NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 83 Double MJ Honeymoon Period

After the game, Meng Jin took Emmanuel Béa home.

As soon as Emmanuelle Béa entered the room, she asked, "Why is your bedroom so big?"

The bedroom in Meng Jin's apartment was carefully designed by him. He connected two rooms, so how could it not be big?

"Your bed is so big!" Emmanuelle Béa exclaimed again.

“Because I’m bigger.”

Meng Jin could only evade the question like this. He couldn't say that this was for the purpose of sleeping together, right?
As soon as Meng Jin finished speaking, Emmanuelle Béa immediately hugged him and asked, "Were you proposing to me by kissing me in the stadium just now?"

Meng Jin was a little embarrassed and could only say yes.

Meng Jin felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. It seemed that Emmanuelle Béa treated him as her boyfriend?
The next day, Emmanuelle-Béa got up earlier than Meng Jin. She went downstairs to make breakfast for Meng Jin.

The American breakfast is simple, just milk, cereal and a slice of toast. Considering that Meng Jin is a professional athlete, Emmanuel Béa also fried two eggs.

While Meng Jin was eating, Emmanuelle-Béart played country folk songs that Meng Jin didn't like. Emmanuelle-Béart told Meng Jin that she planned to raise two dogs and a cat here, and she also wanted to renovate the house. Emmanuelle-Béart felt that the current decoration in the room was a bit monotonous.

Meng Jin got goosebumps after hearing this. To put it simply, it can be summed up in two words: fear.

Meng Jin is very satisfied with his current life. Living together is too scary for him. He likes to just leave with his bag after having sex, or let the other person leave with his bag.

After eating the second egg, Meng Jin decided to have things clear with Emmanuelle Béart.

"Emmanuelle, I am free, I belong to no one."

Meng Jin spoke very directly, which was his usual style. He was not worried about hurting girls. It was the kind of roundabout way of deceiving girls that would cause the most harm to them.

Emmanuelle Béa smiled and said, "Relax, I'm just enjoying you."

Meng Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "What you just said is like we are about to get married."

Emmanuelle Béar laughed so hard that she fell backwards. "I'm not that depressed. I'm still young and have a lot of life to enjoy. I decorated the room the way I like because I want to enjoy you for a long time. So I want to make the room the way I like. If you don't like it, just ignore me. The current house is also good, but a little monotonous."

Meng Jin understood what she meant. He could accept either short-term or long-term friendships. Just don't talk about romance or marriage. He didn't want to be trapped so early.

"How is breakfast?" Emmanuelle Béar looked at Meng Jin with a smile.

"Great, I like this kind of runny egg the most."

"I'll fry one for you next time. I have an audition this afternoon, so I have to go now."

Meng Jin did not try to keep Emmanuelle Béart. He kissed her and then sent her away. Everyone was busy with their own careers and took time out to get together and play a game of basketball. Meng Jin liked this feeling very much.

Half an hour later, agent Falk appeared at Meng Jin's door: "Let's go, it's almost time."

Meng Jin patted his forehead. He almost forgot that today was the day his parents came to Chicago to see him!
Falk drove Meng Jin's newly bought Cherokee II, with Meng Jin sitting in the passenger seat.

This car was bought by Meng Jin last month. It is too inconvenient to have only a sports car as a vehicle. After all, it only has two seats. Sometimes Meng Jin will bring two or even three girls. Another point is that the privacy of the convertible is too poor. He is now a star in Chicago, and he doesn't want to be watched by fans when he waits for red lights every day.

O'Hare International Airport.

Arrival hall.

Passersby kept greeting him.

"Meng?"

“Is there a game today?”

"Why don't I see other Bulls players?"

"Where's Michael Jordan?"

"Meng, that punch of yours was so great. That's how you should deal with those guys in Detroit."

“Can we take a photo together?”

Although he has only played a dozen games, Meng Jin is very well-known in Chicago. Not to mention the die-hard fans, passers-by have also seen him in the newspaper. Even if they can't remember Meng Jin's face, just looking at his height of over 210CM, his muscular physique and yellow skin, passers-by can probably guess that this is the basketball star that everyone has been discussing recently.

"You're very welcome here." Falk laughed softly.

"If I had known, I would have let you come to pick me up alone." Meng Jin replied in a low voice.

The most inconvenient thing after becoming famous is going out. Meng Jin once saw Jordan call the clerk specifically to go to a convenience store to buy something and ask them to delay closing for half an hour. When there were not many people in the convenience store, he would sneak in fully armed.

