Chapter 400 Thirty-year-old call: I was the one who came first
At 11:30 in the middle of the night, after Wang Zelin finished playing with iron, he returned to the room and saw, oh my god, there were a total of 7 missed calls.
At first glance, the caller’s signature was “LeBron James!”
Um, why is this old man looking for me?
Before Wang Zelin could think about it, the phone in his hand suddenly rang again.
After another look, no surprise, it was James calling again.
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On the other end of the phone.
In a high-end apartment in Miami.
"Take it! Pick it up! You must pick it up..."
After making many calls but still not receiving a call back, James thought Wang Zelin had fallen asleep and was about to put down the phone. But as soon as he thought about it, Wang Zelin did not invite him to this year's all-star performance, but instead invited several newcomers.
Such a result made James start to worry: Could it be that that kid is a master who likes the new and hates the old?
Isn't it? As for the list of invited team members recently reported by the media, Lillard, Curry, and Love on the list are all newcomers. If you think about the old people from the previous year, only Aldridge is still there.
However, considering that Aldridge and Lillard are teammates of Wang Zelin, it is really unreasonable not to play with them.
Originally, James thought that he was now the number one active player, and that he was a walking traffic topic harvester anyway. Wang Zelin would send him an invitation sooner or later...
However, with only a little more than a week left before the All-Star Weekend, but no news from Wang Zelin, James admitted:
He started to panic!
In the end, in order to make his brother's basketball dream come true and to join forces with Wang Zelin one day, he chose to change his passive attitude into active action.
If you don't call, I'll call you!
Nearly half an hour had passed since he called Wang Zelin for the seventh time. James tossed and turned, got up and dialed the eighth number.
"Du~"
Finally, the call was connected, and the voice he had been thinking about for a long time came:
"Hello, I'm Wang Zelin, what can I do for you?"
Boss, you have answered the phone.
Although he never went to college, James thought he was more respectable than No. 24, who also never went to college. He resisted the excitement of wanting to disconnect the phone and asked:
"Wang, have you prepared any programs for this year's All-Stars?"
"Oh, you're talking about this...I haven't really thought about it yet?"
When he heard James' question, Wang Zelin didn't say anything and replied honestly.
However, when these words reached James’ ears, it had another meaning: Is he... rejecting me in disguise?
There's no reason James doesn't think so.
After tonight, tomorrow will be the 6th, and there are only 11 days left before the All-Star Game on the 17th.
The time is so short, the members who want Wang Zelin to form a team must have been found long ago, and maybe the dance rehearsals have been arranged.
Now, Wang Zelin's answer is like this, which makes James feel a little resentful: It was obviously me who came first! Why is there no me this year?
However, when he actually replied, James did say this:
"Ahem, um, are there still shortages of people for this year's show? If so, I can take the place at any time!"
This made Wang Zelin a little confused. Why did the other party have such a humble tone, like he risked his life to keep up after being abandoned?
No, I said...brother, you are the number one in the league!
Can't you be tougher?
Well, I have to admit that James' temper may really be the best among NBA superstars.
Even if many anti-fans often say that he is just faking it, for example, if that is the case, it will not be able to withstand people pretending for a long time. This has been the case for more than ten years of NBA career.
How could it be possible that you would be unhappy both physically and mentally when you get along with such a guy!
Having said this, Wang Zelin was not an idiot who didn’t understand the world, so he immediately replied:
"LeBron, if you are willing to form a team together, it is naturally a dream! I was worried that you would not like my broken ship, so I didn't send you an invitation..."
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Miami.
"Oh yeah!"
After the other end of the phone hung up, James excitedly pumped his fist and felt so excited!
Do you know how I spent the past half month?
do you know?
Well now, I finally got a clear answer!
However, after successfully forming a team with Wang Zelin again, James still had a small doubt in his mind: Could it be that that kid is really not ready to perform any show yet? This is too ridiculous!
But it didn't take long for him to forget about this idea.
It doesn’t matter what show you perform, but who you partner with is the most important thing!
In addition to Wang Zelin, Curry, Love and Lillard, who were selected for the All-Star Game for the first time, are all powerful representatives of the new generation in James's view.
Among the three, they have had personal contact with Love for a long time, but Curry and Lillard have not had much contact yet.
The thirty-year-old man thought to himself: How can this be possible? When I get up tomorrow, I must ask Wang for the contact information of Stephen and Damien.
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The night of February 6th.
Aviation Center Stadium.
In the visiting team's locker room.
The Trail Blazers are actively preparing to face tonight's opponent, the Toronto Raptors.
The Raptors are really strong this year. From being tenth in the Eastern Conference last season, they were like a flying rocket, and suddenly they were ranked among the top four in the Eastern Conference.
And judging from the current trend, the Raptors, under the leadership of DeRozan and Lowry, really have hope of becoming a powerful team in the Eastern Conference.
Before the game, both sides announced.
Home Raptors: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Terrence Ross, Amir Johnson and Yonas Valanciunas.
Visiting Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge and Wang Zelin.
The Raptors have now played 48 regular season games, with a record of 27 wins and 21 losses, temporarily ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.
The top three in the Eastern Conference are the Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.
Among them, the Pacers and Heat are in the first tier of the Eastern Conference, and the Bulls and Raptors are in the second tier. There is only half a win difference between the two teams behind.
However, although the Raptors have shown considerable hope for rising this season, their rise is limited to the Eastern Conference.
As of now, they don't have much chance of breaking out of the Eastern Conference. The Pacers and Heat are the two most watched teams in the Eastern Conference this year.
There's not much hope of even breaking out of the Eastern Conference, let alone compared to the Portland Trail Blazers.
After all, among the 30 teams in the league, the current Trail Blazers are basically half a step ahead of the Spurs, Thunder, Pacers and Heat behind them, and are in a league of their own...
Well, at least that's the case in terms of performance.
This game, which was broadcast live on TNT, ended with the Blazers easily slaying the dragon.