Chapter 136: The Former Champion
Knowing about the glorious career of the old man, Chamberlain could only express his shock with a stunned voice: Are you sure this is not a novel, this is a fact? It turns out that there are such awesome characters in the NBA, old man, are you so awesome that your family knows?
Even if their brains are lacking, Chamberlain and Winnie also know that this old man found them at this time, and it must have something to do with the sneaker contract. The problem is that Winnie is not sure that the old man can still represent that awesome sneaker manufacturer, because Nike, Adi, Reebok, and the three major sneaker manufacturers in NBA basketball have offended him all over the world, is he now teaming up with the legendary AND1?
Back at the dinner table, Chamberlain enthusiastically ordered a cup of hot Mary for the old man, he felt that only this glass of wine could line the ups and downs of the old man's life.
When the colorful hot Mary was served by the beautiful waitress, the old man's fat face smiled into an old chrysanthemum, and he asked Chamberlain happily: "Boy, how do you know that I like this thing?" In fact, my personal doctor asked me to quit drinking, but I always found a way to sneak a sip, and my favorite was the hot Mary. ”
Chamberlain took a sip of the yogurt in the cup and said: "I have always had such an attitude to life, if you are not happy, what is the point of living a long life?" For you, quitting alcohol makes you unhappy, it's the same as me, but I don't want to be happy if I can't play basketball. ”
When the old man heard this, he slapped the table fiercely, and the slap of the table attracted the customers in the restaurant and didn't care, he looked at Chamberlain and shouted: "You said this sentence too well, damn it, why didn't I pay attention to you before?" It's weird, you shouldn't be so obscure, you should attend my ABCD bootcamp......"
Saying that, Vacaro frowned and said, "Maybe I should have reached out to the junior high school basketball league earlier, I have read your information, you played basketball very well in elementary school, but then you got damn gigantism?" How did you cure it? ”
This question will always be a taboo in Chamberlain's heart, and he doesn't know how to explain it. Even now when he thinks back to his previous life, he has a vague illusion, did his former self really have gigantism? Did Samael really appear? Aliens, are there really aliens on Earth?
Chamberlain didn't want to explain and couldn't explain, so he changed the subject and said, "Are you going to sign those middle school stars? It's a good idea. ”
Vaccaro didn't care about Chamberlain's gigantism, the important thing was that this guy was stronger now, and he followed Chamberlain's topic and said: "No way, Everin's son of a dog is forcing me step by step with the support of Nike and Adidas, I have to find a new way out." In fact, I have been following basketball games in elementary and junior high school for a long time, and I once discovered two talented guards, Mayo and Love. However, in order to protect the underage players, Stern's bastard introduced an age-limiting strategy, which disrupted my plan all at once. ”
Apparently Vaccaro and Nelson Sr. are similar personalities, both are the kind of big mouths that are not afraid of heaven and earth, and he muttered and complained: "Protect the underage players, huh? Is it possible that high school students are adults? It's not like you want to take revenge on Lao Tzu, David Stern, that's really unreliable! ”
With that, Vaccaro nodded to Chamberlain and asked, "Do you know Mayo and Love?" How about it, are you interested in the two of them, I can introduce your team, the two of them have a good relationship with me. ”
At this point, the old man's face showed a smug expression, and Chamberlain felt that he was an old child, perhaps he had been moving between several large sneaker manufacturers, not to make money, but to prove to his predecessor how wrong it was to have a fight with him.
Of course, Chamberlain knows about Mayo and Love, not only does he know about it, but also deafening, these two are the favorites in this year's NBA draft, both of them are popular candidates for the top pick, Mayo is known as the No. 1 high school student in the United States, and Lefu is known as the first interior of the NCAA, more famous than them, I'm afraid there is only Derrick Rose alone.
However, Chamberlain knows that it is impossible for his own team to choose these two people, they must be selected in the lottery area or even the top five, the Warriors are aiming for the championship, and the first-round pick will never be in the front, otherwise for the sake of a good guard, Winnie and Nelson Sr. will not extend their black hands to the hearts of Curry's father and son, Curry Jr. has no plans to participate in the draft this year, because he knows that there are too many high-quality guards this year, and if he participates in the draft, he will definitely not have a good ranking.
The question is, if Curry is at the bottom of the line, what will the Warriors pick him?
Vaccaro obviously knew this too, so he didn't say much on the subject, but he did his best to help Chamberlain, and after a moment of silence he said, "You know what Brandon-Jennings kid does, right?" I've put him in touch with European teams, he's going to play in Europe this year, he's going to be in the draft next year, that's a good guy, if you're interested, I can put you in touch with him. ”
Brandon Jennings is also famous, Mayo was the former No. 1 high school guard in the United States, and he is now taking over Mayo's gun and is the current No. 1 high school guard in the United States.