According to the current progress, Meng Jin estimated that this day is not far away.

Half an hour later, Meng Jin picked up his parents.

Falk enthusiastically took over the luggage from Meng Jin's parents. Meng's mother looked at Falk and said, "Son, why did you hire a male nanny who is bald?"

Meng Jin was very glad at this moment that his mother didn't know English and Falk didn't know Chinese.

"What did your mother say?"

Falk knew that Meng's mother was talking about him, because when she said this, she was looking at Falk with a smile on her face.

Meng Jin: "He said I hired a great agent and you seem very friendly."

"Thank you, 3Q."

Meng's mother said: "I understand this. He said thank you."

Meng Jin: “…”

As the group left the airport, passers-by kept greeting them.

Meng's parents didn't understand what they were saying, but they could clearly feel the enthusiasm of the people of Chicago.

After returning home, the first thing Meng's mother did was to open the window to ventilate: "It stinks. How long have you not opened the window? You should open the window more often and wash your hands more often."

This familiar words
Meng Jin felt like he was back home.

After saying that, Meng's mother started to clean Meng Jin's room and couldn't stop for a moment.

Falk whispered, "I can call a nanny to clean up for you."

Meng Jin sighed: "Forget it, let her take it." Meng Jin didn't want to explain more. This was the difference between Chinese and American cultures. American parents usually didn't care much about their children after they became adults, while Chinese parents would keep worrying about them until they couldn't worry anymore.

"This house is nice." Father Meng looked around and continued to ask, "Are you buying or renting? How much is it? How many years do American houses have property rights? Is the transportation here convenient? Is it close to the city center? Are there any hospitals or supermarkets nearby?"

This soul-searching interrogation made Meng Jin feel overwhelmed. Just as Meng Jin opened his mouth to respond with a few perfunctory words, something went wrong with Meng's mother again.

When making the bed, Meng's mother found a bra. It was Meng's father who helped him out: "Don't worry too much about the child's affairs."

After that, Meng's father whispered in Meng Jin's ear: "If you have a girlfriend, you should bring her home to see her. Our family is very open-minded. It doesn't matter if she is yellow or white."

"Okay." Meng Jin said perfunctorily again.

At this moment, Meng Jin thought to himself that if he really brought all the female companions he had "dated" with, this house would probably not be able to accommodate them all.

In the afternoon, Meng Jin took his parents to Lincoln Park for a stroll. With its green trees and Lake Michigan, it is a favorite place for middle-aged people. The two elders were satisfied with the environment.

On December 12, Meng Jin was training in the gym during the day, while Meng's parents went to meet their friends in the United States.

In the evening, Meng's parents brought their friend Aunt Zhang to watch Meng Jin play basketball. Aunt Zhang has lived in the United States for many years and has been a long-time friend of Meng's mother. Meng Jinzhi is also very familiar with her. She brought him the 5 US dollars last time.

Before the game started, Meng Jin got four front-row tickets for his parents. He is now very familiar with the ticket manager Joe O'Neal, so getting two regular season tickets is a simple matter.

Falk led Meng's father, Meng's mother and Aunt Zhang into the stadium. During the warm-up, Meng Jin was still worried and kept looking back at the direction of Meng's father and mother's seats.

Dad Meng is a big shot in society and he immediately started chatting with the people around him. Although Meng Jin didn't know how they started chatting, because Dad Meng didn't speak English and the white middle-aged man next to him didn't seem to know Chinese either, but the two of them looked very happy and kept giving each other thumbs up.

Body language is indeed an international universal language. Looking at the two people gesticulating, Meng Jin found it very funny. However, in the next second, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

The fan took out a sign from behind him, and it was filled with words of support for Meng Jin. There was nothing wrong with that. The problem was with the photo. This damn white fan cut out the newspaper that showed Meng Jin KO the Pistons trio and pasted it on the sign!
Dad Meng leaned in to look at it for nearly a minute. He didn’t understand English, but he could see the picture!
After seeing this, Mr. Meng was shocked. Why did they start a fight?

The white man didn't notice the change in Meng's father's expression and kept giving him the thumbs-up.

Meng Jin now wants to kill the fans. Isn't this messing with me?
The game will start soon, and the Bulls' opponent tonight is the Bucks.

In the first round of the game, Jordan started the one-on-one mode, dodged Moncrief in one step and made a quick stop jump shot at the edge of the penalty area!

