Chapter 31: The Late Night Canteen (Actually, this chapter is my real length)
Real Madrid stopped in the semi-finals, and Sun Hao also ended his first season in La Liga.
He averaged 9.8 points per game in the playoffs, shooting 49 percent from the field and 39 percent from three-point range.
Although he didn't help the team win the championship, the change in the data shows that he is constantly improving.
Along with the data, there are also attributes within his system.
Strength: 71 ; Speed: 72; Dexterity: 60 ; Bounce: 66; Fitness: 71; Ball quotient: 82
Ball control: 70; Passing: 55; Dunk: 0; Layup: 72; Middle distance: 52; Three-point: 79
Defense: 60; Caps: 58; Steals: 72; Rebounds: 58
Such attributes have changed qualitatively compared with the five scum of war four years ago.
And in addition to the attribute changes, he also received a certain number of badges.
Basketball IQ (Silver), Long-Range Marksman (Silver);
Infinite Range (Bronze), Pick-and-Roll Master (Bronze), Pick-and-Roll Dodge (Bronze), Bronze Wall (Bronze), Fast Attack Finisher (Bronze);
The increased stats, combined with these badges, are enough for him to establish himself in La Liga.
For him, the new season is a step forward.
The only regret is that he broke the appointment with Gasol.
Or to put it another way, the agreement has to be postponed until the new season.
In the La Liga final, the Alcante team also upset all the way, knocking the Barcelona team down and winning the final league championship.
The result made Spanish fans excited for a summer.
Calderón also rose to fame.
The 18-year-old has even attracted attention from the NBA.
It's just that La Liga's influence is limited, and this attention is not very high.
ended his first season in La Liga, Sun Hao did not rush to train, but was ready to give himself a vacation.
Machines need to rest, not to mention people.
And just like Gasol at the beginning, people who lose are always in a bad mood, and they need to do something they love to adjust.
He pulled Fernández to sum it up.
"Aren't you going to the United States?"
Fernandez opened his mouth and asked Sun Hao.
"No, no."
Sun Hao's answer was very straightforward.
He knew what Fernandez was referring to.
Joseph did not reply to his emails or come to him, and Fernandez wanted him to go to Joseph.
But he's not that kind of person.
Just like he won't go to the CBA again after being abandoned by the CBA.
Think of Joseph as a beautiful encounter in the past, and that would be something even better for him.
"Then let's go to Italy!"
Fernandez said excitedly.
Now that Sun Hao has put Joseph down, he must tell his long-awaited plan!
"Italy?"
This proposal surprised Sun Hao, who thought that Fernández would say that he would go to other provinces in Spain to play.
After all, there are many more tourist attractions in Spain.
Fernández nodded excitedly.
Spain is a country of European style, but if there is one word in front of this name, it must be Italy.
"The best way to forget about a relationship is to start a new one."
Fernández started his emotional class again.
"Then go!"
Sun Hao was not ambiguous.
Where to play is not to play.
Italy's predecessor was Ancient Rome, where the Colosseum was the most preserved and intact in Europe.
Fernandez aside, it's worth a visit.
Apply for visas, book air tickets, book hotels.
At this time, the network is far less developed than in the future, and they need to wait for a long time to travel abroad.
Fortunately, the off-season in La Liga is very long, and they don't have the task of the national team, so they can afford to wait.
During the waiting days, Fernandez was busy with his studies, while Sun Hao was training in the stadium as usual.
However, he trained for only a few days, and Prigioni and Gabajosa also came.
They came in just after the end of the season and it was clear that last season's defeat hit them hard.
Failure is not always a bad thing, it inspires a deep sense of competitiveness.
It's going to be a tough offseason for them.
It's just that what Sun Hao never expected was that after practicing for two days, he was dragged to play wild ball together.
This style of painting changes a little quickly.
Sun Hao didn't have much interest in football.
When it comes to Spain, the kingdom of football, there are only two encounters with football.
One was to watch the national derby with Joseph, and the other was to go to France with Fernandes to watch the World Cup final.
However, he couldn't stop Prigioni's enthusiasm, and he finally went.
And next season he will also point to Prigioni to pass the ball to himself, and the relationship will definitely be good.
Sun Hao doesn't know how to play football, but football and basketball have something in common, that is, when you don't have skills, you can be a defensive player on the court.
Everyone on the basketball court can be a defensive player, but on the football court is a relatively fixed position - guard.
When Sun Hao scored 3 points in his La Liga debut, the domestic newspapers used the pun "defender" to rub the popularity of football.
After an amateur game, Prigioni was panting tiredly, and Sun Hao didn't sweat much.
He has been insisting on training in the system, and coupled with his thermos cup of wolfberry tea, his physical strength has long exceeded what he should have at his age.
"You're really the most enduring Asian I've ever met."
