Chapter 799 - 250: The Ordinary Rookie’s Comeback (Part 2)

Yesterday afternoon, he ran to find Zhang Hao, asking him to design a hairstyle. That evening, he went to find a wig manufacturer to rush and make it overnight, and by noon today, it was finally in hand.

Barkley really liked it himself, and now he was extremely satisfied. Standing next to Zhang Hao, he excitedly patted Zhang Hao on the back.

Zhang Hao, who was expecting a good show, was surprised—holy cow, there’s actually cheering for this?

Listen to that sound from the crowd, it’s genuinely cheering, genuinely excited!

Zhang Hao originally wanted to see Barkley’s depression after being mocked, now it’s his turn to be depressed...

Not only that, Zhang Hao could even feel the envious looks from Brian Shaw and Byron Scott... What’s there to be envious about!

Wait, are these two also going to bother Mr. Zhang about this in the future... Sure enough, when Zhang Hao turned to look at them, he saw them retract their envious gaze from Barkley and look at him expectantly instead...

Men who aren’t balding, haven’t receded hairlines, or haven’t been forced to shave their heads won’t understand the resentment in the hearts of balding men and the obsession when finding hope!

The next to appear for the Lakers were George Lynch, Doug Christie, and Kenny Anderson.

Originally, when they appeared, there should have been some cheers, at least applause, but because of that mysterious man earlier... George Lynch and Doug Christie were ignored by the fans, and Kenny Anderson was used to being ignored by fans when entering as the team leader...

Barkley is a 76ers legend, one of the greatest players in the history of this traditional powerhouse team.

During his 8-year career with the 76ers, Barkley was selected to the All-NBA Team 7 times, four times to the first team, three times to the second team, and was selected to the All-Star Game 6 times, starting four times and winning once as the All-Star MVP.

At the age of 29, the 76ers initially wanted to trade Barkley to the Lakers, who almost sent their entire starting lineup plus three substitutes, except for James Worthy, but in the end, the 76ers withdrew from the deal, trading him to the Phoenix Suns instead.

Although things ended unhappily between Barkley and the 76ers, the 76ers promised to retire his jersey after he retires and hoped he would return to the 76ers for his retirement.

In the hearts of the 76ers players, Barkley is also special because he is the closest superstar in 76ers history to the current era, having overshadowed superstars like Malone, Larry Bird, and Dominique Wilkins in All-NBA selections...

Each time they face Barkley’s team, the 76ers players would friendly greet this future sure-to-be team legend, the superstar.

Iverson originally planned to say hello today too, but last time during a home game, Zhang Hao’s "mediocre show-off" comment pissed him off so much he forgot.

Today he remembered, but seeing Barkley’s explosive hairstyle... really didn’t dare to approach!

That hairstyle was indeed too exaggerated!

Suddenly, Iverson touched his own buzz cut, feeling a slight sense of inferiority.

After the two teams’ players entered the court, there was little interaction. Their only chance to ease the atmosphere would have been Barkley, having been a 76ers player, spending his peak years with the 76ers.

The cheerleaders were showing off their impressive figures, but no one cared. Everyone’s eyes were on Barkley.

Then, occasionally, those eyes turned to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao also had a wig, and pictures of him wearing a wig were turned into posters by unscrupulous workshops, becoming a hot product. Pelinka, who recently had some free time, was setting up a law firm specifically to help Zhang Hao defend his rights.

Gradually, chants of "Wig gentleman" began to rise at the venue.

"I was wrong, I should never have come to this team. If I hadn’t come here, I wouldn’t have helped them achieve 65 wins, wouldn’t have made Er Pang want to come here, wouldn’t have... I should’ve ignored him! Let him keep a hairstyle like Da Ben, how nice!"

At this moment, Zhang Hao noticed Ben Wallace looking at Barkley with eyes full of envy.

Thinking about the looks from Brian Shaw and Byron Scott...

And then to top it off, Zhang Hao actually saw O’Neal looking enviously at Barkley!

...

Ignore it, ignore all of it, Zhang Hao focused his attention on the game.

Only the game could soothe his current gloomy mood.

Very soon, at 6:58 PM, the pre-game preparations were over, and the cheerleaders and staff left the court, clearing it for the starting players.

The 76ers fielded a lineup of Iverson, Rex Waters, Starkhouse, Clarence Weatherspoon, and Derrick Coleman.

The Lakers fielded Zhang Hao, Kenny Anderson, Doug Christie, George Lynch, and Barkley as their starters.

Coleman came to the center circle, looking at Zhang Hao’s indifferent face, feeling quite vexed.

Due to Campbell’s right elbow joint injury, he took over the center position starting from the end of last month. He originally didn’t want to play this position, but when he saw they were playing the Lakers on January 4th, he immediately agreed to play center while Campbell was out, just to avoid facing Zhang Hao, this violent gentleman.

Who would have thought, even moving to the center position, he still ended up facing Zhang Hao!

Isn’t that jinxed!

At 7 PM, this nationally televised game marked by a vast difference in records, one with 26 wins and 6 losses, the other 9 wins and 23 losses, began.