Reverse Growth Superstar
Chapter 30
From Houston to Oklahoma, there is a straight line distance of 665 kilometers. It takes a day to drive, but it doesn't take hours to fly. After all, both places belong to the West.
But because the NBA game ended very late and link was still in the rental house, he had some problems with his garbage manager. So when link arrived in Oklahoma City, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
Oklahoma City is not like New York or Los Angeles, where there is not so much light in the early morning. As soon as he got off the plane, link felt as if there was silence all around the city.
Out of the airport, there is no one on the street, only their own shadow under the street lamp.
It's December, and the average temperature in Oklahoma is only 2.8 ℃. Although it's more than ten degrees below zero in Minnesota and Toronto, Oklahoma has a very comfortable climate. But in this quiet early morning, looking at his lonely figure, link still can't help but pull up the zipper of his coat.
Tonight, maybe the worst night he's had since crossing over.
"University of Oklahoma School of medicine." Stopping a taxi, link says the destination to the driver in a low voice.
From time to time, the taxi driver watched link in the back row through the rearview mirror. If he remembered correctly, the driver had seen the Chinese American player fighting for the Houston Rockets on TV a few hours earlier. He's not supposed to be in Oklahoma.
Originally, the driver wanted to talk to link about a lot of things, but seeing that link seemed to be in a bad mood, the driver was not easy to disturb. He believed that link's coming back must have something to do with that shocking thing.
At the same time, link picked up his mobile phone and started to brush the news. The basketball news pages are all occupied by Zick upshaw. It may be the most famous night for the blue team and upshaw, but this famous way is worrying.
And according to this piece of news reports, link also probably got to know what happened.
Today, in Oklahoma blue home game against long island nets, cry? faint? Tearing? No, at that moment, there was only silence around link.
It felt like he was back in Oklahoma City in the early hours of the day before yesterday. Dark, helpless and lonely.
Upshaw's mother froze for a few minutes, then gradually looked up at link. She took an envelope out of her handbag and handed it to the Chinese man in front of her. "This is from Zick. His teammates found it in his locker. I wanted him to hand it to you. But now... "
link takes the envelope in a hurry. In this age of Internet development, writing letters is almost extinct. But it's clear that upshaw wants some words to be preserved, not just strings of code in a huge database.
After handing the envelope to link, Martha went into the ward and burst into tears. This strong woman can't hold on any longer.
My brother link,
I wish you all the best in Houston, and I'm happy to see you in the NBA from the bottom of my heart. Why write a letter? At first I thought it was a stupid idea. But I still can't express my inner joy through a few short messages. I still feel that writing something by myself can express my joy and pride.
I knew from the beginning that your efforts will definitely pay off. I played in Europe a few years ago, and to be honest, the salary there is much higher than that in the Development League. But I came back. Why? It's all for the NBA. Congratulations, you have achieved what we all aspire for.
Of course, it's just the beginning, and it's going to be tough. You may have to fight for the next ten day contract, or you may have to play with your teammates on the training ground for playing time. Maybe, ha ha ha, maybe worry about your rent. But no matter what happens, you can't give up.
Because you are also my idea and spiritual pillar to enter the NBA. If you fall down, my dream will be broken.
That's it. The game is about to start and I'm going to play. I hope I can see you sign a second 10 day short contract tomorrow morning.
Go ahead, man.
Zick.
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But because the NBA game ended very late and link was still in the rental house, he had some problems with his garbage manager. So when link arrived in Oklahoma City, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
Oklahoma City is not like New York or Los Angeles, where there is not so much light in the early morning. As soon as he got off the plane, link felt as if there was silence all around the city.
Out of the airport, there is no one on the street, only their own shadow under the street lamp.
It's December, and the average temperature in Oklahoma is only 2.8 ℃. Although it's more than ten degrees below zero in Minnesota and Toronto, Oklahoma has a very comfortable climate. But in this quiet early morning, looking at his lonely figure, link still can't help but pull up the zipper of his coat.
Tonight, maybe the worst night he's had since crossing over.
"University of Oklahoma School of medicine." Stopping a taxi, link says the destination to the driver in a low voice.
From time to time, the taxi driver watched link in the back row through the rearview mirror. If he remembered correctly, the driver had seen the Chinese American player fighting for the Houston Rockets on TV a few hours earlier. He's not supposed to be in Oklahoma.
Originally, the driver wanted to talk to link about a lot of things, but seeing that link seemed to be in a bad mood, the driver was not easy to disturb. He believed that link's coming back must have something to do with that shocking thing.
At the same time, link picked up his mobile phone and started to brush the news. The basketball news pages are all occupied by Zick upshaw. It may be the most famous night for the blue team and upshaw, but this famous way is worrying.
And according to this piece of news reports, link also probably got to know what happened.
Today, in Oklahoma blue home game against long island nets, cry? faint? Tearing? No, at that moment, there was only silence around link.
It felt like he was back in Oklahoma City in the early hours of the day before yesterday. Dark, helpless and lonely.
Upshaw's mother froze for a few minutes, then gradually looked up at link. She took an envelope out of her handbag and handed it to the Chinese man in front of her. "This is from Zick. His teammates found it in his locker. I wanted him to hand it to you. But now... "
link takes the envelope in a hurry. In this age of Internet development, writing letters is almost extinct. But it's clear that upshaw wants some words to be preserved, not just strings of code in a huge database.
After handing the envelope to link, Martha went into the ward and burst into tears. This strong woman can't hold on any longer.
My brother link,
I wish you all the best in Houston, and I'm happy to see you in the NBA from the bottom of my heart. Why write a letter? At first I thought it was a stupid idea. But I still can't express my inner joy through a few short messages. I still feel that writing something by myself can express my joy and pride.
I knew from the beginning that your efforts will definitely pay off. I played in Europe a few years ago, and to be honest, the salary there is much higher than that in the Development League. But I came back. Why? It's all for the NBA. Congratulations, you have achieved what we all aspire for.
Of course, it's just the beginning, and it's going to be tough. You may have to fight for the next ten day contract, or you may have to play with your teammates on the training ground for playing time. Maybe, ha ha ha, maybe worry about your rent. But no matter what happens, you can't give up.
Because you are also my idea and spiritual pillar to enter the NBA. If you fall down, my dream will be broken.
That's it. The game is about to start and I'm going to play. I hope I can see you sign a second 10 day short contract tomorrow morning.
Go ahead, man.
Zick.
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