Sun Hao was waiting at the airport alone.

The plane landed at the airport, but Yao Ming did not come alone.

In addition to the translators, there were also Li Yuanwei and the accompanying officials.

Regarding how to persuade the Shanghai team to let him go, Yao Ming didn't say much on the phone, and didn't seem to want to say more.

Sun Hao asked Li Yuanwei a hand, only to know that he had made a lot of efforts from it.

So Li Yuanwei came with Yao Ming this time, and Sun Hao felt quite good.

Please have a meal, and at the dinner table, Li Yuanwei explained his intention to Sun Hao.

He hopes that Sun Hao can participate in the men's Asian Basketball Championship in Shanghai at the end of July.

Sun Hao didn't say anything at the dinner table, but just said that he would think about it.

After the meal, Li Yuanwei went back to the hotel first, and Sun Hao and Yao Ming went back to the villa.

Before coming, Sun Hao had already greeted Yao Ming, and like Wang Zhizhi at the beginning, he would live there before finding a house.

Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are not in the same situation, and the salary for playing CBA is relatively more.

But in this era of CBA, no matter how high the income is, it can't be much higher.

Sun Hao made a cup of tea for Yao Ming, and he also brought out wolfberry tea, and the two of them chatted while drinking.

chatting and chatting, it was inevitable to talk about how Yao Ming got out of the Shanghai team.

Face to face, Yao Ming no longer reserved Sun Hao, and told him about his "arduous journey" in China.

Sun Hao was very moved after listening to it, admired Yao Ming very much, and even congratulated himself that it was really lucky that he didn't go to the CBA to play in the first place.

In fact, from Wang Zhizhi's body, we can see how difficult it is to play abroad if you are in the system in this era.

Sometimes, that's not even something that money can solve.

For example, on Yao Ming's side, the three conditions given by the Shanghai team at the beginning were unheard of.

First, the NBA has to swap players with the same strength as Yao Ming and the Shanghai team.

This first article alone is already unprecedented.

I know about the NBA draft, but I don't know I think it's a talent exchange!

Second, the Shanghai team asked the NBA to invest a lot of money in the team's construction of new arenas.

At this time, the fans who saw this article already had this expression: _(′?'」∠)_

Third, the NBA has to find an NBA-level coach for the Shanghai team.

Well, seeing this, I basically already know what the Shanghai team means, that's right, I'm just blackmailing you.

Don't think it's incredible, this condition is much better than Wang Zhizhi's beginning.

When Wang Zhizhi was first selected, whether it was the team or the Basketball Association, the answer was only three words: impossible.

Even if Yao Ming agreed to the initial conditions, the NBA would not be able to agree.

It was at this time that our Lord Li came with the wings of a butterfly.

Li Yuanwei can not play as big a role as imagined, but it does have.

Take the matter of Yi Jianlian, the Guangdong team did not agree at first, but after Li Yuanwei asked Yi Jianlian to agree to a "return clause", the matter was resolved.

The so-called return clause refers to the fact that once Yi Jianlian has no ball to play in the NBA or retires, he can only return to the Guangdong team to play in the CBA.

And this time, Li Yuanwei also concocted the same method for Yao Ming.

However, because the influence of the two in the CBA is completely incomparable, Yao Ming's return clause is much harsher.

Yao Ming's return clause: After the NBA has nothing to play or retires, he must come back to help the Shanghai team win the CBA championship.

This sounds a bit outrageous, but it's a lot more normal than the three opened by the Shanghai team.

Of course, this is certainly not the only condition.

There are two other conditions for Yao Ming to be able to successfully escape.

First, Yao Ming had to pay $8 million in training fees to the Shanghai team.

That's it, it's still the salary negotiated by Li Yuanwei after mediation.

Second, when the national team needs it, Yao Ming must play unconditionally.

The conditions are still three, although they are better, but they can still be described as "excessive".

Take the cultivation fee as an example, that is, something of the same nature as the buyout fee, Sun Hao talked to Gasol on the phone before, and the latter is expected to be more than 1 million US dollars, which is so much worse than Yao Ming.

You know, the rookie contract of the NBA draft is fixed every year.

Zhuangyuanxiu has the highest salary, but it is only 17.28 million yuan for 4 years, and it is estimated that there are eight or nine million US dollars left after deducting taxes.

And this is the top rookie, if Yao Ming is just a lotto in the end, he will have to post it upside down.

Not to mention the third, which is one of the main reasons in history for the premature end of Yao Ming's career.

But under such conditions, Yao Ming never made a phone call to Sun Hao.

