Point Guard: Rose, Hinrich, Marquese Teague, Shaun Livingston

Shooting Guards: Jimmy Butler, Randy Foye

Small forward: Xu Yong, Battier, James Ennis

Power forward: David West, Marcus Morris

Center: Kwame Brown, Chris Andersen, Adams, Nazr Mohammed

Foye is the strongest of the three players added by the Bulls. The Bulls also used part of the mid-level exception to sign him with a three-year, $10 million contract.

He just turned 30 this year and played for the Jazz last season, averaging 10.8 points and 2 assists per game.

As a combo guard, he can hold the ball, has a certain degree of independent offensive ability, and is accurate in three-point shooting. His career three-point shooting percentage is close to 38%, and this figure reached 41% with the Jazz last season.

He mainly plays as a shooting guard, but with a height of 1.93 meters and a wingspan of 1.99 meters, although he is physically strong, he seems to be a little overwhelmed on the defensive end when facing tall shooting guards.

Of course if you want to sign a full-size point guard for three million, it’s just wishful thinking.

Speaking of which, there is still a certain connection between Foye and Xu Yong. If the Wizards had used the fifth pick to trade for him as happened in history, Xu Yong would not have been able to join the Bulls.

Livingston is the most famous of the three.

He is younger than Foye, only 28 years old this year, 2.01 meters tall, plays point guard, and was hailed as "the next Magic" when he debuted.

Of course, this title is for reference only. After all, when Sun Yue debuted, he was called "Chinese Magician". As long as you are a tall point guard, there is always a magician title that suits you.

And unlike what many people think, Livingston was actually a relatively weak rookie as the No. 4 pick. He had no outside shooting and limited personal offensive ability. He mainly played as a substitute in his first two years as a rookie.

He finally saw some improvement in his career in the third year, but then he suffered a knee injury that was as horrific as a car accident. The footage of his injury was forced to be removed from YouTube because it was defined as "extremely likely to cause viewing discomfort."

"The kneecap was completely dislocated, the lateral meniscus was torn, and three of the four major ligaments in the knee were torn, with the risk of amputation," this is what happened to him after that serious injury.

Generally speaking, this kind of person would definitely say goodbye to sports, but he recovered with his tenacious will and returned to the NBA.

However, due to injuries, he did not play many games each season. At the beginning, he only played ten or twenty games. As a result, he kept wandering around and changed seven teams in five years. He was a typical "tramp".

The Bulls are willing to sign him for two reasons. First, he has played more than 50 games in the past three seasons and seems to have gotten rid of the trouble of injuries. Second, the Bulls currently do not have a real point guard in the backcourt, and he is the best player who can be signed at the minimum salary.

And including Foye who can play the No. 1 position, the Bulls have as many as five players who can play point guard in the new season. It can be seen that the management is not so optimistic about Rose's recovery from injury.

The last one is the veteran Nazr Mohammed, who is praised by other teams in the league but is not used much.

When he was young, he was an excellent blue-collar player who could play as a starter. Now that he is older, he is basically a standard veteran, the type who plays about ten minutes per game.

However, apart from those ten minutes, the Bulls signed him more out of consideration for training Adams.

Just as Tony Allen played a big role in Butler's defensive growth, Muhammad can also help Adams' growth.

This also shows that the Bulls management still values ​​Adams. After all, this is the team's first lottery pick in four years.

However, looking at the entire lineup, we can also see the current situation of the Bulls.

With Yao Ming retiring and Rose's injury still unclear, the Bulls are no longer in the state of "the championship is in sight, everyone come and join quickly."

With talent declining and mostly young people, Xu Yong has a long way to go in the new season.

The first day's training session of the Bulls focused on basic training, but there were many things on the first day that left a deep impression on him.

One is David West, his mid-range shot is really accurate.

Xu Yong felt that he basically never missed a shot. The words "mid-range shooting is as easy as drinking water" were the most true portrayal of him.

Another one is Teague, this guy’s shooting is really bad.

He's already in his sophomore year, but his shooting is even worse than his rookie season. The gap between him and his brother is huge.

Xu Yong couldn't help but ask what this guy was doing last summer.

