Pick Westbrook

Chapter 290 For You, I Will Change From Blackheads to White Hairs
Texas, Houston.

On a lonely street.

Jimmy Butler stood on the street, touching the telephone poles and letter boxes he had seen in his childhood.

The pedestrians around were extremely strange, and some people in the room poked their heads out to watch wantonly.

Butler, who originally had a lot of anger in his heart, suddenly had another emotion in his heart after seeing the old scene of his childhood and the strangers around him.

He wondered if that person was still here.

Li Lai parked the 9-handed Alto on the side of the road, and then signaled Butler to go in boldly.

Butler didn't forget to take Alto's car keys from Li Lai at this time, and then he walked to the door of a dilapidated house.

Standing in front of the door, Butler closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then raised his trembling hand and knocked vigorously.

boom! boom! boom!
There was no response in the room, so Butler knocked more urgently and loudly.

It was not until a long time later that a woman's voice was heard.

"Who is it?!"

The woman opened the door a little angrily, and immediately stayed where she was when she saw the man in front of her.

Butler was also stunned, and then remembered the grievances he had suffered over the years, he took a deep breath and said at this time.

"It's me! Jimmy Butler! The man you kicked out of this house 9 years ago."

"Don't worry, I'm not here today to seek revenge on you, and I'm not going to sue you with family law."

"I came here today just to show you in front of your face that the person who was kicked out by you will finally have a day of success."

"See that luxury car on the street? Mine!"

"That's the car you've never seen in your life."

The woman looked at Jimmy Butler, who was extremely emotional, and then turned her head to look at the 9-car Alto.

At this time, Li Lai also saw the woman's old appearance.

Judging by Butler's age, the woman should be around 40 years old, but at this moment she has messy white hair, skin wrinkles that look like a 70-year-old old man, and her whole body is also skinny. Even like skin and bones.

"Would you like to come in?"

The woman took a step back, let most of the door open, looked at Butler tremblingly and said.

Butler hesitated for a while, looked at the woman, his chest was still heaving, and his excitement had not calmed down.

"it is good."

Butler walked into the house, looked at the familiar small space, and the more dilapidated environment than when he left, and remained silent.

Then he found the climbing mat that was his childhood favorite, and sat down.

"If you thought I'd forgive you, you're dead wrong."

"When I was chased by wild dogs, lived in a bridge hole, and slept on a park bench, I swore that I would never forgive you in this life."

Butler said still angrily.

The woman poured a glass of water and put it in front of Butler, and said calmly, "I have no hope of getting your forgiveness."

Butler nodded and said, "You'd better have such an awareness. If you dare to say this to me, I will tell you to go to Nima, and then leave this room directly."

When the woman is silent, she will say, "You should say this."

Butler stood up at this time and angrily smashed the cup in his hand on the ground. The bullying and helplessness he had suffered for nine years was completely vented at this time.

"Go to Nima!"

After finishing speaking, Butler rushed out of the room, found where Li Lai was, and rushed over directly.

He hid in the arms of the head coach who gave him warmth all day, without crying.

The water glass that fell on the ground rolled around on the climbing mat, making some noises.

The woman walked over and picked up the cup on the ground and put it back. She took out an extremely old photo from a broken cabinet.

The person in the photo looks very similar to the current Jimmy Butler, as if carved out of a mold.

The woman's voice was trembling and she was still saying, "I don't like your looks."

outside the house.

Li Lai waited until Butler completely released his emotions before saying, "You are willing to hide in the arms of a man who gave you warmth for a day, why don't you try to forgive a man who has taken care of you for 13 years."

Butler raised his head and didn't understand. He originally thought that the coach could understand the pain in his heart, but now it seems that the other party doesn't understand at all.

Li Lai put his hand heavily on Butler's shoulder.

"I can understand your pain, just as you can understand Leonard's pain."

"I don't want you to regret why you forgave her instead of regretting that you didn't forgive her when you look back on today in a few years' time."

"By the time she leaves one day, it will be too late."