Jordan was eliminated in the playoffs that year, and he has always been brooding over it.

Moncrief is a two-time Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) winner. There are rumors that this award was set up for him, which shows how terrifying his defensive ability is. In that series that year, Jordan experienced how powerful this guy is.

Although Jordan scored 37 points in that series, he had a really hard time playing most of the time!
Moncrief never loses his position, and his prediction is terrifying. No matter whether Jordan goes left or right, he can always get ahead of Jordan and block his breakthrough route, forcing him to make jump shots on the wings or go to the baseline.

Moncrief's biggest disadvantage is his height. His height of 191cm is indeed not enough to lock down Jordan, but he has his own defensive philosophy. With the two points of "persistence" and "staying in position", he can at least make it difficult for Jordan to break through.

Even the victim, Jordan, said: "Playing with him is destined to be an all-round confrontation all night. He is like a hound. Whether on the offensive end or the defensive end, he will try his best to bite you."

But today Moncrieff acted like a Barbie doll in front of Jordan, allowing him to manipulate her.

Jordan scored 14 points in the first quarter, which can be said to have blew up Moncrief. Moncrief's defensive attitude has not changed, but his body is no longer the same. He suffered a serious injury last season. After his comeback, his physical function declined seriously, and all his data were halved. He has long lost his former style.

In the second quarter, Bucks coach "Silver Fox" Del Harris simply asked Paul Pressey to defend Jordan.

Paul Pressey was selected into the All-Defensive Team twice, but he is best known for his organizational ability. Pressey is the team's first offensive initiator and can be considered the originator of the "point forward".

Paul Pressey stood in front of Jordan with full confidence, but after the quarter, he returned to the bench covered in dust.

It can’t be prevented. It really can’t be prevented.

"Silver Fox" said it doesn't matter if he can't defend Jordan, as long as he can lock down the Bulls' number one rookie and have a chance to win!
But when I turned around, I saw that Meng Jin had scored 17 points in the first half?

The "Silver Fox" turned his eyes to power forward Cummings.

Cummings said he felt really wronged and that he had been too defensive.

Look at Meng Jin's performance in the first half. He took 4 shots in the positional battle and only made 1 hit. Who dares to say there is a problem with this defense?
It's just perfect!

Apart from one positional goal and three free throws, Meng Jin's remaining 1 points were all scored on fast breaks!

Cummings tried hard, but he was unstoppable. Meng Jin's playing style is unique in the league. There have been flexible big men in the league before, but Meng Jin is not only flexible, he also has extremely strong destructive power, and his playing style is purely outside.

Cummings is also a gifted player. He had a great start in his rookie season, averaging 23 points and 10 rebounds per game. His greatest characteristics are his strength, speed and high jumping ability.

But Meng Jin is simply his advanced version, taller, faster and stronger than him.

Cummings' biggest advantage turned into a disadvantage in front of Meng Jin, which made him very frustrated.

In 2004, "Silver Fox" Harris recalled this game in an interview after taking over the Chinese men's basketball team.

"It was the first time I'd ever seen Terry's (Cummings) talent become so mediocre next to another player."

Just after the game was halfway through, Moncrieff and Cummings' mentality had collapsed.

The change in mentality caused the Bucks to play without any vitality and energy in the third quarter, like a dead fish.

The Bulls scored two consecutive small climaxes, narrowing the gap to 15 points.

In the final quarter, the game became a competition between Meng Jin and Jordan.

Jordan stole the ball and dunked it. After landing, he smiled at Meng Jin and said, "This ball is for you, baby."

Meng Jin was very excited in this game because his parents were watching. He completed many dunks in the first three quarters, making fans scream, which aroused Jordan's desire to win.

After two rounds, Meng Jin took off in a counterattack and swung like a windmill!

After landing, Meng Jin ran to Jordan and said, "This ball is for you, bastard!"

The Bucks players were speechless. No, when you two were flirting with each other, have you ever considered the feelings of us, your opponents?
In the end, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Bucks 119-87.

Two days later, the Bulls defeated the Rockets in almost the same way, winning three consecutive home games.

The playing style of Meng Jin and Jordan quickly swept the league, and their style of play is so attractive!

Fans still call them the Hurricane Brothers because their fast breaks are like a hurricane that ravages the entire court.

Many years later, fans jokingly called this period the honeymoon period of the two MJs, but as we all know, the honeymoon period usually doesn't last too long...

(End of this chapter)