lakers championship

Chapter 118 Shirt No. 17

After the draft was over, Tianyang and his team hurried back to Los Angeles.

On the morning of the 26th, he dressed up carefully, and accompanied by Cui Ren, he went to the Lakers' new training base - UCLA Health Center, where the Lakers will hold a rookie meeting for him.

On the way, Cui Ren kept complaining: "Brother Tian, ​​your aesthetic is really, tsk tsk tsk, it's hard to describe in words."

Tianyang wondered: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with a formal three-piece suit?"

Cui Ren looked up to the sky and sighed: "Then you don't need a pair of basketball shoes. If you want to wear basketball shoes, you can do a little bit of hip-hop. How do you look at it? It's awkward, it's like people choosing people with heads and legs on the Internet and legs with fish heads and human legs." Same pain."

Tianyang didn't care much: "Hey, who cares what shoes I wear, I'm sitting and speaking, and it's not at a reception, I need to walk back and forth, and the media meeting only takes about ten minutes."

"That's fine." Cui Ren said helplessly, "Hurry up and find a girlfriend or learn to dress well."

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As soon as they got out of the car, the Lakers staff immediately greeted them and brought Tianyang and the two into the UCLA Health Center.

The original training facility of the Lakers was shared with the Los Angeles Defenders and the Los Angeles Kings.

So the Lakers decided to build a new, separate practice facility.

The new venue, in partnership with UCLA, cost $8000 million and covers approximately 12 square feet.

The Bass brothers and sisters and Kupchak were waiting for Tianyang at the main entrance. After a closer look, there were Ingram and Zubacz.

Jenny smiled and said, "Everyone is here, let's start."

After she finished speaking, she took the lead to walk into the venue, and everyone followed.

After passing through the gate, two courts appeared in front of Tianyang.

"Here are two standard courts, open all day, and you can come here for training at any time. In addition, the floor used by these two courts is exactly the same as that of the Staples Center, which can help you quickly find the feeling of playing games .In a moment, we will hold a meeting for you here, how does it feel?"

"Feels great", "NICE!", "I can practice here all day!"

After taking pictures, Jenny led the three of them to the right side of the training hall.

"This is the physical training room. All the fitness equipment is the latest and the best. You can sweat freely and strengthen your body here. Any questions or needs you can tell Tim. He is in charge of your physical fitness and endurance training. .”

Following Jenny's gestures, Tianyang saw Tim, and he took the initiative to shake hands. Zubac and Ingram also shook hands. Afterwards, Jenny led the three of them forward.

"This area is a hairdressing room, changing room, and massage center. There are frozen ice buckets, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, fully automatic jacuzzi, and even cupping, an ancient technique from China. You can come here to relax after training."

The three of Tianyang nodded repeatedly. The frozen ice bucket can quickly reduce pain and swelling; the hyperbaric oxygen chamber can store more oxygen in the blood and accelerate the healing of damaged parts;

Leaving the leisure area, Jenny led everyone to the door of the medical room.

The entire medical room covers an area second only to the two courts, and is equipped with all kinds of medical equipment.
"This is our chief team doctor, Gary Vitti. Tianyang, I have to tell you that Gary has long confirmed that you can fully recover, and the speed is still very fast. Your current situation shows that his judgment is completely correct."

Hearing this, Tianyang quickly shook hands with Gary, "I will trouble you to recover later."

Gary nodded, "It's my job, please rest assured."

After leaving the medical room, Jenny led the three of them upstairs again.

"The second floor is our office area. I, Jim, and Mitch all have our own offices. If you have any questions or want to chat about life, you are welcome to knock on the door."

She walked towards the window while talking, Tianyang looked along and found a row of trophies.

A total of 16 seats, worthy of the name of the rich.All of them are arranged in the windows on the second floor, so you can see them clearly from the basketball court on the first floor.Whenever you feel like you don't want to train, look up at the trophy and be sure to start running again.

