The contrast between the two gifts is too stark.

Qiao Hai was a little embarrassed and thought for a while: "Tracy, why don't I send you another Chinese name?" ”

Maddie nodded happily: "Okay! ”

Qiao Hai found a piece of paper, thought about it, and wrote down two words: "Tracy." ”

And explained: "Look, Tracy, this Cui character is the surname in Chinese, your surname is Cui, the name is Xi, the surname is nothing to understand, the name, Xi, is the meaning of West (est)." ”

"Why the name?"

Maddie had a question, and Qiao Hai smiled: "Tracy, Tracy, look, is it similar to your name?" ”

Maddie clapped her hands: "Really! ”

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On Christmas Day, the Grizzlies assembled, and even Maddie limped.

In the training hall, Qiao Hai walked all the way, and along the way, everyone greeted Qiao Hai cordially.

"Merry Christmas, Joe!"

Stu Jackson also made a rare appearance.

Qiao Hai smiled and replied, "Merry Christmas, Stu." ”

Stu Jackson then handed over a gift, a beautifully wrapped small gift box, but Qiao Hai already had a lot of similar gift boxes in his hand, obviously, he received a lot of gifts today.

As a return gift, Qiao Hai also took out a beautiful piece of paper: "Stu, I'll give you a Chinese name as a Christmas gift." ”

Immediately, three words were written on a stroke - "Fu Situ." ”

"Why is it called this?" Everyone had to ask this question again, and Qiao Hai took the trouble to explain: "Aren't you going to the alliance to be a vice president, called this name, in Chinese, it can be a vice president, or it can be President Fu, as for Stu, Stu?" How, is it similar to the pronunciation of your name? ”

Stu Jackson also clapped his hands: "It's true!" ”

Fooled another one, and before that, Qiao Hai fooled quite a few.

For example, he named Mike Bibby "Bibi", Stephen Jackson "Guan Yu" (because of his nickname Martial Saint), and Patrick Ewing "Du Minjun" (because of you from the orangutan).

After receiving a lot of gifts, Qiao Hai also took the time to open them one by one.

In addition to the gold watch given by Maddie, the most valuable thing is the new Nokia mobile phone given by the team owner John McCaw, and a game console sent by Patrick Ewing.

But most of them are not expensive gifts, such as a pair of cowboy boots from Stu Jackson.

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After receiving the gifts, Qiao Hai gathered the coaches and players, boarded the bus, and prepared to go.

This time the soldiers were sent to Los Angeles, there were not only players and coaches on the Grizzly plane, but also the families of the players and coaches, Qiao Hai also carried forward a humanitarianism, Christmas, it should be time with his family, Qiao Hai is not the kind of coach who is not approachable, so this away trip was allowed, and the family can go to the away side with the team plane.

There was laughter on the plane, and after getting off the plane, the grizzly bear made a beeline for the hotel.

After staying at the hotel and packing up a bit, the Grizzly Bus then rushed to the Staples Center.

On December 25th, in Los Angeles and backed by Hollywood, the Staples Center had become a big show, with crazy fans pouring into the arena, a large crowd of reporters gathered outside the arena, and every time a celebrity walked past the entrance of the arena, he immediately murdered a piece of film and flashing lights.

When the Grizzly bus arrived, a crowd of sports reporters rushed up.

However, there will be a pre-game press conference arranged by the league for the Christmas game, so Qiao Hai decisively refused the interview, and with the help of security, entered the stadium passage.

For the Grizzlies players, there are pros and cons to the Christmas game, and the disadvantage is that they can't spend the Christmas season with their families, but there are also benefits, and the Christmas game will be the focus of the whole country, especially in Los Angeles, where all the media is watching and all the fans are paying attention to it.

Because it is located in Los Angeles, there will also be celebrities from all walks of life, including Hollywood stars, on the sidelines.

It was a huge show for the Grizzlies players, so everyone walked off the bus in their most formal attire and sunglasses......

But after entering the locker room, Qiao Hai threw the door at the door: "Okay, boys, don't be handsome anymore, quickly change into your training clothes and get ready to warm up!" ”

Turning his head, Qiao Hai pointed at Billups again: "Chauncey, follow me to the press conference." ”

In the locker room, the only three who didn't take off their suits were Billups, Raheem and Maddie, Billups because he was going to a press conference with Joe, and Maddie and Raheem were injured and should have appeared on the sidelines in suits if they didn't play in this game.

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At the press conference, reporters from major media were crowded.

Qiao Hai took the lead, walked in front, and greeted a few familiar reporters: "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!" ”

After sitting down, Qiao Hai motioned to the press officer that the press conference could begin.

The reporter of Hoop Sports first asked: "Mr. Joe, what gifts do you have for your players for Christmas?" ”

Qiao Hai smiled: "I am from the Celestial Empire and speak Chinese, so I gave each of you a Chinese name." ”

"Very creative gifts, but what gifts did you receive?"

"I think you can ask this question to the people who gave me gifts, as the person who received the gift, I don't really want to answer this question, because there is a good saying - make a fortune by muffling." Qiao Hai smiled and avoided the question.

Then, the conversation finally shifted away from Christmas.

One reporter shifted the core of the question to the game itself: "What are your goals for this Christmas fight?" ”

"Victory, of course."

Qiao Hai replied as a matter of course.

"So do you have any tricks in place for this victory?"

Qiao Hai remembered a football game FM Football Manager, so he replied with a smile: "Even if I had, I wouldn't tell you." ”

"Do you have any special ways to deal with O'Neal and Kobe, who have been in hot form lately?"

Qiao Hai tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's very simple, slash shark tactics, and then let Kobe Bryant shoot casually, he can't kill the game anyway!" ”

Qiao Hai's words were like a joke, let Kobe Bryant shoot casually? Anyway, Kobe Bryant can't kill the game?

A couple of reporters from Los Angeles were tempted to counter: "If you have the ability, you can try!" ”

In fact, they all knew that Qiao Hai was joking.

At Christmas, Qiao Hai didn't want to meet these reporters in general, so he answered a few questions, and asked Billups to answer a few questions, and ended the pre-match press conference.

He then went back to the locker room, picked up a tactical board, and began the pre-match set-up......