Chapter 172: This coach isn't too cold
When Wang Zhizhi received a text message from Leon inviting him to a party at home, there was a moment when Wang Zhizhi wanted to reply, 'I'm sorry I'm not feeling well'. After coming to the United States, Wang Zhizhi was not very accustomed to this kind of party, a group of people who were not very familiar or even completely strangers got together, chatting, drinking, and dancing everywhere, from the sun down until late at night. He feels uncomfortable with this kind of social situation, but he still prefers a Chinese-style gathering of friends, a few familiar buddies and good friends to eat together, play cards and watch a movie, which is considered a great entertainment.
When he went to Houston to play this season, Wang Zhizhi got together with Yao Ming once, chatted, watched movies, and talked about things in the national team. Now that Wang's crisis with the national team has been resolved, he has rejoined the national team training and can represent China in international competitions, because he is now the team that broadcasts the most games on TV as well as the Houston Rockets. His position in the team has also become more and more stable, and he has become a qualified substitute wonder, and the coach will always send him on the court when needed, although not many times, but he has also played several masterpieces of his own, and is no longer just a mascot like he was in the Dallas Mavericks.
And who brought him these things? Thinking of this, Wang Zhizhi still decided to go, he picked out an off-white suit from his wardrobe, which was the one he wore when he signed a contract with Maverick, and it was also his better set of formal clothes. Then he pulled out a tie that he hadn't worn for a long time, which he had brought when he signed a contract with Maverick. But when Don Nelson told him he didn't have to be so formal, he threw the tie back in his bag.
"What are you doing? Dress up and go on a blind date. Wang Zhizhi's appearance of tidying up in front of the mirror was seen by his girlfriend Song Yang, and he jokingly said to him.
"Oh. In the evening our coach invited me to their party at home, and I dressed formally, and others said. Wang Zhizhi replied as he continued to fiddle with his hair.
"Your coach, the one who keeps his face stiff all day? I remember that he didn't seem to have invited you to dinner since you came here. Obviously, in Song Yang's heart, Leon is a guy who directs his boyfriend to play all day long with a tight face.
"He doesn't like to be busy, and I don't like it either...... But he's been nice to me. You see, I'm not very good here, I can play and go back to China. I'm grateful to him, if he hadn't dissuaded me in time. Helped me round the field, but I don't know what to do yet. Maybe you can't go back home, and you will be pointed at and scolded. Wang Zhizhi put on his tie, and he was indeed grateful to Leon in his heart. However, his and Leon's emotions are mainly grateful. After all, this coach is really a little cold.
"Why don't I go with you at night?" Song Yang thought for a while and proposed. As a partner who accompanied Wang Zhizhi from China to play in the United States, Song Yang's life is actually relatively monotonous, leaving the familiar environment and lacking perfect communication skills, so that she lives on an isolated island like Wang Zhizhi. Thankfully, the two can support each other, and their community is a high-quality neighbor, with friendly neighbors and the Celtics taking care of their daily routines. So there is nothing wrong with life.
Wang Zhizhi hesitated for a moment to bring his girlfriend with him, and then his mobile phone rang. I received another text message, from Leon: "Bring your girlfriend along." Leon used Chinese, and Wang Zhizhi wondered how this coach's Chinese could be so good at first, but it was not strange to have more contact with him and learn about his perverted memory.
"Okay, get dressed and get ready to go."
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Wang Zhizhi drove to Leon's home in Watertown at about 6:50 a.m., and in February, when it was dark early, Wang Zhizhi could already see all kinds of cars parked in front of Leon's house, including luxury Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Lamborghini, as well as ordinary Opel, Buick and Cadillac, and it seemed that he came a little late.
After parking the car, Wang Zhizhi took his girlfriend's hand and walked towards the house, only to meet Antoine Walker, who arrived at the same time, and he appeared in Watertown in his Ferrari with his girlfriend Evelyn Losada.
"Hey, Wang, how do you dress like you want to go to the draft! The draft is just over four months away! Hahaha! Walker joked about Wang Zhizhi's attire.
Wang Zhizhi glanced at some of the people who arrived later, only to find that he seemed to be the only one dressed so formally, with a suit and tie, and those teammates were each wearing casual hip-hop clothes, like Walker, who wore a big gold chain around his neck and a green Celtic cap on his head. Beside him, Losada was dressed in a beautiful pink tube skirt and a thick mink shawl to resist the cold wind of the night.
But now that the change of clothes is over, it is definitely not rude to wear it like this anyway, so Wang Zhizhi took his girlfriend into Leon's house. When I got inside, I found that Leon's not too big house was already crowded, and the backyard of the house had begun to light a fire for the oven. There are a lot of familiar faces among them, anyway, the teammates in the team are here, basically there are a lot of them, as well as the team's video editor Yang, scout Carlos, physical trainer Hess, affairs officer Capela, and some are not very familiar faces, but there is a characteristic, that is, most of the people present are very young.