Then at the end of the training session, Xu Yong discovered something very interesting: Butler and Foye seemed to get along very well.

Butler actually has a rather arrogant personality, and he doesn't communicate much with other people on the team, which makes him a little curious.

On the second day of training, Thibodeau started directly with half-court and full-court confrontation training.

There are many new players in the team, and it will take a lot of time to get used to each other and find rotations, so he is still a little anxious.

This was also the first time that Xu Yong partnered with West to play the entire game. The feeling of the game can be described in two words: silky smooth.

So silky.

Theoretically, West and Gibson are players of the same style, and Gibson is younger and stronger, but in reality, West is much stronger. That strength is not only reflected in technical aspects such as pick-and-roll and mid-range shooting, but also in every detail choice on the court.

West is definitely an underestimated player, and he is undoubtedly the strongest power forward player Xu Yong has partnered with since entering the league.

It can be said that after this day of training, Xu Yong’s expectations for the new season increased suddenly.

Of course there are good and bad ones.

Rose gave a very average feeling throughout the game. His shooting still needs time to adjust, and his breakthrough has not yet returned to his pre-injury state.

However, the training camp has just begun after all, and there is still time for Rose to adjust.

…

Time flies, and it is already early October. The Bulls' training camp ended and the preseason journey began.

Because the Bulls needed to observe young players and explore rotations, their main players did not play much.

Butler and Adams are the two best performers on the Bulls.

After a summer of training, Butler's personal ball-handling offensive ability has improved significantly.

You have to know that last season he was a 3D player who basically didn't hold the ball, but this season his confrontation ability has improved greatly, and his breakthroughs after holding the ball have become very lethal.

Even his mid-range shots are quite accurate.

Thibodeau often laughed heartily on the sidelines during the preseason. Butler's speed of improvement made him vaguely see the shadow of Xu Yong.

However, Butler has played for the Bulls for two years after all. Although he has made rapid progress, there are traces to follow. But the newcomer Adams is a real surprise.

Thibodeau has been in the league for so many years, but he has rarely seen a rookie as fierce as Adams.

In fact, not to mention Thibodeau, Xu Yong was also surprised by Adams.

This guy has no beard and looks handsome, but he fights on the field like a gladiator who has traveled through time from the Middle Ages.

Or to put it more accurately, when you watch him play, it feels like this guy shouldn't be on the basketball court, but in the octagonal cage.

His strength, explosiveness, and confrontation, you rarely see a white player as strong as him.

He is also particularly good at grabbing offensive rebounds.

That doesn't just mean that he can position himself well, but also that he has a good sense of position on the rebound. He can always successfully judge where the rebound will land, or you can call it a sense of rebounding.

Although as a rookie, his skills may seem rougher than expected, and his only scoring option is to attack the basket, but he is definitely a rough diamond that can be seen with the naked eye.

But this is actually normal. For a guy who only started playing American high school basketball in January last year and immediately became a lottery pick this year, you can only say that he is too suitable for playing basketball.

After this preseason, the Bulls give people the feeling that they have swept away the decadence of last season and are now full of vitality.

This is incredible because championship teams basically have no good draft picks. After losing their championship potential, the rebuilding process is very long, just like the Lakers after the OK team disbanded.

But the Bulls seemed to have skipped this most difficult period and used their few draft picks to build a new team framework.

Although this new framework still needs time to be tested, it gives people full expectations.

After the preseason, Xu Yong held another pool barbecue party at his estate.

Because there were many young people, the party atmosphere was much more lively than the last time.

Xu Yong sat there, watching a group of young people playing DJ and dancing, and he felt like he was getting old.

Although in reality, the age of his current body is just 24 years old.

After looking for a while, he looked away, then took out his mobile phone and checked the news.

ESPN's strength prediction list for this year is out again.

The Heat are at the top of the list as the defending champions.

The Pacers "undoubtedly" beat the Thunder to take second place.

The Thunder ranked third and the Mavericks ranked fourth.

These are all considered "expected".

Then Xu Yong looked all the way down until he reached the twelfth position before he saw the Bulls.

ESPN's analysis is that Rose is in very poor condition in the preseason and he is likely to be injured again. The new season for the Bulls will be a season in which Xu Yong will lead a group of newcomers.

