Half an hour later, Jordan finally stopped and got down to business: "I don't know if you remember, I invited you to join the Los Angeles California Nation half a year ago, and you turned me down at that time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Now, I hope you guys will think again. ”

"Huh?" Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji looked at Xiao Li.

Xiaoli said: "I specially invited Jordan to come to China this time for your business, I think you should consider it." He explained, "The strength of the two of you has surpassed your peers by too much, and this year you have also won the Guangxi championship, and now you have even won the southern championship, your wish has been achieved, I think you should think more about the future at this time." ”

"Future?" Sima Shenji was stunned.

"What do you mean?" Li Changgeng frowned slightly and looked at Xiaoli.

"I mean." Xiaoli said, "You are all geniuses, God has endowed you with outstanding talents, and they should not be wasted." I think you should go to the United States, where there is a broader stage, a more relaxed environment. You can play in the national league first, and with your strength, it should be easy to get a basketball scholarship to a certain university, and then play NCAA when the time comes, and then use NCAA as a springboard to participate in the draft and enter the NBA. ”

"Of course, this is the ideal plan, but I believe you have what it takes." Xiaoli said very seriously.

After listening, Li Changgeng looked at Sima Shenji, and the two looked at each other, both of them were a little undecided.

Seeing that the two of them were hesitating, Xiaoli frowned, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, saying that if it was someone else, she would have happily agreed, you are good, and you are still hesitating. "This is the best path and the easiest path to success," he said in a deep voice. Don't you want to be in the NBA? ”

"Yes." This time, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji did not hesitate, and said in unison.

"Then what are you hesitating about?" Xiaoli was unhappy, "You know, if you have been in China, it is difficult to enter the NBA through the draft. Even if you can be selected, most of the picks are not high, and it is too difficult to enter the NBA with a low pick. ”

Speaking, Xiaoli also sighed: "For so many years, there are so many of us Chinese who have entered the NBA, and they may be famous, and Yao Ming is the only one, why?" Yao Ming's own strength is one reason, but it is undeniable that his status as a champion is also a reason. It is precisely because he is the champion and there are countless people staring at him that he can get enough playing time and have more opportunities to prove himself. ”

"Think about it, if it's a low-post show, or even a second-round pick, how much playing time can you get when you get into the NBA?"

"I can't even guarantee playing time, and if I sit on the bench for a long time, how can I talk about performance?" Xiaoli persuaded earnestly, "This is not my opinion alone, Director Zhang Weiping also thinks that you should go to the United States at this time, and it will be better to develop there." ”

Li Changgeng was taken aback: "Even Teacher Zhang thinks so?" ”

"Yes." Xiaoli nodded, "What I said above is what Teacher Zhang said." ”

In fact, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji also know that going to the United States, playing NCAA, and then using NCAA as a springboard to participate in the NBA draft is the best way to enter the NBA.

After all, the NCAA is known as the NBA's talent pool, and almost half of the rookies in the NBA draft every year come from the NCAA, which is a clear proof of this.

It's just that they all have their own concerns, and going to the United States at this time is an extremely difficult choice for them.

Jordan stared at Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, waiting for their answers.

Xiaoli also stared at them, and seeing that the two were still wandering, his heart moved, and said, "Are you thinking that you will make a decision after winning the national championship?" ”

The two were shocked, and Sima Shenji said: "Yes, although we won the provincial championship and the southern championship, we want to win the national championship even more." If I win a national championship this year, I'll go to the United States, and then I won't have any regrets. After speaking, he looked at Jordan, motioned for Xiaoli to help translate, and told Jordan that he had his own pursuits and dreams.

Xiao Li didn't rush to translate, but shook her head and said, "Sima Shenji, I personally think that it will be difficult for you to win the national championship this year." ”

"Why?" Sima Shenji said urgently.

Li Changgeng also raised his head and looked at Xiaoli, not knowing why he said this.

Facing the eyes of the two, Xiao Li explained: "After watching so many of your games in Hongcheng, I found a problem. That is, you Hongcheng lacks background, the depth of the lineup is not enough, except for the two of you, everyone else is relatively average. ”

Xiaoli is a professional who has studied basketball for most of her life, although she has never been a player or a coach, but she still has vision. After watching the game in Hongcheng at the airport, he was keenly aware of Hongcheng's problems, and his background was not enough.

Why is it said that the foundation is not enough, not the strength is not enough?

