am i proud?

Chapter 230 I also like tall people
By the beginning of September, the signings that should be signed by the NBA teams, the transactions that should be made, and the team lineup have basically become complete.

There are only two shooting guards and power forwards in the Clippers' roster. Considering that Wang Dalin is the starting power forward, he will play at least 2 minutes, so "Lord Baylor" reserved the last spot for the shooting guard.

Quentin Richardson must be strong enough to be a starter, and Kyle Korver is more than enough to play as a backup shooting guard, but the problem is that "Baylor" doesn't know...he doesn't know, and neither does the old head coach Mike Dunleavy. They both think that only two shooting guards are definitely not enough.

After many searches, he really found a very good one. This person's name is Rich Flam, and he graduated from Gonzaga University as an undrafted pick.

He is a handsome Caucasian shooter, 196cm tall, 95KG in weight, with good strength and a good three-point shooting ability, but his athletic ability is average, and his defense is relatively stretched.

So at the time of the draft, Fram regrettably became the undrafted pick. He signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Trail Blazers in September last year, but was waived in late October.

In fact, Fram played well in college. He averaged 12.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists in four years of college. He hit a total of 280 three-pointers, ranking third in the history of Gonzaga. His total score of 1621 points also ranked fourth in school history.

Maybe "Lord Baylor" learned about Flam from a scout, or maybe he just wanted to sign a shooting guard to fill the roster...Anyway, Flam is very cheap, and a non-guaranteed basic salary contract is settled.

Wang Dalin is not very clear about these things, because the main structure of the team has already been formed, and the signings are nothing more than marginal players. Naturally, he will not interfere with the team's uniform team.

If the team wants to trade main players like Maggette or Richardson, Wang Dalin will certainly not be able to sit idly by, as he has the right to trade for reference.

After the "Reaper Special Training Camp" ended in early September, Kobe, a training fanatic, wanted to join the team's joint training immediately, but there was still more than half a month before the team assembled in late September, so he could only train by himself.

During this period of time, under Wang Dalin's favor and two months of training under the guidance of Tim Grover, Kobe has deeply understood the benefits of having a top trainer, so he also hired a very good personal trainer for himself. He is the very famous Cannon Baker in later generations.

Wang Dalin reported to "Lord Baylor" and the head coach Deng Levi, and then flew back to Beijing with Wang Zhizhi.

The Chinese men's basketball team played 8 warm-up matches in August. The warm-up opponents were African powerhouses Angola and Nigeria, as well as strong enemies from the Americas Puerto Rico and Mexico.

This time, the Chinese men's basketball team looked for strong warm-up opponents, so Yao Ming also participated in the battle.

With Yu Wei, who has reached the NBA Western Conference semifinals, Yao Ming performed extremely well in the first warm-up match. He scored a large double-double with 34 points and 17 rebounds. He also sent out 6 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks. He almost defeated the Angola team by himself.

In the second game against Nigeria, Yao Ming was in a sluggish state, but Jiao Jian from Beijing and Du Feng from Guangdong both played very well. In addition, Sun Jun, a veteran of the Jilin team, also hit 3 consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter, stopping the Nigeria team in one fell swoop.

The two sides played very fiercely, but Yao Ming withstood the huge pressure at the last moment and scored 2+1 in the paint twice in a row, completely killing the game.

The opponent in the third warm-up match was the Puerto Rico team... Friends who are familiar with basketball know that this team is a traditional team in Central and North America. It once defeated the "Dream Six" team of the United States in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Its strength is quite awesome.

So in this game, even though the Chinese team had Yao Ming as an inside killer, they were still behind in the score until the Chinese team played a small climax of 8:0 in the first half of the fourth quarter and finally approached the score.

In the end, the Chinese team regrettably lost 79:85 and lost the warm-up match.

In the fourth game against the Mexican team, the Chinese team was full of momentum amidst the cheers of the home audience, and quickly established a double-digit lead. The players were still unconservative under the advantage, and the point difference between the two sides widened.

By the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team had already led by as many as 24 points, so it was no surprise that they took the opponent lightly.

经过了前两场的低迷后，此战姚铭又爆发了一把，仅仅上场30分钟就砍下了27分14篮板5助攻5盖帽。

The Mexican team's style of play has always been known for its quickness and dexterity, and its accurate mid-range and long-range shots. However, the Chinese team's inside line is guarded by a giant named Yao Ming.

Winning Mexico this time is of great significance to the Chinese men's basketball team, because China's biggest opponent in the Asian basketball world has always been South Korea.

So Director Jiang is most concerned about the game against Mexico, because their style of play is very similar to that of the South Korean team.

However, no matter how good the South Korean team is, it is still almost meaningless compared to the American powerhouse Mexico. Therefore, after the Chinese team defeated the Mexican team, the players' self-confidence immediately increased a lot.

