Chapter 28 Rap?

"Rap?"

Tang Tian shook his head. Rap was a favorite of black people, but he wasn't that interested in it.

"Too bad, but it's normal since you're from the same country as Yao."

Metta World Peace said with a smile. He used to be a teammate with Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, back when they were the mini Big Three.

Talking about Yao Ming, they had a lot to talk about and quickly became closer.

"Shaq is a rap master. His album sold over a million copies. That's a very cool number."

Metta World Peace mentioned rap from time to time, showing that he really loved it.

Tang Tian nodded. Training hadn't started yet, so listening to Metta World Peace talk about these things was quite interesting.

"Lillard is great, really great. He has a lot of rap talent. He might have a chance to hold his own concert in the future."

When talking about Lillard, Metta World Peace seemed to have forgotten about his basketball skills.

At this time, Gordon also came over, obviously quite interested in this.

"Kobe sucks at it. You guys don't know that his album didn't even sell a thousand copies. Shaq even dissed him in a bar. He won't become a rapper."

"And Kevin is just too narcissistic. He's completely不行 (bù xíng, no good), but he thinks he's the coolest and always likes to do a verse whenever he gets the chance."

With more audience, Metta World Peace spoke more enthusiastically.

"Which Kevin?"

Gordon asked.

"Kevin Durant."

"..."

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. It turned out Durant had this kind of black history.

"What about you?"

Metta World Peace had said enough, Tang Tian asked.

"You wait."

After Metta World Peace finished speaking, he got up and rummaged through his backpack.

Under the curious gaze of Tang Tian and Gordon, and even other teammates, he actually pulled out a small speaker from his backpack.

This guy, he even brings his own speakers?

He plugged in his phone and started playing a song.

"This is my song."

Metta World Peace said with a smile.

When the prelude came out, Tang Tian was stunned, Gordon was stunned, and the players in the locker room were all stunned.

Because this song was too familiar!

The classic background music in NBA2k11, "Champion"!

This song is Metta World Peace's?

Tang Tian was really surprised.

Metta World Peace began to rap the song, exactly like the original.

"My dominance is comparable to Allen Iverson"

"Even if I ran to Major League Baseball"

"Barry Bonds would be three points behind me"

...

Immediately, the other players looked at him differently.

He really had something.

However, it was only because the Pelicans were mainly new players, otherwise many of the older players would probably know that this song was Metta World Peace's.

As the song entered its climax, the players in the locker room all started humming along.

"People say we are warriors"

"People say we'll win again"

"Raise your hands, welcome the champion"

"We are invincible"

"We were born to win"

"Stand up and welcome the champion"

...

As they hummed along, the players in the entire locker room stood up one after another, completely immersed in the atmosphere of the song.

They clapped and swayed as they sang.

"Ay.yo.ay.yo.ay.yo."

Tang Tian also got up and joined in.

This song was really too classic, and now the whole team atmosphere was really super great.

"Because we are champions"

"Yes, we are champions"

"Because we are champions"

"We are invincible"

"They admit defeat"

...

"We are champions"

When the song finally ended, the locker room was filled with cheers and screams.

Tang Tian was right, young teams were really easily incited.

"Pa pa pa~"

When the players calmed down, there was a round of applause at the door.

They turned their heads to look and realized that Coach Williams had arrived at some point.

"Charity, your song is really great."

Williams applauded and didn't forget to praise him. He probably knew.

A song "Champion" had completely warmed up the training atmosphere today.

When they got to the court, the players were obviously full of energy.

They also thought that one day after they really won the championship, they would sing this song together live.

And that wasn't all. Metta World Peace really told them on the court how real basketball should be played.

Various physical confrontations on both offense and defense, he made the players scream on the court.

This was exactly what Tang Tian said this team was missing.

When training was over, the players were sitting on the sidelines gasping for breath.

This training intensity was completely different from before, much stronger.

But the effect was indeed very obvious.

Tang Tian was preparing to lead the team into the playoffs this season, and the kind of soft confrontation before was definitely not going to work.

Originally, he was thinking about how to give more pep talks, but Metta World Peace's arrival saved him a lot of effort.

After resting enough, the players were preparing to return to the locker room one after another.

Just then, Austin Rivers joked with Davis, quietly sneaking up from behind and suddenly jumping on Davis.

Davis was caught off guard and almost fell.

When Austin Rivers came down, he just smiled.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing?!"

At this moment, Metta World Peace suddenly roared at Rivers.

He didn't like the way Austin Rivers greeted him before, and now seeing Austin Rivers do this, he immediately scolded him again.

"He's so thin, and he just finished training. What if he gets injured doing this? Don't try this kind of joke again in the future!"

Austin Rivers was a little unlucky, getting lectured by Metta World Peace twice in one day.

However, Metta World Peace's physique was there, and what he said was right, so he couldn't argue back and could only sullenly return to the locker room first.

After Austin Rivers left, Metta World Peace walked to Davis' side.

"Ad, what are you doing? You're the boss of this team. How can you let others ride on you so easily?"

"Be tougher, not only to your teammates, but even more so to your opponents."

Metta World Peace said, giving Davis a punch in the chest, almost knocking Davis over.

Tang Tian was amused watching from behind.

Metta World Peace's effect was really visible to the naked eye. It seemed his suggestion to Demps was right.

With the addition of Metta World Peace, the training intensity of the Pelicans team had increased a lot, and the effect was also very significant.

After a month, it could be clearly felt that the team was completely different from when training camp first started.

If they were tempered a bit more during the regular season, it wouldn't be a pipe dream to enter the playoffs.

Time passed unknowingly to October, less than a week before the preseason games.

It was also at this time that the Pelicans held a press conference for their new players.

Tang Tian, Holiday, Anthony Morrow, Ajinça, and Stiemsma all attended the press conference.

As an All-Star starter and former championship member, Tang Tian was naturally the focus of media and reporters.