"Uh-uh!" Chamberlain burped, and a long smell of cumin and the smell of meat sprayed into his mouth, and he was finally full.

Jackson and Sudmons had much worse appetites than Chamberlain, and they had long been unable to move, Li Qun smiled and asked with a smile, "Have you eaten enough?" ”

Sudmund nodded contentedly, he gestured his hand around his neck, and said, "It's already here." ”

After eating for an hour and a half, night had fallen, and Chamberlain decided to settle the bill, so he snapped his fingers at a waiter and said lazily: "Check out, handsome guy." ”

The waiter came over with a smile, handed the bill to Chamberlain, and said respectfully, "Thank you for your patronage, it's two thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars, sir." ”

"How much?" Chamberlain's teeth picking is a little stiff, isn't he? How much does a meal cost more than $2,800? In the past, his family of five couldn't use so much living expenses for a month!

"Two thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars." The handsome waiter still maintained that respectful appearance, but the gaze that looked at Chamberlain had become a little strange.

As soon as Jackson saw Chamberlain's urine, he knew what was going on, and he grinned and asked, "Damn, boy, you don't have no money to settle the bill, do you?" ”

Chamberlain really didn't have the money to settle the bill, how could he have expected that it would cost so much money to invite a guest to dinner? His salary is indeed not low, but the problem is that except for the ten-day short contract, the rest of the salary has not been paid. And the money earned from the ten-day short contract, he has given all the 50,000 yuan he won from the bet to his family, leaving only 5,000 in his hand.

$5,000 is a lot of money for Chamberlain, and he felt that it should be fine to use this money for two months, and it would be easy to survive the first month's salary, but it was obvious that he underestimated the spending power of NBA stars, and there were too many places to spend money, especially renting a cliff house, and he still owed Winnie money.

Unlike many sports, the NBA is not paid annually or monthly, but twice a month, on the 15th of each month and the last day of the month. For example, not long ago, November 15 was the first day of the NBA season, and from the beginning of the regular season in November to the end of the regular season in April, so that the salary was paid 12 times per season.

The NBA also has a withholding system, which means that after the team deducts various taxes due from each player's salary, the remaining salary will be paid directly to the player's account. When the NBA pays a salary, it will give the players a salary slip similar to that used by our units when paying salaries, so that the players know how much tax has been deducted and how much money has been paid.

However, this is only for old stars, new players, especially rookie players, in their first season are paid on a monthly basis, and only 50% of the salary is paid, this is to avoid newcomers suddenly getting rich overnight, taking money to do nonsense, although Chamberlain's salary is high, he actually can't get much money in the first month.

Chamberlain's face was embarrassed, his credit card had been overdrawn and suspended before, and now he only had less than six hundred dollars on him, originally he only planned to invite Winnie and Li Qun to dinner, the two women couldn't eat much, this time with Jackson and Sudmons, everything was very different.

Knowing that he hadn't eaten so much before, Chamberlain was a little annoyed.

Li Qun smiled, turned the red card in front of him into a green card, and said, "Don't settle the bill first, give me another flame salad." ”

Winnie stood up and said, "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

The waiter smiled politely, stopped the checkout and went back to prepare to serve the food, and when he left, Li Qun quietly handed his bank card to Chamberlain and winked mischievously. Chamberlain's face was a little red, and he was just about to speak, Li Qun rushed to say to him: "This is lent to you, remember to return it to me in a month." ”

This is a helpless move, Chamberlain really doesn't have much money in his pocket, either borrowing Jackson's money or borrowing Winnie's or Li Qun's money, obviously it's better to use Li Qun's money, anyway, he is just borrowing temporarily, not eating soft rice. However, this feeling is still not good, although Chamberlain does not have manly chauvinism, but using women's money makes him feel somewhat ashamed.

After serving the flame salad, Winnie also returned, Chamberlain was embarrassed to settle the bill in front of the public this time, he walked to the service desk, only to be told that the account had been settled, Chamberlain was surprised, and the manager took out a credit card payment slip with the signature of Winnie's Dragon and Phoenix Dance.

Chamberlain was depressed, and he was puzzled, why did Winnie help him so much? Got in love with him? That's impossible, although he is tall and handsome, but California is full of handsome guys, and he is still much more gloomy than those professional handsome men.

Winnie helped him too much, these favors accumulated, Chamberlain felt a little unbearable, this pressure came from the unknown, he didn't know why Winnie had been helping him like this.

But there was still a happy place, and after Shirley moved into the villa, the villa became very popular, and she chose a room on the second floor. Originally, Chamberlain thought that she would follow Winnie to live, but Shirley was unwilling and insisted on living with Chamberlain.

Coincidentally, the day after Shirley officially moved into the Cliff House villa, Shirley's father's final verdict was heard in the San Francisco court. With all the human and material evidence, her father did not argue and honestly confessed to the crime he had committed, and the San Francisco court issued a verdict and sentenced him to 14 months in prison and did not allow him to live with Shirley for the next 10 years.