At this moment, Butler remembered the woman's skinny appearance, and he glanced at Li Lai in shock.

Li Lai nodded.

in the room.

The woman heard some strange noises, and she turned around in shock.

Butler went back and forth, looking at her.

"Want to meet my adoptive parents, they are very nice people."

The woman stood up, nodded and said, "I'll get my coat."

Li Lai drove the two of them to downtown Houston, hundreds of kilometers away.

The woman's eyes were moist all the way, and she must have been thinking at this time, how did the child go so far on his feet back then.

When they arrived at the Leslie couple's house, they were cleaning the lawn.

"this is mine."

Butler pointed to the woman beside him and remained silent for a long time before saying, "William, her name is William."

The Leslie couple looked at the woman in shock, and then at Butler in shock.

They knew what kind of ordeal Butler had suffered before, and they also knew who the woman in front of them must be, and at the same time they were shocked by the woman's current appearance.

"Hi, my name is William."

The woman and the Leslie couple shook hands one after another, and then said apologetically, "I shouldn't be qualified to say thank you, but I still thank you."

"You are good people and a better parent than I am."

After hearing these words, Butler rushed into his room aggrieved, looked at Li Lai with reddish eyes and said.

"She abandoned me and now I bring her to my house and let her meet my adoptive parents."

"I'm really crazy."

After finishing speaking, Butler covered his face and laughed, but the smile didn't look happy.

Li Lai patted Butler on the shoulder comfortingly, and the latter burst into tears immediately.

Outside the room, the woman heard Butler's crying, she looked at the Leslie couple apologetically and said, "I should go."

The woman left the house immediately, and Butler chased him out from the room.

The two looked at each other and remained silent.

"If you have time, you can come here often to have a look."

The woman turned her head, smiled and shook her head and said, "I don't think that's necessary."

Butler said with some embarrassment: "If it's not convenient, I can drive over to pick you up."

The woman shook her head again and said, "It's not what you think, I'm dying."

There was a sudden silence outside the yard.

Butler was at a loss when he heard this.

The woman looked at Butler and stretched out her hand, which was placed in mid-air and then lowered.

She said, "Thank you for being so kind to me, your mother must be proud of you."

"She'll be watching you all the time, watching you achieve one achievement after another in the NBA."

"Jimmy, you're a good boy."

Looking at the back of the woman, Butler, who still had those words in his mind, felt for the first time that he was about to lose everything in this world.

Li Lai looked at the woman's back and wanted to ask a question, but at this moment he couldn't ask it anyway.

That is, whether Jimmy Butler's father is Jordan or not.

hours later.

Bartley told Li Lai that he wanted to buy an apartment in New Orleans and wanted to know the best local hospital.

Li Lai entrusted these two matters to Hammond, and the latter did not forget to remind Li Lai of one thing.

"You can live in Bradley Arena, but you can't live in New Orleans Arena."

"Because this arena was built by the municipality, it belongs to New Orleans, Louisiana, not privately owned."

"So, it's not just Butler who needs a house, you need it too, and then you should have a car of your own."

7 month 26 day.

Jordan took the initiative to call Li Lai, which surprised Li Lai very much.

Although the two met in the playoffs between the Bucks and Bobcats that year, they had no intimate contact, so logically speaking, they were not familiar with each other, and Jordan should not have called him.

Of course, the face of the basketball god still has to be given.

Jordan called for only one thing.

In 2002, after the Charlotte Hornets left Charlotte and moved to New Orleans to become the New Orleans Hornets, the NBA promised that Charlotte would be given the right to form a new team and participate in the 2004-05 NBA season. .

Several groups bid for ownership of the new franchise, including a capital group led by former Boston Celtics superstar Larry Bird.

Then in 2010, Michael Jordan, a minority shareholder of the team and leader of basketball affairs, bought the Bobcats for $2.75 million.

This team officially became the basketball god's team.

But the problem is that the Bobcats have not had a good record since the beginning of the team, and even entered the playoffs only once embarrassingly.