"Although Chicago's rookies have performed well in the preseason, Chicago is no longer a championship contender and it may be difficult for them to get into the top half."

Xu Yong smiled and put down his phone. The players' party was still going on, and at this time, he saw Butler and Foye chatting very enthusiastically.

This made his curiosity continue to grow.

When Butler came over, he asked Butler to sit next to him, and then asked subconsciously.

As Butler spoke, he unconsciously turned his gaze to Foye, showing awe for this player, a player about whom he did not have much impression.

Butler's childhood experience was tragic enough, but fortunately he met the Leslie couple and joined a kind family that made his life stable.

But Foye's experience was even worse than Butler's. When he was five years old, his father was in a car accident, his mother abandoned him and ran away from home, and he became an orphan.

He truly made it to the NCAA and then the NBA entirely by relying on help from other people.

This also explains why Butler and Foye get along so well.

Common hobbies can give two people common topics, and similar experiences can make two people resonate with each other.

However, this is not the fundamental reason why Butler looks at Foye differently. After all, in America, there are many people with similar experiences, especially black people.

What really made Butler look at him differently, and even admire him, was that Foye was a "mirror man."

This is a somewhat unfamiliar-sounding term that refers to a person whose body organs are mirror images of a normal person (a normal person's heart, liver and spleen are on the left side of the body, while theirs are on the right). The probability of this occurring is one in a million.

Foye was diagnosed with pneumonia when he was seven years old.

This is by no means lucky, as the survival probability of such people is very low.

But Foye managed to make it to the NBA despite the double experience of eating at other people's houses and being a mirror man.

How can one not respect such a person?

And one thing Xu Yong can be sure of is that Foye can help the team in the new season.

This kind of player has neither fighting spirit nor psychological quality, what he lacks is a stage.

When the party was almost over, Adams and Ennis, two rookies, were asked by Xu Yong to go to the garage and bring in two large boxes of gifts.

This was a gift Xu Yong gave to everyone before the game started.

That is the second generation of "Satan.Xu" sneakers released by AJ this summer.

During the preseason, he had Butler count everyone's shoe sizes, and he personally signed every pair of shoes.

This time, not only Anderson was excited, but Adams and the others were also very excited.

Young people’s love for sneakers is definitely greater than that of older players. STX is the most popular style of sneakers on the market right now, and it’s personally signed, so it’s definitely worth framing and collecting.

"Let's have a go, guys." Xu Yong finally picked up the wine glass from the table and raised it high.

The last time the Bulls ranked eighth they went straight to the championship. This time, no one knows how far they will go.

"Let's do it!"

He was responded by the cheers of a group of young people.

Young people are full of energy.

…

The Bulls' opening opponent is the Heat.

This year Stern finally let James go and turned to another set of topics.

The Bulls and the Heat, although James is no longer with the Heat, the Heat ended the Bulls' dynasty in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and the feud between them continues.

This game has attracted a lot of attention. In addition to the feud between the two teams, Rose's comeback is also a highlight.

Of course, James fans are also paying close attention to this game.

The Pacers are making a comeback this season, and the Heat are their biggest rival. At the same time, they also want to see the Bulls make a fool of themselves. After all, James' current situation is all thanks to the Bulls.

Before the game started, there was the Heat's championship award ceremony.

It is worth mentioning that although Riley used his ability to retain Haslem, Haslem was suspended for 20 games by the Heat and he did not attend the award ceremony.

When Xu Yong saw this, he couldn't help but sigh: Emilia, the kingdom of the Jews.

The Heat raised the second championship banner in their team history.

Xu Yong looked at the flag with a firm gaze.

Dynasty, what he lost, he will definitely take back.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were announced.

Miami Heat: Chalmers, Wade, Granger, Bosh, Hibbert;

The biggest reinforcement the Heat made last summer was signing Devin Harris with their mini-mid-level salary to ease the pressure on the back line.

Although the team won the championship last season, Wade was exhausted, and Riley is obviously taking precautions to protect him in the new season.

In addition, the Heat also signed Michael Beasley, Rashard Lewis, Greg Oden and other players.

