Chapter 7 Anxi's return to China
After the draft, Anxi stayed in New York, waiting for the final result of the collective bargaining agreement negotiations on July 1, while also trying to strengthen himself. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
He reached out to his college teammate Kemba Walker and they practiced together in New York.
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"Hey, Kemba, ball!" An Xi slapped the ball, and his front was already empty. This is an indoor stadium in New York, where An Xi and other 6 people are doing 3v3 training.
Kemba Walker made a no-look-pass, the ball went directly to Anxi's hands, Anxi made a three-point shot, and hit it!
“kembalievable!” Another teammate of the Anxi team, Alex Oriachi, the starting center of UConn, did not participate in the draft, but chose to stay in school.
An Xi also laughed and applauded: "It's beautiful, Kemba, I mean the one who doesn't look at people passing!" ”
The other pair of three are Jerry Milan, Shabazz Napier and Connectnas senior Charlie Villanueva.
"By the way, the results of the labor negotiations will come out tomorrow, and now the situation is not very good, have you figured out where to go after the shutdown?"
Everyone stopped to rest for a while, and naturally, the shutdown crisis was mentioned, Charlie Villanueva is an old man in the NBA, and he is still a small leader of the players' union, and he is relatively well-informed.
Anxi knew that the situation that Villanueva said was not good, and it was likely that the alliance was really going to shut down.
What to do after the shutdown? Anxi really didn't think about it. But they definitely have to find a place to play, after all, they all have to keep their form.
Anxi looked at everyone, except for Oriaci, Shabazz Napier did not choose to participate in this draft.
So the only ones who need to choose are Anxi, Kemba Walker, Jerry Milan and Charlie Villanueva.
Everyone was silent, although they must have been ready to stop when they decided to participate in the draft, but when it came to this point, they really didn't know what to do.
After being silent for a long time, Charlie Villanueva saw that no one spoke, so he spoke: "I'm going to play in Europe, and my agent has signed the contract for me, and the league can directly terminate the contract and return to the NBA after the shutdown." ”
Villanueva's introduction made Kemba Walker's eyes shine, yes, we can go abroad to play and stay in shape! Especially European basketball, which has developed over the years, is no worse than the NBA! Just like Villanueva, sign a contract that can be terminated at any time.
So, several people talked enthusiastically.
Anxi knew where he should go to spend the shutdown period at this time, he had only one choice, naturally he was to return to China, he was a basketball player registered with the Chinese Basketball Association, how could he go to Europe to play during the shutdown period? Even if he wanted to, the country might criticize him half to death.
So, for the sake of the recent good attitude of the Capital Sports Bureau, let's go back to China to play for a while!
On July 1, 2011, the day the old NBA collective bargaining agreement expired, the two sides held their last negotiations, and this time the two sides still had huge differences and failed to reach any agreement, so the negotiations broke down and the league officially announced an indefinite suspension!
After learning the news, Anxi met with Yvo Clark in New York, and the two booked a ticket to China, and Anxi officially returned to China!
"Ann, have you really decided to play in China? Why not consider going to Europe? On the plane, Ivoclark was always encouraging Anxi to play in Europe, because Rickie Paul helped him find a relationship with La Liga giants Barcelona, so that Anxi could sign a temporary contract with Barcelona.
That's La Liga giants Barcelona, if you can play for a while, what kind of exposure is it? If Anxi plays well, maybe he can directly play the rotation in the Spurs.
For Ivo Clark's enthusiasm, An Xi could only sigh and replied: "Ivo, you don't understand China's national conditions, if I want to play during the shutdown, then I can only go back to China, this is my only option." ”
On July 2, the plane from New York to the capital landed, and there were many fans at the capital airport.
When Anxi walked out of the terminal, the number of fans who reached two or three hundred let out a huge cheer, "Anxi! Anxi! The cries are endless.
An Xi was a little flattered, and Ivo Clark next to him was no better, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, and then said in an amazed tone: "An, I finally understand why you want to go back to China to play, you actually have so many fans here!" ”
An Xi suddenly cried and laughed, this thing actually felt that he was returning to China to play because there were so many fans here? Well, in fact, even An Xi himself didn't expect him to have so many fans in the country.
And it seems that there are still mostly female fans?
Poor Anxi, who has been in the United States for a long time, has not had much contact with girls, and he doesn't even know that with his current appearance, he is a proper little white face in China! is still so tall, plus playing basketball is so profitable, properly rich and handsome, isn't it normal to have many female fans?
An Xi waved his hands, greeted what may be his first batch of most diehard fans, signed a group photo with a few fans in front of him, and then slowly squeezed out of the airport.
"So, where are we going now?" Ivoclark asked, looking at the fans who were still following outside the taxi.
"Rest first." Anxi closed his eyes, he returned to China, and for four years, he has not returned.
He still remembered that he left crying when he left.
When he graduated from high school, Anxi also got a high-salary offer from the CBA team, even if Anxi didn't want to play professionally, he could choose Peking University to accept the special recruitment of sports students.
But at that moment, Anxi's parents ran around for Anxi's basketball career, but they were in a tragic car accident in the suburbs of Beijing and both died.
In this way, after seeing off his parents, An Xi chose to leave, he refused the invitation of the capital men's basketball team, rejected the invitation of Peking University, and went to the United States alone......
Coming back again, An Xi's mood became heavy again.
"Master, let's go to the Western Suburbs Cemetery."
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"Hey, Ann, why did you bring me here?"
"It's none of your business, Ivo, you just need to stay where you are."
Anxi didn't explain, he quickened his pace, leaving Ivoclark alone and obediently staying where he was.
Then, Anxi found a place and sat down against the tombstone, muttering in his mouth.
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Yvoclark was far away, and he could only guess what had happened to Anxi by sight.
"Ah, Ann, ...... this? He cried, well, it looked very sad, is this some of his relatives? Looks like so...... Well, let's hope he doesn't get too sad! ”
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After not coming back for four years, Anxi found that he almost didn't know the person in the photo on the tombstone, it was his parents, but unfortunately they could no longer see him realize his basketball dream......
Thinking of this, An Xi's tears couldn't stop falling, this is another kind of "son wants to raise but doesn't wait".
After the sobbing continued for a long time, An Xi calmed down his mood, silently straightened up, and ...... step by step Slowly left......