Xu Yong, a young player with strong physical fitness, NBA celebrity Bill Russell even commented on him - his physical fitness is comparable to Steve Francis.

And his style of play is also very American, different from the domestic outside players who are biased towards shooting and passing, Xu Yong's style of play is very violent, with all kinds of breakthroughs, and all kinds of heavy dunks.

The American coach of the Celestial Empire Basketball Development Program gave Xu Yong a template - LeBron James.

In Qiao Hai's previous life, in 2006, Xu Yong entered the CBA and joined the Magic City Sharks.

In the second season of the CBA, he averaged 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, with a shooting rate of more than 60 percent.

He was also valued by Younas and was recruited into the Chinese men's basketball 08 Olympic training team.

U19 vs. the United States, Xu Yong cut 22+9, Michael Beasley got 21+7, and he was pressed by him.

In 08, Xu Yong began to prepare for the NBA draft, but in May 2008, he was diagnosed with spinal malignant KBC6N osteosarcoma and was forced to undergo surgery to replace the artificial knee joint to avoid the amputation of the leg.

But because of this, Xu Yong's career ended and he was forced to retire.

Even Qiao Hai had to admit that Xu Yong had a chance to become the leader of basketball in the Celestial Empire, he looked at Xu Yong and saw the potential value of 88 points, as well as the current ability value of 58 points.

Obviously, it's a buildable material.

But God is jealous of talents, osteosarcoma is a disease, Qiao Hai has nothing to do, and the injury card can only deal with injuries, not diseases.

Therefore, Qiao Hai was also a little hesitant whether to sign Xu Yong.

Zheng Ming introduced another sentence at this time: "Xu Yong does not belong to any sports school and is not bound by the system, so he hopes to go to the United States to play through our activities." ”

"Does the U.S. play?"

Qiao Hai's concerns were gradually dispelled, since Xu Yong was not bound by the system, then, this is a business without capital, and it is obviously something to do.

If Xu Yong in this life avoids the disease, perhaps, he can also help Celestial Basketball gain an NBA outside superstar.

"In addition to Xu Yong, there is also this Han Dejun, he is also 15 years old, his height is outstanding, and his performance in all aspects of strength is also good."

Han Dejun, this is also a familiar name.

Han Dejun has no hope of the NBA, but in the CBA, this is also a big killer, and according to Zheng Ming, Han Dejun is also not bound by the system at this time.

In other words, this is another no-capital business.

Qiao Hai flipped through the list of people under the age of 14 again, and found familiar names such as Liu Xiaoyu, Zhai Xiaochuan, and Sui Ran.

Qiao Hai also circled them one by one, and then pretended to watch the video materials for a while.

finally told Zheng Ming: "These players, focus on inspection, and stay if you can." ”

Zheng Ming naturally nodded.

The Celestial Empire basketball development plan will be trained for half a year, and whether it can discover real talents, this time is definitely enough.

The coaches and trainers sent by David Falck's agency are also masters, and these young players will definitely improve after training for half a year.

Before Qiao Hai left the capital, he had dealt with all the affairs of the Ao Shen.

In terms of the team's foreign aid, Michael Dixon's contract expired because of his outstanding performance in recent years, and many teams within the CBA were interested in him.

In the end, the Guanghui team spent a high price and poached Michael Dixon.

Qiao Hai used his connections in the United States to help find a new foreign player - guard player Roger Mason, who had just been abandoned by the Raptors.

In terms of coaching, David Blatter has left the company, and he has received a big contract from the Celestial Empire national team, and will take over the team after the '04 Olympics, and then lead the team to prepare for the '08 Olympics.

Of the three domestic coaches who studied with Qiao Hai last season, Ma Jian has returned to China and is no longer ready to be a coach, he is ready to enter CCTV and become a commentator.

The old coach Wang Fei proposed that he wanted to continue to stay in the United States to study, and he took advantage of Qiao Hai's relationship to transfer to the Spurs and became a member of the Spurs coaching staff.

In the end, Yang Xuezeng could only sign a head coach contract with Aoshen and return to China to coach Aoshen.

Qiao Hai also put forward some requirements for Yang Xuezeng.

"Next season, focus on cultivating Sun Yue and the United Arab Emirates, especially Sun Yue, Roger Mason is here, don't give him too much ball, give Sun Yue more to play, his ability is not bad, at least not worse than foreign aid."

Yang Xuezeng naturally nodded again and again.

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At the beginning of August, Qiao Hai took off from the capital airport and left alone.

Han Xue didn't leave with him, because Han Xue had to stay in China and stay with her family for a while, and she would probably return to the United States in early October.

At that time, Han Xue will also apply to be transferred to Wake Forest University in Charlotte to study as an exchange student for one year.

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Back in the United States, the first thing Qiao Hai did was to formulate a strategy for preparing for war.

In several summer league games in July, Elvin Gentry led the team, and the Bobcats played all the players except for Michael Reed, Anfernee Hardaway and a few others.

It stands to reason that this squad should be very good and strong, and Qiao Hai has also set a goal for the team, asking for at least one summer league championship.

As a result, two different summer leagues, the Los Angeles Summer League, the Bobcats achieved a third-place finish and failed to win the championship.

In the second Orlando Summer League, the Bobcats failed to make the playoffs.

The grades were so poor that the Bobcats were also ridiculed.

ESPN even published a report: "The Bobcats, who can't beat the NBDL coalition, may consider cutting some players and signing some NBDL star players." ”

Sports Illustrated also had a sarcastic report: "A team that can't win a championship in the summer league wants to make the playoffs in the real regular season? It's a dream! ”

Qiao Hai was very angry about this, and he decided that in order to better prepare for the new season, the team must all assemble and start pre-season training at the latest in early September.

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At the same time, Qiao Hai also quickly replenished the coaching staff.

Through David Falke's connections, he brought in Monty Williams, who had just retired, as the team's new video editor.

Then a phone call was made and Patrick Ewing was called in as the team's interior development coach.

Took a member of management from the Rockets, Scott Brooks, as the team's head of player development and part-time assistant coaching.

Through the interview, Larry Drew was selected as the team's offensive coach.

The final composition of the coaching staff is as follows –

Head Assistant Coach Elvin Gentry, Offensive Coach Larry Drew, Defensive Coach Brad Stevens, Head of Player Development Scott Brooks, Interior Development Coach Patrick Ewing, Guard Development Coach Jeff Hornacek, General Coach Tang Yi (who is in charge of some of the team's chores), Shooting Coach Chip Engelland, and Video Editor Monty Williams.