"Good fight, rookie!" The old cat Mobley walked up to Yang Long, and a trademark smile showed his big white teeth under his dark complexion, "If you want to gain a foothold in the NBA, you must adapt to the intensity of the NBA confrontation as soon as possible." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Also, you have to throw the ball in when you have defense. ”

The confrontation problem is the point that Yang Long has been focusing on training since he came to the United States, he has grown 5 kilograms of muscle in two years of training, Yang Long thought that his confrontation was already okay, but in the face of players of the level of the old cat, Yang Long's fantasy was ruthlessly crushed.

And the other problem that the old cat said, that is, the shooting ability in the confrontation, Dawson has also pointed out this before, which contributed to Yang Long's defeat in the process of not being negligible. In the NCAA league, the defensive intensity has not reached the level of the NBA, Yang Long can try to get non-interference opportunities, but when he comes to the NBA, Yang Long knows that he can no longer get too many opportunities to shoot without interference, if he wants to make a difference in the NBA, he must ensure that under the NBA's defensive intensity, in the NBA's confrontation intensity, in the NBA's game pressure, shoot and score the ball!

"Got it, thank you, buddy." Yang Long already knows what he wants to do this summer, which is to continue to gain weight, increase confrontation, and then strengthen his ability to shoot under confrontation.

"Okay, you didn't win me, now let's start the physical test!"

The physical test went quite smoothly, after all, Yang Long's physical data in the official draft was real and waterless. Yang Long knew he was going to be a part of Team Rocket.

When the team manager clarified a goal, the NBA team's team execution was reflected, and in just two days, the relevant matters related to Yang Long becoming a member of the Rockets were fully prepared, and Yang Long received the first basketball contract of his basketball career. When Yang Long got the news in his dormitory, Yang Long's eyes moistened in an instant, his childhood dream finally came true, how much effort and sweat were put into this period......

Yang Long's contract is a two-year contract worth $1.5 million of the league's base salary, although it is said to be a base salary, but for Yang Long, who comes from an ordinary family in China, it is not unacceptable. However, to Yang Long's displeasure, the contract is a non-guaranteed contract, and the team has an option to execute it for a second year.

A non-guaranteed contract means that the team can let Yang go at any time when he feels that he has no value, and he does not have to pay the salary of the buyout contract. However, the deadline for this non-guarantee contract is 10 January 2004, and according to the Union's regulations, after 10 January, all non-guaranteed contracts must be converted into guaranteed contracts. And the team has a second-year execution option, which means that if Yang plays well in the first year, then the Rockets can continue to get Yang Long's play in the second year with a base salary, and Yang Long has no right to jump out of the contract.

To put it bluntly, Yang Long's first contract was a paper overlord treaty. And in the early stage of the contract, Yang Long will live like a temporary worker, facing the situation of being fired at any time. Even if Yang Long played well in the first year, he still couldn't get the treatment that matched his strength in the second year.

Money is money, business is business, and for Yang Long, a rookie who has not yet proven himself, the reality cannot be worse.

The only thing Yang Long is glad about now is that he can get a chance to enter the NBA league, and being able to enter the NBA is not a failure to complete his long-term plan.

And Yang Long believes that he belongs to the NBA stage, he believes that he can gain a foothold in the NBA, and all he has to do is to change himself from a temporary worker to a regular employee.

Overall, getting a non-guaranteed contract with the Rockets is good news for Yang Long.

After getting the contract from Team Rocket, Yang Long first called Zhu Ba and told Zhu Ba about his current situation. Yang Long was able to enter the NBA, and Zhu Ba was also happy for him, but only expressed his blessing to Yang Long, and told Yang Long to contact him if he wanted to come back one day. Then Yang Long called his parents and told them the good news, and his parents have been worried about their own affairs in the past few days......

With such a news with different meanings, Yang Long naturally wanted to share it with Wu Shuang. But Yang Long didn't tell Wu Shuang the news as soon as possible, because he wanted to surprise Wu Shuang.

Yang Long picked up Wu Shuang downstairs in the dormitory, and he pretended to be calm and pretended that he hadn't gotten the results from Team Rocket.

Seeing that Yang Long still seems to be depressed, Wu Shuang can't help but worry, in fact, Wu Shuang is worried these days, Wu Shuang clearly knows what it means for Yang Long to be able to enter the NBA, you know, Yang Long regards basketball as a part of his life. "What's going on, is there any news from Team Rocket?"

Seeing Wu Shuang's concerned look, Yang Long almost softened, he didn't want Wu Shuang to worry about himself anymore, but in order to achieve the effect of surprise, Yang Long forced himself to continue pretending: "There is no news yet." ”

"Why?" Wu Shuang has always felt that Yang Long is so good and works so hard, why is no team willing to give him a chance? "So what now? Would you like to contact the other teams? Or why don't you try to contact Da Yao and ask him to help with ventilation? ”

Yang Long almost couldn't hold back his laughter, this Wu Shuang was also sick and rushed to the doctor, and he actually wanted to let Da Yao help him go through the back door again! "Wait a little longer."

"Oh well. Where do we go now? Wu Shuang looked at the time, and now there is still a period of time before eating. Yang Long has been upset these days, they haven't gone out to play for a long time, Yang Long doesn't say anything, Wu Shuang naturally won't have too many requirements.

"Come with me!" Since it was a surprise, of course Yang Long couldn't expose himself too early.

Although he didn't know the destination, Wu Shuang had complete trust in Yang Long.