Li Yang became the highest-ranked NBA rookie from China after Yi Jianlian, and the news immediately dominated the sports headlines of major news websites.

Many Chinese fans are ready to treat the Los Angeles Clippers as their home team in the new season, and the Mosaic Rockets and the like have been directly left behind by the fans and abandoned as if they were gone.

Even CCTV 5 is planning to increase the number of broadcasts of the Clippers' games in the new season.

At this time, Huaxia, the Basketball Association.

The day after the end of the draft, as soon as he went to work in the morning, Chairman Yao called Li Jinsheng, Gong Luming, A Dijiang and other senior executives of the Basketball Association to the office.

"Sit down." Yao Ming waved his hand at a few people, and he said directly to the point: "How is it, what do you think about Li Yang entering the national team?" ”

"All the colleagues in the association who can be contacted have been contacted, and there is basically no problem, and most people agree that Li Yang will join the national team." Li Jinsheng was the first to stand up and say.

Then there is Gong Luming: "Influential people from all walks of life have also been contacted, which is very good, and 90% of them support Li Yang to join the national team." ”

"Hmm~." Yao Ming nodded at Gong Luming and said with satisfaction: "Since the comrades in the association, as well as people from all walks of life in society, the press and public opinion have also unanimously called for him to enter the national team, then we have passed this agenda." ”

"You don't have any opinions, do you?" Yao Ming asked again.

"Agreed." When the words fell, everyone nodded.

Soon after, Chairman Yao of the Chinese Basketball Association sent a congratulatory message to Li Yang and sent a sincere invitation to Li Yang, asking him if he was willing to join the national team.

Although the Basketball Association has achieved initial results under Chairman Yao's drastic reforms, there are still many bad habits that have not been changed, and Li Yang still has many concerns.

Because they are not athletes registered with the Chinese Basketball Association, the Basketball Association cannot force recruitment, and now the Internet is very developed, and information spreads rapidly.

Li Yang clearly expressed his concerns and the idea of participating in the summer league to adapt to the NBA in advance, and Chairman Yao understood and supported Li Yang's decision, and said that Li Yang's concerns would be resolved immediately, and at the same time guaranteed that the national team spot could wait for him to come back and get it.

Li Yang relieved himself at this time, since Yao Ming took office, the Chinese Basketball Association has indeed changed a lot and is gradually moving towards revival.

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Los Angeles, located in the southwest of California, is the second largest city in the United States, the largest metropolis in the western United States, and the largest harbor city in the United States.

The home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers is located at the Staples Center in the center of the city, with 16 championship flags hanging above the arena, and the Boston Celtics, the East giants, are the two most famous championship teams in the league.

The destination of Li Yang and Duffy's trip is the Staples Center Arena, but unfortunately it is not the Lakers, but its hometown Clippers.

Compared to the Lakers' illustrious history, the Clippers are a far cry from each other.

But since the signing of Blake Griffin with the top pick in his hand, the team has gradually started to improve.

Especially after trading for Chris Paul, the league's No. 1 point guard at the time, the Clippers quickly went from being a fish-belly team to a powerhouse in the West under the leadership of these two carriages.

Under the leadership of champion coach Doug Reeves, he has been attacking the championship trophy - O'Brien Cup for several years, but he has never been able to break the curse of the Western Finals, and has been rejected from the Western Finals every year.

This made the team management completely lose patience, sent the core of the team Chris Paul away, and began the rebuilding work, and the "empty city" of the year has become an "empty city".

Counting up, when Li Yang participated in the Clippers tryout, the Clippers players had already gone on vacation, and the team didn't even step on the threshold of the playoffs this year.

The Clippers share the Staples Center arena with the Lakers, and their office is also located in the arena, and when Li Yang and Duffy arrived, they walked into the office under the guidance of the staff.

The main purpose of their visit today was to finalize the contract and determine the summer league thing.

In the office, Clippers general manager Dave Wall, team head coach Doug Reaves, and team advisor, Jerry West, the famous logo man, have been waiting for a long time.

Seeing them come in at this moment, Reeves just raised his eyes, his eyes were indifferent, and he didn't mean to get up to greet them.

Everyone is accustomed to calling Rivers "Doc", but in fact, this is not Rivers' real name, but rather his nickname.

Rivers, whose real name is Glenn, jokingly called him "DOC" at a basketball summer camp at East Proviso High School in Illinois, where his coach, Rick Magellus, jokingly called him "DOC," and that nickname was later sung.

On the contrary, Dave Wall, the team's general manager, and the logo man, immediately greeted them with a smile on their faces when they saw them enter.

"Yang, you're finally here!" Dave Wall said excitedly.

"Hey, Dave, it's nice to see you so soon." Li Yang also responded politely.

"Come, sit down first." Dave Wall guided them to sit down, turned around and asked the assistant next to him to pour a cup of coffee for the two, which showed that he attached great importance to Li Yang.

"Ahem......" At this moment, Reeves coughed dryly twice and spoke first, "Let's get straight to the point, let's talk about the contract first." ”

Li Yang's ass was not yet hot, so he had to get up and get the contract again.

"No hurry, no hurry." Wall stretched out his hand to stop Li Yang, and said without looking back, "Doug, they have just entered the door, and the coffee hasn't come to taste yet, let them rest first, the contract is not in a hurry at this time, and we will talk about it later!" ”

"Why don't you sign with them? I still have a bunch of things on my hands, so I'll go first. Reeves' face turned pale, and he was about to get up and leave.

Li Yang and Bill Duffy were almost taken aback, did this guy eat gunpowder, his temper was so hot early in the morning!

No one expected Rivers to come out like this at this time!

"Don't go! Doug! This contract still needs you to check it! Wall seemed to be prepared, and he didn't see any embarrassment, so he just got up with a smile and stopped him.

Turning his head and glancing at Ye Qiubier-Duffy, he looked like a good old man, and patiently explained: "It's okay, the temper of menopause is a little hot, don't mind Bill, it's not aimed at you." There was no embarrassment on his face.

Wall turned around at this time, smiled and said to Rivers: "Doug, don't be impatient, you are the team's head of operations, you haven't read this contract, I don't have the right to sign it alone." ”

"You also know that I'm the head of team operations." Reeves sat back down and said impatiently, "In that case, let's sign it quickly." ”

Li Yang and Duffy glanced at each other at this time, and the two immediately understood, the relationship between the two seemed to be a little delicate, Li Yang immediately made up for the drama of the team's high-level struggle for power, and he became a pawn in the game between the two bigwigs.

Duffy stood up at this time and said: "Two, my client is still a prospective college student in China, and he may have to go through some formalities in China, we can now negotiate the details of the contract first, and wait until he goes back to complete the formalities, and then it is not too late to talk about the issue of signing." ”

Reeves frowned and looked at Bill Duffy, reached out and knocked on the contract on the table and said, "Bill, we are all old acquaintances, the contract is here, you take it and read it first, and sign it if there is no problem." ”

Duffy was not dissatisfied with Reeves' coldness, as the top professional agent, he had never seen any storms and waves, he had already seen through this little trick of Rivers, he reached out and took the contract with a smile on his face, and looked at it carefully.

The office was suddenly quiet, except for the occasional "swish" of papers rubbing against Duffy as Duffy flipped through the contract, and the sound of others swallowing coffee as they sipped coffee.