Chapter 174 Duncan: Wolverine, when my wife looks at you, there is light in her eyes
"The Little Emperor LeBron James, the true 'chosen one.'" Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"A superstar is rising." Associated Press.

"In terms of physical fitness, the Little Emperor is the Wolverine at the number one position, but his debut was much better than Wolverine's. His future achievements are limitless and will definitely surpass Wolverine." Indiana Daily.

The next day, the 30th, except for the New York media, almost all the media in the United States praised the little emperor's debut.

Similarly, fans on the Internet were full of praise for the little emperor's performance. With just one debut, LeBron James gained countless fans.

The New York media praised He Zhongqiu's performance last night.

But the media of one city, even the world's largest metropolis with huge influence like New York, is not enough to influence the general trend of public opinion in front of the media across the United States. The news about Mid-Autumn Festival was drowned out by the news about the little emperor.

From the reactions of the American media and online fans, He Zhongqiu saw some problems: he is not an American after all.

At nine o'clock in the morning, NBA agent Mike Johnson called and said that a reporter from the Associated Press called to arrange an interview.

He had an appointment with Natalie Portman and Amanda Seyfried to have lunch at their home after the game last night, and time was a bit tight, so at ten o'clock in the morning, he accepted a face-to-face one-on-one interview with the reporter at the villa.

The interview was held in the reception room. The two sat on two single sofas, which were arranged diagonally in an "eight" shape, with a camera filming opposite them.

The reporter asked: "Wolverine, who do you think will dominate the Eastern Conference in the future, you or the Little Emperor?"

He Zhongqiu thought for a moment and said, "He is a young man, and the future will definitely be his."

The reporter was quite happy at first, but when he thought of Wolverine's age, he just turned 20, he immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly said, "Wolverine, can you answer my question directly?"

"Then do you know when the first game between the Knicks and the Cavaliers is?" He Zhongqiu asked casually.

"November 11th, your away game." The reporter said immediately.

"It's so clear, it seems you've done enough homework."

He Zhongqiu teased, then adjusted his butt and said to the reporter: "Well, I will answer your question directly. The future will definitely be his."

"No, this is the answer from just now. It doesn't count as a direct answer to the question I asked." The reporter said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"Who said that? I'm obviously very positive." He Zhongqiu gestured.

Looking at Wolverine's gesture, the reporter finally reacted. That's right, the two of them were sitting sideways, and after Wolverine adjusted his sitting position, he was facing him.

He was speechless. Is this your direct answer?
Not long after sending away the reporters, a Ferrari drove into He Zhongqiu's villa, and the two beauties, Portman and Seyfried, came.

He Zhongqiu gave the chef Mary and other workers a holiday, leaving only three people in the huge villa.

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That night, the Mavericks opened their season at home against the Nuggets.

The Nuggets have not made the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons. They were last in the Western Conference last season with a pitiful 17 wins. The Clippers, a terrible team, had ten more wins than them.

At the lottery ceremony, he was lucky enough to draw the third pick, and then selected Carmelo Anthony at the third pick.

On the media day before the start of the new season, the Nuggets management told the media that this season they would no longer play badly, but would instead aim for the playoffs.

This game has attracted a lot of attention, as Anthony is a popular candidate for the No. 1 draft pick, on par with LeBron James.

Starting this season, the Mosaic team also welcomed its new arena, Toyota Center.

In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Nuggets 85:102 at the Toyota Center and got off to a great start.

但姚民的犯规太多了，影响了他的上场时间，只打了零碎的20分钟，8投6中，8罚7中，19分3篮板2助攻1抢断3盖帽3失误5犯规的数据。

媒体最关注的是安东尼的首秀，他在揭幕战中首发出场，14投5中，三分球3投1中，10罚7中，轰下18分9篮板2助攻8失误3犯规。

Although the hit rate was a bit low, the lethality was good, and 8 turnovers were not a big deal. After all, it was a rookie's debut, and it is impossible for every rookie's debut to be as good as the little emperor's.

He Zhongqiu watched the game and was somewhat disappointed with Yao Ming's performance. He felt that Yao Ming needed comfort, so he called him.

"Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"Yao, 3 rebounds, 3 rebounds, did Ye Li drain you dry?" he joked.

"Get away, you bastard! I was unlucky today. The rebound didn't go to my side and was snatched away by my teammates. We still had 6 more rebounds than them." Yao Ming said angrily.

He continued to tease, "Dayao, it's useless to quibble. Three rebounds is a shame for you. You should remember this shame for the rest of your life. As a center, you only got three rebounds."

"Di!"

Dayao was upset and hung up the phone directly.

"Natalie, Amanda, I'm back."

After comforting Dayao, He Zhongqiu returned to the bed and beat up the two seriously injured women, from top to bottom, back and forth, until they screamed in agony.

After they finished, they took a bubble bath together. When they returned to bed, he hugged Portman, who was half dead and sleeping, and said:

"Natalie, can you help me out at the premiere of Blade 3?"

