61. Gottlieb's Invitation
Since entering the NBA, Chamberlain has become the darling of the media. He can always bring a steady stream of writing themes to reporters. According to the American Observer Daily, Chamberlain joined the NBA and helped each media support one more reporter on average, which shows how topical he is.
Chamberlain was criticized by the media before facing the downturn of the Celtics. As a result, before the climax was over, Chamberlain immediately scored 30+30 against the Bucks, shocking the basketball world in one fell swoop!
Of course, there are also media picks on this, such as the Utah State Sports News. Even if Chamberlain became the only player among active players to enter the 30+30 club, it still said sharply: "No matter how many points you get, Chamberlain is a soft ball, he can only bully the weak, and facing a truly powerful player like Kevin Garnett, he will expose his weak nature, and such a person will never grow into a superstar."
The views of this newspaper reflect the views used by fans and media at present questioning Chamberlain, that is, he bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong. These people subconsciously ignore the fact that Chamberlain, Duncan and Howard had exploded each other before. Of course, they cannot have too high demands on black spies. If they can restore their rationality, there will be no mad people in the world.
However, after this match, Chamberlain's reputation returned to its peak, especially in China. CCTV was broadcast nationwide in this game. Fans who were looking forward to Yi Jianlian's performance met Chamberlain in this game, which made him receive a huge call in China. Countless fans were conquered by his violent and fierce style of play and became his fans.
The next morning, Chamberlain returned to Oakland on the Warriors' plane. He still did not take a break directly, but went to the training hall to practice free throws.
Other teams in the league have found Chamberlain's weaknesses, among which free throws are the biggest loopholes, and they all want to play shark-cutting tactics on him to take advantage of it. However, today the Bucks proved that this was useless with facts. Chamberlain scored 30 points today, thanks to their fouls. He stepped onto the free throw line in a total of twelve times, and then scored 14 points by relying solely on free throws and self-dumping.
With Li Qun, he gained money. With Samar leaving, although Chamberlain now has a car but does not have a driver's license. He usually takes a taxi when he goes to the stadium to play games. When he gets off the plane in San Francisco, Li Qun drives him to the training hall in that Hyundai SUV.
Chamberlain entered the training hall and was quiet inside, but there was still someone there. The old man who once brought Laven to train him was sitting on a chair, holding a hamburger in his hand, and was slowly chewing.
I love hamburgers so much. Chamberlain really wants to ask, hamburgers are so delicious? I feel like you are eating this thing every time I see you.
"I knew you would come to train." The old man laughed when he saw Chamberlain. His face had many pleats, but he was fat and cute.
If Chamberlain didn't know the identity of this little old man now, he would be too idiotic. This person is the legendary godfather of the Warriors, Eddie Gottrib. The news was found by Chamberlain from the newspaper "USA-TODAY". There were pictures in the newspaper at that time. He had inquired about the team before that the people of the Warriors either did not know this little old man, or knew him but did not mention his identity.
Chamberlain was still full of respect for this legendary warrior godfather, not because of Gotrib's amazing identity, but because the old man helped him a lot: providing him with a super trainer for free, and also supporting him in the newspaper. He must remember this love.
Chamberlain picked up the basketball and made a long shot. The ball hit the ball and bounced back. He smiled and said, "Look, my ability is still very poor, of course I need to train."
The old man ate the burger in three bites, then patted the debris stained on his hands, shook his head and said, "No, Z, you shouldn't do this. You need to rest. You need to rest after the game. Do you know that Xiao Tang gives you vacation after every game? It is to give you time to rest your body. Now your body is running overloaded, just like a machine. Maybe it's okay in a short period of time, but after a long time, it will be troublesome."
Chamberlain knew that Alan Houston, the last scorer in the history of the Knicks, was the one who had to use himself to train himself. But he had no choice. He is now like the Chinese nation when the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was poor and was eliminated if he didn't work hard.
Chamberlain may not have a big heart as strong as iron, but he is enterprising and hardworking enough.
Gotrib slapped the bread crumbs in his hand, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and handed it to Chamberlain and said relaxedly: "Rookie, go to this place at 7 o'clock tonight. I invite you to visit my house. Today, my daughter comes back from Europe and I drive a PARTY."
Leaving this note, Gottrib patted Chamberlain's strong back and left slowly. It seemed that he was waiting for Chamberlain for this matter.
After seeing Gotrib off, Chamberlain was still training, but he did not practice strength or speed, he just practiced serving to minimize the load his body was under. In fact, Chamberlain is addicted to training now, and suddenly changed from a gigantic patient to an athlete. Just like a child gaining a satisfying toy, he was full of curiosity about this body, which was his first motivation for training.
