The Road to Godhood of a Basketball Kid

Chapter 24 Come on, Dream Seeker
After a few preseason games, Zhang Yang has made people in this city regain their love for basketball.

Season tickets have been sold out, and the price of tickets on the sidelines has been rising and rising.

There have even been a large number of spontaneous fans who have established Zhang Yang's fan club.

Everyone chats together in it, jokes about life, buys adjacent ball tickets together, crowdfunds custom-made publicity avatar posters, and cheers banners.

In the blink of an eye, the one-month preseason has been played.

With Zhang Yang's performance one level above all rookies, he was crowned the top rookie in the preseason.

In fact, the scouts of each team have made a video or report of Zhang Yang's performance and submitted it to their respective teams.

The general managers of many teams regretted their arrogance and ignored the emails from Zhang Yang's agent Tang to apply for trial training.

Especially last season's poor team.

Zhang Yang, who has a wide vision, can shoot three-pointers and play inside, and has a mid-range all-around small forward, is simply the cornerstone of the team's reconstruction.

The desk of Bucks general manager Harris is already full of offers from various teams for Zhang Yang.

Some teams even stated that, except for the team leader, all players were chosen at will.

You can also pack the Bucks' junk contract.

The tempting quotations made the Bucks' management believe that they really got God's favor. Therefore, the Bucks boss repeatedly told Harris that the Chinese genius Yang is not for sale in our team.

Throughout the preseason, Zhang Yang averaged 22.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 2.1 steals, and 3 blocks per game.

What is even more surprising is that he averaged only 1.2 turnovers per game, and his assist-to-turnover ratio is very high. For an average rookie, an average of 40.2 minutes per game is already a very good performance.Zhang Yang even played [-] minutes per game.Like a tireless leopard.

And his player efficiency value is also high, reaching a terrifying 30.

The entire preseason game has almost become Zhang Yang's personal performance show. Coach Porter will bring Zhang Yang to participate in the press conference after each game.

And Zhang Yang's wise words answered the reporters' pitfalls, whether open or covert.

It would be great if there was a reporter like me, with yellow skin, black eyes, speaking Chinese, who didn't dig a hole for himself.Zhang Yang really didn't want to deal with these reporters.

On the morning when the regular season was about to kick off, Zhang Yang trotted to the Bradley Center as usual, dribbling the ball with one hand.

There are still more than a dozen unwilling fans waiting for their favorite players to come over at the door, just for the so-called autograph and a group photo.

Not far from the group of fans, there was a Chinese with dark hair, a suit and a leather collar, and an old-fashioned dress, squatting in a corner next to the gate in a daze.

"Zhang Yang is here." A word rang out suddenly, and everyone immediately rushed over here.

Patiently signed every fan, and wrote a heartwarming message in Chinese to a fan's child.

After taking a group photo with the rest of the fans, Zhang Yang walked towards the Bradley Center amidst the blessings of the fans. The new round of sunrise has not yet risen, but he is ready to meet his own dream. Regular season, here I come.

"Mr. Zhang Yang, please wait a moment." Listening to the familiar dialect, Zhang Yang's eyes were a little moist. In this foreign country, there are also many fans of Chinese students studying abroad, but the local dialect of his hometown really made him feel very cordial.

"You are?" Zhang Yang asked with some doubts.

"Mr. Zhang Yang, hello, I am the host and writer of the Basketball Giants column, and an NBA basketball reporter. This is my press card. My name is Zhou Xingxing."

Zhou Xingxing took out his press card and showed it to Zhang Yang. He knew that NBA players are very busy, especially a new reporter like Zhou Xingxing who is not well-known.

In the NBA, where there are so many well-known media reporters in the United States, it is normal for Zhou Xingxing to be unpopular.

Zhou Xingxing was very excited to find out that there is such a talented fellow from Milwaukee. However, his funds are limited, and Zhou Xingxing, who managed to save enough travel expenses, immediately moved to Milwaukee with his family.

It was said that the whole family was moving, but in fact Zhou Xingxing took two big boxes, which contained clothes, notebooks, video recorders, memory pens, etc. necessary for reporters.

After that, Zhou Xingxing found a very dilapidated apartment to rent in an unremarkable corner of Milwaukee, and came to the gate of Bradley Center early the next day to stay.

Looking at this fellow who was not a few years older than himself, but dressed neatly for a long time, Zhang Yang knew very well how difficult it is for a young man chasing his dream to live in a foreign country.

Alone in a foreign land as a stranger. "Let him come in with me." Zhang Yang said to the security guard at the door. The shocked Zhou Xingxing hadn't recovered yet. The happiness came so suddenly that he didn't know what to do.

Just like this, Zhou Xingxing was very glad that he met a Chinese who was easy to talk about as he followed Zhang Yang and walked into the Bradley Center.

"How long have you been in America? Are you still used to living here?" Zhang Yang asked Zhou Xingxing while chatting.

"Except that the funds are tight and only eat two meals a day, everything else is fine." Zhou Xingxing replied quickly.

Yes, food and clothing are the most important thing for this group of dream chasers and the easiest thing to overcome.

"What kind of Big Mac do you think you are?" Zhang Yang's memory couldn't find any clues about this show.

"It's the basketball giant. This is my own column. There is no TV station broadcasting it. It is in the recording stage. I am an NBA fan. I love basketball more than many people, but my physical condition is not suitable for playing basketball."

Zhou Xingxing paused, adjusted his emotions and continued: "However, since the dream is here, I don't want to go anywhere. So I took the press card test during college. I just graduated, so I came here immediately."

"Just like me, if you dream here, you don't want to go anywhere." Zhang Yang turned his head, with a smile on the big boy's face, "Let's get to know each other again, Dream Chaser, nice to meet you."

"Please take care of me."

The hands of the two men were tightly held together.

"That, can you?" Zhou Xingxing was a little embarrassed, because he had been rejected by countless NBA superstars.

"You want to take a video of my training, right?" Zhang Yang clearly knew what he meant. "Okay, I asked you to come in to let you take pictures of our daily life and support your work."

Zhou Xingxing was very grateful for Zhang Yang's words. He was really an acquaintance in a foreign land. If he hadn't been ashamed, he really wanted to drink half a catty of white wine with Zhang Yang, eat some peanuts, and talk about life and ideals.

"Come on, Dream Chaser." Zhang Yang said to Zhou Xingxing.The lines between the lines are extremely serious, as if talking to myself.

(End of this chapter)