Chapter 197 - Blocked

Steven Stern showed up after the highlights as he said 

"For the 2008 draft first-round first pick goes to the Washington Wizards and they pick Eazy from the Navy. The up and coming young trainer has been nothing but sensational to the military. We thank him for serving our country and becoming the first military-drafted into the NBA". 

The place went wild as I went up to shake Stern's hand and grab the hat that said Washington Wizards.

I wasn't too happy about it because I didn't want to get picked by them so soon, even though they were a HomeTown team I didn't like the lineup they had at the moment. Gilbert Arenas in my past life was charged for bringing in weapons into the man's locker room so I did not want to play alongside him. My teammates will be terrible.

I was going to wait till John Wall and Mcgee were playing before I joined it but for now, I'll have to play terribly for them to trade me and ask LeBron to do whatever it takes to get me on his team.

All I could do was curse in my head as I accepted the hat. I didn't even smile when I was going up there, I just had a blank face on and everybody could tell I was not happy about joining the wizards. After getting drafted by the wizards the rest of the draft went on as a previous time in my past life but this time Derrick Rose was drafted number two and so on.

The photographers were hounding me down after to get pictures and interviews. I didn't care for it and I didn't smile the whole time and eventually, after dealing with that whole ordeal the GM of the wizards came to talk to me privately asking me what was wrong. I told him that I don't like the team that the wizards have right now and that I would like to join later on and if it will be possible to trade me.

He shook his head and said let's see how you perform in the summer league. A light bulb lit up in my head as I thought of what I could do during the summer league. If I could play terrible ball they would drop me entirely that way I could just be a free agent and be drafted by any team that way I'll be able to draw up a contract of my own. 

I looked at him with a smile on my face and thanked him and said I can't wait to play in the summer league. The GM smiled in approval as he said make sure you work hard and summer league will start in about a month so make sure you get your body used to playing at a fast level game.

He nodded his head and left the room as he went to set up a meeting with the owner to discuss what we had talked about.

LeBron came up to me later on and asked me whether he should ask his GM to make a run for me. I explained to him what happened and LeBron got excited about me being a free agent to pick up after the summer league.

He had been suffering from playing with neglectful teammates for a long time so it's time that he got himself a robin just like Batman did.

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Back in ESPN the folks were talking about the draft wins, some people were arguing that I wouldn't stay in Washington Wizards and that I'll be traded due to me looking unhappy when they called my name up but others argued that it was a soldier mentality and that soldiers bȧrėly smiled so I probably picked that up from being in military.

I sat in my living room watching all this and laughing in my head because I found it funny how they would ȧssume that soldiers don't smile, it was true I was unhappy going to the wizards but there was nothing I can do about it at this time all I had to do was play terribly during the summer league that they would drop me that way Cleveland will be able to offer me a good deal when the time came.

Isabella was sitting besides me with all smiles as she asked me, 

"Daddy are you happy to be going to the Washington Wizards?" 

I shook my head and said not now but maybe later on so for now you have to take all the bad criticisms that Daddy's going to be receiving since Daddy's about to purposely play the worst ball he's ever played in this life.

She looked at me confused but could only shrug as she said" fine daddy just do what makes you happy". 

I laughed because I used to always tell her that and now she was using it on me.

Ring ring ring

My phone started ranking so I picked up and heard a female voice on the other line.

"Hey Eazy, congratulations on your draft!" I was confused as I didn't recognize this number. I asked who this was and that's when she told me.

"it's Akua your friend" 

I shook my head and just hung up the phone and blocked the number. Our last business was done after she received the money so why would she call me as if we're friends.

I knew at this point of my life there was going to be a whole lot of fakes trying to be friends with me now so I had to put a stop to that as I recognized who my true friends were already, so anybody that was coming in my life I didn't really have to take that seriously.

After watching ESPN for a little bit, Isabella and I went to practice at the gym. We had a shootout until we reached 50 points and I won because she started to get tired and sore from shooting the ball so much. She was still too young and she didn't have the unlimited stamina like me, so she definitely got tired after some time even though she had improved in her stamina from the time that I was gone but it was nothing compared to mine.