Vs: Miami Heat 2010-2011: LeBron James Taking His Talents To South Beach
Täällä Miumau, Miami, South beach. Olen matkalla kohti San Antoniota, jonne Greg Popovich on jälleen kerran kutsunut minut ratkomaan San Antonio Spursin ongelmia. Joukkuehan on pelannut alkukauden huomattavasti alle odotuksien voittaen vain 12 peliä peräkkäin ja omaten vain 13/2 "rekordin".
Odotellassani koneenvaihtoa Miamin kentällä törmäsin yllätyksekseni tuttuun hahmoon, "King Lebroniin":
Lebron: Miumau, Master, what ya doin here? So glad I met ya!!! Why have not answer my calls!!???
Minä: Lelos..., I mean Lebron, eehh, soooo nice to see you, eeehhh. Why you here at the airport?
LeBron: Me want leave Miami, not me kind of team. The Boss [Pat Riley ] is not happy. Very angry. He want me to win games but me just want to keep the ball and shoot it always. Me not to pass the ball. Me not rebound. Me just bounce the ball in the floor and dunk. Me good at it. Me the best.
Minä: Yes, Lebron, I know what you "good at". You are the best in what you are doing. You are the real king in it. I really mean it.
LeBron. Yes, yes Miuamu. I know yuu the Master. Yu know everthing. Thats why Timmy so good. Miumau make him good. You the best Master. Can you help me master? Me not have fun, me just want to shoot more. Can you help me to shoot more? You say to Wade, give me the ball, me shoot it everywhere. Me good.
Minä: Well, LeBron, you know, I am on my way to San Antonio, you know Greg...
LeBron: Nooo, I not let you go there. They so good. They not need Master. Me need Master.
Minä: Yes, yes, I know you would need my advice, but, you know, Greg and Timmy are kind of expecting me to come there and to help to bring an other championship to San Antonio...
LeBron: NOOOOOOOOOOO, me not let Master go there. Me take Master to see the Boss and Master tell him to give me the ball and then me shoot it. Me dunk. Me shoot. Me dunk. And then me shoot. Me give Master lotta money. This much [nostaa käden lattian tasosta noin 2,5 metrin korkeuteen]. Pleese, pleese Master [heittäytyy polvilleen ja alkaa rukoilla].
Minä: Well, you know, that I dont do anything for the money, but you kind of need little bit of mental training, so I guess I can stay here for awhile. The Spurs are ok without me, at least for a while. But you have to promise me one thing. You give me exclusive interviews, that I can post to koripallo.com in Finland, because there are many fans of you and they really need to know what kind of person you really are.
LeBron: Yees Master, I tell everything to Master. Master tell it to people in Finland. Me love Finland. Me love Master.
Minä: Ok, it's a deal. San Antonio has to wait. Let's go to see the Boss.
Joten San Antonio saa odottaa, Greg ja Timmy ymmärsivät asian tärkeyden ja tehtävän asettaman haasteen minulle, ja sovimme, että lennän Teksasiin vasta myöhemmin.
Koska?
Aika näyttää. Mutta siihen asti raportoin suoraan South Beachiltä yksinoikeudella LeBron Jamesin haastatteluihin.
Täällä Miumau, Miami, South Beach. Lopetan ensimmäisen raporttini tähän.