No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 114: I never thought you were like this, little bro.

"How do you like it? Charlotte’s environment isn’t bad, right?"

"The mountains are clear, waters are beautiful, and the greenery coverage is impressive—it truly lives up to its reputation as the Green City of the East."

"Of course, this is the best city in the Carolina region..."

It was a little past 1 p.m. when Zhang Yang arrived at the Charlotte stadium to report in.

Jordan wasn’t there, but old Bickerstaff told Zhang Yang that training would start at 9 a.m. the next day and advised him to get to the stadium an hour early to prepare.

Felton, who had just finished playing in the Orlando Summer League from the 7th to the 18th, was also back.

Originally, Felton was slated to play in the Las Vegas Summer League, but after hearing that Jordan intended to train Zhang Yang, he called Jordan incessantly, bothering him to the point where he agreed to train Felton as well.

Upon seeing Zhang Yang, Felton drove him around the city center to help him get familiar with the city where he would be living. Although he had come here at the beginning of the month and stayed for four days, he had been busy with work, and his knowledge of the city was still based on what Felton had told him during the draft.

Zhang Yang felt he was being overly sensitive about something—was Big Fatty showing off that he could drive freely?

Felton drove to a residential area and said, "This is the place Tellem told you you’ll be living in. It’s all high-end apartments and hotels around here. Most of the residents are white people working in the Ballantyne area, with high incomes. That means the property fees for the apartments here are also high, but the security is just as good, and the infrastructure is excellent... Apart from the suburban villa area where I live, this is the best place to live in the city center."

"Charlotte does have high-rises if you want to go to a bustling area. Just head to Midtown Square in the Ballantyne area—that’s where all the banks and brokerage firms are. We all call it ’Wall Street South’, and the biggest malls and luxury shops are all there too."

"There are a lot of Chinese people living up north, tens of thousands of them. It gets very lively at the start of the year—I think they’re celebrating some kind of festival, but it’s a pity I’ve never been there. I’d like to check it out sometime... Do you know kung fu?"

Zhang Yang: "?"

He should be asking about the Spring Festival, not whether or not he knows kung fu, right?

"Don’t go to the East District, it’s full of black people and not safe... Jack, why are you giving me that look? The areas where black people gather really are dangerous. I’m very open-minded; you don’t have to worry about me getting upset over this..."

Zhang Yang’s eyes betrayed his thoughts: "Little fatty, I don’t believe you at all!"

In this regard, Felton could say whatever he liked as long as Zhang Yang didn’t respond.

Zhang Yang had met Felton several times since the draft day and the two days of pre-signing tests, plus today, so they were quite familiar with each other. He had guessed why Felton was so enthusiastic towards him—he wanted to be a leader!

He found it perfectly normal for Felton to have such ambition.

Okafor was only a class above Felton and a little over a year older.

Okafor won the NCAA basketball championship in 2004, while Felton won it in 2005. Both had top-tier performances in college.

As for the rest of the Bobcats, except for Brevin Knight, who had played as a main player in the late ’90s, everyone else was a benchwarmer unwanted by other teams.

Gerald Wallace, Primoz Brezec, Jumaine Jones, Karim Rush, Melvin Ely, Keith Bogans, Matt Carroll... These players, during the 03-04 season, averaged less than five points per game, with one even playing 26 games, 7 minutes each, averaging 0.9 points per game.

Last season, Wallace and Brezec managed to make a name for themselves, with the former averaging 11 points and the latter 13 points per game.

Considering these competitors, Zhang Yang would actually find it strange if Felton didn’t aspire to be the boss.

Little Fatty had high spirits; if only Husky had Little Fatty’s spirit, he wouldn’t have ended up crying on the Thunder Team.

However, Harden had changed a lot. A couple of days ago, he said he’d go directly to the NBA after a great season. With Harden’s superb physicality that even Zhang Yang envied, and a body weight of 95+ kilograms, he’d probably reach about a hundred kilograms by then. It seemed like he had also started developing his techniques earlier; when Zhang Yang first met Harden, the guy was solely focused on practicing his corner three-pointers... No, Charlotte’s Zhang San had to work even harder, not to be surpassed by Husky.

In the evening, Felton took Zhang Yang to his favorite little restaurant from his college days in Charlotte for dinner.

This significantly improved Zhang Yang’s impression of Felton; there was no need to show off at a fancy restaurant.

At their age, dining in such a small establishment made the food taste all the better.

After dinner, Felton dropped Zhang Yang off at his apartment. After saying goodbye, Zhang Yang was led to his room by the property management.

This was also his first time seeing the accommodation arranged by Tellem.

The room was spacious, with the living room alone being several dozen square meters. It had a bedroom, guest room, study, gym... all with a minimalist decor and fully furnished.

Kudos to the agent.

Looking at the door and the phone number of the car rental company on the coffee table, along with the note saying they had already negotiated with the rental company on his behalf, and that he should inform them 10 minutes before leaving so they could send a driver... Zhang Yang felt like giving his agent the middle finger.

Leaving a note was fine, but there was no need to stress that he couldn’t drive alone!

When he got to the airport at noon, he had the airport’s cargo company deliver the mountain of luggage he had; the property’s staff had already moved everything to the living room, neatly arranged and sorted according to the labels on the boxes.

Zhang Yang gave the property guy a 20 US dollar tip, and the property guy left with a happy grin.

This content is taken from (f)reewe(b)novel.𝗰𝗼𝐦