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Chapter 385 It's Time to Fulfill the Bet, Shaq! (First Update)
The fans' enthusiasm was extremely high.
Popovich's speech outside the AT&T Center pushed the emotions of the entire San Antonio fanbase to a climax.
Of course, LeBron James' crying face also sparked a wave of heated discussion among fans.
After crushing the Heat's Big Three for two consecutive years to win the championship, the Spurs were really getting cocky!
...
At a training facility in Miami, James, Jones, Wade, Cole, and a few NBA fringe players were training.
At this time, they were playing one-on-one on the court.
Facing James was a fringe player named Jason.
After a breakthrough, James threw down a tomahawk dunk.
"Hiss!"
Wade was sitting on the sidelines and couldn't help but grimace.
This was already the umpteenth time James had blown past this unlucky guy and dunked today.
"Does LeBron seem different than usual today?"
Cole turned to Jones and asked.
These few NBA fringe players were all found by James.
Originally, it was to make up the numbers for full-court training, but now it seemed like it had purely become a punching bag!
"Didn't you see the news about the Spurs' championship parade?"
Jones said softly.
Cole shook his head; he had no mood to watch that kind of news after being defeated by his opponent.
Jones shook his head and didn't explain further.
Cole couldn't help but curiously opened his phone, and the result was that the picture accompanying the parade report on ESPN was that big, crying face.
This...
"Norris, it's your turn."
The fringe player was abused to the point of being unable to take care of himself and went off the court, panting heavily as he said to Cole.
Cole was stunned for a moment. He was a guard! Did he have to do it too?
"Norris."
James called out with red eyes.
Cole's heart tightened. He was done for.
...
The Spurs' championship parade ended, announcing that the 2012-2013 season had become a thing of the past.
However, the fans' expectations were even stronger than during the Finals.
Because there were too many things attracting them in the time to come.
The draft, the free agent market, and, oh right, Barkley and O'Neal's bet!
This long bet that spanned the entire season was finally coming to fruition.
O'Neal ultimately failed to win his first victory in his commentary career, losing to Barkley, a professional face-slapper.
And Sir Barkley, since he started siding with Tang Tian, had welcomed a wave of two consecutive wins after a career of almost all defeats!
During the live broadcast of TNT's latest program, TNT's ratings had exploded.
This was definitely comparable to the episode where Barkley lost the bet and kissed the donkey's butt, and it may even have surpassed it!
The Big Three sat upright in front of the show, and behind them, they had already moved in a basketball hoop with adjustable height.
With their physical fitness now, there was no way they would be able to dunk on a normal hoop.
But that actually wasn't the main point; the pink dress that Smith had worn before was the biggest highlight of this episode!
Now it was lying quietly in a box and placed on the commentary table.
"Come on! Can we change something else?"
O'Neal glanced at the dress, really unable to bring himself to do it.
Before, when he saw Smith wearing it, he didn't feel anything because he was an observer, but if he had to put it on, it would really ruin the reputation of the Great Shark for life!
"Shaq, we are men, and men can't say no."
Barkley didn't want O'Neal to get away with it so easily.
This was a bet that took a whole season to win!
"Too small, it's too small."
O'Neal glanced at the pink dress again and said.
"I knew it."
While O'Neal was in a dumbfounded expression, Barkley took out another box from under the table.
"Shaq, custom-made dress."
After Barkley opened it, it was clearly a large pink dress inside!
"Holy~shit!"
Smith cursed and burst out laughing.
Barkley was really holding nothing back!
O'Neal was already in despair; he reached out and wiped his lips.
Why was he so cheap back then, and when it came to betting, he should have let Kenny Smith do it. Why did he have to get involved?
That's right, Kenny Smith, he had said that he would let this guy be the backdrop.
He slammed the table.
"Okay, let's do it!"
He had made up his mind.
"Shaq's doing it."
As soon as this sentence came out, there was a wave of activity on social media.
"But we agreed before, Kenny has to be posterized by me."
O'Neal turned to Smith, looking like he was going to drag him down into the pit.
"Why me again?"
Smith was speechless; why did he have to be the one who got hurt every time?
"Alright, Kenny, for the sake of seeing Shaq in a dress, just humor us."
Barkley said, pulling Smith up.
Smith's small body really couldn't refuse anyone in front of Barkley and O'Neal.
"Okay! Okay! I'll do it! I'll do it!"
Smith finally agreed. So what if he got posterized! At least he wasn't the one wearing the pink dress this time.
"Shaq?"
After Smith stood still, Barkley looked at O'Neal, holding back his laughter.
O'Neal took a deep breath and took out the large pink dress.
He looked disgusted while looking at it; his expression could really compete for the Best Actor award in Hollywood.
But he still put it on in public in the end.
Like Barkley, although he was just as dark as a commentator and had started to be a bit of a loudmouth, he still did what he said he would do.
That was the pink dress Barkley had custom-made for O'Neal.
But even so, O'Neal was wearing a coat and then putting on the dress, it still looked small, and it was stretched out, making the scene extremely eye-watering.
Barkley couldn't straighten his back on the stool after seeing it.
Smith also had an expression that he couldn't bear to look at.
O'Neal was already wearing it, so he simply let go and improvised a catwalk before dunking, pushing the atmosphere of the entire program to a climax.
In terms of entertainment, O'Neal had never lost to anyone.
You should know that he was the masked boy who danced street dance on the All-Star stage!
After finishing the catwalk and warming up, O'Neal let Smith stand still, and then charged directly.
Smith was terrified when he saw O'Neal's figure.
"Bang!"
After all, O'Neal had only retired for a little over a year, and he could still jump.
That flying three-hundred-plus pounds of fat directly pressed the ball into the basket over Smith.
It was fortunate that the basket was of good quality and wasn't completely dunked over.
But Smith was directly knocked away.
After dunking, O'Neal once again showed his entertainment nature.
After landing, he rushed to the front of the camera and roared, then, with a fierce expression, he grabbed the pink dress with both hands and exerted force.
"Ripppp!"
The pink dress was torn in half by him.
"Shaq adult version."
Following "Shaq's doing it," there was another wave of activity on social media at this time.
ps: You guys should be more active in joining the group, otherwise I won't have enough red envelopes to give out! Especially the big shots in the top few of the fan rankings, I'm still waiting to lick them!
ps: I will release the results of Tang Tian's next home as soon as possible, but these plots cannot be omitted, because they have all been foreshadowed, and they must have a beginning and an end, so, well, I didn't deliberately want to pad out the word count!