XVIII. Unexpected Spectators
The next day, Li Wu came to the locker room of the stadium and found that there were three more pairs of Adidas sneakers in his closet, which were all new Adidas models, namely the white T-Mac5OG, the pink T-Mac3Pink and a pair of black JWall1 with a metallic color.
Kyle, a freshman rookie who performed well in the last game, sat next to Li Wu and said with a smile: "Mr. Murphy seems to be very optimistic about you, your three pairs of shoes are very expensive." Hey, if it weren't for my big feet when he gave me these three shoes, I would have begged you to give me one. ”
"When I can, I'll give Mr. Murphy a gift in return." Li Wu said seriously.
"Hey~ man, relax, Mr. Murphy doesn't care about this little money, you know, he has earned $66 million in his career, and it won't be less than $35 million if you don't pay taxes, God, if only I could make that much money." Kyle sighed.
Murphy doesn't make a lot of money in the NBA, but for many players in the NCAA, this number is beyond their reach.
At this time, the chief assistant coach Derek came over and said to Li Wu: "Lee, your jersey number 21 is the number that Noha used originally, and the game time is tight for the past two days, so I can't apply for a change of number, but after playing this game against Penn State, we have five days, so I can change the number for you, so.... Do you need to change your number? I've heard that Chinese care a lot about the meaning of numbers. ”
Li Wu immediately spoke: "Of course, sir, I need to change the number, if you can, change the number 6 or 8 for me." ”
Kyle and Derek immediately looked at Li Wu with a happy face, and Kyle said, "What a coincidence! Lee, my brother, you said that these two numbers would not be used by anyone, so which one do you want to use? ”
"Yes, Lee, both numbers are fine, which one do you want?" Derek asked.
"Then let's take the number six." Li Wu made a decision.
“OK!” Derek finished and left.
By this time, the Columbia Lions players had already arrived in the locker room, and Coach Smith walked to the center of the locker room to announce the starting lineup, just like the lineup against the Princeton Tigers last time, after announcing the starting lineup, Coach Smith said: "Pennsylvania is one of the most generous ATMs in our Ivies, so I want you to take the game out of suspense as soon as possible, so that we can use more time to grind in the tactics." ”
Clearly, Coach Smith scoffed at Penn State's prowess.
While the players on both sides were still in the locker room, the Lai Wien Stadium was once again full, and the game was not broadcast by any television station, but the stadium that could accommodate 2,500 people was still full, and this time there were more Chinese than the last time, more than 40%.
In New York, a city where there are many Chinese students, Chinese immigrants, and old overseas Chinese, Li Wu's rise has given them topics and topics to talk about, especially the younger generation of Chinese students, so it is not surprising that the Wien Stadium is full again.
But this made some viewers feel exaggerated, such as Jeff Hornacek sitting in the first row.
"Do all these Asian kids in New York like to watch basketball so much right now?" Jeff asked his daughter, Abby Hornacek.
Abby Hornacek. Wearing a Nike cap that covers her blonde hair and blue eyes, but her snow-white skin and obvious dimples and a pair of long legs in Levi's jeans still attract the attention of many people, whether white, black or Chinese, they can't help but pay attention to this hot girl, especially her slender waist and proud upper circumference.
For this kind of gaze, Abby, who was already a volleyball star player in high school, was accustomed to it, she smiled slightly, revealing her charming dimples, deliberately straightened her long legs, and then raised her hands to give birth to a lazy waist, which made many men around gasp, and also made many women look at their upper circumference and legs jealously. Then frowned.
This year is Abby's final year at college, and now she's in her internship, where she's an intern reporter at Fox Sports. Hearing her father's words, Abby smiled and said: "Dad, a male classmate of mine who interned at ESPN told me that yesterday they broadcast a meaningless Ivy League game on 3 of their own channel 3, and the ratings rose unexpectedly, and later I learned that the Columbia Lions registered a No. 21 player, who is a Chinese student. ”
"Your male classmate's chat skills are not very good, a Chinese student playing basketball at an Ivy League university that has not made a tournament in 47 years is not a special thing, maybe Colombia wants to get more tickets." Jeff shares the sentiment of many on the Princeton Tigers.
"No, Dad, you're wrong, this male classmate didn't plan to talk to me, he knew I was in New York yesterday, and just wanted to ask me to make an assessment for him on the spot, to see how much Chinese can cheer and love their international student star, as if they bought from the NCAA top management those games that the Columbia Lions did not have broadcast rights in the future." Abby said with a smile.
"EPSN is crazy, and that's why I'm rooting you for an internship at Fox." Jeff was concise.
Abby shook her head, thinking that ESPN was not crazy, that Chinese are happy to spend for their compatriots, and that she was sure that if there was a Chinese student on the basketball team or football team at her alma mater, the University of Southern California (USC), the entire California Chinese would go crazy.
At the same time, Abby didn't quite understand why his dad took two days off work to come to New York, knowing that the Suns had games in these two days, and just tonight, the Suns had to face the Utah Jazz from Salt Lake City.
Opposite the father and daughter, another NBA head coach also sat in the first row of the stands. This young-looking, handsome man in a suit doesn't look like the head coach of a team, but rather a polite office worker.
He also came for Jerome, because her team also needed an assistant coach to teach young players how to shoot, in fact, Jerome met Jeff in Chinatown and immediately went to the café on the first floor of the New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan to meet the young handsome coach.
Obviously, Jerome does want to leave the sad club of Pennsylvania, but his choice is not only Phoenix, but also bustling Boston.
Jeff didn't know this, and of course, neither did the handsome Brad Stevens.