The 2011 Asian Championships ended with Yiyang's excellent performance and the Chinese team's victory, which was a perfect ending for both Yiyang and the Chinese team.

After the Asian Championships, Yiyang did not follow his teammates to return to Beijing with the championship gold cup. Those celebration dinners set up by the organization, Yiyang was not interested in it at all. The day after winning the championship, Yiyang said goodbye to the team, and then took his mother Wenxue to other places to play in the mountains and rivers.

Regarding Yiyang's failure to return to Beijing with the team, the Chinese Basketball Association and the General Administration of Sports did not interfere too much. If it were someone else who did it, they would be furious. But Yiyang, the person who can help the Chinese team gain a foothold in the world in the next decade or even longer, they don't dare to mess with it.

Yiyang himself is not a player from the system, so Yiyang has the right to refuse every invitation from the Chinese national team. If Yiyang is unhappy and causes him to break with the Chinese national team from now on, it will only be the Basketball Association and the General Administration of Sports themselves who will suffer. Therefore, Yiyang wanted to leave the team, but instead of stopping it, the Basketball Association gave the green light all the way, and even booked air tickets for the mother and son.

In the next half month, Yiyang accompanied his mother to play all over China's beautiful rivers and mountains. Of course, during this period, Yiyang also held a China tour with Adidas in Guangzhou. This time in Guangzhou, Yiyang finally let Yiyang know what is called an empty alley.

Every morning, when he wakes up from the hotel and looks out the window, he always sees a dense crowd of fans gathered at the door of the hotel. This formation is no worse than when the Mavericks held a championship parade.

And Adidas also used this China tour to open the door of the Chinese market. Some economic experts even predict that after the end of the first three-year contract between Yiyang and Adidas, Adidas is likely to directly offer Yiyang a super contract worth $200 million. After all, with the help of Yiyang, Adidas will definitely be able to make a lot of money in the huge market of China. The investment of $200 million is simply not enough.

During the trip to China, Adidas even invited Vignari from Italy to do activities with Yiyang. Although the two have never made their relationship public, fans know that there is something going on between Yiyang and Vignarie. Therefore, this pair of basketball players has become the most popular gossip couple in the entire circle.

This is one of the huge business opportunities that make Adidas and Bill. Duffy held firmly. Half a month later, when Yiyang left China with his mother. Huge billboards in China's major first-tier cities are all occupied by posters of Yiyang and Adidas. This summer, Adidas and Yiyang have set off a business frenzy in China.

While other players had to go overseas to make a living due to the shutdown of the league, Yiyang was already earning a lot of money by doing business activities while playing. This is the value behind a Chinese player, and it is believed that Yiyang's commercial value will continue to rise with his excellent performance in the future.

After returning to the United States, Yiyang began his preparations for the new season. Normally, the NBA should be ready to start preseason training camp by now. But since the collective bargaining is still inconclusive, even Bill. Duffy, the "jack of all trades", doesn't know exactly when the new season will start. The only thing he could tell Yiyang was that the alliance couldn't let the shutdown last long. Every extra day of delay is a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars for the owners of 30 teams.

Even if the league and the team are for their own sake, they will do whatever it takes to get the collective bargains to reach a swift agreement.

During this period, the only thing Yiyang can do is to participate in various large and small training camps to maintain his condition. During the Asian Championships, Yiyang maintained his physical condition well. After returning to the United States, Yiyang needs to readjust to the intensity of physical confrontation on the American side.

With Aaron. Brooks, Wilson... NBA stars such as Smith have joined the CBA to pan for gold, and the news that Yiyang has joined the CBA team has also intensified.

Bill. Duffy does receive a lot of offers from CBA teams, and they all have a jump option attached to their contracts. In other words, once the NBA schedule resumes, Yiyang can terminate his contract with China at any time and return to play in the NBA. This kind of treatment is not even enjoyed by many American stars.

But Yiyang still declined these teams one by one, and Duffy later issued a statement, saying that Yiyang would not play in any league outside the NBA. Neither the CBA nor Europe will go.

The reason is simple, Yiyang is not in a hurry to make money. The only thing he wants to do now is to continue to hone himself in a high-quality training camp in the United States.

Even Brickley, a young trainer, confessed. "I've never seen an NBA star so obsessed with summer camp. No, it's already autumn! ”

Yiyang trained under Brickley for another month, and this month in addition to shooting, Yiyang mainly trained his physique. Yiyang's athleticism is now more vigorous than last season, and his muscles are stronger. Brickley believes that if Yiyang was just a super-rookie last season, then next season, Yiyang will become a veritable superplayer.

