Chapter 228: Uncle Long's Retainer
Ahead of the NCAA Finals, the third-place tournament will kick off between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Southern Methodist University Broncos.
Because the Broncos belong to the same league as their opponents in the second half of the semifinals, the Memphis Tigers, the league has the potential to occupy two of the top three spots this year.
This is also an extremely rare occurrence in the history of the NCAA. Even in the strongest leagues, there will always be teams that are eliminated by stronger teams in other leagues because of the draw.
But this year, because of the strongest obstacle on the way to the Broncos, the Syracuse University Orange People suffered a wave of injuries, not only core injuries, but also important rotations.
They were lucky enough to be guaranteed to reach the semi-finals. It's a similar situation with the Broncos, and Team Buckeyes' strongest opponent has also suffered injuries.
Therefore, this battle for third place is also known as the battle for the strongest lucky winner. Luck is also a form of strength, and no one will say anything about their path to the finals.
And because the game was played at Moody Field, home of the Broncos, the Memphis Tigers were invited.
The opponent's Buckeyes team didn't dare to show weakness, like the Bruins all sent out an invitation, and offered to bear their travel expenses. Obviously, I don't want to lose.
But they seem to have forgotten that the Bruins and the Buckeyes have no friendship or are in the same league.
Zhang Yi and the others thought that WACKER would refuse at first, after all, this man was the most afraid of trouble. But they never expected that the head coach would agree with a smile.
The reason also surprised them, the head coach of the Buckeyes once served as an assistant coach for the Lakers for a while. And it was when he was still a player at Wacker.
Although it would have delayed a day's training, WACKER did not refuse, considering the old friendship.
The stadium is located in University Park, Texas, and Zhang Yi and others are almost all visiting for the first time, and since they are attending the game, they are relatively relaxed.
During the day, Zhang Yi wandered around the city with Vali and Robert. I didn't expect the basketball shop here to be very popular.
PolyU has long been a powerhouse in the NCAA, and it was only after the rise of the University of Memphis Tigers that they took away their position as the leader of the competitive league.
So over the years, the city's passion for basketball has been reflected in the basketball mall and community courts.
Because he has been working and training in Uncle Long's basketball supply store since he was a child, Zhang Yi ran in when he saw the same place.
Vali and Robert are strange, after all, they are all people who have already signed a sneaker contract, and they can't buy anything even if they go to the mall.
"Hey, Yi, there won't be any commemorative limited products here, let's go."
Roberto pulled Zhang Yi and wanted to go out, because he finally came out, and he was still more interested in women from other places than sneakers.
In addition, it is impossible to have treasures worth collecting in such a small place, and it is just a waste of time to visit.
Hearing his words, the mustachioed owner in the store rolled his eyes at him heavily, and then silently walked to the shelf. "The most annoying thing in my life is to be looked down upon by dogs." "You say I don't have any commemorative limited products?"
The mustachioed boss turned the shelves in front of them, not expecting that there were hidden collectibles on the other side.
"Cut, what good can you have." Robert said disdainfully and leaned over, and then knelt down in the next second.
"Damn, this is Kobe Bryant's handwritten letter when he retired, and it was signed by me?!" "And the towels that James used to retire from the game?"
"Haha, this is Curry Jr.'s signed basketball !! on the night he scored 79 points."
Vali and Zhang Yi also looked stupid, because they never expected that this small shop was really powerful.
"Boss, do you want to buy it?" Zhang Yi pointed to one of the retainers and said, because there was a big red dragon character on it, and it was obvious that this was the retainer used by Wang Lung back then.
The boss shook his head proudly, "This is something that Wang Lung used back then, and it can't be measured by money at all!" ”
"You can buy as much as you want!" Zhang Yi leaned against the glass and stared at this thing intently.
"Don't buy, don't buy." At this time, Vali pulled him aside, "Boss, don't you know this?" ”
The mustache shook his head, "I'm not interested in the news of the little kids, so I don't know them." ”
"Even Zhang Yi doesn't know what kind of sports mall you open. He is the only disciple of Wang Lung, and is now a core player of the UCLA Bruins, and a candidate for the top pick in the second half of this year's draft. ”
Such a large list of titles blinded the mustache, "What does that have to do with me?" ”
"This is my shoe, limited to the first generation, I signed it for you, the future value will definitely be a hundred times stronger than this retainer!"
Zhang Yi said that he had already begun to take off his shoes, but the mustache had not yet agreed. He had already signed the pair of shoes and stuffed them into the boss's hand, "Change it!" You won't lose! ”
"Give it to him, these shoes are really valuable." Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind them.
And this voice is very familiar, as soon as Zhang Yi and the others turned around, the people standing in front of them were the golden bald Sean and Genji.
"My God, it's Master Sean, you're here." The attitude of the mustachioed boss immediately changed, because the big boss of this chain of sporting goods stores was Sean's father.
Of course, the mustache immediately believed his words.
And seeing this young man so persistent, the boss took out the key to seal the retainer and handed it to Zhang Yi, although he can't see the value of these shoes now, but the future is indeed likely to become very valuable, if they are not lying.
"Thank you." The group walked out of the sporting goods store, and Zhang Yi said to Sean seriously. Because this retainer is really important to him.
"Why, you were invited by Team Buckeyes?" "That's right, so it's about the same as you."
"It's really annoying, as your gratitude to me, why don't you find a venue to compete?!"
Hearing Sean's words, Zhang Yi originally didn't plan to mess around in normal times, after all, it would be worthless if he was injured before the finals, but now, after all, he is kind to himself, just fight a game!
Vali and Robert wanted to stop it, but Zhang Yi nodded and agreed, only to see the five of them go to a nearby basketball court.
Because Sean often followed his father to inspect the operation of these shops, he knew the situation in the area very well.
When the group walked to a pitch, they found ten people playing.
"Do you want to change places?" "Hmm." As soon as Sean's voice fell, he found that this was a game, it was completely bullying, and the five players on one side were not only full of injuries, but also verbally insulted by the opponent for every ball......
"What are you thinking?" Sean looked at Zhang Yi and asked. "Don't you think so, too?"
The two of them suddenly walked onto the court together, "Do you have what it takes to fight us?" ”
The arrogant five people immediately laughed when they saw them, "Haha, there are a few more little kids, I'm so happy today......"
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