Shirley's father finally sobered up, he listened to the judge's statement with a pale face, Watson with blonde hair in his hair, he didn't look at Shirley all the time, he kept his head down, and only when the judge asked him would raise his head and answer in a hoarse voice.

Shirley's uncle also flew in from Boston, an honest man who worked in Boston as a garbage destroyer. The pressure of life has bent his waist, and nothing can be done in France except sighing and crying, which makes Chamberlain a little glad that he did not hand over Shirley to him.

When the final verdict was handed down, Shirley cried bitterly, her father staggered to follow the police out of the courtroom, Chamberlain watched him leave, and when he was about to be taken out of the courtroom, her father suddenly stopped and yelled at Chamberlain: "Take care of Shirley, you must protect her, for God's sake!" ”

Hearing this, Shirley cried even louder, and Winnie hugged her to comfort her.

With Shirley done, Chamberlain was fully engaged in the Warriors' game in December.

November's East-West Monthly Championship came and the Eastern Conference Monthly Championship was won by Dwight Howard, who averaged 22 per game. With 5 points and 14 rebounds, the team has a 10-4 record. In fact, from the data point of view, the average is 28 per game. 5 points, 7. 8 assists, 8. James with 2 rebounds seems to be a better fit, but he has been voted the best of the month so many times that it has almost formed a monopoly and caused aesthetic fatigue to fans.

The Western Conference of the Month that surprised everyone was Chamberlain, who averaged 15 points and 18 points per game in fourteen games in November. 5 rebounds, plus averaging 6 per game. Five blocks helped the Warriors get off to their best start to the season in the last 10 seasons, becoming the first player in NBA history to win the award in the first month of his rookie season since the Player of the Month accolade was made.

Of course, the rookie of the month in the West is naturally Chamberlain's, which makes him average 24 per game. 6 points, 4. Kevin Durant, who has 5 rebounds and 3 assists, is depressed, he is really born and bright, his performance is absolutely outstanding among rookies in recent years, but he was suppressed by Chamberlain, a monster in the restricted area, and the most tragic thing is that for a long time in the future, I am afraid he will always be suppressed by this monster.

On December 1, 2007, seeing that it was about to say goodbye to 2007 and enter 2008, a blockbuster trade news came to the NBA, at six o'clock in the morning on the 1st, ESPN took the lead in breaking a message, Paul Gasol, the core player of the Grizzlies and one of the best big men in the West, was traded to the Lakers.

Everyone knows that the Lakers must bring in a strong interior player, because since losing two games in a row to the Warriors, the desperate Kobe Bryant gave the team the most embarrassing notice that he must find a strong lieutenant, and he must be an interior player, and he is absolutely unwilling to go it alone.

Everyone knows that the player Kobe wants is Chamberlain, but everyone knows that unless the Warriors uniform team is brain-dead, no team can get Chamberlain, a restricted area beast destined to dominate the NBA, from them. Kobe Bryant kept arguing to find a deputy throughout November, he would be noisy in the post-game press conference, he would be noisy in the pre-game press conference, and he would be noisy when he met reporters during dinner and shopping: I want a big man inside, I want a strong restricted area player, I want an All-Star center power forward......

There has been media speculation that the Lakers may be targeting Pau Gasol, the core of the Grizzlies, because since the Grizzlies uniform team chose Jerry West as their general manager, it is clear that they are going to rebuild the team, and Gasol, the old core with a maximum salary, is certainly no longer suitable for this team.

But no one expected that the Lakers would get Gasol on such terms: the Lakers handed over the ownership of former draft pick Kwame Brown, guard Javeris Clittenton, guard McGee, rookie Mark Gasol and two first-round picks from 2008 and 2010, from the Grizzlies to Gasol and the 2010 second-round pick!

After watching this transaction, the general managers of many teams directly scolded: "Damn, you guys are shady deals!" West, do you still have discipline, you are the general manager of the Grizzlies, not the son-in-law of the Lakers! ”

The trade was a bit abrupt, but it couldn't be helped, because Bynum, the Lakers' only interior pillar, suffered a knee injury and was out of action not long ago. Although Bynum is a brain starvation, it is better than nothing, he can at least help Kobe Bryant grab a rebound on the inside, but even he was injured, the Lakers are the rhythm of death, Kobe Bryant is completely helpless on the inside, you can't count on Kwame Brown, right? If the parallel importer can be relied on, the sow can also go up the tree.

Bynum's injury became the last straw that crushed Kobe's camel, although Bynum was far away from the championship, but at least he could deceive himself and comfort himself that as long as this little shark grows up, he will have a chance to win the championship. Now that the baby shark has become a crippled shark, Kobe Bryant vaguely saw that the O'Brien Cup waved goodbye to him completely.

So, Kobe Bryant gave the most embarrassing order to the Lakers' uniform team: "This time I'm serious, if I don't get a strong inside line, then Lao Tzu will strike and ask to be traded!" ”

So, the Lakers contacted the Grizzlies who had been trying to rebuild as quickly as possible, Jerry West hooked up in the middle of the red line, and the two teams completed the deal in the shortest time, the Lakers won the All-Star, and the Grizzlies earned the future!