Chapter 558

Chapter 558: Old Dudes are bragging.

It was almost noon so Elizabeth took Chen Huan to have a meal in an Italian Restaurant.

Italy had great food but Elizabeth ate as much as the usual female celebrities as most of it was salads and fish.

She didn’t order any steaks or lamb chop for him either.

After the meal, it was rumored that Chen Huan sent Elizabeth home but it was actually the other way.

Because Chen Huan didn’t have an US driving license so he couldn’t even drive the car Little Buss gave him, let alone drive in the streets of Los Angeles and send people home.

When they reached the gate of the residential community near the security booth, Elizabeth stopped the car and looked at Chen Huan as he unfastened his seatbelt. She suddenly reached her head forward and kissed Chen Huan’s cheek.

“Boy, you’re such an interesting guy.” She said with shining eyes.

“Thanks, Miley said the same thing.” Chen Huan smiled slightly, “Will you continue to sit on my side for the rest of the competition?”

“Of course!” Elizabeth nodded and said.

But then she realized something, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to get a place behind you if it’s the conference finals or the finals.”

Chen Huan understood what she meant.

It wasn’t about money since there were many people with money.

It wasn’t just a matter of money to be able to grab a ticket.

It was impossible for ticket holders to give it away, let alone to Elizabeth and her family who were just entertainment celebrities and not anyone important.

“I’ll send you some when the time comes.” Chen Huan settled the matter in an instant.

The Lakers would reserve two tickets for him as long as he asked even if it was hard because Kobe and Iverson wouldn’t fight for it with him so he would be the priority.

“Thank you!” She was obviously happy and then looked at Chen Huan with watery eyes, “I wasn’t the one who called the reporters.”

“I know.”

“Huh?”

“The person at the counter clearly recognized us when we came into the theater.” Chen Huan said, “I turned back to look at him before going into the hall and saw him talking on his phone so he was obviously the one who called them.”

The paparazzi culture in the US was at the peak.

Many people in the UK would call the newspaper or magazine after they saw a celebrity or special thing.

This was even truer in the US.

Whenever they encountered a good occasion like that, they would usually report it to the paparazzi to get the potential hundreds or even thousands of dollars in pay for the information.

Chen Huan didn’t care.

He wasn’t doing anything shameful so what if the paparazzi were there?

However, he didn’t warn Elizabeth.

Elizabeth let out a sigh of relief at those words.

Chen Huan had been protecting her, which made her feel warm.

Although she wasn’t in love with him, he was a very good friend.

Since he was a friend, she didn’t want any misunderstandings between them.

She gave him another kiss before she let Chen Huan get out of the car.

Chen Huan had nothing to do so after cleaning up a bit, he simply called for a taxi and went to the training center.

The training center had a break during noon.

Kobe and Iverson were drinking coffee when Chen Huan arrived.

Russell, Hibbert and the other bench players were also there.

They swept the Blazers yesterday and that energized the out of favor team and increased the team’s morale.

Although many of them only came at 10 am, to train during their rest day also proved their determination to win more.

Before Chen Huan could come close, Kobe loudly laughed, “Our championship captain is here!”

“What?” Chen Huan was confused.

“Isn’t that what you said?” Iverson picked his phone on the table to show him, “Nice! All the sports related magazines as well as TV stations published your words! Now the Lakers are being called the model of arrogance!”

“Arrogance?” Chen Huan sat down beside him, “Wasn’t this expected of us?”

Russell’s eyes twitched and thought Chen Huan was sure bold.

Could those words be uttered casually?

He certainly didn’t dare to.

However, Chen Huan really had the strength and courage to say it!

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At the preseason, Russell didn’t think much of Chen Huan.

After the two playoff games, he was fully in admiration toward Chen Huan.

It wasn’t only respect for great skills and boldness but also how he lifted someone with one hand.

In TV shows or YouTube videos in the past few days, many people tried to recreate the move by Chen Huan no one was up to standard.

It wasn’t that nobody could lift a 100kg big man but they couldn’t lift it as smoothly as Chen Huan did as if he was holding the neck of a chicken.

How could Russell feel reassured with such a strong buddy in the team?

Moreover, Russell was very young. He was only 20 years old and entered the NBA last year so he still had a 10 years of career in front of him.

Wouldn’t it be good to be a Pippen beside him?

“Hahaha…” Kobe laughed even more happily, “Nice! That’s what you should say! Us Lakers are the best this year!”

“I will definitely get my own champion ring!” Iverson also showed his ambition.

“As the saying goes, the happiest occasion for a man was to be a strong opponent and step on them to celebrate their victory!” Chen Huan followed, “It’s our turn this year! Let the world see who is the true best team in the world!”

“Hmm, this is quite philosophical.” Kobe said and noted what Chen Huan said on his phone.

Iverson himself was someone that wasn’t afraid of attention as he said, “They didn’t come to ask me questions otherwise I would have let them know what it means to have strength to determine everything!”

The other players saw the three main guys boasting but felt quite at ease.

Apart from Chen Huan’s rise, they also knew of Iverson and Kobe’s actual strength.

In the four games, they only played seriously in the second game when Chen Huan got sent off and played casually during the other games.

Everyone knew the two were getting better and better by the day as they practiced daily and their physical fitness was surprisingly good.

Their state was just like in the regular season at the start when they carried the team to their wins.

It was a shame that their form dipped during March so needed to take it easy and wait for a powerful support to come.

Chen Huan was here now and the two big bosses were recovering while there were only 21 games remaining at most so who could hold the Lakers’ back?

Only the Spurs match the Lakers in terms of experience in the playoffs, the Warriors and Cavs were nothing.

It wasn’t him being arrogant.

Their team only showed the tip of the iceberg and I had already shocked the league. Imagine when their big three were fully unleashed.

Chen Huan still had many hidden weapons!

No one had seen Chen Huan make a three pointer in the competition yet.

Was his three pointer bad?

You must be kidding!

Chen Huan’s three pointers were terrifyingly accurate during practice!

He just hid it and waited to surprise them all!

Everyone couldn’t help but feel more confident when they thought of that!