Chapter 782: Pre-season commitment
At the moment the game ended, Catherine rushed out of the luxury box with An Xiang in her arms and ran towards the stadium.
This little guy, who is less than one year old, doesn't know why his mother is so impatient, and her eyes are filled with tears.
The scene of Anjie kissing the hardwood floor in Moda Center was transmitted to the world through countless cameras. His tears couldn't stop flowing out, but this time, Anjie didn't think it was embarrassing to cry in front of the camera.
"An!" In the crowd, Anjie heard Catherine's shout.
Looking at the direction where the sound came out, An Jie saw his wife and son.
Anjie immediately pushed away the densely packed reporters and ran to Catherine. Anjie put his arm around Catherine's waist without saying a word and kissed her in front of everyone.
At this time, all the reporters kept a distance from Anjie and Catherine. After all, there was no willingness to interrupt this happy moment.
"Come on, son, dad, let's take you to see. This is where I created the dynasty!" After An Jie said that, he raised An Xiang and put it on his neck.
An Xiang rode on his father's neck with a confused look on his face, thinking that this was fun. There were so many uncles and aunts under his nose holding machines he didn't know to him, which felt really good. This boy didn't know what a great achievement his father had accomplished on this land!
"Three consecutive championships! Three consecutive championships! Anjie, this incredible guy, he really accomplished the great achievement of three consecutive championships! This is the first person who can create a dynasty in the NBA league after the OOO to 22 years! Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell... Listen to these names and listen to these names that have created dynasties! Now, the name Anjie will be on par with them! At the same time, let us congratulate the Portland Trail Blazers. They are the fourth team in NBA history that can create dynasties! This team has taken a big step towards the wealthy!" Mike Bryant was excited to dance behind the commentary stage. Since he became a basketball commentator in 1983, he has witnessed the rise and fall of the Bulls and Lakers dynasties.
There was only a short period of one year between the Bull Dynasty and the Lakers Dynasty. He did not expect that when another dynasty rose, so many years had passed.
From 2oo2 to 2o15, in 13 years, how many players came and went, and how many championships they had experienced. But the appearance of a Chinese changed all this. Mike Bryn felt that he was lucky to witness the birth of the dynasty four times in his limited career.
After Mike Brynn shouted, he turned to look at his commentator Jeff Van Gundy. What surprised Mike Brynn was that his partner was actually wiping the corners of his eyes with paper. This guy actually cried?
At this moment, Jeff Van Gundy's identity is no longer a neutral commentator. Now he is Anjie's coach, Anjie's enlightenment mentor after entering the NBA, and Anjie's friend. He switched from the coaching seat behind the scenes, and he became more concerned about his family from a workaholic.
And the young An Jie back then also changed. He went from a rookie who just entered the league, from a confused young man who lost confidence in life after being reimbursed for a season, to the ruler of this cruel league, to the founder of another dynasty!
Seeing time turn this into what he looks like now, Jeff Van Gundy is happy for Angel from the bottom of his heart. So, when all the commentators on TV stations were shouting, only Jeff Van Gundy was not chewing. Now he just wants to recall this time and enjoy this championship moment.
"If it is polished, that skinny guy will be a great player!" Jeff Van Gundy remembered the feeling he felt when he first watched Angel play in the stands at the Chesapeake Energy Arena that night many years ago.
My own feelings are really accurate...
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The crazy scene was a little calmer after a long time. The stadium staff immediately appeared and they will set up a temporary podium for the award ceremony later.
LeBron James, who was in the locker room, took out his cell phone and sent out two text messages, one for Irving and the other for Love.
"We will come back, come back and win the game!" This is all the content of those two text messages. After the text messages, James walked onto the team bus alone. He put on the headphones in his seat, and everything he had next, James didn't want to see anything or hear anything...
In the stadium, the temporary stage has been set up. NBA new president Adam Xiaohua and Bill Russell took the lead in the stage.
Bill Russell looked at the scene around him and everything was so familiar. After all, this was his third year in a row, and he was standing in this place to present awards.
"It's you again? I really want to give another award. You are too tall. It's really hard to look up my old bone to look at you." When Angel came on stage and stood beside Russell, Bill Russell suddenly joked with Angel.
"Don't worry, Bill, I should look up at the person I should look up!" Angel said, shook hands cordially with Bill Russell.
