The Golden Age of Basketball

Since Allen Iverson doesn’t care about these matters at all, he only focuses on playing basketball and indulging in eating, drinking, and gambling with his buddies, leaving everything at home for his wife to handle.

"Before you go, you should call Ah Gan or send a text message, shouldn’t you?" Tawanna reminded her husband before getting on the plane.

In most cases, when a star player is traded to another team, they would call or text the head of the new team, as a form of paying respects.

Stories always start beautifully, with both parties deeply exchanging opinions, expressing their beautiful vision for the future, followed by some business flattery.

As for what happens later, we’ll just have to wait and see.

But Iverson shook his head impatiently and said, "No need, will they cancel the trade if I call?"

"Allen, the trade is confirmed, don’t resist it. Glory is a great team, and Ah Gan is the greatest player."

This time, Iverson didn’t rudely tell his wife to shut up; instead, he remained silent, burying his head as he walked into the boarding gate, as if stepping onto a path of no return.

After a five-hour long flight, the couple arrived in Las Vegas around three in the afternoon. If they moved quickly, Iverson could even make it to tonight’s game between Glory and the Los Angeles Lakers.

In December, Philadelphia was already covered in snow, yet the Las Vegas afternoon was still bright and sunny, the intense sunlight signaling to Iverson that this was another world, a world illuminated by the sun’s glory.

Upon getting off the plane, Iverson and his group encountered many journalists waiting for him; Iverson has always been annoyed by journalists’ "siege."

However, what Iverson didn’t expect was that these journalists were very disciplined, unlike those in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, who followed him like flies and bombarded him with endless questions.

They waited in a designated area, took some photos, then a journalist approached politely asking, "Allen, may I take a moment of your time to ask you two brief questions?"

Seeing this, Iverson couldn’t show a bad face and answered the questions; indeed, they were very brief questions.

Then, the journalist ended the interview under the guidance of two identical-looking Asians with crew cuts, wearing black suits and sunglasses, cold-faced. Those reporters kept snapping photos from outside a line, but no one squeezed forward.

The one with shorter hair stepped forward and said to the couple, "We’re sent by the boss to pick you up; everything has been arranged, just follow us. You don’t need to play in tonight’s game, but you’ll watch it courtside at the stadium, and the boss has prepared a welcome dinner for you tonight. I’m Perry Feng, this is my brother Wright Feng, we’ll be assisting you with any problems in life and work until Mr. Iverson and family adapt to life in Las Vegas and can concentrate wholeheartedly on basketball."

Upon hearing this, is this sending two agents to monitor me?, Iverson thought angrily, throwing a face wanting to leave.

The two didn’t stop him but followed Iverson. Iverson tried going to Reid Airport’s car rental area to hail a taxi, but not a single taxi stopped for him.

Only drivers rolled down the windows to greet Iverson, saying "Welcome to Las Vegas!" Some take pictures or whatnot, but nobody stopped to pick him up.

Iverson picked up the phone and called Danny Ainge, and Ainge said on the phone, "The people sent to greet you should have arrived, right?"

"Are they the two in black suits, the Chinese people? I don’t like them, you come and pick me up."

"Sorry, this is the boss’s arrangement. Now, throughout Las Vegas, only these two can provide transportation services for you, no one else can. Vegas has over 3,000 taxis, and with their current radio communication channel, they should have all received the order to not pick up Allen Iverson. This isn’t oppressing you; it’s... allowing you to enjoy a more professional service. Welcome, Allen, welcome to Las Vegas, welcome to the Sunshine City."