Chapter 411 [Whining Thanksgiving]

The 26th is Thursday, which is also Thanksgiving.

There were quite a few games on the day, including Warriors vs. Spurs and Nets vs. Trail Blazers.

Now the Nets have to be thankful for winning any team because they have lost 14 in a row. If you lose to the Trail Blazers again, it will be Game 15. Yi Jianlian is still on the injury list, and Harris is back.

As head coach, Lawrence? Frank was very cautious about Harris and didn't see the player who missed 10 games as a savior for the Nets. The Nets were winless in the days when Harris was sidelined with a groin strain, and after Harris returned, they lost to the Knicks and Nuggets.

The Trail Blazers are also a Western Conference playoff team, and the Nets are unlucky. Then came the Sacramento Kings, and the Los Angeles Lakers. On paper, the Nets want to end their losing streak, and the Kings are the most likely opponent for them to beat. However, the Kings have a 4-2 record at home this season, and the Nets are not nine out of ten.

If all four straight road losses are lost, the Nets will tie the worst start in NBA history with a 17-game losing streak. Previously, only two teams in the NBA had played such a result, the Heat in 1988-1989 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 1998-1999.

To make matters worse, the Nets will face the Dallas Mavericks in their first game back home, meaning they could set their worst start in NBA history — 18 straight losses.

On Thanksgiving, there was also a surprising news. Alan? Iverson made an official retirement statement, and the former regular season MVP will officially launch the NBA stage. In the statement, Iverson thanked the fans who have been quietly supporting him, and said that Michael? Jordan, Magic Johnson, Isaiah? Thomas, Charles? Barkley, Larry? Bird is the driving force behind his game.

With Iverson's layoffs, his business value has also dropped significantly. The Grizzlies recently announced that they will send 3,000 Iverson jerseys to Africa to support poor children in Tanzania. After Iverson issued a retirement statement, a shopping website in the United States quickly reacted and lowered the price of Iverson's exclusive sneaker ReebokAnswerXIII from the original price of $100 to $89. $99. It was sold at a discount in just three months after its launch, which had never been seen in the history of Iverson sneaker sales. Perhaps, Iverson's 13th generation basketball shoes will disappear with him.

For Zhou Xuan, the most incredible thing is that Duncan asked him to dinner and asked him for psychological counseling.

The two found a private room to chat, the environment is good, and it is a good place to discuss privacy.

"What's the situation, why do you need psychological counseling anymore? Shouldn't you be with your wife and children today's Thanksgiving? ”

"They went to my grandfather and grandmother for Thanksgiving, and I'm alone today. And what I want to talk to you about is a relationship issue. Privacy, can't find other doctors. Duncan sighed.

"Big brother, are you kidding? You're a model couple. Zhou Xuan shrank his neck.

"In your Chinese words: every family has a scripture that is difficult to read."

Duncan told his story. His story has appeared in magazines many times and has been talked about by many people, but the version that Zhou Xuan heard is different.

Duncan and Amy, both Wake Forest college students, dated early, and when Duncan finished four years of college and was ready to enter the NBA, Amy, who was studying medicine, had not yet graduated. At this time, Amy, who had been a school cheerleader, decided to propose a breakup to Duncan because she did not want to be a "stay-at-home woman". Amy said she understands professional players and the women who follow them, and she's heard about the debauched nightlife of many players playing on the road, and she believes that in some way, the fall of NBA players is inevitable. Amy wanted to be a doctor, she didn't want to be a Duncan follower, in short, she wanted to have a life of her own.

Duncan did not agree with this breakup, in the first eight months after entering the NBA, he would call Amy every time he practiced, arrived in the away city and after the game, four or five a day, booing the cold and asking for warmth, between training and on the away journey, Duncan always took out his mobile phone and begged Amy to return to his side, the "kraft candy" tactic finally succeeded, and the two got married in 2001.

In the eyes of outsiders, Amy is everything to Duncan. Duncan would affectionately hug Amy in public; He would tell Amy anything he thought; The reporters in front of him have witnessed that Duncan, who is accompanied by Amy, will be surprisingly better, and he will even move to greet reporters after losing. In Game 7 of the 2005 Finals, after winning the championship at San Antonio's home stadium, Duncan, who was poured champagne in the locker room, was covered with colorful confetti; He hurriedly took the DV and rushed out of the locker room as fast as he could. He promised to take a picture of the celebration in the dressing room for Amy, and he struggled to squeeze through the crowd around him, shouting, "Hey, let me go, my wife is waiting for me outside!" ”

But the truth behind all this is that Duncan gives a lot in love, and Amy is very selfish and has to follow her in everything. They have been married for many years and have never had rumors of family discord, mainly because of Duncan's forbearance.

This woman has even influenced the NBA landscape. In the summer of 2000, the Magic courted Duncan, trying to form the "Big Three" with Hill and McGrady to build a dynasty team. Duncan was so attracted to Orlando that most of the people around him, including his agent, suggested that he join the Magic. However, Amy did not agree.

