Chapter 353: Interview
A group of guys who were physically and mentally exhausted because of the previous road trip saw that the boss let them go, and immediately scattered. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Lamar handed over the car to Vanessa and asked her to go back first, while he walked into the locker room, where he had just been told that the Chinese reporters were waiting for him.
"Hello, I'm not too late, am I?" Lamar greeted in cold Chinese as soon as he entered.
The Chinese reporters were all stunned, although foreigners speaking Chinese are not new these days, most foreigners still only stop at saying two words of "hello! thank you!" with strange emphasis.
There aren't many people like Lamar who can say a complete sentence, and with Lamar's status as a basketball superstar, they already feel that a big piece of news is flying towards them.
"Hello!" the Chinese reporter stretched out his hand with a little hesitation: "I am a reporter from the basketball park of China Central Television's sports channel!"
Lamar shook his hand and motioned for a few people to sit down and get started, and he himself walked over to his locker and sat down waiting for them to fiddle with the machine.
"1, 2, 3!
"Mr. Lamar!"
Yang Yi was interrupted by Lamar as soon as he started: "Mr. Yang Yi, I think you should talk to me in English, so it is convenient for us! ”
"Although my Chinese is not bad, if I use this throughout the interview, I guess I will be ashamed!"
"Well! I really didn't expect Lamar to be able to reach this level of Chinese! Where did you learn it?"
"Tutor, I asked an international student tutor when I was in Los Angeles!"
After a brief shock, Yang Yi returned to his usual ease: "Lamar! There are many fans who like you in China, can you say hello to the Chinese fans who like you in front of the camera now?" Of course, it would be better if you could use Chinese!"
"Of course!" Lamar said as he looked at the camera lens and said with a smile, "Hello! I'm Lamar Odom!"
"Thank you so much for enjoying watching me play, it's an honor for me, and if you can, I hope you can cheer me on at Madison Square Garden, and all the Chinese teenagers who love basketball, stick to your dreams, and all those who work hard to come back will be duly rewarded. I believe you can succeed!"
After the simple greeting session, Lamar gave his blessings to the Chinese fans for free!
The interview has finally entered a normal stage, and as an expatriate reporter for a basketball program, he naturally has a very deep understanding of basketball, and several questions are also very incisive in Lamar's opinion.
"I don't think it's about being successful on the pitch, it's not about having skill, sometimes courage is very important!"
"When you have a tough opponent and everyone thinks he's a lot better than you, that's when you're timid. Then the game loses its meaning, and it is impossible for a coward to succeed on the pitch. But if you're fearless and brave enough to take on the challenge, you'll at least be able to spot your opponent's weaknesses and emerge victorious. No player is perfect, no one has weaknesses!
Lamar's relaxed tone made everyone completely free of the apprehension at the beginning!
Yang Yi then asked, "Everybody is concerned about what the New York Knicks' ultimate goal is this season? When you were with the Los Angeles Lakers, you would make a championship announcement every season. It seems that after arriving in New York, this declaration has not arrived for a long time. So what exactly are your goals?"
Lamar thought for a moment and said, "I didn't make the championship announcement you said because I felt that repeating the same thing was enough, and I didn't need to say the same thing over and over again. As for the goal, of course, it is the championship, and we have worked hard in this league for a year, not to foil the greatness of the final championship. ”
"You mean the championship!"
"Of course! That's no problem! I came to New York to win the championship!"
"But you've done that in Los Angeles, and if you stay in Los Angeles, you're going to win more championships, so what made you choose to come to New York?"
Lamar smiled and said, "When I say championships, I mean completely mine! If I stay in Los Angeles, I can win a lot of championships." But when people talk about the O'Brien Cup displayed in the Hall of Honor and the championship flags flying above the Staples Center Arena. The first thing they could think of was Shaq, and maybe Kobe! I didn't want to be a supporting role, so I chose to leave. ”
"Isn't this going to affect the relationship between you and Shaq!"
"I don't think so, he should understand my choice!"
Seeing that Lamar didn't want to dwell too much on this issue, he quickly changed the topic: "Let's change to a light-hearted topic, Lamar, have you ever been to China?"
