Stephen Curry, born in 1988, is a professional basketball player who serves as a point guard.
In the 2009 draft, the Golden State Warriors selected Curry with the seventh overall pick in the first round, starting Curry's career in the NBA. In his rookie season, Curry performed well and was unanimously selected to the All-Rookie First Team, successfully establishing a foothold in the league.
Last year, as a sophomore, Curry gradually became an indispensable member of the Golden State Warriors with his stable performance. He served as the starter in 74 games and truly established himself in the professional league. Occupied a place.
There is no doubt that Curry is becoming a rising star in the NBA.
Like Lu Ke, Curry is also a contracted player under Under Armor. It can be seen that Under Armor is developing the market for young players step by step. However, Curry is a basketball player and Lu Ke is a football player. There is no intersection between the two. At this moment, seeing Curry at the commercial shooting site, Lu Ke's eyes were full of confusion.
Could it be that this is a visit officially arranged by Under Armor?
The tired footsteps paused for a moment, and Lu Ke went straight to the bench in the rest area without staying too long, sat down slowly, and took the initiative to say hello, "Next is your order. Is it up to you to accept this torture? Does this mean that I can rest longer? "
The nonsense words were spoken in a joking tone, breaking the silence in the rest area. Curry reflexively looked away, blinked, and his head was full of question marks. His first reaction was ,"Are you talking to me?"
Looking at Curry's confused expression, Lu Ke laughed dumbly, "When I was in high school, I saw those white kids talking like this, showing off their humor, and then quickly making new friends. I I always want to try it. Now it seems that I must have used it wrong. Isn’t there a user manual that I can read and learn from?”
Such self-deprecating dry humor is indeed the way local young people talk. Lu Ke's speech is so fluent and natural that Curry has the illusion that he is an immigrant, while Lu Ke is a native. A local, the two people's positions were switched around, which made Curry couldn't help but laugh.
"Strictly speaking, you and I are the same. If you know where I can find such a user manual, you'd better inform me in advance. I should also need to read it." After coming back to his senses, Curry was also smiling. The ground started to cheer.
As a black man, if we go back to his roots, he, like Lu Ke, is an immigrant. Of course, to go further, Indians are the local residents, and the others are immigrants. The United States is a country built on immigrants.
"Lu Ke." A small joke broke the barriers between strangers and established a connection. Lu Ke then introduced himself.
"I know you. I mean, I watched the game against the Detroit Lions this week. You are an incredible player." Curry showed a shy smile, still with a childish look, "Stephen , I’m Stephen Curry.”
"Sorry, Stephen, I haven't watched your game because I am a Los Angeles Lakers fan." Lu Ke's answer made Curry stunned. He didn't know how to respond for a while, and then he saw the expression in Lu Ke's eyes. With a thick smile, Curry immediately understood that he had been cheated again.
After the prank succeeded, Lu Ke added, "I won the skills challenge last year beautifully."
In the 2010-2011 season, Stephen Curry successfully won the All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge. This is also one of the side effects of his extremely solid basic skills.
"Ha! Ha!" Curry laughed exaggeratedly, looked at Lu Ke helplessly, and said deliberately sarcastically, "It's very funny. In fact, I am not a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, just because I heard about a The undrafted rookie became the starting quarterback and won games, so I just paid attention temporarily."
It's a pity that Curry's baby face is really unconvincing, and his sarcastic tone still sounds like a joke.
"This is not surprising." Lu Ke said calmly, which instantly made Curry's "sarcastic" expression freeze at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of helplessness, "I am not a fan of the San Francisco 49ers either. In fact, I’m a Green Bay Packers fan, how about you?”
Curry couldn't keep up with such a serious inquiry. Before he could react, he answered seriously, "Carolina Panthers." After finishing speaking, he further added, "My childhood was "I spent time in Charlotte when the Panthers were just getting started, so I grew up with the whole team."
The Carolina Panthers are one of the youngest teams in the NFL. They were officially established in 1993 and are located in Charlotte, North Carolina. They became the 29th team in the league to establish a team. It is also the first new team in the league since 1976. The entire history of the team is only eighteen years old.
In the 1990s, Curry's father, Dell-Curry, played for the Charlotte Hornets. He was a well-known three-point shooter in the league and is still the team's historical scoring leader.
