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Chapter 4 The Four Heavenly Kings
After coming to the United States, Tianyang lived in the school dormitory at the beginning, and only rented in the King's Avenue community when he was in the second grade.

In three years, he has gotten to know almost everyone in the community, old and young.He has helped many people and has been helped by many.

This self-proclaimed 'Bay Area Buckley' is the owner of a supermarket chain and has been seen a few times at the community basketball court.

This person's real name is Tasker, and his height is just over 190cm, but his weight is close to 100KG. He has a big butt but is not fat, not strong.Tianyang's impression of him is that he is very good at grabbing rebounds and dominates the community court.

With Tasker around, the team's rebounds will definitely be guaranteed.Curious, Tianyang clicked on the profiles of the other people.

Center Plum, as for his nickname 'Bay Area O'Neal', must have been given by that unashamed guy in Tuckers.Tianyang also knows this person, a security guard who just went to work in the King's Avenue community last week, a local Palo Alto, big fat black brother with a height of nearly 200 cm.

The reason why Tianyang remembered him was that he ate 3 KFC colorful family buckets on the first day of work, then wiped his mouth, rushed out of the duty room, and stopped a car that wanted to enter the community without swiping his card.

The guy who drove the car happened to be the player who participated in this competition – point guard Cui Ren, he is the same age as Tianyang, a 20-year-old Chinese boy, according to him, his haircut was messed up by a hair stylist , I had a big fight with the hair stylist, and I was very upset, but I just didn't want to swipe my card.

Tusk also gave Cui Ren a nickname, "Bay Area Iverson", which made Tianyang laugh so hard that his stomach ached, but Tusk insisted that this would scare the opponent.

The last member of the team surprised Tianyang. He was the owner of a second-hand bookstore outside the community. His name was the same as that of the legendary player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.He was quite old, probably 45 years old, maybe more than that.He is old, his breakthrough is not very good, and his shooting is very slow, but he has a low-post hook skill, and he is often seen on the court using this trick to sanction Tusk.

After reading the profiles of several people, Tianyang understood that if he joined the team, he should be a shooting guard.

He clicked on Tasker's avatar and started typing: "Is it just the five of us? No substitute?"

In less than a minute, Tasker replied to the message: "It is an amateur game, the intensity is not high, and there should be no injuries. If it happens, it can only be considered bad luck for us."

When Tasker said this, Tianyang suddenly remembered that there were only 12 teams participating in the first Northern California Community Basketball Tournament, and Palo Alto's opponents in the first two rounds, Fremont and Milpitas, were still there. Palo Alto's Palo Alto Kings Road Community basketball team made the cut with a temporary waiver.

But in the third round, the Kings Avenue community basketball team encountered the Oakland Warriors, the most powerful team in Northern California, and was eliminated by 58 points. Of course, the Oakland Warriors won the championship.

"With you joining this year, we will definitely go further. In the past, you never played full-court confrontation with us. If you didn't hit a super long shot at Staples, we wouldn't know you are so good. How about it? No time? Are you interested?"

For Tianyang, the graduation project has already been completed, and the credits are completely enough. If he hadn't been helping Morena with the graduation project before, he would have more free time.

As for his interests, of course he has them, and he just needs a dribbling video, so that this arrogant machine in his hand can analyze and improve his own shortcomings.

"I'll join!" Tianyang immediately made a decision.

"Okay, welcome to join, you first transfer 1000 dollars to me"

"Fuck, why do you want money too?"

"The team's unified jersey, transportation, drinks, dinner, and cheerleading all cost money. I have calculated that if we reach the finals, it will cost at least 2000 US dollars. I will pay 1000 for this part, and you will pay 1000. The three of them don't need it." Come out, didn’t you just get a $3 reward, it’s time to give back to the community.”

The other 3 people don't need to pay, Tianyang understands very well, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Plum have low income, Cui Ren is currently unemployed, but what the hell is a cheerleading team?

"How about inviting some children and old ladies to help us cheer for the away game?"

"I understand when you say that... Will there be a reward for winning the championship?"

"Of course, the Golden State Warriors will send someone to present awards in the finals. Each member of the championship team will be rewarded with three playoff tickets, except for the position on the sidelines. With a record of 72 wins and 10 losses, it is definitely hard to get a ticket in the playoffs, and it will be worthwhile to change hands or watch it by yourself.”

"That's not bad. Apart from the Oakland Warriors, are there any stronger teams this year?"

"There are no strong teams, and don't worry if there are strong teams. The secret to victory in the field is two tricks-control rebounds and hit shots. I can guarantee rebounds. You are responsible for shooting. Let's team up and sweep Northern California!"

"Then it's such a happy decision! When will the match start?"

"Tomorrow will start directly. The first match after Christmas. Our opponent is the Mountain View team next door. They are not strong enough. We will win by at least 30 points!"

"So fast, are the team uniforms ready?"

"I have ready-made..."

"I'll go... Are you taking advantage of your position to sell your stuff?"

"What are you thinking? I provide it to everyone for free, and most of the cost is spent on transportation and dinners. You have known me for so long, do I look like that kind of person?"

"All right……"

Determined to pay attention, the two discussed some details and agreed to meet at the south gate of the community at [-] o'clock the next morning and drive to Mountain View City.

Before going to bed, Tianyang notified Aaron to meet up in Mountain View City. In his opinion, the American community basketball game might attract the attention of domestic fans. He wrote a few articles to promote it, and Aaron might gain a lot of fans.

……

Northern California is a general term for the Bay Area with San Francisco at its core, while Southern California is centered on Los Angeles.In the past few years, the Drew League in Southern California has developed rapidly, and many big-name players, such as Kobe and Harden, have patronized it.

In comparison, the streetball league in Northern California has been tepid, but since the rise of the Golden State Warriors and won the NBA championship to dominate the Pacific Division, the community basketball competition in Northern California has received more and more attention. The Warriors In order to consolidate the fan base, the team specially sent someone to take charge of this competition.

SkyOcean Five arrived in Mountain View City at exactly 10:[-] am. They will challenge the 'Castro Community Basketball Team', and the venue of the game is in the opponent's community.

Following the Warriors staff, Tianyang and the five entered the community. As soon as they walked to the court, they were dumbfounded.

I saw men, women and children in the Castro community dressed in uniform, all holding signs, moving in unison, and shouting slogans deafeningly.

The Castro players are all young and strong, some are doing push-ups, some are hanging from the rim, some are doing leg presses, but no one looks at the Tianyang Five, as if they don’t let them go at all. in the eyes.

Before the start of the game, the representatives of the residents of the Castro community came to the venue to give a speech. After a long speech, they lavishly praised their team, and then politely welcomed the SkyOcean Five with one sentence.

Then there was the player introduction session. Every player of the Custoro team could enjoy warm cheers when they stood up. The five Tianyang players came on the stage, and there were only sporadic applause.

Five minutes before the start of the game, Aaron also rushed over, greeted Tianyang, and immediately started a live broadcast of graphics and texts on the basketball forum.

He just sent out the photo of Tianyang Five, and received dozens of replies in an instant, among which the one with the most likes was:

"Lord, the members of the King's Avenue community basketball team look like the four kings of the field. We all know that your brother is the 'tall, thin, and long-distance shot king'; He is a "flexible and deadly fat man"; the older one may be the "grand hooker"; the big butt is definitely a "short rebounder", and the other Chinese boy can't see the characteristics, but this team is definitely awesome. Champion."

(End of this chapter)