The two most famous streets in Hollywood, everyone first came to Sunset Boulevard, ready to buy something, and then went to the Avenue of Stars.
"Hey, is that Charles Barker?"
"Lightning Kevin Johnson?"
"Looks like the Suns will play the Clippers tomorrow."
"Who is the biggest big man, Old K? He is indeed a thug for the Suns. This outfit fits his identity."
As soon as the five people got off the bus, they immediately attracted attention. Many people stopped, but few came up to disturb them.
"What do you want to buy?"
Lao Wang asked while looking around curiously.
"We are planning to change our mobile phone. I heard that IBM has launched a new mobile phone with a touch screen. It is very novel and a new product. We have discussed it and plan to try it." Dan Marley said excitedly.
"The SMS service was launched last year, but my big guy can't use it, so I plan to replace it." Kevin Johnson shook the brick phone in his hand.
Lao Wang looked envious and said: "Are you all going to change your mobile phones? Then can you lend me the ones you have eliminated for two days?"
Barkley laughed and said: "Old K, your contract is not too small, so you don't need to be so economical, right?"
"Frugality is a virtue." Lao Wang said nonchalantly.
A few people visited the IBM store on Sunset Boulevard and saw a few millionaires from the NBA. The clerk's face was all smiles and his service attitude was super good. He recommended the latest products to everyone, worth 6,000 US dollars.
touch screen mobile phone.
This thing was much smaller than a brick. Wang Tiejun took it and held it in his hand. It was not as big as his palm, and the so-called touch screen was not that big either.
He looked disgusted and said: "Is this the thing? I have to sharpen my fingers before I can poke it."
"Pfft, haha..." Several people burst into laughter.
Several shop assistants looked at Lao Wang helplessly, looking at those huge fingers, it seemed that they really needed to be sharpened.
In the end, Barkley and the others changed it. This is the most popular and latest mobile phone this year. Holding this thing means fashion and status.
"Brother, I'll throw this brick for you." Lao Wang grabbed the Lukia brick that Kevin Johnson eliminated in his hand.
Kevin Johnson smiled helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you."
"Brothers are brothers, can you lend me your phone card for two days?" Lao Wang asked quickly.
"roll!"
Kevin Johnson laughed and cursed.
After leaving the store, a few people walked along Sunset Avenue towards the Avenue of Stars.
Lao Wang walked at the front with his head held high, wearing a suit and leather shoes, wearing sunglasses, and holding a mobile phone in his hand. He looked like the boss of the club.
Along the way, he met some Hollywood stars, even two from the A-list.
There are many tourists coming to the Avenue of Stars. It receives tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world every day, and nearly 10 million people visit it every year.
A few big men walked together and swaggered all the way. Of course, it was very attractive, and it also became an event attraction on the Avenue of Stars.
The sidewalks are paved with brass stars and thousands of five-pointed terrazzo, with the names of prominent figures in the entertainment industry everywhere.
"This foreign girl is good, um, this one is also good..."
Comrade Lao Wang is not interested in seeing the names of those outstanding people, and he doesn't know them. His interest is in appreciating the beauties on this street.
"Wow, Anna May Wong's stars!"
Yu Feihong finally found the star he wanted to see. This was the first Chinese to leave her name on the Avenue of Stars, and she was a woman.
"Well, this girl seems pretty good and has quite a temperament. Is she Chinese?"
At this time, a man's muttering sounded next to her, speaking in Tianjin dialect. She looked back curiously...
"Um?"
I only see the chest, but where is the head?
"So high?!"
She quickly looked up and opened her mouth wide.
"Hey, you're not Chinese?"
When Lao Wang heard this, he realized that the BJ accent was quite genuine and friendly. He quickly took off his sunglasses, stepped forward and shouted, "Hey, are you a BJ girl?"
"No, I'm studying in BJ. Are you from Tianjin?"
Yu Feihong took two steps back. First, it was an instinctive safety reaction, and second, he felt that the pressure of this giant was too great, so he had to retreat, and it was too taxing on his neck to talk to this giant with his head raised.
"I live in Cangzhou, Hebei, which is only 80 kilometers away from Tianjin, and I have the same accent." Lao Wang said happily.
"Old K, have you met a fellow countryman?"
Buckley heard Wang Tiejun speaking Chinese with an Asian girl and asked not far away.
