The Whip of the God of Basketball

When Wang Zhizhi received a text message from Leon inviting him to a party at home, for a moment Wang Zhizhi wanted to reply 'I'm sorry I'm not feeling well'. After coming to the United States, Wang Zhizhi was not very used to this kind of party. A group of people he was not very familiar with or even completely strangers gathered together, chatting, drinking, and dancing everywhere, and the noise continued from sunset until late at night. He feels uncomfortable in this kind of social occasion, and he still prefers Chinese-style gatherings of friends. A few familiar buddies and good friends have a meal, play cards and watch a movie together, which is considered a great entertainment.

When he went to Houston for a game this season, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming got together once to chat, watch a movie, and talk about things in the national team. Now that Wang Zhizhi's crisis in the national team has been resolved, he has rejoined the national team training and can represent China in international competitions, because now the Boston Celtics, like the Houston Rockets, have become the team with the most televised games. His status in the team has also become more stable, and he has become a qualified substitute. When needed, the coach will always send him to play. Although the number of times is not very high, he has also played several masterpieces of his own. With the Dallas Mavericks, it was just a mascot.

And who brought him these things? Thinking of this, Wang Zhizhi still decided to take a trip. He picked out a beige suit from his closet. This was the suit he wore when he signed with the Mavericks, and it was also his better formal suit. More casual, he rarely wears formal clothes. Then he dug out a tie that hadn't been worn for a long time from the box. It was also worn when he signed with the Mavericks, but when Don Nelson told him not to be so formal, he threw the tie back into his bag.

"What are you doing? Dress up and go on a blind date." His girlfriend Song Yang saw Wang Zhizhi's grooming in front of the mirror, and joked to him.

"Oh, our coach invited me to the party at their house in the evening. I'll dress more formally to save others from talking." Wang Zhizhi continued to play with his hair and replied.

"Your coach, the one with a sullen face all day long? I remember that since you came here, he doesn't seem to have invited you to dinner." Obviously in Song Yang's heart, Leon is just a sullen face directing him all day long. Guy with boyfriend playing ball.

"He doesn't like excitement, and I don't like it either...but he treats me very well. You see, I am also very good here. I can play and return to China. I am also very grateful to him, if he didn't dissuade me in time , helped me smooth things over, and I don’t know what to do now. Maybe I can’t go back home, and I will be pointed at and scolded.” Wang Zhizhi tied his tie, and he was really grateful to Leon in his heart, but he and Leon My emotions are mainly in gratitude, after all, this coach is really a bit cold.

"How about I go with you at night?" Song Yang thought for a while and suggested. As a partner who came from China to accompany Wang Zhizhi to play in the United States, Song Yang's life is actually relatively monotonous. She left the familiar environment and lacked perfect communication skills, making her live in an isolated island like Wang Zhizhi. Fortunately, the two can still support each other, and the community they live in is of high quality, the neighbors are very enthusiastic, and the Celtics also take care of their daily life, so there is no problem in life.

Wang Zhizhi hesitated for a moment whether to bring his girlfriend along, when his cell phone rang, and he received another text message from Leon: "Bring your girlfriend along." Leon spoke in Chinese, At first, Wang Zhizhi wondered how the coach's Chinese was so good, but after getting in touch with him more and knowing his abnormal memory, it was no surprise.

"Okay, dress up and get ready to go."

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Wang Zhizhi drove to Leon's home in Watertown at about 6:50. In February, it was getting dark very early, and Wang Zhizhi could already see all kinds of cars parked in front of Leon's house. Luxurious Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Lamborghini, as well as ordinary Opel, Buick and Cadillac, it seems that he came a little late.

After parking the car, Wang Zhizhi took his girlfriend's hand and walked towards the house, but met Antoine Walker who arrived at the same time. He drove his Ferrari and brought his girlfriend Evelyn Losada. in Watertown.

"Hey, Wang, why do you dress like you want to participate in the draft! The draft will start in more than four months! Hahaha!" Walker joked about Wang Zhizhi's attire.

Wang Zhizhi glanced at some people who arrived later, only to realize that he seemed to be the only one who was dressed so formally, wearing a suit and tie, while those teammates were all wearing casual hip-hop clothes, like Walker, who wore a big gold chain around his neck , with a green Celtics cap on his head. Losada beside him was wearing a beautiful pink tube skirt with a thick mink fur shawl to resist the cold night wind.

But now that the change of clothes is over, anyway, it is definitely not rude to wear it like this, so Wang Zhizhi brought his girlfriend into Leon's house. It was only when they got inside that Leon's not-so-big house was already crowded with people, and the oven had started to light a fire in the backyard of the house. There are many familiar faces among them. Anyway, all the teammates in the team are here, basically there are not a few of them, as well as the team's video editor Yang, scout Carlos, physical trainer Hess, and affairs officer Capela , and some are unfamiliar faces, but there is a characteristic, that is, most of the people present are young.

