Chapter 154 [Hai Ye cameo, Taylor's MTV]
NBA Summer League opens. This year's Summer League is still being played in Las Vegas, starting on July 7 and running for 10 days until July 16.
Interestingly, this year, the Chinese men's basketball team will also go to the United States to participate in the summer league, and will play a game against each of the five NBA teams for a training session.
According to the rules of the NBA Summer League, there will be 14 entries for each participating team. Even if the Bobcats added a trial NBDL player, they couldn't afford a 14-man lineup, so they didn't sign up. After negotiation, Brooks, Landry, and Adam Morrison represented the Celtics in Summer League.
In the first game, the trio exploded, Brooks scored 21 points and 5 assists, Morrison had 22 points and 5 rebounds, and Landry had 12 points and 14 rebounds. led a group of unknown players to the Celtics and defeated the Trail Blazers led by Durant and Rondo 85-81.
The media praised the Bobcat trio after the game, especially Brooks and Landry. "Although the Bobcats have just lost Yi Jianlian, it is not without gains in the draft, and the performance of the two low-pick rookies is eye-catching!"
The more surprising things for the bobcats are yet to come. On July 8, the Bobcats held a press conference and announced in a high-profile manner that All-Star Chuck Hayes signed a 5-year 73 million contract with Bobcats, a 4-year 5.15 million contract with Jamario Moon, a 4-year 5.5 million contract with Van Weaver, a 5-year 12 million contract with Azubuike, and a 3-year 6.6 million contract with Warriors libero Matt Barnes. In addition, Mike D'Antoni will take on the role of head coach of the Bobcats next season, and Jeff Van Gundy will serve as first assistant coach and special advisor.
With four former Rockets players plus newly traded Biedrins, Petrus, Kurt Thomas, and last season's main players Gerard Wallace, Okafor, Felton, Morrison, the Bobcats now have a very strong roster, and experts are amazed that the Bobcats have quietly completed the rebuild! From a belly team to a dark horse in the league next season! They will make the playoffs in the new game!
Fans also have no doubt that there will be another strong team in the east, and the pattern of strong west and weak east will change! The Celtics, Magic, Hawks, and Bobcats already have the capital to compete with the Western giants in the lineup!
Far away in Los Angeles, Hayes was very happy with the Bobcats' rebuilding efforts, with the only regret that the plan to attract veteran Grant Hill failed.
Hill joined the Timberwolves with an annual salary of 3.6 million in 2 years.
The Timberwolves have not made small moves recently, signing James Posey for 9.3 million in 3 years, and Antonio McDyes, who jumped out of the contract for 15 million in 3 years, to complete the reinforcement.
The East has become stronger, and the West Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, Spurs, and Mavericks are not fuel-efficient lamps. It will not be easy for Hayes to win the championship. What he can do now is to practice passing and make himself stronger, his advantage is to be strong, but when he passes, too muscular becomes a disadvantage. It's really not that easy to practice to coordinate surnames...... Hayes's Hollywood has a good life.
Taylor Swift flew to Hollywood, and her album campaign was over with a vacation.
Taylor saw Hayes, and the two embraced. Taylor asked with some concern, "Chuck, you look like you've lost a lot of weight, are you training hard this time?" ”
"It's not just training, I'm losing weight to get stronger. The Johnson guy recommended me to diet food and drink diet drinks, and oh my god, I was crazy hungry. Hayes complained.
"That's fine, even though you're in good shape. I mean, a circle is also a shape. Hey. Taylor pinched Hayes' biceps and laughed.
"Well, it's not effective to practice passing now, but weight loss has worked. That's a good thing. ”
Taylor said he was coming to Hollywood, and Hayes immediately booked her a hotel. Half of Taylor's visit to Hollywood this time is for vacation, and she has to shoot a few singles on MTV, and she has already thought about the story, and the director and crew will be there in a few days.
In addition to filming MTV, she was invited to make a cameo appearance in the Police Force's Crime Scene Investigation (CSI).
Hayes had also received an invitation from the crew five days earlier. Now the whole world likes to get him and Taylor Swift together to act, not because of how compatible the two of them are, but because as long as they are together, they have a topic, which has a lot of hype value and can build momentum for the TV series, and the CSI crew also took a fancy to this.
Funnily enough, Taylor Swift's long-held desire to play a deceased person at a crime scene has finally gotten her wish. She will have plenty of rivalry with actor George Izzy, who plays Nick-Stokes. Later, she dies unexpectedly, and Nick's CSI team will be responsible for solving the cause of her death.
Hayes makes a cameo appearance as a black man who has a crush on Taylor, and he has a lot of lines in the play, he plays a big, timid mall security guard, and Taylor is his neighbor, and he is suspected of being a suspect at first, but then he is wronged.