At that time, Amy specifically asked Magic head coach Doug? Rivers, will she be able to travel with Duncan on the team's flight while the Magic are playing on the road. Rivers' response was that "only Magic players and team members can get on the plane." At the Spurs, Popovich allowed the occasional one or two to be on the plane.

The Magic didn't disrespect Amy's status, and they investigated Amy's hobbies in detail before management and Duncan formally talked, and Rivers' wife invited Amy to dinner. But the "rule-by" magic could not satisfy Amy, and later Duncan was willing to change his values for Amy's sake and stayed with the Spurs.

It's fair to say that Amy ruined the chances of the Magic and the rise of the entire East, and she controlled Duncan's life for a long time.

"Now she thinks that our life is too passionless, people always envy us, only we know how boring Lu Dao's life is, she doesn't want to deal with the Foundation's affairs anymore, she wants to spend more time enjoying life and going out to have fun." Duncan paused for a moment and then said, "I don't know what to do, I can only play ball and live an ordinary life." ”

In November 2001, Duncan established Tim? Duncan Foundation" and personally serves as the organization's vice president, contributing to health care, education, and youth sports in the San Antonio area. The organization organizes the "Duncan Charity Bowling Charity Tournament" and the "Duncan Charity Golf Masters" every year; Funding the "Orphan Center," "Children's Center," and "Cancer Treatment and Research Center" in San Antonio. Amy has always been wholeheartedly running the Foundation for Duncan. Now she's tired.

"Dude, I really want to help you, but I'm only 20 years old, and I don't understand women's minds before you." Zhou Xuan smiled bitterly.

"No, you're not the same as me, otherwise you wouldn't be a couple with Emma Watson, who doesn't watch basketball with Ben but says she's happy to be with you." Duncan smirked, "I'm sure I'll never be able to attract that kind of girl." ”

"Okay, I guess, as the best **** man, you want to ask me if there is a way to create some surprises or something, right?" Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"Then how did you catch up with Emma? My wife was also a school girl when she was young, maybe she will like your little tricks. ”

Zhou Xuan talked about his situation, and Duncan couldn't help shaking his head. He is not good at cooking, and it is impossible to be like Zhou Xuan. It is impossible to spend time practicing playing the piano, watching movies together, studying movies, giving advice to the director, and making cameos in TV series, this is not something that ordinary people can play, in the final analysis, others are different from Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan is only 190CM tall, which is the figure of a model among ordinary people. Duncan is the kind of tall inside line that people can recognize at a glance.

"You're only 20 years old, how can you learn so much?"

"If you're interested, I'll probably learn something else in the future." Zhou Xuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Actually, Emma and I can be together mainly because of chatting. You old husbands and wives, communicate more. ”

Duncan said: "You don't understand, old husbands and wives like us, if they communicate too much, they may quarrel, and model couples just think so from outsiders." She still often blames me for not having time to play at home, we have so many away games a year, and the Spurs make the playoffs every year, what can I do? This is a problem that NBA players cannot avoid. ”

Although there is a lot of controversy about the saying "men become bad when they have money", NBA stars have always had serious marital problems, most of which are due to long-term neglect of their families.

Wade's marriage drama with his ex-wife Theobhan paid as much as $10 million, and it is still endless, and a marriage coordinator and a psychiatrist are overwhelmed and resign one after another. Jordan and Juantani forcibly divorced that year1. The high price of $6.8 billion has not been broken so far. O'Neill also paid hundreds of millions of dollars for divorce, Kidd and his ex-wife lost tens of millions of dollars in breakup fees when they divorced, the two sides accused each other of being unfaithful, and Kidd was also exposed to domestic violence by his wife, which is difficult to distinguish.

Duncan must not want a divorce, and that's the trouble of a model husband. After chatting for a while, he still sighed. "If you want to be happy, you have to be single."

Isn't that a quote from Hilton? How do you feel this way? ”

"Because as long as you get married and have children, you will find that the troubles of your youth are not a problem." Duncan smiled wryly.

"I don't think you're looking for psychological counseling, but you want to scare me into not daring to get married in the future?" Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"Then do you want to get married early?"

"Of course not, once I get married, I think people are old, Emma said the same." Zhou Xuan's thoughts coincided with Emma, and he didn't know when he should consider getting married.

"You two youth idols are so nice, I'm old." Duncan sighed.

For a whole afternoon, Duncan kept complaining, even if he was a doctor of psychology and a person who was enlightened, he needed to find someone to talk to when he was stressed. Because it's one thing to comprehend, it's another thing to see.

Duncan thinks that love is a feeling, it can't last too long, and it will fade after a long time, if Zhou Xuan is ready to get married in the future, he must find someone who loves him, not the person he loves.

Because the person who is loved will never know how much you love her.