"Bucks!"

"Bucks!"

"Bucks!"

About four or five days after the Finals, the quiet morning in Milwaukee was shattered by a call from the Bucks.

Hundreds of thousands of fans in green undershirts gathered with banners celebrating the Bucks' championship.

Surrounded by the crowd, several double-decker open-top sightseeing buses slowly drove by, and the most conspicuous on the sightseeing bus was Yi Jianlian, who was leaning on the railing, and all the fans who saw him also subconsciously changed their cheers from "Bucks" to "MVP"!

The Milwaukee Bucks are on their championship parade!

It is worth mentioning that these sightseeing buses are all made in China, and in previous years in the NBA other teams' championship parades, this brand of sightseeing buses has been used a lot.

In other words, the NBA's championship parade also has the embodiment of the power of China.

The die-hard fans of the entire Milwaukee have been waiting for this parade for n years, although they have won the championship, but in that ancient era, the championship parade was not as powerful as it is now, and it was not as popular as it is now, the first large-scale and influential championship parade in the history of the NBA was in 1978, and it was 7 years since the Bucks won the first championship, that is, although Milwaukee won the championship, it was the first time that such a large championship parade was held!

The bus carrying all the Bucks was slowly moving towards the downtown area of Milwaukee, and the number of fans gathered was also increasing, roughly estimated to be more than half a million people!

For example, the 2017 Warriors Championship Parade arranged a total of 588 police officers, 114 firefighters and 153 municipal engineering personnel, which is just manpower, in addition to a series of material resources such as mobile toilets, drinks, audio equipment, etc.

In addition, for this championship parade, the city government of Milwaukee also had to help arrange a special route to go out for the parade, which was another aspect of consumption.

And all of this cost is paid for by the city of Milwaukee and the Bucks executives.

It is said that holding such a costly parade is somewhat thankless, but in fact, the benefits of the parade are also huge, which can not only enhance the team's sense of identity with the city, so that the team can really connect with the city, but also make the fans have a greater sense of belonging to the team, in addition to promoting the "brand image" of the city, take Cleveland as an example, they are a dilapidated town that has declined from the five major cities in the United States, and it is with the help of LeBron and the Cavaliers that they vigorously develop the service industry and tourism. It gradually recovered, which is the fundamental reason why Cleveland put a giant poster of LeBron James on the city's most central building.

Milwaukee is similar to Cleveland in a way, and while it's not as down-and-out, the Bucks' championship is bound to bring economic growth to Milwaukee as a whole.

As the NBA's influence has gradually expanded in recent years, the scale of the NBA Championship Parade has become more and more large, gradually surpassing the championship parade of the other three major sports events in the United States.

It can also be seen from here that the NBA's championship parade is the most decent of the four major leagues in the United States.

After the Bucks' sightseeing bus entered the trouble area, because there were more and more fans participating in the parade, the whole speed became slower and slower, Yi Jianlian, who was just waving to the fans on the bus, simply walked down, and began to interact with the fans who were stopped by the railings along the way, and the normal atmosphere suddenly became more hot.

“MVP！”

“MVP！”

“MVP！”

The cheers became louder and louder, but Yi Jianlian put his hand to his ear as if he was still dissatisfied, and made a listening gesture.

“MVP！！”

“MVP！！”

“MVP！！”

The cheers were stimulated by Yi Jianlian, and the sound of cars and horns along the way was completely covered by the sound of fans.

Yi Jianlian was also taken aback, his face was emotional, he shook his head slightly, and muttered that this is too crazy, right? He reached out and gave a thumbs up to the fans in front of him.

He obeyed it anyway.

"Easy!"

Yi Jianlian was walking slowly along the sightseeing bus moving at a turtle speed, and a middle-aged man among the fans lifted his five- or six-year-old son above his head, and the blonde boy's hand was just right to reach Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian felt that he had been caught, and he also subconsciously turned his head to take a look, and when he saw clearly that it was a little boy who stopped him, he couldn't help but stop and looked at the little boy with interest, he wanted to know why this little boy stopped him.

At the same time as he stopped, the fans on both sides of the little boy also stopped cheering, and the scene suddenly fell silent, and all the fans looked at Yi Jianlian and the little boy like this.

Suddenly, the gaze of so many people made the little boy a little shy, and he didn't speak for a long time with his mouth open.

"Did you stop me to say something?" Yi Jianlian asked with a smile.

The little boy nodded timidly.

"Do you want to sign it?" Yi Jianlian asked again.

The little boy shook his head.

...... "Why don't you play your cards according to common sense?"

"Do you want to take a picture?"

The little boy continued to shake his head.

...... "Oh, I'll go, is this trying to smash the field?"

Yi Jianlian was a little embarrassed, the little boy and his father were even more embarrassed, comforting the little boy softly, I don't know what to say, the little boy finally spoke: "Yi, will you leave Milwaukee?" ”

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the scene was completely quiet, even the parade car stopped just right, and everyone, including the Bucks teammates on the sightseeing car, also looked at Yi Jianlian at the same time.

They all want to know the answer to this question.

Yi Jianlian didn't expect that the little boy hesitated for a long time and wanted to ask this question.

But it's right to think about it, next year is his contract year, but there is no news of his early contract extension so far, which will indeed make Milwaukee fans more or less uneasy.

After all, the last superstar also applied for a trade after winning a championship, as for these years, the Bucks have been on the blacklist of many young talents, and no potential newcomer is willing to come to Milwaukee, but it took them 39 years to look forward to Yi Jianlian, and they naturally care about whether this Milwaukee's new future will also think about leaving Milwaukee.

"Can you tell me your name, then?" Yi Jianlian didn't answer first, but asked the little boy's name.

"Ryan, Ryan Smith."

"Okay, little Lane, I can tell you with certainty that I'm going to stay here because I love Milwaukee!"