In the away team locker room at the Westlake City Stadium, Anxi's smartphone played a live broadcast of the NBA's official press conference, which was related to the shutdown. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

An Xi put on an ice pack and watched intently.

Adam Silva, vice president of the Alliance, appeared in the frame, holding a press release and walking to the center.

"Hello journalists, after 18 hours of negotiations, we announce that we have reached a definitive agreement with NBA player representatives, and the league representatives and player representatives have signed the agreement, and the league is now officially announcing that the shutdown is over!"

"Bang bang!" There was a burst of applause and cheers from the screen, and An Xi also raised his right hand and clenched his fist tightly.

Ren Kelly, who had been watching from the sidelines, quickly understood when they saw An Xi's appearance

Wren Kelly scratched his head and asked, "Ann, are you going to the NBA now?"

Go to the NBA? An Xi shook his head, he didn't know, if he wanted to go to the NBA immediately, the premise was that the Spurs had to sign him now!

He doesn't know what the attitude of the Spurs is now, although the Spurs also sent a scout over, but what kind of opinion that scout has on Anxi doesn't know.

In short, what Anxi has to do now is to wait, wait for the news from the NBA, as soon as the shutdown ends, if the Spurs don't send someone to sign a contract with Anxi, it means that Anxi will play in the CBA for a year or two, but Anxi is still very confident that he will enter the NBA. It's really not good, play hard in the CBA this season, wait for next year's Olympics, and if you break out on your own, will the Spurs sign you?

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In the United States, the league staff who stayed up all night have gone to rest, and far away in San Antonio, Greg Popovich has just turned off the TV and is ready to take a break for the upcoming free market and transfer market.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Greg, are you asleep?" called the team's general manager, R.C. Buford.

"I was just about to go to bed, what's wrong?" Popovich squinted, his gray hair reflected in him at this time, he was very tired, and even his voice was hoarse.

"There's a call from Houston who wants to talk to us about a trade for this year's No. 59 rookie. ”

"This year's No. 59 rookie?

"China An, don't you remember?"

"Oh, he, then refuse, Tres has already told me, that China has the strength to play in the NBA, I also watched the video he sent back, you can sign it, so be it, Robert (Buford's full name: Robert-Canterbury "R.C." Buford), you have someone contact Ann's agent and talk to him about a contract, he's part of my plan for the next season. ”

Hanging up the phone, Popovich rubbed his eyes vigorously, his lips moved, and muttered to himself: "The 57th pick in 1999 and the 59th pick in 2011 are interesting!"

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Returning to the magic capital, Anxi soon received a call from Ivoclark, during which Ivoclark shouted excitedly: "Ann, Ann, are you there? Do you know? San Antonio has contacted me, and they are signing you to a rookie contract!"

An Xi listened to Yvo Clark's shouting on the other end of the phone, and he also laughed, Okay, the good news for the Spurs is here, so the next thing is to say goodbye to Da Yao and his teammates in the Demon Capital team, right?

"Ann, go back to the United States as soon as possible, the league has announced that the free market and the transfer market will open at the same time on December 9, and the preseason will start on December 14, and there will be two or three preseason games, so you have to hurry, maybe the Spurs have started preseason training. ”

An Xi nodded and agreed.

After contacting Zhang Mingji, Anxi announced that he had terminated his contract with the Demon Capital Team and would immediately go to the United States.

The news of Anxi's rush to the United States quickly spread in China, and the photo of him and Zhang Mingji appearing together at the magic capital Hongqiao Airport was photographed by the media, and several major portals reported the news with the headline "Anxi went to the United States and is about to sign a contract with Spurs".

And the Basketball Herald, which seems to have gotten the inside information, revealed the next day that Anxi may not have signed with the Spurs, but with the Rockets! The Rockets are likely to exchange cash and second-round picks for Anxi's signing rights!

At this time, Anxi was already in the United States, and after the plane landed in Los Angeles, Anxi and Zhang Mingji transferred to San Antonio, and finally arrived at the Spurs headquarters in the afternoon of the next day.

The contract negotiation with the Spurs went smoothly, after all, Anxi was only a second-round rookie, and the contract amount was relatively fixed in all aspects, so a contract of 1.8 million for two years and a team option for the second year was signed.

On the second day in San Antonio, the Spurs informed the media that they would hold a press conference in the afternoon to sign the rookie.

Anxi also got a notice from the Spurs, and went to the Spurs training gym in the morning to choose his jersey number, and Anxi chose No. 7, which has always been regarded by Anxi as his lucky number.

In the afternoon, at the San Antonio training gym, in front of a curtain emblazoned with the NBA logo and the Spurs logo, reporters with guns and guns were ready. There were many Chinese faces among the reporters at the scene, and it seemed that they were here for Anxi.

However, almost at the same time, in Houston, another city in Texas, the Rockets also held a rookie signing ceremony, where a large number of Chinese-faced reporters also gathered, all of whom listened to the report of the domestic basketball herald and mistakenly thought that Anxi had been traded to the Rockets and was about to sign with the Rockets.

However, the Rockets' rookie signing ceremony quickly disappointed these reporters, and only two rookies walked out behind the curtain, one was No. 14 rookie Marcus Morris and the other was second-round rookie Chandler Parsons...... There is no Anxi!

And then the news from San Antonio turned these reporters from disappointment to anger!

San Antonio, Greg Popovich and R.C. Buford co-chaired the rookie signing ceremony, which featured Kawhi Leonard, Cory Joseph and Anxi......

Anxi also showed off his No. 7 jersey, and R.C. Buford announced that he would sign a two-year contract with Anxi and play in the NBA for the new season.

After the press conference, Anxi chatted with a few reporters from the motherland, and probably knew what happened in Houston, and he couldn't laugh or cry, because the time for signing this time was very tight, so Zhang Mingji and they didn't notify any reporters and media, plus the Basketball Herald's chasing after the wind, I didn't expect it to lead to such a misunderstanding.

The reporters in San Antonio were naturally very happy, they successfully interviewed Anxi, who was very talkative after signing with the Spurs, and when faced with Tencent Sports reporter Hu Kaili's question about what role he hopes to play in the team in the new season, Anxi answered like this.

"It's hard to say about the new season, Spurs, a strong team, there is no shortage of people, I signed with them, probably as a substitute, so what I want now is to gain a foothold here and have a certain amount of playing time. ”

As for the other questions involving some insiders, Anxi did not answer them positively.