NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 140 LeBron James

Meng Jin was very proactive and the next day he asked his agent Falk to help him find a bodyguard. After all, no one knew which would come first, tomorrow or an accident.

Falk found a former Marine named Philip Sunderland, a 34-year-old white man with a beard.

Meng Jin thought this person was good because he had a serious face and was stern, which was exactly the kind of temperament he wanted in a bodyguard.

After finalizing the selection, agent Falk pulled Philip Sunderland aside and asked: "Do you know what you should do?"

Philip Sunderland looked at Falk as if he was mentally retarded: "Are you asking a bodyguard what to do?"

Falk nodded: "Yes."

Philip Sunderland deadpanned: "To protect the safety of my employer."

Falk: "This is just one of your tasks."

Philip Sunderland frowned: "What else do I need to do?"

Falk: "Do you watch NBA? You know Meng Quan is a good fighter, right? If he can't control himself outside, you must stop him at the first opportunity!"

Philip Sunderland suddenly realized that in addition to protecting Meng Jin, he also had to stop him from punching and prevent him from killing people.

In the next three games, the Bulls defeated the Heat, Mavericks and Suns respectively, and won 8 consecutive games.

In the game against the Suns, Meng Jin saw the young Steve Kerr at the end of the opponent's bench. At that time, Steve Kerr was a complete nobody. All he did throughout the game was handing towels and water to his teammates. He only played for 2 minutes in this game, and Meng Jin had no impression of him at all.

But Steve Kerr was deeply impressed by Meng Jin. The first thing he said to his friends after returning was that there really are people in this world who can fly.

The second sentence was that after seeing Meng Jin flying around the basket, he was very sure that he could not play in the NBA.

It took his friend more than half a month to help him regain his confidence. His friend told Steve Kerr that there is diversity in this world, and the same is true for NBA players. Compared with Meng Jin, those are the flying players, and you, Steve Kerr, are another type of player.

This statement is still reliable, Steve Kerr reluctantly accepted it, but he still couldn't forget the exaggerated scene of Meng Jin flying in the sky and escaping the ground, and sometimes even dreamed about it.

The appearance of Meng Jin has caused a psychological impact on most players in the league, but some people said it out loud, while others kept it in their hearts. Among these people are ordinary players and stars.

Barkley is one of them, but unlike most players, Barkley turned this into motivation.

On January 1, the 25ers ended the Bulls' eight-game winning streak. Barkley still couldn't change his habit of exploding whenever he met the Bulls. He wanted to beat Jordan and Meng Jin. When he heard that the Bulls had won eight consecutive games, he became more motivated.

巴克利今晚打出了超级表现，他以19投16中，其中三分2中2的表现狂砍38分，除此之外他还揽下了17个篮板并且送出6助攻。

Barkley did his best tonight. He scored all the balls that he should have scored and shouldn't have scored. He grabbed all the rebounds that he could grab. The most terrifying thing is that Barkley is not the player with the most shots on the team. While he scored efficiently, he gave more shots to his teammates. Former Pacers player Ron Anderson came off the bench and made 23 of 13 shots to score 32 points, the second highest on the team.

This is why Barkley is more mature than Jordan. Jordan gave up his shooting rights only after Meng Jin came along. Barkley knew from the beginning that he could not win the game by just scoring crazily by himself, and he had to let his teammates participate in the offense, even though his teammates in the 76ers were of a lower level than Meng Jin.

孟进和乔丹今晚的发挥都在水平线以上，孟进33分10篮板2助攻2盖帽，乔丹27分12助攻6篮板2抢断，输球纯粹是因为巴克利今晚太猛了。

After winning the game, Barkley was crazy about Jordan and Meng Jin, but both of them ignored him. There are 82 games in the regular season, so it is normal to have a few outbursts. Everyone has to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

On January 1, the Bulls and Cavaliers fought for two overtimes, and finally relied on Jordan's near buzzer-beater to win this hard-fought victory on the road.