Hayes' cameo this time was brilliant. During the filming of the play, the director of the CSI crew was very satisfied with Hayes's performance, and in an interview with reporters, he said: "Chuck Hayes is a natural actor, and he portrays the image of an innocent citizen who is suspected by the police vividly and perfectly." He shot all of his shots in one go. On the court, he is an absolute tough guy, and no one has ever seen him timid, but in this episode, everyone can see another side of him. When questioned by the police, his thick legs tremble under the table, which is definitely a highlight of the episode. And when I know that the female character played by Taylor Swift was killed, his brain went blank, he covered his head and felt uncomfortable for a while, and said the line words intermittently, I think he should have won the best supporting actor! ”
In fact, Hayes made a cameo appearance in Hancock's situation this time, and he was even more nervous than then. He also doesn't know why he is afraid of the camera as soon as he faces it, maybe just like others have a fear of heights, he has a phobia of the camera!
When he appeared, his heart was stuck in his throat, and his voice changed a little, and he was not pretending to be nervous, but he just happened to play a nervous person. As for knowing the scene of Taylor's death, his mind was really blank and he forgot the words. He covered his head for a moment, looking at the lines hidden under the table...... Either way, Hayes succeeded. Taylor also admires his acting skills. "Chuck, you're amazing, your expression is amazing, it's like Nicolas Cage in Changing Face! How did you do that? ”
"It's strength, no way. The director also said that I was a natural actor. As soon as the shots came out, Hayes returned to normal.
As a result, when she returned to the hotel in the evening, Gao Tongxuan showed Taylor the video of Hayes's audition, Taylor understood what was going on, she laughed all night, it turned out that Hayes acted with this expression in everything!
After making a cameo appearance at CSI, Taylor is ready to shoot MTV, and the song is called "I Don't Want to Just Look at You".
This is Taylor's inspiration to watch Hayes play, telling the story of a part-time basketball cheerleader who is still in college and falls in love with an NBA star.
The NBA beauty cheerleaders are not only an embellishment of the NBA arena, they have become a part of American basketball culture, during the pause and intermission, the passionate dance performance of the cheerleading girls continues the frenetic atmosphere in the stadium, so that the game will not be cold, and if you don't watch the NBA girls, you won't get the full experience of the NBA.
The enthusiastic dance of the cheerleaders and the rhythm of the perfect integration of sports and art have become the most gorgeous scenery at the event site. Cheerleaders have the same great performances as the players, but few people know that their salaries are generally the lowest in the team, and even less than caddies, who can take tips from players, but cheerleaders cannot.
In the middle of each game, the cheerleaders have to perform 6 times, in addition to the dance performance, the home team plays a good ball every time, and the girls have to stand up and wave to the audience, which is very physically exhausting. They only get paid about $100 per game.
Moreover, the NBA has a rule that cheerleaders are not allowed to contact players in private, otherwise they will be expelled. Cheerleaders can get closer to their dream stars than their fans, but that doesn't mean they can have deep relationships with big-fitting stars. All teams have a clear rule that cheerleading girls and players cannot date and be in love alone. So even if some cheerleading girls look up to a football star or the star is in love with a certain girl, the two sides can only be fated to each other. This also explains why it is difficult to have scandals between players and cheerleaders in the NBA, which is full of alcoholism, drug addiction, and addiction to women.
Taylor will play a part-time cheerleader, and the sisters all have handsome boyfriends who are picked up and dropped, and only she is single. After the scene, I put on a pair of black-rimmed glasses and left like an otaku. She doesn't want to find a boyfriend and has a crush on a black star on the basketball court. (played by Hayes) black players have their own girlfriends, a beautiful Oriental (played by Gao Tongxuan), the two always act together, Taylor is very jealous, but there is no way, except for acting, she can only go back to school and be an unknown student. She wanted to talk to him, but she didn't dare, she was afraid that Hayes would only treat her like a regular fan, which would make her uncomfortable.
Once, Hayes was seriously injured, and his girlfriend felt that his future was affected and left him. Hayes was depressed, Taylor quietly sent him a basket of flowers, and wrote an anonymous letter every day, encouraging him not to be sad, the injury would be fine, and he would definitely be able to return to peak condition.
One day, Hayes came back a little early and met Taylor, who said that she was a part-time worker in charge of delivering flowers, and after only a few words between the two, she ran away, hiding in the corner of the corridor and panting to peek at Hayes.
Hayes' surgery was successful and he was back in the ring, and Taylor kept corresponding, but didn't speak.
At the end of the MTV, Hayes was about to transfer, threw a party before leaving, and gave the invitation card to Taylor, hoping that she would pass it on to the person who sent him flowers and wrote letters every day.
Taylor felt very uncomfortable, she had a lot to say to Hayes, and felt very unwilling, so she quit her job as a cheerleader, borrowed a beautiful dress, and went to the party.
At the party, she finds Hayes and discovers that Hayes, who is the host, has no dance partner, and he rejects his ex-girlfriend and asks Taylor to dance.
After another dance, Hayes asked her if she would like to go with him to another city...... Reading the story written by Taylor, Hayes found it very interesting. It's just that Gao Tongxuan is a little depressed after watching it, why do I have to be an unlucky child in MTV? She swore to herself that no matter what happened to Hayes, she would never leave.
(To be continued)