The Heat have a stable lineup, and ESPN's predictions show that they are favored to defend their title.

Bulls: Rose, Butler, Xu Yong, West, Brown.

Brown jumped to win the ball for the Bulls, and the new season officially began.

The Bulls' first attack at the beginning of the game revolved around Xu Yong. Now the Bulls are a team that belongs entirely to Xu Yong.

However, Xu Yong held the ball and looked for opportunities for Rose.

Last season's experience shows that relying on him alone is not enough. Butler has not yet developed his organizational ability, so helping Rose find his form is something he must do.

Rose broke through with the help of West's screen and Xu Yong successfully fed the ball in.

Rose faced Bosh and got a good opportunity to play against a bigger opponent.

He accelerated past Bosh and shot a low layup, but it went wide of the basket due to Bosh's interference.

Bosh protected the defensive rebound, the Heat launched a defensive counterattack, and Wade broke through Butler's phantom step and made a layup.

A round very similar to last season's Eastern Conference Finals.

But this time Butler presented a stronger confrontation, forcing Wade to devote more energy to deal with it.

In the end, Wade was forced to use a difficult layup shot with a pull-up lever, and the ball spun around the rim and then slid in.

Butler couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the ball go in.

Xu Yong went over and touched his head.

Although Butler failed to defend Wade's fast break in the end, his defensive ability has improved significantly.

You know, in the same round last season, Wade devoured Butler.

The Bulls continued their offensive round, and Xu Yong was still passing the ball to Rose.

This time Bosh retreated early, and Rose didn't even get the same opportunity as in the previous round. He was forced to move to the weak side three-point line.

But at this moment, West made a move. When Rose moved, he did not stay where he was, but quickly moved to the basket.

After seeing this, Xu Yong gave up holding the ball and quickly stuffed the ball in.

The big guy beats the small guy under the basket.

Qian Moss certainly did not sit there and wait for death, but when he tried to stop it, he found that West's strength was much greater than he imagined.

West pushed Chalmers aside and easily put the ball into the basket.

Xu Yong smiled and high-fived West while retreating.

He agreed with some parts of ESPN's analysis, such as Rose's average condition during his comeback and the fact that this Bulls team is indeed composed mainly of young people.

But their biggest omission is West.

Maybe a 33-year-old veteran can't play a big role in their eyes, but in fact, he has always been underestimated.

In the previous round, West made the detailed choices on the court as he mentioned before. He will appear in the most suitable position.

The Heat scored another goal in the positional battle by Wade off Brown's layup.

Brown put a lot of pressure on this ball, but Wade still threw the ball in even though he lost his balance.

Xu Yong was puzzled by what he saw.

You were pouring champagne on your knees last season, but your form hasn't diminished at all?

Because Wade's situation after leaving James from 2012 to 2014 was an event that had not happened in history, Xu Yong really did not expect it.

All we can say is that he has experienced a historical hypothesis. During the Big Three period, Wade was badly betrayed by James.

In this state, the Heat do have the momentum to defend their title.

When he received the ball in the frontcourt, Xu Yong did not continue to pass the ball to Rose, but directly asked Brown to play pick-and-roll.

Rose's condition is not something that can be improved overnight. What is more important now is to win this game and boost morale.

Brown's pick-and-roll was still solid. Xu Yong passed Hibbert and headed for the basket, forcing Bosh to retreat to the basket.

At this moment, Xu Yong suddenly turned around and passed the ball to West who had moved 17 feet away.

Come on, 17-foot assassin!

West received the ball, stood on tiptoe and took a mid-range shot.

“Swish!”

With a crisp sound, two points were securely obtained.

There was a commotion at the scene.

No one expected that West would score the Bulls' first four points.

And West’s movement is so... weird.

Yes, that’s the word. Although he is older, he is always in the attacking position on the court.

Xu Yong high-fived West while retreating.

It sounds a little strange. Even including the training camp, he and West have only been working together for two months, but there is an inexplicable sense of tacit understanding between them.

It can only be described as a natural understanding between people with high basketball IQ.

After the Heat advanced to the frontcourt, Wade no longer held the ball, and Bosh held the ball in the high position to assist.

