The day before Christmas is the day of Christmas Eve.
Other teams have had a holiday, but the Cavaliers still have to train to stay in good condition because the next day, which is Christmas Day, they will join forces with the San Antonio Spurs to stage a Christmas game at Quicken Loans Center.
The training before the game day was very leisurely. Everyone picked up the ball and controlled it for a while, passed it a few times, and shot. It was considered to be in good condition.
Lin Yu did the same. After shooting a few baskets to ensure that his condition was fine, he hid aside and sent text messages.
Christmas Eve, in addition to being the eve of the Christmas game between the Cavaliers and Spurs, is also the day of the premiere of "Weakness."
After he sent congratulatory text messages to director Hank-Lee and several of the leading actors, he also received some congratulatory text messages one after another.
Finally, Weakness was released. After the investment was recovered, Lin Yu had no plans to get involved in the film industry.
"Lin, do you have any plans for the evening?"
Anderson Varejao completed a trot and sat next to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu shook his head: "No, we Chinese don't celebrate Christmas."
"LeBron asked us to go to his house at night. Did he call you?"
Lin Yu frowned, James asked Varejao and the others to go to his house?
"Christmas Eve party?"
"Maybe, sure, or maybe just a simple Christmas Eve dinner."
"I see."
In the end, Lin Yu just gave a somewhat vague answer to Varejao.
As a dramatist on the court and a good person off the court, Varejao originally did not expect to get an accurate answer from Lin Yu.
Under Phil Handy's urging, Varejao returned to the training field.
Lin Yu quickly replied to the last congratulatory text message and returned to training.
After the training, the locker room was quite lively, everyone was talking and laughing. Although there is still a game to be played tomorrow, NBA players have long been accustomed to the Christmas game since it has been held for many years.
Not only have they become accustomed to it, but because of the popularity of the game, many role players even look forward to the Christmas game, looking forward to a scene where they will become famous with one goal on Christmas Eve.
"Okay, everyone, the training time is over. Next is gift time. Everyone, hurry up and get your gifts. I have to go back to eat my turkey dinner!"
Perhaps because they have participated in the Christmas game every year in recent years, the Cavaliers have already had a tradition of sending gifts to each other after training on Christmas Eve.
Even this year, Mike Brown took the initiative to urge his players to send gifts that he had already prepared.
Lin Yu heard the second half of Mike Brown's words. Well, it sounded like James didn't invite Mike Brown either.
After Mike Brown urged, the locker room was already noisy. Anderson Varejao was the first to stand up and gave his gift: a can of coffee to each person.
It seemed like just a small gift, but Varejao explained: "Don't underestimate this coffee. This is a specialty of Brazil, Santos coffee, and the brand I bought is the most precious in Brazil."
The price of a can is about five hundred dollars."
No one would be dissatisfied with the gifts given by others. The gifts given by Varejao were indeed cheaper for Lin Yu.
But many role players in the NBA can afford Christmas gifts at about this price. Not all NBA players can afford tens of thousands of dollars. After all, they only earn millions of dollars a year, or even more.
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Lin Yu did not rush to take out his gift, but waited for a while.
James didn't take action either. His teammates sent out their gifts one after another. There were already piles of gifts beside the cabinet in Lin Yu's locker room.
In addition to the coffee delivered by Varejao, there are also clothing such as belts and customized sweatshirts, or electronic products such as Walkmans and headphones...
Of course, quasi-star players like Big Z, who have played in the league for many years and earn high salaries, are still very generous. Each of them has Apple's latest laptop, which is worth thousands of dollars.
Lin Yu waited until the end and saw that LeBron James had made no movement. He knew that James was about to win.
He simply didn't wait any longer, stood up, and took out the gift Amanda Gray helped him buy from the big box behind him, a new Vacheron Constantin watch, which was worth about fifteen thousand dollars.
As soon as the gift was handed out, the locker room immediately burst into exclamations and admiration.
“The latest model of Vacheron Constantin, worth 15,000 to 6,000 US dollars!”
"Hey, this is equivalent to half a month's salary."
Daniel Gibson accepted the gift with a smile on his face.
But no, for him, whose annual salary is only US$760,000, with half of the taxes deducted, this watch is really equivalent to half a month's salary of Daniel Gibson.
This is why these role players cannot afford higher-value gifts. If Daniel Gibson followed Lin Yu's example and gifted the entire team, he would have to spend a whole year's salary.
On the other side, James also took the watch. He was a little silent, and the smile on his face looked a little embarrassed.
At this moment, James regretted not taking out the gift he had prepared earlier.
Because he didn't expect that Lin Yu, who only gave away a set of customized suits worth only a few thousand dollars last year, would suddenly become more generous this year.
The average gift of US$15,600 per person is already countless times higher than the gift prepared by James, because this year, the gift prepared by James is only worth just over US$1,000...
It's not that he picked it, but that he felt that his gift was even rarer.
"Uh... the gift I prepared for you is the new Sony game console that will be officially released in the first half of next year..."
Because it won't be released until next year, it seems rare.
There is nothing wrong with the gift itself. If James had taken it out earlier, it would indeed be considered a good gift. They are all NBA players and they are all men. Everyone does not like game consoles.
But the problem is, when Lin Yu took out this gift, he was completely outclassed.
James shamelessly distributed the gifts, and before leaving, he did not mention the party held at his house that evening, which might be a party or just a simple dinner.
Lin Yu didn't want to think too much, so he stayed until very late.
It's not that he wants to practice extra, but that he wants to observe which teammates went to James' party or dinner.
As a result, he discovered that in the entire team, except for a few fringe players, only Daniel Gibson did not go with him.