This is the personal charm in the eyes of men, who can carry things.

"I can't help the first and second points, and I can talk to Li Yuanwei about the third one, and the problem shouldn't be big."

Sun Hao spoke after listening.

"You can ignore the first one."

Yao Ming took over.

Sun Hao looked at Yao Ming suspiciously.

Yao Ming in history went to the NBA after helping the Shanghai team win the championship in 2002, and now it has become Yao Ming to win the championship after he returns.

It's very difficult.

After all, in history, when Yao Ming retired, his feet were already useless and he couldn't play.

No matter how low the CBA strength is, it will be difficult to climb to the sky at that time.

It may even develop into a situation where Yao Ming is seriously injured and the Shanghai team forces him to retire from the NBA.

"He didn't say that I had to win the championship as a player, and I could buy the Shanghai team when the time came."

“……”

This bend was too sharp, and Sun Hao felt that he hadn't bypassed it a little.

However, he then gave Yao Ming three consecutive 6 gestures.

There is really a reason why Yao Ming can mix well in the NBA.

is a person who can carry things out and has an assertive mind, and has a sense of humor and wit, and he will be the kind of person at the forefront of the industry when he does anything else.

After the two of them finished talking, Yao Ming went to sleep first.

Sun Hao was still there watching TNT's replay with Sanhua in his arms.

The latest news has been released, and the possibility of Jordan's comeback is increasing, and some fans even said that they have seen him go to the United Center much more often than before.

Barkley was also ridiculed for his comeback again on the show, but Barkley's attitude was still the same as last time, he was determined to make a comeback as long as Jordan returned.

Jordan and Barkley are back together, and this thing seems to be slowly becoming a reality.

Sun Hao looked at it for a while, and his thoughts had flown elsewhere.

Does he want to participate in the Asian Championships this time?

The answer in his heart was yes.

First of all, he has never experienced an Asian level competition, so from the perspective of the first time, it is understandable to participate in it, and winning the Asian championship can be considered to complement his trophy pool.

Secondly, when chatting earlier, he knew that Yao Ming would play, and he actually wanted to play with Yao Ming in his heart.

Third, he promised Yao Ming to help him get the third article, and promised to play in the Asian Championships is also a negotiation capital.

In the end, in fact, this matter is quite incidental, he must return to China to see his parents, and a very important reason why he did not go back as soon as possible is that he has no face for his old father.

The two boxes of things in his room were about to become heirloom treasures.

But going back is definitely going back.

In addition, Adi also had activities on his trip to China around August, and this series of events happened to be connected.

figured it out, and when I saw Li Yuanwei again the next day, Sun Hao also said it bluntly.

"I can play in the Asian Championships, but I have one condition."

"You say."

Li Yuanwei seems to have been prepared.

When he was in China before, Sun Hao also negotiated conditions with him.

An 18-year-old can mix so fast in Europe and the NBA, you can't really just look at him as an 18-year-old.

"Da Yao, his third article is going to be canceled."

"Huh?"

Li Yuanwei frowned slightly, Sun Hao's tube is a bit wide.

"I haven't known Da Yao for a long time, but I know that in the World Championships and the Olympics, you don't ask him to play it himself, but there is no need for Asian-level events."

Sun Hao opened his mouth and said.

"This ...... Xiao Sun, you may not know the actual situation of the men's basketball team now, we are replacing the old and the new, if Yao Ming doesn't play, we may not be able to win the championship. ”

Li Yuanwei looked embarrassed.

"Don't think I'm utilitarian, the Asian Championships and Asian Games are all linked to the World Championships and the Olympics, if we can't get a quota, then the competition is actually impossible."

Sun Hao was thoughtful, and what Li Yuanwei said was also true.

"Director Li, I have no problem with what you said, but we all have to be aware of one thing, Da Yao's height is destined to make him unable to withstand such continuous games as the NBA and the national team, if he keeps playing without rest, it will be abolished in 8~10 years at most.

Do you think China can produce another Yao Ming? ”

Sun Hao's words stopped Li Yuanwei.

He came out of the sports team, and he knows that Yao Ming's talent is once in 50 years because the history of domestic basketball is only 50 years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is unique.

"What do you think about this, the third article is changed, unconditionally changed to obligation, we will also recruit according to the actual situation, but if Da Yao can't come, how about you come?"

After all, Li Yuanwei is a mixed officialdom, and he has a good trade-off of interests.

"Okay, but the third one is canceled directly, and it's not interesting to play with words."

Sun Hao agreed.

