NBA villain

Chapter 94 Christmas Activities

Yang Di went to the street to buy two bottles of mineral water and some bread and went back. The mineral water in the apartment was used up, so he bought some food to stock up.

As Christmas approaches, NBA teams have begun to do some off-court activities.

For example, like community activities, this is a long-standing NBA gratitude activity, and it is also a way to give back to fans and promote positive energy.

Yang Di was very embarrassed. He felt that he was out of place in Miami. Many fans here hated him. He never had a sense of belonging to the city and the team. The reason why he worked so hard was to make money. More money, a stronger man.

Two days before Christmas, the Heat split into several groups and went to various places.

Caron Butler, Yang Di, Wade, and Odom were assigned to visit the Miami prison.It is located on the most beautiful piece of land in the Miami Bay area, surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, and the surroundings are somewhat desolate. Looking around, the turquoise island and the ancient buildings of the prison seem to be beautiful bonsai that have been taken care of for a hundred years.

The four came to the prison with brand new jerseys, basketballs, delicious food, and a cart full of daily necessities.

The prison had already contacted the Heat officials. After passing through the gate, the four of them came to the prison square. Heat fans were waiting for them. After seeing the four of them, they applauded and cheered.

"Hey buddy, how are you?"

Caron Butler is obviously very familiar with the prison culture. He reached out to shake hands and shoulders with the prisoners inside. Everyone here is wearing casual clothes and ordinary clothes, and everyone is in a good state of mind. Most of them are serious criminals.

"I like your playing style, it fits my taste very well." A bald man about the same height as Yang Di said with a big grin, and ran to Yang Di's side to give Yang Di a high five.

Yang Di smiled friendly, and after high-fiving, bumped into his shoulders and hugged him.

"Hey, that's my pleasure, you look so strong."

"My name is Brown. Nice to meet you." The bald man patted Yang Di's shoulder, his hands were strong, and it hurt to pat Yang Di's shoulder.

Yang Di smiled and said: "Me too, I am Yang Di, nice to meet you."

Everyone helped, and began to move some items from the car. The warden told Yang Di and others that the prison inmates here hold a basketball game every year. Now that it is the last crucial final, they are waiting for the arrival of the basketball stars from the Heat. , and then the final finals will be held in front of them.

"It's cool, I love this game."

Yang Di and others followed the warden and the prisoners to the basketball court. There were about a thousand people in the prison, and the ten strongest men changed their clothes and were preparing for the game on the court.

One side wore the Heat's red jersey and the other side wore a white jersey. The game entered a very intense stage from the beginning.

Yang Di saw that the basketball atmosphere here is really good, and many black players have a high technical level, and there are even many who can complete gliding dunks after dribbling. The physical fitness is really not covered.

"Wow!"

A flying dunk by a player in white caused everyone to exclaim loudly, Yang Di and others all stood up and applauded.

"They usually exercise. I feel that they are not far from the level of professional players." Wade is also an eye-opener. Although he can't meet the NBA standard, he is not as good as the NBA level, or other ways or even overseas. In some leagues, it is more than enough for them to gain a foothold.

"Because of the previous behavior, many league teams are afraid to sign them, and they don't want to be a professional athlete. They are still relatively free and eager for an unrestrained life." The warden said.

So Yang Di and others started to make a special cheerleading team and began to cheer for the players of the two teams. When they saw which team was behind, they cheered for which team.

In the end, the team in white won the victory. A black player about 1.9 meters in height became the MVP of the game. Yang Di and others rushed into the field and gave him high fives to celebrate.

The warden presented him with an award, Yang Di and others signed their names on his jersey, and then everyone stood together, smiling and posing for a group photo.

After that, Odom, Wade, Yang Di and others went on stage to perform dunks one after another, and then under the auspices of the referee, they played heads-up with some players in the prison.

Yang Di also lost to one of the players in the heads-up, but everyone smiled kindly, knowing that Yang Di is not good at offense, but good at defense.

……

On Christmas, the NBA arranged a game between the Rockets and the Lakers.

It is also the "Yao Shark Showdown" established in response to the needs of the majority of Chinese fans. The Lakers' Karl Malone was absent due to injury. The Rockets actually won the game 99 to 87 away. Yao Ming scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks. Inferior to O'Neal, 2 of the blocks were given to O'Neal, which is talked about.

The Heat have no game on Christmas, but after Christmas they have to go to Washington to challenge the Wizards.

In order to let every player spend Christmas happily, the whole team did not choose to go one day in advance, but waited until the game day before going to Washington on the same day.

In the afternoon, the entire Heat team arrived in Washington, and it was too late to take a break. The game started again at 5:30, and every player felt a little tired.

Yang Di is no exception. Fortunately, he is a substitute. He doesn't need to worry about fouls or physical strength. He easily completed the task of playing for 18 minutes, and then scored 4 points and 6 rebounds. The regular data is tepid.The Heat lost the first game of the New Year in Westerners' minds 84 to 92.

Then the cheating thing is that the Heat faced back-to-back games the next day and returned to the Knicks at home overnight.

The Heat's team felt cold, and only Wade's touch was okay. He scored 18 points on 10 of 24 shots, and the rest of the players were in a mess on the offensive end.

Yang Di had no choice but to grab 20 rebounds in 10 minutes of playing time, but the team lost the game by a big score of 80 to 100, and his own scoring also failed.

……

The All-Star voting has entered the most critical stage. After the waiting list was released, some players who are expected to enter the All-Star lineup are conducting canvassing activities.

Since Yao Ming squeezed out O'Neal to enter the All-Star starting lineup last season, many star players have realized the power of Chinese fans. For example, in addition to Yao Ming, in last season, according to the record, according to the data, according to the performance of the court, Francis was unreasonable Entering the All-Star starting lineup, but the Chinese fans love Wujiwu, but they also put Francis into the starting lineup, which made many players jealous.

Yang Dike has never had any extravagant expectations for an All-Star. He is just a substitute player for the team, and his field performance is not as good as that of Yao Ming in the same period last year.

He was a little worried that the fans would put him in the Eastern Conference All-Star starter, which may be a bit too much.

Facts have proved that he thinks too much. His domestic coverage is far less than that of Yao Ming, so his popularity is not particularly high. The things he became famous for several times are all negative things that have nothing to do with the stadium. Fans don’t know much about his performance on the court. How, although many people who know him deeply like him, there are still many people who misunderstand him.

To put it simply, although the fire is hot, there are not many fans.

So when the results of the first round of voting came out, Yang Di was ranked in the top 10 positions of power forwards in the East, not as good as Kurt Thomas. Although he was also very good, he was far from reaching the position of the top group. .

What's interesting is that Yang Di was obviously playing a center forward, but the officials put him in the power forward position.

(End of this chapter)