Chapter 21 You Can Call Me Ba

Before the start of the game, Li Ba's substitutes are the first to enter the field, and they have to warm up the field first.

Stepping into the arena from the aisle, feeling the deafening buzzing sound, and the nearly 20,000 densely packed spectators, a massive amount of adrenaline erupted in his body instantly, and he trembled with excitement.

"Ironsmith, do you have the guts?" Barbosa, who was also on the bench, said disdainfully.

"I won't pick and roll for you, please don't call me." Li Ba glared at his opponent and said.

"I just wanted to call you." Barbosa sneered, and then said in surprise: "Do you think you have a chance to play?"

"Will you bet? If I play today, will you shine the uncle's shoes?" Li Ba said.

"roll!"

Barbossa is not stupid, what if garbage time comes into play?

"Li Ba, come on!"

Sitting behind the baseline with a camera hanging on his chest, Chen Hong yelled loudly at Li Ba who was passing by.

"Aim the camera at me!" Li Ba urged.

"I didn't say anything!" Chen Hong assured.

In the heat, Li Ba didn't do a dunk performance, but shot. They are all close shots, that is, shots within the paint area. Both elbows (the top two corners of the paint), the free throw line, the low post, a few shots from both.

Chen Hong counted and found a total of 25 shots, with a hit rate of 40%. This hit rate is undoubtedly scum. If there is a confrontation, the hit rate may be discounted by 50%.

However, Li Ba is quite satisfied. Shooting is his weakness, and his wrist is too stiff. Now he can get such a shooting percentage, which is already good and has improved. It was less than 30% before.

"That's what you're capable of?" Barbosa said nonchalantly as he dribbled the ball past Li Ba.

Li Ba stretched out his left hand, reached out with his long arm, and grabbed the ball that bounced off the ground with one hand.

Barbosa took an empty shot and found the ball in Li Ba's hands, and was immediately taken aback.

"Silly bird, this is what I do." Li Ba sneered at Barbosa.

His head-on fly-catching success rate is as high as 36%, which is still a month ago. That's fly catching. Now that he's catching such a big ball, if the opponent is unprepared, he can really get the ball in his hands.

"You just happened to happen!"

Looking at Li Ba's two big arms and a pair of giant palms, a trace of envy and hatred flashed in Barbosa's eyes.

Li Ba didn't bother to pay attention to Barbossa, he couldn't beat him, he had no interest in bickering.

At this time, the mascot gorilla ran over and frightened Li Ba with a vicious gesture. He punched Li Ba and knocked him down.

When Li Ba was playing on the gorilla, he happened to see the live broadcast. Because today is the opening game of the defending championship team, which will be broadcast nationally by TNT, hosted by Flying Pig Charles Barkley and Jet Kenny Smith.

Among the two, Barkley, one of the top 50 superstars, played for the Suns for three seasons. Now the team has decided to retire Barkley's No. 34 jersey in the Suns next year. He belongs to the Suns.

"Hey, Kenny, is that the Suns' rookie Hammer this year who is looking at us?" Barkley noticed Li Ba's sight and said to Smith with a smile.

"Yes, it should be. But he was undrafted." Smith glanced at Li Ba and said.

"An undrafted pick is also a rookie." Barkley insisted.

"Yes, you're right." Smith nodded.

"His arms are really thick, and a pair of elbows are also thick, but I don't know if they are hard or not." Barkley laughed.

"You can ask him to come over and ask." Smith laughed.

"Yes."

Barkley was kind, and immediately waved to Li Ba.

When Li Ba saw it, he didn't think about it. This was a photo opportunity. He immediately lost the ball and ran over in a few steps.

"Can't move."

Seeing Li Ba's running posture and the sound of heavy footsteps, Smith said immediately.

"Yes, I think so too. The big guy O'Neill should be more sensitive than him." They are all big experts, and Barkley immediately admitted this.

"God, O'Neal's 40-yard sprint is the same as Chamberlain's. It can reach five seconds. That's the speed of a defender. Wouldn't it be better not to mess around?" Smith said helplessly.

"Hey, Charles, hey, Kenny. Were you talking about me just now? Tell me something nice, and I treat you to braised pork, which is the best Chinese food."

After running over, Li Ba stretched out his right fist and greeted with a smile.

"Haha, yes, he has a more straightforward personality than that guy Yao." When Barkley saw it, he couldn't help but nodded, and while talking to Smith, he bumped fists with Li Ba.

"I think so too." Smith said while bumping fists with Li Ba.

"Your name is Hammer, why do you have this nickname?" Barkley asked.

"because this."

Li Ba slammed his two big fists on the live broadcast booth, and with a bang, all the things on it jumped, which startled the two of Barkley.

"OKOKOK, okay, we understand, these are a pair of hammers." Barkley quickly admitted, lest Li Ba smash it again.

"If you don't like my nickname, you can also call me Ba, I quite like it when people call me that." Li Ba said with a smile again.

"Ahem...hahaha..."

At this time, just as Li Ba finished speaking, Yang Yi almost choked to death on his own saliva in an apartment in Houston, and then burst out laughing.

"This kid, haha!"

Also in an apartment in Houston, Zhang Lili couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

"Dad?" Buckley said.

"Hey." Li Ba laughed.

"No, I feel that this young man is laughing so cheaply. There may be something wrong with it. Let's call it Hammer." Smith, who was next to him, was very vigilant, and immediately said to Barkley.

"Say, what's the problem?" Barkley immediately stared at Li Ba when he heard this.

"No, my real name is Li Ba. Li is the surname, and Ba is the first name." Li Ba quibbled.

At this time, the team started to play, the lights dimmed, and the music suddenly started. Li Ba immediately greeted the two and left.

After entering the field, the main players need to warm up, and the substitutes Li Ba pass the ball for them.

Once the warm-up time is over, the players return to the bench and are ready to play.

Li Ba was off the field. He was in the same position as Barbosa. They were both first-year rookies. They were closest to the drinking fountains, and his position was on the farthest side. He was the absolute guard of the drinking fountains.

But he didn't sit next to the drinking fountain. He didn't want to be the custodian of the drinking fountain, so he just sat down on Barbosa's seat. This behavior made the corners of the other teammates' eyes twitch.

"Haha!" Marbury laughed.

That's what he did in the Timberwolves. When he first arrived, he wanted to grab the position of Garnett's boss. Now Li Ba is his appetite.

Penny next to him shook his head. In his opinion, Li Ba's behavior is definitely a cancer in the locker room.

The little bully Stoudemire saw it, and looked elsewhere with disdain. Even if he didn't mention the shoes, he didn't like Li Ba.

Not to mention Li Ba, Yao Min, who was robbed of the best rookie by him last year, is not in his eyes. He is the happiest every time he plays against the Rockets, and he can play brilliant statistics every time, successfully becoming one of the NBA players most hated by Chinese fans.