Among the NBA players, except for a few paranoids such as Kobe, the past Jordan, and the legendary Tiangou, Jabbar, there are few people who love training like Chamberlain.
He practiced free throws intently until the evening. Chamberlain took a taxi back to Soul Ballet's own doghouse and specially picked a suit to change it. This suit was bought for him by Li Qun. Last time he participated in Old Nelson's PARTY, he also dressed up this outfit.
Sardmons went to the anti-war party, and there was no one at home. Chamberlain changed his clothes and wanted to call a taxi. Jackson happened to call him and asked him if he had any arrangements to take him to the nightclub with him.
Chamberlain laughed and said that it was okay tonight, so he asked Jackson to pick him up. When Jackson's silver-black Chevrolet Coulvette C6 modified sports car came roaring, he quickly got in, and threw the note Gotrib left for him to Jackson, saying, "This is the destination, hurry up."
As soon as he saw the address on the note, Jackson knew that he had fooled Chamberlain. He shouted in anger: "This is a fucking high-end villa area in San Francisco. There are all damn gangsters, and there are no nightclubs at all! My zebra is a rebellious elves, and it is impossible to go to that kind of damn place that binds human nature!"
For American men, the car is their second wife, and they all named the car. Jackson's Chevrolet C6 is called Zebra because the silver-white body is printed with black stripes, which looks like the appearance of a zebra.
Chamberlain acted like he was sitting in the overlord car and told Jackson that this was Eddie Gottrib's home address and invited him to the banquet. If he was late, Jackson would be responsible.
There are people in the world, and the NBA has its own rules. People like Gottrib have their own status in the Warriors like Cardinal Auerbach. Although Jackson is a thorny head, he cannot provoke such people. Otherwise, why would he call them godfathers?
The car passed the majestic Golden Gate Bridge at lightning speed, and rushed all the way. When night fell, we arrived at the villa area where Gotrib left him. Jackson kept chattering on the way, expressing his reluctance. After arriving at the address, he muttered, "Go, the old man's house is not far away."
Chamberlain took the initiative to invite him, "Do you want to go together?"
Jackson immediately shook his head wildly and said firmly: "Of course not, man, you know, I have something urgent. Really, Lee, you know me, I am a man who never lies." He turned around the steering wheel and controlled the C6 around a big turn, then stopped the car, signaling Chamberlain to get out quickly.
Chamberlain curled his lips disdainfully and squinted his eyes and said, "An urgent matter? What urgent matter? Which guy you are going to ask you to go to the stripper bar again, right?"
Listening to Chamberlain's obvious contemptuous words, Jackson slapped the steering wheel indignantly and shouted: "What do you mean? Do you think I am a man who likes to have fun?"
Chamberlain raised his head and stared at Jackson. The latter paused for a moment, and finally muttered reluctantly: "Okay, novices, you're right, I'm going to the bar. But this is also a serious matter, and, do you know, if I go late, the beautiful girl inside would be picked up by another man!"
"That's better than being ruined by you?" Chamberlain interrupted him and laughed.
Jackson grinned his teeth in anger, and the car glided for a while. He stepped on the brakes and stopped the car, raised his eyebrows at the villa in the distance, and said, "Okay, Z, I'm at the ground. Get out of the car quickly. That old man's nest is on this street."
"Really?" Chamberlain asked in confusion, Jackson's obscene smile made him feel bad.
Jackson raised his right hand and said, "Swear to God, it's true!"
Chamberlain waited for him to swear, quickly pressed down his palm, stared at Jackson affectionately and said, "Don't do this, baby, I completely believe in you, don't curse and swear in front of me..."
Looking at Chamberlain's graceful gaze, Jackson felt his skin tightening and his goose bumps jumped up. He cursed in his heart, "Damn it, you're a damn rookie. Since you believe me, why wait until I swear to end before stopping me?
Chamberlain ignored Jackson's expression that seemed to be about to vomit. His expression changed, and suddenly showed a grim expression. He gritted his teeth and said, "But if you play with me, I can guarantee that I will turn your chrysanthemum into a sunflower!"
The whole street is deserted and far away from the lights of the villa. No matter how you look, it doesn't look like the boundary of a high-end villa area.
Jackson pointed at Xiaolu, "You don't trust me? Li, you really hurt me. You don't believe me? The old man's home is on the left side of this road!"
Chamberlain sneered and said, "Then why don't you send me over?"
Jackson rolled his eyes, patted the steering wheel and said, "God, are you a traffic idiot? This path is a fucking one-way road! Have you seen that camera?" Jackson opened the window and pointed out. What appeared in the view of the two was a broken camera floating in the night wind.
"Damn, who broke the camera? It must be those naughty kids." Jackson said angrily, "But no matter what, I can't violate traffic regulations."
Chapter completed!