Lamar looked at the slightly playful look in his eyes and knew that he had secretly been to China in the offseason (before going on vacation to Australia).
After all, he is a world-renowned basketball star, and no matter how well he disguises it, no one came out at the time, but many people will definitely know about it afterwards.
"Yes, I've been! But it's a bit of a pity that I only spent two days in the capital and then went to Australia, there are so many of you, I haven't even visited them properly!"
"Then I'll be your guide next time you go!"
"Yes!" Lamar readily agreed.
"Lamar, can you tell us about you in Australia?"
Before Yangyi could continue to ask, Lamar said directly, "I know what you want to ask." That's right, I met a girl in Australia named Miranda Kerr, she's very cute, and now we should be good friends, right?"
Yang Yi obviously didn't expect Lamar to admit it so happily, originally he was going to get off the donkey after Lamar denied it, no longer dwell on this topic, and ask some things that other Chinese audiences are interested in, after all, it is rare to have an exclusive interview with a big star like Lamar, and he doesn't want to waste it.
But now the problem is that Lamar actually admits it. It was really unexpected for him to admit that he was so happy, and since this was the case, he had no choice but to continue.
"Did you still have contact with Miss Miranda after you returned to the United States?"
Lamar said with some regret: "I haven't been in touch again." I'm so busy during this time that I don't have time to think about it. ”
"In case you didn't know, Miss Miranda is now a signed model for Victoria's Secret, and she's just done her new swimsuit photoshoot!"
"Oh?!Aren't you Chinese??Why do you pay so much attention to her?" Lamar smiled and said, "Then I'm going to congratulate her! If you can, take me to say hello to her, and ask her if she can send me a magazine!"
Yangyi nodded and said, "I'll get there." ”
Then the interview lasted for another half an hour, and Lamar also asked Morey for a few tickets for tonight's game and gave them to several people.
The opponent in the evening game is the old powerhouse Indiana Pacers, who have been in the game since O'Neal Jr. joined. The former league powerhouse has risen strongly, reaching the playoffs for several seasons in a row.
At the beginning of this season, he also achieved a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, temporarily ranking second in the East.
There was no suspense in this battle in the East, which was originally hailed by the media as Mars hitting the Earth, and Reggie Miller made only 3 of 17 shots in the face of Battier's 24-hour close defense, which was completely without the appearance of a generation of three-point kings.
may be because of the reason for returning to his home court again, Lamar was extremely excited to face O'Neal Jr.'s defense during the game, and frequently staged wonderful slam dunks, which made the already crazy New York fans completely crazy, and kept shouting his name!
The Knicks comfortably settled their opponents in the first game back home, extending their winning streak to 11 games since the start of the season.
When Lamar walked into the players' tunnel, he was immediately surrounded by reporters, in which he saw Xu Zheng again.
After a moment's hesitation, Lamar suddenly made a jaw-dropping move, took off his team uniform, and threw it into Yangyi's arms.
"Give this to Miranda, and say I'll exchange this for her photo!"
Yang Yi was stunned, everyone knew that the jersey worn by Lamar and the photo of Miranda Kerr were two completely unequal things, and it seemed that the relationship between these two people was definitely not simple.
The love-hate feud between Lamar and the Los Angeles Lakers has now become the hottest topic of discussion in the United States.
At a press conference after the win over the Indiana Pacers, reporters hit Lamar with the question, but Lamar refused to respond to any of the issues that came to his disappointment.
When he chose to leave Los Angeles, Lamar had already thought that this day would come after all, and he couldn't hide if he wanted to! In this case, he still chose to face it calmly.
Anyone who reconfronts his old club after leaving generally has two completely different moods: one is to come back to prove himself after being abandoned by his old club, and the other is like Lamar, who is both expectant and a little uneasy.
After finishing their game against the Indiana Pacers, the New York Knicks flew overnight to Los Angeles, their next game.
Lamar wouldn't want to return to the Staples Center as a Los Angeles Lakers rival for the rest of his life, if he could. It's not just because the Lakers are where he debuted and became famous, and it's not because it's where his best friend, brother Shaq, is here. The most important reason is that he loves this team! Just as women will always forget their first man, he also has a very deep affection for the Lakers.