That was the last time he was eliminated by the Bucks led by Li Lai.

More importantly, there are still many fans in the city of Charlotte who miss the former Hornets, so in Jordan's view, this is very unfavorable for the Bobcats to gain fans in this city.

So he called, hoping to take advantage of Lee to buy the Hornets this time, change the name of the team in New Orleans, and return the name of the Hornets to Charlotte.

Hornets high-level meeting.

Hammond said at the meeting: "I think it is imperative to change the team name. The Hornets have lost fans in the city of New Orleans."

"Both the players and the fans have lost faith in this team because of the years of chaos and the insanity of the management."

"So, we should have changed the name."

Li Lai nodded.

It's been many days since he took over the Hornets, but until now fans in the city have not welcomed his arrival, nor have they shown the same disgust as when Lee took over the Bucks.

It just goes to show that the fans in this city have really lost hope in this team, whether it's good or bad has nothing to do with them.

So Li Lai also thinks that the name should be changed, but what kind of name should be changed is a question.

Hammond's muddy leg proposed at the meeting that it could be changed to the New Orleans Lee Team. The name was immediately applauded by all the team's management personnel.

Li Lai naturally denied the name immediately without hesitation.

In the past, when the Lakers played the playoffs with the Spurs or the Mavericks, they liked to take the title of "War or Stay". Become Li Lai's war horse or war ox?
Thinking about it, I don't feel so good.

Hammond then came up with some team names, such as the Eighteen King Kong team and the Hip Boys team.
Li Lai was so annoyed by these names that he left the conference room directly.

It's really not a wise decision to let ordinary people like them take names.

Li Lai escaped from the conference room and walked alone on the banks of the New Orleans River, which was completely surrounded by water.

This is Holloway's 52nd day away.

Hammond bought an apartment closest to the New Orleans Arena according to Li Lai's wishes, and bought an imported Hongqi flagship at the same time.

According to Hammond's words, Li Lai's life is not like that of an NBA team owner worth hundreds of millions. Even pretty girls would turn their heads and leave after seeing his situation.

Li Lai turned a deaf ear to this.

He is willing to come out for a walk, in addition to struggling with the team's name, but also because he has dealt with all the matters of the Hornets' new season, and everything is on the right track.

On the waters of the Mississippi, some birds chirped.

This is a unique bird in the city of New Orleans. It likes to move in groups, has very sharp eyes, is good at swimming and flying, and is an extremely ferocious bird animal.

Taylor West was alone in the boat, swimming freely on the surface of the water with the current.

She was holding a small notebook in her hand, and she kept writing and drawing on it with her right hand, and there was a guitar leaning on the bow beside her.

The boat hit the shore, making a soft noise. Li Lai looked at the boat at his feet, and then at Taylor Swift on board.

The surrounding birds were startled by this light sound, uttered several bird chirps, and then flew away with fluttering wings.

Taylor Swift raised her head when she heard the whirring sound, and saw Li Lai who had met once.

It was early morning at this time, the sun had just risen, and the first ray of sunlight happened to hit Taylor Swift and Li Lai's faces.

she whispered.

"The pelican is singing, the beauty is late, I have seen you like the rosy clouds at dawn, for you, I would like to change from black hair to white hair."

Li Lai nodded and said, "Good poetry, good poetry."

Taylor chuckled, moved out the position of the boat behind him, and invited Li to come up.

The two recalled that the first time they met was the battle between the Bucks and the New York Knicks. At that time, Taylor gave Li Lai the middle finger because of Spike Lee.

Then the two met again in the parking lot, which naturally ended in trash talking.

But now outside the court, when the two think about it carefully, it seems that there has never been any conflict.

Li Lai asked curiously, "What are you writing?"

Tai Lun said: "Write songs, how about you?"

Li said: "I'm thinking of a name for the new team."

Tai Lun raised his small head and asked curiously, "Have you thought about it?"

Li Lai nodded.

(End of this chapter)