NBA China Games (Day 6) - Cavaliers Public Workout
“OOOHHHHH!” echoed through the gym as Lebron James threw down an alley-oop from a half court pass from Daniel Gibson.
“Damn! That was sick ‘Bron!” Delonte West exclaimed with a grimace on his face.
That dunk ended the Cavaliers practice as reporters were allowed to go and talk with the players. Almost all of them went to surround NBA Superstar Lebron James.
“Huh? Man, Why do you have all the attention dawg? Don’t they know I’m the most good-looking player in the NBA?” Damon Jones jokingly told James.
James replied with a smile and shoving Damon lightly.
“Just kiddin’ man, I’ll go and take some shower. See yah later!” said Jones while walking towards the locker room.
“Okay guys, I am ready! So who wants to ask first?” asked James.
“Lebron, how is your stay here in China?” a Chinese reporter asked.
“Well, it has been pretty good. The people here are friendly and what do I have to say, they kinda like me here.”
“They love you here! By the way, have you seen your Nike billboards around here? What are your thoughts about that?”
“For me, growing up, I never thought about having a billboard anywhere. You see them locally, and then you start seeing them a little bit nationwide. And now worldwide. It's like, wow. It's like extra credit. It's unbelievable. You would never think that you could have your face somewhere else where you don't even live,” replied James.
“What did you think about Dwight Howard’s dunk on you the other night?” asked the American journalist.
“Did you have to bring that one up?” James with a smirk on his face.
“Well that was a nasty one. I tried not to get outta the way but Dwight got me. But it is all good, me and Dwight are good friends, it is all for fun but I would really be happy if I can get one on him before this tour ends.”
Finally, after about 10 minutes. Lebron bid farewell to the media and invited them to see their game on Thursday, as he head on to the locker room to freshen up.
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Meanwhile, Coach Mike Brown was sitting in the locker room when his cellphone rang.
“Hello, coach Brown speaking..”
“Hi Coach! How’s the team doin? This is Zoilo, management wanted me to call you...”
“Oh, it’s been great here, but our team seems to be still struggling to play with one another. So what’s this all about?”
“So you’ve not read some news around the league huh? Danny and I have talked about this and both of us had the same idea.”
“Go on, I am listening.” Brown said.
“Since we won’t be picking up the contracts on one of our D-League guys, we decided to pick this young player off the waiver wire, we really think that he could be another piece to our championship puzzle. He is raw but I think he can fit our system.”
“Oh, really? I do hope you guys are right. Who is it then...”
“We’ll let you know once you come back here in Cleveland. Take care of our guys over there.”
TO BE CONTINUED