Chapter 1032 - The Next Man to Land in the NBA
"Oh? Tell me, is it a European player or an American player or one of the NBDLs? "Bonnie. Lovelin subconsciously asked, because this is also a general free market option. As for the rest, it is largely not taken into account.
"Neither, it's an Asian player." Tang Qian opened his mouth and let Bonnie. Laughlin was taken aback, although Tang Qian is now the big boss who is supported and tacitly accepted by the upper echelons of the iron team, but this is too ridiculous, right? There's no problem if you want to develop your own lineage, the boss of every team will do it, but can you go directly to Asian players?
Asian players? Can you play in the NBA? It's not funny, but what are you doing?
"Hot, you're kidding, right? Okay, let's get down to business, I'll listen. ”
"I'm not kidding, I'm just an Asian player." It doesn't look like Tang Qian's words are joking, Bonnie. Laughlin was silent for a while before he spoke: "Hot, Asian players, our Lakers team is not a place dedicated to charity, your proposal is really a bit ......" But before she could finish speaking, she was cut off by the former and said: "Ms. Lovelin, don't forget, I'm an Asian player." ”
"Uh, this, you, you're different, your situation is special, and it can't be counted as a regular probability." Bonnie. After Laughlin finished speaking, Tang Qian added: "Isn't Yao Ming also Asian?" Isn't Lin from our team also Asian? Are you looking down on us Asian players? "No, no, no, there is no such thing." Bonnie. Lovelin's reaction was instantaneous, and Clippers owner Donald Brown appeared some time ago. Sterling's matter, even the American boss Ao Guanhai issued a statement angrily denounced this matter, so now she is not willing to touch this mold.
And she has been dealing with the Lakers No. 29 for a long time, he knows very well the personality of this Oriental, different from the tolerance and timidity of ordinary yellow people in the United States, this man, he launched a surge, it is terrifying.
Whether it's on or off the field, in short, it's on him, Bonnie. Laughlin saw the long-lost intensity of national pride and racial pride in yellow Asians. In addition, now that the general direction of the Lakers team has been decided, he has also proved that he is not bad at all in leading the team. In this case, Bonnie. Laughlin had to think more about the former's thoughts and emotions.
She's not Mickey. Kupchak, the latter's lesson, she also remembers it vividly.
Besides, although Tang Qian needs to have a certain say in the management, it is not too much to never go out of bounds, and it is not an absolute domination situation like James, so she does not need to fall out with the former. This is not the slightest benefit for her.
To put it simply, she can now sit firmly in the position of deputy general manager of the Lakers, and has the actual power, and the Eastern center on the other end of the phone is indispensable. Thinking of this slightly, she immediately regained the calmness of her head, and began to round the atmosphere of this conversation and said: "Hot, I have absolute respect for you and your race, and I also know that there are people like you, Yao, and Lin among the yellow race, but as the management of the team, I also have to consider the actual situation, right?" The actual situation is that there are too few yellow Asians who can play in the NBA, you see, after so many years, isn't it just a few people? So I also have a hard time, I hope you can understand the hot burn. Seeing that the other party had already found the steps, Tang Qian didn't hold on to it, he knew that what the other party said was not a false situation. In the NBA, the yellow race has too few bases, so it will be subconsciously despised, isn't it?
In terms of considering the interests of the team, Bonnie. Lovelin, on the other hand, didn't have a big problem.
"Ms. Lovelin, I know your concerns, but trust me, at least the man I recommend, he has proven that he has at least the strength of the NBA. You don't have to worry about this. And his price is not expensive, which is just right for the current situation of our Lakers team. Tang Qian said: "I mean, anyway, now we are very short of the No. 4 position, why not try to sign it at a low price?" A short contract for one season, I believe it's harmless, isn't it? ”
Bonnie. Laughlin thought about it and decided to give Tang Qian this face, because the latter had also been on her side in many things, and the core boss Dou, which the management and the team focused on cultivating, would not end up much better. After all, the NBA league is still a league-dominated by stars, and the stronger the star, the better you should maintain a good relationship with him.
Tearing his face, the real big boss, won't be so stupid and can't make trade-offs.
And in the future, she also needs Tang Qian to help her consolidate her position, and at this time, she can still "afford to lose" a veteran basic salary contract.
It's okay to give face, a one-year short contract, and it doesn't matter if it's poisoned.
"Okay, tell me his name, and we'll send someone to contact him." See Bonnie. Laughlin still chose to nod in agreement, and Tang Qian was also in a much better mood and said, "Well, yes, his name is ......"
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Domestic, Xiangshi, Xiangshi Basketball Center, here just finished today's training, a tall man said goodbye to his teammates, ready to drive home to rest. At this time, he received a call from a person.
He looked down at his mobile phone number and was stunned, because he knew this person, but he hadn't contacted him before, and he was calling himself now, what was the situation? Confused, he slid down the connect button.
Before he could speak, a voice came from his mobile phone: "Hi ~ Brother Yi ~ Do you remember me?" ”
"Of course, what's the matter with you?" He wasn't very articulate and verbal, which was one of the reasons why he couldn't get along in the United States back then. "Of course there is." The voice on the other end of the phone said in a surprising voice: "I'm here to pull you back to the NBA, how about it, are you interested?" ”
He was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't speak for a long time.
In about ten minutes, Tang Qian explained the intention of his call, but he still felt a little that he didn't come back to his senses.
"So, that, Don, you're coming to me to join, to join the Los Angeles Lakers???"
