The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 24, Red Brick Town

At the end of November, the night temperature in Ohlahoma City seemed a bit low, and I felt a little chill when walking on the road.

But none of this can stop a group of vigorous young people yearning for nightlife.

Everyone parked their cars in front of the steak shop and walked in together.

They are all basketball players, and their height is particularly conspicuous, especially Durant and Collison, who are simply giants to ordinary people.

Charlie, the owner of the steak shop, saw the group of people from a distance, "Isn't this a Thunder player, ah, KD, Russell, the Chinese kid."

Charlie had a beard and was very fat. He was wearing a shirt, but the buttons on the shirt were squeezed by the fat on his body, and it seemed that they would collapse at any time.

Charlie is also a Thunder fan and has been running a steakhouse in Ohlahoma City for many years. As soon as the Thunder moved in, he became an instant Thunder season ticket holder.

Although the name of the shop is a steak shop, the shop actually sells a lot of things, such as fried chicken, beer, and all kinds of snacks. The shop has a lot of space, and there is a stage in the center. We will hire resident singers and some models from time to time. Come and perform.

There is also a large screen above the stage, which is specially used to broadcast Thunder games, and provides watching services for those who like to drink, chat, and blow water.

These programs are very precious in Oklahoma City, which lacks entertainment facilities. In addition, the local area is not far from the Ford Center. Therefore, over time, the steakhouse has become a place for young people, players, and fans in downtown Oklahoma City. They, the gathering place of the cheerleaders.

Collison, this guy, Charlie, is often seen. Every time, this guy is accosting those beauties who are alone with malicious intentions. Durant and Westbrook have never seen each other in his store.

The Thunder just won today's game, and the fans here haven't dispersed yet.

So as the Thunder players continued to enter the hall, the scene at the steak shop suddenly became noisy. After all, they are now the main stars of the only professional team in the city.

Fans kept coming to ask if they could take a group photo. After Durant and Westbrook met the needs of most people, the boss Charlie helped block those enthusiastic fans.

"Everyone, it's their private time now, please leave them some space."

Charlie said to the guests in the restaurant.

Americans are not so crazy about chasing stars. Generally speaking, the boss stopped asking for group photos and autographs.

Durant and Westbrook dealt with these fans very skillfully. Now that they came out, they have all considered these things.

After all, they are all public figures, and they have had many similar incidents, and they are not unhappy about being disturbed.

After getting rid of the fans, Durant asked:
"Li, where is that beauty?" Then he looked around.

"Haha, I'll see you later, Kevin, there are too many people here, I can't find them."

Li Senlin is so depressed, the nightclub in Oklahoma City is just "like this?" It's so disappointing.

Facing Durant's questioning at this time, he just laughed and ignored it. Who knows where that beauty is?
Maybe she didn't come over today, and only Durant can't forget "Scarlett Johansson".

"Haha, we are here to celebrate today, Charlie, arrange a bigger seat for us." Collison chimed in.

Collison didn't know what Li Senlin said to Durant, which made Durant change his mind, but obviously he needs to intervene now to attract Durant's attention.

This is the advantage of high emotional intelligence, first-class ability to observe words and emotions.

Boss Charlie quickly arranged seats for everyone, which can be regarded as a VIP seat, and these are all uncles.

"Charlie, is there any program tonight?" Collison asked in a sophisticated manner, showing a smirk at the same time.

"Hey, there's pole dancing tonight, but I paid good money for it from Dallas."

Charlie also responded with a smirk. As the boss, he knows what customers like, and he knows that the needs of customers come first. Otherwise, this steakhouse would not be able to grow bigger and bigger.

Collison is the oldest here, and of course he is also an old driver. Seeing Charlie's smile, Collison instantly put on a look of a fellow.

Hearing that there was a pole dance, Durant's eyes lit up.After all, he was only 21 years old, and he had never met him before, so he immediately forgot to find the beauty Li Senlin mentioned.

Li Senlin was so depressed that he sat on the side. He and Westbrook were sitting and drinking. It must be too boring here.

Pole dancing?This is what you pursue?

Li Senlin expressed that he was not interested at all. His aesthetics were obviously different from Lao Mei's.