That's because strength and heritage are different concepts, you said that Hongcheng's strength is not enough, but with Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, he can win the championship in the southern region, which is not called strength? But the background is different, if you want to say that Hongcheng has enough heritage, then every player must have a certain level. But the reality is that Hongcheng Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji are outstanding, while others are a little average.

"Isn't it?" Li Changgeng retorted, "Nongguang is not ordinary. ”

Xiaoli nodded, shook her head again, and said: "I admit that Nongguang is a very good seedling, with very good physical fitness, and can even compare with those blacks in the United States, with the potential of a super center." But don't forget, how long has he only been in basketball? He was still too immature. ”

Li Changgeng can't refute this, Nongguang is not him, there is no Xiaoer, and his growth rate is much slower.

At present, Nongguang is indeed a little immature, and when he encounters some people with poor physical fitness, he can play well, but when he encounters those with strong physical fitness, he can often only do hard work, defend and grab rebounds, and it is difficult to make achievements in offense.

"If it takes another two years, Nongguang should be able to support the beam, but not yet." Xiaoli analyzed, "Nongguang can't do it, and neither can others. Behind is the National Challenge, your opponent will be stronger, Hong Cheng can only rely on you and Sima Shenji. ”

"With the strength of you and Sima Shenji, you may be able to support Hongcheng and bring it to the finals."

"However, when it comes to the finals, it will be a best-of-five format, and the other party will have enough time to get a thorough understanding of your Hongcheng. In that case, the depth of your Hongcheng lineup is not enough, and the weakness of relying too much on you and Sima Shenji will become a weakness and a fatal wound. ”

"I'm not alarmist, the team that can reach the national finals is by no means weak, and the opponent's background is definitely stronger than yours. Because the other party does not have you Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, the other players will naturally be stronger and have a deeper lineup, otherwise where can they reach the finals? ”

"At that time, it will be difficult for you and Sima Shenji to compete with each other, so I think it will be difficult for you Hongcheng to win the championship."

After a pause, Xiaoli said again: "Wake up, the championship is not so easy to win, and you can't win the championship without a certain background." And the heritage, you can't talk about it at all if you don't have a few years of accumulation, so don't be too obsessed with the championship. ”

"You are still young, you have to know how to make trade-offs, don't delay yourself for a national championship, and look a little bigger. If you miss out on a national league championship, maybe you will be able to win an NBA championship in the future, which is more important, do you need to say more? ”

These words exploded in the minds of Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji like thunder, and the two of them were stunned all of a sudden.

After a while, the two came back to their senses and looked at each other, both wanting to find something to refute Xiaoli, but after thinking about it carefully, they could only sigh.

It is irrefutable, this is true.

"So, is there any solution to this problem? For example, a tactical adjustment? Li Changgeng asked without giving up.

"No way." Xiaoli shook her head, "This is a matter of strength, not tactics, and it is not an overnight matter to solve it." ”

Li Changgeng was depressed, and Sima Shenji was the same.

"You guys think about it, I don't mean I want you to give me an answer right away, just reply to me after the national league is over." Xiaoli said, "I just want you to know clearly, don't be obsessed with the national championship, do you understand?" ”

"Hmm."

"Understood." The two nodded.

Next, Xiaoli told Jordan in English that Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji needed to play in the National Basketball League, and they would reply to him immediately after the game.

Jordan happily agreed, and very dedicatedly took out the materials that had been prepared a long time ago, gave Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji a copy, and told them that if they joined Los Angeles and California National, they could get a full scholarship, and their lives would be ......

Anyway, it was a series of matters, and it took a full twenty minutes to finish, and a few people got up, and Xiaoli went over to settle the bill, ready to leave.

Walking to the door of the hotel, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji waved goodbye to Xiaoli and Jordan, and when they got into the taxi, Li Changgeng said, "Let's go too." ”

"Wait a minute." Sima Shenji walked to the side, "Don't be busy, let's talk for a while." ”

"Okay." Li Changgeng nodded in agreement, knowing that Sima Shenji was going to talk about going abroad.

Next to the hotel is a garden, not too big, but at this time it is almost ten o'clock, there are no people, very quiet.

Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji walked side by side, and Sima Shenji suddenly said: "I want to go to the United States a little, but I am reluctant?" ”

"Reluctantly?"

