The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Chapter 564: Three-Layer World

Two free throws and one throw...

LeBron felt like he was falling into an ice cellar.

If the whistle hadn't been blown just now and Lin Dong had scored a counterattack, LeBron wouldn't have felt anything else, he would have just been holding back and looking for a second chance.

And if the elbow had hit Sakuragi Hanamichi and knocked him to the ground, LeBron wouldn't have felt anything else, he would have just been secretly happy and relieved.

It was because the opponent's center of gravity was too low that he was hit on the head. Such an elbow was at best a first-level malicious move. He wouldn't have to leave the court, but Sakuragi Hanamichi would have to say goodbye to the court. After all, this elbow gathered all his strength, and at least he would have to stay in the hospital for a few days.

But nothing happened.

The referee blew the whistle, and Sakuragi Hanamichi was not injured. The two free throws and one throw were completely given away by himself.

And what was also given away was...

The wide camera showed the picture of LeBron's elbow just now.

In fact, his elbow was so obvious just now that the people on the sidelines of the Supersonics had already shouted for it. Even if the slow-motion footage was not replayed, the whistle was blown without controversy.

——Hahaha, I thought that guy really changed, but he did it again when he couldn't beat him!

——People in Seattle know this too well, those LeBron fans should wake up!

——Fortunately, Sakuragi reacted quickly, what would have happened if this elbow had hit him?

——He only gave him a level one malice? This should be a level two, and he should be directly expelled from the game!

——What kind of basketball are you playing? I think you might as well retire and switch to boxing!

——Hahaha, his fist can even block Sakuragi, there is no future in boxing, but he has a good figure, why not consider shooting a three-J movie, I guarantee a bright future!

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, the voices of the fans pierced LeBron's ears like thorns, and the playback shots on the big screen pierced his heart like a needle.

Once on the court, he was also the one who was most likely to be fouled by others. Those idiots who couldn't beat him could do nothing except fight, pull, and yell.

LeBron has always looked down on those people, but he didn't expect that after meeting Lin Dong... he would become the most shameful thing!

LeBron, who was already in extreme tension, suddenly had a blank mind, and felt as if he had returned to the World Youth Championship five years ago.

—— Get him out! Get him out! Get him out!

That summer that made him desperate, that court that made him shed tears.

His mother's crying, his coach's disappointment, the contract that flew away, the school that abandoned him.

Despair, fear, worry, fear, self-blame, all kinds of psychological feelings returned to LeBron in an instant.

—— Haha, the son of a big star is back? Why are you squatting here again? Hahahaha, next time you go in, I will teach you how to be a real man!

—— LeBron, I won't hurt you. The school is no longer going to give you a chance. You should give up.

—— What do you mean by basketball can change your destiny? Remember, kid, basketball can't change your destiny. Sooner or later, you have to come back here, Walnut Street in Akron! You were born here, and you only belong here!

——Hey, LeBron, you're not playing basketball? How about going with me to play basketball? You're tall, so it's easy to hide things on your body!

The terrible environment, the terrible conversation, every sentence stabbed him like a knife. These words once stimulated his growth and made him give everything to try to change in the past few years.

But when everything he gave was still not as good as the normal progress of others, and when he was still powerless on the court.

When everything was completely different from what he imagined, and even when everything suddenly collapsed.

How high and thick the defense line was once built, how heavy it would be when it collapsed and hit him at this time, and how difficult it would be to turn over.

That person is an object that he can never surpass, no matter what he does.

That guy is like a curse of his own. As long as he thinks of him, he can't even play 80% of his ability, and even be beaten by one of his followers.

LeBron's mind is in chaos at this time.

Huh! Huh! Huh!

He can hear his heavy breathing and pounding heartbeat.

The two-meter-tall, two-hundred-pound super strong man's strong limbs gradually became weak. The laughter and ridicule around the stands of the stadium were even more piercing, and he couldn't help but squat down with his legs weak.

Although he tried hard to control his body to stand up, his whole body was powerless, and his brain seemed to be completely unable to control his actions.

The terrible box that he had spent several years to lock up, once opened, would never have a good result.

But... what can I do if I don't open it?

I also want to be a good person, I also want to take good care of my mother, I also want to pursue my dreams, and I also loved basketball!