"That's right, my fellow countryman, you go first and wait for me in front. I'll come over after chatting for a few words." Wang Tiejun said hurriedly.
"Don't worry, we are waiting for you in front." Kevin Johnson said.
"Your friend?"
After taking a look at the four Buckleys leaving, Yu Feihong asked casually.
"Yes, I play basketball with them."
Lao Wang squatted down as he spoke. He felt that it was quite taxing on his neck to lower his head and talk to this girl.
"basketball?"
Basketball has little influence in China. Football is the most popular. She rarely sees basketball games broadcast on TV stations.
She saw Wang Tiejun squatting down, and she, who had a very masculine personality, also squatted down, and the two squatted on the Avenue of Stars and started chatting.
"My name is Wang Tiejun. You can call me Lao Wang. What's your name?" Lao Wang asked.
"My surname is Yu. I am an actor. I came here to make a movie." Yu Feihong said.
"So you are a movie star, so I'll call you Lao Yu." Lao Wang said.
Yu Feihong rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I am 71 years old, am I very old? Just call me Brother Fei, my classmates all call me Brother Fei."
Lao Wang quickly changed his words and said: "Let's call him Yu Yu. I'm 70 years old and I'm one year older than you. How can I call you brother?"
He lied about his age. He was older than this girl, so he had a slight psychological advantage.
Yu Feihong asked: "What about you, are you here temporarily to play ball, or are you studying abroad?"
"Me, I will play here for a long time in the future. This time I came to Los Angeles just to compete. Do you know the NBA? I play in this league. This is a commercial professional league that is very famous in the United States.
"Old Wang said.
"nba?"
Yu Feihong muttered for a moment and shook his head, not impressed.
In fact, CCTV 5 has occasionally broadcast some NBA highlights and All-Star clips in the past two years, but for an actor who doesn't care about sports, these are completely unfamiliar words. She never watches CCTV 5 when watching TV.
She added: "But I will come to study abroad next year or in the second half of this year, at the University of Southern California."
"Oh, why don't we leave our contact information? I've been here for more than half a year, and I haven't had any friends from China," Lao Wang said.
Yu Feihong glanced at the brick in Lao Wang's hand and said with a smile: "Lao Wang, it seems that you are quite rich? In China, bp machines are generally used now."
Lao Wang said without any embarrassment: "No, I am picking up someone else's. My teammate just got a new mobile phone. I don't have a mobile phone myself, and I am about to go back to Phoenix to get a mobile phone card. By the way, my team is in Phoenix.
I spent half the season there."
"oh."
Yu Feihong nodded. She was originally a little worried about meeting some bad guys, but seeing that Lao Wang didn't look like a bad guy, she put away some of her wariness, but still didn't say her name.
She didn't have any personal contact information in the United States. She only wrote down the phone number of Lao Wang's rental house.
"Want to watch our game tomorrow? I'll prepare tickets for you." Lao Wang asked.
"I'm afraid not, I have to read the script tonight." Yu Feihong declined as he had no interest in basketball.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes on the Avenue of Stars. They met by chance and didn't want to talk in depth. They soon went their separate ways and waved goodbye.
…
In a dormitory at the University of California, Los Angeles, Ma Jianzheng was packing his luggage with a depressed look on his face and a confused look on his face.
His sports school degree was not recognized by the school and he could not get a scholarship. Without a scholarship, he could not afford to study here. Moreover, his English was not good and he could not communicate smoothly, so he had no choice but to leave.
He had given up everything in the country, even his identity as a national team, and now that it was like this, he wanted to die.
"Old K? Alas!"
Thinking of Wang Tiejun, who came from Hebei and was a member of the Hebei Provincial Team like him, he was now very popular in the NBA, but he didn't even have a chance to play in the NCAA. This huge gap made him feel like he was vomiting blood.
Carrying his bag and suitcase, he sadly opened the door of the dormitory and looked back at the dormitory. The road ahead was bleak!
"bell!"
As he was closing the door, the phone in the living room suddenly rang. He thought for a moment, put down his luggage, went in and picked up the phone.
"Hello, this is dormitory 1805. Who are you looking for?" he stammered.
"Hello, I'm looking for Ma Jian, is he here?" There was a middle-aged man on the other end of the phone.