"Of course, otherwise you still think I'm lying to you? I don't have that much time to spare. If you agree, then someone on the Lakers' side will be in touch with you and your agent right away. ”
"This, why me? It's been a long time since I've played in the NBA. ”
"There's no why, I think you can strengthen the current Lakers, so I'm looking for you, it's time for the free market to close, and you know the situation of our team, now the main and main benches at the No. 4 position are on their knees, and they are stretched thin all of a sudden, so I sincerely want to invite you to join our team."
"Isn't it because of the Chinese market?" He asked again, after all, for so many years, there are not a few people and teams who report this purpose.
"Huh?" Tang Qianyan only felt a little funny when he heard this: "Brother Yi, what are you kidding?" I'm also Chinese, the Lakers don't have to do this, right? ”
"Well, yes, if you have it, you really don't need me as a Chinese market. So, is it true that because the Lakers signed me, they can be strengthened? Will I really get playing time and a chance? "He's had a lot of good feelings in the last years of the NBA, and it's not a joke to sit on the bench.
No basketball player wants to sit on the iron bench, so this incident has greatly consumed his NBA dream.
"There is bench time, but specifically, you still need to see Brother Yi, your trial and team performance, but I'm here to speak, now the Los Angeles Lakers are my team, you just need to prove that you have NBA-level strength, then you can get a fair chance to compete, I won't let anyone suppress you." Tang Qian's words were domineering, but it also silenced the man on the other end of the phone, and after a while, he continued: "I understand your good intentions, but now I still have that ability, can I continue to challenge the NBA?" ”
"Of course. Isn't this nonsense? Why else am I calling you? I'm not fed. ”
"But now Hongyuan also needs me, I, I need to think about it."
"Well, that's okay, but now there are only about 48 hours left before the free market closes this season, which means Brother Yi, you need to make a decision within 48 hours, otherwise it's too late."
"Okay, I see, thank you for the call, I'll seriously consider this offer." He thought for a while, and added: "Don't call me Brother Yi, now everyone has to call you Brother Tang, right?" You just call me Ah Lian. ”
"This Brother Yi, you are older than me after all, I mean ......"
"On the basketball court, strength is respected, and the country has been ranked by seniority for too long, and the rectification in this regard, what I have done is too far from Da Yao, so at the moment, I can't continue." For domestic basketball, his feelings are very deep, he participated in the Olympic Games with the team in 04, and now it's 2015, can he not have feelings? Besides, now in domestic basketball, in international competitions, who else can watch it except him?
Now even an insider dares to openly talk back to himself on the field, without giving any face, and he is ashamed to be like this.
But his personality is like this, he is not suitable to be the boss, but he was pushed to this position.
As always, he is trying his best to do this well, although this period is the dark period of the domestic men's basketball team.
He still chose to stick to it silently.
But the NBA, to be honest, he was a little bit out of confidence and heart, it was a dream, and his dream woke up as early as the 11-12 season. I went to the NBA, maybe it was really not suitable, the water and soil over there, my personality, it was really difficult to fit in.
After hanging up the phone, he was preoccupied, and this incident made him not sleep well all night.
Between going and not going, he couldn't make up his mind, after all, the last time he failed...... He has been ridiculed by countless people.
In this society where the winner is king, if he can't be a star, that is to live up to expectations, that is, he can't.
I, alas.
In fact, he knows very well that as long as he opens his mouth on Hongyuan's side, he will be released immediately, and he and Hongyuan's upper echelons, including the boss, have known each other for many years. Over the years, he has also helped this team and won countless domestic honors.
The next day, it happened that the first meeting of the national team on this year's Asian Cup was to be held in Xiangshi, and as the nominal leader of the national team, he could not be absent. And this time, there was something that made him change his mind and strengthen his confidence.
It was about a young man who was going around advertising that he was going to play in the NBA and was about to join the Houston Rockets, maybe there was an element of hype in his team, but obviously with the popularity in China, this young man was a little fluttering. And his opinion is that now that the former has joined the NBA, it is to find abuse, not to mention the first round, and it is all luck to be selected in the second round. After all, he himself has been in the NBA for many years, and his voice and talent back then are in order, and he doesn't know how many times stronger than the current emaciated young insider.
But he is still at the peak of the NBA, and he only mixes a position between the starter and the fixed rotation, and the peak point is only 12+7 data. This young man, known as the "Big Demon King", used to spend more time playing in the NBDL. He still has this basic professional vision. He is not one of those pseudo-fans who are easily fooled by the media on the Internet, he has actually played in the NBA. He also joined the NBA with a super high pick.
He is not easily fooled by the media.
But he didn't say much and mention anything about this young insider, because he had gradually found that the latter had become impatient and unhappy with his suggestions and suggestions. Since that's the case, then he didn't bother to say anything more. It doesn't have much to do with him anyway.
But at this time, there should never be, a pseudo-fan who organized on-site venue activities said a word, which made him angry all of a sudden.
What do you mean, I couldn't get along in the NBA, so I was kicked back?
What do I mean I should give up my position as the leader of the national team?
I'm far worse than him???
Are you kidding? Are you kidding???
I was in the top line back then, and I could be the same as him???
You all see it that way, right? They all think he is the next domestic player to enter the NBA, right?
All right.
I'll show you.
Who's next.
PS: I actually didn't like Yi Di very much before, and I always felt that he was too bad compared to Yao Ming, but later I found out that in the national team, after Yao Ming retired, he would always be the one who worked hardest. There is a saying that I think is right, he has never disappointed me when he wears the national team uniform. He is also the only player in the national team who can go head-to-head with international stars. Therefore, Emperor Yi is about to return, which is both Xiaozi's selfishness and Xiaozi's public heart.