"Yes." Sima Shenji said, "I can't bear these brothers. ”

"Alas......" Li Changgeng sighed and said, "I can't bear it, I have grown up so old and only played with the city team for the past two years before leaving the city." You said that if you really went to the United States, you are not familiar with the place, and to be honest, you may not be used to it. ”

"It's just that I can't get used to it." Sima Shenji spread his hands and said with a wry smile.

"Alright, let's go back." Li Changgeng laughed.

After discussing, the two called a taxi and rushed back to the hotel.

When the two returned to the hotel, it was already past ten o'clock, and the celebration banquet in Hongcheng had already ended, so the two went directly back to the room to rest, just waiting to rush back to the city tomorrow.

......

The next day, the people of Hongcheng prepared to rush back to the city.

But a group of people were stopped as soon as they left the door of the hotel, and there were more than one person, there were several groups of people.

"What?" Tao Ran took a step forward and looked at the other party coldly.

"Alas, Tao Ran, don't be nervous, we're not bad people." A middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure and a height of no more than 1.7 meters said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Amu pursed his lips and retorted, "That's what most bad people say. Immediately, the middle-aged fat man was embarrassed for a while, and his face turned red.

Fortunately, there was still a fierce spirit next to him, and he even took out his own documents, and everyone in Hongcheng realized that these people were actually representatives of several CBA teams.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I overreacted a little just now." Tao Ran smiled and said, "By the way, what are you?" ”

"Hey, that's the case......" The middle-aged fat man quickly said the matter.

Only then did everyone understand that they were very optimistic about Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and wanted to talk to the two of them, but last night because there was a celebration banquet in Hongcheng, they were not easy to come to the door. Originally, several people also called Tao Ran to make an appointment, but Tao Ran's mobile phone ran out of battery and turned off.

As a result, several people had no choice but to block the door of the hotel early in the morning, waiting for everyone in Hongcheng.

Of course, the fat man's original words were not like this, his original words were: "I wanted to call Tao Ran last night to make an appointment, but I didn't get through." Later, I thought that if we were going to meet anyway, it would be better to come early in the morning, and it would seem that I was not sincere at all. ”

This is the art of speaking, although the truth is that I have to come here so early, I am afraid that Hongcheng will leave early in the morning. But when the words come to other people's mouths, they are different, they make people feel comfortable when they listen to them, and everyone is so sincere, you can't be hypocritical, right?

Saying this will also provide a good foundation for the rest of the conversation.

figured out the intentions of several people, Tao Ran couldn't help but be surprised, Lu Feng, Nong Guang and others were also surprised, I couldn't help it, this is a CBA team coming to the door, sure enough, people can't be compared, we are still fighting for the special recruitment quota of the university, and people will have the opportunity to enter the CBA and become professional players.

"Li Changgeng, Sima Shenji." Tao Ran thought about it, but still felt that he should hand it over to Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji by himself, so he looked at the two of them, "People are here to find you, what are you still shrinking for." ”

"Let's talk about it and give you ten minutes." After Tao Ran finished speaking, he took the others on the bus.

Hongcheng was going back to the city in a hurry, and several CBA team representatives couldn't say anything, so they could only hurry up when they saw this, everyone introduced themselves first, and then sent out their own invitations. The way is different, some people invite verbally, some people in writing, and some people just express an intention.

However, what they want to say is the same, that is, they are very optimistic about Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and hope that the two can join the xx team.

"How?" Several people looked at Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji.

Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji glanced at each other, and Sima Shenji said politely: "I thank you very much for your kindness, and thank you for your invitation." However, I'm still a national student, not yet 19 years old, and I don't want to play in the professional league so soon, so I can only be sorry. ”

"It's a pity." A few people were a little surprised, but they didn't do much to keep it.

In fact, although they fancy Sima Shenji, many people want to get Li Changgeng more, after all, they only watched one game and don't know much about Sima Shenji, they only think that there are many young players like him, so although it is a pity to be rejected by Sima Shenji, they don't care.

Several people looked at Li Changgeng, added a few benefits to Li Changgeng, and made a series of guarantees, which were bound to Li Changgeng.

"I'm sorry." To their surprise, Li Changgeng just said politely, "I'm the same, I'm still young now, and I don't want to enter the professional team for the time being." ”

"What?" The middle-aged fat man's eyes widened.

"Isn't it, we have such a good treatment, as long as you join us, the starting salary is 200,000 per year, and you won't think about it anymore?" The other also hurriedly said.

