"The Trail Blazers are about to face the most difficult moment of the season!" - Portland Weekly
The next day.
Fareed, who was lying in Portland Hospital, had undergone surgery. He accepted a live interview with the media on the hospital bed and vented his anger: "I was blocked by that damn rookie. Two ribs were blocked. One of them was deep."
It penetrated my lungs!
Thank God I'm alive; but I still feel so chilled that as a victim, the league shielded the criminal who elbowed me, and there's nothing worse than that!"
"But, Cornes, now the outside world is saying that you took the initiative to step in and reappear, and that rookie was just out of self-protection. Do you want to say something?"
the reporter asked.
"No, no, no, I have never thought about tiptoeing. I am the victim, OK! As for that rookie, please help me tell him that if he is a man, after I recover from my injury, we can go to WWE to have fun!
"
When Wang Zelin was mentioned, Fareed was so angry that he felt severe pain in his chest again.
"Oh...Fake! Hiss!
Man, I think you can go out now, my wounds are opening...
Nurse! Nurse! Come and see."
"Okay! But I still have a video to tell you," he said with an extremely excited look on his face: "This is a video of the Sun God being interviewed!"
"Slander! Outright slander...
If you have to blame, you can only blame yourself..."
Watching the reporter's cell phone video, Fareed's mind was filled with thunder, and for a moment he forgot about the pain in his chest.
How come I have this kind of teammate?
why?
…
In the locker room of the Clippers training arena, after watching Fareed's interview on TV, Jordan subconsciously touched his chest: "Fortunately, I didn't completely anger that guy last time!"
Same time, different place.
Some people at the North Shore Garden Arena and Oracle Arena secretly touched their chests with lingering fear.
…
…
Three days later.
Waking up in the morning again, Wang Zelin shook his head and remembered that he had a lot of fun last night, but with his physical strength, he couldn't sustain it.
Wang Zelin, who wanted to sleep in, was woken up by the ringing of a phone call.
But he just didn't answer.
Hey, just playing...
"Wang, your phone is ringing!"
Lena next to her pushed her boyfriend.
"You pick it up for me and say I'm not here."
"oh."
Lina was also asleep. She answered the phone directly with a pair of sleepy eyes, and then said to the other end: "The king said he is not here, so don't call!"
Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment and almost went crazy: "Let Wang Zelin answer the phone, I am his Uncle Zhou!"
Wang Zelin: "..."
Wang Zelin woke up when he heard his girlfriend say, "Wang said he wasn't here."
Awakened by the show!
I never expected that this woman would say such a thing.
When he got up, he found that the other party was also confused.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't react just now! Oh, I'm so embarrassed! It's all your fault! It's all your fault!..."
Rena blushed with embarrassment and activated her exclusive skill - a rake.
"……never mind!"
Wang Zelin rubbed his temples and reluctantly picked up the phone. Wang Zelin said to Zhou Yang on the other end: "Uncle Zhou, what's going on?"
"What's the matter..." Zhou Yang went completely berserk, his voice sounded very angry: "Did you forget that today is your sneaker launch event at 1 noon. There are still four hours left, so don't be late."
"...Damn!" Wang Zelin's face became weird, "I almost forgot! Damn it!"
Then he hurriedly got up to dress and wash up.
"Wait for me at the door. See you in an hour."
After collecting it, Zhou Yang hung up the phone.
…
An hour later, Wang Zelin packed up his clothes and set off in the car with Zhou Yang.
"How's your recovery going?"
"Much better, I have no problem walking normally."
In the car, Zhou Yang and Wang Zelin were sitting in the back row, bumping into each other.
I have to admit, the physique of professional athletes is very strong. In less than four days, Wang Zelin can already walk normally. According to the doctor's observation, he is expected to return to the game when he plays the New Orleans Hornets on March 11.
If he recovers well, he may even consider playing against the Spurs on the 9th.
But in the end, Wang Zelin's plan to play early was unanimously rejected by the team management.
To be on the safe side, it is better to fully recover and then come back. After all, the Spurs are the current leader of the Western Conference and are not easy to mess with. And according to the Spurs' tradition, there is definitely a character like Faried in the team...
