NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 97: Headline News, Encourage Pippen to Learn

孟进今晚的成绩单是51分7篮板2助攻2抢断2盖帽。

When he was interviewed by reporters after the game, Meng Jin realized that he had set the record of the youngest man to score 50 points.

"Wow, Meng, this is definitely a memorable day and a memorable game. You just broke Rick Barry's record as the youngest player to score 50 points."

Meng Jin is now 21 years and 48 days old, while Rick Barry's original record was 21 years and 261 days old.

Meng Jin smiled and nodded: "Youngest Mr. 50 Points? Sounds good."

After breaking the record, the system rewarded Meng Jin with 2 potential points, which Meng Jin added all to [Physical Fitness]. The season has entered the middle, and he has to start preparing for the playoffs.

The reporter asked again: "In this game, you used your magical footwork again. This has almost become your signature footwork in fast breaks and a nightmare for your opponents. What do you want to say about this?"

Meng Jin said calmly: "When I received the ball and took a step in the fast break, everyone should know what will happen next."

In the evening, when Jordan was setting up a card game, he couldn't find Meng Jin again.

"Damn, where did that kid go?"

"He should be out." Oakley replied casually.

"Call him back." Jordan handed the phone to Grant.

Grant shrugged. "He must be busy. I saw him get into Madonna's car when we left the stadium."

"Really?"

Grant smiled and said: "It was a luxury car with a bathtub, so Meng left without even taking a bath that night."

After hearing what Grant said, Jordan's jealousy was ignited again. He originally thought that Madonna was just here to watch a game, but he didn't expect that the two of them would actually get together?

Paxson shook his head speechlessly: "He didn't even take a shower? Who does he want to stink to death?"

Oakley smiled and said, "Maybe Madonna likes this taste."

Oakley was just joking, he didn't know that Madonna actually liked the taste.

In the luxury car, the two were cuddling, and just when Meng Jin was about to take a hot bath in the bathtub, Madonna suddenly said, "Don't take a bath yet."

Meng Jin looked puzzled: "Why?"

Madonna said bluntly: "I like this smell, I like this wild smell, this smell makes me feel like you are a wild animal."

Madonna said as she pulled out a small whip: "Let's do something different today."

Meng Jin smiled crookedly, thinking that Sister Mai was really good at playing tricks.

But Meng Jin liked it, he was tired of ordinary tricks.

At this moment, what Meng Jin didn't know was that this was just the tip of the iceberg of all Madonna's tricks.

The next day, the front-page headlines of major sports media were all about Madonna wearing a Mengqiu jersey and arguing with Knicks home fans.

The influence of the basketball circle is far less than that of the entertainment circle, so these sports media all tried their best to take advantage of Madonna's traffic. Their writing further increased Meng Jin's exposure.

"Now the whole country knows that you have a superstar fan." Grant said after reading the newspaper.

"Superstar fan? Superstar bitch! You don't know how wild Madonna is. She licked all the sweat I made after the game yesterday. I think it was at least a pound."

Grant's eyes widened after hearing this: "Madonna is so considerate?"

Grant shook his head after he finished speaking. The gap between people was too big. Meng Jin was both Madonna and a Hollywood actress, while he could only spend money to find women.

Grant held it in for a while, and finally asked, "Meng, how did you deal with those women?"

Meng Jin opened his hands: "Did you see this?"

Grant nodded: "I see, you mean to use these hands to touch women?" Meng Jin sighed: "I mean getting along with women is like controlling a ball. The key is to control. Every woman has a different personality, so the way and strength of control are also different."

Grant scratched his head: "But I'm an inside player and I'm not good at ball control."

"It's just a metaphor!"

Meng Jin felt that Grant was a dull boy and it would be difficult to teach him in a short time, so he said, "There is another simple way. You should get in touch with more women and attend more parties. With more experience, you will naturally know what women are thinking."

Grant nodded, thinking that what Meng Jin said made sense.

Two days later, the first game of February was against the Sacramento Kings.

In this game, the Kings' top player Reggie Seuss and Michael Jordan had a confrontation. Reggie Seuss is the best point guard in the history of the Bulls and was the Bulls' top player before Jordan came. He made the All-Star team twice in 80-81 and 82-83.

After Jordan switched to point guard, he faced off against him directly. From the first round, Reggie Theus showed an attitude of defiance and went straight for the physical attack.

Although Reggie Theus plays as a point guard, he is 201cm tall and looks half a size taller than Jordan.

Jordan soon became angry as well, and the two fought for the entire game.

今晚雷杰-瑟乌斯直接把传球键抠了，全场21投12中拿到28分2篮板1助攻，乔丹也差不多，全场37分5篮板3助攻。

In order to compete with Reggie Seuss, Jordan focused all his attention on offense, and his streak of triple-doubles came to an abrupt end.

Fortunately, the team won in the end, with the Bulls beating the Kings 105-100.

Meng Jin scored 20 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal in this game. You can tell from his rebounds that most of the points in this game were earned by his own efforts. This is how Jordan played as a point guard. Once his mind was full of thoughts about scoring points, others might not even be able to touch the ball.

Meng Jin's brother Pippen played for 10 minutes tonight and scored 4 points and 2 rebounds.

After joining the Kings, Pippen attended parties every day, lived a life of drunkenness, was perfunctory in training, and had no fighting spirit on the court.

Pippen is a passive player. He needs supervision and motivation.

In his previous life, Jordan had always pushed him forward, but now in the Kings, no one cared whether he worked hard or how well he played. In addition, after getting the rookie contract, he suddenly had money in his pocket, so Pippen fell into decline for half a season.

Meng Jin saw Pippen's decline and invited him to come to the room to chat after the game.

Pippen also accepted it with pleasure. Seeing Meng Jin's current state, he felt a huge gap in his heart.

Half a year ago, they were at the same level. They attended training camp, tryouts and drafted together. Pippen felt like everything happened just yesterday.

But now look at the gap between the two.

One is a substitute for a weak team, and the other is already an all-star player with multiple endorsements in his left hand and a top female star in his right hand.

The topics of their conversation were still very light at the beginning. Pippen talked about the interesting things he encountered at various parties, while Meng Jin talked about how gentle Emmanuelle Béart was and how wild Madonna was.

After chatting for a few bottles of beer, Meng Jin began to express his true feelings.

"Scottie, you know what? If you keep allowing yourself to degenerate like this, your talent will be taken away."

This sentence shocked Pippen, who smiled bitterly: "I don't think there is a place for me in the team. I can't compete with those people."

"When have we ever been afraid of competition? Scottie, tell me, when you came to Portsmouth from the second-tier league to compete in the training camp, were you afraid of competition? Were you afraid of competition when you participated in the Hawaii All-Star Game? Were you afraid of competition when you dunked on Jordan during the tryout?" Meng Jin paused after speaking: "You are not afraid of competition, you are just making excuses for yourself, looking for a legitimate reason for your own depravity."

"Meng, what should I do?"

Pippen looked confused and needed some guidance.

Meng Jin said: "Start with defense, play to your strengths, and then practice spot shooting. If you do these two things well, you will have a place in any team. Then play to your strengths. You can pass the ball, you have strong athletic ability and can make fast breaks. You can do many things. Your physical talent is enough to support you to do things that many players in this league cannot do. As long as you are willing to do it, you must first win the trust of the coaching staff and "survive" in the NBA."

33 years later, Pippen specially thanked Meng Jin in his autobiography "Unguarded", in which he wrote: This conversation saved my career. If it weren't for Meng, I might have fallen into alcohol and women since my rookie season, and ended up with no ball to play after completing my rookie contract.

(End of this chapter)