Chapter 524

Chapter 524: Longing for Victory.

Chen Huan didn’t know about those comments at first.

Kobe and Iverson told him about the comments when they returned from Chinatown after buying the ingredients from there.

The two obviously believed that Chen Huan had a strong mental, he was a great mathematician after all.

A mathematician wouldn’t be able to achieve much if they let their emotions overwhelm their reason.

Even though they may be crazy and out of it usually, there wasn’t anybody more professional than them when it was time to work.

But words of reassurance still came out.

“Chen Huan, just ignore their words, just empty talk!”

“Don’t worry bro, when you’re playing good and make them swallow their words back, it would be the best feeling in the world!”

Chen Huan laughed as he listened to them and nodded.

He only had ‘Professional Basketball (Advanced)’ the last time he was in the US but now he had ‘Professional Basketball (Legend)’ and a peerless physical fitness, he wasn’t afraid of anyone!

No need to be afraid of those arrogant and conceited Americans!

He was looking forward to those people’s expressions when he slapped them viciously in the face during the competition.

There were currently only the three of them in the two stories building with 300 square meters of space in the main room with more 2000 square meters in total.

Even the bodyguards had been ordered to stay outside in the car.

Kobe and Iverson didn’t want anybody to learn this secret that only the three of them knew.

Oh, one more thing.

This villa was located right next to the one owned by Kobe and not far away from the one rented by Iverson.

It was a gift bought by Kobe and Iverson to Chen Huan. The procedure was almost complete and after signing a bunch of documents, the villa belonged to Chen Huan now.

This high-end villa in an upscale area would cost 5 million to buy even if it wasn’t the best kind.

But Iverson’s income was definitely much higher than 5 million with his stellar play this season.

With him playing comparably to when he was at his peak, he signed a few endorsement contracts, in addition to his shares from Reebok sneakers and various commercial activities, his overall income exceeded 20 million.

At least, this was what he said when he called Chen Huan and he seemed to like to share his secret with Chen Huan.

Of course, the reason he rented his own house instead of buying it was because Los Angeles wasn’t his city and he was only here to work.

His family was also here because of him so there was no need to buy a house.

Americans weren’t that interested in hoarding houses and there was no such thing as house value appreciation otherwise there wouldn’t be so many nba players going bankrupt—if they were in China, even an idiot knew that investing in houses had huge returns and it was impossible to go bankrupt.

Honestly, diversifying investments in China was really hard but they would definitely make a lot of money in the future if they focused on real estates!

Chen Huan simply thanked them for the gift and accepted it.

It wasn’t that Americans didn’t know what politeness was but this was a gift from the bottom of their heart and they could only feel better if Chen Huan accepted it.

After all, they had been able to regain their explosiveness this season thanks to Chen Huan’s decoction and smoothly qualified for the with a great overall record and third in the Western Conference as well as fourth in the league.

Chen Huan also had to make another decoction for them before the playoff, not mentioning the cost of the secret recipe, the ingredients and work done for it alone should be enough for them to repay him back, right?

Their mind would feel better if Chen Huan accepted the villa instead of feeling they would never be able to repay him back.

Let alone the Chinese, Americans also hated owing people favors, especially those who played basketball were essentially not scheming people. Any grievance would be taken care of on the spot and not wait for a long time.

In the new villa, Chen Huan also could cook the decoction without fear of Kobe or Iverson’s family kicking them out due to the smell.

Kobe’s wife screamed at him the last time and went into hiding for a few days and if they did it again this time, they would probably be kicked out.

After a series of steps to clean the ingredient and put it into the boiling pot at different times, the familiar smell permeated the first floor of the villa.

Kobe and Iverson weren’t bothered by the smell but showed an expression of relish.

“Nice!” Iverson a little with tears in his eyes, “I seem to feel strength returning to my body again! The tiredness disappeared a lot!”

“Yeah.” The man with 6 billion fans exclaimed, “After February, I really started to feel like a 38 years old man, time is really not forgiving! But we still have a chance for the trophy with this decoction! Am I right, Chen Huan?”

Both of them stared at Chen Huan to see his fighting spirit.

Chen Huan laughed and nodded, “I came here to win! Even the Warriors and Cavaliers won’t stop us!”

“Great!”

Kobe clapped at that and said, “There’s a small basketball court behind this villa, why don’t we go practice? By the way, have you regressed after the past six months?”

He was really an insane man!

Chen Huan wasn’t in the US for more than 5 hours but he already wanted Chen Huan to show off his skills.

