On December 9, 2011, the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Hornets and Houston Rockets reached a tripartite deal.

In this deal, the Lakers got Paul and sent Paul Gasol and Odom.

The Rockets got Gasol, and the Hornets got Martin, Dragic, Scola and Odom of the Rockets.

In addition, the Rockets also sent one of their 2012 first-round draft picks to the Hornets.

The deal shocked the league as soon as it came out, but just as the deal was almost completed, David Stern, then president of NBA, suddenly announced that he had stopped the deal due to basketball reasons.

It is because of the sudden stopping of this transaction that intermittently rewritten the fate of Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, and the New Orleans Hornets.

As for why the league suddenly stopped the deal.

Because when the deal happened, David Stern actually didn't interfere, but later more than half of the bosses of the team called Stern to oppose the deal.

Together, they believe that the trade will change the league's landscape and hurt their market.

Before this, the Lakers had won 16 NBA championships and were in a big city like Los Angeles. The market was never something they needed to consider.

At that time, many team owners were still working hard for the profit and loss of the market, which was obviously not fair to them.

Popovich even said bluntly: "This is a robbery."

Of course, Su Jiu always felt that this old man was talking too much.

The Celtics even directly filed a complaint against the league at that time.

Because if the Lakers won the championship again, they would surpass the Celtics, thus becoming the team with the most championships in NBA history.

Mark Cuban is even more irreconcilable with the league.

It was under such circumstances that Stern, under heavy pressure, eventually had to stop the deal for basketball reasons.

The cradle of this deal was also repeatedly expressed by many people in later generations that if this deal really happened at that time, would Kobe and Paul join forces to win several championship trophys...

In fact, the reason why this transaction was stopped by the league was because the ability of Peak Kobe and Peak Paul was too outstanding.

So far this season, Chris Paul has temporarily led the league with an average of 10.3 assists per game.

And currently leads the Hornets and ranks sixth in the West with a record of seven wins and four losses.

So the next game will be the most direct fight with Chris Paul, which also makes Su Jiu very excited.

During this rare day of rest, just as everyone was relaxing themselves, a battle between heaven and man was indeed in Su Jiu's mind.

Already fantasized about how he would fight Chris Paul in the next game in various situations where he fought 300 rounds.

However, before this, you should try to fill your stomach first. After all, people are iron rice and steel, so you will be hungry if you don’t eat for a meal.

The three of them had a very consistent opinion after leaving the hotel. There was no difference in the food this time.

This kind of scene is definitely very rare when Courtney Li and Su Jiu are present at the same time.

Because Courtney Lee is an amateur food lover, Su Jiu likes to eat, and he never disdains to eat.

But the things Courtney Lee likes to taste are not interesting to Su Jiu.

One of them wants to eat affordable food, and the other wants to eat style. It can be said that they will never reach an agreement in this regard.

However, this time the two reached an agreement without any differences, which is precisely because there is a major specialty food in New Orleans, which is so famous!!

Famously if you come to New Orleans but haven't tasted it, then others will definitely look down on you.

This delicacy is also the famous New Orleans seafood porridge.

New Orleans seafood porridge was influenced by the strong African and Indian cooking styles.

The main ingredients of this delicacy are shrimp and crab legs, and the other is chicken legs.

You must add okra for vegetables. The shape and color of the okra is like green peppers, but the taste is relatively plain, the taste is particularly smooth, the juice is a bit sticky, and the function feels similar to the thickening in Chinese food.

The reason why Su Jiu knew about this food was because he liked watching that kind of food program very much in his previous life. In that food program, this New Orleans seafood porridge was on the list of that food list.

It’s just a pity that Su Jiu in his previous life could only watch it in front of the TV, and it was difficult to taste the so-called New Orleans porridge.

However, I have the ability and am still in the city of New Orleans. If I don’t try it, it would be a pity.

Since New Orleans seafood porridge is very famous in the local area, it also has various stores of different sizes and colors.

Just like in Chengdu, China, you can see all kinds of Chengdu hotpots in this city, and the prices are very different.

It is hard to say which one is real and which one is fake, because they are really all in Chengdu, and they are really just hot pot...

But to be conservative, the three of them came to a store that looked more high-end, and it is likely that it would be true in such a place.

After the three of them came in, they also told the waiter about the ingredients they needed, and then sat on the dining table waiting for the delicious food to serve.

However, while waiting for New Orleans seafood porridge, the waiter brought a plate to the three of them, which was also filled with various things.

This made the three of them a little confused, because the three of them were very sure that they had never ordered these things.

"Hey, friend, I think you should have been at the wrong table. We haven't seemed to order these things."

Seeing that the waiter put the thing here and turned around and was about to leave, Su Jiu snapped his fingers and then said to the waiter.

In Su Jiu's opinion, it was probably because this guy was on the wrong dining table, otherwise it would be impossible to force a buy and sell, right?!

When he thought of forcing his forced buying and selling, Su Jiu also looked down at his body. It should be no problem for ordinary people to beat three to four.

Then he looked up at Tony Barty on the opposite side, it's OK!! This can hit 10!!

"Ao, I don't think you are locals, right?"

"Hmm? What do you mean?!"

"Uh, hug..., sorry sir, I... I mean there is a custom in our city that everyone has to eat a portion of red bean rice every week."

"It's Monday, so every customer who comes to our restaurant will get a free red bean rice. This rice will not be included in your consumption documents, so you can use it with confidence."

Seeing Tony Barty raise her eyebrows, she obviously misunderstood her intentions, and the waiter hurriedly explained to Barty.

After all, this guy is so strong, with a fat face, and half of his front teeth seem to have been knocked away by someone. He doesn't look like a good person at first glance.

"Haha, sorry, it's the first time we've been here, so I don't know these customs, but I still have to thank you for this delicious food."

"And he's not a bad guy, so don't be afraid of the little girl, hahaha."

Seeing that this was obviously a misunderstanding, Su Jiu also said to the waiter, afraid that Tony Barty's fierce look would scare the little girl who was obviously not very old.

In the United States, the way of raising children is very different from that in China, so you can see men and women who are not very old at first sight doing part-time jobs in many positions.

The girl in front of me, who is estimated to be less than 20 years old, is obviously one of them.

Because he was already scared by Tony Barty's raised eyebrows and stuttered when he spoke.

"It's okay, it's okay. Today is the next day I'm here to work, so I probably didn't say it too clearly. I'm so embarrassed."

In Su Jiu's impression, women in the United States should be full of bulging fronts and backs, with big butts, and sexy and enchanting beauty in the world.

Well…, just like the Kardashian.

So when Su Jiu saw the girl's slightly restrained expression, he also felt a little funny.

"Don't worry, we are not bad people. In order to express our apology to you, I will give you this thing. Believe me, this thing will be very valuable in the future."

While speaking, Su Jiu also took out a signed photo from his pocket with his own signature.

"By the way, don't you know me?"

The moment he took Su Jiu's signature photo, the girl was still confused for a moment. Obviously, from his expression, he could see that he didn't know Su Jiu at all...

Courtney Lee: "I'll go, I said Xiao Suzi, you're not a star, why are you carrying your signature photo with you??"

"Ahem..., you know nothing, are you teaching me how to do things?"

Seeing Su Jiu's embarrassing look, Tony Barty, who usually has no stubbornness, suddenly became so smart this time, she reacted immediately and laughed.

"Hahaha, I'm so happy. Su felt that he was a big celebrity now, but the little girl didn't know him at all!!"

"Haha, I'm so happy!!"
Chapter completed!