For example, the "Scarlett Johansson" Durant likes, Li Senlin has no special feelings, Deng Ge likes Kardashian... Li Senlin even feels horrible, that chest, that height, that butt, probably right These old and beautiful tastes.

Li Senlin himself still prefers Qiu Shuzhen, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, oriental beauties like Di Lieba... Well, there are a few good ones in Korea.

I have seen my home in Guangzhou: there are huge crowds of people everywhere. When I come to Oklahoma City, it is really boring to experience the life of walking hundreds of meters without anyone.

"Russell, will you grab rebounds from your teammates?"

The bored Li Senlin pulled Westbrook again and began to ask Westbrook these gossip questions. .

As a "city guy" from Los Angeles, Westbrook naturally doesn't like the entertainment in Oklahoma City, so a beginner like Durant will be very excited...

It's not interesting to accompany Li Senlin to drink beer here.

It was strange to hear Li Senlin asking this type of question again.However, he answered seriously:

"It depends on the situation. If I get that rebound and start a fast break, I will grab it. Haha, I hope to grab your rebound then. Don't mind."

"Haha, no, then I'll help you block people."

Sure enough, the answer was full of Westbrook style. Li Senlin is a guard, and it is useless to rebound.

Westbrook heard Li Senlin's reply, looked at him with disdain, and said, "Li, with your body, you still block people? Who can you block?"

Hey, also despised.

After Westbrook finished speaking, he also looked at Li Senlin's chest. It seems that besides, your chest muscles are not developed enough.

"Come on, do it. If you don't help me block it in the future, you can grab it yourself."

After Li Senlin finished speaking, he filled it up and urged Westbrook to drink.

"Come on, who is afraid of whom." Westbrook has never been counseled in a game, and he has never been counseled in drinking.

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The new driver, Durant, followed the old driver, Collison, and came out from the first row of the pole dancing girl performance stage contentedly. The pole dancing performance was over, and the response was very enthusiastic. The boss Charlie smiled happily.

Durant seemed to have discovered a new world, and his repressed nature began to be released.

...go back in time a little bit.

Joe Smith also came to the steakhouse with his friends today, and he was complaining to his friends that life in Oklahoma City was too boring.

As a new aid who just joined this summer, Joe Smith feels that he has not been respected by the Thunder. He was once the No. [-] pick.

It's fine if there is no starting position. After all, when the Thunder recruited themselves, they said that the state of the team was to train new players.

Smith doesn't care about this. As the No. 95 pick in [-], it's not bad to be a mentor to young people now. After all, his own era has passed.

However, what made Smith depressed was that his position in the rotation was dropped by that Chinese kid, and he didn't play a minute of the game today.

And looking at today's form, Brooks will always let that second-round pick enter the rotation.

What is this? When I came to the Thunder, I said well, to be the sixth man, and to guide Durant to become the boss of the Thunder.

Durant's boss position is established, but he didn't even have to play the game, and even lost his sixth man position to a second-round pick, which is too embarrassing.

Sitting on the bench today, Smith felt that the gang of substitutes seemed to be laughing at him, that a No. [-] pick would be reduced to his level.

Thinking of this, Smith drank another glass by himself.

Smith also wanted to have some fun, and heard from a friend that there seemed to be a pole dancing performance ahead, so he would go and have a look.

After experiencing a few big cities, Joe Smith looked down on the Thunder more and more. After playing, there is basically no place to go to have a good time. I have never seen a large nightclub. The only place where I can have fun is here. up.

"Hey, isn't Durant in front?"

That's Collison and Durant in the front row on the pole dancer stage.

Isn't Durant a good baby? Why did he come here?

Joe Smith swept his eyes and saw Li Senlin who was splitting wine with Westbrook.

Seeing Li Senlin, Joe Smith was so angry that he didn't expect to meet this man even when he was out playing.

"Joe, they are almost over, do you want to squeeze over and have a look?
"no need".

Joe Smith picked up his phone and took a picture of Collison with Durant sitting in the front row watching the pole dancer Lang.

Then the camera was pointed at the table between Westbrook and Li Senlin. .

(End of this chapter)