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Chapter 861 The Wedding Approaches (Third Update!)

These small fixes and improvements have further enhanced the strength of each powerhouse team.

The scene of contention among heroes in the new season is even more anticipated.

Three days later, Yao Ming's charity game was successfully held in Shanghai.

This charity game was interesting, a confrontation between the Chinese men's basketball team and a mixed team.

Jokic, Brogdon, and Siakam were all on the mixed team.

The stadium was packed. This was the first domestic appearance of the Chinese men's basketball team after winning the championship, and no one wanted to miss such an opportunity.

Not to mention Tang Tian was there!

Because it was a charity game, neither side really went all out, but the overall chemistry of the Chinese team gave them the upper hand.

Brogdon and Siakam, the two Pelicans rookies, also showed good immediate impact and talent in the game.

Especially Brogdon's three-pointers, which added another layer of anticipation for the Pelicans in the new season.

In the end, the men's basketball team narrowly defeated the mixed team 120 to 115, giving the game a perfect ending.

Tang Tian didn't play long, only about 20 minutes, but he still easily scored a near triple-double of 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.

Guo Ailun and Ding Yanyuhang performed very well for the Chinese team, the former scoring a team-high 25 points, and the latter also contributing 21 points and 5 rebounds.

As many fans said on social media, the two of them could really consider making a run for the NBA.

On the mixed team side, Brogdon hit seven three-pointers and had 25 points and 7 assists, while Siakam also had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks.

Although the Pelicans' two rookies weren't high picks, they gave the impression of a successful low-post find.

After the game, Tang Tian promoted his foundation and said that the scope of the foundation would be further expanded.

This also drew a response from many fans.

The day after the Yao Ming charity game, Jokic and the others returned to the United States with Tang Tian.

There were still two weeks before the team's training camp opened, but the reason they were so eager to go back wasn't to rush to training, but because of Tang Tian's wedding.

Last season, the Pelicans won the championship, and Tang Tian successfully proposed to Olsen, announcing the wedding location and date before the Olympics.

They would hold their wedding in New Orleans on September 6th.

Tang Tian and Olsen had discussed where to get married long ago.

At the time, Olsen wanted to hold the wedding in Tang Tian's hometown, while Tang Tian preferred Hawaii.

In the end, neither of them convinced the other, so they decided to compromise and hold the wedding at a manor in New Orleans, and then go to Hawaii for their honeymoon.

Holding it in New Orleans would be most convenient for local relatives and friends, and even some lucky fans, to attend.

The day after Tang Tian returned to New Orleans, Walker, Thompson, Butler, and Irving, all the hard-training brothers, arrived early.

Walker and Gili haven't gotten married yet, but Gili is already pregnant, and Walker will welcome his first son in a few months.

Irving and Thompson also brought their respective girlfriends.

Irving is considered relatively handsome among black people, but he is not a playboy, and the girlfriend he brought was someone they had seen before.

On the other hand, Thompson, who has always been single and always posts pictures of dogs on social media, brought a model from who-knows-where.

Speaking of playboys, Thompson is not only the biggest playboy among the hard-training brothers, but also one of the top in the league.

Butler is probably the most miserable of the group. Since Tang Tian met him in the NCAA, he hasn't had a woman around him.

In Butler's eyes, that saying might really exist.

What are women? Basketball is much more fun!

However, the reason they came so early this time, besides being brothers attending a wedding and wanting to arrive early, was the hard-training brothers' training camp.

The indoor basketball hall in Tang Tian's manor, after nearly a year of renovation, was finally completed in August and could be put into use.

This year's hard-training brothers' training camp would be held here.

Although the Olympics meant that this training camp wouldn't last very long, this training camp that they held every summer couldn't be broken.

With Tang Tian's wedding date approaching, it became the most watched news of the offseason.

Especially since Tang Tian had just led the team to win the Olympic championship, his influence had reached its peak.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the whole world knew about this important moment.

Besides the guests invited to enter the manor, it was foreseeable that a large number of fans would gather around the manor at that time.

Fortunately, the mayor of New Orleans had the foresight to arrange for the police to maintain order that day.

This kind of treatment is extremely rare in the United States.

However, as Olsen, the person involved, it was a very happy thing to have so many people witness his wedding.

On September 6th, Tang Tian and Olsen's wedding was held in New Orleans as scheduled.

As expected, a large number of fans gathered outside the manor, holding up Tang Tian and Olsen's KT boards, and were extremely excited.

If it weren't for the police maintaining order, something might have gone wrong on the spot.

There were many people outside the manor, and there were also many people inside.

However, most of those who were invited were prominent figures and close friends, and the atmosphere and order on the scene were very good.

Many people from the NBA were invited.

League President Adam Silver and Vice President Tatum were on the list.

Popovich, Budenholzer, everyone from that Spurs team, and all of Tang Tian's Pelicans teammates, including Cole and others who had been teammates before, were all invited to the scene.

Duncan and Kobe, two legends, also came.

Jim Calhoun, the former head coach of UConn, and Kevin Ollie, the current head coach, also came.

Accompanying them were alumni from that championship UConn team.

Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, as well as most of the national team teammates, also came.

Even in the crowd, there were two young faces, Lin Yi and Wang Quanze, the two boys who had met Yao Ming on his trip to China, also came to the scene.

Wang Quanze performed well, while Lin Yi, like Tang Tian, was like he had a cheat code, and his reputation soared at Davidson.

If nothing unexpected happened, both of them could enter the NCAA Division I league and have the opportunity to compete with Tang Tian in the NBA in the future.

Everyone that Tang Tian was familiar with after his transmigration, everyone who had witnessed his growth, all came to the scene.

And unexpectedly, Curry also came to the scene with his wife.

Although they were opponents on the court, Tang Tian and Curry had a good relationship off the court.

I wonder how Durant would feel knowing that his two new teammates, Curry and Thompson, had both arrived at Tang Tian's wedding.

You have to know that when he saw Westbrook meeting Tang Tian in a coffee shop, he felt like he had been cheated on.