Chapter 41: Best of the Week
Americans love to have parties, whether it is birthdays, holidays, graduations, promotions, housewarming, and emotional contact between friends. The Warriors' three-game winning streak is a big miracle because they are facing the defending champion Spurs, which is really celebrated.
Chamberlain rode in Li Qun's Hyundai SUV to the old Nelson's home, a villa in downtown Oakland. If Soul Ballet is the slums of Auckland, then Aqualand is the affluent area of Auckland, where business tycoons, political elites and celebrities live here.
When night fell, the villa area was brightly lit, but it was quite quiet, except for a bonfire lit on the grass in front of the villa, iodine-tungsten lamps set up, and the sound was noisy and chaotic, which was where the old Nelson's villa was, and before Chamberlain and Li Qun, the other players had already arrived.
There are generally two kinds of parties in the United States, one is that all food, fruits, drinks, and snacks are organized by the organizers; The other is similar to the AA system, where everyone brings the same food, vegetables, snacks, fruits, etc., and the host prepares some large dishes, water, wine, and desserts.
THE FORMER TYPE OF PARTY IS SUITABLE FOR BIRTHDAYS, PROMOTIONS, HOUSEWARMING, ETC., WHILE THE LATTER IS SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAYS, GRADUATIONS, AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FRIENDS. Mrs. Nelson likes to host the party very much, and all the food and drinks are arranged by her, and the old Nelson has long told Chamberlain that he only needs to bring a stomach over.
The SUV stopped, Barnes immediately walked over, and the gentleman helped Li Qun open the door. Ellis also went to pull the car door, only to see Chamberlain and Sudmons come out of it.
This scene made Ellis dumbfounded and exclaimed, "I said man, are you mistaken, damn it, how can you get a lady to drive you?" ”
Barnes smiled and said triumphantly, "That bastard doesn't even have a driver's license, how can he drive himself?" I know that the beautiful Miss Li who drives the road must be beautiful. ”
Sudmons does have a driver's license, but his old right knee injury has recurred, and he is not very flexible, so it just so happens that the car was originally Li Qun's, Li Qun simply became his own driver, Ellis is right, in the United States, if men and women are together and the result is a woman driving, men will be despised.
It's a bit like China's bicycle culture, where men and women share a car, and if a girl carries a boy, it's a bit too embarrassing.
Mrs. Nelson came up and kissed her on the cheek and complimented, "God, I thought this was an angel you sent us, so beautiful, so ladylike!" ”
Jackson came up and bumped his fist with Chamberlain, pointed at him and said, "You've done a great job, Z, good!" ”
Chamberlain didn't know what he was talking about, only to see Jackson turn around and grab a group of players viciously, shouting: "Money, where is the money? Give me the money, hurry up and pay for me! ”
Harrington, Azubuk and others took out rolls of dollar bills from their wide trouser pockets and handed them to Jackson, and Chamberlain was stunned: "Hey, guys, what are you doing here?" ”
Old Nelson walked up with a glass of pale blue wine and said with a smile: "These bad boys bet you on whether you will come to this party in a tracksuit or a formal suit, there is no doubt that Jackson won, and that guy said you will take this party very seriously." ”
Chamberlain grinned bitterly, looked at the triumphant Jackson, he pointed at Li Qun and said, "You have to thank Li Qun, if it weren't for her, you would have waited to lose all your money today." ”
The NBA's wives are relatively easy to deal with, because of their husbands, they have been social stars since middle school, and they know how to make others feel comfortable in front of others.
Li Qun and a group of wives dressed up in flowers and branches smiled smartly, compared with other women, the elegance of her body like a warm evening breeze, blowing on people's bodies, making people very comfortable.
"You have a good eye." Azubuuk said enviously, "It's just that Lee's figure is a little thin, you have to be careful in bed, don't you?" ”
Chamberlain slapped Azubuuk on the ass hard, grinning his teeth, and then yelled, "Get out, boy, or I'll make you understand why the flowers are blooming so brilliantly!" ”
The players knew each other well and played together for a while, and the elder Nelson raised his glass before the party officially began.
This PARTY is very casual, there is neither a speech before the meeting, nor a summary at the end.
Originally, according to the general rule, after the attendees arrived one after another, the host would introduce some familiar people to everyone. However, because this is an intra-team dinner, they are very familiar with each other, and Nelson Sr. does not need to be introduced, and directly eats.
Chamberlain is a newcomer to the team, and after only a dozen days with the Warriors, Nelson Sr. took him around and introduced him to some of the team's scouts who don't usually show much. The people attending the banquet sat or stood separately, casually chatting with the people around them, and tasting the wine, drinks, potato chips, biscuits, various cheeses, desserts, etc. on the table.
It wasn't even the beginning of the meal, and the atmosphere wasn't very lively, so Jackson's gang liked to play, so they jumped on the table where there was no dinner, and jumped on the tap, and howled a song in their mouths as they danced, and the name of the song was "Party".