Afterwards, all the Trail Blazers players, coaches and important management personnel took the stage. Adam Xiaohua began to speak, thanking the Cleveland Cavaliers first because they also contributed to the exciting finals.
Some fans disagreed. The Cavaliers were swept 4-o, and they lost both games in the last two games. That's it, it's still exciting.
However, Xiao Hua also knows what it means to stop when you are good. Unlike Mr. Stern who likes to nag for most of the time, Xiao Hua's speech is often very short. After a few words, Xiao Hua goes straight to the topic and starts the award ceremony!
The huge five-star red flag has appeared on the NBA championship podium for the third consecutive year. According to convention, Anjie will be the first to take over the O'Brien Cup from Xiao Hua.
In other teams, the first one to take the cup is often either the team boss or the team head coach. But in the tearing city, only Anjie can enjoy such honor!
An Jie touched the heavy trophy, smiled happily, and then suddenly raised it over his head!
Suddenly, a pile of colorful paper confetti were sprayed down on the ceiling of Moda Center. The fans stood up and cheered with the players on the stage.
"The third year! This is the third consecutive year we have seen Angel lift the O'Brien Cup with the Chinese flag! He is our pride, and he is our basketball god!" Yu Jia's voice was already vague because the guy who was commenting on the scene was already in tears.
A dynasty belonging to Chinese players, people didn’t even dare to think about such things in the past. But now, An Jie has turned everything into reality!
After a brief carnival, Bill Russell took the microphone. Everyone knew that it was time for the MVP awards in the finals.
"I don't think I need to say the name, everyone knows who it is, right? In your words, Portland has only one MVP!" Russell finished speaking in an elderly voice and handed the FMVP trophy to Anjie.
He won the double MVP for three consecutive years. In this record, An Jie is the well-deserved number one!
3o.2 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 5.0 blocks, Anjie's data in the playoffs fully reflects a sentence - in this era, no one can stop Anjie!
After all the ceremonies were over, the players were most looking forward to. I believe that now, Nell Orsey must have prepared a box of champagne and waited for the players to squander it.
An Jie rushed into the player channel with two trophys. After holding it in for two days, all his emotions should be blown up in this crazy moment...
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Old Ivan walked in the empty player passage with a mop. Outside, the headlights of the court had all turned off and turned black. Only these player passages that looked like mazes still retained light.
Not to mention how dirty it is in the player passage, there are all kinds of messy things everywhere. Just now, Old Ivan even saw a basketball shoe on the ground that no one wanted. It was probably that boy Lillard.
Thinking of this, Old Ivan smiled and shook his head. The player passage is not his work area. His duty is to clean the locker room that is destined to be messed up and keep it in a neat state until the start of next season.
For three consecutive years, Old Ivan had to do such a chore. But he didn't feel tired at all, but was very happy. After all, this guy is a loyal fan of the Trail Blazers!
"Oh, you're so fucking crazy about this smell!" As soon as I pushed open the door of the locker room, Old Ivan put on a mask. There were all kinds of smells in the locker room, and the strong smell of champagne and Gatorade was not very pleasant.
"Tsk tsk, these excellent champagne are wasted." Old Ivan couldn't help but remember that before the start of this season, he had talked to Anjie who came to train in advance. If Anjie wins the championship again this season, he will leave him a bottle of champagne.
But at that time, Old Ivan just made a joke, he was just a cleaner, and Anjie was the hottest star in the entire league and the hero of Portland. How could others really care about themselves?
Old Yifan didn't think much and began to clean the locker room slowly. When he started cleaning Anjie's cabinet, he found that something seemed to be placed on Anjie's cabinet.
"Impossible!" Old Ivan leaned closer and took a look! Two bottles of champagne worth nearly 3 ooo dollars were placed in front of him!
There was a small note in front of the champagne. Old Yifan picked up the note, and it seemed that something was written on it.
"I can promise you before the start of the season, Old Ivan. I will put two bottles of champagne here for you. I will leave this mess for you, thank you for your hard work."
Old Yifan looked at the notes and smiled happily. He put the notes in his pocket and accepted the two bottles of expensive champagne. In fact, at this moment, champagne is no longer important. Old Yifan felt moved by An Jie's actions.
Chapter completed!