"Ah, it seems that we are destined not to be friends. The Carolina Panthers' rookie quarterback and I are enemies." Lu Ke said with a serious expression, as if he was discussing major life events, looking at Curry's words With a stunned expression, Lu Ke continued, "Didn't you hear? The quarterback and I had a huge fight in the rookie training camp. We wanted to tear each other apart."
Because Lu Ke's expression was so sincere that Curry couldn't tell whether it was a joke or a real thing. He couldn't help but stuttered, "Well, actually, I...I have been...in the past two years." I don’t watch football anymore. You know, because of the professional games, NBA games are too intensive and I don’t have time at all. I don’t know the rookie quarterback at all..."
"No problem, no problem." Lu Ke nodded repeatedly, waved his hand, and said comfortingly, "Everyone has a home team they support. Fortunately, we are not mortal enemies in the same district, so things are not that bad." Then Lu Ke shrugged, "At least in my opinion, the tension between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors is much stronger. After all, these are teams in California, right?"
Then, Curry saw Lu Ke raise his eyebrows slightly, wink, and there was a playful light in his eyes. At first, Curry didn't react, "Wait, you just said..." Then he saw the smile gradually rising at the corner of Lu Ke's mouth, and then Curry realized that it was just another prank, and he once again Fooled, "You..."
Curry raised his right hand, pointed at Lu Ke, and finally landed heavily on his knee. He was helplessly annoyed, but he didn't know what to do - eloquence was not his strong point, so he could only scratch hard. He scratched his head, his face full of disbelief.
Lu Ke chuckled and added, "I'm serious. If you have a choice, maybe you should pay attention to the San Francisco 49ers. After all, we are brothers. I think sponsors should also want to see something like this." situation."
The Golden State Warriors, where Curry plays, is located in Oakland, California. It got its name because California's nickname is the "Golden State", which also comes from the heritage of the gold rush period. This is similar to the origin of the name of the San Francisco 49ers, and the two cities of Oakland and San Francisco are also in the Bay Area.
As Lu Ke said, in a sense, they are a "brotherly team".
This time, Curry learned the lesson, widened his eyes, and tried to express his position seriously, "Even if I choose a brother team, I should choose the Oakland Raiders, and the San Francisco 49ers should line up behind me." However, the corner of his mouth said that Curry's smile that couldn't be hidden betrayed him. He was not intimidating at all, and the whole atmosphere became completely relaxed.
During this inadvertent coming and going, Lu Ke and Curry immediately became familiar with each other.
Later, Lu Ke learned that Curry had made a special trip to shoot the commercial today to join Lu Ke. The nonsense Lu Ke believed just now turned out to be right: Under Armor deliberately put Curry and Lu Ke together for promotion.
Both players are young players of the new generation, with an age difference of only one year; both players belong to teams in California, and both players endured tremendous pressure in their rookie seasons and delivered impressive performances. Answer sheet -
The thin and short Curry was also questioned during college and the draft. He was even thinner than Lu Ke.
From a marketing perspective, this is undoubtedly an interesting solution choice, and it can trigger more discussion topics through cross-border methods.
"Phew, now it seems that my guess is correct, I can finally take a good rest." Lu Ke leaned on the back of the chair exaggeratedly, drooped his hands, and used all his strength to show his fatigue.
Curry couldn't help laughing, "It's always like this in the beginning. Gradually, you'll get used to it." Then, Curry looked around to make sure there was no one around, then lowered his voice and said, "But now, I I still feel that filming is too boring. Instead of wasting time here, I would rather go back and shoot a thousand three-pointers."
"Do you think so too? God!" Lu Ke repeatedly agreed. The two exchanged glances and both laughed.
Turning around, I saw the photographer and other staff standing not far away. Everyone looked at Lu Ke and Curry in confusion, not knowing why. Suddenly, the two young people laughed even more happily.
In sight, a staff member walked up quickly, "Sorry, sorry, I was so busy that I forgot to introduce you. This is Stephen Curry, No. 30 of the Golden State Warriors; this is Lu Ke, No. 14 of the San Francisco 49ers, today you will complete the shooting together..."
Did this introduction come too late? Lu Ke and Curry exchanged looks again and laughed sullenly.
As they talked, the staff noticed something was wrong, but they couldn't explain the reason, so they could only give up, "Take another ten minutes of rest, and then Lu Ke will shoot first."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Ke's smile froze on his lips, his face full of surprise. This time, it was Curry's turn to clap his hands and laugh.