However, after the Bulls scored consecutive goals, their defense was very active and the Heat could not find a chance to open up and give Bosh a singles game.

Bosh chose to play a post-up game, as he has the advantage in height.

But after two hits, West was like a wall, motionless. His strength was more than enough to fight against Bosh.

Seeing this, Bosh turned around and broke through to the basket.

But West predicted his attack and positioned himself in advance, forcing him to turn around at a limited angle.

This time Bosh was forced to stop the ball.

Of course, the Dragon King is more than that. He turned around in the opposite direction and shot the ball backwards.

As a floor player, West cannot interfere with this kind of ball, especially at his age. He can only raise his hands and put as much pressure as possible.

"when!"

Bosh's shot went wide of the rim.

After West blocked his two consecutive offensive attempts, he created opportunities but it was not easy to hit the target.

West successfully protected the rebound and passed the ball directly to Rose on the outside.

Rose finally found his chance, accelerated on the fast break, and scored his first points of the season by shaking off Chalmers' layup.

The scene was in great turmoil.

Xu Yong had not scored a single point, but the Bulls were in a stalemate with the Heat at the start.

Now Miami fans all have question marks in their heads: Is this Bulls team really as weak as ESPN says?

They were just thinking about it when Granger scored a goal and then Xu Yong and West played pick-and-roll and broke through the basket and scored a two-handed dunk.

After completing the dunk, Xu Yong let out a long sigh.

It's comfortable.

West's seemingly omnipresent presence forced the Heat to pay special attention to him, and with this attention, he got different space to break through.

This is different from Yi Jianlian's style of play at the five position, but the effect is similar.

About 8 minutes into the first quarter, the score was tied at 25.

If the stalemate at the beginning might have been due to a bit of luck, then the Bulls' performance in this quarter really showed their strength.

Although the lineup is younger, their performance is obviously stronger than at the beginning of last season.

At this time, Xu Yong was also replaced by Thibodeau and rested.

Rose, Butler, Battier, Morris Jr., Anderson.

Thibodeau put three substitutes on the bench at once, and at three shooting points, obviously wanting to take the opportunity to help Rose find his form.

In fact, this is indeed the case. In the next four minutes, the Bulls' tactics revolved around Rose.

He truly loves Rose.

However, the effect of this part is not very good, and Ross is indeed a little unable to break through.

Xu Yong couldn't help but sigh off the court at this time, Rose really couldn't go back.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose also went off the court to rest.

Hinrich, Foye, Butler, Battier, Anderson.

At the beginning of the season, Thibodeau was still figuring out the lineup and the rotation range was relatively large.

But looking at the lineup on the field, Xu Yong couldn't help but laugh.

Because he found that everyone else was going up and down, but Butler never went down, which made it clear that he would replace him as the number one player to be fucked.

But this is definitely a good thing. Thibodeau's team values ​​you.

Young people, either you get ruined by being fucked, or you grow up by being fucked.

Then Butler broke through Brewer and made a layup in the first round of the second quarter, causing a foul.

Then, despite the boos from the fans, he made two free throws.

And on the defensive end, he directly blocked Ray Allen's tactical off-ball three-pointer.

If it wasn't obvious when defending Wade earlier, it's very obvious now that we have Ray Allen as a reference.

Butler's ability to get around screens and read defenses has improved greatly compared to last season.

To put it more precisely, Butler this season is already a player who can compete at the defensive level.

And his progress seems to go far beyond that. After breaking through on the offensive end and attracting a double-team, he decisively passed the ball to Foye.

Although the pass was actually a little late, showing that he still has room for improvement in organization, this just gave Foye a chance to show his skills.

He faked a shot to shake off Williams who was already rushing towards him, and then shot a three-pointer with ease.

After Foye scored the goal, he retreated to the defense and high-fived Butler. The two had a close relationship off the court and they also had a good rapport on the court.

The Bulls beat the Heat 5-0 at the start of the second quarter.

Spoelstra was a little confused.

The Bulls are indeed a team dominated by young people, but these young people really have something!

…

After four fierce battles in the final quarters, the Heat narrowly defeated the Bulls 110-106.

