Chapter 132: New Year's Gift
The Jazz, who are bent on revenge, suffered a crushing defeat in Oakland, and from this game, there is no indication of the inextricable relationship between the two teams in the Utah Plateau not long ago, let alone the fact that the Jazz eliminated the Warriors easily in the playoffs last season.
Billups put on a perfect rookie show for the Warriors, playing 38 minutes in the game, scoring a total of 22 points, 16 assists and four steals, and completely beating the opposite Deron Williams, the rising star of the league's point guard with only 15 points, seven assists, and six turnovers.
Even more formidable was Chamberlain, who scored a total of 35 points with a dunk, and only 15 rebounds were recorded, which is not the same as his past performance of 189 or 20 rebounds. However, it is understandable that a person's energy is not unlimited, and when Chamberlain focuses on attack, his defensive level will naturally decline.
The Warriors finally brought the fans a perfect New Year's gift at home, they defeated the invading Jazz team with a score of 121-85, and the Jazz lost 30+ points for the first time this season, and it was still on their arch-rival Warriors, which made Jazz fans mourn and find it deeply difficult to accept.
Speaking at the press conference after the game, Chamberlain praised Billups, saying: "We finally have a qualified captain, he is so good, so responsible, and so selfless, he gives us every good ball to perform, and he is obscure behind the scenes, it is very worth learning from, I believe he will be a perfect big brother for the Warriors, he will lead us on the right path and go further and further." ”
Chamberlain's evaluation of Billups can be described as very high, and even expressed his willingness to give up the core position of the team, which surprised those who were ready to see Chamberlain's joke about forcing Billups away.
Billups is a notoriously low-key gentleman with a high ball IQ and a high IQ, and never speaks big in front of the media. When Chamberlain learned of Chamberlain's boasting, he immediately reciprocated: "I've worked with a lot of good interior players, but they are only good, not great, and now I finally have this opportunity to play side by side with a star who is destined to be great in his career, and it feels great." ”
"Z has shown that he has the potential to dominate the league, and I'm here to help him dominate the league, and I'm going to be his right-hand man, but that's it, I'm not young, I'm not the kind of guy who can dominate the game, but Z has that ability. In terms of age, I can say that I am the big brother of Z, and I will pass on the experience I have accumulated over the years in the league to help him grow faster. ”
The Warriors' brothers and sisters have disappointed the outside world waiting to see their new round of infighting, so why don't they grab the position of the team's leader? How can this be? Hurry up and grab it.
Billups, you are the Pistons' former tactical core, locker room boss, you are MVP, how can you be willing to be a 19-year-old baby? Chamberlain, you have to fight too, you drove Biedrins and Davis away, and then drove Billups away, you played against the Pistons some time ago, didn't you almost fight?
Although Davis's departure affected the atmosphere of the Warriors, but a few days later, as Billups became familiar with the others, all these effects began to fade, and Chamberlain mobilized the whole team to carry out the locker room boss election, and the enthusiastic Jackson was elected as the new boss of the Warriors, and he will become the new generation of leading big brothers of this team, leading Chamberlain, Billups and others to compete for the championship.
Jackson was elected as the locker room boss and no one said anything, because the most capable Chamberlain, Billups and Ellis all agreed, and although Jackson has a notorious reputation for being a thorn in the outside world, but in the minds of players, this villain who has repeatedly stabbed his brothers in the ribs has a high status, and no one wants to be such a thorn, but everyone hopes to have such a boss in the NBA.
After the election, Jackson patted his chest and made a very distinctive captain's inaugural declaration in the locker room: "Since the brothers believe me, then mix with me, whoever dares to fuck on the court in the future, then the brothers don't have to be polite, fuck them to death, and I will bear all the consequences!" In the future, our Warriors must subdue the whole league, see who dares to be five or six in front of us, in a word, see who is unhappy, we will fight whom! ”
"Hit them!" Chamberlain waved his arms and stood up and shouted, "Whoever is not convinced will be beaten until he is convinced!" ”
Billups, who has just joined the Warriors, is more enthusiastic about this vibe than the average person: "I should have beaten the Utah bastards yesterday, fuck, my waist was wrung up by those bitches!" ”
Saying that, Billups pulled up his clothes, and Chamberlain looked at it, but he only saw a pitch black, where did he see cyan? He pulled up his clothes, his back bruised, clearly ravaged. However, since he entered the league, there have been few times when he has not been injured, and the skin under the jersey was ravaged the last time he played with the Pistons.
Jackson comforted the two of them, and promised to clean them up when they met the Jazz again in the next game, because they were newly promoted to become the boss of the Warriors, Jackson paid out of his own pocket to invite everyone to the nightclub to have a good time, and a group of people responded enthusiastically, only one person has been watching coldly, and after the last time they finished discussing, he pushed the door and left.
