After returning to the hotel for a night's rest, at six o'clock the next morning, Duffy called Li Yang, who was still asleep, to the office.

Li Yang rubbed his eyes and walked to the office in a daze, where he saw Duffy nibbling bread in his mouth, his hands tapping on the keyboard in front of the computer, very busy.

"Are you so motivated every day?" Li Yang covered his forehead, looking like he was defeated by you, and then slowly approached Duffy's desk, only to find that his agent was replying to a person named Jerry West on Facebook.

"Jerry West? Why does this name sound so familiar? Could it be a special adviser to the Clippers? Li Yang looked at the familiar name and couldn't help muttering.

"Well, that's him." Duffy hurriedly swallowed the bread in his mouth, explaining as he typed.

“…… Are you talking to the Clippers' special adviser on Facebook? Li Yang asked in surprise, Duffy was actually chatting with the top management of the NBA team? There can also be such an operation!

After Duffy finished typing the last word and replied, he turned around and said, "Of course people are interested in you, I'm talking about ball skills, that's why he will chase and chat with me!" ”

"Interested in me?"

At this time, Duffy cut out the window of the computer's taskbar, and the screen was full of Facebook and Twitter.

Li Yang took a few glances and found that they were all general managers or head coaches of various NBA teams.

Duffy continued: "I recorded the video yesterday, and when I came back, I posted it on Facebook and Twitter, and I posted the official accounts of these teams, you see, there are a lot of people chasing me today!" ”

Americans and Chinese have different habits, they don't like instant messaging apps very much, but prefer to use Facebook, Twitter and other software to communicate, NBA teams naturally have official accounts, but this trick is really fast and effective.

"Morey, the general manager of the Rockets, also offered us an offer to tryout, but I declined." Duffy continued.

"Refused?" Li Yang asked puzzled.

"There are two sides to everything, overseas players don't play in the NCAA, scouts are not as familiar with them as local American players, but this unknown means curiosity, curiosity will make people make risky decisions, Yi Jianlian, you Chinese players with the highest draft pick since Yao Ming, you should know, right?" Duffy said and looked at Li Yang.

Li Yang nodded, the United Arab Emirates is the most popular basketball star after Yao Ming, how could he not know.

"Then you should know the title of his chair man, right?"

Li Yang's brows furrowed, and he said unhappily: "Duffy, this joke is not funny at all, Yi is a hard-working player, although he is not very good in the NBA, but you should not insult him with such an insulting title." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Duffy saw that Li Yang was a little angry and hurriedly apologized.

Li Yang saw Duffy apologize so quickly, knowing that he was unintentional, so he said, "You continue to talk about you." ”

The UAE was one of the important customers of the broker Fagan back then, so Fagan's biggest purpose was to help Yi Jianlian make more money, and his commission would be higher.

When Yi Jianlian first arrived in the United States in 2007, Fagan refused the opportunity for other teams to watch Yi Jianlian's training, and did not allow Yi Jianlian to participate in the physical test of the rookie training camp, and only arranged for the United Arab Emirates to train in a stadium and chair in Los Angeles.

As a result, Yi Jianlian was made mysterious at the draft meeting, and the outside world knew nothing about him, they couldn't see the true level of the United Arab Emirates, and they could only see a video of the confrontation between the United Arab Emirates and the chair sent to them by Fagan.

"This ambiguous way, although it brought him a chair man, sorry, is this not a good name, but to some extent, it also cast a veil of mystery on him, and in the end Milwaukee did not hold back his curiosity and finally chose him, and it can be said that it was a very successful draft operation."

Li Yang nodded thoughtfully, what Duffy said does make sense, but the so-called eating a trench and growing a wisdom, although Yi Jianlian is in a high position in the NBA, his performance can only be said to be unsatisfactory, will Americans make the same choice again?

He continued: "You're right, but it's been eight years, and in those eight years, all the overseas players who have entered the NBA have not performed as well as they should, and the curiosity of the managers of the teams is probably almost exhausted, right? ”

"You're right." Duffy agreed with Li Yang's point, but immediately changed the subject, "But the curiosity is still there, so we need to make a trade-off and show them some of it first." ”

"It's this sense of detachment that sparks their curiosity the most, because they can't be sure of the potential of their chosen person, but they can't afford to miss it."

"That's what you shot that video yesterday for?" Only then did Li Yang understand Duffy's fundamental intentions.

