153. Christmas is coming
As the first honor he has won that can be recorded in history in the future, Wu Dawei got the news on the plane to the next away game.
The honor of Player of the Week has been like a Hamburger for the Cavaliers in the past seven years; but this season, after LeBron James left Miami, it was the first honor the Cavaliers won.
Wu Dawei is of course very excited. Although he has won many single-game player titles this season, it is obvious that those are far from being comparable to the awards of Best Week.
The best game is just selected among two teams. At best, no more than 30 people participated in the election, and to be precise, 24; and the best week is to compete with all the players in the same region of the league, with more than 200 people!
Whether it is value or importance, it cannot be compared.
Moreover, Wu Dawei won the best week this time, which is the first honor for a Chinese player after a year! The last Chinese player who won the best week in the league was Yao Ming a year ago.
Of course, with the arrival of this honor, the people who are happy are not only Wu Dawei, but others in the Cavaliers are also very happy about it. Because this is not only a commendation of Wu Dawei's outstanding performance in the past week, but also means that the league indirectly recognized the performance of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the previous chapter.
After all, if you want to win this honor, you must have some guarantee in your record. Every player who receives this honor is also in good shape last week. There has never been a precedent for the best week honor to a player with extremely poor team record last week.
The Cavaliers players simply celebrated Wu Dawei's first award on the plane. They did not dare to make too much noise, because after the game against the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cavaliers still had two away games to play.
These two away games are the last job for the Cavaliers before Christmas. When they return to Cleveland after their away trip, they will have a four-day holiday.
The Cavaliers have been the protagonists of the Christmas game in the past seven years, but this season, they are not. Because in the past seven years, they have LeBron James, the league's number one hot player, and this season, they have lost him, and naturally, they have lost a lot of things.
LeBron James' departure caused the Cleveland Cavaliers to lose not only the decline in strength, but the sudden drop in the championship hottest all of a sudden is not a disaster for the Cavaliers. In the NBA, every team, even a giant like the Lakers and Celtics, has had extremely down and out times. What James' departure brought a greater impact to the Cavaliers is the team's sponsorship and attention. Simply put, it is money!
This is also why the Cavaliers boss Gilbert was so angry when James suddenly announced that he would join Miami. You don’t really think that Gilbert was so angry because the team lost the opportunity to win the championship. He is a businessman and not a true and loyal basketball fan.
James' departure took away a lot of sponsorship, perhaps the reason for Gilbert's anger. Businessmen, it is their nature to pursue fame and fortune.
Fortunately, Gilbert's bad mood slowly turned cloudy and then turned sunny as the season started. Because of Wu Dawei's emergence and his identity as a Chinese player, Gilbert is not a fool. He only needs to look at the experience of Rockets boss Alexander to know that Wu Dawei will be a piggy bank that is no less than LeBron James, and his market value may even surpass James!
A player with more than 1.3 billion people behind it, Oh God! Gilbert's mind can't turn around just by thinking about it...
This alone is enough to make Gilbert care about the benefits of the team participating in the Christmas battle. Although the Christmas battle every year can bring great income to the Cavaliers, in fact, for most old players who have played for many years, compared to playing games on Christmas, which is a very important festival for Westerners, they tend to spend time at home with their families.
Moreover, most of the players in the Cavaliers have participated in the Christmas battle, and even experienced veterans like Valaijo have their share every year, so their attitude towards the Christmas battle is optional.
But in the league, there are still a few players who have participated in the Christmas game. Most of them have not participated in the Christmas game, especially young players, still feel very eager for this festive game - who doesn't want to play in front of thousands of fans and show their own style?
That feeling is really a chill! Wu Dawei is of course one of them. He understands very well how much attention the Christmas game is. For Wu Dawei, who is determined to become a big star, it is definitely the game he wants to play the most besides the playoffs.
But obviously, the Cavaliers this season have no fate with the Christmas game. In the league's Christmas game games, the Cavaliers watch on the wall. Therefore, Wu Dawei now has to focus on the next game.
As long as they have an excellent record and return the Cavaliers to the ranks of strong teams, with the team's unbreakable relationship with LeBron James, they may be able to become the protagonists of the Christmas game again next season.
However, the Cavaliers, which won two consecutive victories, did not continue the victory in the next two away games. After gnawing out two difficult bones, the Cavaliers lost two consecutive losses in the away game against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons...
This is an unexpected thing, but it has happened and there is no way to change it. The Cavaliers can only end their away trip with a losing streak, and at the same time, return to Cleveland to welcome the arrival of Christmas.
As a traditional Western festival, Christmas is basically equivalent to the Chinese Spring Festival, so most people choose to be with their families. But Bonnie Lauflin did not return to Los Angeles alone after the Cavaliers finished their away trip, but returned to Cleveland with the Cavaliers.
Because Wu Dawei received an invitation, after LeBron James left Miami, the city of Cleveland urgently needed a city spokesperson, and generally, the government would choose athletes to serve as spokespersons.
Because sports are positive and full of vitality. Choosing an athlete to serve as the city spokesperson will look more vigorous and energetic. So, Raflin stayed to help Wu Dawei win the position of this spokesperson.
In fact, the Cleveland City Government not only invited Wu Dawei, but also other athletes. Like other major cities in the United States, Cleveland has many sports clubs in the local area. Naturally, these clubs will also have athletes famous in the United States.
And these athletes are all the people they invite.
Becoming a spokesperson for a city not only means getting a lot of money, but also improving fame. After all, Cleveland is the fourth largest city in the United States. Every year, countless people come to this city to travel and vacation.
Bonnie Raflin is full of confidence in winning the city's spokesperson contract. Because Wu Dawei's rise this season is so inspiring, in Raflin's view, he is undoubtedly the best role model for teenagers to learn from; and his fame is gradually rising rapidly, coupled with his nationality.
Laflin felt that this contract was almost a handful!
This was a feeling of confidence when Raflin discussed the details with the city government representatives. But the result was not so quickly. The Cleveland City Government still needed to conduct some investigation. After all, it was the spokesperson of a city, so the process was naturally much more cumbersome.
After finishing this, it was December 22, and Christmas was getting closer. Of course, Raflin still had to return to Los Angeles, after all, her family was still waiting for her return.
However, Raflin did not return alone. Before leaving, she invited Wu Dawei: "Handsome guy, everyone knows that you work hard. I also understand that you want to make yourself stronger, but you also have to give yourself the opportunity to relax in time. But no one will go to the training hall for training on Christmas night!"
PS: Thanks to Xingchen Yanluo for his reward~
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Chapter completed!