I also want to be like those brilliant guys, sweating profusely on the training ground, standing on the court to impress the audience with enthusiasm and blood, fairness and persistence, to enjoy cheers and applause, to enjoy glory.

But God doesn't give me this opportunity!

No matter how hard I try, no matter how sincere I am, what I get in return is always failure and quagmire.

I didn't have the same birth as Lin Dong.

He was born in a wealthy family, and was born to enjoy the love of the world, whether it came from family, identity, or race...

That makes him naturally know how to love and be loved, and what quality and elegance are.

But what about me?

I am just a black man who struggled to crawl out of the slums!

Phil Knight said something very right.

This world is divided into three layers.

The top layer of the world is a hunting ground, a hunting ground full of fame and fortune. You have to be like a ferocious lion, just like Phil Knight, because if you don't eat others, others will eat you when you are hungry and have no strength!

And in the middle layer of this world, there is a comfortable sheepfold, which produces peace and warmth. It is the most comfortable place in the world.

Because in this position, you have to be gentle to the upper lions, so that the lions above can't feel your hostility and threat, and you have to be gentle to the lower ones, because you are never willing to exchange your life with those desperate mud legs below.

Just like Lin Dong, he was born to understand etiquette and elegance. He was born to enjoy love in the most comfortable circle in this world, so he always has smooth sailing, so he takes everything for granted.

But if you live at the bottom... that's hell!

Anyone who lives here has to be like a wolf, and a hungry wolf.

This is also a hunting ground, but what is hunted here is not fame and fortune, but flesh and blood and survival!

The target of hunting is your own kind, because you dare not go to the sheepfold guarded by a hunting rifle to find food, let alone provoke a lion. Then, apart from killing each other with your own kind, you have no possibility of survival!

Humble? Honest? Kind?

That is the quality in the sheepfold, and it is also everything that kind people like LeBron yearn for, and it is everything that his mother taught him since he was a child.

But for him, a child born in the slums, kindness and morality are the most expensive luxury. All this is like a fairy tale in a storybook, which can only be seen but not touched.

Yes...

Just like Phil Knight said, I can only be a wolf, a hungry wolf with no moral bottom line!

I can't be as happy and excellent as Lin Dong in this life, and stay away from these filth, but as long as I can climb out, my next generation can get all this, and I can also have kindness and elegance!

LeBron's scattered eyes gradually gathered, and his ears seemed to finally hear a little sound.

"LeBron, LeBron!" A woman's voice was heard beside him.

Laura?

LeBron knew what the woman was thinking. She probably wanted to ask him if he was still going to play. This woman really loved him deeply.

His consciousness gradually recovered, and the buzzing sound in his ears gradually disappeared, replaced by a bloodthirsty coldness.

He could feel his limbs beginning to regain strength.

Go? Of course I have to.

There are also many players in the NBA who survive by "evil". I may not be able to become a basketball god recognized by everyone like Jordan and Lin Dong, but I can destroy them!

For the kindness that I never dared to have, for the comfort zone that I never stepped into, for...

Pah!

But he never thought that before he answered Laura, a slap hit him hard in the face.

"LeBron! Wake up!" It was still a woman's voice, but it was not Laura.

LeBron looked at her in astonishment, only to see her mother with a distressed face and tears streaming down her face.

In this world, the one who knows a child best is his mother, not to mention a woman like Gloria.

After LeBron's grandmother passed away, she took LeBron to live in the homes of some of her mother's friends for six years.

At that time, she worked three jobs a day, and the speed at which she changed boyfriends basically depended on how much money the man had. All she wanted was to let LeBron live the same life as those happy white children.

Unfortunately, she had no ability to climb out of that quagmire. No matter how hard she worked, she couldn't afford a house of her own, so this wish became not only her obsession, but also her son's.

Now, life is actually going well. Gloria feels that she has finally gotten rid of the nightmare-like feeling she once had, but the problem is that this obsession has never disappeared from LeBron.

She has experienced it, so she knows more about the horror of this obsession, and when she saw the fierceness flashing in LeBron's eyes just now, she knew that her son seemed to have gone a little crazy.

"Child, we are already living well!" Gloria hugged LeBron and held his head in her arms. She also buried her head, trying not to let the camera capture the mother and son, and kept saying in LeBron's ear: "Don't go to extremes, don't forget the last lesson, don't forget..."

