Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Xiao Qingyang picked up the phone and couldn't help but smile. He pressed the answer button and immediately heard a roar from the inside: "Fuck, where the hell are you? You didn't even come to the airport to pick me up. Are you still a brother? Damn it, Xiao Qingyang, I'll remember you."

A roar and angrily rant, full of momentum.

Xiao Qingyang held the phone a little further away. After a while, when the angry comments on the other end stopped, he asked, "Where are you? The airport?"

"Get lost." An unhappy roar came from the phone. "I've been waiting at the airport for a full hour, you know? No one answered my call. What's the point of flying?"

"I was just training." Xiao Qingyang said, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm at the gym and don't have time to pick you up. Go to the hotel by yourself and see you in the evening."

There was a heavy breathing sound coming from the other end of the phone, obviously the person was angry.

After several seconds, a voice came from the other end: "I'm already in the taxi. I'm going to the Sharks Club right now. Come out and pick me up."

Xiao Qingyang didn't move, just raised his eyebrows and said, "You're here at the stadium, that's great, I'm waiting to watch the game in the locker room. The game is about to start, I don't have time to come out to pick you up, come in later, by yourself, bye."

"Hey, don't hang up. Has the game started yet? Damn, you didn't even come to the door to pick me up. You've hurt your brother's heart. Really, I..."

Without waiting for the other party to continue talking, Xiao Qingyang hung up the phone.

......

Twenty minutes later.

With a "bang", the door of the locker room was roughly pushed open, and a large young man walked in angrily.

It was Zhou An.

Zhou An spent this season with the Nets.

Although he was very active and worked hard, he did not get many opportunities. He can only be said to be slightly better than Zhou Qi of the Rockets.

Zhou An only played 40 games this season, not because of injuries or anything else, but because he didn't get a chance to play. Zhou Qi was even worse, playing only 18 games for the Rockets, averaging only 6.8 minutes per game, almost like a water cooler guard.

Zhou An played 40 games after all, averaging 9 minutes of playing time per game. However, with such a short playing time and as a marginal substitute, his statistics naturally wouldn't be good. He averaged only 3.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per game. In fact, he was guarding the water dispenser most of the time.

Of course, for Zhou An, the last pick in the second round, the first season is mainly about learning, integrating into the team, and adapting to NBA games.

Zhuang Yu had encouraged him before, telling him to be more ambitious. After all, there were reports that the Nets would be acquired by Chinese owner Mr. Cai, and the Nets signed Chinese player Jeremy Lin. There were even reports that Jeremy Lin would become the new leader of the team.

The team is composed of a Chinese boss and a Chinese team boss. As a Chinese, Zhou An will definitely have a chance as long as he is more proactive and performs well.

However, it is not as good as God.

Boss Tsai did acquire part of the Nets' shares, but that was in April.

Zhou An waited for a whole season, until the end of the 17-18 regular season before Boss Cai came.

In addition, the legendary new leader of the team, Jeremy Lin, played just one game in the regular season before being ruled out for the season due to injury. Now that he is ruled out for the season, there is naturally no need to mention him as the team leader.

Before Boss Cai arrived, Jeremy Lin's big thigh was broken.

The result is that Zhou An is still a water cooler attendant for the Nets this season.

Of course, the NBA is the NBA after all, and the water cooler attendant can also learn a lot.

And the Nets are different from the Rockets after all.

The Rockets are a strong team, a strong team that wants to compete for the championship and is number one in the Western Conference. They don't have the time to train a second-round pick, so Zhou Qi basically has no chance to play in the Rockets, and can only play for a few minutes in garbage time.

The Nets are a weak team, so even though they didn't get boss Cai and lost Jeremy Lin, Zhou An still got more playing time than Zhou Qi in the Nets.

After one season, Zhou An learned a lot and became stronger and darker than before.

But this guy was very rude. He pushed open the door and started swearing: "Fuck, do you know how long I spent explaining to the security guard before he came in? It's fine that you didn't pick me up at the airport, but you didn't even come out to pick me up at the club entrance. You're not a brother at all."

Xiao Qingyang turned his head and glanced at him. He was not angry at all. He smiled and said, "It hasn't been long. The game hasn't even started yet. By the way, didn't you tell the guard that you know Zhuang Yu?"

"I said that."

"What did the guard say?"

"He said that if I knew Zhuang Yu, I should be watching the Lakers game in the United States instead of coming here to cheat. I'm such a big guy, I can tell at a glance that I'm a basketball player. I'm also a national team player, why would I need to cheat?"

Zhou An became more and more depressed as he spoke. "No, I really need to report this to Brother Zhuang. The quality of your security guards is not good enough. As security guards for a CBA basketball club, don't you even watch basketball games? You don't even recognize the national team players?"

Xiao Qingyang rolled his eyes: "He's just a security guard. He doesn't even watch the news. How can he care whether you are a national team player?"

Zhou An was speechless, but still very depressed.

I felt depressed as soon as I got off the plane, and have been depressed ever since.

This season, the Nets' record was only ranked fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, and naturally they missed the playoffs. The regular season had ended long ago. Zhou An stayed in the United States for a month, and then received a call from his parents. He had been drifting in a foreign country for half a year, and his parents were very worried.

Only then did he decide to come back and see his family.

Before boarding the plane, he called Xiao Qingyang and said that he would go to Shanghai first. They hadn't seen each other for a long time and he wanted to get together.

Originally Zhou An was very happy and was looking forward to meeting Xiao Qingyang, having a drink and chatting about their lives and competitions over the past six months.

He thought Xiao Qingyang would come to the airport to pick him up, but when he got there, he didn't see anyone and his phone was unreachable.

That's so angry.

"Old Xiao, you must give me an explanation, otherwise I..." Zhou An glared at Xiao Qingyang angrily, wanting an explanation.

As a result, Xiao Qingyang replied: "The game has begun."

Uh......

Zhou An was suddenly speechless.

The game started, the first game of the series between the Lakers and the Warriors. Zhou An subconsciously looked at the TV screen, his face twitched, but he finally suppressed his emotions.

Let’s talk about settling the score with Xiao Qingyang later, let’s watch the game first.

Can the Lakers win today?

"We can definitely win." Zhou An said to himself, and asked Xiao Qingyang: "Old Xiao, do you think Brother Zhuang and the others can win today?"

"There is a chance, but not certain." Xiao Qingyang said.

Damn, you're just talking nonsense.

Zhou An couldn't help but swear. It was so fucking difficult to chat with Xiao Qingyang, so he just shut up and watched the game.