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1、WilsonChandlerhaslearnedtoembracehistimeinChina,includingthedemandsofmediaandfans,whiletheN.B.A.goesonwithouthim.HehasbeenplayingasaforwardfortheZhejiangLions.ByJIMYARDLEYPublished:February1,2012WilsonChandlerwasaboutsixweeksintoChina,andhavingmostlyacclimatedtohisstrangenewlife,hewantedat
2、at.Butevenat6-foot-8,Chandlerhadlittleavailablerealestate—healreadyhadapproximately100tattoos,includingatributeinkedacrosshisnecktohisgrandmotherOlivia,whoraisedhiminMichigan,whichismemorializedonhisforearm,notfarfromthegothicletteringofhisnickname,Thrill,strippedacrosshisbicep.SotheChines
3、etattooartisthadtosearchbeforehefoundaspacenearChandler’sleftelbow.Thereheslowlyetched“QianDeLe,”theMandarinrenderingofChandler’sname,intohisskin.Afewmildlypainfulminuteslater,ChinawasindeliblystampedontoChandler.ItisasouvenirfromChandler’sunlikelyChineseadventure.HehasvisitedtheGreatWalla
4、ndtheForbiddenCityinBeijing,riddenthebullettraintoShanghaiandbegunhisownChinesemicroblog(aversionofTwitter,withChinesecensors)whileplayingforwardfortheZhejiangLionsoftheChineseBasketballAssociationintheeasterncityofHangzhou.Hadthisbeenanormalyear,Chandler,24,arestrictedfreeagentandrisingst
5、arwiththeDenverNuggets,wouldhavemostlikelyspentlastsummerconsideringlucrativeoffersfromtheNuggetsandotherteamsintheNationalBasketballAssociation.ButbecauseoftheN.B.A.lockout,andtheprospectoflosinganentireN.B.A.season,ChandlerboltedoverseasinSeptember,amongthefirstofseveralplayerstosigninCh
6、ina.TheninNovember,earlierthanmanyanticipated,thelockoutended.PlayerswhosignedinEuropeorelsewhereoptedoutoftheircontractsandreturned,likeswallows,tothefamiliarityandmultiyearcontractsoftheN.B.A.NotChandler.IftheTurkishleagueortheSpanishleaguewascontenttorentN.B.A.playersforafewmonths,theCh
7、ineseleaguemostdefinitelywasnot.Chinahaddemandeditsownindeliblestampfromtheforeignplayers:asignatureonabindingcontractthatforbadethemtoreturntotheN.B.A.beforetheendoftheChineseseason,nomatterwhat.Theyweretrapped.“Imadeadecision,”ChandlertoldmewhenIvisitedhimin