Chapter 156 (1/2)

At noon on March 22, Hollins took the players on a plane to Boston. One of the biggest features of the Grizzlies' march schedule is that they play more often with Eastern teams.

In the past few months, the Grizzlies were basically playing Western teams. But in March, they began to have more trips to the East. Playing the Eastern team is the most annoying, in addition to not familiar with the opponent, but also too far flight distance.

From Memphis to Boston, most civil flights need to transfer, which will take at least five hours. Although the Grizzlies' private flight doesn't need transit, it takes more than three hours to arrive in Boston.

It was a long flight and most of the players took a nap as soon as they got on the plane. Link couldn't sleep, and the Chinese forward leaned his head against the window of the plane, thinking about his conversations with Tony Allen and Randolph after yesterday's game.

”Boston is not as simple as you think, link. In that place, our troubles will be more than basketball. I don't like Boston, which is one of the reasons why I didn't choose to renew my contract with Celtic. How to say that place? As a person of color, I feel very depressed

Link didn't expect Tony Allen to say that. He knew Boston was one of the most racist cities in the United States, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

Link believes that as a Celtic team, Tony Allen should not have been in too much trouble, if not popular.

However, Tony Allen's later narration has refreshed link's understanding of Boston.

”You know, Boston is a city with a long history. Most of the Aboriginal people there were pure white immigrants from Europe 300 years ago. There was a small number of black people there. Moreover, due to many historical reasons, Boston still has serious racial discrimination. You might say, as NBA stars, we will certainly be respected. Wrong, link. Even Bill Russell, who was in Boston, had seen local white people break into his apartment at night and pull Shi in his bedroom. I had a lot of bad things when I played for Celtic. Anyway, I don't really like the place

”Yes, yes, I went to live in Boston for a while. It was a white supremacy city. Racial discrimination and greater Irishman are embedded in the heart of this city. I still like Memphis. At least, the ethnic tolerance here is better. ” After listening to Tony Allen, Randolph nodded.

Thinking of yesterday's conversation in the dressing room, link shook his head. These two guys are exaggerating. They are worried about this kind of thing. Which of the Celtic big three is not black? It's not like they're all mixed up.

Without any more thought, link felt sleepy and closed his eyes. He didn't want to be so messy. He just wanted to perform well in the north bank garden.

Boston's north shore Garden Arena is another basketball shrine besides staples in the league.

The dome of the stadium, the retired jerseys and the champion's flag all contribute to the glorious history of this great NBA team. Even the special patterns on the oak floor of this stadium exude a strong sense of history.

Link stands in the North Bank Garden Arena. The scene is noisy. The noise here is much higher than when playing away in Salt Lake City.

Hollins had to yell at the top of his voice to make sure the players could hear him. Now link knows how rivers became a duck's voice.

Link looked around the stands and, as expected, saw many signs with discriminatory slogans. Randolph and Tony Allen don't even bother to look up. For them, it's normal.

Link shook his head. He has been living in Boston for almost 24 hours since yesterday afternoon. But link can already feel the unfriendliness of Boston.

During the open media session during the training session yesterday afternoon, a Boston local reporter even asked link, ”how does it feel to survive in the NBA as a Chinese American?”

At first glance, this problem is not a problem, but the reporter uses the word ”Chinese” to describe Chinese Americans.

How natural it was to say this word from the Boston reporter's mouth. He blurted it out without much thinking. After asking, he didn't even feel that there was anything wrong with it. This shows how Boston people call Chinese Americans.

Finally, link refused to answer the reporter's question. At that time, the reporter was still quite dissatisfied, saying that he would report to the league office to punish link...

when link was on the plane yesterday, he thought Randolph and Tony Allen were exaggerating, but now link has seen the power of Boston.

”Hey, can you see the numbers on the scoreboard with your eyes so small? Ha ha ha ha ha