NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 339 Offseason Recruitment

The offseason is long and quite boring. The NBA offseason is longer than the summer vacation for elementary school students in China. Jia Fei and his teammates played the most games, and all of them were over by the end of June.

The long off-season is a time for fishing, playing games, training, and even picking up girls—you can do whatever you want. But sometimes, after a while, even that gets boring.

You'd get tired of abalone and sea cucumber every day, wouldn't you? On the other hand, you don't get tired of pickled cabbage and braised pork with preserved mustard greens; they're so good with rice!

"Jacques, what are your plans for the offseason?" Kemba Walker asked.

"Arrangements? Training, fishing, playing games, traveling, shooting commercials, that's it!" Jia Fei put down the controller, looking lazy.

"Be more specific. And training? Can you even train in your current physical condition?" Kemba Walker asked, looking puzzled.

"Sure, but we can't do competitive training. Practicing shooting and other techniques is no problem," Jia Fei said seriously.

“Art, what about you?” Kemba Walker turned to Art Mayork and asked.

Art Mayor scratched his head and grinned sheepishly: "Whatever Jia does, I'll do too. I'll listen to you guys!"

Lamb, who was standing nearby, laughed so hard he spat out his beer.

Kemba Walker rolled his eyes at him and couldn't help but complain, "You're just Jia's tagalong. If Jia finds a girlfriend and they're doing 'that,' are you going to help push her butt too?"

“This…he shouldn’t need my help!” Art Mayor waved his hands repeatedly.

"Hey, stop teasing Art. Do you have any good suggestions?" Jia Fei asked.

Kemba Walker leaned closer to Jia Fei, looked him in the eyes, and asked, "Jia, I have a question for you. Please answer me like this, okay?"

"what is the problem?"

"If you don't play next season, you can opt out of your contract and become a free agent next summer. Shouldn't you be thinking about your future career?"

As soon as Kemba Walker spoke, Art Mayork and Lamb both turned their attention to Jia Fei.

Jia Fei chuckled sheepishly: "Isn't it a bit too early to be thinking about this now?"

“No, no, no, it’s not early at all. It’s never a bad thing to prepare early! If you don’t want to stay with the Eagles, you can definitely consider us!” Kemba Walker’s eyes gleamed.

"You guys? Your team?" Jia Fei gradually understood his friend's little scheme.

Kemba Walker nodded vigorously: "Of course. Look, now our team has me, Jeremy, and Jeremy who is the same color as you. Come play brotherhood basketball with us. Isn't that purer than LeBron and the others?"

Jia Fei laughed, and Art Mayork, who was standing next to him, laughed along.

Jia Fei certainly knew about Lamb's transfer. Back on the 26th of last month, the Thunder and Hornets reached a trade agreement, with Lamb being traded to the Hornets to become teammates with his former teammate Kemba Walker.

The Jeremy with the same skin color as him refers to Jeremy Lin, also known as Jeremy Lin. Last week, on the 9th, Lin announced he was joining the Hornets.

"Stop grinning like idiots, give us some feedback, tell us about playing bro basketball!" Kemba Walker urged.

"Kemba, are you overthinking it if I'm laughing at you?" Jia Fei looked at Kemba Walker and stopped smiling.

"Why are you overthinking it? Do you think that if you opt out of your contracts next year and become free agents, who can stop you from going wherever you want?" Kemba Walker retorted repeatedly.

"That's not what I meant. We do have a chance to become free agents by next summer, but you're not the Hornets' general manager or owner. Your opinion doesn't represent the team!" Jia Fei threw out the question.

"I don't think so. Of course, I don't have the final say on the team, but Ja, you're a genuine MVP player in your prime. I don't believe that even if MJ was blind, he would refuse to let you join." Kemba Walker looked completely unconvinced.

Jia Fei smiled and said, "That's possible. The whole world knows I'm out for the season. Who can guarantee how well I'll recover? If I don't recover well, will Jordan offer me a big contract? These are all unknowns. Knowing him as I do, he's always someone who perfectly avoids the right answer. I'm not sure if he'll do that. Also, I don't really want to go to his team. It's not about you guys. I really enjoy playing with you guys, but not in Charlotte."

"What about you, Art?" Kemba Walker asked Art Mayok when he couldn't persuade Jia Fei.

"You don't need to ask him. My attitude is his attitude. Art and I are now in complete agreement!" Jia Fei said confidently.

Art Mayork nodded vigorously: "Even if Jordan is my idol, I don't want to go to his team. He's looked down on us so many times. If I want to leave, I can go anywhere!"

“You guys…” Kemba Walker trailed off, clearly his plan to persuade Jia Fei and Art Mayork to come to Charlotte and play brother basketball with him had failed.

Jia Fei genuinely didn't want to go to Jordan's team. He didn't want to play for someone who had repeatedly looked down on him, even if that person was known as the god of basketball. He had backbone; why should he be a sycophant? There are plenty of fish in the sea!

The plans that Jia Fei mentioned are indeed progressing gradually.

In mid-to-late July, he filmed a new sneaker commercial for Nike, as well as commercials for the two endorsements he had signed.

At the end of July, he traveled to China for his second trip there. This time, he brought the championship trophy and the Finals MVP trophy and took photos with his fans.

In early August, Jia Fei, Art Mayok, and others went to Madagascar for fun, went fishing at sea, experienced island life, and tried to experience a different way of life.

By mid-August, they had returned to the United States and begun training.

Jia Fei invited a famous trainer, nicknamed "Mr. Q" Bruce Frazier, to be his special trainer.

Mr. Q was Nash's personal trainer, and it is said that he spent almost every day with Mr. Q during the last four years of his career.

Q was once a scout for the Suns and is now an excellent trainer.

Training with such an excellent trainer can help Jia Fei improve his weaknesses and make him stronger.

He currently possesses 100% of Iverson's peak skills, but Iverson was ultimately a guard, while he has the build of a wing player. Therefore, he needs to learn more skills, both offensively and defensively. He needs to become more well-rounded and harder to defend.

Jia Fei's ambition is not just to become a 2-meter tall Iverson; he wants to become a real bug, a bug that makes people tremble with fear!