"Mmm, baby, let me sleep, I'm dying."

Portman, who was in a half-asleep state, hummed with his eyes closed.

"I say, let you attend the premiere of Blade 3, or should we continue?" he insisted.

"OKOKOK, you can ask me to do anything, just let me sleep first, I really can't take it anymore, stop torturing me, go and torment Amanda." Portman surrendered hurriedly.

"Amanda."

He Zhongqiu said to Seyfried on the other side.

"Wolverine, I do."

Seyfried smiled sweetly.

"No, you're not famous enough to attend the premiere," he said.

Seyfried's beautiful little face immediately fell and she complained wildly in her heart.

What the hell, shit, fuck, you ruthless Wolverine, I've been torn apart by you, and you won't even let me attend a premiere? I'm still underage, believe it or not, I'll sue you?

"Haha, just kidding, Amanda."

As if sensing the girl's resentment, He Zhongqiu quickly smiled.

"Thank you! Wolverine, you're so nice!"

Seyfried quickly smiled and gave her another kiss.

It was too easy to deal with the two women. He didn't lose any blood at all. He Zhongqiu was still not sleepy, so he picked up the laptop on the bedside table and started surfing the Internet.

When browsing the basketball forum of Yahoo Sports, he found that LeBron James, who had just played a game, already had a fan community set up for him.

“This is really popular!”

He was a little jealous, thinking about how he had played for two months, until before the All-Star Game, before he had his own community on Yahoo.

"From today on, I will abandon Wolverine and become the biggest fan of the Little Emperor."

At this time, he noticed a hot post at the top of the Little Emperor Community, which was posted by a person named "Hand-Tear Wolverine".

When I went in to take a look, I saw that the man who tore Wolverine apart with his bare hands had devalued him in the post, saying that he was violent, lustful, never participated in charity events, yearned for Hollywood and was half-hearted about basketball, and that he played basketball solely based on his talent, etc.

"WC, this is intolerable."

In a rage, the small account "Tear the Statue of Liberty" which had not been online for half a year immediately went online and started tearing "Tear Wolverine" apart.

"The Little Emperor is trash, and only trash likes trash." As soon as his reply came out, he was immediately besieged by the Little Emperor's fans. He was on someone else's turf, and his English reading and writing skills were not good enough, so he was powerless to fight back and had no power to fight back at all.

"Ok?"

In a high-end luxury apartment in downtown New York City, lights are on everywhere that never sleep all night.

In the bedroom, there are some NBA posters for He Zhongqiu, as well as some promotional posters for Blade 3 for He Zhongqiu.

In particular, the poster facing the bed was the half-naked single person poster celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival that was just released on the market the day before yesterday.

Scarlett Johansson had just come out of the shower. She looked at the half-naked poster of He Zhongqiu with fascination, then lay on the bed and played on her computer.

After a while, she noticed a piece of garbage appeared in her post, called "Tearing the Statue of Liberty with Hands".

She didn't care whether the little emperor was trash or not, she was not really a fan of the little emperor, but how could she tolerate this guy calling her trash?

She was about to fight back, but she found that the little emperor's fans in the community had beaten the trash so badly that he fled, which allowed her to vent her anger.

After beating the bad guys away, she felt very excited but had no way to vent. While lying on the bed, she saw the poster on the opposite wall. She suddenly pulled the quilt over herself and put her hand inside the quilt.

After a while, a strange humming sound came from the bedroom.

On the 31st, the Knicks set off and flew to San Antonio.

The Spurs played a back-to-back home and away games on the 28th and 29th, narrowly beating the Suns by 1 point at home and losing to the Nuggets away. They just returned from Denver on the 30th.

Even though the Spurs won their second championship, Antonio's financial situation was average, the basketball market was too small, and the average ticket price for the regular season was only $15. In order to sell tickets, the management focused on promoting the game against the Knicks starting on the 29th.

The Knicks have Wolverine, and the Spurs management wants to take advantage of the popularity by raising the low ticket prices and selling more tickets.

This is also the sadness of small ball markets. When they meet a popular team at home, they often use the influence of the visiting team's stars to sell tickets.

For this game, the Spurs set the ticket price at $25, a more than % increase.

In order to take advantage of Wolverine's popularity, the Spurs put up his posters everywhere in San Antonio and advertised on local TV stations.

When He Zhongqiu arrived in San Antonio, he thought he was traded to the Spurs.

This game has also attracted much attention.

The game was broadcast live across the United States by ESPN, which analyzed the upcoming game.

ESPN believes that there are three highlights in this game. The first highlight is that the Spurs defeated the Knicks led by Ewing 99- in the Finals and won their first championship. The two teams have a historical grudge.

The second point of interest is that Wolverine is considered to be Ewing's disciple, and when Ewing had the best chance to win the championship, he was defeated by Duncan and David Robinson. Whether his disciple Wolverine has a chance to get back at him is also a concern of the media.

