During the Christmas season, many shopping malls will hold large-scale promotional activities, no matter how frugal people usually are, at this time they have to rush into the mall to buy big. The exaggerated image of tens of thousands of people waiting in line for the mall to open and then rushing in to snap up the goods is a true portrayal of the shopping spree of Americans at Christmas.

Although the temperature in Dallas is now at its lowest of the year, the low temperature still can't stop people from shopping. Dallas' business district was lit up with large and small stores, all advertising discounts and deals to attract more customers. This time of year is the peak season for people.

Yiyang watched people holding packages pass by him, and the frenetic festive atmosphere completely surrounded this black-haired and yellow-skinned guy. The holiday season is like that, no matter how many unhappy and unsatisfactory things have happened in the past year, people believe that those are behind and a new page is about to be opened.

Yiyang and his mother naturally came to the mall to shop, but after shopping for a long time, the two of them were still empty-handed.

If it's for them to buy something for themselves, then Yiyang won't ink. But choosing gifts for others, Yiyang is really not very good at it.

After all, having lived in this world for so long, Yiyang has not yet had the experience of giving gifts to others.

"It's better to ...... Let's give each of the three Moodier brothers a set of basketball equipment. Walking to the door of the Adidas store with his poster, Yiyang stopped his steps.

"And what about their mother?" Wen Xue was also a little distressed, so she couldn't give someone a scarf too. Last night, Moodier's family came to dinner, and little Moodier's mother gave Wen Xue and Yiyang scarves, and they were hand-knitted by others.

"Their mother...... Perhaps, a Christmas bonsai? Yiyang couldn't make up his mind.

Not just the Moodyers, but the Nowitzkis, Terry, Kidd, Hayward, Stevens, and Vignari later...... Although Yiyang didn't plan to return the gift to everyone, these people are absolutely inescapable.

However, picking a gift for each of them was enough to give Yiyang a headache for a while. He would rather think about where the ball should go in the last two seconds than whether he should send Terry a lighter or a leather jacket.

In this way, the mother and son went around several times in the game. It took two hours to finally get everyone's gifts ready.

Other people's gifts are sent directly to other people's doorsteps in the Yiyang Nursery store. But the gifts for Nowitzki's family, the two naturally had to bring them personally.

Nowitzki's villa sits on the shores of White Rock Lake, the largest affluent area in all of Dallas. As a result, Nowitzki's neighbors are not simple characters.

When Wen Xue got out of the car and looked around the beautiful neighborhood again, she remembered a time when she was stopped by fans to take a group photo while hanging out here. I didn't expect that now she and her son would come to visit friends in such a place.

Yiyang looked up at the window of Nowitzki's house, the curtains were closed, and the warm orange light made the whole room look very warm. The snowman with a crooked nose at the door of the house is Dirk's masterpiece at first glance.

Mother and son stepped forward and rang the doorbell. As soon as the door opened, Yiyang saw Nowitzki rolling up his sleeves. Obviously, this tall man was just working in the kitchen.

"Merry Christmas! Also! As soon as the door opened, Nowitzki warmly hugged Yiyang, and then Chong Yiyang's mother, who was very gentlemanly, saluted.

"Merry Christmas, ma'am."

After entering the house, the mother and son greeted Nowitzki's family. The feeling that this family gives Yiyang is that they are all "long"!

That's right, the word "long" couldn't be better. Nowitzki's mother was a professional basketball player, and Dirk's basketball teacher was her.

Although his father does not play basketball, he is a professional handball player. But the figure is not worse than a basketball player at all.

As for Nowitzki's sister, she was the only one in the family who did not pursue a career as an athlete. But thanks to her parents' genes, Dirk's sister is also very tall. Although she is not an athlete, her profession is also related to professional sports. Dirk's sister is a staff member for international television and specializes in reporting NBA news.

The dinner went very harmoniously, the two families exchanged gifts with each other, and at the dinner table, people chatted very happily.

Dirk's father seemed to be interested in everything in China, and he thought that everyone in Chinese could fight like Bruce Lee.

Dirk's mother was shocked by Wen Xue's experience, and the two women talked very speculatively, although their English was a little lame.

As for Nowitzki and Yiyang, after the two men finished eating, they walked to the balcony where there was no one. Even during the Christmas holidays, there are some things that have to be talked about at work.

