Legendary Basketball Tycoon

"Hi Coach Chuck, I am glad to meet you. The gifts I specially prepared for you from China are all Chinese handicrafts. I hope you like them."

Bruce greeted Chuck Daley as soon as he came up, and he didn't even speak the same tone, which was very flattering.

At this point, Mickey Kupchak, who is familiar with his own prince’s character, has the most experience, because the last Bruce respected so much was his old boss Jerry West. Mickey Kupchak could see it in The basketball world has a very famous talent to make his prince so respectful, and other people don't have this treatment at all.

The gift is wrapped into a long thing.

"Thank you for the present Bruce. I like this handicraft very much."

Reach out without hitting the smiley person. Although the packaging of the handicrafts that Bruce sent was not opened, the other party took care of it. The gift does not care about the weight but only the heart.

But Chuck Daly didn't know what the handicraft Bruce sent was. If he knew it, he wouldn't say so.

Bruce and Chuck Daley were talking while walking into the living room of the house, and Chuck Daley’s wife had already prepared coffee and food.

His wife, Anna Daly, is his wife. She has lived together for more than 40 years. She has always been very affectionate and looks like a kind old lady.

"It's nice to meet you, madam, and thank you for your coffee."

"I'm very happy to meet you Bruce. You are welcome to come to our house as a guest." Anna Daly replied with joy.

Bruce was also quite satisfied when he heard this. He was afraid that Anna Daly would give him a face. You must know that the power of the pillow wind is not small. Bruce can’t tell Anna Daley and disagree with Chuck Day. Li Chuanshan.

At this time, Chuck Daley's youngest grandson wanted to open it when he saw the gift Bruce had just handed over. After all, children are just curious, right?

"Brother Bruce, can I see what's in this gift?!"

"certainly!"

After speaking, Bruce gave a wink suggesting that Mickey Kupchak would help open the gift box. After all, this box is a bit big, and children can't open it for a while, even if it is opened violently, it might turn the art inside. The product is ruined.

Now Chuck Daly's family, including Bob Myers brought by Bruce, are more curious about what this gift is and why it is so big.

And it's also a handicraft from China. To be honest, not only is Chuck Daly's young grandson curious, but he himself is also curious, but after all, his identity is destined to the point where he can't be so reckless to dismantle it when he sees a gift.

Speaking of this gift, the packaging is just a rectangle, it looks like it is wrapped with a plaque, but it is not. The length of the plaque is longer than this gift, and the gift that Bruce brought is slightly shorter.

After Mickey Kupchak finally unwrapped all the packaging, the gift finally revealed its true colors.

This is a wood carving depicting the Pistons sweeping the Lakers 4-0 in the 1989 NBA Finals to win the championship. There were the Pistons and Chuck Daley, who was the head coach at the time, and the background board was undoubtedly the Lakers.

This painting was created by Bruce who specially asked Mickey Kupchak to tune in the video of the 1989 finals so that the craftsman could compare the characters on the video one by one, and it took nearly half a year to portray it.

1989 can be said to be the most brilliant time of Chuck Daley's life. The Pistons he led not only eliminated Jordan's Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, but also swept the Lakers 4-0 in the Finals, which is hard to imagine. , You must know that there were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and "Magic" Johnson in the Lakers at the time. The Pistons were able to sweep their opponents 4-0. This is incredible. So in 1989, Chuck Daley is definitely the most memorable. Of the year.

Looking at the characters in the painting, the Chuck Daly family couldn't believe it. This is too real. Although it is carved in wood, the appearance of the carved characters is absolutely not much different from the real picture.

This is simply blinding everyone’s eyes. Even Chuck Daly was obviously excited. He grabbed the wooden sculpture in the hands of the little grandson and looked at the sculpture intently, and then if he thought about it, it was like in Remember the scene when the Pistons swept the Lakers in the 1989 Finals.

Anyway, Bruce is quite satisfied. The wood carving is not expensive, but the effect is effective. I haven't seen Chuck Daly's eyes straight!

Wood carving is a traditional handicraft from the folk, originated in the Neolithic Age, the earliest representative works of simple wood carving crafts such as wood carving fish. The development of wood sculpture skills in the Tang Dynasty reached its peak. Nowadays, most of the traditional skills of wood carving that have been passed down for thousands of years have been well inherited and developed.

Also, in the 1990s, there were still many traditional handicrafts in China, but they were not very popular. After all, ordinary people could not use woodcarving, so not many people liked it, so that, for example, this painting, except for the painting. In addition to good wood, the manual fee is almost 2,000 yuan, and all add up to less than 5,000 yuan.

But if this kind of wood carving is after 2010, the price will not be the same. It will be more than doubled. 5000 yuan is definitely not enough. Even the manual cost is not enough. This is the status quo.

It can be said that when Bruce caught up well, the woodcarving craftsmanship is indeed underdeveloped at this time, and this kind of folk art is not appreciated by many foreigners, so Bruce taught these foreigners a lesson the first time they took it out. You must know that China also has a folk art tradition, and it is no worse than your foreign ones.

"Bruce, I like your gift so much. I really didn't expect Huaguo's woodcarving craftsmanship to be so advanced and portray me so real..." Chuck Daly said excitedly.

Even the people of Chuck Daly's family saw this woodcarving painting and thought it was too beautiful, it was a work of art, no, it was a collection.

This woodcarving picture records Chuck Daly’s most glorious time. It can be said that the commemorative value is great. In addition, as long as the woodcarving is made of good wood, it can be guaranteed to never change color. It happens that Bruce chose sandalwood. , This kind of wood is suitable for carving old men and knights, and even the expressions are vividly carved, and they are three points into the wood.

It can be seen how powerful this woodcarving painting is.

"Thank you for your compliment, I know you will like this gift." Bruce complimented.

After all, this gift Bruce took great care from the selection of materials to the craftsman. If the other party doesn't like it, it means that they don't like themselves, and there is no need to stay any longer.

But now Bruce is very satisfied. At least the Chuck Daly family likes it very much. I don’t see that even Chuck Daly’s grandson is busy holding Bruce’s hand and wants a woodcarving painting like this. !