"Mom, you don't understand!" LeBron responded.

His mother is indeed a very good person, but she is too stupid. Her biggest mistake is that she shouldn't use the middle-class qualities she saw when she was a nanny to educate a child at the bottom.

Those things look very beautiful, but she can neither teach nor learn them well, nor are they suitable!

Compared with Gloria, LeBron obviously believes in Phil Knight more. The words of successful people are always more valuable for reference.

"Don't worry, I know my limits! I know what I'm doing!" He finally pushed Gloria away, boosted his spirits, and prepared to go on the court again.

He has a big contract with Nike. Phil Knight will handle public opinion for him, and will also provide him with sufficient funds and a bright future.

Someone will cover him.

So, this time, I won't just use my elbows!

No matter Lin Dong or Sakuragi Hanamichi, they are too flexible and strong. One elbow won't kill them or end their careers!

Pandora's box has been completely opened, and endless dark breath flew out of it.

LeBron stared coldly at Lin Dong and Sakuragi Hanamichi who were playing on the court.

You have to pick the time when they jump up... You have to pick the time when they are most vulnerable!

Either don't do it, or you have to be the most ruthless! Use a year or two of scolding and a crisis public relations to flatten this mountain that you can never climb over for yourself!

"Lanni, let me go." LeBron walked to Lanny and said.

Lanny frowned and looked him up and down, then turned to look at Laura on the other side.

LeBron also turned his head and saw Laura answering the phone in the corner of the bench.

Just as she was wondering who she was talking to, Laura had hung up the phone. When she turned around and looked at LeBron, her face was full of shock and disbelief.

LeBron was stunned.

What happened?

Laura walked towards him and said to him in a low voice: "Phil Knight is dead."

LeBron's pupils shrank suddenly.

Phil Knight is dead?

"More than ten minutes ago, when I saw Lin Dong on the field, he had a heart attack. When the ambulance arrived at his house, it was too late," Laura looked at LeBron worriedly.

She knew the importance of Phil Knight to LeBron and was afraid that LeBron could not bear such a blow.

Sure enough, LeBron, whose eyes were full of murderous intent just now, froze in an instant.

Why did he dare to go on the court to destroy Lin Dong or Sakuragi Hanamichi?

That's because of Phil Knight!

Because his Nike invincible public relations team can deal with the aftermath, because the big contract he provided can guarantee his income, and even pay a huge league fine for himself.

But now, Phil Knight is dead? !

That means that all the verbal agreements and offensive and defensive alliances between him and him have vanished. If he dares to waste him on the court, what awaits him will not be Nike's aftermath, but the league's highest punishment and the infinite contempt of the fans.

And...

LeBron's mind turns very quickly, and he has thought of more.

Nike is already in a precarious situation. Phil Knight is the only reason why Nike can still barely survive. Once Phil Knight dies... In less than half a year, I am afraid that the Nike brand will disappear because of various capitals, and the 9-year contract between him and Nike will be wasted.

Without the support behind him and the huge advertising endorsements, he still has a lot of bad debts due to the special training in Japan...

The mental support that was finally boosted was dissipated in an instant.

The story originated from the 90 million that Nike planned to give him for 7 years, but ended with Nike's promise of a 1 billion lifetime contract.

Everything is just a mirror, a water...

Plop!

LeBron fell onto the bench beside the court. If Laura hadn't hurriedly grabbed him, he would have fallen to the ground.

LeBron didn't notice it at all, but his body was shaking violently.

His mouth trembled, and he turned his head tremblingly to look at the electronic scoreboard.

69:31... The huge and dazzling score, the crazy celebration of the fans at the God Arena, and the helpless expressions of Kidd, Wade, O'Neal and others on the court.

LeBron knew that everything was over.

If Nike had a backup, he would not be afraid of being despised by thousands of people after he wasted people. Even if he failed in the end and lost the game, he would not be afraid, because he still had a big contract with Nike.

But now, everything is gone.

Without Nike's backup, to waste people is equivalent to to waste your own life, and what's more terrible is that with the current score difference between the two teams, even if he destroyed an opponent, the Cavaliers would be powerless to turn the tide.

Phil Knight, the so-called successful man, his judgment and actions did not bring victory to the Cavaliers, but instead dragged himself into a deep quagmire.

He had already lost...completely!

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