Although they won the game, they did not have any advantage on the field. In addition to allowing Xu Yongchang to score 34 points, they allowed David West to get 21 points and 7 rebounds, the latter even overshadowing Bosh. In addition, Butler scored 17 points and 5 rebounds, and Foye scored 13 points, which were beyond their expectations.

If Rose played a little more normally, the Bulls would have a high probability of winning this game.

It’s hard to imagine that this is a team whose dynasty just failed.

So an interesting thing after the game was that James fans were surprisingly quiet on social media. They didn't even mock the Heat for their poor performance.

Because the Bulls are in such a bad state, even after replacing a group of young people, they still have such fighting power!

If this happens later, it will be very dangerous.

After all, although they formed a new version of the plus Big Three, James, Paul, and even Bynum were all defeated by the Bulls.

…

After the game, Xu Yong and West attended the press conference with Thibodeau.

The performance of new player West was impeccable, and Xu Yong also performed normally, so the reporters naturally turned their questions to Rose.

Rose made 5 of 13 shots tonight, only got 12 points and 3 assists, and also had 3 turnovers.

The person who asked the question was Windhorst, an old acquaintance of ESPN. After being rubbed by Xu Yong for several years, he finally made some progress. This time he asked neither Xu Yong nor Thibodeau, but the newcomer, who looked kind.

"D.rose's condition is worrying. If the goal is to win the championship, do you think a trade is a better option?" Windhorst's question was also quite explicit.

West was indeed a newcomer, and having played in the West for many years, he didn't know Windhorst very well. He was a little caught off guard by such a question at first, but after thinking for a while, his answer seemed very interesting.

"I think if we set the championship as our goal, we can't do without D. Rose."

These words directly burned out Windhorst's CPU.

Xu Yong couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

West's answer was actually a dialectical answer, but firstly, there was nothing wrong with what he said, and secondly, it did answer the question.

However, Windhorst obviously would not give up easily. He then asked: "I mean trade, use D. Rose to trade for a player who is more helpful to the team."

"I don't think we need a trade. D. Rose has helped the team win championships in two of the past three seasons. He is part of the championship formula. We just need to help him get back to form."

West's answer at this time made other reporters couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. West had been playing for the Hornets, a team with low exposure, and they only now discovered that he had such excellent coping ability.

Xu Yong couldn't help but stretch out his hand to applaud, and then took the microphone to add: "I don't think all players are like the people you know, who choose to abandon their teammates when they are injured or in poor condition."

Now the other reporters couldn't help but smile and applaud.

It goes without saying who Windhorst, James's personal reporter, knows.

After the press conference ended, Xu Yong and West left together, and he couldn't help but give West a thumbs up.

He felt the bookish air again tonight, as he had felt during the negotiations last time.

"Are you free tomorrow? Last time you invited me to a party at the manor, and as a return gift, I would like to invite you to my house." West took the initiative to invite him.

Xu Yong didn't expect West to make such an invitation, because it wasn't the first time he hosted a party, but combined, West was the first one to invite him back instead of taking it for granted as a teammate.

"My pleasure." Xu Yong replied with a smile.

…

The next evening, Xu Yong took a bottle of red wine from the window and went to West's house.

He is not as elegant as the king. A basketball player knows how to taste wine, but he only needs to know one thing: the more expensive the red wine, the higher quality it must be.

West already had a family and a career, and after he signed with the Bulls, he brought his family with him.

When Xu Yong arrived, he saw West playing with his two children in the yard on the first floor.

Seeing Xu Yong coming, West also enthusiastically introduced the two children.

"This is my son, David, and this is my daughter, Dacia."

Many Americans like to give their sons the same name as themselves.

This custom originated from the British royal family. Americans are descendants of the British, and some more traditional people name their children this way.

For example, Kenyon Martin's son is also named Kenyon Martin, but he is actually distinguished by his middle name.

For example, David West's son's full name is actually David Benjamin West.

"Welcome, handsome uncle." His daughter was still young, but she spoke in a very nice way.

After playing with the children outside for a while, West took Xu Yong to his study on the second floor.

It was a real study. When Xu Yong saw the room full of books, he probably understood why he always felt the bookish air from West.