The cheerful tune soon sounded, and Chamberlain sang along, and Jackson and others had an advantage in singing with them, that is, these people were the worst at the scene, and they were notoriously incomplete, and even they dared to sing, so of course the others were not afraid to show ugliness:
“You-a-bad-girl-and-your-friends-bad-too,oh
We-got-the-swag-so-she-drippin-swagoo
I-may-be-young,but-Im-ready!
To-give-you-all-my-love
told-my-girls-you-can-get-it-!
Dont-slow-it-down,just-let-it-go
So-in-love
Id-give-it-all-away
Just-dont-tell-nobody-tomorrow
So-tonight
Ill-do-it-every-way
…………”
This song is very long, there are almost no repetitive passages in it, and it takes about ten minutes to sing it completely, so many lyrics are really difficult for these people who are impatient in other aspects except for pickling girls, so halfway through the song, they began to forget the words.
At this time, the musical talent of the black people was perfectly interpreted, and Jackson and others simply began to make up nonsense, they sang whatever they saw, and sang along with whatever they wanted, and no one cared about that, they only cared about being happy.
Mrs. Nelson brought a few ladies to serve turkey, steak and other entrees, and Jackson, Ellis and others were so addicted that they couldn't stand at the table. Li Qun had to admire the quality of this long table, and it didn't fall apart when the big men were jumping around on it.
Chamberlain also liked this kind of slapstick scene, he wanted to jump on the table and dance together, but Jackson and the others wouldn't let him go up, so the group had fun. Because of Chamberlain's relationship, Sudmons was quickly approached by everyone, in fact, Sudmons is also somewhat famous here, and the elder Nelson is very familiar with him, and has studied him in high school.
In the end, when it was time to eat the main meal, after Li Qun and Chamberlain wiped the table again, the group put the main food on the table.
Cut meats, pizzas, and roast turkeys were served like running water, and Mrs. Nelson prepared large plates of salads, fish, sausages, bread slices, cakes, sandwich biscuits, and some ketchup and hot sauce, all of which were placed on the countertops and tables like a buffet, with large plates, knives, forks, and tissues next to them.
Chamberlain helped Li Qun choose a few slices of sausages, grilled fish and salad, and he himself was a plate of chicken and beef, he handed the plate to Li Qun, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I'm a carnivore, hehe, you may not understand, except after the meal, I rarely eat fruit." ”
Li Qun gave a little salad to Chamberlain and said, "You can mediate and eat a little fruit, which is good for your body." ”
ALTHOUGH IT WAS TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY OF THE FIRST WEEK, IN FACT, AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PARTY, ALMOST NO ONE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPETITION, WOMEN TALKED ABOUT MAKEUP, CLOTHES AND BAGS, AND MEN TALKED ABOUT NIGHTCLUBS, CARS AND WOMEN.
Sudmus and Azubuk get along well, and the elder Nelson once recommended that the latter study the video footage of the former's high school games, and Azumund and Sudmons were the only ones talking about basketball, and the two discussed defense, most of the time Sudmons told Azubuuk.
The party lasted until more than 11 o'clock in the morning, and there was a lot of food left over from the banquet, Mrs. Nelson instructed the players' wives to pack the food into bags, and Jackson and Barnes started the car and took the players to hand over the food to the relief center in Oakland, and some of the homeless people who could not stay overnight were directly given to the homeless people on the side of the road, which is also part of the American PARTY culture.
Although the party went on until midnight, the next day's team training still had to be carried out, and Chamberlain brought Sudmons to the training gym, and he quietly asked the team doctor to help Sudmons check his knee to see if he could treat him.
Sudmons' right leg is almost ruined, and this time in Oakland, he has already ended his contract with the Austin Bulls, and if he continues to play, I am afraid that he will directly become a cripple. To treat his leg, Chamberlain knew that there was no hope for anyone but Samael, but Samael refused to help, this guy usually laughs and laughs, but he is very resolute in some things, no matter what Chamberlain says, he will not help Sudmons.
The day after the PARTY, the honors of the first week of the NBA season were released, and the most dazzling thing was naturally the best of the week, the best of the week in the East was the little emperor LeBron James, who led the new Cavaliers to win three games and three wins, averaging 28 points and 7 points per game. 3 rebounds and 8. 6 quasi-triple-double results for the main attack.
The Western Weekly Championship surprised everyone, and it was actually taken by Chamberlain, who averaged 15 per game in the official statistics. 6 points, 20 rebounds and 9 blocks, but he didn't make history because before him, the body's former owner, Wilt Chamberlain, averaged 35 points and 28 rebounds per game in his first three games.
Wilt Chamberlain is indeed a perverted existence, and in the first game of his career against a strong team like the New York Knicks at the time, he actually scored 43 points and 27 rebounds, which is terrifying when he thinks about it now!
Chamberlain didn't care about not breaking history, but was very happy, because it meant that he still had plenty of room to grow, and he was looking forward to winning 40+20 games.