In Wang Zhizhi's impression, the most important thing for Celtics is the elderly, and the common scene before the game is that an old man in the history of the Celtics accepts a certain honor, at first Wang Zhizhi also tried to understand the history of the Celts, and then met the old people with white hair, but soon he found that the history of the Celts was too long. Maybe it's just an ordinary day, but in the history of the Celtics, there is a meaningful thing to remember. At the same time, the Celtics are perhaps the league's most nostalgic team, and many players will leave a place in the city even if they only play for a season or two, such as scoring a crucial goal in the Finals.
So things like Jeff Judkins, Ron Bonham. Terry Duilaud and Hank Finkel are some of the lesser-known guys in NBA history, but they can leave a mark in the history of the Green Army. Danny Angie is well versed in the traditions of the Green Army. There are often events that gather these old people, such as awarding championship rings to some old players when they first became managers, which adds a lot of points to him.
In short, in Wang Zhizhi's view, the Celtics are to the NBA what China is to the world, with a long and glorious past, but it has become a heavy burden that cannot be thrown away on the current development path.
"Good evening, approximately. You're dressed like a president today. After Leon saw Wang Zhizhi's partner, he took Khomeenez to greet him. Leon is wearing a turtleneck sweater tonight, and his hair is disheveled. It's not like the usual meticulous appearance in the team.,It's rare to be kind.。 Wang Zhizhi, Walker and the others should be the last to arrive, and the time for the official start of the party is approaching.
At seven o'clock, Leon and Ayatollah Khomeenes had a brief party talk together on the small lawn in the backyard. Thank you to everyone who came to the party. And I hope you all have fun. In a cheerful atmosphere, a party belonging to young people began.
Ayatollah Khomeenez began to pull Leon with champagne, toasting and chatting with each group of guests like a good man and woman. At first, Leon was still a little unaccustomed to it, especially in the face of those players under him, he didn't smile at them on weekdays, and squeezed his fists to scare them when he didn't agree with them, but now he has to care about this and that like an elder. It's really not his style.
It wasn't long before Leon noticed that Durham Potter was sitting alone on the couch with a wine glass. Don't know what to do. Leon and Ayatollah Khomeenes greeted him, sat down next to Durham Potter, raised his glass and said to him, "Homesick, boy?" ”
Daelhampoter came to his senses, scratched his head and said, "Oh, I...... I, no, just ...... I came with Gilbert, Michael, and Chris, but ...... But they all brought girlfriends, but I didn't! ”
Leon almost couldn't hold back a laugh, it looked like this guy from Dalham Potter was not homesick, but a woman. It stands to reason that there will always be no shortage of women around NBA players, but Dale Ham Porter has a wooden personality, is not handsome, has a stupid mouth, and there are still many racial views in the Boston area, so he has been in the NBA for a year, and he has not found a girlfriend, he is an out-and-out bachelor.
"Khomeenes! Come here...... There's a lonely little guy here, haven't you invited some friends to come, maybe someone can save him and give him some encouragement. Leon called Holmenez, as a little princess of the party, even if she hadn't had a party for many years, Holmenis still had a lot of friends who could get their hands on it, and they were all invited to this party.
Soon interested girls gathered around, and as for what happened next, it was up to Daimpot to see herself.
After a little over an hour, the party reached a climax, and Fox Leon pulled out a long table from the storage room, covered it with a green velvet blanket, and then pulled out two playing cards to start an impromptu game.
As soon as he saw that there was a gambling game, many players began to have their eyes shining, especially Arenas, who had been messing around with his girlfriend near the pool, heard that the game had started inside, and he was excited to get into it from the outside and was about to squeeze into the table. It can only be said that in the NBA, there are almost no players who don't like to bet.
But Walker, Vahad and the others were frightened, and Walker simply hid behind the crowd and secretly found a stool to sit down, for fear that Leon would see him and ask him to gamble. Anyone who has seen Leon's horrors at the Golden God Casino simply can't think of facing Fox Leon at the table again.
However, Leon's next words dispelled their concerns, and Leon said: "In the next hour, I hope that friends who like gambling can find some happiness here, but it is only happiness, don't indulge it." As the coach of the team, it's better for me not to participate, otherwise I will lose money and it will be difficult to direct the players. ”
Leon's words drew laughter from the audience, and the Walkers knew that Leon was not setting up a game to show his gambling skills, but really letting everyone play, and now he was happy, and suddenly stood up from the stool and squeezed inside, to occupy a position.
"Antoine!" Leon suddenly shouted at Walker, and when Walker heard this, the hairs on his back stood up, thinking that Leon would not allow him to gamble.
"You're the highest-paid player in the team, and you're in the bank tonight." Leon continued, and now Walker's heart completely put into his stomach, thinking about how the head coach seems to have changed sex, and it doesn't seem to be cold at all tonight. (To be continued.) )