Chapter 150: Best Rookie of the Western Month
Belgrade, the capital of the Republic of Serbia, is located at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause of its extraordinary strategic importance, the city is also known as the "key to the Balkans." “
Its important geographical location has become a powerful tool for attracting tourists and politicians, and of course, it has also contributed to its pathos. Bombing, destruction has ravaged the land since the day the city was born. But each time, Belgrade was able to stubbornly get back on its feet.
The soft, faint morning sun delicately transforms the ancient city with its rugged lines, and a couple is walking hand in hand on the bridge that crosses the Sava River. A catchy guitar melody can be heard from the riverside bar, which also wakes up the owner of a retro-style mansion next to the bar.
Opening the window and taking a deep breath of the breeze blowing from the Sava River, Divac instantly felt refreshed.
The quiet pedestrian street downstairs and the melodious swirling music made him really love the city. Divac's love for the city led him to move from his hometown of Prijepoli without hesitation.
"What number Sophia is today?" Divac looked at the somewhat dazzling sun, and winter seemed to be coming to an end.
"Number 1." The woman who was still curled up in bed answered her husband's question gently.
"March 1st?" Divac took out his phone, and instead of taking pictures of the beautiful sunrise, he entered the official NBA website.
"NBA Conference Player of the Month in the West for February, Paul. Gasol, who averages ...... per game"
"No, not that, Rookie of the Year, oh, here!" Divac clicked on his phone for Rookie of the Month option.
After waiting for the underdeveloped mobile network to read it for a while, the whole page was slowly displayed.
"NBA Conference Rookie of the Year in the East in February, Brooke. Lopez. Best Rookie in the West, Anjie. ”
"Two centers? Haha, it's rare to see. Divac smiled with satisfaction, the two center forwards occupied their respective best rookies in the East and West, and most importantly, his disciple Anjie was one of them. Early in the morning, Divac was in a good mood by the news.
Averaging 23.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 7.7 assists, and 2.3 blocks per game, Anjie's personal data in February is definitely incomparable to any rookie. Lopez, who was elected in the East, is averaging only 16.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. Coupled with the Thunder's excellent record of 10 wins in 13 games in February, Anjie deserves to win the Rookie of the Month award, and Divac even thinks that Anjie's performance is no problem in being selected as the Player of the Month.
However, it is not easy to win the best rookie of the month in the west where there are many strong people.
The first text message An Jie received after waking up early in the morning was not someone else's blessing, it was an official text message from Nike.
"Mr. Ahn, congratulations on winning the Western Rookie of the Month award for February. According to the terms of the contract, the $50,000 prize has been credited to your account, please check for it. ”
"Yay!" An Jie raised his arms and shouted excitedly, of course, not because of the $50,000, but because he finally got his wish.
After winning the award, the first person to call was naturally Moslav. There's no doubt that while Rookie of the Month is a minor award, as long as it is won, no matter how big or small, piles of commercial contracts will follow.
It was the shooting of the advertisement, the invitation to the banquet, and the appointment of the interview, An Jie had just gotten up, and he was dizzy again after hearing this long list of arrangements.
"Can you push off some of them, Mr. Moslav, for example, tonight's dinner party hosted by the rich man in Oklahoma City, I don't have to go to this kind of thing." As long as it is an activity that will take up his time to practice, An Jie is very resistant.
"What plutocrat!? Mr. Ibanks is the deputy mayor of Oklahoma City! It doesn't hurt to have a good relationship with this kind of guy! ”
"But attending the dinner party takes up my training time, and you know Mr. Moslav, the quality of training is the guarantee of the quality of the competition, and the quality of the competition is the guarantee of this contract." An Jie deliberately pulled these things into business.
"Okay, okay, don't come with me for this set, you really don't want to go?" It's not that Moslav doesn't know Anjie's little abacus, although he is a manager, everything still has to be based on customer requirements.
"Hehe, just tell the deputy mayor that I have to prepare for the game, and I think he will understand." was seen through by Muslav, and Anjie did not continue to beat around the bush.
"Okay, I'll try my best to push you off, and you can pay attention to yourself when you practice." It was the first time that Moslav had met such a player who was a little too hard-working. This kind of drunken banquet is what countless players are looking forward to. But An Jie has no interest in this kind of thing. Basketball basketball, even if An Jie has a net worth of millions, he only has basketball in his head.
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Giardina and her manager Abrahi had just boarded the plane at the moment, and the little diva who had been scheduled tonight was going to decline the invitation of Oklahoma City Deputy Mayor Ibanks, but after hearing that Anjie was also on the invitation list, Giardina's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, and she yelled for Abrahi to arrange for her as soon as possible.