In Wang Zhizhi's impression, the Celtics lack most of them are old people. A common scene before a game is that a certain old celebrity in the history of the Celtics accepts a certain honor. At the beginning, Wang Zhizhi tried to understand the Celtics. People's history, and then get to know those old people with gray hair, but soon he found that the history of Celtic people is too long. Maybe today is just an ordinary day, but a meaningful event can be found in the history of the Celtics team, and then commemorated. At the same time, the Celtics may also be the most nostalgic team in the league. Even if many players have only played for the Celtics for one or two seasons, as long as they leave some marks on the city, such as scoring a key goal in the finals, then The Celtics will leave him a spot.

So such as Jeff - Judkins, Ron - Bonham, Terry - Duylaude, Hank - Finkel these little-known guys in NBA history, but can leave a mark in the history of the Celtics a sum. Danny Angie is well versed in the traditions of the Celtics, and often organizes activities that gather these old people, such as awarding championship rings to some old players when he first became a manager, which added a lot of points to him.

In short, in Wang Zhizhi's view, the Celtics are to the NBA what China is to the world. They have a long and glorious past, but they have become a heavy burden that cannot be thrown away on the current development path.

"Good evening, roughly, you are dressed like a president today." After seeing Wang Zhizhi's partner, Leon brought Khomeinis to greet him. Tonight, Leon was wearing a turtleneck sweater with disheveled hair, unlike his usual scrupulous appearance in the team, he seemed rare and kind. Wang Zhizhi, Walker and others should be the last group of people to arrive, and the time for the official start of the party is approaching.

At seven o'clock, Leon and Khomeinis gave a short party speech together on the small lawn in the backyard, thanked all the people who came to the party, and hoped that everyone had a good time. In a cheerful atmosphere, a party belonging to young people started like this.

Khomeinis started holding Leon with champagne, toasting and chatting with each team of guests like a pair of qualified hostesses and hostesses. In the beginning, Leon was not used to it, especially when facing the players under him. He usually treated them with a serious attitude and squeezed his fists to scare them when they disagreed. Now he has to care about this and that like an elder. his style.

Not long after, Leon discovered that Dalembert was sitting on the sofa blankly with a glass of wine, not knowing what to do. Leon and Khomeinis greeted each other, sat next to Dalembert, raised their glasses and said to him, "Are you homesick, kid?"

Dalembert came back to his senses, scratched his head and said, "Oh, I...I, no, just...I came with Gilbert, Michael and Chris, but...but they all brought I have a girlfriend, but I don't!"

Leon almost couldn't hold back his laughter. It seemed that Dalembert was not homesick, but a woman. It is reasonable to say that NBA players will always have women around them, but Dalembert has a dull personality, is not handsome, has a stupid mouth, and there are still many racial views in the Boston area, so he entered the NBA as a result. Years later, he has not found a girlfriend, he is an out-and-out bachelor.

"Khomeinis! Come here... There is a lonely little guy here, didn't you invite some friends, maybe someone can save him and give him some encouragement." Leon called Khomeinis, As a little party princess, even though she hasn't held a party for many years, Khomeinis still has many good friends who invited them to this party.

Soon, interested girls gathered around. As for what happens next, it depends on Dalembert himself.

After more than an hour, the party reached a climax. Fox Leon took out a long table from the storage room, covered it with a green blanket, then took out two decks of playing cards, and opened a temporary gambling.

As soon as they saw the gambling game, many players started to look bright, especially Arenas, who had been hanging out with his girlfriend near the swimming pool. To squeeze on the gaming table. It can only be said that in the NBA, there are almost no players who don't like to gamble.

But Walker, Wahad and the others were terrified. Walker simply hid behind the crowd, secretly found a stool and sat down, for fear that Leon would see him and ask him to participate in the game. Those who have seen Leon's horror at the Mohegan God Casino will never want to face Fox Leon at the gaming table.

But what Leon said next dispelled their worries, Leon said: "In the next hour, I hope that friends who like gambling can find some happiness here, but it's just happiness, don't indulge. As the coach of the team, I'd better not participate, otherwise, if I lose money, it will be difficult to direct the players to play."

Leon's words aroused the audience's laughter. Only then did the Walkers realize that Leon did not set up a game to show off his gambling skills, but really let everyone play. Stand up and squeeze in, to occupy a place.

"Antoine!" Leon suddenly yelled at Walker. When Walker heard this, the hairs on his back stood up, thinking that Leon would not allow him to gamble.

"You are the highest paid in the team, and you are on the bank tonight." Leon went on to say, Walker's heart was completely put in his stomach, thinking why the head coach seemed to have changed his personality, and he didn't seem to be at all tonight. cold.