"Yes, I believe that after today, your draft pick should be able to smoothly enter the list of major drafts, and may even enter the first round, a point guard with such accurate three-point points, which team is not willing to gamble?"

Li Yang nodded, Duffy was right, in today's era of rampant two-way guards, a three-point accurate guard has an immeasurable role for the team.

Like the league's current Warriors, with three-point shooter Stephen Curry at the core, they have won two championships so far, and there is a good chance that they will win a third championship again this year.

"But that's not enough." Duffy turned around and picked up the tablet from the desk, threw it to Li Yang, and said, "I've already found an actor for you, if you upload a video of you fighting him, then your ranking will be greatly improved." ”

Li Yang stretched out his hand to take the tablet handed over by Duffy, clicked on it, and it turned out to be a player's information profile.

Mike Conley!

Duffy continued: "Conley is known for his good temper in the league, he has won the NBA Sportsmanship Award twice, as long as you go head-to-head with him and can not fall behind in the heads-up, and then the video comes out inadvertently, then I believe that there will be many team general managers who can't sit still." ”

Li Yang frowned, since he was a child, what he hated most was deception and lies, but soon, he was relieved, what he was carrying now was no longer his personal dream, but also the glory of the country, so he must know how to make trade-offs.

A draft pick in the lottery area can ensure that the selected team pays enough attention to him, and he can have the right to speak, which is completely incomparable with the significance of the second round pick or even the end of the first round.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yang finally nodded and said helplessly: "What time is it?" ”

"It's going to take a while, let those managers digest your previous video first, and when they're almost done, the draft is approaching, and then if you put another big hit, there won't be much time for them to think about it." Duffy said confidently.

Li Yang nodded, returned the tablet to Duffy, and then said, "I'm going to practice," turned around and walked out of the office.

On the third day, under the guidance of Duffy, on the streets of New York, he and Conley had a "close match" confrontation, and in this seemingly fierce confrontation, he and Conley can be said to be equal, or even slightly better.

The time of this video is not long, about three minutes, although the video is short, but the plot is rich, with a beginning and an end.

When he went to practice on the New York Street Court, he "bumped into" Conley, and the two did not agree on a word, and had a grudge showdown, and his performance was exceptionally good, which impressed Conley as a point guard.

Li Yang really didn't expect that Conley would be an actor with such excellent acting skills, they all say that life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills, but he still can't imagine that a basketball star's acting skills are so perfect, and he is really a master in the people! Fortunately, my brother is also an actor!

Originally, this was just a scene taken by a certain viewer, but it was inadvertently posted on the Internet, and then circulated to the hands of major managers.

At this moment, the entire NBA manager circle was chaotic, and this video was like a bombshell that came out of nowhere, blowing them all up in a daze.

"Isn't this player the Chinese player who scored three points in the last video?" Knicks general manager Scott Perry looked at Li Yang who was fighting with Conley in the video with great interest, and said with a look of surprise.

It's not just him, but many of the league's team general managers are aware of this.

"Darrell, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Li Yang really can't come to Houston for a tryout, how many times have you called me and the result is the same, injury hazards?"

"Excuse me, Darrell, are you kidding me? My client is very healthy, he has been training in the stadium for the past two days, if there is nothing else, I will hang up first. ”

……

Duffy was busy all day, rejecting calls from NBA team general managers, all of whom were inviting Li Yang to the team for a tryout.

To talk about this kind of treatment, in addition to the popular lotto shows in the first round, Li Yang is definitely the first one in the world.

Li Yang was also sitting on the sofa at this time, looking at Duffy, who was high-spirited and constantly refused all kinds of general manager calls, his eyelids couldn't help jumping, this refusal was too crisp and neat, and he left no room for speech, it felt like the general managers were begging him to go to the trial.

Finally, after Duffy answered all the calls, he finally couldn't help but say, "Duffy, are we going a little too far?" Don't go for a bamboo basket to draw water! ”

Although I believe in Duffy's strategy, after all, it is the general managers of various NBA teams who call, and it is already very face-saving for them to call in person, and Duffy refuses so completely.

"Not at all, it's not many days before the draft, don't you see that the Warriors have made it to the Finals, the next Stephen Curry? Who knows! Duffy was incredibly optimistic.

Li Yang could only shake his head helplessly when he saw Duffy say this, but he didn't say anything more, since he chose Duffy as his agent, he would choose unconditional trust.