You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 360 I'll Take You to Eat Delicious Food
After defeating the Clippers, the Lakers got a two-day Thanksgiving holiday.

他们可以在11月22日-23日自由地分配自己的时间，只要保证11月24日晚上准时前往盐湖城参加下午的训练课和当晚的比赛。

Wei Xia decided to go back to his hometown in Philadelphia with his brother and sister for Thanksgiving.

He didn't go home last year, and this year he has plenty of time, so he has no reason to stay in Los Angeles.

On the eve of the holiday, the Lakers achieved four consecutive victories. Wei Xia fell asleep at home contentedly, and his consciousness went through the tunnel of time and space to the distant 60s.

At this time, on November 1963, 11, the Boston Celtics took a plane to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers.

Today in 1963, only the Lakers in the entire league have their own special plane. Although other teams also fly to away games, they all take economy class.

Seats in the economy class are similar to torture for tall professional players.

The gap between the NBA in the 60s and the modern NBA is reflected in all aspects.

Off-site logistical support may be the most intuitive.

Accustomed to playing in the modern league, the NBA in the 60s seems to have returned to the Stone Age for Wei Xia.

Modern players are accustomed to a highly commercialized league, and they may not even have to carry their own luggage when they are away from home.But decades ago, players had to carry their own luggage, and if they were rookies, the big bag with the practice ball.

Generally speaking, the team will bring 6 balls for training and pre-match warm-up.

Moreover, the rookie has to bring some things for the veteran. For example, Bill Russell likes to bring a compress bag for knee injuries when he plays away.

This year, the Celtics have a lot of rookies. They have a clear division of labor. One is responsible for carrying the dressing bag, the other is responsible for carrying the training ball, and the other is ready to be dispatched at any time.Don't think that this person who doesn't need to take anything is very lucky. In fact, he is the worst, because he really doesn't know how many perverted things the veterans will ask him to do.

At the same time, the team's staff will check all the materials, and the rookies need to take them to the hotel and then hand them over to the coach. If the handover cannot be completed at the hotel, the rookies have to carry them to the playing field by themselves.

"Damn it, we are the champions, why can't we have our own plane like the Lakers?"

Tom Heinsohn complained.

Already set to retire at the end of this season, Frank Ramsey has decided to make the most of each of his next treks.

Hearing the old smoker's complaints, he asked back: "Then face risks like the Lakers?"

"What risk?" Wei Xia asked curiously.

"That was in 1960." Ramsey said slowly.

In 1960, the Lakers took their own plane to Minneapolis, the closest thing to losing an entire team since the birth of the NBA.

The Lakers' special plane broke down, and everyone's life was hanging by a thread.

That plane was filled with superstars including Elgin Baylor and Jerry West.We know with open eyes that they all survived, otherwise Baylor and West would not be able to start their legendary and "legendary" management careers after retiring.

But at that time, the Lakers almost suffered an air crash.

Eventually they landed in a cornfield by luck, and when the plane came to a stop, they looked at each other face to face, as if they had no idea what had just happened.Everyone was in awe and proud of having survived such a catastrophe.All of a sudden, everyone in the cabin started cheering like it was a road win the day before, and everyone was high-fiving each other.The crew then had to open the rear hatch and found themselves surrounded by up to 3 feet of snow.The team members decisively started a snowball fight to celebrate their escape.

The funny thing is, their snowball fight lasted for a while, and the funeral home drove the funeral car to collect the body. They found everyone well and said they were lucky, and then the Lakers got in the funeral car and arrived at the hotel they had booked in advance.

"Since we want to enjoy life, we should take some risks." Heinsohn read.

Ramsey, who is only 185 centimeters tall, said leisurely: "I would rather fly economy class than take the risk of death on a private jet with questionable quality!"

Wei Xia wanted to tell them how comfortable the business class was, but if he said that, he would most likely be regarded as a lunatic.

Next, Heinsohn started complaining about everything in the league.

From the countless journeys, the rubbish travel equipment, and the rubbish land travel tools, and the principle of insecurity that does not know how much rubbish it takes to describe its rubbish essence.

The most damning point—"We played hard, got injured and retired, and ended up with no pension!" Heinsohn said, "This kind of bastard system is fucking unreasonable!"

Ramsey asked casually, "Then what do you want?"

The old smoker said proudly: "I want this day, change the rules!"

"Fly in the economy class, you can be a millionaire, you can do it." The teammate beat him mercilessly, causing Heinsohn to swear a few vulgar words.

