Li Chenglong hadn't seen Wen Yi since the draft, and he knew that China's sports reporters were busy at the moment, thanks to the conflict between Yi Jianlian and the Bucks.

Yi Jianlian was selected by the sudden stag, which made Yi Di defenseless, as the reporter said, he just went to the stage and gave a polite wry smile, and then it was time for Yi Di's agent Dan Fagan to appear.

Dan Fagan is a famous agent in the NBA, who once brought the big dream Olajuwon, and he has had many brilliant strokes and failures.

Fagan once used the loophole of the alliance to operate General Arenas to the Wizards, helping this agent zero to get a high salary, which was one of Fagan's successful operations, and directly caused the alliance to introduce the Arenas clause to plug this loophole.

Fagan later touted Dampier as the second center in the West, helping him earn a high salary with the Mavericks.

Fagan's notorious failure was in the Timberwolves' operation of Joe Smith, who was the top pick in the 95-year draft and was quite impressive in the first two years of entering the NBA, but unfortunately failed to live up to expectations, but he was also a relatively strong interior player.

In 98, the NBA suffered a long-term shutdown, and the long-term shutdown made the league a mess, and before the start of the shrinking season of the 98/99 season, Joe Smith signed a one-year contract with the Timberwolves with an annual salary of 2 million, which made many people wonder, Joe Smith's strength is definitely more than this price, why sign such a low contract?

However, the league had just come out of its shutdown and did not have much time to investigate the issues. But in the summer of '99, the Timberwolves signed a 2 million contract with Joe Smith, which attracted the attention of the league and began to investigate secretly.

In the summer before the start of the 00/01 season, Joe Smith signed a low-cost contract with the Timberwolves, but shortly after the contract was signed, the league investigated the results, which was an agreement between Joe Smith and the Timberwolves to sign at a low price for three consecutive years, and then get a big contract of more than 80 million for 7 years.

In order to strengthen the team and avoid the luxury tax, the Timberwolves secretly plotted with Joe Smith's agent, Dan Fagan.

The Timberwolves violated league rules in serious violation of league rules, were fined $3.5 million while stripping them of their first-round pick for the next five years, and Joe Smith was forced to become a free agent.

The result of this incident is that the team and players are very injured, if it weren't for this incident, Garnett might have taken the Timberwolves to eliminate the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals in the 03/04 season to enter the Finals, and Joe Smith played for the Timberwolves for three years at a low price, and in the end he didn't get a fart, and with the notoriety, he only got some short-term small contracts in the next few years, which can be said to be a loss for his wife and soldiers.

Both the Timberwolves and Joe Smith were hurt in the scandal, but Dan Fagan was not affected too much because the league has no control over agents.

Li Chenglong didn't know why Yi Jianlian chose such a person who wanted to find loopholes and take advantage of him every day as his agent, and he trusted him very much.

Yi Jianlian was selected by the Bucks, but Fagan was not interested in the small place of Milwaukee, thinking that it could not maximize the value of Yi Jianlian, a Chinese star, so he asked him not to report to the Bucks, and publicly stated that if the Bucks did not trade Yi Di, they would not get anything, and Yi Di would never play for the Bucks.

The Bucks are also on the bar, just say, either come here to play, or you don't appear in the NBA.

No, Yi Di directly represented the Chinese national team to participate in the summer league, and he didn't communicate with the Bucks at all, which made the Bucks very hot, but there was no way for the time being, and they had to send scouts to check Yi Jianlian's performance.

In fact, many domestic fans still hope that Yi Di will go to a big city to play like Yao Ming, but they are afraid that his behavior of forcing the palace will cause disgust in the league and cut off his NBA road.

At present, only Francis was drafted by the Grizzlies in the NBA, and he was unwilling to play in Canada (the Grizzlies were still in Vancouver, the capital of Canada), so the Grizzlies traded him to the Rockets, but the NBA is the only case, if Yi Jianlian insists on not playing for the Bucks, and the Bucks do not trade him, then he will not be able to play for the NBA team within a year, and he will participate in the draft next year to enter the NBA.

In fact, this kind of forced palace behavior is very disgusting, the NBA has its own NBA rules, everyone does not follow the rules, then the league has already collapsed, even if the little emperor James was selected by the Cavaliers, he had to go to the small city of Cleveland to play. When many NBA players talk about Yi Jianlian, it is not good to say that he is arrogant and self-righteous, and to be better, he should prove his strength before seeking a transfer.

Before the match between Celtic and the Chinese national team began, Li Chenglong received another call from Wen Yi, and the two met again.

"Li Chenglong, what do you think about the upcoming match with the Chinese national team?" Wen Yi began with a standard interview question.

"It's a pleasure to fight against them, but it's a pity that I can't meet Yao Ming."

"The current grievances between Yi Jianlian and the Bucks, as a Chinese who grew up in the United States, what do you think?"

What do you think? With the eyes, of course.

But such a thing can't be said, Li Chenglong has to say some standard answers: "In the NBA, many people have privileges, but he has to prove himself first, no matter what, I wish him success in the NBA." ”

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Before the start of the game against the Chinese team, Li Chenglong was suddenly summoned by the head coach of the Celtic alone.