If something unexpected happens and Wang Zelin "accidentally" gets injured again, the Blazers will probably not have a place to cry.
In order to appease Wang Zelin's eagerness to play for the team, team owner Paul Allen bluntly asked him to take paid leave. You must know that when NBA players are absent, the team has reasons not to pay wages.
In this regard, he just wanted to say, "The boss is awesome!"
Wang Zelin, who was ordered to take paid leave, walked lightly when he got off the bus, feeling that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.
Anta's regard for Wang Zelin's first boots can be said to be unprecedented!
From the time they signed the contract to the present, they have been experimenting and trial-and-error, striving to make this shoe the best it can be.
Nowadays, there are many excellent players in the entire league, and there are also many handsome and practical boots.
At this moment, with the intention of dominating the domestic market and even entering the international market in the future, Anta's senior management must achieve perfection in all aspects.
Of course, this is definitely a very difficult thing. After all, the current technologies are all similar, and it is not easy for any sneaker company to completely lead the other.
So... innovation and good looks have become the first choice for sneakers!
ten minutes later.
Anta headquarters.
"Mr. Ding, we meet again!"
A woman with a short ponytail and a white suit walked towards us. She exuded the extraordinary charm of a mature woman. She was none other than Ding Yan, the leader of the last Anta delegation.
Wang Zelin's memory of beautiful women is always strong.
Ding Yan stepped forward quickly, and then said with a smile and a smile: "You agree."
In fact, as early as the All-Star Weekend, Anta officials had thought about holding a sneaker sale during this period and asked Wang Zelin for his opinion, but the latter refused due to time constraints.
Although Anta was helpless about this, she still respected Wang Zelin's wishes.
This accidental injury required two weeks of rest. Wang Zelin thought that he had enough free time, so he simply held the sales event that Anta had been talking about endlessly.
After shaking hands with Ding Yan, Wang Zelin said calmly: "As the old saying goes, slow work will produce careful work. In fact, you don't have to do that."
"Then you are suspecting that we are irresponsible."
Ding Yan pouted.
She knows that most young and energetic young men prefer to eat soft food rather than hard food.
"That's what you said, I didn't say that."
Wang Zelin didn't even raise his eyelids, he raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled.
"No more of this, let's go see the finished product first!" Zhou Yang interrupted.
"That's right, you two come with me!"
After saying that, Ding Yan took the two of them to the 13th floor, which is the technology research and development department. He had been here last time.
After coming in, he found that his signature sneakers were much better than when they first met.
The white ANTA logo and the handwritten letter "W" representing his last name are on both sides of the heel of the sneakers. The overall color is still red and black.
Different from last time, the red is placed at the bottom and the black is placed at the top.
Wang Zelin is definitely not a so-called senior sneaker, but judging from his experience wearing pirated Nike and Adidas for many years in his previous life, these shoes should be pretty good... at least they look pleasing to the eye.
Then the director of the technology research and development department introduced this pair of shoes to Wang Zelin. No, it should be the high-tech content of the boots.
“Here we use…Abba Abba Abba!
“There we adopt…Abba Abba Abba!”
A few minutes later, Wang Zelin got his wish and put on his first combat boots.
If it weren't for the fact that his foot wasn't healed yet, Wang Zelin would have really wanted to take one to try the effect.
"If there are no other opinions, the defense meeting will be scheduled at 1 p.m. in Los Angeles." As if she was worried about Wang Zelin's overthinking, Ding Yan continued: "Zelin, Los Angeles is one of the best big cities in the United States, with complete facilities.
It will be more conducive to the expansion of your popularity!"
"Well, I understand."
Wang Zelin said with a serious smile.
…
1 pm.
Los Angeles.
For the first time, the comprehensive sale of Wang Zelin's sneakers has been launched.
This pair of shoes is sold online and offline simultaneously, and the pricing is relatively close to the people.
79 yuan!
Converted to RMB, it costs over 500 yuan. Although it is not cheap, it is not expensive compared with the sneakers endorsed by other stars.
Take last year's Kobe Bryant 7th generation for example, the price range is between 2,000 and 2,500 yuan, which is much more expensive than Wang Zelin's.