After the plane arrived at the station, Wei Xia, Ramsey, and Heinsohn took the taxi they had called in advance.

Why is Frank Ramsey's "Best Sixth Man" status unshakable?Because he is not only the sixth man on the court, but also the sixth man off the court.

He is responsible for arranging the logistics support and daily life of the team.

After arriving at the away game, he contacted the taxi outside the airport.

He also found the hotel in advance.

With him, the Celtics' logistics will not be a problem.

The three of them got into a taxi and the situation became delicate.

Wei Xia knew the rules, he looked at Heinsohn and Ramsey, their eyes were full of indisputable weirdness.

The taxi fare from the airport to the hotel is of course not free, and the team is not responsible for reimbursement. There is no future subsidy yet, so this money can only be charged to your own account.

If there are rookies in the car, things will be easy to handle.

It is the rule to pay the rookie.

However, Weisha (Havlicek) is already a sophomore, Ramsey is a veteran who is about to retire, and Heinsohn is also a veteran, so they are deadlocked.

Wesha wanted to help Havlicek save the money. Ramsey was a famous stinger, and Heinsohn thought that given his status as an old man, he shouldn't be the one paying the money.

He hoped that Ramsey or Havlicek would take the money.

"Ahem, why don't you talk anymore?" Wei Xia broke the silence.

"Say what?" Heinsohn looked at them carefully as if he was wary of an enemy, "What else is there to say?"

It’s less than $10 for Xibaer. Look at them. For Heinsohn, whose annual salary is only more than $1, and Ramsey, whose annual salary is less than $10, the taxi fare of about $[-] is really not a small amount of money.

The low salary was also one of Heinsohn's complaints on the plane just now.

"Like tonight's game, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, who will handle it?"

It's not easy for Wei Xia to directly say who paid for the car.

Ramsey was clearly thinking seriously.

Heinsohn didn't want to talk nonsense at all: "It's just those two people, Lars and I farted and got rid of them all by ourselves, don't you need to think about it?"

"You are so powerful, so you must be able to handle the driver?"

"Of course!"

"Okay!" Ramsey interjected, "You pay the fare!"

"Mao!" Heinsohn realized that he had been caught in a trap, and immediately regretted, "I won't pay, whoever wants to pay!"

Wei Xia asked helplessly: "This problem has to be solved. Haven't you encountered similar problems before? For example, three people are in the car - when there are no rookies in the car, who pays?"

"Then follow the old rules, the person with the suitcase on the bottom pays!" Heinsohn screamed.

They are loud enough to make drivers' ears ring.

As for why the person with the suitcase at the bottom pays, it involves a long-standing story.

Bill Sharman, the famous Celtics star and sharp-tempered sharpshooter at the same time as Bob Cousy, had a bad face with his teammates because of the same problem. Later, they made a rule that when there are no rookies in the car, the person with the luggage at the bottom pays.Because those with luggage on top always leave first, so naturally, those with luggage at the bottom have to check out.

⑴ Let me say a few more words about this old gentleman. He is famous for his violent temper, not only for his violent temper, but also for his violent behavior. The LOGO man commented on him this way: "This man has fought more on the court than Tyson!" Auerbach didn't dare to scold him because he was too hot-tempered, for fear of being beaten to death by him.As a player, he was a rare player in the 50s who looked very comfortable in his shooting posture. After retiring as a coach, he tamed the monster Chamberlain. In his short coaching years, he won championships in both the NBA and the ABA, and was the head coach of the year.One of only four players and coaches in history to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

After Heinsohn finished speaking, everyone tacitly agreed.

The old smoker dared to say that because he knew that his suitcase was on the top, and Wei Xia remembered that he was the second to put down the suitcase, that is to say, the one who had to pay later was Frank Ramsey, the stingiest, meanest, and most stingy person Wei Xia had ever met.

When they arrived at the hotel, the three of them got out of the car together.

When Heinsohn was carrying his luggage, Ramsey suddenly pulled his luggage out from the bottom.As a result, Heinsohn, who was defenseless, used his head and suitcase to make a head-on hedge.

The force was too great, and Heinsohn fainted on the spot.

The driver asked without surprise: "Who will pay for you?"

Ramsey almost killed Heinsohn, but said without shame: "When this man wakes up, he will pay."

"Hong Duo, let's go, I'll take you to eat delicious food!"

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PS: I said that the last one is a true story, do you believe it?Well, it is true.Both the murderer and the victim.

(End of this chapter)