After playing the ball and sitting on the sidelines to rest, Prigioni couldn't help but give Sun Hao a thumbs up.
Sun Hao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, this seemed a little strange, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
"I didn't expect Jorge to play, and he played as a striker, he's that big."
This topic can't go deeper, so Sun Hao simply diverted the topic.
"Basically everyone who plays here plays football, and we do the same there, and even as basketball players, you still have to admit that football is the number one sport in the world right now."
There was a hint of emotion and a hint of pride in Prigioni's words.
As a professional basketball player, it's a bit helpless to say such things.
But as far as football goes, Argentina is the top team in the world and has won the World Cup twice.
Prigioni has a sense of pride in his bones as an Argentine team.
Sun Hao nodded, the popularity of football makes it a very good social tool.
Take this ball game as an example, the relationship between the three of them has improved a lot.
Careers are mixed meals, but in amateur cases, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, and it is very beneficial to strengthen relationships.
In addition to this, there is also a big goal in his heart.
This goal is bigger and much bigger than the goal he had set before to win the title on his home turf.
His crossing is unique, which means he has to do something big.
Since you're playing professional basketball, there's no bigger cause than making basketball the number one sport in the world.
Although the road will be long, and it may not even be reached in the end, the thought has already come to him.
After the game, Prigioni took Sun Hao to a nearby Western-style restaurant.
"I love my hometown, but I love the food."
On the way to the restaurant, Prigioni kept selling to Sun Hao.
It is clear that he has a soft spot for Spanish food.
On the contrary, Gabajosa did not have much emotion on the sidelines.
Domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers, and people are animals who like freshness.
No matter how delicious it is, it will taste bad if you eat too much.
If Gabajosa were to be thrown to Argentina, he would likely react in the same way as Prigioni.
But Sun Hao is an exception, or the Chinese are the exception.
When it comes to food, there is no country where people can compare to China.
Take the most common fish as an example, just the cooking method, there are braised water, sauerkraut, home-cooked, sour soup, boiled ...... Wait a minute.
A little more refined, it is the fish head, which is divided into chopped pepper, hot pot and tofu.
But for people in other countries, frying is the norm, steaming is considered a good mood, and the limit is barbecue.
So Prigioni's boasting, Sun Hao didn't care too much.
And he is not born arrogant, but has already experienced it.
Spain's most famous is the seafood fried rice.
It is made on a similar principle to stir-frying, which is to take squid, white clams and shrimp and stir-fry them together with raw rice.
This kind of fried rice is extremely famous in Spain, but Sun Hao has not eaten it a few times after coming to Spain for so long.
The most fundamental reason is that it is not to taste.
Raw rice is fried directly, and the fried rice is basically half-cooked, and the taste can be good before there is a ghost.
If you can imagine the scene of egg fried rice stir-fried with raw rice, you can imagine the taste of this rice.
When he arrived at the restaurant, Prigioni was very polite and ordered everything he thought was delicious.
Sun Hao felt a little big when he ordered it, and when the food came up, he realized that he had to find an opportunity to let Prigioni taste Chinese food.
Anchovy marinated in vinegar, Iberian ham, steamed Basque cod in garlic sauce, Galician octopus and cuttlefish rice.
Pickled, steamed, fried, and cuttlefish rice is similar to paella, except that cuttlefish ink is added when stir-fried.
Prigioni drooled constantly when he ate it, but Sun Hao's mouth was full of salty and greasy.
After finishing eating, Sun Hao sent an invitation to them.
"You want to treat us to dinner? No, you know how to cook? ”
Prigioni obviously didn't know that Sun Hao still had this hand, and his eyes were bright.
This guy doesn't have a soft spot for Spanish food, but he's a foodie at all.
"Are you at home?"
Gabajosa also poked his head out suddenly.
Sun Hao nodded.
He summed up a lesson in his previous life, you can't say anything about being able to cook, because after saying it, you will become a free chef.
However, Prigioni asked him to play football with him, and invited him to dinner, and courtesy was a must.
"I had Chinese food once, and it was delicious."
When Gabajosa said this, his eyes became the same as those of Prigioni.
Sure enough, no matter how powerful human beings are, they are defenseless in the face of food.
Gabajosa had eaten Chinese food, which Sun Hao didn't expect, but this also invisibly gave him some pressure.
Originally, I just wanted Prigioni to try it, but now it seems that it will have to be carefully prepared.
He stayed in the United States for a long time in his last life, and the steaks and hamburgers he ate could make him vomit, forcing him to learn how to cook by himself, and he became a housewife alone.
Practice makes perfect, and his cooking skills are still masterable.
That's why he had the confidence to invite Prigioni and Gabajosa to his home for dinner.
After booking a time and choosing a day off for training, Sun Hao went to the supermarket to buy ingredients with his bag on his back.