This is the gap between sneaker endorsements for outside players and inside players.
Taking Howard, who is in the same position, as an example, the price of his latest 2011 Adidas boots is set at 767 yuan, and the most expensive Superman boots are priced at 1,380 yuan for genuine ones.
Of course, Wang Zelin will soon release other boots similar to the Howard Superman series.
Overall, Anta's ambitions are still very high.
This can be seen just from the price of sneakers.
The price of Howard's signature sneakers is set at 767 yuan because he has been playing in the league for nearly ten years. However, the price of Wang Zelin's first signature sneakers is only 200 yuan less than his.
In terms of yuan, the difference is only about 30 yuan.
…
"Snapped!"
Oklahoma City, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, was at the Energy Arena. Durant was sitting on the sidelines after training and slammed his phone to the ground, looking furious.
"What's wrong, Kevin?"
Sitting next to Durant, Westbrook turned around and asked in surprise.
"Russell, why are you talking about that Chinese boy?"
"Why for what?"
Westbrook was even more puzzled.
"Forget it, give me your phone!"
Looking at the broken screen of his phone, Durant, who was about to pick it up and share it with his second brother, retracted his hand.
"..."
Westbrook hesitated for a moment, then handed over the phone.
"Here! See for yourself."
Durant borrowed the phone, unlocked it skillfully, and opened Twitter...
"Congratulations to my brother, your boots are so cool. I want to buy 100 pairs to collect!"
Westbrook came over and saw that it was the tweet James had just sent.
Then he scrolled down and realized what was going on.
It turns out that Wang Zelin’s first combat boots are officially on sale today, priced at 79 yuan!
Wait, 79...
He finally realized that if he remembered correctly, the price of his eldest brother's fifth-generation signature war KD5 was set at 95 yuan when it was released.
When Wang Zelin debuted, he was still a center, and the price of his football boots was almost as high as that of Durant, who had been playing for 6 years. No wonder Durant felt unhappy.
Not to mention Durant, many NBA stars also expressed their opinions on the pricing of Wang Zelin's boots, and most of them were skeptical.
Especially Howard, who is also an insider, has forgotten the friendship between the members of the "Kini Too Beautiful" dance troupe and publicly launched an attack.
Anta this way.
Since setting the price for Wang Zelin's signature sneakers, Anta has been prepared to deal with unfavorable public opinion and took the opportunity to turn the public opinion into a hot topic, thereby letting more people know that Wang Zelin's first signature sneakers have been released.
…
Time passed day by day, and soon it was March 10th. Starting from February 28th, Wang Zelin had rested for 12 days.
At the Rose Garden Arena, under the supervision of the team's coaching staff and team doctors, Wang Zelin conducted boring adaptive training to test whether he had completely recovered.
The test is over.
"Good! Mr. Stotts, he can return to the game."
Using instruments to compare various aspects of Wang Zelin's physical data before and after his injury, the team doctor nodded to coach Trist.
"OK!"
"Very good!"
After receiving a clear reply, the coaching staff looked delighted.
Since Wang Zelin was absent from the hospital, the Trail Blazers played 4 games in March, with a record of 3 losses and 1 win. The only victory was against the Charlotte Bobcats.
The opponents in the remaining three games were the Timberwolves, Grizzlies and Spurs. The latter two were unable to beat the Trail Blazers, who were excusably absent and were missing personnel. Compared with them, they were indeed stronger.
But the Timberwolves were a little hurt.
Therefore, the Trail Blazers' current overall record has become 42 wins and 20 losses, falling from second in the Western Conference to fourth in the Western Conference. The three teams in front are the Thunder with 45 wins, the Spurs with 44 wins, and the Clippers with 43 wins.
The four teams behind are the Grizzlies, Nuggets, Warriors and Mosaic.
The Western Conference is so cruel. The top six teams from the Thunder to the Nuggets are separated by at most one win. They are considered the first tier, with more than 40 wins. If you are not careful, you will be overtaken by the latter.
The seventh and eighth warriors, Mosaic are in the second level, with records of 37 and 35 wins respectively.