This is a very simple horizontal comparison... We even cleaned up Mexico, can't we still beat you Korean stick?

After the four warm-up games, Director Jiang gave the players a one-week vacation. After regrouping on September 9, their training has been changed to tactical drills against the main opponents in Asia.

The battle is imminent, and what the players need most now is to maintain their form, and it is of no benefit to continue to train hard.

Wang Dalin went back to Chongqing first, and it has been more than a year since he left, so he should at least stay at home for a few days, right?

Since he started playing in the NBA, Wang Dalin has spent less than a month at home in the past few years. Although his son has grown up and started his own business, his parents still miss him very much. Every time he returns home, he spends as much time with him as possible, and even seldom manages his growing business.

But this time when he returned home, Wang Dalin felt very uncomfortable, because his parents called a large group of relatives from seven aunts and eight aunts, and they rushed to greet him one by one, and even... urged the marriage!
Speaking of urging marriage, it has nothing to do with the era of big ball or small ball. Even in the 80s and 90s, the elders would also ask the younger generation when they saw the younger generation-"Son, do you have a date?"

Wang Dalin just turned 3 in March this year, and he has just reached the drinking age in the United States... Is it too early for you elders to urge marriage now?
Haven't you seen that there are more and more older leftover men and women since the 21st century?

There are many people in their 30s who are still unmarried. Why am I only 21 years old?

is this necessary?

Wang Dalin had no choice but to perfunctory with them patiently, finally stayed at home for a week, and hurriedly packed his luggage and went to Beijing.

There are still a few days before the final registration date on September 9th, and Wang Dalin has no intention of wasting it... He has grown up so much, and he has never visited those famous scenic spots in Beijing!
And... Now that you are in Beijing, how can you not invite Zhang Zilin to meet him?
It has been more than half a year since we last met at the All-Star Weekend, and Wang Dalin really misses her... Could this be the aftereffect of being urged to marry by relatives?

Zhang Zilin was naturally very surprised when she received a call from Wang Dalin suddenly. Her university had just started a few days ago, and she didn't have many classes anyway, so she had a lot of free time.

Hearing Wang Dalin said that he wanted to find a "tour guide" to accompany him to visit the famous scenic spots in Beijing, Zhang Zilin immediately dressed up and walked out of the gate of Beijing Film Academy.

Wang Dalin had been waiting outside the gate of Beiying for a long time, and he didn't try to hide anything. Anyway, no matter what his height was, he couldn't hide it. As long as he wasn't blind...who would not recognize him?
Fortunately, here is the Beijing Film Academy, and there are few basketball fans among students in art colleges. While waiting, Wang Dalin just signed autographs for a few handsome boys, and he didn't even meet anyone asking for a group photo.

Also... It is only the first ten days of September 2003. Although many mobile phones on the market already have camera functions, the pixels are too low, and everyone has not yet developed the habit of taking pictures with mobile phones!

Zhang Zilin wore a lake-green short-sleeved T-shirt on her upper body, light blue denim shorts on her lower body, and a pair of female version of "Generation Reaper" on her feet. Her long and straight legs were particularly eye-catching.

"Da Lin, have you been waiting for a long time?" After the meeting, Zhang Zilin greeted Wang Dalin naturally, "Just now I wasted a little time putting on makeup, I'm sorry!"

"I haven't waited long!" Wang Dalin smiled at her, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and you seem to have lost a lot of weight..."

Zhang Zilin stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "The model team is very strict, everyone has to keep fit, you know... I used to be a little fat!"

Wang Dalin blurted out: "How did you get fat before? With your height, do you still want to lose less than 100 catties?"

Eating a job as a model is hard work. In order to keep in shape, all kinds of anti-human weight-loss tricks are used on myself. When I get old, I basically have stomach problems.

Zhang Zilin used to practice track and field, and her physical fitness must be much better than that of ordinary girls, so she must not be light.

According to Wang Dalin's visual inspection, Zhang Zilin weighed at least 65KG two years ago, and she was only 17 years old at that time, and she even had a little baby fat.

But the last time we met again in Atlanta, Zhang Zilin had obviously lost a lot of weight, and the baby fat on his face had completely disappeared, and his weight was estimated to be just over 60KG.

Goodbye this time, Wang Dalin found that she had lost a lot of weight, and her weight must have been less than 60KG.

If it is an ordinary girl, of course a weight of 60KG is a bit chubby, but Zhang Zilin is 182cm tall, even if she weighs 70KG, she will not look fat, so she must not be judged by this standard.