The ingredients in Spain are far less abundant than those from China, but the charm of Chinese food is that as long as there are ingredients, it can always cook the food.
And when Sun Hao was shopping in the supermarket, he had an unexpected joy.
He thought the surprise would surprise Priginho.
Once the ingredients are purchased, it's time to cook.
Hot and sour shredded potatoes, potato beef, salt and pepper shrimp, enoki mushroom bacon rolls, chopped pepper fish head, and a mysterious dish with a lid.
This is the main course, and the soup is because there is no tofu and mushrooms in the supermarket, so he only made the simplest tomato egg soup in the end.
When he was done, he called Prigioni and Gabajosa.
Both of them were in the training hall, and Sun Hao's place was not far away, and they came over not long after the phone call.
They pushed the door open and came in and smelled a pungent scent.
The fragrance did not come from those dishes, but from the place where Sun Hao was standing.
He's grilling skewers.
In addition to the main meal, Sun Hao also prepared a barbecue.
The pork belly, the king of barbecue, is sizzling on the grill, and it can make the mouth water hungry just by showing it.
The beef mass, one-third fat, is skewered together, and as the meat becomes cooked little by little, the fragrance wafts out little by little, and then sprinkled with cumin powder, which already makes people can't help but swallow saliva.
There is also the squid brushed with oil, which has an unstoppable umami taste.
In the supermarket, there are mostly meat, chicken wings, beef, mutton, and seafood, which Sun Hao has prepared.
And he knew that Gabajosa had really worked hard after eating Chinese food, and the ingredients he bought back were all skewered one by one.
Even in addition to the more common meat, Sun Hao also bought relatively expensive vegetables and mushrooms.
A tin foil box, a handful of enoki mushrooms, a handful of garlic, a spoonful of oil, puff puff and puff.
"Is this a barbecue?"
Prigioni came in and drifted to Sun Hao's side like the wind.
"I've never seen anything like this."
Gabajosa's eyes have also been on the barbecue.
People abroad eat barbecue, all of them are large pieces of barbecue directly, and they can be eaten when cooked, where have I ever seen such a delicate one.
Especially the vegetables, they've never seen them like that.
Seeing Gabajosa's expression, Sun Hao felt that his barbecue was worth it.
Although it is not possible to use charcoal indoors due to safety concerns, what comes out has a smell.
Sun Hao sprinkled some chili powder and handed the first cooked pork belly to Prigioni and Gabayosa.
The pork belly is extremely crispy, and when you bite it, it crunchs and is crispy.
"Damn it! What kind of meat is this! ”
Prigioni scolded as he spoke.
He usually has a mild-tempered temper, but now he has clearly lost his temper.
But he wasn't to blame.
It is not without barbecue in his native Argentina that he knows.
But their barbecue is basically divided into two categories, meat and staple food.
The meat is mainly beef, then there are sausages made of meat and some offal.
The staple food is bread.
These barbecues can be regarded as opening his eyes.
"Eat more vegetables and be careful of scalding."
Sun Hao handed him some small green vegetables again, and then clamped the tin foil box.
Prigioni took it and ate it again, and he couldn't help it anymore.
"It's the first time I've known that vegetables are so delicious when cooked."
If it weren't for his age here, he might really have to give Sun Hao a crying .jpg.
As for Gabayosa, he didn't speak, but he was already swept away, sweeping away all the skewers that could be eaten in his field of vision.
Sun Hao couldn't help laughing.
Although the two eat in different ways, it can be seen that his barbecue is very suitable for the appetite of the two.
"Let's eat first."
Sun Hao felt that there was no need to eat anymore, so he put the barbecue aside first, turned around and opened the lid.
"What are these?"
This time Gabajosa was calmer, after all, he had experienced Chinese food, but Prigioni couldn't help but speak.
His understanding of food today is constantly being refreshed by Sun Hao.
"Potatoes? Stewed with beef? ”
"This is shredded potatoes? Isn't it going to be fried? ”
"This is the head of a fish? Can fish heads be eaten? ”
……
Prigioni turned into a question baby, asking one question after another.
It's hard to associate him with the full-fledged starting point guard from the previous team.
But that's the beauty of good food.
As for Gabajosa, he had already sat down early and was waiting to eat.
"What is this?"
Prigioni finally set his sights on the mysterious dish that had not yet been opened.
Sun Hao motioned for him to open it himself.
Prigioni opened it with a smile, but was stunned when he saw the dishes inside.
This time, even Gabayosa was full of curiosity.
"What kind of meat is this?"
After looking at it for a while, this time it was Gabayosa who asked first.
"Taste it?"
Sun Hao didn't say the answer immediately, but motioned for them to eat with a fork first.
Gabajosa hesitated with his fork, apparently a little afraid to try something unknown.
"Chicken?"
Prigioni didn't move his fork, he leaned in for a moment and asked.