"Well, during this time with the Mavericks, it's all okay." With a glass of red wine, Nowitzki looked at the White Rock Lake in the distance, half of which was covered with snow.

"Pretty good." Yiyang's answer was still simple, not even a change in tone.

"Did you see what the media was saying about you?" Nowitzki was referring to the many reports he saw this morning, and it seemed that there was a consensus that he would also be the future leader of the Mavericks after Dirk.

After all, this first-year rookie has been performing well in the past two months since the start of the new season, and if nothing else, Yiyang's growth will be very worthy of his position in the Tanhua show.

After listening to this, Yiyang nodded slightly. "Turning over and over, aren't they all those words?"

Nowitzki smiled, Yiyang is different from many rookies. This guy never seems to care if there are reporters paying attention, nor does he care about the doubts in the media.?? He doesn't care if he's popular or not, and he doesn't care what people think of him. Whether it was expectation or disappointment, he never thought about these things that had nothing to do with him.

This guy only has two things on his head, family and basketball. That's why Dirk agrees with those statements in the media. Maybe handing the Mavericks to him really has no shortage of options that would be an option.

"You know, after this year, I'll be 33 years old. At 33 years old, this is not a fortunate age for a professional athlete. Dirk's gaze withdrew from Baiyan Lake and fell on the face of the Chinese in front of him.

"Jason is almost 40 years old, isn't he still playing as a starter? You're still young. ”

"Poof!" Nowitzki almost couldn't hold back his laughter, this guy who doesn't say anything can sometimes talk really funny.

"Seriously, too. I may be overwhelmed at any moment and step back and give up the position of leader to you. As you know, our roster isn't young anymore. Every year old a professional footballer's physical condition changes dramatically. I also want to be like the Spurs, where the next leader will emerge without having to go through a rebuild. And you, too, if you want to, Cuban will fully support you, and the Mavericks fans will always love you. I mean...... I want you to stay in Dallas forever, it's destined to be a team that belongs to you. "The gathering of the Heat's big three this summer has given Nowitzki a big shock. He knows that Yiyang, who performs well, will sooner or later become a sweet spot in the eyes of other team managers. And in this extremely utilitarian era, there are very few leading stars who will be loyal to their team.

And the Mavericks have lost too many good point guards. Once Kidd, Nash, and even Devon. Harris.

On the Kuban side, Nowitzki will naturally speak. After all, the decision of a player's stay is not something that the player can decide alone. But Dirk also had to promise first, that Yiyang didn't want to leave.

"I've only had two months on my rookie contract, Dirk." Yiyang smiled, but Nowitzki's face was full of seriousness, and he didn't seem to want to end the topic so hastily.

"I just...... I hope to always be with you, you know what I mean? "It's hard to see a player who can represent both the present and the future, and Dirk really doesn't want to lose that teammate again. As his group gets older, Dirk really doesn't want to see the Mavericks rebuild by messing around. If Yiyang can play for the Mavericks for a long time, then the Mavericks may really be able to skip the rebuilding stage and directly complete the replacement of the old and the new.

"I don't care so much about leadership, I've never been a leader. Money and wins are important, but they are not the most important part. I just want to play for the team I love. Yiyang didn't give Nowitzki a direct answer, but to Nowitzki's ears, it was already a good answer. With Cuban here, Dirk dares to guarantee that the Mavericks will become a team that Yiyang will always love!

Nowitzki, who was in a good mood, raised his wine glass, and looked at the face of the tanhua show through the red wine glass, and Dirk seemed to see the hope of the Mavericks' rise.

"Merry Christmas." Raising his glass, Dirk gulped down the liquid.

First Yao Ming, and now Dirk. Yiyang didn't know why these two great elders were worried about their own affairs.

Yao Ming is no longer a player for the Chinese national team, and Nowitzki is just a player for the Mavericks. What the future fate of the Chinese national team and the Mavericks is none of their business. But both of them are thinking about their own teams. Even years from now, in that future, they no longer play for their favorite team.

Perhaps, this is the so-called leader, this is the so-called real love for the team.

Yiyang looked thoughtfully in the distance, and the shore of Baiyan Lake was already white. Leadership and affection, for the sake of these two words are not simple at all......

Can I be like them? Yiyang didn't know, but he was already full of beautiful yearning for this sense of responsibility.