This person is naturally West, who has always behaved very uninvolved, and Chamberlain grabbed him and said, "Let's go and have fun together at night, it's so boring for you to be alone." ”
West was polite to him, Chamberlain was notorious, and ordinary people would not provoke him as long as they didn't want to find excitement, so he barely cheered up and said: "I have to go home, my daughter is a little uncomfortable, I need to accompany her." ”
Azubuk said, "What about your girlfriend? Wouldn't it be okay to let your girlfriend accompany her? You'll be back later......"
In the middle of his sentence, West stared at him with wide eyes, as if he had seen an enemy.
West's appearance startled Azubuuk, and the others didn't feel right, so they all frowned and looked at West, and Barnes shouted, "What are you staring at?" Want to fight? ”
To them, West is just a newcomer from outside, but Azubuk is their brother, so seeing his brother being treated maliciously, it is natural to show it.
Chamberlain blocked everyone's gloomy gaze, he patted West's shoulder, and said: "Since this is the case, I won't keep you, you can go out to play whenever you want, but your family must be with you all the time when you are sick." ”
West nodded expressionlessly, and before leaving the door, he looked at Chamberlain and whispered, "I broke up with my girlfriend, and now I raise my daughter alone." ”
Chamberlain didn't know what to say, so he nodded and helped him push the door open. After West left, Barnes complained, "I wonder why those uniformed idiots would sign this guy, do they think our locker room is too good?" ”
Jackson showed his demeanor as a leading big brother, and waved his big hand: "They are all brothers in the locker room, he can be unkind to us and not unjust." Alright, everyone get ready, let's go to the passion tonight! ”
Chamberlain was looking forward to it, but as soon as he packed up his things, he was called down by Winnie outside the door, Jackson and others peeked at him, Winnie noticed the small movements between the people, frowned and asked, "What do you have to do?" ”
Jackson smiled dryly: "Hehe, yes, we're going to study the tactics together tonight, you know, the Billups brothers just arrived, and they are not familiar with our team......"
Winnie looked at Jackson coldly, the latter's voice became quieter and quieter, and when he closed his mouth, Winnie said, "You're going to go to a nightclub to fool around, aren't you?" ”
Jackson hurriedly shouted, "How is that possible? ”
Winnie nodded and said, "Okay, since we have to discuss tactics tonight, then I'll inform Old Tang and ask him to accompany you to study new tactics in the training hall......"
Barnes hurriedly rushed out to interrupt the words between the two, pulled Jackson and walked out, turning back as he went: "Actually, we have a party tonight, but it seems that Z can't attend, so let's hold it ourselves." ”
Chamberlain glared at him angrily and shouted, "Didn't you just say that we are brothers in the trenches, and we want to share honor and disgrace?" Do you want to live and die together? ”
Harrington smiled and said: "Z is really a rookie, that kind of talk is only applicable when you are on the court, who wants to live and die together in life?" Damn, didn't you suffer? You're only eighteen years old, living and dying with our thirty-year-old guys? ”
As he spoke, a group of birdmen ran out of the city as fast as he could, leaving him alone to face Winnie.
Chamberlain scolded stupidly, Winnie looked at him, hesitated for a moment and asked, "You don't want to be alone with me?" ”
Facing Winnie's clear eyes as blue as Lake Baikal, Chamberlain said firmly: "No, Winnie, I like to be with you very much, and I am very grateful to you, you have helped me so much. But sometimes I still have to be with my brothers, and sometimes men have to do that. ”
Winnie lowered her head and got out of the way, the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, how could Chamberlain leave at this time? He touched his nose and stood beside Winnie, honestly like a schoolboy who was standing on the penalty station.
"Actually, I want to give you a New Year's gift." After a long time, Winnie raised her head and said, Chamberlain was a little moved in his heart, except for giving Winnie something for Christmas, he didn't think of giving her a gift at the beginning of the new year, of course, he didn't prepare a gift for Li Qun, if the first shot of the new year didn't count.
"You haven't endorsed sneakers, and you don't have an agent, even if those sneaker manufacturers want to contact you, they can't do it, I helped you contact Adidas and Reebok, if you're interested, I can take you to talk, maybe you can get a good contract." Winnie said lightly.
Chamberlain's heart was really moved, he didn't know what to say, Winnie helped him too much, in exchange for a human favor, he was afraid that there was no other way to repay it except for a personal promise, I don't know what Lu Dao said, but the ghost made a difference, he asked: "Why didn't you contact Nike?" ”
After saying that, he wanted to slap himself, this question was too unkind, right? Winnie doesn't owe you anything, and you're still not satisfied with helping you contact Adidas and Reebok?
Winnie didn't care, she shook her head and said, "Nike is very excessive, I contacted them, and they were very insincere." ”
Chamberlain believed Winnie, and he said, "Okay, let's go meet Adidas and Reebok, what time is it?" As a result, his phone rang, and Winnie frowned and looked at his phone, obviously thinking that it was Jackson and the others who wanted to contact Chamberlain.
The phone was an unfamiliar number, and Chamberlain wanted to refuse to answer it, but it was easy to misunderstand, so he turned on the speakerphone, and secretly prayed in his heart that God would bless that the call was not from Jackson's group of birdmen, and even if they called, they couldn't say anything excessive.