The third point of interest is that Tim Duncan is one of the most powerful inside players today, and the Knicks have Wolverine, who Barkley said is the next ruler of the restricted area. The competition between the two is also what attracts media attention.

Regarding the outcome of this game, ESPN believes that although the Knicks have strengthened their team, defense is still a weakness, and the strength of the defending champion Spurs cannot be questioned.

Of course, because David Robinson announced his retirement, the Spurs brought in the Timberwolves' main center Rasu Nesterovic, and their strength declined a bit.

In addition, the main point guard Tony Parker was injured in the preseason and has not returned to the new season, so the team's strength has declined again.

Therefore, ESPN believes that although the Spurs' strength is unquestionable, the Knicks still have a chance to win away from home if their lineup is incomplete.

November 11st, SBC Center in San Antonio.

This indoor arena, which was completed in 02 and can accommodate nearly people, has only been in use for one year.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, the Knicks came to the stadium for training.

This was He Zhongqiu's second time here, and he seemed to smell the smell of cow dung again.

After warming up, he started practicing shooting off the backboard.

Zhang Heli has obtained the Knicks' team interview permit, making him a Knicks team reporter who can take photos of training and conduct interviews.

While He Zhongqiu was training on the court, he was watching from the sidelines and occasionally taking pictures.

He felt that He Zhongqiu's rebound shot percentage was completely different from last season. He had improved a lot and could be put to great use. No wonder He Zhongqiu made 9 close-range rebound shots in the opening game, which was unprecedented last season.

After half an hour of shooting training and another half an hour of tactical running, the Knicks' training camp for today ended. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone had to arrange their time for the rest of the day.

He Zhongqiu did not leave, but continued training.

If he wants to develop his career in both the NBA and Hollywood, he has to work harder. He has to shoot movies during the offseason, so basketball technical training should be carried out during the season as much as possible and not delayed until the offseason.

Fortunately, his muscles, bones, qi and blood have all reached the 118th level of innate talent and can withstand training. As long as he improves his physical fitness by a few levels, there will be no problem at all.

Seeing him continue training, even troublemakers like Bonzi Wells didn't dare to leave, let alone others. Even veterans Mutombo and McDyess stayed.

"This is the role model of a leader," Thibodeau said with satisfaction.

He stayed just for Wolverine, otherwise he would have joined Van Gundy Jr. long ago.

He Zhongqiu continued training until five in the afternoon, then stopped, took a shower, and went to have dinner with his teammates.

At 7:30 in the evening, the SBC Center Arena with a capacity of 19,000 people was nearly 90% full.

During the regular season last season, the Spurs had an average of only 10351 people buying tickets per game, with an attendance rate of 54.6%. This game had an attendance rate of nearly % with a % increase in the price.

This made the Spurs management very happy, earning more than $200,000 more. If the market could be so good for every game, wouldn't they make an extra 20 to 30 million dollars a season?
Popovich was walking around the bench and seeing the packed gym, he coveted the Wolverines, but he knew that after playing in New York, even if the Wolverines were crazy, they wouldn't want to come to the Spurs.

At this time, the starting lineup was announced.

Spurs: Rasul, Duncan, Bruce Bowen, Ginobili, Jason Hart

Knicks: He Zhongqiu, Harrington, Bonzi Wells, Alan Houston, Nash.

At ESPN headquarters, in the NBA live studio, commentator Michael Breen said: "There have been some changes to the Spurs' championship lineup during the offseason. Super center David Robinson retired. There is nothing much to say about this. He decided to retire early in the morning.

The main small forward of the championship team and the third scoring point of the regular season last season, Stephen Jackson, joined the Hawks as a free agent, which was unexpected. "

Tom Howard said: "No, the media broke the news that Coach Popovich wanted Stephen Jackson to admit that Ginobili and Bruce Bowen were better than him, so he did not get a satisfactory contract from Popovich and had to leave."

"is it?"

Michael Breen was a little surprised and said: "No wonder Ginobili and Bowen both started today. Coach Popovich did not lie. He really thinks these two are better than Jackson."

At this time, He Zhongqiu was talking to Duncan in the player tunnel.

No, it should be Tim Duncan who took the initiative to come and talk to He Zhongqiu.

As soon as they met, Duncan came up to He Zhongqiu with a smile, put his arm around his shoulder and walked to the side, looking like a good brother.

"Wolverine, what do you think it means when a man stares at a woman with his eyes shining?" he asked seriously.

He Zhongqiu never expected that Tim Duncan, who was always known for his honesty and simplicity, would ask such a question, and he was stunned.

"Kidnap her?" he asked tentatively.

"Shit!" Duncan said unhappily.

"It's not about scamming her, it's about robbing her?" he asked again.

"Bullshit! I mean the thing between men and women. Well, don't you think that when a man looks at a woman with light in his eyes, doesn't he have any thoughts at all?" Duncan analyzed.

"Oh I see."

He Zhongqiu's face was filled with sudden enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)