Jennings originally played at Dominguez High School in Compton, California, and transferred to Oak Hill High School in MouthofWilson, Virginia, before entering his junior year of high school.
With his family's poverty and hardship, basketball was a way out for Jennings, which is why he asked Vacarro to help him play instead of college.
Those who thought he should go to college to practice his skills and maturity had no idea what had happened in his life and how important money was to his family. Jennings has been fatherless since he was 8 years old, and his mother has worked hard every day to support him, his younger brother and the elderly in the family, working three jobs a year and more than 18 hours a day.
Jennings is the eighth player in Oak Hill's history to be named to EASPORTS' and Student Sports' first team since the 2002 season. Durant, Armond Gordon, Michael Beasley, Tyvin Lawson, and Nolan Smith.
Nicknamed "Wonder Boy," Jennings was the first player in the history of the Oak Hill Warriors to win EASPORTS' All-American High School Player of the Year award, and Anthony was second in 2002, just behind LeBron, who was a senior in high school at the time. After James.
Jennings, who is now 6'1" tall and a left-handed point guard, has shown himself to be a star in one of the most challenging schedules in the country this season. He set two new Oak Hill records: points per game average (35. 5 points) and single-game score (63). In addition, he averaged 6 per game. 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 3. He made three steals while shooting 53 percent from the field and 84 percent from the free-throw line.
Jennings was undoubtedly the most dominant player in the old man's ABCD training camp and was the absolute number one, with no one coming close to him as second as he was, although Demar DeRozan was the best to match him on the last day.
Jennings' basketball skills are outstanding, and his jump shot — albeit inconsistent — is a great spot in the tournament. He's pleasing to the eye with his shifting speeds, and with his terrifying athleticism getting him to the basket, this guy is a great guy and he's a great player, but if he can get his teammates into the game more, the sky is the limit for him.
However, the Warriors are not interested in him, this guy is at best a strengthened version of Ellis, and the offensive firepower may not be comparable to the latter, what the Warriors need now is a pure playmaker, at least a two-way position like Curry.
After discussing the current high school players for a while, the two sides began to get to the point, Vacarro is now coming to Chamberlain, obviously not to help him introduce a talented high school player, his real purpose is to take Chamberlain and let him come under his command to represent basketball shoes.
This is Winnie's strong point, and the two begin to discuss.
Winnie's main concern was who Vakkaro was playing for, and the latter touched the back of his unkempt head and said with a smile: "You guys have to sit tight, I'm afraid that I will scare you down by saying the name of the big guy behind me - the brand of Zhilu Dao Champion?" I'm working with him right now to help him rebuild in the NBA! ”
"Champion?" Chamberlain was really scared to pee, if it had been twenty years ago.
In the seventies and eighties of the last century, the champion was indeed the number one big brother of the NBA's sporting goods, even in the nineties was also famous, Chamberlain still remembers that the first pair of sneakers that his old man bought him was the champion brand, and the reason for this is because the champion at that time was the most affordable sneaker of its kind.
In other words, the champions of the time were in tears, and the stock sneakers were disposed of at extremely low prices.
But the championship was once glorious, in the seventies and eighties of the last century, in her most glorious years, all the teams in the league of jerseys, sneakers were controlled by her, even in the nineties when she survived, in the 1992 Olympics, the jersey worn by the dream team at that time was still sponsored by her.
At Barcelona 1992, the champion made a big gamble that the dream team would make a big splash at the Olympics and then her brand would regain its prime. It's a pity that they guessed the beginning correctly but guessed the wrong result in that gamble, the Dream Team is indeed in the limelight, but the championship brand has not started, because every time they appear in public, the stars of the Dream Team will use things to block the logo of their jerseys.
This past involves another grudge, which has nothing to do with the stars, only with the sneaker manufacturers.
Looking at Vaccaro's triumphant look, Chamberlain laughed dryly, he touched his nose and asked, "That, man, is there still a champion brand?" How do I remember, hehe, that champion is bankrupt? ”
Winnie wasn't sure, and Chamberlain whispered, "I used to have a champion store downstairs in my house, and when I was a kid — when I was about eight or nine years old, they used to shout about the big sale at the jump price, saying that the champion would go bankrupt and clean up the inventory. ”
"Are you sure?" Winnie asked, confused.
Chamberlain looked firm: "Of course I'm sure, my dad bought hundreds of pairs of sneakers in a row, fuck, enough for me to wear them from the age of eight to the age of eighteen, and the shoe sizes are all complete, I can't refuse if I want to, it's so ugly!" ”