Chapter Ninety-Five: Rare Leisure
"I sat in the VIP room yesterday." On the other end of the phone, Ajiali Lanadave's voice came, "Actually, I prefer to sit on the sidelines, and sitting in the VIP room doesn't seem to have much benefit other than the convenience of watching the big screen." β
Sitting down at the table with the breakfast he made, Li Tian replied: "Yes, you only feel like sitting on the sidelines watching the football game." β
At the end of the regular season, Li Tian felt very idle without a game, but he still habitually woke up early in the morning, remembering that he didn't reply to her when Ajiali sent a text message last night, so Li Tian called back to the other party.
"Lee, the season is over, do you have any plans?"
Li Tian opened his mouth to answer, but then remembered something and asked, "Do you mean a vacation or next season?" β
"If you're willing to answer, then those are two questions." Agali on the other end of the phone chuckled.
"Actually, I didn't have much of a plan for either of them. I'm going to go back to China on vacation, and as for next season, I don't know what your dad will do after he buys the team, so again, there's no plan, and I haven't talked to my agent about it yet. β
When Li Tiangang said this, Ajiali immediately asked, "Then do you want to stay in Sacramento?" β
After a slight groan, Li Tian replied, "Yes, I hope to stay in Sacramento and continue to be a member of the king if I have the opportunity." β
For Li Tian, the Kings are the team that brought him into the NBA, and in the past year, he has developed some feelings for this team. In fact, since Keith Smart left the team, he has been very good with the team, except that he is not too eye-to-eye with Thomas, and he gets along with the rest of his teammates.
There's also his buddy Robinson, and fans who like him just like that little Jack last night.
As for the competition in the team, Li Tian is not too worried, he believes that his performance in the past half season will be seen, and he also believes that he can continue to improve, he has become an important member of the team's rotation this season, and if he continues to stay in the king, he has every chance to fight for the starting position.
"OK, I think that's great news for Sacramento fans, now we've got to talk about something else......"
Agali didn't delve into this issue and quickly changed the subject.
After talking to Agalie on the phone, Li Tian went to talk to Annette and Pete Smith on the phone for a while, and then he received a call from Thomas Robinson, a friend who told him to leave Sacramento today.
After doing all this, Li Tian began to open the website to book a ticket back to China, and only after confirming the time could he contact his family.
"Β₯#@Β₯@#Β₯" At this moment, Li Tian's mobile phone rang again.
"I didn't expect that at the end of the season, I would be busy with business." While muttering, Li Tian picked up his phone and saw the name of the caller ID, Su Yan.
"Reporter Suda, the season is over, you should go to the playoff team to find news." Answering the phone, Li Tian said with a smile.
After Li Tian began to emerge as king, Su Yan had interviewed Li Tian several times, so the two were also very familiar with each other.
"The King's season is over, but the interest in you is heating up at home." Su Yan replied, "Li Tian, are you still in Sacramento, can you let me do an interview?" β
"Interview? Right now? Li Tian asked with a little surprise.
"Well, right now, your rookie season is over, so I wanted to do an interview with you. By the way, where are you? β
Li Tianyi thought that domestic fans might indeed have some concerns, so he replied: "Okay, I'm still in Sacramento, and now I'm in a rented house." β
"Then I'll go straight to you, where's the address?" As soon as Li Tian's voice fell, Su Yan said directly, fortunately, Li Tian is used to Su Yan's style, and this female reporter is very straightforward in both speech and work.
told Su Yan where he lived, Li Tian called Pete Smith again, since it was an exclusive interview, Su Yan was afraid of asking a lot of questions, but not all the questions were easy to answer, and Pete Smith would obviously be better if he was present.
Soon after, Su Yan appeared, followed by Pete Smith, and after a brief greeting, the interview began.
"The rookie season is over, so let's evaluate my performance this season."
After Su Yan threw out the first question, Li Tian thought about it for a while and answered, such an evaluation would not have too much substantive content, and it was just some clichΓ©s.
"Now there are some media reporters in the United States who think that you are going to be selected for the All-Rookie Team for a while, but there are also some objections, what do you think about them?"
After Su Yan's question was raised, Li Tian immediately replied confidently: "I don't think there will be five players in this rookie class who perform better than me, so there should be a place for me in the best rookie team." Of course, if the managers of other teams don't think that way, that's not something I can control. β
Su Yan then asked some questions, such as what plans he had for next season, which Li Tian hadn't even thought about yet, and his answers were naturally extremely vague.
Finally finished the interview, Su Yan closed his notebook and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, I said that I wanted to invite you to dinner for a long time, but I didn't have time, so it's okay today." β
"If I refuse again, it doesn't seem to be a shame." Li Tian turned his head, looked at Pete Smith and said, "Pete......"
Li Tian wanted to ask Pete to go to a meal with him, but before he could speak, Pete Smith shouted, "Oh damn it, it's a little late, Lee, I promised to go to pizza with my son, so I have to go." β
As he spoke, Pete Smith quickly stood up and walked towards the door, winking at Li Tian concealedly, leaving Li Tian speechless.
So Li Tian said angrily: "Pete, it's better not to eat so much, look at your stomach, you need to lose weight." β
"Oh, Lee, you're right." Pete Smith shouted, "Looks like I'm going to have to talk to Colin that we should go and eat steak instead." β
With that, Pete Smith opened the door and walked out.
"Your agent is interesting." I don't know if Su Yan didn't understand Pete Smith's joke just now, but after seeing Pete Smith leave, she laughed and said.
Li Tian nodded, and then said on a whim: "Actually, if you are interested, you can write a report for Pete, his story is very exciting." β
"Oh, is it? You'll have to talk to me about it when you're eating. Su Yan said with interest, "Let's go too, I suddenly want to eat Chinese food, do you have any recommendations?" β
"There's a Chinese restaurant around here, and it's pretty good."
As a reporter, Su Yan can speak, and there is naturally no shortage of topics for this meal, in addition to talking about the story of Pete Smith, Su Yan's understanding of the NBA made Li Tian can't help but open his eyes, so this meal is also very interesting.
Speaking of which, in addition to competition and training, Li Tian hasn't been so idle for a while.