NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 57 Price Increase
"Paul Allen spends a lot of money on a comprehensive upgrade of the Trail Blazers' facilities."

Old Chuck is a loyal Portland fan. His daily habit is to watch the sports section of the Portland Information and have breakfast. The media's homage to Li Zheng still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Isn't it too much movement for a rookie player?" Old Chuck said to himself incomprehensibly. The sports section of the Portland Information can already be renamed the exclusive interview with Li Zheng and Paul Allen. Seeing Li Zheng's name appearing in every corner of this newspaper for a week, a rookie?It is bigger than the section of the presidential campaign. Are these media people serious?

"Are you talking about Brian Lee? Basketball reports without Brian Lee are not worth watching now. You are really behind the times, Dad." His son Chuck, who was wearing a tie, hurriedly packed the official documents for work. Bag, old Chuck cut it with disdain, unfolded the newspaper and read it carefully, and an inconspicuous news in the newspaper caught his attention.

"Have you bought my season ticket?" Old Chuck gritted his teeth and said, Little Chuck's hands suddenly froze above his neck, as if he was about to hang himself.

"." Little Chuck secretly swallowed his saliva and said, the old Chuck crumpled up the newspaper and threw it on Little Chuck's body, "These bloody businessmen! A bunch of bastards!"

Little Chuck grabbed his briefcase and ran away, opened the door and ran to the garage and sat in the car, unfurling the crumpled newspaper in shock. On it was the Blazers new season ticket hotline. Little Chuck wiped his eyes, unbelievable Looking carefully at the numbers recorded above.

430 dollars? !
Are these sons of bitches serious?If you stick Brian Lee's stuff on, the price will f*ck up, right?Oh, that seems to be the case.

As far as Little Chuck knows, McDonald’s has launched the same set meal as Li Zheng, and people can eat the same hamburger set meal with Li Zheng for only $45, and Coca-Cola has also released the Brian Lee ncaa collection, which is said to cost $12 a can; And Nike even produced the University of Washington NCAA championship commemorative training shirt early, turning Li Zheng's training uniform into a luxury item worth 240 US dollars.
To chase the star Brian Lee requires dollars.Little Chuck finally understood his father's anger. The standard season ticket for the Trail Blazers last season was only about 220 US dollars. As a loyal fan who never missed every game, his father was about to bleed, but who let them draw such a great lottery Woolen cloth?Thanks Brandon Roy!
Trail Blazers official press conference.

The general manager of the Blazers, Kevin Pritchard, smiled and announced that he had sold 24 tickets within 6000 hours of selecting Li Zheng. Optimistic, what makes him even more optimistic is the team tickets that are almost sold out.

"We will continue to do my job well. I hope the fans will wait patiently for Lee and the Blazers to grow together. We will be a force to be reckoned with in the West."

Pritchard only responded gracefully to fans' complaints about the sharp increase in ticket prices. "The cost of team announcements" has risen. Anyone who is not a fool can understand the meaning behind his words. I chose it. Li, how about you?

The NBA schedule shows that the first three games of the Blazers are very interesting. The first game is against the defending champion Spurs, the second game is against the runner-up Cavaliers, and the third game is against the newly formed Big Three Boston Celtics. Although the fans look forward to these wonderful games, they are not satisfied with this arrangement.

"The league is targeting Lee, there's no question about it."

"Hahaha, David Stern is so afraid of Portland's rise? Which rookie player will experience such a devil's schedule, Fake David Stern!"

"Hell starts, pray for Lee."

Of course, there is no player in this world that everyone likes. At least Li Zheng is not one of them. There are also many fans who hate Li Zheng. Among them, Cleveland and New York have the most fans.

"Lee < LeBron, LeBron is the real Chosen One."

"LeBron made it to the Finals, Lee still needs to prove himself."

"Fack James Dolan, Lee is more suitable to come to a city like New York, and the stupid manipulation made New York lose its chance to rise."

"The New York Knicks don't welcome yellow-skinned players, hahaha, we don't need older rookies."

"Fack Bryan Lee."

Perhaps it was the backlash from the media’s long-term publicity. After Li Zheng was absent from the preseason, the arguments against Li Zheng gradually gained the upper hand in public opinion. There are also many so-called old fans who said that although Li Zheng ruled the NCAA and the Olympic Games, he has maintained a long-term presence in the NBA. Stable performance is another matter, and Li Zheng has a high probability of disappearing from everyone like other MOPs.

There are not a few people who hold this view, but in any case, Li Zheng's popularity is already the top in the NBA. Li Zheng's No. 1 jersey is out of stock and is stepping up production. Nike also announced that Li Zheng's personal sneakers will be released in the new season. In his debut, Li Zheng has achieved commercial success, although he has not yet played a game.

Li Zheng refused most of the interviews, but the arrival of Portland's official media still forced him to take time to deal with it, and the sharp questions of the Portland reporter made Li Zheng frown again and again.

"How do you want to prove yourself in the new season? The best rookie, the MVP, or the championship?" The reporter is a young and beautiful woman. The entire American media knows that Li Zheng's weakness is that he is not good at rejecting women. A boy with a waist not only has a soft underbelly, but also a very hard soft underbelly.

"Prove. I hate this word." Li Zheng crossed his legs and covered it with his coat calmly. "This is the word I have heard most from the media since I was a child. Prove, prove yourself, prove a mess , to prove everything, I'm not a mathematician, I don't need to prove anything, and I don't need to prove anything to others."

"So what's your goal?"

Li Zheng quietly looked at the reporter who deliberately exposed his career line, "Champion. The answer you want to hear, but this is what I want to say."

"Champions? You only had 20 wins last year. I mean, isn't that a bit ambitious? Maybe you want to talk about making the playoffs?"

Pritchard's light cough made Li Zheng wake up from a dream, "No, it's the championship. It's just that Roy and the others can handle it if they make it to the playoffs. Then what is the meaning of my coming here? Every year, my goal is the same. A champion, forever." Li Zhengse said.

"But don't you think such a goal is unrealistic? Or are you really just talking big?"

"Miss, I'm sorry, your interview time is over." The Blazers official staff directly interrupted the reporter's questioning. Li Zheng waved his hand. He had heard more harsh words than this, and this was nothing.

"Big talk. Everything I say sounds like a big talk. When I said I was going to win the NCAA championship at the University of Washington, Roy said I was delusional. I said we could win three consecutive championships. Petrash touched my head and said I had a fever. , I said I want to play to win Larry Brown directly said that I was crazy, this kind of evaluation is already a bit light for me, you can describe it as more serious, I don’t care.”

Li Zheng showed a nostalgic smile.

"This is a reporter from the New York Post. Portland's official media has been waiting outside the door for a long time." A staff member who hurried in whispered in Pritchard's ear.

"Fack!" Pritchard yelled in a broken voice, ignoring the risk of sexual harassment by the accused, he grabbed the young and beautiful reporter by the collar and threw her out of the interview room. When she left, the pretty girl still winked at Li Zheng , Li Zheng looked at the snickering girl with a headache, Pritchard turned around and postponed the interview time, he knew that this frighteningly energetic child had to sit in his seat and calm down for a while.

(End of this chapter)