Chapter 15: An Invitation from the United States (11th Update)

Zhang Guan's participation in the men's basketball team shocked everyone's attention.

"The Zhang Guan in the 19-member training list of the Basketball Association turned out to be Zhang Guan! How is this possible? Nine times out of ten, it's a media hype! ”

"Yes, this group of unscrupulous media, in order to attract people's attention, must be making up false news. Wait, the Basketball Association will definitely refute the rumors soon."

However, as time went by, the men's basketball team gathering on March 8 was getting closer and closer, and the Basketball Association did not come out to refute the rumors, and Younas did not come out to refute the rumors, as if he did not see the fans' discussions at all.

"Could it be that Zhang Guan on the training list is really Zhang Guan?" A lot of people already believe this.

At this time, a relatively familiar media finally interviewed Zhang Guan's agent team champion team, and the champion team also confirmed that Zhang Guan in the Basketball Association's training list was indeed Zhang Guan himself.

However, the turmoil did not subside, and when some fans calmed down, all kinds of doubts followed.

"Zhang Guan is not a basketball player, why can he enter the national team!"

"There are so many basketball players in our country, but none of them have entered the national team, why do we have to choose Zhang Guan?"

"Zhang Guan has no experience in the game, but he can enter the national team, there must be a shady scene in this!"

"Don't we have anyone in the CBA league anymore? Want to put track and field athletes on top? ”

"Zhang Guan must have entered the national team through the back door!"

For domestic fans, especially senior fans, it is absolutely unacceptable to let Zhang Guan, a non-basketball player, enter the national team. Even though Zhang Guan is very famous, even if Zhang Guan has achieved world-renowned results, he is not a basketball player.

Fans all hope that the men's basketball team can achieve good results in the Olympic Games, of course, they hope that everyone in the national team is a strong player, and the men's basketball team has indeed not been transparent enough in terms of selection over the years, and it is normal that it cannot gain the trust of fans and anything.

At the same time, many fans are also very assertive, such as during the game. There are often fans who think that the coach's arrangement is not good, that so-and-so players on the field are not good, so-and-so should be off, so-and-so should play, and should play some tactics, and when it comes to reasoning, they feel that they are better than the coach. This kind of fan, you can't reason with him for a year, they will only insist on agreeing with their own views, and the players will not show good results. I can't conquer them.

In addition, many domestic stars are also very unconvinced by this result, they have worked hard for more than ten years but can't enter the national team, Zhang Guan, a person who has never played basketball for even a day, has entered the national team's 19-person training squad, how can it not make people jealous?

Shortly after the end of the 2004 Olympic Games, the national team announced a reserve list of more than 50 people for the 2008 Olympic men's basketball team. This year, there are only 19 people left in the list, and in this list, such as Da Yao, UAE, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Liu Wei and several others, the positions are basically fixed. In other words, there are very few places for six other players, and so many domestic players compete for these places, which was originally a matter of breaking the head, and now Zhang Guan is still letting one go. Of course, it is impossible for the other players to balance psychologically.

In fact, the most important thing is that Zhang Guan did not achieve results in basketball. Just like when Zhang Guan first appeared on the tennis court at the beginning of last year, foreigners also questioned the shady situation of the Australian Open organizers, and also said that Zhang Guan was a "backdoor player". However, when Zhang Guan made a result, the wind direction of public opinion also changed, especially at the Wimbledon Tennis Open and the US Open, and the voices supporting Zhang Guan's victory even accounted for more numbers.

The same is true now, Zhang Guan has never achieved good results in basketball, and of course everyone is questioning Zhang Guan.

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Zhuge Wenbo handed a few newspapers to Zhang Guan, and said at the same time: "Public opinion is very unfavorable to us!" At first, you were piggybacking on the Spray Basketball Association, but now you're almost the main target of this spray. ”

Zhang Guan took over the newspaper, and the first newspaper report was full of conspiracy theories.

"Zhang Guan has been designated as the national flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games":

"According to traditional practice, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in previous years, the flag bearer of the national team is a basketball player, but in this year's Olympic Games, the national team obviously hopes that Zhang Guan will be the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but the problem is that Zhang Guan is not a member of the men's basketball team. In order to make Zhang Guan the flag bearer of the opening ceremony, without breaking the tradition, recruiting Zhang Guan into the men's basketball team and making him a part of the men's basketball team is a happy choice. However, if you do this, I am afraid that there will be an excellent basketball player who will not be able to enter the Olympic Games, and I don't know if the lack of one person will have any impact on Coach Younas! ”

Zhang Guan looked at the report with a strange expression, and then said: "This reporter can really figure it out, I admire his imagination a little!" ”

"There are many more similar speculations, and they are all later, and I have already marked them for you." Zhuge Wenbo pointed to the newspaper, and at this moment, Zhuge Wenbo's mobile phone rang.

"It's from the United States, I'll pick it up." Zhuge Wenbo stepped aside and picked up his phone.

After a while, Zhuge Wenbo walked back and said to Zhang Guan: "A former colleague of mine called Johnson. He is now a mid-level member of CAA in the United States, and the purpose of calling is for you. ”

"For me? What is this American going to do? Zhang Guan asked.

"Johnson saw the news that you were going to play basketball in the U.S., so I wanted to ask if you would be interested in participating in this year's NBA draft." Zhuge Wenbo continued: "CAA knew that I was your agent, so Johnson called me directly. ”

"What? Putting me in the NBA Draft? That's whimsical, isn't it? Zhang Guan said in surprise.

"Americans have always been whimsical. And this matter is also good for a top brokerage company like CAA. Zhuge Wenbo said.

"What's the benefit?" Zhang Guan immediately asked.

"For the Chinese market, CAA is very competitive in the domestic market in the United States, they are eager to seek new markets, the European market is obviously mature, CAA may not be able to make much profit after entering, so they need to look for emerging markets. And where are the world's largest emerging markets? Zhuge Wenbo smiled and continued: "As far as I know, Da Yao brings more than 100 million dollars to Rocket boss Alexander every year in the NBA, so now the entire American sports community values the Chinese market. ”

"What does that have to do with me being in the NBA Draft? I haven't even played a full-fledged basketball game, and I've got to prepare for the Olympics, so there's no way I'm going to try out like any other rookie, and there's no way a team will draft me. Even if I were drafted, I wouldn't actually play in the NBA. Zhang Guan said.

"CAA just wants to use you as a breakthrough, and it doesn't matter if you go to the NBA or not." Zhuge Wenbo continued: "Johnson told me that if you are willing to participate in the NBA draft, they can help you run the operation, at least to ensure that you are selected by a certain team in the second round. ”

"Draft picks work too?" Zhang Guan asked unconvinced.

"Absolutely, a second-round pick is certainly no problem. I think there must be teams that are willing to use a second-round pick to sell CAA for a favor. Zhuge Wenbo continued: "How is it, are you tempted? Why don't you give the NBA draft a try? (To be continued.) )

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