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Chapter 18 Gaining recognition with strength

Now he really wants to get a name change card and change his name again. How domineering are the names like Long Yuxuan and Long Tran?Long Aotian really can't do it, Long Ritian can too.
That is to say, Yankees do not know the Chinese meaning of the word Totoro, and the meanings of the two words "LonaMao" and "Chinchilla" cannot be connected, otherwise Chinese Americans will really be laughed out of their teeth by others.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from the [Los Angeles Times]. Today you scored 20 points in less than halftime and achieved a near triple-double. How do you think your performance today? Also, Chinese players generally do not perform well in the NBA, except for Yao Ming, several of your compatriots are not satisfactory, when do you think you will encounter your own bottleneck?"

Totoro's eyelids twitched, and the reporter's question was a bit sharp, and there was even a hint of racial discrimination in it.

He usually thinks that he is a good talker, which can be seen from the fact that he can let the blonde sister and the black-haired sister live in his home, but it doesn't matter, everyone has their own bottom line, Chinchilla himself is no exception.

Totoro said that he couldn't bear this kind of discrimination against the Chinese. He liked playing basketball since he was a child, but a large part of the reason why he wanted to play in the MLS so strongly was because of his patriotism. He was like playing in the NBA. The success proves that the nba is not a game that only black and white people can enter, they also have the ability to be the best here!
"Hehe, I don't know why I will encounter bottlenecks, and I don't know what my future trajectory will look like, but as far as my performance today is concerned, I don't think I should be the No. 6 rookie. The Bulls played the game before me, and the No. 30 pick played the whole game to get 7 points and [-] assists. Everyone knows who is better and who is worse. Rose’s debut is not as good as mine.”

Totoro was no longer as polite as before, and his words were very rampant.

"Then you think your draft pick is too low?"

"I don't need to say these things, the data will not lie, and the fans will naturally discern everything."

"Then may I ask, why didn't you show your strength in the ncaa? As far as I know, your college team was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Since you are so confident, why didn't you show your team What about bringing it to the Final Four?"

The reporter was obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he retorted without thinking.

Totoro's face became ugly. He couldn't tell others that it was because he hadn't controlled his body well at that time, so he hit such a shit, right?

"Hmph, if you don't believe us, we can use the statistics of the regular season to explain everything. We'll just have to wait and see."

The Chinese had nothing to say, so they had to stay where they were.

The reporters in the audience saw that Totoro was at a loss for words, and were ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but the old man saw that something was wrong, and immediately waved his hand to announce the end of the press conference, and helped Totoro get off the assembly line to avoid it.

The team took the bus back to the hotel. Ashuai looked at Totoro with a complicated expression. He was a little disappointed in Totoro's speech. As a rookie who just arrived in a game, his speech was a bit ignorant. But thinking of the speeches of those American reporters, he can't blame Totoro.

When he was away from home, he heard that he was looked down upon so much because of things in his home country. If it was him, he would not be able to bear it.

"A person can say those big words, but he must have the ability to match them. If you want others to value you, then you have to use practical actions to silence them."

In the end, Adelman could only say such a sentence to Totoro, and then went back to his room to rest without saying a word.

The next day, the Rockets had no training opponents. Totoro turned on the computer in the hotel room and browsed the webpage. As expected, it was full of news about him. Totoro's words yesterday successfully grabbed the headlines of several newspapers for him.

"The Chinese-American small forward speaks wildly, thinking that he is the best rookie in the 08 class. I hope this is not a joke in advance of April Fool's Day-Los Angeles Times"

"The No. 6 rookie thinks he has the right to speak about the strength of a first-line star. This is really a very stupid thing. He thinks he can match the No. [-] pick Rose, but everyone knows this is a joke——Cleveland Real Report"

"This is the best example of arrogance and arrogance. I hope he can learn from his compatriot Yao Ming in his team and learn the humility that Chinese people should have. - New York Times"

Looking at the mocking reports on the Internet, Totoro felt that his anger could burn the piss of those posting through the screen.

However, he did not make any irrational actions like smashing the computer, because he felt that what Adelman said to him yesterday was right, and the best way to make people not underestimate him was to use his strength to shut up those guys, especially It's him who has pushed himself to the edge of the storm, and he can't make any mistakes in the next few summer league games.

Now this is actually not a bad thing, because of his impulsiveness, he has greatly increased his popularity. If he behaves well, those critics who criticized him at the beginning will disappear immediately, leaving only those kneeling and licking voices , he knows all too well the virtues of these media.

The same goes for the fans. Chinese fans and American fans are not fools. They will be misled by the media for a while, but the performance on the field cannot be misled by the media. As he himself said, as long as he plays a beautiful game Statistics, leading the team to victory, no one will not accept him, and he does not look like that kind of vicious face, in fact, in addition to being inferior to those first-line stars, Totoro has a strong body and a slender body with edges and corners With a distinct face, it is more than enough for him to be a second-tier star if he doesn't play basketball.

Chinchilla threw down the computer, picked up the dumbbells in the room, and began to train himself for strength training.

He's going to play against the Los Angeles Clippers tomorrow, and it just so happens that those media also have the Los Angeles Times, so it's right to take the team in your city!
(End of this chapter)