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Chapter 29: Locker Room Encounters

For local Americans, perhaps NCAA games are more popular than NBA, but for a young man born in China like Jiang Yuntao, no matter how many NCAA players and relatives shout, they are not as excited as seeing NBA fans waiting for players to drive over so patiently.

These fans held the sign high, regardless of whether there were any Spurs players or coaches in the passing cars, they just held the sign high and shouted.

Some signs read: "I came from 3,000 kilometers away just to see you, manu!"

There is also a family who brings family members to hold signs on the side of the road: "The whole family is a Spurs fan! I hope to take a photo with us."

Some people even wore Argentine football jerseys: "Manu, let's play for another year, thank you for your hard work this year!"

This guy obviously doesn't have much optimism about the Spurs this year. After all, the Spurs have now fallen to ninth place in the Western Conference.

"Rudy Guy!!! I'm a Memphis fan, I hope you can prove yourself in the Spurs! Enter the playoffs!"

"Cavay Leonard, you are a king, you are going to return!" Some fans probably didn't know that Leonard was recuperating in New York and took a big Leonard poster.

These words written by fans themselves made Jiang Yuntao’s eyes a little moist. This is the Spurs fans, the most rational fan in the world!

"Brother, why are you doing at the Spurs training hall? The fans can't get in, there are parking lots outside, so it's better to wait here on the roadside." The taxi driver thought Jiang Yuntao was a Spurs fan who came to San Antonio in fame, so he couldn't help but give a suggestion.

"I'm not a fan."

"Hmm? Not a fan? That's a reporter? Not like you, no one is as young as you." The driver with a Spanish accent turned his head and looked at Jiang Yuntao. The car happened to drive to the training hall. Only players and vehicles were allowed to enter the parking lot. Jiang Yuntao got off.

"I'm here for the Spurs' trial." After paying the money, Jiang Yuntao said to the driver with a smile.

"What??" The driver left a bunch of questions. Jiang Yuntao had already entered the training hall, and the security guards did not stop him.

"Get in, Chinese boy, RC has already told me." The security guard smiled charitably at Jiang Yuntao.

"Thank you." Jiang Yuntao thought to himself that it was RC. It seems that he doesn't pay attention to it as much as on the phone.

The security guard did it to the end and gave Jiang Yuntao a Spurs training jersey that he collected. Anyway, the team distributed dozens of them every day, and he secretly hid a few of them, asking Jiang Yuntao to go to the locker room to change his jersey. Jiang Yuntao also found that he didn't bring any jerseys, so he naturally couldn't bring the team's jerseys, so he hurried to the locker room.

Duncan's name was still left in the Spurs locker, and a sentence was nailed on Duncan's locker. This passage made Jiang Yuntao stop and look for a long time: "When everything seemed useless, I went to see a stonemason knocking on the stone. He knocked 100 times in a row, but the stone was still motionless. But when he knocked the 101st time, the stone cracked in half. But I know that what made the stone crack was not the last blow, but the result of the one hundred knocks in front."

"So mysterious, interesting." Jiang Yuntao felt that the Spurs were unique in culture. Later he realized that this was the Spurs' famous locker room hammer theory, and it was something that coach Popovich always emphasized in basketball: "The continuous passing of the ball is for the last shot."

If someone has carefully looked at the Spurs’ championship ring, they will find a hammer engraved on the side of the ring.

And Jiang Yuntao changed his clothes here.

As soon as he left the locker room door, he almost collided with a white figure. The person coming towards him screamed in Spanish, scaring Jiang Yuntao to the point where he couldn't move, because he knew that the person who could come here must be a Spurs player!

My God, have you met NBA players here directly?

Looking up, I saw the iconic Mediterranean hairstyle, deep eye sockets, a tall nose a little crooked, wearing an elderly vest and steaming all over. It was Argentine vulture and one of the three Spurs troikas: Manu Ginobili.

Jiang Yuntao swallowed his saliva. He was not ready to stand in front of him as an international superstar.

Manu in front of her is 198 tall, she looks stronger than on TV, with a very strong look, as if she has a hint of unruly.

"Hei, man, what are you doing? How did you come in?" Manu picked up the towel hanging around her neck and wiped the sweat. She looked left and right at Jiang Yuntao, and asked strangely.

The team hasn't had Asian faces for a long time, and he is wearing a Spurs training suit. Isn't that strange?

"I...I am the player who is here to try out, Manu! I am your fan!"

"Stop talking nonsense, it's my fans that aren't like this."

"Okay..." Jiang Yuntao touched his head awkwardly. Indeed, he was really not a hardcore Manu fan, otherwise he would have cried with excitement.

"Wait, you said you were here to try out? Are you kidding?" Manu looked at Jiang Yuntao's height and wingspan, which was a bit incredible. Obviously, he also knew that there were too many defenders on the team.

"Yes, I'm a Chinese player and I'm studying at Texas University."

"UT-Austin, it's quite close." Manu didn't say much, thinking in his heart how this Chinese boy was attracted by RC Buford and others. No matter how he looked, he didn't seem to be able to play in the NBA. The Argentine national youth team played warm-up matches with the Chinese national team, and the Chinese national team was very naughty.

"Well, I'll go down first. Mr. Buford may be waiting for me. Manu, I love you!" Jiang Yuntao said it was false to not be excited. This was the first NBA superstar he had met face to face. After saying this, he ran out directly.

"It can't be the disguise of the fans, right?" Ginobili, who was nearly 40 years old, was stunned by Jiang Yuntao's show.

The stadium was still empty. Jiang Yuntao found the security guard and found out that Manu was doing extra work every day in order to extend his career. This Spurs veteran always came to the training hall one hour in advance to warm up this season. When he was old, his body would not get hot as quickly as a young man. Therefore, he just finished running, no wonder he was so steaming.

Jiang Yuntao was waiting with peace of mind in the sidelines. The assistant coaches arrived first. Manu was the first to come out to practice ball and kept practicing shooting. Then the players who were only seen on TV, such as Gasol, Parker, and Mori, came out to train. Everyone's training content was different. They didn't say anything, and they were all the sound of the ball hitting the floor.

Then RC Buford appeared, and Jiang Yuntao hurriedly went to report next to him by three steps and two steps.

RC glanced at Jiang Yuntao and smiled and said, "I came very early, are you tired?"

"Fortunately, it's wrong, it's completely restored!" Even though Jiang Yuntao was sore because of yesterday's game, he said he was in perfect condition.

"Okay, Uduka, take him to take a simple physical test first. There is no need for 100 meters and 1000 meters, and then come to the stadium here."

"Here's here!" As soon as Uduka scored in the goal hall, he heard RC calling him and hurriedly followed him.
Chapter completed!
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