George suddenly remembered that afternoon three years ago, when Irene was only 14 years old and not as tall as she is now, and she was wearing a light green dress and a very thin precious necklace, which was the first time she had worn such a mature human ornament.

It was overcast and raining, and the two of them sat under the nets of the newly built basketball court, without umbrellas, and people who live in Seattle all year round would do the same, otherwise they would have become like foreign tourists visiting Seattle for the first time.

Erin looked up and looked at the sky through the small circle of the net, and George couldn't help but stay on her neck for two more seconds when he looked at her, because the necklace was so thin that it always gave the impression of a sudden appearance on her neck, and the color of the necklace was very close to Irene's skin tone.

It was at this time that Erin said to George: "Joe, when you enter the NBA, you have to give me a photo and autograph of you and Shaq, I like this big man who always makes people laugh!" ”

Thinking of Erin's longing back then, George couldn't help but feel that he had destroyed Erin's dreams, and he didn't want that, because George himself didn't hate O'Neill.

He planned to find an opportunity to improve his relationship with O'Neill after this game, after all, it was George who took the initiative to provoke O'Neill today, and he had a reason to take the initiative to do this.

George continued to scroll through the text messages.

"How can you fight them! God, my dad and I were scared just now, and it's good that you weren't hurt and you weren't beaten, but the NBA is horrible, and we're worried about you......"

After reading the text message, George called Erin to comfort her, and explained it to Byron, telling him that he had never expected it to become like this.

As the game drew to a close, the media reporters had already started looking for George, who hadn't been talking to them for too long, and he had more important matters to attend to.

……

Soon, the fourth quarter was over, and the Celtics, who lost Garnett and Pierce, lost to the New York Knicks, but the Knicks' big team didn't show much excitement when they returned to the locker room, and the brawl was too heart-wrenching.

When Stoudemire saw George, he first hugged George, looked at George with a very serious expression, and said, "Joe, you acted like a fighter today, and you have earned my respect." It's a shame that you may be banned, but no matter how long it takes, we'll be waiting for you to come back! ”

In the past, Xiao Si did look down on George, who was a yellow race, but after this fight, Xiao Si realized that even if he went head-to-head with George, he might not be able to win this guy.

Speaking of which, today's incident also started because of Xiao Si, George got into trouble in order to help Xiao Si get ahead, and when George fought with others, Xiao Si didn't help, and he also felt a little sorry for George.

At this time, Coach D'Antoni was the last to walk in, he looked very angry, which coach doesn't want the players to solve the problem by fighting, he just fights himself, what if Xiao Si or others are also involved? Wouldn't that be followed by a ban?

"Joe, do you have the money to pay the fine? It's not the '80s. D'Antoni asked George in a weird way.

[D'Antoni has always disliked anchors, and I'm afraid that he will take advantage of the time when the anchor is banned to completely suppress the anchor. 】

[Hahaha, the anchor will have a new star soon, are you afraid that you won't be taken seriously in the future? ] 】

Without waiting for George's reply, agent Matt Ryan walked over first and said with a smile: "Fines are not the point, we are mainly worried about the number of banned games, Joe has just entered the NBA now, and what he needs most is playing time." ”

D'Antoni snorted coldly and said to Ryan, "Who let you in?" ”

Ryan pointed to the location of the door and said, "There are a lot of reporters out there, I'm here to help you." ”

D'Antoni said disdainfully: "If you really have the ability, Joe won't have no ball to play in the future, the league doesn't know how many games he will be banned, the most important thing for a rookie player is to maintain continuous form, and when he comes back, I'm afraid he will need a while to adapt, and the rookie season is very short." ”

Ryan ignored D'Antoni's taunt and said: "Today's cause is Joe coming out for Amare, and the reporter will definitely ask you a question later, that is, Joe, as a rookie, why dare to mess with Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pearce's group?" You can say that it was because you were so good to Joe, that our whole team was so united, like a family, and that your concern touched George, and that gave him the strength to do this kind of thing. ”

After Ryan finished speaking, everyone stood there and thought about it, they all knew that the team was not united at all, and they didn't treat George so well, just treating him like an ordinary rookie.

But if you follow Ryan's words, after the media reports, you will know how lenient they are towards newcomers, and it will have a very good publicity effect on them.

D'Antoni also wanted to send a message to the outside world that the team is very united, so he whispered: "This is indeed a reasonable explanation. ”

Xiao Si also hopes that the media can take this opportunity to hype up his charisma as a leader, saying: "This is a fact, I have always treated Joe as a brother, and after the game, he was the first to take a bath." ”

[Haha, what a group of hypocritical people, why do agents please them so much? ] The punishment anchor is borne by himself, and the benefits are taken by teammates and coaches? 】

[He is also thinking about the streamer, if they really say this to the media, then they must really treat the anchor as a brother, which also prevents the team from trading the anchor during the anchor's ban.] 】

[I see! The anchor is so horizontal, he will fight when he says it, but there is really a possibility of being traded. 】

Ryan saw that he had reached an agreement with them, so he urged George to pack his things and leave, the reporters outside were all coming for George, no matter what George said, it would be magnified, so it was better not to accept the interview for the time being.

After George left, reporters came in one after another and questioned Xiao Si, D'Antoni and others.

Reporter: "Amare, today your teammate Mike George, in order to help you, did not hesitate to go against the 4-time champion Shaquille O'Neal, which directly led to the fight that followed, we all know that he is a rookie, and he has never provoked this kind of thing in college before, why did he react so violently today?" ”

Xiao Si sighed and kept complaining to himself: "It's all my fault, you write it down, it's all my fault!" It's me who is so good to Joe, I never bullied him like a rookie, the leaders of other teams, let the rookies do a lot of dirty work, let them leave the last one on the training ground, let them take a shower last, but I didn't ask them to do that, I clearly know that as a rookie, I adapt to the NBA, prove myself on the court, it's already very hard! My teammates can attest that I was the first to let Joe take a shower! ”

D'Antoni over there also said to the recorder in front of him: "Joe is really a child who people fall in love with at first sight, he is simple, polite, persistent, has an infinite love for basketball, no matter what I ask him, he will do it well, since I took over as Knicks coach, I have been committed to building the most united team in the league, only we are like a family, we can have good cooperation on the court, only with good cooperation, we can win, so, you see what happened on the court today." ”

Reporter: "I see, you're really a great coach, but don't you think Mike George's fighting power is too amazing?" He didn't fall behind today. ”

D'Antoni said as Matt Ryan had just explained: "You may not know that although he grew up in the United States, he studied Chinese kung fu, and he is far more powerful than you seem. ”

……

Los Angeles, the Lakers locker room, the Lakers, who had just won the opponent, also heard about what happened at Madison Square Garden after the game, and when he heard that someone could beat Garnett and Pierce with a one-on-two defeat, Ron Artest had a shocked look on his face, and found a video of the fight on the spot, and watched it with Kobe Bryant and others.

"Kobe, what do you think of this kid?" Artest asked Kobe Bryant with a smile.

Kobe Bryant grinned and kept nodding: "His strength is far stronger than it seems on the surface, he is either very powerful, or he really knows kung fu." ”

Artest smiled and said, "I finally have an opponent in the alliance!" ”