"Looking for me? I am Ma Jian, who are you?" he asked quickly.
"Are you Ma? Great, I'm Rick Majors, we've been in contact." The other party said.
"Rick?" He didn't quite understand.
"Yes, Rick Majors." The other person slowed down his speech, as if he knew his English was not good.
"Oh, Coach Majors, hello..." He remembered that this was the head coach of the University of Utah, and the two had indeed spoken on the phone.
"Ma Jian, I already know about you. Now there is an opportunity. Are you willing to give it a try?" Majors said slowly.
Ma Jian's English was not as good as Wang Tiejun's when he first came to the United States. He could only understand a few words. He asked a few more questions anxiously before he understood what the other person meant, and he suddenly became happy.
After repeated communication, he understood that the university head coach introduced him to play at a small college in a local community in Utah. If his ability reaches the standards of the University of Utah in the future, he will have the opportunity to join the University of Utah.
He had no other way to go, so of course he agreed.
After hanging up the phone, his heart that was floating in the air finally settled down. Although he couldn't directly enter the NCAA, he finally had a chance.
"bell!"
At this time, the phone rang again.
"Hello... Ma Jian, that's me." He grabbed the phone and found another person looking for him. Could it be that another college head coach was looking for him?
"You are Ma Jian, I am Wang Tiejun, I used to be from the Heb Provincial Team..." Wang Tiejun shouted from the opposite side.
"What?"
Ma Jian did not expect to receive a call from Wang Tiejun.
Although they both played in the HeB provincial team, they didn't know each other. Why did the other party call him? How did he find this number?
Over there, Wang Tiejun thought to himself and shouted: "I called your school several times and found the Bruins to get your dormitory number, but I heard that you dropped out of school? Why do you want to go back to China?"
"That's what happened..." Ma Jian explained.
"Oh, why don't you just join the NBA?" Lao Wang shouted.
"..."
Ma Jian wanted to sneer at Lao Wang. Is it so easy to get into the NBA? Do you think everyone has your luck?
"Want to come out and chat? I'm on the Avenue of Stars right now, that's where..." Lao Wang said.
"Oh, forget it, I'm quite far away from there. Let's talk about it later when we have a chance."
Ma Jian didn't want to go. The difference in their circumstances was too big. A junior who had never met in the provincial team was now the main center of the Suns, which had the best record in the NBA. But on his side, it was embarrassing to meet him.
"Okay, that's it."
Lao Wang heard that Ma Jian had no enthusiasm to continue the conversation, so he could only hang up the phone.
That night, the system suddenly added a bonus of 100 points, saying that David Robinson had a truce.
February 1st, game day.
This morning, Wang Tiejun completed four systematic trainings.
It has been two months since I resumed regular basketball training. It was very difficult at the beginning, but now I have adapted a lot.
Among the four trainings, only strength training consumes the most physical energy. The other three trainings consume less physical energy. Flexibility training is the most painful, and coordination and low-stepping training are the easiest.
At noon, while the Suns were having lunch, the league announced November's Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month, as well as the MVP rankings and rookie rankings through ESPN.
Jordan won the Best of the Month and the first place in the MVP rankings in November, and O'Neal won the Rookie of the Month and the first place in the Rookie Rankings.
Wang Tiejun took a look at his ranking. He has played for a month and his current averages are 37 minutes per game, 16.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.2 steals, 1.3 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3.6 fouls. He ranks 6th among rookies and has improved again.
Ranked 6th, the rise is rapid.
"Old K, that's good. Work harder next month and kill the first few to reach the top three." Buckley encouraged.
"Old K, O'Neal and Mourning are a bit fierce. These two guys are competing for the fourth super center, but Laettner you still have a chance to catch up."
Kevin Johnson also encouraged.
Lao Wang smiled and said: "Don't worry, I can do it."
Dan Malley said: "O'Neal is really too strong. His performance in his rookie season is no less than the rookie season data of the three super centers. His talent is too strong, Mourning is not competitive enough, and his height is a fatal injury.
.”
"O'Neal is a pervert!" Lao Wang blurted out.
After everyone laughed, Barkley laughed and said: "Some media have ranked O'Neal as the fourth super center. This big guy is indeed super talented and historically powerful.
I think his talent has even surpassed the three super centers, because with his size, he can still maintain the same athletic ability as the three super centers, which is really scary."
