be used as a super trump card.

They only relied on their skills and their will to suppress Chen Huan.

But how long could this burst of energy last?

Kobe and Iverson could only last 5 minutes before they drank the muscles and bones strengthening decoction.

And last 20 minutes after drinking it.

This was also the limit for NBA superstars.

And how low Chen Huan could keep this physical endurance in a high intensity game?

At least 30 minute!

This was something they were testing right now, otherwise it could be even more.

Chen Huan was unmatched in the 10 minute or so gap.

That’s right.

They would definitely be able to tire Chen Huan together if the other team had two superstars.

But if the other team used their two superstars on Chen Huan, did they think the two old veterans in the Lakers were just for show?

The two of them would surely trash them up!

They didn’t need to be afraid even if the other party had three superstars as facing a superstar was like a child game to Kobe and Iverson if they were in top shape.

They never were stopped before by a superstar in one-on-one.

This was also true when they faced each other.

They could only beat the Lakers if the other party had 4 superstars.

But the era of the NBA having four superstars had long been gone.

The NBA’s luxury tax and salary cap were the biggest hurdle for the accumulation of superstars.

Even at the beginning of this season where the NBA received a huge TV deal that increased the salary cap, but unless the owner was willing to pay 200 million USD in luxury tax every year, it was impossible to have four superstars.

Did the NBA have such a generous owner?

No!

Even the superrich owner and former CEO of Microsoft Ballmer who bought the Los Angeles Clippers last year wouldn’t do it.

Similarly, even the owner of the New York Knicks who earned 200 to 300 million per year wouldn’t do it.

So Kobe and Iverson were feeling really excited.

Because among the NBA teams, the Lakers was currently the only team that had a legit Big Three.

Now that superstar Chen Huan returned to the team, who could stop the rise of the Los Angeles Lakers?

However, they shouldn’t get too full of themselves and still be cautious and serious to win the championship.

As for Chen Huan’s real ability, more training games must be done in order for him to improve the amount of skill he would be able to show in real competition.

Who would help Chen Huan?

It was obviously the players on the Lakers.

In the playoffs anyway, they were just the substitute and the complements.

Even if there was still one game in the regular season, it didn’t matter whether they won it or not.

If these people weren’t used as dummies to train for the Lakers championship regiment, how could they be worthy of the pay the Lakers were giving them?

Perhaps Kobe and Iverson’s opinion on them were too extreme, as those players arrived at the training ground at 8am but felt the temperature there a bit low.

Weird?

It was obviously April and the sun was shining all over California so why was it cold?

Huh!?

Why was there an Asian playing with the two big bosses?

And that Asian wore the number 66?

Did they have a teammate with this number?