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1、WilsonChandlerhaslearnedtoembracehistimeinChina,includingthedemandsofmediaandfans,whiletheN.B.A.goesonwithouthim.HehasbeenplayingasaforwardfortheZhejiangLions.ByJIMYARDLEYPublished:February1,2012WilsonChandlerwasaboutsixweeksintoChina,andhavingmostlyac
2、climatedtohisstrangenewlife,hewantedatat.Butevenat6-foot-8,Chandlerhadlittleavailablerealestate—healreadyhadapproximately100tattoos,includingatributeinkedacrosshisnecktohisgrandmotherOlivia,whoraisedhiminMichigan,whichismemorializedonhisforearm,notfarf
3、romthegothicletteringofhisnickname,Thrill,strippedacrosshisbicep.SotheChinesetattooartisthadtosearchbeforehefoundaspacenearChandler’sleftelbow.Thereheslowlyetched“QianDeLe,”theMandarinrenderingofChandler’sname,intohisskin.Afewmildlypainfulminuteslater,
4、ChinawasindeliblystampedontoChandler.ItisasouvenirfromChandler’sunlikelyChineseadventure.HehasvisitedtheGreatWallandtheForbiddenCityinBeijing,riddenthebullettraintoShanghaiandbegunhisownChinesemicroblog(aversionofTwitter,withChinesecensors)whileplaying
5、forwardfortheZhejiangLionsoftheChineseBasketballAssociationintheeasterncityofHangzhou.Hadthisbeenanormalyear,Chandler,24,arestrictedfreeagentandrisingstarwiththeDenverNuggets,wouldhavemostlikelyspentlastsummerconsideringlucrativeoffersfromtheNuggetsand
6、otherteamsintheNationalBasketballAssociation.ButbecauseoftheN.B.A.lockout,andtheprospectoflosinganentireN.B.A.season,ChandlerboltedoverseasinSeptember,amongthefirstofseveralplayerstosigninChina.TheninNovember,earlierthanmanyanticipated,thelockoutended.
7、PlayerswhosignedinEuropeorelsewhereoptedoutoftheircontractsandreturned,likeswallows,tothefamiliarityandmultiyearcontractsoftheN.B.A.NotChandler.IftheTurkishleagueortheSpanishleaguewascontenttorentN.B.A.playersforafewmonths,theChineseleaguemostdefinitel
8、ywasnot.Chinahaddemandeditsownindeliblestampfromtheforeignplayers:asignatureonabindingcontractthatforbadethemtoreturntotheN.B.A.beforetheendoftheChineseseason,nomatterwhat.Theyweretrapped.“Imadeadecision,”ChandlertoldmewhenIvisitedhimin