41. Best of the Week
Americans like to open PARTY very much. Whether it is birthdays, festivals, graduations, promotions, housewarming or emotional connections between friends, PARTY will be held. The Warriors won three consecutive games this time, which is a big and small miracle, because the opponent they encountered is the defending champion Spurs, which is indeed quite celebrating.
Chamberlain took Li Qun's Hyundai SUV to Old Nelson's home, a villa located in Oakmarland. If Soul Ballet is a slum in Oakland, then Oakmarland is the wealthy area of Oakland. Those who live here are business tycoons, political elites or celebrities from all walks of life.
As night fell, the villa area was brightly lit, but it was quite quiet. Only one bonfire was lit on the grass in front of the villa, and iodine tungsten lamps were set up. The sound was noisy and chaotic. It was the location of the old Nelson's villa. Before Chamberlain and Li Qun, other players had already arrived.
There are generally two types of PARTY in the United States. One is that all diets, fruits, beverages, and snacks are organized by the organizer; the other is similar to AA, where everyone brings the same food, dishes, snacks, fruits, etc. The owner prepares some big dishes, water, wine, and desserts.
The former PARTY is suitable for birthdays, promotions, housewarming, etc., while the latter is suitable for festivals, graduations and relationships between friends. The PARTY held by Old Nelson is the former. Mrs. Nelson likes to host PARTY very much. She arranges all the food and drinks. Old Nelson has long told Chamberlain that she just brings her stomach.
When the SUV stopped, Barnes immediately walked over, and the gentleman helped Li Qun open the door. Ellis also went to pull the door, but the ones who opened the door were Chamberlain and Sardmons.
This scene made Ellis dumbfounded and shouted: "I said, man, are you mistaken? Damn, how could you let a lady drive you?"
Barnes laughed and said proudly: "That bastard Z doesn't even have a driver's license. How could he drive by himself? I knew that the person who drove must be beautiful Miss Li."
Sardmons has a driver's license, but his old injury on his right knee has relapsed, so he is not very flexible. This happens that the car is originally owned by Li Qun, and Li Qun simply became the driver himself. Ellis is right. In the United States, if a man and a woman are together, it turns out that a woman will be despised.
This is a bit like China's bicycle culture, where men and women share a car together. If a girl carries a boy, it would be a bit embarrassing.
The elegant Chinese beauty on Li Qun won her a lot of applause. Mrs. Nelson walked up and kissed her cheek affectionately, and praised: "God, I thought this was the angel you sent to us. It was so beautiful and so lady!"
Jackson came up and bumped into Chamberlain, pointed at him and said, "You did a pretty job too, Z, very good!"
Chamberlain didn't know what he said, but Jackson turned around and grabbed a group of players fiercely and shouted: "Money, where is the money? Get me the money, and pay me all the money quickly!"
Harrington, Azubuke and others took out rolls of US dollars from their wide and big pockets with annoyance and handed them to Jackson. Chamberlain said in surprise: "Hi, guys, what are you doing?"
Old Nelson walked up with a glass of light blue wine and smiled, "These bad guys bet you whether you will wear sportswear to participate in this PARTY or formal wear. There is no doubt that Jackson won, and the guy said you will take this PARTY seriously."
Chamberlain grinned bitterly, looked at Jackson who was proud, and pointed at Li Qun and said, "You have to thank Li Qun. If it weren't for her, you'd be waiting to lose all today."
NBA's wife groups are easier to deal with. Because of their husbands, they have been social stars since middle school and know how to make others feel comfortable in front of others.
Li Qun and a group of dressed wives smiled cleverly. Compared with other women, the elegant evening breeze on her body was blowing on people, making people feel very comfortable.
"You have a good attitude," Azubuke said enviously, "but Lee's figure is a bit thin. You have to be careful when you are in bed, right?"
Chamberlain slapped Azubuk on the ass, grinning at him, and then shouted: "Get out, boy, otherwise I will let you understand why the flowers bloom so brilliantly!"
The players were familiar with each other. After a while, Old Nelson raised his glass and said that PARTY had officially begun.
This PARTY is very casual. There is neither a speech before the meeting nor a summary at the end. Everyone can do whatever they want.
According to the general rules, after the participants arrived one after another, the host would introduce some people who were familiar with them to everyone. However, because this was an internal party dinner, they were very familiar with each other, so Old Nelson didn't need to introduce them and started eating directly.
Chamberlain is a newcomer to the team. It has only been ten days since he arrived at the Warriors. Old Nelson took him around and introduced some of the scouts who usually don’t show up. The people attending the banquet sat or stood, chatting with the people around him casually, tasting wine, drinks, potato chips, biscuits, various cheeses, desserts, etc. on the table.