Everyone couldn't help but nodded. They couldn't deny this even if they wanted to. It was really a visible talent, and all the qualities were fully fulfilled.
"Before the All-Star Game, we have to play against the Magic, Old K, and try to chop another 2010 off his head." Kevin Johnson said.
After scratching his forehead, Lao Wang said solemnly: "I think it's harder to beat him than Dameng and David Robinson.
His agility, strength, and confrontation ability are no less than Dameng, and his speed is no slower than Robinson. I heard that he is gaining weight. If the tonnage is larger, with his explosive quality, he will even far surpass the three super centers. My current strength
, it’s hard to beat him at the basket.”
Barkley nodded and said: "You were able to score 20 points on Dameng and General because you took more shots, and your confrontation ability suppressed them.
Against O'Neal, if you keep the same shots, it will be really difficult to get another 20.
He is more restrained on you. He is too big under the basket and his bounce is comparable to that of a top perimeter player. You may be blocked by him when you take a shot under the basket, so the hook shot may be better."
"Old K, your tonnage has reached 123 kilograms now, right?" Chief trainer Aaron Nelson asked.
"Yes." Lao Wang said.
Nodding, Nelson told head coach Paul Westphal: "Old K's training is going well. Despite gaining weight, his athletic ability has not declined, but has increased.
But what I'm worried about is how intense his confrontation can be, and his body fat percentage is a bit low, so he can easily get injured."
"Not afraid."
Lao Wang immediately said: "I have been practicing Tieshan since I was a child. I am not afraid of confrontation. I told you."
Buckley said with a smile: "I told you before that I would learn from you, but you said I didn't have medicinal oil. Can I do it now?"
"Okay, you can come to my house one day and I will teach you."
Lao Wang laughed and said, "You want to suffer, can I help you?"
In the afternoon, the Suns came to the home arena of the Clippers.
Of course, the Clippers' current home stadium is not the Staples Center. That arena will not be built until 1999, and it may not even be envisioned now.
The Clippers moved their home court this year from the Memorial Arena near the University of Southern California to the Toyota Center in Anaheim. This is because the owner wants to save costs because at the Toyota Center, he can share the rent with another professional team.
Anaheim is 28 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The team took a bus there and entered the arena at four o'clock.
"Old K, when facing an opponent with large tonnage and strength, don't be too hard on defense. That will consume too much physical energy. Be smarter. Your height and wingspan are too advantageous, but now you have none.
Taking advantage of this advantage, your average blocks per game are only a little over, and you can definitely do better. Oliver, you attack and I defend, Old K, now you see how I defend him."
After the warm-up, Barkley began to coach Wang Tiejun on his defensive skills.
"Bang bang..."
Oliver Miller started to dribble and hit Barkley behind him, driving toward the basket.
Barkley did not hold his head like Wang Tiejun. While retreating slowly in small steps, he continued to use small movements to interfere with Miller and disrupt his rhythm.
At this time, the three seconds of the attack were about to expire. Miller took off and took a shot. Barkley took off to block the shot and blocked the former's throw with a slap.
Barkley shouted to Wang Tiejun: "See? You put him in. He is restricted by the attack time and must take action as soon as possible, so that you can be more prepared to defend. Let's do it again, old K, you watch.
"
This time, Barkley let Miller in, but when the latter first came in, he suddenly increased the intensity of the confrontation, pushed forward again, and disrupted Miller's rhythm with a steal, forcing him to just
Being able to take a hasty shot, Barkley took off to block the shot. Although he missed the shot, the ball missed the target and missed very far.
"See? The offense must have a rhythm, and the defense must also have a rhythm. By forcing the opponent into your rhythm, you will be more proactive in defense."
Barkley said to Wang Tiejun.
Miller was so jealous that a superstar was teaching a rookie step by step. Why didn't he get this kind of treatment?
He originally wanted to leave the Suns, but his agent stopped him and asked him to at least finish his rookie season with the Suns, because he could still get a lot of playing time with the Suns. If he left here, he would be traded after his rookie season.
As a rookie, it is difficult for him to be taken seriously by other teams.
Now he still has a problem, he can't control his mouth, his tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, and his mobility is getting weaker and weaker.
To put it simply, he is now the top player in the league.
