From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 159 Faces
After becoming the ticket king of the All-Star game, Jiang Hu accepted interviews from reporters and media after the game.

"Thank you fans and friends all over the world, thank you for your love, thank you so much!!"

"The All-Star voting champion is a huge motivation for me. It means that there are many people who like to watch me play. For players, this is a meaningful thing."

"I don't think I've achieved much, it's the passionate fans who put me in this position."

"Our players have encountered a good era. We have gained too much, material things, spotlights, applause, and honors, but all of these are actually brought to us by the fans. Without fans, we have nothing. no."

"Without fans, basketball is meaningless to me!!"

"So I've been wondering, but when we're getting so much good stuff, shouldn't we be giving our fans more great moments."

"Stay tuned, I will do my best to bring you a better performance!!"

In this interview, Jianghu behaved very modestly, and did not feel elated or excited because he became the king of votes.

Because he comes from China, a country with a population of 14 billion, which is also the country with the largest number of mobile Internet users and the largest number of basketball fans in the world. Jianghu is also the only basketball superstar in this country.

There are many omissions in Xiao Hua's statistics of Chinese fans. The ratio is about 10 to 1. Most of the people's votes will be included in the effective statistics. If Xiao Hua dares to count all the votes of fans in China If so, the number of votes in Jianghu may be a quite astonishing number.

Ten million is the threshold, 2000 million is not difficult, and 3000 million is negotiable.

Don't doubt the cohesion of Chinese netizens. When they unite to do the same thing, their strength is quite terrifying.

Therefore, for Jianghu, the honor of the All-Star vote king may be a habitual thing in the future, and Jianghu can't think of anything to be excited about.

On January 1, Jianghu received three invitations from the NBA for the three-point contest, dunk contest and skill challenge.

The general invitation process for the slam dunk contest, three-point contest, and skill challenge is that the league office sends an email to the team, and then the team notifies the players, and the players decide whether to participate.

Jianghu's invitation process is a bit different from that of ordinary players. The person who invited him also came from the league office, but he was the most powerful person in the office.

Mark Tatum, the current vice president and chief operating officer of the NBA, personally called and invited Jianghu to participate in the dunk contest, three-point contest, and skill challenge.

Mark Tatum advised earnestly on the phone: "Jiang, you must participate in the slam dunk contest no matter what. Once you win the championship, your popularity can continue to increase. This is the best choice for you personally and for the league."

Although Tatum's invitation sounded sincere, Jianghu did not rush to agree, but asked about the entry list for this competition.

Knowing that the previous champion LaVine and the uncrowned King Gordon of this year's slam dunk contest were both unable to participate due to injuries, Jianghu chose to refuse. No matter what Tatum said, Jianghu had only one sentence.

"I can participate in the slam dunk contest, but only if Gordon and LaVine both play, I will agree. There is no match with a suitable opponent, and I am not interested in comparing."

What Jianghu said was the true thoughts in Jianghu's mind. Without these two people together, Jianghu would never participate in this competition.

Jianghu is very sure that without Gordon and LaVine, it is soesay to win the championship by virtue of his own physical fitness.

If you want to do it, you must be the strongest, otherwise, what's the point of winning the championship.

The skill challenge was also rejected by Jianghu...

It's not that Jianghu plays big names, but as a striker, he doesn't know what items are in the Skills Challenge. In the past All-Star Games, when he saw the Skills Challenge, he would just switch channels. He was not interested. Just fill it up, let alone participate in the competition.

But in the three-point contest, Jianghu, who had seen the big list, finally chose to participate in the competition.

There is no way, the list of competitions is too luxurious, the world has made appointments with others, and it is impossible not to go to this competition.

Stephen Curry (Warriors)

Devin Booker (Suns)
Paul George (Thunder)
Kyle Lowry (Raptors)
Tobias Harris (Clippers)

Klay Thompson (Warriors)

Eric Gordon (Rockets)

The vice president of the league personally called to invite him. He can't refuse all the matches. If he refuses all of them and then Xiao Hua's old silver coin finds out, who knows if he will wear small shoes for Jianghu in the next game.
For the sake of the team, Jianghu decided to participate in the three-point contest.