After the visit, Kupchak explained a few more words, and then took the three of them downstairs to attend the media meeting.

Tianyang and Ingram have a high ranking, while Zubac has a low ranking. The media must be very biased when asked. In order to avoid embarrassment, the Lakers asked the three to be interviewed separately.

Tianyang was the first to take the stage, accompanied by Kupchak, Jim, and Wharton.

There were a total of 60 media outlets, large and small, who filled all the temporary seats.

Kupchak made an opening statement: "First of all, welcome to everyone here today. For the Lakers fans, the Lakers, Walton, the Bass family and me, today is a very good day. We have the same Excited to welcome the new face of the Los Angeles Lakers, a young man who can lead us back to the top – Li Tianyang.”

The media in the audience applauded.

"We want to build a team that can win. We need a player with leadership. Tianyang is the best candidate for us. He has a super high ball quotient and super skills. He can activate our striker , leading the Lakers to regain the championship, here, I want to hand over this jersey to him."

Kupchak got up and handed the players to Tianyang, Jim and Wharton also stood up.

After the group photo of the four was over, it was Tianyang's turn to speak.

"First of all, I would like to thank the Lakers for choosing me and making my dream come true. It is great to stay in California and see my friends, teammates, teachers, and classmates at any time. I am ready to play for the Lakers."

After a short speech, the meeting will enter the questioning session of reporters.

"First of all, you are welcome to join the Lakers. In college, you led the Sequoia team to the NCAA championship. After entering the Lakers, Mitch hoped that you would become the new face of the Lakers and achieve success like leading the Sequoias. There's still so much to learn, and the Lakers fans and I want to know, what are you going to do?"

"When I was at the Sequoia, no one thought we were going to win a championship, just like no one thinks the Lakers are going to win a championship now. I came with the belief that the Lakers will win a championship, and I will bring this belief Share it with every teammate!"

"Hi, Tianyang, when you were still at Stanford, you were always reported by the media, and you were once definitely the No. Very low in the rankings, what does that experience do to you."

"I am very grateful for this experience. It made me deeply realize my love for basketball. Even in a wheelchair, I still want to shoot a few three-pointers. At the same time, during this time, many family members and friends He gave me selfless help, especially Kobe, who shared a lot of experience in Achilles tendon recovery, so my recovery is so fast."

"Hey, Tianyang, you and coach Wharton are newcomers in their respective positions, what kind of cooperation will you have?"

When asked this question, Wharton wanted to take over the microphone, but Tianyang said bluntly: "During the period of injury, I spent most of my energy learning various tactical systems, so I can perfectly cooperate with Coach Wharton. .”

"Hey, Tianyang, some fans said that it is not worth trading you for the first round of 17 plus Simmons, what do you think?"

This reporter was obviously here to make trouble. Kupchak was planning to use an official speech to perfunctory this person, but Tianyang said firmly: "I can understand what the fans think, it doesn't matter, I will speak with actions in the new season. Welcome A fan came to Staples to watch the game, maybe he needs to book tickets in advance, because after two games in the new season, Staples will be full!"

"Did you just promise the Lakers fans to lead the team to the playoffs?"

"Yes, I will lead the Lakers back to the playoffs this season!"

There has never been a rookie who dared to talk nonsense at the meeting. Even if he was as strong as LeBron, he never said that he would lead the Cavaliers to the playoffs.When Tianyang said that, the reporters on the scene laughed, and the number of hits on the website today must have soared rapidly.

"Then I have another question. Did your girlfriend help you match your suit with basketball shoes? As a model, does she have any novel ideas?"

The reporters on the scene laughed again, and the situation suddenly got out of control. Kupchak quickly said that he could not ask questions other than the development of the players and the team.Tianyang didn't answer, but he thought to himself: "It looks really bad. It is necessary to find someone to learn how to match clothes. Who can I find?"

"Hi, Tianyang, one last question, why did you choose the No. 17 jersey?"

"I want to bring the 17th championship to the Lakers."

　There are 2 more today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)