Kita Chiasa went to his front door the morning of Christmas Eve. He put down his cup of coffee and found a package without any label on his front porch. He opened the package carefully not knowing what could be inside or who it came from. It turns out that it was a pair of brand new Adizero New Reign cleats he wanted. The design is slick, his favorite color, and extremely comfortable to wear. On the practice field a couple hours later his feet felt as light as a feather, he then wanted to go around and figure out which teammate sent him those cleats. After asking around he found out from Q. McGrady that Evan Jones was asking around for a present that Chiasa wanted. When he went over to thank Jones for it Jones said that it wasn't a big deal since they are teammates and he wanted to make sure Chiasa was comfortable since he wasn't in his home country, away from his family, and a rookie in a highly competitive league. Chiasa treated the defensive unit to a nice dinner to thank Jones and show his appreciation to all his teammates. Choosing Anaheim's classiest Outback Steakhouse gave him the respect of his teammates but infuriated the teams dietarians!
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