Chapter 43: Prison Experience Exposed
At this time, assistant Tom suddenly knocked on Colangelo's office door.
"Sir, this is today's New York Times." He handed over a large stack of newspapers, pointing specifically to the top one.
"Any special news?" Colangelo heard Tom's tone and asked with some confusion.
"Sports section, there's news about Old K."
Tom said, and then added: "It's his previous news and some information in China."
Colangelo nodded and motioned Tom to go out, then he picked up the newspaper, turned to the sports section and read it carefully.
"Fighting and wounding people, and being jailed for a year?"
When he saw the middle part, he realized that this was news that exposed some dirt on Old K.
I looked at the material about the writer of this news, whose name is Rob Longgler and who personally went to China to investigate, and smiled bitterly. Has Old K been targeted by this reporter from the New York Times?
As for the experience of fighting and injuring others and going to jail , now that Old K has become the team's main center, he doesn't care too much.
There are many NBA players who have been to jail.
Barkley was jailed for ten days for drunk driving and for a few days for fighting. Rodman of the Pistons was jailed for theft when he was a security guard at the airport. Arums of the Mavericks was sentenced to nine years for robbery, and the list goes on.
But this news is also annoying. Although it cannot bring down Lao K, it will ruin his reputation.
On that day, the news that Wang Tiejun was in jail spread throughout the league. Everyone who should know knew about it. Following the recent violent incident, he was attacked by the media.
Will Houston, the famous basketball commentator who had been attacking and accusing him repeatedly, stood up again this time and said to the media:
"Look at what kind of garbage our country and the NBA have accepted? A man was jailed for a year for causing serious injuries to multiple people in a fight. Is this kind of garbage produced in China?
Now I want to call on the alliance to expel him. We do not welcome this kind of rubbish. His presence pollutes our environment. Our air is sweet, but now it has become foul because of Chinese rubbish like him. "
At five o'clock, at the Suns training base, the players, coaching staff and trainers entered the restaurant and prepared to have dinner.
After the dishes were served, people started eating in groups of three or four and chatting, some even reading the newspapers prepared on the table.
"Kevin, do you think we can make it to the finals this year?"
Barkley was cutting steak while chatting with Kevin Johnson. After cutting, he put down the knife and picked up a copy of the New York Times on the table to read.
"We lost to the Trail Blazers in the second round last year, but with you this year, we should be fine."
Kevin Johnson also picked up a newspaper and read, chatted and ate at the same time, doing three things at once.
"Don't talk while eating, and don't talk while sleeping."
Wang Tiejun muttered something and then concentrated on eating his steak.
He just picked it up and ate it without cutting it at all, as he thought it was too troublesome. He was often laughed at by others these days, but now others have gotten used to it.
"Hey, Old K, your news is on the headlines of the sports section of the New York Times again." Barkley said in surprise at this time.
"Are you still hyping up the fight? Hasn't it been settled in the past few days?" asked Danny Ainge at the next table after hearing this.
"Let me take a look first, it doesn't seem to be..."
There weren't many words in total. Barkley glanced at them and realized that the New York Times had targeted K. However, he was also surprised and asked, "K., have you ever been in jail for a year in China?"
"What's going on?" Others were also surprised.
“…”
He had been hiding this experience, and when it was suddenly exposed, Wang Tiejun was stunned. His brain was completely unable to react and he was completely confused.
Seeing Lao Wang's expression, Barkley smiled and said, "That's right, I've been to jail, too, more than once ."
"Damn, I was in there two days ago for speeding."
Kevin Johnson laughed, “That was before I entered the league. I almost forgot about it.”
“I’ve been in there, too.”
A few tables over, rookie Richard Dumas raised his hand and whispered.
"Rookie, why did you go in?" Barkley asked with a smile.
Richard Dumas laughed and said, "Da Ma, the police found an excessive amount of Da Ma in my car."
"Damn, you're not still using that thing, are you?" Barkley cursed with a smile.
"No, of course not." Richard Dumas was a little panicked and quickly denied it.
He felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have said it. The reason he said it was because he wanted to get closer to Barkley and the others. The two big bosses of the team had been in jail. If he hadn't, wouldn't he seem different?
In fact, he no longer smokes Da Ma, but has switched to stronger drugs, and has become addicted.
Wang Tiejun reacted and felt better when he heard that Buckley and others had been in jail. He also felt relieved when he saw that other people did not react much to his imprisonment.
"Hey, there's news about Old K here too."
Kevin Johnson muttered something again at this time, which made Wang Tiejun nervous again.
"Kevin, what is it?" he asked quickly.
"Let me consider."
Kevin Johnson took a quick look, then put down the newspaper in his hand and said to Wang Tiejun, "Old K, it's Will Houston who is attacking you again. The comments of people like him do not represent all Americans. You don't have to take it to heart."
"Who is Will Houston? A reporter? Did he say anything?" Wang Tiejun said in confusion.
He usually doesn't read newspapers because his reading and writing skills are not very good and reading is quite difficult for him, so he usually doesn't read newspapers and only watches TV.
In the ten days since he moved into the rented house, he has become addicted to adult channels. He watches those channels whenever he has free time and doesn't care about anything else.
Kevin Johnson regretted that he shouldn't have said too much. Old K didn't know any better. Now he had to tell him.
"This bastard!" Wang Tiejun cursed.
Johnson told him about some of the remarks made by this reporter, and then Barkley told him that this reporter had targeted him repeatedly, and asked him to be careful when speaking to the media in the future so as not to be caught.
In the evening, the Suns entered the America West Arena.
The Hornets came in the afternoon and used the gym for training. When the Suns went to the locker room, they happened to run into them returning to the locker room.
The core of the Hornets is Larry Johnson, nicknamed Auntie, who was the No. 1 pick in 1991 and is a sophomore this year.
He is also the team's first scoring point. In his rookie season, he had All-Star data of 19.2+11+3.6, and this season he has superstar data of 22+10.5+ 4.3. His strength is very strong.
Although he is not tall enough and is a short power forward of the same type as Barkley, he has strong low-post one-on-one skills.
Also, he was a street-born boxer.
However, the leader of the Hornets locker room is not Larry Johnson, as his qualifications are not enough. The leader is Dell Curry, who entered the league in 1986. Although he is not an All-Star, he is still quite capable and has a 40% three-point shooting rate.
The Hornets joined the NBA in 1988, and he also joined the Hornets in that year. He is considered a founding member of the team. This season, he withdrew from the starting lineup and served as the sixth man.