"What's there to attend at a dinner party in such a small place? Originally, today we were going to talk to the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine about shooting the cover, but is this dinner more important than landing on Vogue? "Vogue magazine is the most famous fashion magazine brand in the United States and even in the world, and appearing on the cover of the magazine and publishing a column on it will undoubtedly greatly enhance Giardina's popularity.
Abrahi didn't know that the reason for the little diva to give up the cover of the magazine and travel thousands of miles to Oklahoma City would be a Chinese athlete playing in the NBA.
"Well, didn't you say that it is also very important to have good relations with politicians, and how rude it would be if we refused Mr. Ebanks' invitation." Giardina made a pitiful look at her manager, and Abrahi looked at her expression and felt like his heart was about to melt.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. Hearing that you were coming to Oklahoma City, one of their local professional sports teams sent out an invitation to sing the national anthem before tomorrow night's game. Muslav dug through the e-mail on his PC assistant, and business could be done anywhere, albeit only for dinner, but with just as much accessory.
"What professional sports team?" Giardina looked forward to it.
"An NBA team, didn't you say you want to continue to build a partnership with the NBA? It seems to be called ...... Thunder, yes, Oklahoma City Thunder. Although Abrahi is an experienced entertainment manager, he knows nothing about sports circles. What kind of team the Oklahoma City Thunder are, Abrahi has no idea in his mind.
"Promise them!" Giardina got excited, Oklahoma City Thunder, isn't that Anjie's team?
The roar after the dunk, the concentration after holding the ball, and the smile after the victory, An Jie's expressions surfaced in Giardina's mind again.
When Giardina appeared at the banquet on time in a pure white tight-fitting waist-cinching dress full of anticipation, she did not notice the figure of the Oriental boy.
An Jie's height can definitely be found at a glance no matter what the occasion, if you can't see it, there is only one possibility, An Jie didn't come at all!
"Oh, Miss Giardina, you are wonderful today. Andrew. Garfield, here to help. "Andrew. Garfield, a budding young actor, politely appeared in front of Giardina.
"Thanks for the compliment." Giardina responded with a smile, his sweet smile that made Garfield's heart skip a beat.
It was only out of politeness that Giardina did not embarrass the handsome blonde guy. She didn't bother to pay attention to Garfield's accosting at all, and Giardina looked around again and found a guy who was close to Anjie, Russell. Westbrook!
"I can ask you to jump ......" Before Garfield could finish speaking, Giardina walked straight towards Westbrook. Garfield was left alone, awkwardly standing in place with his wine glass raised.
"It's Russell. Mr. Westbrook? Looking at this strangely dressed big man, Giardina was embarrassed to come forward and ask.
Westbrook, dressed in a pink suit, turned his head, but he couldn't name the girl in front of him. He knew he had seen this girl, but who was she?
"Miss, who are you?"
"Tiffany. Giardina, it's a pleasure to meet you. Giardina held out his hand to Westbrook.
"Oh, I remember, Phoenix All-Star, the singer who sang the national anthem in the rookie game, that's you." Westbrook laughed casually, athletes and people in the entertainment industry are really different, Westbrook's behavior is not as formal and polite as Garfield's, but it makes Giardina feel very relaxed.
"Your singing voice is amazing, I heard that tomorrow the management has invited another singer to play and sing the national anthem, could it be you again?"
"Don't you want to hear me sing again?" Giardina was also infected by Westbrook's extroversion, completely let go of her idol baggage, and responded to Westbrook's questions with humor.
"Of course not, seeing you come to the scene, I guess those guys will fight very hard." Westbrook laughed evilly.
"By the way, are you the only one on the team who is here for this dinner?" Abrahi's intelligence can never go wrong, Anjie didn't appear here, there must be a reason, a question that Giardina inadvertently asked, but it could let her know the movements of that Eastern Tower.
"Of course not, the mayor invited me and Coach Van Gundy to participate, but Coach Van Gundy insisted on working in the gymnasium, so he politely declined the mayor's invitation. By the way, do you know my good buddy Ann? He just won the Rookie of the Month award. He was invited, and I wanted to have fun with him, but the guy was a workaholic like the coach, and he politely declined Mr. Ebanks' invitation, and I guess he's still training in the gym. "Westbrook is already a very hard-working player, but he is still ashamed of himself compared to Anjie.
"Really? It would be great if everyone could come. Giardina forced a smile, and sure enough, his expectations were disappointed.
It's okay, I'm going to the Chesapeake Energy Arena tomorrow to sing and watch the game. It's impossible not to show up in the face of a game.
Thinking of this, Giardina's mood was much better.
Originally, there was just a girl in Ames City who thought about An Jie day and night, but now, there seems to be another person who is thinking about An Jie.
Of course, An Jie was ignorant of these things, and he raised his hand again to shoot, completing his 1,000 mid-range shots. Tomorrow's game, he will once again face the inside man who makes a living by shooting, "German Chariot" Dirk. Lovesky! (To be continued.) )