Chapter 3 Minnesota?

After deciding to participate in this year's draft, Li Shihao began to hire an agent to plan the draft for him, and finally under Yao Ming's recommendation, Li Shihao chose Bill Duffy as his agent.

After the storm of Yao Ming's landing in the NBA in 02, Bill Duffy's agency BDASportsManagement has gradually become one of the world's famous agent companies, and he himself is also good at playing emotional cards, and always has a sincere and kind attitude for his players.

The role of a good agent is undoubtedly of great help, Duffy set up a special agent team for Li Shihao according to the Yao team as a template, and at the same time contacted the NBA team, the news of Li Shihao's participation in this year's draft was spread to the other side of the ocean through the Internet.

When I learned that there would be Chinese young people participating in the NBA draft this year, countless online chat otaku who nested in front of the computer late at night were excited!

Is the NBA coming up with a new face? Or a point guard?

Leading the team to play six overtime games against the University of Connecticut, such a cool deed, actually happened to our compatriots! Some well-known basketball portals such as Hu Pu and New Lang have topped the matter, and the forum exploded.

Many reporters with connections in the United States got Li Shihao's college league data for the first time, averaging 19 per game. 4 points 3. 2 rebounds 7. 2 assists 2. The data of 2 steals has blinded countless people.

If this data can still maintain its value after Li Shihao enters the NBA, Li Shihao will definitely be able to play his own shining point.

Many domestic news media are already preparing to place the title of Asia's No. 1 defender on Li Shihao, and even speculate how much attention this title can get after it is played!

However, at the request of Duffy, Li Shihao hired a professional trainer to conduct professional and high-intensity training every day, striving to ensure that Li Shihao's competitive state was not affected by previous injuries and declined.

As the draft is approaching, the Clippers from Los Angeles won this year's No. 1 pick and released the news that non-Griffin will not be selected.

The remaining 29 teams in the league had no choice but to prepare a backup plan to find another player target after learning the news.

Under the operation of Duffy and his team of agents, eight teams expressed their optimism about Li Shihao and sent him a trial invitation.

After a series of commercial value and team strength measurements, Duffy finally settled on four options: the Golden State Warriors, the Thunder, the New York Knicks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

As soon as the plan was released, it was placed in front of Li Shihao in the afternoon of the same day, and Duffy expressed his views and analysis to Li Shihao:

"The Thunder's pick is the most valuable, their pick is the pick of the flower, Bruce, if you are selected by them then the commercial value will be much higher, and last year the Thunder's strength has improved tremendously, the combination of KD and Westbrook will become an emerging storm in the league, if you join them, I believe you can break into the playoffs in the West. But there is also the choice of James Harden in front of them, and their uniform group is more inclined to Harden! ”

After speaking, Duffy paused and said with a smile: "But as your professional agent, I will not give up any opportunity to make you better, I will try my best to fight for it!" ”

Li Shihao smiled and nodded, motioning for Duffy to continue.

"The New York Knicks are a big city, once you are selected by them, the commercial value and exposure will be greatly improved, and I believe that there will be a lot of contracts coming to you!"

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"According to reliable sources, the Golden State Warriors will select a quality point guard as the core of the team this year to rebuild, and their goal may be to toss between you and Stephen, but their record last year even the second-to-last Knicks in the East have a few more wins than them, you have to be mentally prepared!"

"This year, the Timberwolves will have three picks in the first round, two of which will be cashed out in the top ten, according to the team's predictions, the eighteenth pick will be traded, so Bruce your goal should be the fifth or sixth pick, according to the news, the Timberwolves prefer Rubio in Europe, even if his contract with the parent team has not ended, but they are optimistic about the potential of the Spanish golden boy!"

"So the order in which you and him are in order will determine how important you are in the hearts of the Timberwolves uniforms!"

"Next, it's up to Bruce which one you prefer?" Duffy took a sip of coffee and set his eyes on Li Shihao, waiting for Li Shihao's answer.

Li Shihao stretched out his hand and picked up the plan and took a closer look, his brows couldn't help frowning: "Bill, Stephen, which choice do they prefer?" ”

"I had some communication with Stephen's agent, Austin, and they said they wanted to go to the New York Knicks, but they revealed that the Golden State Warriors would have a very good chance of cutting off the draft and they would have to get Stephen Curry!"

"However, anyone can see their secret intentions, I'm afraid they are more inclined to go to the Golden State Warriors, maybe they have reached a certain agreement with the Golden State Warriors."

"Since Stephen wants to break into the Western Conference with the Golden State Warriors, then Minnesota is my best choice!"

Duffy was stunned and hesitated: "Bruce, Minnesota is a small city, since KG left Boston, the ball market there has been in a state of green and yellow, and your team in the East will be more conducive to your development!" ”

Li Shihao waved his hand, rejected Duffy's kindness, and said with a slight smile: "Bill, I understand what you mean, the overall strength of the west is indeed far stronger than that of the east, but I can also sharpen myself there, how can I grow up without playing against the top team?" And I'm sure Stephen chose the West for the same reasons as me! ”

Duffy smiled and nodded. understands Li Shihao's thoughts, as an agent, it is naturally very good for his players to have a heart that will never admit defeat while having strong strength!

After deciding on a draft team, Duffy flew to Minnesota overnight with his agent team to talk to the Timberwolves.

After a busy period, the 2009 NBA Draft was held at Madison Square Square as scheduled, and media from all over the world gathered the spotlight in the center of the venue to wait for the draft to begin.

Li Shihao's parents died early, and he was raised by his grandfather since he was a child, and after communicating with his grandfather, he decided to attend the draft with head coach Jim and agent Duffy.

When he arrived at the seat of the small green house, Li Shihao was surprised to find that his seat was adjacent to Stephen Curry, and when he saw Curry's cute smiling face, Li Shihao sincerely had an expectation for the future!

Today, he will enter the alliance with Curry, and what awaits them is an unknown fate and choice!

His eyes seemed to have crossed the Madison venue and saw himself still fighting ten years later......