Chapter 724: Five brothers competing for the championship
The hurricane left New Orleans after five days of storm.
The rich area where Tang Tian is located is located in the upper reaches, and the losses are not large, but the losses are heavy in the downstream.
Most of the Port of New Orleans was damaged, with more than 100,000 people displaced and 50 died in the hurricane.
When the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 has not yet completely faded, it is really cruel for the New Orleans to experience such a disaster after ten years.
Many people who still live here have doubts about whether to stay or not.
At this moment, Tang Tian immediately posted the news on his personal Twitter.
He will establish the Tang Tian and Olsen Global Foundation and invest $10 million as the foundation's start-up capital.
The first fund from this foundation will be used for post-disaster reconstruction efforts in New Orleans.
After Tang Tian’s Twitter was released, many NBA stars immediately stood up to support him.
Kobe will invest 1 million to the foundation when he responds on Twitter as soon as possible.
James, Harden, Wade, Duncan and other stars are forwarding and expressing their willingness to donate.
In the face of disaster, grudges and other things become worthless.
In Hollywood, Emma Watson is the first person to stand out.
When Tang Tian posted a tweet, Watson called to ask about his condition and immediately donated $500,000 to the foundation.
Following this, Scott and Yeats donated money and forwarded it, they also called on Hollywood movie stars to participate.
After that, the wealthy people in New Orleans and surrounding cities also donated.
There are even many fans in China who support it, and Lin Huanyu donated 10 million yuan personally, living up to the reputation of the super rich second generation.
Tang Tian also asked Carl to put the money raised by the foundation into use as soon as possible, and it was open and transparent.
This approach has greatly encouraged the confidence of those victims in New Orleans.
Soon, New Orleans Mayor Jeff Hunter also invited Tang Tian to the front line of disaster resistance.
Tang Tian's appearance made the victims cheer for it.
He has established great popularity in New Orleans in the past two years, and now he has become a source of confidence for these victims.
“The spiritual pillar of New Orleans.”
"He's not just a basketball star, he's a New Orleans hero."
"The meaning of a Chinese to a city, from Chinese Street to the Foundation, is a symbol of New Orleans."
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The media also hyped Tang Tian.
However, after experiencing such a disaster, this kind of publicity played a very positive role.
It is no exaggeration to say that he strengthened the confidence of many people to continue living in New Orleans.
The reconstruction after the disaster will be a long process, and Tang Tian asked Carl to devote himself to the foundation's movement.
He and his brothers continued to train.
This disaster made Tang Tian have more ideas about the new season.
During the post-disaster reconstruction process, if the city can bring the first NBA championship, it will be unprecedentedly encouraged.
Just like the Saints won the championship in 2010, although it had been five years since Hurricane Katrina, it still brought great encouragement to the post-disaster reconstruction of New Orleans.
If we can win the championship in the first year after the disaster, it will not be more effective.
On the first day of training, Butler performed extremely hard.
After the training, several other people went home with Tang Tian one after another, but Butler did not leave.
“I’ll stay in the training hall tonight.”
This is what Butler and Tang Tian said.
"I have been missing a week of training and I have to hurry up and practice back."
This week naturally refers to this end of the hurricane.
Butler felt that he wasting a week and had to practice it back through extra practice!
Sure enough, this guy's attitude towards training is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
However, Tang Tian was not too surprised to know Butler's personality.
The next day, Jokic also slept at the training hall with him.
Considering that he had a "criminal record" before, this seems reasonable.
Butler finally found someone to be with him.
The post-disaster reconstruction in New Orleans is underway, and their hard training brothers' training camp is also sweating.
His parents returned to China soon after, and Tang Tian also devoted more time to training.
Time flies in mid-September, and more than a month has passed, and their training results are very significant.
McGee's defense is obviously better than before, and Davis's low-post offense has become much more skilled.
Tang Tian’s three threats were also adapted very well.
The Pelicans' lineup changes in summer are not large, but their overall strength has steadily improved.
In mid-September, the hard training brothers training camp ended, Walker and the others were preparing to leave New Orleans.
"You must beat this guy Clay."
After "fed up" Thompson's "showing off" for a summer, Irving couldn't help but say to Tang Tian before leaving.
"Don't worry, I'll meet you in the finals."
Thompson also continued his "show off" and smiled and threw a look at Owen.
"No, I'm the one who entered the finals this year."
Butler followed.
Walker smiled bitterly and shook his head. These guys are all winning the championship this year.
But as he smiled, he felt a little sad.
He seemed to be the only one who fell behind.
Tang Tian went over and patted his shoulder.
"You need to beat Carey."
Walker nodded firmly when he heard Tang Tian's words.
Everyone else is in the west, only he and Irving are in the east.
When he and Tang Tian defeated Duke in Kangda, he also wanted to defeat the Cavaliers this year.
Nothing is impossible unless you dare not think about it.
The competition for the new season is also the championship battle between their five brothers.
The hard training camp ended, and the Pelicans' training camp also began.
Tang Tianxuan ended the training camp at this time to prevent the training of him and Davis and others from interrupting.
On the first day of the training camp, except for the newly joined Boyan and Joe Harris, who had not arrived yet, the rest of the team members arrived.
The loss to the Warriors last season made them more unwilling than the previous defeat to the Grizzlies. This season, their desire to defeat the Warriors and win the championship is unprecedentedly strong.
It will take two days for Stevens to arrive, and the assistant coach will take them to train in these two days.
But what most players could not imagine was that their assistant coach was Monty Williams!
After Williams was fired by the Pelicans, like Mark Jackson at the time, he did not get favored by other teams because of his lack of tactics.
Mark Jackson can still return to his TNT and continue to be a commentator, and Williams is directly unemployed.
At this time, it was his choice to be an assistant coach of a team.
At this moment, after Demps and Stevens communicated, the two went to find Williams together.
After some exchange, Demps offered him a 4-year, 5 million assistant contract, and Williams agreed to return to the Pelicans as the first assistant coach.
"What are you looking at? Training quickly, don't you want to take revenge or win the championship?"
Williams looked at the surprised expressions of the team members and shouted directly.
This is something that many people cannot accept from head coach to first assistant coach and returning to the original team.
But Williams accepted it, and could see that he was very clear about it.
It’s better to stay in familiar places as a teacher, and the salary you get is not low.
Chapter completed!