Several people are a little confused, this is entering the CBA, and it is a formal contract, not a temporary worker, and some people are unwilling?

At least in China, for a young player, being able to enter the CBA, or to be able to enter the CBA earlier, is an incomparably huge honor and a great opportunity. Because entering the CBA, you can not only make a lot of money, but also make yourself famous, and if you have that strength, you can even use it as a foundation to launch an impact on the NBA full of legends.

For example, Yao Ming, for example, Yi Jianlian, for example, roughly...... These players all entered the CBA first, because their abilities were particularly outstanding, attracting the attention of the NBA, and finally successfully participated in the draft and entered the NBA.

Therefore, for any young person of the same age as Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, being able to get an invitation to a certain CBA club is something that can wake up with a smile from a dream.

But it was such a good thing, but it was rejected by Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji without hesitation.

Yes, just without hesitation.

Several representatives of the CBA team are all old and sophisticated people, although Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji have a short period of consideration, but from their performance and tone, several people can judge that the two did not hesitate at all. The reason why I think about it is that eighty percent is also thinking about how to refuse.

Seeing that several people were a little stunned, Li Changgeng was secretly amused, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, my teammates are still waiting for us", and then pulled Sima Shenji and fled quickly.

When Hongcheng's bus drove away, several representatives of the CBA team were still a little unable to adjust, and their faces were depressed, they were actually rejected, it was really ......

......

On the bus, Tao Ran asked Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and after getting the answers from the two, Tao Ran smiled and nodded: "I'm glad that you weren't carried away by the sudden surprise, being able to enter the CBA is a temptation for many people, but it's different for you." ”

"You are so outstanding, the future can be broader, you can also have higher achievements, you should not be limited by a contract that is signed for several years. The most important thing for you at this time is to improve yourself, not to earn money. Tao Ran said earnestly, he was completely well-intentioned when he told the two of them, not to keep the two of them in Hongcheng.

In fact, Tao Ran has long said that as long as the two of them want to leave, no matter who they are, they can do it at any time.

But there is one point, he Tao Ran is still the coach of the two, in other words, the teacher, a teacher for one day and a father for life, this is a bit excessive, but in Tao Ran's opinion, since he is the coach of the two, he must make some plans for the future of the two.

After all, in his opinion, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji are still young, and they can't see through many things, and they can't figure it out, so he can't ignore it at this time.

For example, this invitation from those teams, no matter what the two think, Tao Ran will never let them go.

Not for himself, not for Hong Cheng, but for Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, it is not difficult to see from Tao Ran's eyes that entering the professional team too early and participating in the commercial league will not be beneficial to the growth of the two, it will only be harmful.

After all, it is a commercial league, since it is a "business", there will be entanglements of interests, if you are not a particularly firm person, once you enter that circle, it will be difficult to maintain your original love for basketball, and it will be difficult to be selfless and fearless and concentrate on playing.

Along the way, Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji were chatting with Tao Ran.

For so long, although we met almost every day, chats like this were rare.

And through the conversation with the two, Tao Ran suddenly realized that the two best disciples under him were actually mature enough. They know what they want, they know what to do, and they know to consult with each other, and that's maturity, and that's a good thing.

During the conversation, Li Changgeng also mentioned Hongcheng's weakness today, that is, the problem of insufficient foundation.

Hearing this, Tao Ran's face changed, and he sighed after a while: "Actually, I have realized it a long time ago, but there is no way to change it." It's not something that happens overnight, especially for us, because we're still a young team after all. ”

"yes." Li Changgeng nodded hurriedly and explained the method from Xiao Er.

"This way...... Difficult! Tao Ran fell into deep thought, and didn't speak, but the expression on his face changed, frowning for a while, and grinning for a while.

After half a sound, Tao Ran let out a sigh, looked at Li Changgeng and them seriously, and said, "If you really fight according to this tactic, then the risk must be very great." Almost all of the ball will be in the hands of both of you, and the pressure will be the same. On the one hand, I'm worried about whether you can resist it, and on the other hand, I think it's too risky, and the other side won't let us do it so easily. ”

On this issue, Tao Ran also has his own considerations, he still wants to play steadily, even if he can't win the championship this year, he admits it.

However, Li Changgeng told Xiaoli and Jordan again about meeting Xiaoli and Jordan today, and also said his thoughts.

At this moment, Tao Ran fell into contemplation again.