By the time Chen Jie woke up, it was already broad daylight.
Of course, he did not miss training, because today the Bulls have a rest in the morning and will not train until 3 p.m.
But generally speaking, even when there is no training, Chen Jie will give himself extra training.
Today, it was really an accident.
Of course it's not because Chen Jie, Li Min'er and Hu Tianhaidi did it too late. The most important reason is that they consumed too much in yesterday's game against the New York Knicks.
Li Ming'er got up earlier than Chen Jie. When Chen Jie woke up, she had already gone to class, but breakfast was still left on the table.
After washing up and having breakfast, Chen Jie took a shower and then ran to the bedroom to surf the Internet.
As expected, Chen Jie was not surprised. His remarks at the press conference yesterday became the focus of news today.
Of course, in the eyes of many people, Chen Jie countered the media's doubts about himself before the game this time.
The result of this slap in the face can be said to be very gratifying.
However, this group of media will certainly not let Chen Jie go. Yesterday's bet was published by them.
Of course, they add fuel to the fire.
At least the title is somewhat inconsistent with the content of the bet.
"The Bulls have won nine consecutive games, Chen Jie said, they will definitely beat the Celtics!"
"What are the Celtics? Super rookie's boastful words!"
"Chen Jie: I have already focused on the next game!"
Such headlines abound, and Chen Jie was impressed by the media's ability to confuse right and wrong.
According to Chen Jie's analysis, many people must have gone to Boston to interview Paul Pierce about this news.
If it can arouse Paul Pierce's anger and let Paul Pierce say something to fight back, these media will definitely be very satisfied.
In that case, it is estimated that under the manipulation of the media, another export war will begin.
Then, they criticize each other, hold grudges, and fight...
Okay, I thought too much.
Chen Jie believes that Paul Pierce will definitely not be stupider than Shaquille O'Neal!
After reading these news, which seemed very boring to Chen Jie, his cell phone suddenly rang.
It's a text message.
Chen Jie took the phone and opened the text message, but couldn't help but froze there.
The text message was from Jessica Alba.
The content is very simple. Tomorrow, she will come to Chicago to attend an event. In the evening, she may go to watch the game between the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls.
The entire article does not express any thoughts about Chen Jie, it is just stating a fact.
But Chen Jie knew that the fact that she could send this text message meant that she was thinking of him.
But, do you miss her?
It seems that in the past few days, I have been accompanying Li Ming'er, and I have always been thinking of Li Ming'er in my heart.
It's really disappointing.
Speaking of which, he was still her first man, the man who took away her red pill.
However, since then, it seems that he has never sent a text message or called her to care about her.
Now, people have to take the initiative to find me.
Why……
Of course, Chen Jie cannot be blamed for this.
Because Chen Jie didn't know how Jessica defined that wonderful night in her heart.
Was it a one-night stand? A fling. Or did she regard herself as a lover, or did she fall in love with him?
Chen Jie doesn't know.
He felt like he was in chaos. He was already with Li Min'er, so how to deal with Jessica Alba's matter?
What would Li Ming'er think?
Chen Jie felt like his head was in a mess.
Holding the phone, Chen Jie didn't know how to reply. He picked up the phone and put it down again. Because of a text message, or just because of a name, Chen Jie's heart was so messed up.
Chen Jie didn't reply to Jessica's text message until after lunch.
He thought that he would wait until they met before having a good chat with Jessica.
If Jessica fell in love with him, then Chen Jie would definitely take responsibility.
Li Ming'er can only give a good explanation.
In short, he will not give up on Li Ming'er, nor will he fail Jessica.
Two women are just two women, it’s not like they can’t support each other. If you show some shameless temperament, who will be afraid of whom?
Chen Jie now has quite a bit of a rogue mentality.
In the afternoon training, Chen Jie rested more. During the internal training matches, Scales did not let him participate.
In Skiles' view, the Bulls still need Chen Jie to charge forward in tomorrow's game against the Boston Celtics. The current Chen Jie is very important to the Bulls.
Of course Skiles needs to be given a good rest to recover his strength.
Du Hong looked very excited. Yesterday's game could be said to be his best performance all season. After being inspired by Chen Jie, this kid seemed to have really found the enthusiasm he had at Duke. Training
His performance at that time was also very outstanding, which made Scales nod repeatedly.
With Duhon and Hinrich returning, there will be no shortcomings in the point guard position. Although these two are not ranked high in this position in the entire league, they are enough.
At least, the point guard position won't hold back the Bulls.
As for the shooting guard position, with Chen Jie, the Bulls can compete with any team. When Chen Jie slowly grows up, it is estimated that in one or two seasons, this position will be the Bulls' strongest point.
Inside, there is no need to consider Chandler's position, he is still of great help to the Bulls.
Now, the Bulls have only two problems. One is to find a replacement for Eddie Curry, or in other words, to find a player who can be exchanged with Eddie Curry. Eddie Curry is becoming less and less important now.
The Bulls were satisfied.
In the past, Eddie Curry's offense still satisfied the Bulls. But now, as Chen Jie's offensive ability becomes stronger and stronger, Eddie Curry has less and less possession of the ball.
Its role is becoming less and less obvious.
However, for the Bulls, the current Eddie Curry is completely useless.
He does not have the ability to cooperate with the offense. His offense requires the ball. However, with Chen Jie here, he has very little ball rights. Between Chen Jie and Eddie Curry, the Bulls will obviously choose Chen Jie.
Coupled with his sometimes idiotic performance, as well as his inaction on defense and rebounding, it can be said that Eddie Curry's trade is a certainty.
Originally, this was just a plan in Skiles' mind, but these days, everyone within the Bulls has basically acknowledged this fact.
Now, the biggest question is who to trade for Eddie Curry.
Of course, Chen Jie has a very good idea in mind, which is to trade Kwame Brown, but he has not mentioned this to the management yet.
Although he is now the star of the Bulls, after all, he has not been in the league for a long time, and his prestige cannot be compared with Kobe's prestige for the Lakers. If he wants to have a say in team transactions, it seems that Chen Jie doesn't have the ability yet.
The right to speak.
In addition to Eddie Curry, the second problem is that the Bulls need a good perimeter defender.
Although Chen Jie's defensive ability is good, after all, he still needs to bear the heavy responsibility of the Bulls' offense.
Luer Deng is weak defensively, and so is Hinrich.
Therefore, the Bulls need an outstanding perimeter defender like Bruce Bowen.
Skiles also has a target in mind, and that is Artest. Now, in fact, the Bulls staff have begun to try to contact the Pacers and Artest himself.
However, these must be completed during the trade period before and after the mid-season All-Star Game at the earliest. Now, the Bulls still need to face their next opponents with their current lineup.
The biggest problem when playing against the Celtics is definitely defending Paul Pierce.
It can be said that in the current league, there are only a handful of people who can defend Paul Pierce one-on-one. Artest may be one, and LeBron James can only be counted as half.
As for the Bulls, without such a player, Griffin would never be able to guard Paul Pierce.
What the Bulls have to do now is to implement a defensive formation, cut off the connection between Paul Pierce and his teammates, and guard him before he catches the ball. It will definitely not work if Griffin is allowed to guard alone.
And if Paul Pierce successfully catches the ball for a single, the Bulls should also try to trap him in the Bulls' defensive swamp.
It can be said that Chandler, Griffin, and Chen Jie all have to contribute to the defense of Paul Pierce. (To be continued...)
ps: I’m out of time, there’s only one chapter left. Looks like I’ll have to make up for it tomorrow.