Now it’s not yet time for the main meal to start, and the atmosphere is not very warm. Jackson’s group likes to play, so they jumped onto the dining table without the main meal, jumped up, and howled a song while jumping in their mouths. The name of the song is “Party”.
The cheerful tune rang quickly, and Chamberlain also sang it. There is an advantage that Jackson and others brought songs, that is, these people are the worst singing live, and they are famous for their incomplete tone. Even they dare to sing, so of course the others are not afraid of being ugly:
“You-a-bad-girl-and-your-friends-bad-too,oh
We-got-the-swag-so-she-drippin'-swagoo
I-may-be-young, but-I'm-ready!
To-give-you-all-my-love
told-my-girls-you-can-get-it-!
Don't-slow-it-down, just-let-it-go
So-in-love
I'd-give-it-all-away
Just-don't-tell-nobody-tomorrow
So-tonight
I'll-do-it-every-way
…………”
This song is very long and there are almost no repetitive paragraphs. It takes about ten minutes to complete the song. It is really difficult for these people who are impatient in other aspects to pick up girls. Therefore, they begin to forget the lyrics halfway through the song.
The black musical talent was perfectly interpreted at this time, and Jackson and others simply began to make up things. They sing whatever they see and sing with whatever they think of. No one cares about this, they only care about happiness.
Mrs. Nelson brought several female relatives to serve turkey, steak and other main courses. Jackson, Ellis and others became addicted to standing at the dining table and couldn't come down. Li Qun had to admire the quality of this long table, so he helped the big man jump around on it so much that he didn't fall apart.
Chamberlain also liked this kind of fighting scene. He wanted to dance on the dining table and dance together, but Jackson and others refused to let him go, so the group of people had fun. Because of Chamberlain's relationship, Sardmons was soon contacted by everyone. In fact, Sardmons was also a bit famous here. Old Nelson is very familiar with him and once studied him in high school.
Finally, it was time to have a main meal. After Li Qun and Chamberlain wiped the table again, the group put the staple food on the table.
The chopped barbecue, pizza, and roasted turkey were served as water. In addition, Mrs. Nelson prepared a large plate of salads, fish, sausages, bread slices, cakes, sandwich biscuits, and some tomato sauce and hot sauce. These things were placed on the countertops and tables like buffets, with large plates, knife and forks and tissues next to them.
Chamberlain helped Li Qun choose a few slices of sausages, grilled fish and salads, and he himself had a plate of chicken and beef. He handed the plate to Li Qun and smiled self-deprecatingly: "I am a carnivore, haha, you may not understand. Except for after meals, I usually rarely eat fruit."
Li Qun picked up some salad to Chamberlain and said, "You can mediate and eat a little fruit, which will be good for your body."
Although it was to celebrate the victory of the start of the competition, in fact, after coming to the PARTY scene, almost no one mentioned the competition. Women talked about cosmetics, clothes and bags, while men talked about nightclubs, cars and women.
Sardmons and Azubuk get along well. Nelson once recommended the latter to study the video of the former's game in high school. Azubuk and Sardmons are the only people talking about basketball. The two discussed the issue of defense. Most of the time, Sardmons told Azubuk to listen to.
The PARTY lasted until after 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, and there was a lot of food left in the banquet. Mrs. Nelson directed the player's wife to bag the food. Jackson and Barnes started the car and took the players to the relief center in Oakland. Some of the people who could not stay overnight were directly given to the homeless people on the roadside. This is also part of the American PARTY culture.
Although PARTY was held until midnight, the team training the next day still had to be carried out. Chamberlain also brought Sardmons to the training hall. He quietly asked the team doctor to help Sardmons check his knees to see if he could treat him.
Sardmons' right leg was almost ruined. This time he came to Oakland, he had already ended his contract with the Austin Bulls. If he continued to fight, he might become disabled. To treat his legs, Chamberlain knew that there was no hope for anyone except Sardmond, but Sardmond refused to help. This guy usually laughed, but he was very determined in some matters. No matter what Chamberlain said, he would not help Sardmons.
The day after PARTY, the honors of the first week of the NBA were released in full swing. The most dazzling one was naturally the best week. The best of the Eastern Conference Week was LeBron James. He led the New Cavaliers to win three games, averaging 28 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8.6 main attackers.
The best of the Western Conference Week surprised everyone, and was actually taken over by Chamberlain. In the official data, Chamberlain averaged 15.6 points, 20 rebounds and 9 blocks per game, but he did not make history because before him, the former owner of this body, Wilt Chamberlain's first three games averaged 35 points and 28 rebounds per game. There was no block count at that time. It can be imagined that he must have had a lot of blocks at that time.
Wilt Chamberlain is indeed a perverted existence. In the first game of his career, he faced a strong team like the New York Knicks at the time, and scored 43 points and 27 rebounds. Now he feels terrifying!
Chapter completed!