After sitting down, Xu Yong handed over the red wine he brought.

"You don't have to be so polite. It's my honor to have you as my guest." West was really humble, although Xu Yong felt that he seemed a little too polite to him.

"Is this Amarone?" After taking a look at the red wine, he couldn't help but exclaimed. This is the most famous red wine in Italy. This bottle is a new model from 2012 and is worth more than 100,000 US dollars.

"This was given to me by the sponsor, so it's free." Xu Yong said with a smile.

He is quite popular in Europe. This sponsor invited him to a winery in Tuscany for wine tasting but he didn't have time to go, so the sponsor gave him some wine.

Hearing this, West couldn't help but laugh.

People who are truly in a high position don’t have to go out to get things when they want them; others will deliver them to their doorsteps.

"Honey, can you help me?" Just then West's wife's voice came from downstairs.

West looked apologetic, then stood up and left the study.

Xu Yong waited for a while but didn't see West come back, so he got up and walked to the bookshelf.

As a player, he knows that training is busy enough, so even if he likes to read, he won’t have much time.

But West's bookish air was something he had never seen before, and curiosity was inevitable.

He scanned some of the names on the sides of the books.

The World as Will and Representation, Being and Nothingness, Thus Spoke Zarathustra...

After reading for a while, he felt a little confused because the title sounded like a philosophy book.

As a basketball player, it cannot be said that he has little knowledge of this kind of thing, but it can be said that he knows nothing about it.

But at this moment, he seemed to understand why he could say such dialectical words at the press conference.

He moved to the bookshelf on the other side and was stunned.

"Twilight in the Forbidden City", "Opium War", "Modern Chinese History: China's Struggle", "Scholars and Chinese Culture"...

He had never heard of the names of these books before, but by looking at the names he knew that they were related to Chinese history.

He took out the book "Twilight in the Forbidden City" and sat down to read it.

The author of this book is Johnston. At first he thought he was a Chinese, but after reading the content, he found out that this person's real name was Reginald Fleming Johnston, he was British, and also Puyi's teacher.

The content of this book tells about his experience as an imperial tutor, and then expresses his basic ideas of political restoration and cultural conservatism.

This kind of book would be difficult for a Chinese person to read, let alone a foreigner.

Because if you don’t truly understand that period of history, you won’t be able to resonate with it.

"Sorry." Just then West came back.

"Look at this?" Xu Yong put down the book in his hand and asked in surprise.

West smiled and nodded: "Johnston lived in China for 34 years. He knew China at that time very well. This book is very valuable."

After saying this, Xu Yong could basically confirm that West really read it, instead of just looking at the first page to establish the character like others did.

After confirming this, he instantly felt that the distance between him and West had shortened a lot.

After all, it is so rare to meet a colleague in a foreign country who is interested in the history of your country.

Especially, you all play basketball.

"Are you interested in Chinese history?" he asked.

"I'm interested in history, but you know..." West said as he sat down and spread his hands helplessly.

Well, Emilia doesn't have much history, and its history is very simple. To put it simply, the British and the French fought over this land, and then the British won, killed all the natives and established the current country, and then started reselling arms and immigrating.

"To be honest, I envy your country. It has a 5,000-year history, which is very brilliant." West continued with emotion.

"I was surprised." Xu Yong told the truth.

"'History is a mirror that can help us understand the rise and fall'. Reading history allows me to better understand the truth of things. For example, China. I know China's history, including what happened in the past hundred years, so I have no doubt that China will rise again." West also started a conversation with Xu Yong.

The look in Xu Yong's eyes when he looked at West was even more different at this time, because West was no longer just interested, but really understood and even agreed.

The two of them continued chatting about this topic.

Although it sounds strange, he is now actually talking seriously with an American about Chinese history and development.

Just then, West's wife came into the room and told them that it was time to go to dinner.

The two of them stood up one after another, and Xu Yong put the book back on the bookshelf.

"I have always wanted to visit China because I now know more about it from books." West couldn't help but say as he left the house.

"I think I can be a guide next summer," Xu Yong said with a smile.

He felt at the moment that this was the most meaningful meal he had ever had, because it was far more than just deepening the relationship with his teammates.