The Cavaliers are very motivated this season. After more than a year of running-in, the players have developed a good chemistry. The strength of the Cavaliers' lineup lies in their multiple core players. For example, in this game, a total of 8 Cavaliers players scored in double digits, Mark Price 25 points, Larry Nance 22 points, Brad Doherty 17 points, Rod Williams 16 points, Ron Harper 12 points, Mike Saunders 12 points, Craig Elu 11 points, and Terry Rollins 10 points.

How can one defend against this?
Assistant coach Phil Jackson's eyes lit up as he watched the game. During the game, he praised the Cavaliers more than once for having the perfect lineup for the triangle offense. Their lineup could maximize egalitarianism and their players were willing to make sacrifices.

Meng Jin heard this and after the game, he walked up to Phil Jackson and mocked him, "Egalitarianism? It's better to call it average-losingism."

Although Jordan made a near-game-winning shot, the biggest contributor to the Bulls in this game was Meng Jin, who scored perfect stats of 52 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. If the Cavaliers played egalitarian basketball, then the Bulls played heroic basketball.

Phil Jackson did not refute Meng Jin because it was obvious that heroism triumphed over egalitarianism tonight.

After the game, the Bulls had three days off. Jordan and Meng Jin did not fly back to Chicago with the team. They stayed in Cleveland to attend a charity event. Meng Jin and Jordan visited the children in the Cleveland elementary school who were frightened in the 1.17 shooting. This was a charity event arranged by Falk to bring Meng Jin, Jordan and the fans closer.

Jordan often participated in charity events, but this was Meng Jin's first time. Before, Meng Jin always thought that charity events were just shows, performing in front of the media. He was very resistant before he went, but when he saw the children's innocent eyes and enthusiastic shouts, his mind changed. Meng Jin invited some children to play shooting games at the event and taught them some basic basketball moves.

"Hey! Lady! You can't go in there! You can't go in there!"

When Meng Jin heard the security guard's call, he turned around and saw a short black woman holding a boy.

"Mr. Meng, my son is your fan, and we walked 25 blocks to get here."

Hearing the black woman's cry, Meng Jin waved his hand and said, "Let her in."

The black woman said "thank you" as she squeezed through the crowd and walked in front of Meng Jin.

"Hey! Baby, wake up."

Meng Jin smiled: "Is your son asleep?"

The black woman was a little embarrassed and said, "We walked 25 blocks and took the bus for half an hour to get here. He is exhausted."

Meng Jin: "How old is he this year?"

Black woman: “5 years old.”

Meng Jin: "What's his name?"

Black woman: "LeBron."

Meng Jin looked down at the little boy in her arms and felt something was wrong: "LeBron what?"

At this time, the little boy woke up: "LeBron Raymond James."

The little boy rubbed his eyes and suddenly screamed: "You are Meng! Ah! You are Meng!"

The little boy could no longer contain his excitement, and so did Meng Jin. He had watched James play for many years in his previous life, and he didn't expect to finally see the real James today, except that he was a little small.

Meng Jin touched James' head and said, "Little LeBron, what were you doing just now?"

James: “I fell asleep.”

Meng Jin's tone changed: "You can still sleep? You still have more than ten years to participate in the NBA draft, how can you sleep!"

James looked at the present with a confused face: "Mom, what do you mean."

James' mother was touched. She felt that Meng Jin was encouraging James. She also touched James' head and said, "Say thank you to Mr. Meng."

"Thank you, Mr. Meng."

Meng Jin took James to the center of the court and said, "LeBron, have you ever played basketball?"

James is very proud: "I am the best in our class."

Meng Jin: "Okay, I'll teach you the steps."

The next part was the interactive session. Meng Jin taught him a skill he was best at. Little James was indeed very talented. He learned even faster than primary school students. Meng Jin saw it all.

When Meng Jin was teaching in slow motion, James performed very well. But when he did the complete and continuous movements himself, Meng Jin almost vomited blood.

"Yes, well done, LeBron, that's it, collect the ball, then take a step to the right, then to the left, beautiful. No, no, wait, LeBron, what are you doing? You can only take two steps for a layup!!"

(End of this chapter)