And this time there is Curry in the game, and Curry also brought Thompson, Jiang Hu feels that this game can barely be played.

In this three-point contest list, Curry, Gordon and Thompson have all won the three-point contest.

Curry’s reputation does not need anyone’s introduction. His status in the three-point field can only be said that those who understand understand it, and those who don’t understand can’t understand it no matter how much you talk to him, or they don’t want to understand it. .

Gordon was the champion of the three-point contest last year, and he said in a recent interview that his goal this year is to defend the title.

Klay Thompson was also the champion of the three-point contest, and he is the top three-point shooter in the NBA today.

Such an opponent has brought the competitiveness of this game to its peak. If the state of Jianghu is not good, or the opponent's state is overwhelmed, the result of the game is difficult to predict.

After Tatum hung up the phone, he called Xiao Hua again. He still wanted to participate in the slam dunk contest.

There is no way, the star flavor of the slam dunk contest in recent years has become more and more bleak, Xiao Hua also hopes to have a new popular idol, like Vince Carter in the field, who will become synonymous with gorgeous dunks.

"Mr. President, that brat in Jianghu refuses to go no matter what. He said he wants to compare with Gordon LaVine. Compared with those unknown juniors, he has no energy at all."

As the vice president of the league, Tatum has watched Jianghu's live games more than once, and has actually seen Jianghu's dunking ability. He can easily dunk at the free throw line in actual combat, and all kinds of big windmills seem to be effortless.

Tatum believes that the slam dunk strength of Jianghu is in the middle and upper reaches of the entire league. It is a pity that such talents do not participate in the slam dunk contest.

"Don't panic, I'll call him."

After listening to Tatum's report, Xiao Hua knew the situation of the Jianghu, so he decided to make a phone call himself to do the ideological work of the Jianghu.
"Hey, Jianghu, it's me, Adam."

As soon as the call was connected, the president who was in charge of the alliance greeted Jiang Hu with a smile, wanting to show his approachable side.

"Adam? I'm sorry you may have made a typo, I'm not Eve."

Looking at the New York number displayed on the phone, Jiang Hu hesitated for a moment before answering the call. Hearing that he was Adam from a Greek mythology, Jiang Hu felt that he must have encountered a mental illness...

Hmm....no problem.

After talking about Jianghu, he hung up the phone directly, leaving only the CEO on the other end of the phone with a confused face listening to the busy tone.

The CEO suppressed the anger in his heart and called again. Who knew that this time was even more extreme...

The phone rang, and then no one answered...

"Stinky boy, you dare to blackmail me..."

"Snapped."

Knowing that he was blocked, Xiao Hua was furious, and slapped the table heavily.

At this moment, he even has the urge to expel Jianghu from the alliance immediately...

But after thinking about it, he finally swallowed his breath and called the Celtics president's office.

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Half an hour later.

Office of the Celtics President.

Danny Angie looked at Jiang Hu with an uncertain face and said:

"Why did you provoke Xiao Hua? He called me and gave me a bad temper!!"

"Sau Hua? NBA President Adam Silver? I get along very well with him, how could I provoke him?" Jianghu was a little confused when he heard Angie's questioning, so he thought that there was something very important that Anji called him over.

Jiang Hu couldn't understand at all, when did he provoke Xiao Hua, he and Xiao Hua had never been in contact except for the draft conference, the last time the two faced each other was at the draft conference, where did I provoke him?
Jianghu sat down on the sofa in a sloppy manner, looked at Anji and pouted, "What did that hermaphrodite guy with a bad asshole say? I haven't done anything to him lately, have I?"

Angie behind the desk took a sip of his cigar and sighed softly: "I don't know what's going on with you. He said that our team has been drifting lately. The team has been revived. It's amazing now. He even dared to hang up his phone. What's more? It’s just that you’ve been working hard recently, isn’t it because the schedule arranged for you is too tiring, next season will be arranged for you to be more relaxed.”

Jianghu almost trembled when he heard the words. Xiao Hua, the old silver coin, was definitely speaking ironically. The Celtics' schedule this season is one of the most difficult in the league. The daily training intensity of the team is high, so that everyone can adapt to this kind of competition intensity.

"No, absolutely not..."

"I have to call that old Bidden!!"

