Chapter 18
Tonight, Derrick Rose, the No. 1 pick who was originally going to be the biggest winner, missed the championship trophy and O. Instead, Xie Kai became the biggest winner.
Xie Kai became a main member of the NCAA championship team tonight, won one, and unexpectedly received the nickname "K God" which sounds pretty cool.
The teammates expressed congratulations to Xie Kai, and he shook hands and hugged his teammates in turn. Although it is an individual honor, basketball is a team sport, and any individual honor is based on the team.
After the awards were given, reporters conducted interviews with the winning Kansas soldiers in order to gain first-hand information. Almost all major sports media in the United States sent capable reporters to the scene, which shows the high level of attention paid to the NCAA championship finals.
Professional sports reporters are very sensitive, and their professional sense of smell makes them instinctively focus on people who are more topical and newsworthy.
——Xie Kai is one of the protagonists tonight!
It was the first time in Xie Kai's life that he was surrounded by so many reporters. The feeling of being directed by cameras and cameras was a bit new, and he was still a little uncomfortable with it. He was not a person who could handle the media with ease, at least not yet.
"Kane, you performed so well today, what's the secret?"
"As Coach Bill's 'secret weapon', was this what you agreed before the game?"
"You got o, how do you feel?"
"Will you enter the nba draft?"
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A bunch of questions came to Xie Kai, and he didn't know who to answer. The flashlight kept hitting his face, and the sounds all around him were so confusing that he even felt a little dizzy.
Xie Kai didn't know how he answered the question at that time. He only knew that he was pulled away by his teammate Brandon Rush. He was very grateful to this roommate, because if he had been asked like this, he might have lost his composure.
As the actual helmsman of the championship team, Coach Bill Self of the University of Kansas’s deployment of troops in this game has been highly recognized both inside and outside the circle. His thorough study of his opponents allowed him to play on the ball in such a crucial game.
When the team was lagging behind, they boldly reused two foreign players, Xie Kai and Sasha Cowan, who were not optimistic before the game. The outstanding performance of Xie Kai became a turning point in the game.
Being able to strategize and come back to win when the opponent's strength on paper is inferior is the charm of a coach's skills and tactics, the charm of formations, and the charm of competitive sports.
At this time, Coach Self was also surrounded by reporters. Unlike Xie Kai, he was a newbie and had no experience in dealing with the media. He had been the coach for many years and had already been calm in the face of such scenes.
The reporter asked: "Coach Bill, congratulations on winning the championship. What do you think?"
Coach Self responded excitedly: "We couldn't score for a while, whether it was 2 points or 3 points. So we decided to give the ball to our most reliable kid: Kane, and he certainly lived up to expectations."
The reporter asked again: "Can you please make a brief comment on this game?"
Coach Self nodded and replied: "The University of Memphis played very well today. They played very tenaciously and their defense caused us a lot of trouble. But what I want to say is that we played better today.
I want to thank my players, all the fans here who support Kansas, and of course all the coaches who have coached at Kansas, thank you for bringing Kansas basketball to where it is now, thank you all!"
In a Chinese restaurant in the most famous Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, a group of people were surrounding the large TV in the restaurant, watching the award ceremony of the NCAA championship finals. From time to time, laughter and congratulations could be heard.
And most people speak Mandarin.
Most of this group of people are East Asians with yellow skin and dark eyes. Some of them are sitting and some are standing. The leader is a middle-aged woman wearing a hot red fashion, with permed curly hair, and a fat body.
At this time, the middle-aged woman's face was filled with a smile, and a fat hand was holding a tissue to wipe the tears on her cheek excitedly. It was obvious that she was in a very good mood.
"Sister Guixiang, congratulations. Your son is so promising. He really makes us yellow people look good!" A middle-aged woman with a large mole on her chin said with a smile to the fat woman wiping her tears.
"Thank you, thank you!" The fat woman liked hearing such words and smiled even more happily.
This fat woman's name is Chen Guixiang, and she is Xie Kai's mother. Her current identity is as the daily manager of this Chinese restaurant. The actual owner of this Chinese restaurant is her husband's sister, Xie Kai's aunt - Xie Meiya
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Xie Meiya owns more than one Chinese restaurant, so she doesn't come to this restaurant often, and the management tasks are left to her sister-in-law.
Most of the people who come here to spend money are nearby residents, mostly overseas Chinese, Chinese and ethnic Chinese. Those watching the game in the store at this time are all regular customers here, and most of them are immigrants from China.
The reason why Chen Guixiang burst into tears is because as a mother, she knows very well how much her son Xie Kai loves basketball, how hard he works, and how much he wants to achieve something in the field of basketball. In order to realize his basketball dream, they took steps to
My family has really sacrificed a lot to immigrate here.
"Guixiang, if your son wins the championship, will he have a chance to play in the NBA?" asked a middle-aged man in his 50s.
"This..." Chen Guixiang doesn't know much about basketball and doesn't know what the requirements are for entering the NBA, but she knows very well that entering the NBA has always been her son Xie Kai's dream.
"I'm telling you, Uncle Gen, if Sister Guixiang's son can get an O from the NCAA, there will definitely be no problem in entering the NBA. You know, this is the first person in Asia to get an O!" said a young man in his 30s.
"Zhonghua, what you mean is that Xie Kai has the opportunity to play in the NBA like Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and others!" The middle-aged man named "Uncle Gen" said with a smile.
"Yeah, it's very profitable to play in the NBA. Although you have to pay wages, people there usually have an annual salary of several million dollars, which is a lot of money!" This young man named "Zhonghua" is obviously interested in
NBA knows a lot more than these uncles and aunties, and they speak clearly and logically.
Chen Guixiang heard that there were so many benefits to joining the NBA, and she couldn't even close her mouth with laughter.
"Guixiang, your son is awesome. He has given us yellow people a good face. You are a good teacher!" Uncle Gen said.
Chapter completed!