Zhang Zilin said with a smile: "Below 100 catties is too exaggerated, I probably keep around 115 catties and it's almost the same!"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "You are still too thin at 115 catties, and 125 catties is almost the same... Sigh, I really don't understand why you model yourself so thin. Are all skinny and skinny really good-looking?"

Zhang Zilin said with a smile: "Where is skinny so exaggerated? By the way... where do you want to go shopping first?"

Wang Dalin thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the Forbidden City first?"

Zhang Zilin looked at the time: "It's almost lunch time, it's too late to go to the Forbidden City, why don't we go to the overpass?"

"Flyover?" Wang Dalin didn't come to his senses.

Zhang Zilin said with a smile: "Yes, the overpass is very lively, and there are all kinds of Beijing-style snacks, we can eat while shopping!"

Wang Dalin suddenly asked: "Is there a 'Deyun Society' that talks about cross talk over there?"

Zhang Zilin said blankly: "I don't know... Do you want to listen to cross talk? It's okay, let's go and have a look first?"

Wang Dalin thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's go there now!"

The Beijing Film Academy is outside the third ring road, and it’s not too close to the Tianqiao. The journey is about 14 kilometers. It took the two of them more than half an hour to take a taxi, and it was already past 12 noon when they arrived at the Tianqiao.

It was time for lunch, so the two first found an authentic old Beijing restaurant and had a big meal.

Zhang Zilin's eating is very elegant, but she eats no less than Wang Dalin... This girl seems to have lost too much weight during this period, and she can't hold back when she sees delicious food.

After eating, the two of them strolled casually on the overpass, and they treated it as a digestion.

Wang Dalin noticed that there really was a "Deyun Society" theater here, and they had changed their name in 2003.

The afternoon show started at 14:00. Wang Dalin first went to buy two tickets, both of which were good seats in the middle of the first row... The "Deyun Club" has not become popular these days, and it will take another year or two.

Zhang Zilin wondered why Wang Dalin, who was born and bred in Chongqing, would like cross talk. She is an authentic Beijing girl, and she has never been in a theater to hear cross talk for so many years.

But seeing that Wang Dalin was in high spirits, she couldn't help but follow him into this small theater converted from a teahouse.

Not long after, the afternoon show officially started. Li Jing was the first to take the stage, and he performed a long allegro for the audience.

Li Jing's basic skills are of course very good, and his allegro is quite funny, Zhang Zilin can't help laughing out loud from time to time... After listening to this passage, her impression of cross talk is obviously much better.

Wang Dalin didn't laugh at all. He listened to it too much on the Internet in later generations, and obviously he laughed much more than Zhang Zilin...Of course he came here to watch Guo Degang.

Soon he got his wish and met Guo Degang. At this time, his regular partner was the old man Zhang Wenshun known as the "imbalance artist", but Yu Qian often came to help, so Wang Dalin was very lucky to see Guo Degang and Yu Qian partner in today's event.

On the stage, Mr. Guo smiled and threw out his welcome package: "I am very pleased that there are many audiences here today!"

In fact, there were not too many audiences in the afternoon show. The theater that originally could seat more than 300 people only had about 100 people. However, the audience obviously took pride in it, and all said: "Hey..."

It was the first time Zhang Zilin saw this kind of booing, and thought it was quite novel, so he asked Wang Dalin in a low voice, "What do they mean by calling them that?"

Before Wang Dalin could answer, Mr. Guo had already hung up on the stage: "It seems that we have a new audience here today. Just now the little girl in the audience asked everyone what this '噫' means. Let me explain it to you. This '噫'...actually means 'I love you'!"

Yu Qian answered in a timely manner: "Are you looking at the beauty of the little girl and deliberately taking advantage of her?"

The audience below immediately shouted "噫...", Zhang Zilin immediately laughed up and down, Wang Dalin also couldn't laugh or cry, and said to Teacher Guo: "You have no chance, she likes tall ones!"

When everyone saw Zhang Zilin and Wang Dalin sitting together, they were obviously a couple, and seeing that Wang Dalin was sitting a head taller than ordinary people, they all burst into laughter.

Teacher Guo was obviously taken aback, but what scene had he never seen?I saw him reacting very quickly, facing the audience with a smile: "Are the audiences now so powerful?"

Then she turned her face to Yu Qian and said, "Teacher Yu, look at this incident..."

Teacher Yu is known as the "Queen of Crosstalk" who can praise everything, and his reaction is also extremely fast. He immediately waved his hands and said, "Don't look at me... I like tall ones too!"

The audience immediately burst into laughter, and many people began to boo again—"Hey..."

Mr. Guo deliberately put on an angry look, and said: "Oh... this cross talk is beyond words... This fanboy actually teamed up with the audience to bully me..."

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　　From this chapter onwards, there will be one or two chapters about romance, readers who don’t like it just don’t read it, please don’t spray it!
　　
　
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