The Godfather of Basketball

After getting on the plane, the two chatted about some team matters, and then got busy with their own work.

Tang Tian flipped through the newspaper, and Cole also started to close his eyes and meditate after listening to the MP3.

"Fantastic magician."

T.N.T's front-page story is about the Rockets' recent five-game winning streak.

This title refers to Tang Tian, ​​of course.

What's more interesting is that there is a picture of Barkley's embarrassing yet graceful smile on the side of the news content, which is very entertaining.

This is also T.N.T's consistent urine, no matter how gimmick it comes.

At this moment, Cole who was lying on the side suddenly sat up straight, reached out and patted him, and then handed him an earplug of MP3.

Tang Tian looked puzzled, but seeing Cole keep giving him winks, he still took it.

Putting it in my ears, I saw a familiar melody and a relaxed style, and it was the title song "love.story" included in Swift's recent album.

The release of this song was also less than a month old, because the team's recent situation was not good, he hadn't had time to pay attention to it, but Cole had already listened to it.

"You also like Taylor's songs?" Tang Tian said with a smile after listening to Hua'er.

"No, I downloaded the Billboard chart song before, and this is number one." Cole said with a smile.

"No. 1?" Tang Tian seemed a little surprised.

Although he doesn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, he still knows about the "Billboard" list. It is a music list produced by the most authoritative music magazine "Billboard" in the United States.

If it is taken domestically, it will be at the same level as the Chinese Golden Melody Chart.

It was a bit of an exaggeration to reach the top directly within a month of its release.

After listening to the song, people's mood has changed a lot.

It seems that the changes his appearance brought to this song are very positive.

Cole took back the earphones, smiled and said, "Don't blame me for gossip, I heard there are rumors going on between you and Taylor?"

"You're really... gossip." Tang Tian smiled, then shook his head, "But it's not actually a gossip."

"Huh?" Cole was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "That's right, most of the reports in those entertainment magazines are made up."

After Cole finished speaking, he wanted to reach out his hand to comfort Tang Tian.

Although Tang Tian is the head coach and he is the assistant coach, he is older after all, and he still has some experience in dealing with these gossip.

"She's my girlfriend." Tang Tian nodded and said, after the two of them pierced the window paper, he should show some attitude.

The air was inexplicably quiet.

Cole's hand outstretched in mid-air was there, and it didn't matter whether it was closed or not.

I thought you were scandal-ridden and troubled, and I was going to solve your problems.

It turned out to be a good thing, you are a genuine boyfriend!

This is so embarrassing!

"Huh? What's the matter?" Seeing Cole standing there in a daze, Tang Tian asked in confusion.

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay, it's good, it's good." Cole smiled on his face, and withdrew his hand MMP in his heart, and then went to listen to the song by himself.

Seeing that Cole didn't speak any more, Tang Tian continued to read the newspaper on his own.

More than an hour passed quickly, the plane landed in Hidalgo County, Tang Tian and Cole took a taxi, and went directly to the Viper team's base.

The Viper team has just been acquired by the Rockets, and the resident is just a small training hall, which looks a bit old on the outside.

When I entered, the team had just finished training, and the players were taking a shower and changing clothes in the locker room.

The cabinets used inside are similar to those in China, they are all rectangular iron ones.

The environment of the Development League is completely incomparable with the NBA, and even has a gap with the domestic CBA.

Tang Tian saw Yi Jianlian.

Compared with when he was just released, he has obviously more muscles, a bit like the "devil muscular man" in his previous life.

It seems that compared to training, competitions are obviously more training people.

"Coach?" Yi Jianlian was wiping his hair with a towel, because he didn't say hello before, he didn't know that Tang Tian was back, and his eyes were full of surprise when he saw Tang Tian.

"Coach Finch told me that you are playing well here, so I'll come over and have a look." Tang Tian said with a smile.

Yi Jianlian nodded happily, seeing that Cole was still following behind him, he soon knew that it must not be as simple as just looking at it.

After a brief greeting, and chatting with Finch for a while, Tang Tian and Cole left first.

The game was played in the evening, they had dinner outside, and then they were in the audience.

Today is the home of the Vipers, and their opponent is the Austin Spurs.

(Note: The Bulls became the exclusive team of the Spurs in the new season and changed their name to the Austin Bulls)

There are more than 500 seats in the arena, but there are only 50 or so fans present, and more than 20 of them are Chinese, obviously coming for Yi Jianlian.

The ticket price of the Development League is very low, but the attention it receives is really not at the same level as the NBA.

Most of the fans sat in the front row, and Tang Tian and Cole sat in the corner.

A few Chinese looked at them suspiciously from time to time, but in the end they didn't dare to come to confirm.

The game started quickly, and Yi Jianlian jumped to the ball first for the Vipers.

The Vipers' point guard was a little guy named Els who got the ball up the field.

Yi Jianlian fell low, defending him was the 2008 second-round pick Trent Plaisted, a 2.10-meter inside swingman, who is also the core of the Spurs inside.

After Yi Jianlian's golf quotient improved, he played very smartly, turning around and heading directly to the basket.

However, Prested on the opposite side was no good, and he retreated in time to get stuck in the basket.

The two confronted at the basket for a while, and Yi Jianlian was slightly inferior and missed the shot.

The Austin Spurs attacked, outside players failed to make a shot, and Yi Jianlian grabbed a defensive rebound.

After Els dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he still took the initiative to find Yi Jianlian for a pick-and-roll, and returned the ball to Yi Jianlian.

Everyone in the Development League focuses on data, but Els' move is obviously intentional by head coach Finch.

Yi Jianlian still missed a two-pointer.

"It seems that our presence made him a little nervous." Cole turned his head and said to Tang Tian at this moment.

Tang Tian didn't speak, his complexion was not very good.

The game is still going on.

Yi Jianlian failed to score twice in a row, and his teammates also started to go it alone. He didn't receive the ball for a while.

It was not until more than five minutes into the game that Yi Jianlian got another chance to make a move in the high position.

Els made a nice pass, and it's a wide open.

But at this moment, perhaps because he failed to make a shot in the two opening attempts, Yi Jianlian hesitated in his choice at this time.

Opportunities on the court are fleeting, even in the development league.

This shot was missed, and the Spurs players switched defenses in place. Although they finally passed the ball, the chances were not so good. The Vipers' attack ended in failure.

Tang Tian sighed unconsciously when he saw this.