On Christmas Day in '98, Qiao Hai had been with the Lakers for more than two months, and the shutdown of the league was still not over.

So, although he has signed a contract with the Lakers, Qiao Hai has been in a state of idleness, and for Qiao Hai, after enjoying the joy of winning the championship in the Drew League, this free time is simply torture for him.

Fortunately, the basketball culture in the United States is deep, and during this free period, NBA fans can't hold back, the street courts are full every day, and there are streetball games everywhere.

Qiao Hai couldn't help but go out and participate in a few games, his basketball level was still good, he won a few games, but he also lost a few games.

However, through this kind of street competition, Qiao Hai has also made a lot of friends in the United States, and now, he is not so lonely and lonely in the United States, in addition to Old Joe, he also has a few friends who have a good relationship.

Christmas, Lao Qiao's son still hasn't come back, according to Lao Qiao himself, Christmas is a festival, his son doesn't come back, and it usually has to be the Spring Festival, after all, the traditional reunion festival of the Chinese is the Spring Festival, not Christmas.

So when he learned that Qiao Hai didn't have a good place to go for Christmas, a friend Qiao Hai met in a street competition invited Qiao Hai to their home to celebrate Christmas together, and Qiao Hai thought that there was nothing else to do, so he agreed.

The friend who invited Qiao Hai is called Stan Lefu, according to the big white man who is 2.06 meters tall himself, he also played in the NBA back then, but after retiring for a long time, his strength has declined a little fast, otherwise he can rule the street court in this area alone.

Qiao Hai just smiled at this.

But it is true that he was born in 1949 and is almost 50 years old, he is indeed not young, and now he has a big belly and a slightly bloated figure, and the reason why he can be active on the street court is because of his long-range shooting skills, from this point of view, the young Stan Lefu is indeed very strong.

But strong is strong, as an opponent, Qiao Hai obviously won't admit it.

Arriving in Santa Monica in Joe Sr.'s car, Joe arrives at Stan Love's home, which is a self-contained three-story apartment with a pool in front of it and overlooking the ocean by the beach in Santa Monica.

"Very good, Stan, it's time for a party here."

Hearing Qiao Hai's teasing, Stanley laughed, and then took Qiao Hai to the backyard, and as soon as he opened the door of the backyard, Qiao Hai was like an American, wow.

"WOW, basketball court?!"

"Yes, basketball courts, how's that? Do you want to play a game? Stanreford's tone was somewhat defiant.

Qiao Hai waved his hand helplessly: "No, forget it." ”

He knew very well that he was really no match for Stanrefour one-on-one.

Stanley also laughed: "Haha, forget it, I'm joking, let's go, let's go to the living room." ”

Returning to the living room from the backyard, Qiao Hai saw three small children.

"Come on, let's introduce, my three children, the eldest is called Colin, who is 12 years old, the youngest is Emily, who is 7 years old, and the middle one is Kevin, who is 10 years old."

Stanlefour introduced and pointed to the kitchen on the side: "And my wife, she is busy in the kitchen for today's dinner." ”

But this last sentence, Qiao Hai directly ignored, he instead asked a rhetorical question: "What?" What is the name of the child in the middle? ”

Stan Lefu was surprised: "Kevin." ”

"Full name?"

"Kevin Wesley-Love."

Qiao Hai's eyes changed slightly, Kevin Wesley Lefour, isn't it Kevin Lefour for short?

Looking at the appearance of little Kevin Lefou, Qiao Hai remembered a photo he had seen in his previous life, Kevin Lefou's sister had posted a photo of Lefou's three siblings, and now that he thinks about it carefully, it is exactly the same.

At this time, Qiao Hai can confirm that Kevin Wesley Refour is the data monster who participated in the draft in 2008 and played for the Timberwolves and Cavaliers! Kevin Love!

At this moment, it was Stan Lefu who was a little inexplicable, Qiao Hai was silent for a while, he used the system's new feature scout function to check Kevin Lorefour, and found that Kevin Lorefour's current total rating reached 30 points, and the potential value was as high as 95 points.

Sure enough, Kevin Lefu is the superstar Lefu of later generations.

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Looking at Stanleford's somewhat surprised eyes, Qiao Hai also reacted, and turned his head with a smile: "Kevin Lefou, the Kevin McHale I think of is called Kevin." ”

This explanation is good, and Stan Lovers gladly accepted it, and kicked his nose in the face, praising his son with Kevin McHale: "That's right, Kevin's basketball talent is not bad, he likes Unseld very much, and I'm going to let him get more exposure to basketball so that he can inherit my basketball talent." ”

Qiao Hai gave a thumbs up: "Very good idea." ”

Mrs. Stamlefour was busy in the kitchen for a while, and Qiao Hai also sat on the sofa and chatted with Stamrefour for a while, and Mrs. Stamrefour served today's dishes one after another, a roast turkey, smoked ham, salmon, pudding......

At the end, there was a bottle of vogart.

Then it was time to eat.

The dining room was next to the living room, so the TV was turned on and tuned to the sports station, and a family of five plus Qiao Hai, a total of six people, was eating turkey and drinking vogart while watching sports news.

While eating, Qiao Hai also cared about Kevin Lefu very much, he asked Lefu to eat more beef and chicken, these two kinds of meat are the most able to enhance the physical fitness of players, it is rumored that LeBron James's daily meal is beef and chicken, perhaps it is this diet that has created a physical perverted LeBron James.

Kevin Love is white, and he should strengthen his physique so that he can better fight on the inside in the future.

Eating and eating, the news of the NBA was broadcast on the news.

"According to ESPN front, on Christmas Eve, the NBA Players' Union and the NBA League restarted negotiations......"

Hearing this news, Qiao Hai became interested, and he discussed with Stanreford: "Negotiations have resumed again, Stan, do you think it can be negotiated this time?" ”

Stanleford shook his head: "It's difficult, it's been more than two months, and the negotiations have always broken down, so it's so easy to negotiate." ”

Qiao Hai silently recalled in his heart.

The NBA shutdown in 1998 seems to have ended in 1999, but if you think about it, the 1998-1999 season also played 50 games, and the shutdown is almost over, and it will be time for the NBA to restart in January 1999 at the latest.

Thinking about this clearly, Qiao Hai smiled: "I think it's almost successful, the shutdown period is so long, and the alliance won't drag on any longer." ”

Stamlefour continued to shake his head, he wasn't quite convinced, he didn't think the shutdown would end so quickly.

The six people at the table began to eat the big turkey, and after eating the turkey, the Christmas meal was over.

Stanreford raised his glass: "Come, dry this glass!" ”

With a ding, the huge wine glasses collided together, followed by a gurgling sound, and in a few seconds, a strong glass of vogart was poured into Qiao Hai's stomach......

This feeling was very uncomfortable, Stanlefour looked at Qiao Hai with a hideous face, and chuckled, but in the next second, he couldn't laugh anymore......

"The latest news, the NBA players' union announced that it has reached an agreement with the NBA league to end the shutdown within 24 hours......"

The sound on the television stunned Stan Love.

"What...... Is the shutdown over? ”

Qiao Hai smiled, and the shutdown was finally over......

"Ding! NBA shutdown ends, new missions released ......"