083 Various invitations
In the commentary seat, Brin smiled and said, "Oh? Jamie is imitating Wade? Jump onto the technical stage to celebrate the finale?"
"I'm just a little bit this my champion, I like this kid. He can help the NBA further expand the market in China and make the sport of basketball more popular in China. He will be as outstanding as Yao Min." Van Gundy continued.
Bolling nodded: "Absolutely! He scored 34 points and 16 assists in this game. He averaged 30.1 points and 11.3 assists per game in 6 games in March Madness, setting a new record. He will get MOP."
"He also helped the team set another record - the USC Trojans became the Western Conference team that won the Crazy Three Championship for the first time since Arizona in 1997, and the West Coast fans will go crazy for him," Van Gundy said.
"I wish him a bright future in the NBA. Let's witness the awards ceremony together."
After Bolling finished speaking, the DJ on the scene shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, please stand up and welcome the NCAA 2008-2009 Men's Basketball All-American Championship Championship to win the team-Trojans of Southern California University!"
Amid the cheers of the audience, Li Zhe put on the championship cap and walked onto the podium, took over the championship trophy from NCAA Chairman Marvin Emertt, and other coaching team members also took the stage one after another, and the whole team hugged each other to celebrate.
"Click, click" dozens of cameras under the stage sounded at the same time.
"Thanks to Detroit for hosting this final quarter-finals. Marvin, what do you want to say now?" the host asked.
"Unbelievable..." Marvin Emert said: "First of all, I hope that all the fans of the court will join us to congratulate North Carolina Tar Heels on their excellent performance in this game."
Applause and cheers sounded at the scene, and Marvin continued: "Now let's congratulate the USC Trojans on winning the first championship in school history. Your achievements are hard to describe in words."
After the words came to an end, Li Zhe held up the trophy high, and USC fans cheered throughout the Ford Center.
"Coach Tim, you ranked last in the Pacific Major League 10 last year. This season, you suddenly won 14 consecutive victories, but you suffered a series of losses in the middle, and then you won the championship again. How did you do all this?"
"Well." Tim took a deep breath. "First of all, I want to congratulate Tar Heel on his excellent performance in this game, and we didn't win until the last moment. Jamie Lee led the team to do all this, just like he led the team to a winning streak, he made suggestions before every game, he tried his best in the game, and never gave up even when he encountered a trough. I am proud of him, and I am proud of every player in the Trojans."
Screams came one after another for the Ford Center, the host smiled and nodded, slowly moved to Li Zhe.
"Hi, everyone, Jamie Lee is the MOP of the final four..."
"Oh oh!" Gibson hugged Li Zhe from behind, Vucevic and Hackett shouted MOP, DeRozan repeatedly patted Li Zhe on the shoulder, and cheers rushed towards Li Zhe from all directions.
"You must be very happy to have such a wonderful performance. How did you do it?" the host asked.
"Yes. My teammates believe me, they let me lead the offense, I can't do it without them, Coach Tim also helped me a lot, and we won this championship together," said Li Zhe.
"We all know that you had a very difficult period before, how did you spend it?" the host asked again.
"Believe in yourself and keep training." Li Zhe said.
"Well, congratulations."
After the host said that, the BGM sounded, and the colorful ribbons were scattered all over the sky, and cheers sounded again in the Futian Center.
The entire Trojans team raised the championship trophy together. Nick Young avoided the security personnel and quietly ran to the podium from the audience to celebrate together. USC fans followed suit when they saw this but were quickly stopped.
Seeing this, Li Zhe walked off the podium and hugged Breer and Natasha who had been waiting for a long time.
"Congratulations, my dear." The two women spoke in unison, kissing each other on the left and right at the same time.
The reporters on the scene took pictures at the three of them crazily, and fans booed everywhere.
"I want to be your girlfriend too!" A female fan shouted loudly, and many female fans followed suit.
Li Zhe smiled and shook his head, left the two women and walked to the audience, taking photos with the fans one by one.
Seeing that he came to the door on his own initiative, the female fans were willing to let go, and hugged him around his waist, hugged him shoulders, and hugged him with his face. They were crazy and chewed him directly, and they wanted to eat him in one bite.
There were many Chinese fans watching him play at the scene, some happened to come to the United States for a trip, some took leave or skipped classes, and there was also a beautiful girl named Ming Jon, but because there were too many people on the scene, the two did not communicate much, and just took a photo together.
It was soon 10 o'clock in the evening, and the net cutting process was entered on site.
Li Zhe was the first to go on the championship towel. Everyone in the team, even if they had never been on the prescription, would cut a small piece as a souvenir.
At 10:30, amid the cheers of fans throughout the audience, the Trojans returned to the locker room.
Walking into the player channel, DeRozan suddenly stopped and handed the championship to Li Zhe.
"Jamie, you hold this, the last one to enter the door, we will take a video to commemorate it."
Li Zhe nodded and took it, holding the trophy and chatting with assistant professor Philip while walking.
"I feel like I'm dreaming now that I can actually choose you from more than a hundred people at that time as a team coach. Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with Pell, if it weren't for him that day..." Philip wanted to speak but stopped.
"I understand what you mean..." Li Zhe pushed open the door of the locker room casually.
"Bang bang bang!" Suddenly, a sound of a plug popping out sounded.
In the blink of an eye, Li Zhe was soaked all over.
"You guys..." Li Zhe wiped off the champagne from his face, turned around and handed the trophy to Philip, then took the champagne from the team staff, and pointed it at DeRozan and others to squirt.
Everyone fought fiercely, and they turned the bottle mouth to aim at the coaching staff, and the entire locker room was flying champagne.
The fun ended soon, and the players took a shower and changed their clothes.
Wait until 11 o'clock, the locker room door opened to the outside, and the long-awaited media began interviews.
The most reporters around Li Zhe were all mentioned, when to participate in the draft, what teams they like, and who signed the agent they were all mentioned, some answered in detail, and some mentioned in one sentence.
By 11:30, the reporters finally dispersed and the team packed their luggage and prepared to return to the hotel to continue celebrating.
When he arrived at the parking lot, Li Zhe was about to board the team bus. Tim called him and whispered: "Come with me, it only takes ten minutes for someone to see you."
Seeing this mysterious, Li Zhe followed Tim to the other end of the parking lot.
After about three minutes, the two stopped next to a Ferrari 430 and saw three business people in suits and tie.
A middle-aged bald man took the initiative to extend his hand: "Hello, I am Reebok CEO Matt O'Toole, Bill Duffy should have introduced you to me. First of all, congratulations on winning the championship and winning the MOP."
Li Zhe reached out and held it, smiled and said, "Thank you, are you trying to?"
O'Toole nodded: "Yes, as long as you promise to discuss the sneaker contract with us first, this Ferrari 430 belongs to you, and there is no need to return it even if you don't sign with us in the end."
"Uh..." Li Zhe didn't know what to say for a moment, and the ringtone of his cell phone rang.
He took it out and saw a text message from a stranger.
"I'm Michael Jordan, standing next to your team's bus. I want to sign with you."
Chapter completed!