44. Auburn Hills Palace Incident

"He's the most talented kid I've ever met, and I'm willing to give him all my skills. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jordan said after Ye Han got the first triple-double of his career.

Ye Han pouted when he saw this news, you are here to teach! What kind of trouble is throwing me a few videos!

At the beginning, Jordan also said this to Ye Han, he was very optimistic about him, asked him to cheer, and then gave Ye Han the training highlights of his basic movements.

That's right, it's the kind of training tutorial CD in the basketball merchandise store.

Although, it does work, because Ye Han has the level of effort not to lose to Kobe and Jordan.

Ye Han's triple-double instantly spread all over the world in this era when the Internet began to prevail, and the winning Clippers were never noticed, and the losing Bobcats became the focus instead.

However, Ye Han didn't have a long time to be popular, and he didn't let him be remembered by more people, there was a "hero", a great man who successfully helped him attract attention.

Ron Artest!

On Nov. 13, this year's MVP favorite, last year's Defensive Player of the Year, Ron Artest, led the team away to take on last year's Eastern Conference Finals opponents, the Indiana Pacers.

Artest, who played 8 games this season, averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, leading the Pacers to an excellent record of 7 wins and 1 loss, ranking in the top five in the MVP list in the first week with Kobe, Nash, Ye Han, and Duncan, and in the top five in the MVP list in the second week with Nash, Kobe, Duncan, and O'Neal. Artest has been regarded as one of the superstars since he won the Defensive Player of the Year last season.

The Pacers, Pistons and Heat are the three best teams in the East this year, and the Pacers' game against the Pistons is also seen as a preview of this year's playoffs key series.

But the two teams may not be seen facing each other in the playoffs now, where Ben Wallace and Artest clashed, followed by fans throwing water glasses at Artest, who had already calmed down, and the latter became angry and engaged in a massive brawl with fans in what is known as the Auburn Hills Palace Incident.

Artest was banned by the league for 73 games, and the season ended directly ahead of schedule! In addition, the Pacers' other two big players, Eastern Conference super power forward Jermaine O'Neal was suspended for 25 games, and top scoring guard Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games, and the Pacers went directly from a team with four stars to a fish belly!

The tragic Reggie Miller, who has been in excellent form with the Pacers this season, is hoping that he can take the opportunity to win a championship with the OK group disbanded, which is also his last chance.

As the NBA's all-time three-point champion and the best three-point shooter in history, Reggie Miller had to accept the brutal fact that his championship dream had been ruined!

It's a sad story.

Ye Han was also ignored from the spotlight because of this, and was spared wave after wave of media bombardment.

The Bobcats had two days off after playing the Clippers, and the game was played on the 15th.

On the 14th, when the Auburn Hills palace incident was in full swing, Charlotte was still so peaceful and harmonious.

Ye Han and Okafor made an appointment to buy a car.

As Ye Han's popularity grew, Charlotte's fans became more enthusiastic, and every time the Warner Center arena was crowded around the arena on game days, he could no longer run like he did when few people knew him before.

Now that he has played for two weeks, he just received the first week's salary, Ye Han doesn't have much money, and there are more than 40,000 left after deducting various taxes and players' association dues, and Noah gave him 20,000 US dollars to buy a cheap car to drive first.

"Ace, you're going to buy this?" Okafor asked in surprise.

Ye Han chose a Passat with more than 10,000 US dollars, and it was only 15,000 with various accessories.

", I'm not as well paid as you." Ye Han glanced at Okafor.

Okafor, as the top pick, has an annual salary of more than 3.6 million as a rookie, and he directly withdrew half of this season's salary in advance when he received his salary this time. After deducting taxes, Okafor can get more than 170,000 US dollars per salary, and the NBA is paid every two weeks, because the normal working hours of NBA players are six months, that is, from November to April, and the playoffs are obligations, except for possible bonuses, there is no salary, which is a fight for honor.

Okafor directly withdrew 1 million salary this time and was ready to buy a car first.

Okafor, who was born in a middle-class family, was not short of money in her family, she bought some gifts for her wife, daughter, and parents, and kept the rest at her disposal.

"yes, I forgot that Ace is a poor second-wheeler, it's okay, I'll give you a Ferrari." Okafor said quite arrogantly.

It's really rich people who don't take money properly! Ye Han was silently sad, but he was even more unhappy with the teams that didn't choose him in the first round, and if he entered the lotto area, he could also buy a car like Okafor.

Okafor really did what he said, spent $230,000 to pre-order the latest Ferrari for Ye Han, just participated in major auto shows, and officially launched the new car Ferrari F430 after Christmas, but before that, Ye Han still had to drive his cheap Passat.

Ye Han did not refuse Okafor's kindness, he was a little moved, patted Okafor on the shoulder and said, "When I sign a big contract in the future, I will also give you a new car!" ”

"I don't think I can wait a few years, maybe I'm still on a rookie contract, and you've already got the top salary." Okafor laughed.

Listening to Okafor, maybe that's true! Ye Han said that the contract he signed with the Bobcat was a 1+1 contract, and after two years, other teams could only provide Ye Han with a starting salary of 5 million and a contract with a maximum salary in the third year, but if he stayed in the Bobcats, he could directly give Ye Han a maximum salary contract of 25% of the starting salary cap with the salary space of the Bobcats.

Americans don't usually socialize much, and most of them are at home outside of work, and this is the first time Ye Han and Okafor have come out to get together after entering the NBA.

The two went to have a meal in the evening before going home, but unfortunately they were not able to go to the nightclub to drink several times, because Ye Han had not yet reached the age of 21 that North Carolina stipulated that he could drink, which was really a tragedy.

Okafor returns home and tells his wife, Alika Okafor, the details of the spending.

When Alika heard that Okafor bought Ye Han a car worth 230,000 yuan, she said dissatisfiedly: "I know you have a good relationship with Ace, but that's 200,000!" Not twenty thousand! It's a disadvantage to be so nice to your friends. ”

Sure enough, after becoming a child's mother, she became stingy, and Alika was much more generous than Okafor in college. However, it can't be said that Alika is stingy, 230,000 US dollars, and with the strong purchasing power of the United States, 230,000 can buy a villa in many cities.