Yo this is T-MAC and I just arrived in Seoul for my third straight summer adidas T-MAC Asia Tour. Over the next seven days I will visit Seoul (South Korea), Guangzhou (China), Manila (Philippines) and Hong Kong. Every year I look forward to coming to Asia, the fans over here show me so much love. Last season my jersey was the top selling jersey in Asia, so I know they have a love for me and what I do and that is what makes these trips truly special.
Today we started off by doing a couple of one-on-one interviews with ESPN and Rookie Magazine and then we had a press conference to officially launch the adidas T-MAC Asia Tour and my visit to Seoul. As we did last year adidas and I decided to do a shoe specifically for my fans in Asia. It is the T-MAC 1 in all white with my logo in gold. There are only 1,600 numbered pairs available and as I said are only available in Asia for my Asian fans.
At the press conference, I was surprised by the number of media at the event. There had to have been about 80 different media all from Korea. For a market where basketball is not as hot as it once was, it was good to see the media out and supporting us.
From the press conference we went to lunch. It was the first time I tried duck, crispy fried duck. And I tried baked ox tail over in Korea -- go figure. After lunch we toured the mall and made our way to the adidas store. I saw a number of things in the store that were cool and I wanted, but couldn't get because they didn't have my sizes (3XL tall for shirts and 15 for shoes).
Then from there went back to the hotel to get some rest! got me a good hour and a half of much needed rest. When I woke up we went to an arena that was used for the 1988 Olympics and did a T-MAC fan event. The event was a basketball clinic, we had a couple of hip hop shows and just an overall good time with over 1,000 of my fans.
Well I am heading out to the club to go out and have a nice time with the Korean folks. I will check in with you guys tomorrow to let you know how my day goes.
This is T-MAC, it has been long day, but it has been a great day and I will holler at you all later!
우쒸~ 내가 미국오닌까 NBA선수들 다 한국 방문하고 난리여
어쨋든 티맥도 아시안 팬관리 들어갔나보네요
NBA.com에 자신이 한국방문기에 대한 글을 남겼습니다
죄송하지만 변역은 저보다 한수준높은 영어를 구사하시는 분이...
(귀차니즘 ㅈㅅ ㅠㅠ)
첫댓글 맨 마지막 줄, has been a great day <-요약이 아닐지.
티맥이 가게에서 신발사려고했는데 자기 싸이즈가 없어서 못샀다네요 ㅎ; 얼마나 발이크면;
공식으로 언급된 "루키 매거진" 와우! 클럽 간다고 되어있는데 어느 클럽을 갔을까요.ㅋㅋㅋ
us 15 size 330이군요 ㅎㄷㄷㄷㄷ,,,,
티맥 넘 멋있음다... 얼마전 스포츠 뉴스서 봤는데.. 깔끔하구... 우리 나라 학생이 덩크하다 실패했는데 박수쳐주면서 격려해주고.. 참 매너두 좋구.. 근데 눈이 넘 풀렸음 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
티셔츠는 3xl 신발은 330... 당연히 그런 사이즈는 한국에서 찾을래야 찾을수가 없죠~ 티맥~ ㅋ 전반적으로 자기 일정을 솔직하게 잘 써놨내요. 어디갔고, 그 후에 휴식을 취한 후에 밥먹고 이벤트 참가하고 등등. ^^ 전반적으로 즐거웠었다고 하니 나쁘지는 않군요. 그런데 이제 아시아 팬 상당히 의식하는 듯한 뉘앙스를 풍기는군요. 농구팬으로서 상당히 기쁜 징조로 보입니다. ㅋㅋㅋ