"No problem, no problem."

When Li Yuanwei heard Sun Hao agree, he immediately changed his words.

After sending Li Yuanwei away, Sun Hao couldn't help but sigh.

Although Li Yuanwei has an officialdom atmosphere, he is indeed a practical person.

To put it bluntly, the overall level of the men's basketball team is not enough.

The United States played the Americas competition, and the tenth-tier team sent by it could still win the championship.

But don't think he's getting himself in.

He and Yao Ming only played one or two sessions at most, and then Yi Jianlian grew up, and the Asian events just gave him practice.

And so many people play in the NBA, the domestic basketball atmosphere is different, and the enthusiasm of Chinese people for basketball is also different.

In addition, Li Yuanwei is a person who pays close attention to youth training, and there will be more "Yi Jianlian" in the future.

As for winning the championship, the national team is not like it will be in the future, and Zhu Fangyu and Li Nan are not dry.

And there are also Battle, Wang Zhizhi, them.

Of course, the most important thing is that Yao understands the black words of the paper is canceled.

Yao Ming can also make decisions according to the actual situation like him in the future, instead of being blindly passive like in history.

It's enough to be able to do that.

After Li Yuanwei confirmed that Sun Hao would go to the Asian Championships, he flew back to China first.

He still has a lot of work to do.

Yao Ming and Sun Hao, nested in the villa that night, turned on the TV and waited to watch the lottery meeting in the evening.

The rules of the NBA Draft lottery are complex, but they are simple.

14 table tennis balls, write 1~14 numbers, four random combinations, a total of 1001 combinations.

Excluding the numbers of 11/12/13/14, there are a total of 1,000 in a certain percentage, which is allocated to the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs.

This whole process depends on whether the random combination of high school math teachers teaches well.

All in all, the result is that the team with the worst record gets 250 combinations, and the probability of winning the lottery is 25%.

Then according to the ratio, the non-playoff team with the best record has only 5 combinations, which is only 0.5% probability.

Here's a breakdown, the number of combinations each team receives is tied to the number of teams participating in the draw.

When the lottery system was first introduced, there were only 11 teams, and the remaining teams were distributed proportionally, while the probability of the worst team and the best team remained unchanged.

Now there are 13 teams, and how many points are scored, at this time, I really have to ask my high school math teacher.

Leaving those details aside, the result is that as long as the combination in your hand is consistent with the number drawn, the corresponding sign is yours.

And this lottery, in fact, is to draw the top three in order, champions, lists, and flowers, and draw them in turn.

After these three picks are determined, the remaining first-round picks are all ranked from worst to best.

That's the rule, but when it comes to tension, it's the teams that are bad.

That's the probability of a bad season, if you don't get a good signing in the end, you can directly hold back the internal injury.

The European Emperor, or the non-chief, will decide the fate of those table tennis balls.

But that's also the beauty of the draw.

Even in order to draw lucky lots, the lottery on behalf of each team is also a trick.

There are a few famous ones, such as Auerbach's cigars, French holy water, the owner's son (Nick Gilbert), and so on.

Even in 1989, Donnie Walsh, then general manager of the Pacers, raised it to the spiritual world.

He contacted several psychologists in the Indianapolis area before the draw and asked for some positive psychological cues for them.

Superstition is not unique to us, but it is the same all over the world.

For example, in a future outbreak, Americans have pastors shouting in the council hall to disperse the virus, which is much more interesting than that.

All in all, in order to draw a higher rank, the delegates are showing their powers.

The Washington Wizards went even further, directly sending the team's new president of basketball operations, the god of basketball, Michael Jordan, known as the Black Jesus by the players.

This is probably the most special lucky charm in the history of the lottery.

"Who do you think can get the champion lottery?"

The lottery meeting started immediately, Yao Ming looked a little nervous, shook his legs and turned his head to Sun Hao to ask.

"The Wizards."

"So sure?"

"Well, if nothing else."

Sun Hao is crossing, and he can still find some ways to find some ways to Xiao Jiujiu in this lottery conference.

Because of this play, it's the same as sports lottery, and the layman looks at the lively, and the insider looks at the doorway.

If Jordan has really decided to make a comeback, then this signing is 100% for the Wizards.

It's Stern's gift, like Cleveland's future No. 1 picks.

The lottery machine, which represents the fate of each team, begins to move, and the number combination of Tanhua, Bangyan and champion is also determined.

There's nothing to see about this process, it's the announcement process that follows.

The 14 lotto teams will be announced one by one according to their records from best to worst, which is the most exciting part.