In mid-November, the Mavericks players attended a party where Peja officially announced his retirement. The party was attended not only by members of the Mavericks, but also by many former Kings stars. Yiyang even got to see NBA legend Chris. Webb and his childhood idol "White Chocolate" Williams. Yiyang's stunning elbow pass was an imitation of Williams.

It wasn't until November 25 that the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement was finally reached. On the afternoon of the same day, the NBA officially announced that the new NBA season will start on December 25. On December 1, the NBA free agent market and transfer market will be officially opened!

Immediately after the league announced the end of the shutdown, the Mavericks recalled all their players to start summer training camp ahead of the new season. No, now, it should be called a winter training camp.

With full of enthusiasm and stronger skills, Yiyang returned to the American Route Center Arena with great interest. A new beginning is about to continue here!

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On December 8, two weeks after the NBA officially announced the end of the shutdown, the Mavericks' official preseason training camp finally kicked off.

Yiyang drove his heavy pickup truck, entered the stadium with great interest, and then excitedly pushed open the locker room door.

In the locker room, Nowitzki was the only one sorting out his gear. Yiyang felt that something seemed wrong with the whole locker room, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

"God, where have you been this summer? How did you get so strong!? Dirk's first feeling after seeing Yiyang was that this kid had become stronger more than a circle. Yiyang used to be emaciated, but now, his physique is quite well-proportioned.

"Hehe, the new season didn't start, so I stayed in training camp for an extra month. What about the others? Why haven't you come yet? Yiyang looked around, but he found that his name was no longer on the cabinet that used to belong to Chandler.

At first, Yiyang didn't care, he thought it was the stadium staff who had removed Chandler's name when they were cleaning the locker room. But when the training officially began that day, he still didn't see Chandler. Not only Chandler, but Barria, Stevenson and others are also missing.

Curious, Yiyang approached Terry's side between trainings, ready to inquire about the whereabouts of these teammates. I haven't seen them for a summer, and Yiyang really misses them a little.

However, after listening to Yiyang's question, Terry grew his mouth in surprise. "Why, why aren't they there, you don't know yet?"

"I know I still ask you?" Yiyang thought that Terry was joking with himself again, but unexpectedly, Terry, who is usually an old and indecent guy, couldn't smile today.

"If it doesn't go well, too. They will never come to training again. Terry's tone was very serious, and he didn't seem to be alarmist.

"What are you talking about, Jett, even if they go overseas to play, they will always come back."

"No, Cuban in order to pursue Dwight next summer. Superstars such as Howard have given up on renewing contracts with Tyson, Barria and DeSean! If things do go on like this, the next time you see the above three again, you will be opponents! ”

"What? Rival!? Yiyang's mind suddenly turned white, how could the person who won the championship together a few months ago just leave? During his victory parade speech in June, Chandler also said that he would stay in Dallas and win more championships. But before this plan has been implemented, is he leaving?

And DeSean. Stevenson, the ruffian No. 92 guard, although he only played in Dallas for one year, Yiyang could see that Stevenson really liked the Mavericks team. The picture of him and James fighting each other in the finals is still vivid in Yiyang's mind. Now that I've finally won the honor I want, do you want to leave?

"That's right, boy, opponent! You have to get used to that, the turnover in the BA team is huge, and maybe even next month, I won't be able to sit in this gym and talk to you. Somebody comes, somebody goes, that's the basic rule of the NBA. Didn't even a great player like O'Neal change several teams in his career? ”

"No, Kuban must have made a mistake!" Yiyang, who was very affectionate, still couldn't accept the fact that his comrades-in-arms, who had won the championship together, just left, and he stood up and seemed to be preparing to head for Kuban's office.

"What's the use of you going!?" As everyone knows, Terry also stood up and yelled at Yiyang. And Terry's yelling made everyone in the audience stop their movements.

"What's wrong?" Carlisle had to step up to the point where there was no room for conflict between the players in his team.

"Not much, just wondering where Tyson and they've gone."

Seeing that Yiyang and Terry were not arguing, Carlisle also breathed a sigh of relief. "The change of team personnel is still left to the management, too. All we have to do is train well and play every game. I also feel sorry about Tyson, but the team has a team strategy. I am sure that the Kuban will not let us sink there. ”

Yiyang turned his head and looked at Terry and Carlisle. He suddenly discovered that in the NBA world, not everything is under his control. On the field, he can fight for every possession, every chance to score. But in the NBA world off the court, Yiyang is helpless about these things.

Tyson. Chandler, Deshawn. Stevenson, Jose. Barria ......

If I ever see you on the pitch in the future, I'll definitely give you a big hug.

But now, there is only goodbye, brothers who once fought side by side.

No matter who there is, the journey will continue.