This showed how much he yearned for victory.

It just so happened that Chen Huan didn’t practice his basketball for half a month but had always continued to train his strength or speed. Although he had ‘Professional Basketball (Legend)’ now, it would always be a good thing to be accustomed to it.

Kobe and Iverson both knew that the decoction took a long time to be made so going for a bit of training wouldn’t delay anything.

The three pushed out two baskets full of basketball outside of the villa.

Those basketballs were prepared by Kobe for Chen Huan.

After going via the backdoor, Chen Huan saw a basketball court enveloped by a net.

It was definitely smaller than an official court and the floor was made of vinyl instead of the usual wood, and two baskets, which looked a bit crude overall.

But it was enough for training.

Kobe and Iverson stood aside and watched Chen Huan stretch.

Chen Huan dribbled the ball as the memories and sensation quickly came back to his mind.

He first shot a three pointer.

*Swoosh!*

Nothing but net!

Kobe threw a ball to Chen Huan and Chen Huan took another three pointer after turning around.

*Swoosh!*

It was another nothing but net!

Kobe and Iverson then passed balls to Chen Huan without stopping.

Chen Huan ran around all over the place and kept shooting while running.

*Swoosh!* *Swoosh!* *Swoosh!*

The thirty balls were used up and many balls were scattered around the court.

Chen Huan’s score was 28 goals and 2 misses.

That shooting made Kobe and Iverson smile.

His three pointers were still as sharp!

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Even Curry would have to knee against this!

Of course this wasn’t during a game and the accuracy would drop a lot in an actual game.

But even if he lost half of his percentage, 46.5% was still higher than Curry’s percentage.

When it came to the actual competition, Chen Huan’s three pointers must be kept as a secret weapon for the Lakers!

Unlike Iverson, Kobe’s three point game was actually very good as he set up the record for the most threes in a single game for the NBA.

The problem with when Kobe started to use the threes, the other party would start trapping him from the three point line and the inside would lack power.

If Chen Huan was also a good three point shooter, he would have better looks since the other party’s defense would be focused on the inside scoring of Kobe and Iverson.

It would be even better if they started to focus on Chen Huan since didn’t it mean that Kobe and Iverson would have an easier time scoring at the paint?

Even if Kobe was 37 years old and Iverson was 40 years old, no team dared to sag off them in defense.

“Let’s see your dribbling, brother! I’ll play defense!”

Iverson got pumped up so he got all the balls to the basket before going to guard Chen Huan.

“Come on, let me see the results of your half a year training!” Iverson said with a deep voice.

His eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

At this moment, he was no longer the brother and friend of Chen Huan but an unparalleled gladiator in the NBA arena.

Chen Huan smiled and just dribbled forward.

Iverson blocked his path and their two bodies got close to each other so Iverson reached out with his quick hands to steal the ball.

But Chen Huan just didn’t pay attention to him as he squeezed him toward the paint while dribbling the ball.

Iverson wasn’t very tall but he still had some weight.

Although he wasn’t O’Neil, it was still enough usually for defense and he couldn’t be casually pushed around.

However, Kobe looked with a dumbfounded face at the sight of Iverson being pushed down to the paint.

It was as if Iverson was also backing down.

But Kobe could clearly see that Iverson was trying his best to make Chen Huan stop.

But he couldn’t do it!

Chen Huan easily ran him up like a bulldozer!

After pushing him all the way down to the basket, Chen Huan just jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket.

“YO!!”

Kobe clapped and cheered.

Iverson stood still under the basket, gasping for breath.

He accumulated plenty of sweat on his forehead in just a few seconds.

This showed how intense the contact was.

Kobe worked with Iverson together this season so he knew how strong Iverson was.

Although Iverson’s strength declined a lot in April, he was still at the standard NBA level.

To push him all the way down was something very few people in the NBA could do.

Chen Huan’s physical strength could be seen from this.

“Let’s swap!”

Kobe was obviously itching for some action as he came over to replace Iverson.

The result was the same.

No matter how much Kobe struggled back, Chen Huan effortlessly pushed him to the paint and dunked.

Kobe couldn’t do anything.

Iverson laughed at that moment.

Kobe was feeling angry but also happy.

With just Chen Huan’s beast-level physicality, it was assured he wouldn’t suffer in the playoffs.

They would also reach about the same level when they drank the muscle and bones strengthening decoction made by Chen Huan!

The trophy would no longer be a dream with their big three!