Rivers said directly: "Bruce, through the observation of the past few days, I think you have the strength to stay in the team, you can notify your agent to negotiate the contract, and I will let you play the first half of the game against the Chinese team later." ”

"Thank you, coach, I'll be serious."

Li Chenglong left, and a fat man with a slightly protruding belly walked out, it was the team's assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, who said to Rivers: "Doug, how are you inspecting?" ”

"There are a couple of good role players, and based on the current negotiations, getting Garnett is going to empty half of our team, so we've got to prepare for it," Rivers said. ”

At the beginning of the game against China, Li Chenglong was given the start, and he was partnered with point guard Sebastian Telfair, small forward Gerard Green, power forward Leon Powell, and center Theo Ratliff.

On the Chinese team's side, point guard Sun Yue, point guard Wang Shipeng, small forward Zhu Fangyu, big forward Yi Jianlian, center Wang Zhizhi, and the main point guard of the Chinese team Liu Wei were injured in training, so Sun Yue, a point guard with the height of a small forward, started.

At the beginning of the game, Celtics point guard Telfair took the ball across the half court and handed it directly to Lee Chenglong on the outside.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and having been graduating from high school in New York to participate in the NBA draft, Telfil is a real New Yorker, also a New Yorker, and he has been on good terms with Lee in recent days.

Li Chenglong took the ball on the outside, and Wang Shipeng, who was defending him, did not immediately post it, so he chose to shoot one himself.

Swish!

Li Chenglong didn't know what the standard for the official game of the energy bottle was, in short, he couldn't use it in the summer league, but with his three-point ability, the goal was still scored.

In the game between the Chinese team and the NBA team, Chinese reporters are always indispensable on the sidelines, Li Chenglong scored a three-pointer, and the Chinese reporters on the sidelines began to record: The Celtics Chinese players hit three points in the opening game.

The Chinese team's attack, Sun Yue hoisted the ball to Yi Jianlian, which is the habitual style of play of the Chinese team, and hung into the inside line to Yao Ming or Yi Jianlian to play.

Yi Di beat Powell, Powell is only 2 meters tall, but his body is very strong, he resisted Yi Di, Yi Di transferred the ball outward, and Wang Shipeng hit the ball in the catch.

Li Chenglong did not defend with all his might, he knew that the lineup of the Chinese team was definitely not the opponent of the Celtics, and it was not a big problem to let go of the water.

Next, the Chinese team has failed to succeed in several consecutive strong interior lines, Powell has a strong body, although Ratliff is a 34-year-old veteran, he has won three block kings, twice selected for the best defensive team, and has rich defensive experience, the combination of Yi Jianlian and Dazhi is difficult to help each other, so the Chinese team's offense began to shift to the outside.

The Chinese team's offense was blocked, but the Celtics would not be polite, Li Chenglong's shot, jumping man Gerard Green's dunk, Powell also relied on his body to eat a few times, the first quarter of the game ended, the Celtics led 21-17, this is still Li Chenglong's defense has a few waterproof to let the Chinese team play.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Chenglong still stayed on the court, he could be waterproof on the defensive end, but he had to show the coach on the offensive end. Eight minutes after the second quarter, Li Chenglong made a mid-range shot and a three-pointer in a row, and the score became 39-27 leading by 12 points, and Li Chenglong was substituted.

In less than half time, Lee scored 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting and 2-of-4 three-point shooting, which was also his highest score in the summer league.

After seeing the physical fitness of NBA players, Li Chenglong took the initiative to reduce his breakthrough, he knew that his current body, it was easy to get injured when he broke through, and it was not good to leave the hidden danger of injury, so he almost didn't rush in this time.

The Chinese team can't eat inside, can't shoot outside, and can rely on Li Chenglong's defensive stroke to get some opportunities in the first half, and others won't take care of them in the second half, and in the second half of the third quarter, they were hit with a 12-1 shock wave, and the score gap was opened to 25 points.

In the end, the Celtics won 80-52 by 28 points, and the Chinese team scored the most points of Dazhi's 18 points, but half of them were obtained after Ratliff was replaced in the third quarter, and the Celtics scored the most points against Powell, who scored 20 points and 12 rebounds, completely suppressing Yi Jianlian, who had 7 points and 5 boards.

There is no advantage on the inside, and the outside line is also bad, the Chinese team actually shot 1 of 17 three-pointers in this game, and the only three-point shot was Zhu Fangyu in the first half when Li Chenglong stroked.

Relying on the previous report of the "Basketball Herald", Li Chenglong has a little fame in China, but this year, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue participated in the draft, especially Yi Jianlian's various news, the Chinese media did not pay much attention to Li Chenglong, only Wen Yi called him from time to time to ask him, and the rest was that at the end of the draft, there were some reports such as "Three Chinese faces appeared for the first time in this year's NBA draft", which basically passed him off.

And now with this game against the Chinese team, he scored less than 14 points in the half, and this game is the worst loss of the Chinese team in the summer league, Li Chenglong has once again received a lot of coverage.

The Chinese team ended the summer league with 1 win and 4 losses, and the Celtics also ended the summer league with 3 wins and 2 losses, and Li Chenglong's agent, Tom Hammer, was rushing to Boston to negotiate a contract.

(To be continued)