This kind of schedule, the Celtics just barely survived by relying on their extremely strong bench. It is very lucky that not many people were injured.

Jiang Hu got up quickly, picked up the phone on Anji's desk, turned on his mobile phone, and quickly called back.

He came to his senses, he just said that he was Adam's psychopath, that old Bidden of Xiao Hua, who hung up the phone by himself and dragged him into the blacklist, which already made him furious.

He has to appease this hermaphrodite president with rotten assholes, so as to ensure that the team will not be put on small shoes next season.

"Hello, Mr. President, how are you doing recently?"

"I'm Xiaojiang!!"

Xiao Hua's phone was connected, and Jiang Hu, who was still irritated just now, instantly switched to another face, smiling all over the phone, nodding and bowing, looking like a waiter who was apologizing to a customer.

Danny Angie next to him was stunned by Jiang Hu's actions. The super genius with a proud heart now showed such a flattering face. He has never seen him like this since he was selected by Jiang Hu. Vice face.

"Xiaojiang?? Which Xiaojiang??"

Xiao Hua pretended to be ignorant, and asked knowingly.

"The world of the Boston Celtics, President, have you forgotten me?"

"Hey, it turns out that the all-star ticket king and the superstar Jianghu are willing to call me. You are so busy, what do you have to explain?" The yin and yang became strange.

"Made, dead eunuch!!"

Jianghu secretly scolded Xiao Hua for using power to oppress others, but he dared not show the slightest disrespect...

On the surface, there isn't much the league can do.

It's nothing more than a black whistle, and at most it will add some difficulty to the schedule.

But the team's schedule, whether it is big or small, is really being targeted. When the time comes to cause a large number of injuries for the sake of the record, which will affect the championship, it will not be worth the loss.

"Don't, don't, Mr. President, I don't understand the rules. I thought it was some perverted fan calling, but I didn't expect it to be your old man. I really deserve to die."

"If I knew it was you in advance, I would have found a chair to sit down and listen slowly."

Although across the phone, even though he had scolded Xiao Hua's family hundreds of times in his heart, Jianghu's face was still full of smiles, for fear that Xiao Hua would hear the slightest insincerity from his words!
Thousands of wears and thousands of wears, flattery does not wear, the old Chinese saying is that you can't deceive yourself.

After hearing Jiang Hu's compliments, Xiao Hua, who had suffered in Jiang Hu before, finally relieved his heart, and continued:

"Okay, I won't go around with you anymore, remember to save the number, the one who called you is my private number."

"Yes, yes, save it immediately, not only save it, but also put it at the top of the address book, waiting for your guidance at any time."

Hearing that the old silver coin Xiao Hua no longer cares about it, Jianghu was relieved.

"I don't know what you want to explain to me this time?"

"It's nothing, I just heard that you don't want to participate in the dunk contest?"

Xiao Hua also went straight to the point and stated his purpose for making this call.

"It is indeed the case. I feel that the opponent's gold content is average. This kind of game is not interesting to me."

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Hu still answered truthfully.

Larry Nance, Victor Oladipo, Dennis Smith, Donovan Mitchell…

None of the players on this entry list can play, and in Jiang Hu's memory, the last person who won the championship this year was actually Mitchell with a height of 185cm, and the winning dunk posture was still

"Oh?"

Xiao Hua was stunned for a while after hearing Jianghu's words.

He thought Jianghu was worried that he would not be able to win the championship, but it turned out that he felt that his opponent was too weak.

He felt that he hadn't seen this kind of weirdness for a long time. Everyone wished that the opponent would be weaker, so that winning the championship would be easier. This kid is good, and he did the opposite, wishing that the opponent was stronger.

But after thinking for a while, Xiao Hua felt that he could understand.

Because it has something to do with the character of the player.

In Xiao Hua's memory, Jordan and Kobe are also this type of players. The stronger the opponent, the more aggressive they are. If the usual game is a fight, it is exactly the same as a war when encountering a deadly enemy or an opponent.

Xiao Hua paused, and then said: "Well, you still have to come to the competition."

"But you can pick a suitable opponent. I promise you, no matter who you pick, I can go and invite him."

Jiang Hu asked: "Anyone can invite?? Are you sure??"

(End of this chapter)