God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 162 The Trip to Philadelphia
After bidding farewell to Popovich, Chang Wei took a taxi directly to the hotel where the room was opened in advance, carefully put the letter of recommendation in his bag, took a comfortable bath, lay down on the bed and fell asleep soundly.

Before meeting Popovich, Chang Wei's nerves were tense. He thought that Popovich, as Brown's disciple, would definitely ask himself many tricky and weird questions out of a sense of responsibility.But what he didn't expect was that Popovich had full confidence in him, and just made a small joke, he directly stuffed him with a recommendation letter, and even helped him book a hotel in advance.

In this way, Chang Wei's nerves were completely relaxed, and falling asleep immediately was a matter of course.As for the air ticket to Philadelphia, he plans to go directly to the airport to buy it tomorrow. At worst, it will be delayed a little bit. The most important thing now is to make up for his sleep.It was already past 4 pm when Chang Wei came to the hotel, but he slept until 9 pm as soon as he woke up. If his stomach didn't wake him up, he would probably sleep until the next morning.

After going out to eat something casually, Chang Wei went back to his room and stayed indoors.Although he couldn't fall asleep again for a while, he was not idle. The Spurs didn't book a high-end suite for him, but there was still a computer in the room. Chang Wei turned it on casually, and planned to check it online first. Information about the 76ers, so as not to be caught off guard by Brown.

The 76ers are a team with a long history. Their predecessor was the Syracuse Nationals, a veteran team that joined the league in 1946. They moved to Philadelphia in 1963 to replace the relocated Philadelphia Warriors (ie, the Cash State Warriors) , and changed its name to the Philadelphia 76ers to commemorate the signing and declaration of the American Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776.Since the establishment of the team, the 76ers have won three championships in total. Stars such as "Basketball Emperor" Chamberlain, "Dr. J" Irving and Moses Malone have all played for the 76ers.

The current star of this team is undoubtedly the No. 1996 pick in the 76 draft, Allen Iverson, but there are no particularly strong players in the team other than him.Chang Wei went to the official website to look at the list of players, and found that the only ones he could remember were Kukoc, Snow and Ratliff. Among them, Kukoc was still the team's sixth man. There is no second star besides Sen. Mutombo, who helped Iverson reach the finals in his previous life, is still in the Eagles!
In Chang Wei's view, this is a typical single-core team. The reason why the 76ers can firmly stand in the top four in the Eastern Conference is entirely because Iverson is too incomprehensible. As long as he can break out, the team Winning is no problem.But if Iverson is in poor condition or is defended to death, the team will lose in all likelihood, and even if it wins, it will basically be a miserable victory.

This kind of team is Chang Wei's favorite. There are leading stars, but the second strong point is not outstanding, and because of the record, there are no high-ranking rookies. .But Iverson is not easy to get along with, at least in the memory of Chang Wei's previous life, unruly is the label of this small star.Later, someone revealed that Brown was kicked out because of his disagreement with Iverson. Although no one came out to prove it, it also fully showed Iverson's character. He was not the good boy Chang Wei met before... …

Thinking of this, Chang Wei smiled self-deprecatingly. He was not sure if he could get Larry Brown's favor, so he began to worry about the 76ers. If Brown rejected him at that time, wouldn't he have to beat himself up? s face?Looking at his watch, it was almost 11 o'clock in the evening, Chang Wei decisively turned off the computer, lay down again and fell asleep.

The next morning, Chang Wei arrived at the airport refreshed. There was a flight to Philadelphia at 9:27, so he quickly bought an economy class ticket.Chang Wei was lucky. Although the weather in San Antonio was not good today, his flight was not delayed. The plane took off on time and took him back to the east coast of the United States.

It's not the first time Chang Wei has come to Philadelphia, but the last time he came to this city was purely traveling with his parents, and he didn't go to the 76ers' home court to see it. This time he can just make up for it.Walking out of the airport lobby, Chang Wei hailed a taxi casually, and said to the driver very familiarly, "Take me to Fuguo Center Stadium, please, thank you!"

Unexpectedly, the driver looked confused and asked, "Sir, what are you talking about?"

Only then did Chang Wei come to his senses, Nima, he brought out his pre-rebirth name again, and now the 76ers' home court is in that location, but the name is not Fuguo Center Arena, this arena has been renamed Fuguo Center Arena The museum has to wait until 2010!He wiped off his cold sweat and said, "It's nothing, I'm just talking nonsense, please take me to the First League Center Arena."

"Oh? Are you a fan of the 76ers too?" The driver was not busy driving, turned his head around and asked in surprise.

Chang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, I am a fan of AI, but can you please send me there as soon as possible? I have something urgent." Although Chang Wei was not a fan of anyone before or after rebirth , but now on the territory of the 76ers, and people have asked this, casually saying that he is an Iverson fan without losing a piece of meat, there is no need to make two people unhappy.

It seems that because he saw a fellow driver, the driver started talking while driving, bragging about how awesome the 76ers and Iverson are, and Chang Wei had to follow along.Although I feel that the driver is a bit nagging, Chang Wei has seen the basketball atmosphere in Philadelphia. An ordinary fan has such fanatical support for the team. It seems that the 76ers have a high status in this city. The basketball atmosphere in the whole city It's also very good, which is a good sign.

After driving for nearly half an hour, the car finally stopped at the entrance of the First League Center Arena.Originally, Chang Wei wanted to give the driver some tips, but he only accepted the fare and left Chang Wei a phone number, and told him that if he needed a taxi in Philadelphia, he could call him at any time, and then drove The car flew away.

Looking at the taillights of the car fading away, Chang Wei smiled and put the change back in his wallet.Apparently, the driver thought that Chang Wei was also a 76ers fan, so he waived his tip. This made Chang Wei funny and moved, which also made him more determined to help the 76ers win the fourth O'Brien Cup. idea.

Chang Wei turned around, looked at the First League Center Arena standing there quietly, took a deep breath, and walked towards the door with big strides, but he didn't know whether this place was a place for him. new start.

(End of this chapter)