Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Younger, the Better
A group of four drove Sannata and went straight to the restaurant for dinner.
Davidson hadn't eaten much Chinese food in two years, so this time he was naturally feasting and eating.
Jiang Xingquan and the others were dumbfounded, is this foreign devil causing a famine......
After eating and drinking, Jiang Xingquan took Davidson directly to the Beijing Basketball Training Base.
"Comrade Xiao Dai, this is our training base, there may be a big gap compared to your United States, you see if there are any suggestions that can help us improve and improve." Jiang Xingquan said with a smile.
Davidson hurriedly waved his hand, what advice could he make......
"Coach Jiang, in fact, I came here for one main reason this time."
"Oh? What's the matter? Jiang Xingquan asked curiously.
"I want to pick a rookie player and play in the NBA." Davidson said crisply.
Hearing this, Jiang Xingquan's face became strange.
Coming to China to choose someone to play in the NBA?
If Chuck Daly hadn't called in advance, he would have thought the young man in front of him was a liar.
In this era, there are not many Chinese basketball fans, and there are even fewer people who know the level of basketball in the United States.
But insiders like Jiang Xingquan know a lot about American basketball.
He really couldn't understand why the other party wanted to come to China to select players.
It's kind of weird.
"We'll study this matter again, and we'll take you around first." Jiang Xingquan did not continue on the topic of Davidson.
After visiting the basketball base, Davidson asked Jiang Xingquan to help introduce Mu Tiezhu.
As a result, Jiang Xingquan agreed to this request quite simply.
Because Mu Tiezhu now lives in Beijing, his residence is not far from the basketball base.
As a result, that night, Davidson sat at the same table with Mu Tiezhu and drank wine......
In the middle of drinking, Davidson proposed to invite a young Chinese player to play in the NBA.
Mu Tiezhu's face was also surprised, and he couldn't figure out why......
"Comrade Xiao Dai, it stands to reason that your request is actually nothing, and it is quite a good thing to let young people go out and open their eyes and learn the advanced basketball concepts of the United States." Jiang Xingquan took a sip of wine and said slowly.
"However, you will definitely not look down on poor seedlings, if you are good seedlings, you still have to play for the country, play international competitions, if you really want to play your NBA, if it affects the results of the national team, then no one can afford this responsibility."
"Coach Jiang, in fact, playing in the NBA is good for the improvement of the player's strength, the stronger the player's strength, then the natural will be more able to play well in the international competition, the NBA's schedule does not conflict with the international competition, FIBA also stipulates that when the NBA encounters an international competition, if a player wants to play a nationality competition, the NBA must release people." Davidson spoke.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xingquan waved his hand, "That being said, what if you are seriously injured when you play in the NBA?" ”
One sentence directly left Davidson speechless.
Jiang Xingquan is right, if he encounters a serious injury while playing in the NBA, even if the NBA releases him, he will not be able to play in the international competition, who will bear this responsibility?
Davidson originally wanted to say that even if he was injured, the player's salary would still be paid correctly, but after all, this salary is a personal interest, and no one cares in the face of group interests.
"Hey, it's really hard to do."
"As for the injury you mentioned, there is no need to worry about this, there is still a few months before our own professional leagues will start, is there no risk of injury when we play these professional leagues?"
"Comrade Xiao Dai's proposal, in fact, is quite beneficial to the individual players, and can improve the strength of the players, and can make a lot of money, Xingquan, you should know the salary of the top players in the NBA, right?" Mu Tiezhu sighed and said.
Jiang Xingquan nodded, who in the circle didn't know that the NBA salary was frighteningly high.
The salary of a top NBA player is three or four million US dollars, which is 30 million yuan at today's exchange rate!
You must know that the average annual salary of Chinese workers in this era is more than 3,000 points......
This is still the salary of regular workers, and regular workers in that era were the iron rice bowl that everyone envied.
The income of a top NBA star is equivalent to the income of 10,000 regular Chinese workers, what a terrifying number.
The real one is worth 10,000.
"Tiezhu, I naturally know that the salary over there is high, to put it mildly, that is, I am old now, or I also want to earn this money, how easy it is to earn this money, I will work for a year and have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime."
"But we can't afford to take this responsibility for this, so we still have to nod from the basketball manager."
"Don't you want my group of disciples to make more money...... Jiang Xingquan said with a wry smile.
Davidson listened to the conversation between the two and learned a rather important news.
That is, China is also going to start a professional league similar to the NBA.
Prior to this, China's national team players were selected from their respective provincial teams.
However, because of the large investment in basketball and the slow effect, the provincial team has not invested much energy in basketball in recent years.
Now that China wants to engage in a professional league, it must be thinking of cultivating players by fighting and using professional leagues.
Davidson thought for a while, "It's better to do this, I just pick a young player, not the main force of the national players, so that even if I am really unlucky and injured, it will not make the men's basketball team hurt." ”
"And, according to NBA regulations, we will have more than $300,000 in transfer fee subsidies at that time." Davidson said with a smile.
"Young players? How young? Jiang Xingquan asked curiously.
"The younger the better!"
Davidson knew from the Sledgehammer that the '95 draft was about to begin, and these people emphasized that Davidson must be selected young.
Naturally, Davidson doesn't pick players over the age of 22, and his target is those who are under the age of 20.
Players of this age may have entered the national team, but they have not yet become the main force of the national team, even if they are really seriously injured as Jiang Xingquan said, it is harmless for the national team.
If Davidson is eyeing the main team of the national team, then there is no need to continue to talk about this matter at all, and there is no possibility at all.
"I have a student who plays center forward, and he is not yet twenty years old, why don't you take a look first?" Jiang Xingquan became interested and asked.
"Good! I'm here to pick a young centre-forward. Davidson laughed.
"Then you take a look first, if Comrade Xiao Dai thinks it is appropriate, then I will go to the basketball management to beg for mercy, hoping to sell my old guy face." Mu Tiezhu also said with a smile.
Davidson was overjoyed, and it seemed that what his father had told him was right.
It's easy to do things on the Chinese wine table.
Looking at this situation now, I am at least half of my success.
"Thank you both, and I will thank you again in the future." Davidson said excitedly.
The two waved their hands at the same time, "Don't be so polite, although you are an international friend, your roots are still in our China, don't be so outside." ”
"In fact, we also want to send a player to the United States to open their eyes to why American basketball can be so strong." Jiang Xingquan waved his hand and said.