"No, you try."
Sun Hao still wanted them to eat before announcing the answer.
However, the reaction of the two people was similar, they both shook their heads and did not dare to try.
Sun Hao saw the reaction of the two of them and knew that he couldn't say no.
"Bullfrog."
He announced the answer.
That mystery dish is the dry pot bullfrog.
He stumbled upon this at the supermarket, and it was only after Gabajosa said that he had eaten Chinese food, so he chose to treat this somewhat unique dish as a big dish.
Both of them had O'Neill-esque question mark faces when they heard it.
"Frogs?"
Finally, Prigioni put down the fork in his hand, looking incredulous.
That thing can be eaten?!
"No, it's not a frog, it's a bullfrog, it's a different breed."
Sun Hao immediately spoke.
"Where did you catch it?"
Gabayosa was also a little intimidated.
"We don't eat wild animals when they buy them in the supermarket, they are bred in captivity."
Wild is impossible to be wild, and you will never eat wild animals in your life, because that is likely to bring dangerous disease transmission.
But even if Sun Hao explained, Gabajosa still didn't dare to try.
Seeing that neither of them moved, Sun Hao could only shake his head helplessly, it seemed that this big dish could only be enjoyed by him alone.
At this moment, Prigioni, a foodie, did not stop it, and silently picked up a fork and forked a piece into his mouth.
He closed the bullfrog as soon as he put it in his mouth, as if he was afraid to spit it out.
Gabajosa also looked at him with a slightly hideous expression.
But in the next second, Prigioni's expression suddenly changed.
It was a shift from fear to surprise.
Then he forked the second piece with his fork and ate it, then the third.
This scene stunned Gabajosa on the side.
Sun Hao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.
It seems that he is doing a good job with this dry pot bullfrog.
"How?"
Gabajosa was still a little bottomless, and although he watched Prigioni send it into his mouth one by one, he couldn't help but ask.
"This, frog, oh no, bullfrog, this is the best meat I've ever tasted."
Prigioni gave a resounding answer.
At this moment, Gabajosa finally let go of the fear in his heart, and also took a fork and put it in his mouth.
Then neither of them spoke and began to eat.
And what made Sun Hao smile bitterly was that Prigioni actually pulled the plate in front of him while eating.
This guy actually wants to "swallow it alone"!
This scene immediately provoked Gabajosa's resistance, and his fork passed over Prigioni's blocked hand, and he was stunned to tear it down.
Sun Hao couldn't help laughing.
Sure enough, foodies can do everything in front of food.
He turned and took out the beer and handed it to the two of them.
The three of them sat down to eat and chat.
Compared to playing football, this kind of activity is obviously much easier and more comfortable.
"Sun, can you continue to eat at your house tomorrow?"
Chatting and chatting, Prigioni couldn't help but ask.
It's addictive to eating.
Sun Hao smiled and nodded.
"Still eating bullfrogs?"
Sun Hao laughed.
"Yes, tomorrow at noon."
After laughing, he nodded in agreement.
Because he was afraid that they would not be used to eating it, Sun Hao only burned half of the bullfrog he killed, and put half of it in the refrigerator.
"Morning?"
But he didn't expect that Prigioni couldn't wait at noon.
This time, not only Sun Hao, but Gabayosa was also amused again.
After the beer was almost drunk, Sun Hao then served the two of them rice.
"I'll teach you how to use chopsticks when I'm free someday."
Seeing that the two of them were reluctant to eat with a spoon, he still couldn't help but say.
Both Prigioni and Gabayosa nodded in agreement.
They also realized that the taste of rice was completely different from what they usually ate with paella.
And learning chopsticks means they can try more Chinese food.
It was like opening the door to a new world for them.
When he was full of wine and food, Sun Hao was about to get up and clean up the dishes, but Prigioni and Gabajosa stopped him and took the initiative to clean up.
Seeing the busy appearance of the two, Sun Hao suddenly felt that his luck in Spain was very good.
What kind of person is worth making friends can be seen from some details.
Although they are from different countries, the three of them can see that they have a tacit understanding with each other from playing football together in the afternoon to having dinner in the evening.
This is not only for life, but also for them to benefit a lot in the future.
Even if you look back at last season's failure, it may not be called a failure.
After all, last season was the first season in which Prigioni became a starter, and Sun Hao only changed from a substitute to a starter after playing for half a season.
In this way, they were able to reach the final four of La Liga, which in itself is already a manifestation of strength.
The run-in next season, coupled with the tacit understanding shown at the end of the day, they have every reason to go further and even win the championship.
With Prigioni and Gabajosa in their company, as well as playing football and having dinner together from time to time, the days of waiting became colorful.
Time flies, more than a month has passed in a blink of an eye.
It was at this time that Fernandez finally got all the preparations for going to Italy!