Summer league is probably the least intense of all the games in the NBA.

Of course, this doesn't mean that attention is low.

Because the regular season is over at this point, it's the only game fans can watch during the long offseason.

In particular, Summer League is essentially a stage for rookies to be tested.

Fans have just finished watching their own draft, and then of course they want to see their rookies on the court.

Rookies alone aren't enough to make a team, so it also includes a number of sophomores, undrafted picks, and free agents.

So it's not like "you're a rookie, give you the ball, give me points", it's also a competitive stage.

Xu Yong, along with Johnson and Gibson, went to Chicago first, where he trained with his teammates for more than a week.

The Bulls don't have a sophomore this year, it's basically just the three of them plus some undrafted and free agents, and it's not very strong.

Xu Yong was slightly impressed, there was only one center named Chris Richard, the main center of the University of Florida who won two consecutive championships that year, Noah's teammate, and he also played in the CBA Liaoning team.

This guy is a muscle stick & arm span monster, 2.06 meters tall and 2.20 meters armspan, but other than that, he doesn't have any special features.

As the No. 41 pick in 2007, he only played in the NBA for one year without a ball, and this time he also came to the Bulls to try his luck.

However, such a lineup itself is not based on what record, but on the performance of the three rookies.

It was also during this time that Xu Yong and the three of them signed with the Bulls together.

All three are first-round picks, and they all sign contracts for the same length of time, a league-mandated 2+1+1, full guarantee for the first two years, and standard contracts for the third and fourth years with team options.

Of course, there is a gap in their amounts.

Gibson is 5.5 million in 4 years, Johnson is 7.94 million in 4 years, and Xu Yong is 20.85 million in 4 years.

This is also Xu Yong's first pot of gold in the NBA, although he is far less than he seems.

According to NBA regulations, except for some special contracts that can be received in advance, most of the others are issued on a 24-a-year basis.

Xu Yong's first-year salary is 4.46 million, and after deducting federal taxes (about 40%), state taxes (about 6% in Chicago), league escrow (10%), and broker commission (Schwartz 2%), there is about 1.87 million left.

The salaries were divided into 24 parts, each amounting to about $90,000.

He is still on the list, like Gibson, he got less than 20,000 yuan at a time.

So although several of them entered the NBA and had a basic income, there was still a certain gap between them and "getting rich".

Shortly after signing their contracts, they also confirmed their respective jersey numbers.

The Bulls retired jersey numbers in total: Jerry Sloan's No. 4, Bob Love's No. 10, Jordan's No. 23 and Pippen's No. 33.

Except for these four retired numbers, other numbers can be selected.

Gibson chose the same No. 22 as the university, Johnson also wore the No. 23 at the university, he changed to No. 16, and Xu Yong chose the No. 6 as Zhang Weiping said in the previous interview.

After signing the contract, choosing the numbers, they set off for Las Vegas with the team.

After arriving in Las Vegas, they checked into a local express hotel.

As a result, the hotel is poorly soundproofed, and it is next to a bar and a small casino, and the sound in the middle of the night is like a duet.

No, it should be a trio to be exact.

I don't know which couple upstairs came in the middle of the night, the key is that the window hasn't been closed yet, the cry, you know in Europe and the United States.

And the woman's physical strength is really good, stunned baby Oh Yefarkmi called for an hour.

That's sleeping and not being able to sleep, sleeping and not sleeping well.

When he woke up the next morning, even Xu Yong, who was used to sleeping for short periods of time, had panda eyes.

But it can't be helped, summer league is not strictly an NBA season, which means that its expenses are not reimbursed by the parent team.

A very realistic situation, like the Bobcats this year, they don't have enough money to form a team, the rookies are all stuffed to the Jazz, and the Nets and 76ers are also a team.

In this context, it is already a great benefit to be able to provide accommodation for the players this year, and in previous years, the players had to find their own place to live.

And this is in Las Vegas, every inch of land is expensive, not to mention changing the hotel, the price is not affordable by ordinary players.

As a result, the Bulls and the Pistons, who stayed at the Express Hotel last night, had a battle of iron.

The audience at the game felt sorry for the basket.

The Bulls narrowly defeated the Pistons 58-55.

Xu Yong was the best performer on the Bulls' side and hit a key shot in the final moments, but he only scored 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting.

Although, this is already the highest score in the game.

After the end of the game, Xu Yong immediately went to a nearby retail store to buy more than a dozen pairs of soundproof earplugs, and then gave one to his teammates.

From the happy expressions on the faces of the players, you can see that there is no better gift for this moment.

This wave is called "Human Affection and Sophistication".

But as Xu Yong gave earplugs to his teammates, fans on social media had climaxed.

"Leader? That's it? ”

"Putting aside the fact that the score on the court is low, does Xu Yong's 14 points really deserve to be on the list?"

"Xu Yong is indeed as iron as T-mac, and T-mac."

"Laugh at me, this is the return of most of the teams that the Bulls have sent?"

"Bro, this is summer league, and I'm optimistic that the Grizzlies will get another pick next year!"

……

This group of fans has been waiting here since the draft ended.

Because Xu Yong was very low-key after being selected, social media has not yet been opened, which makes them unable to find a point to vent if they want to.

Now there is finally an entry point, and it is not yet possible to output.

And on the second day of the summer league, the Clippers also made their league debut.

At another arena in Las Vegas, Griffin made a historic debut.

He scored the team's first 7 points, made all eight shots, and finally scored 27 points and 12 rebounds on 11-of-15 shooting, leading the team to a big victory over the city's rival Lakers.

This time, the fans on social media are even more excited.

As a direct result of this, Xu Yong didn't open social media and wouldn't have seen these things, but Johnson had already told him about it on his phone.

Seeing those fans who seemed to be as angry as their girlfriends, Xu Yong frowned for the first time.

It was also the first time he had seen such a battle.

And he unconsciously remembered Yao Ming's experience of scoring 0 points in his debut, when social media was not so developed, but the ridicule of Yao Ming by media people was undisguised, and Barkley's "pro-donkey ass" incident has been circulated to this day.

This is no longer just a matter of being the top spot, those Yankees are used to a high-minded attitude, pointing at you with a magnifying glass, and pointing at you to make a fool of yourself.

Although Xu Yong has been a person for two lifetimes, a nameless anger still rises in his chest at this moment.

He glanced at Johnson, then called Gibson, the two teammates who had been on good terms with him for a short time, and discussed something with them.

Those guys are cheap, aren't they? You like to be slapped in the face, right?

Then he will satisfy them for once!

Of course, there is another important reason why Johnson and Gibson are willing to cooperate with Xu Yong, the head coach of the Bulls summer league, is called Del Harris.

That's right, that is, the "Silver Fox" Harris, who once served as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, is the first assistant coach of the Bulls.

Harris, now 72, had planned to retire this summer, but after this year's draft, he changed his plans and decided to fight for another year.

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It's still the same arena, but the difference is that because sleep is guaranteed, the Bulls' mental outlook is refreshed, and when warming up, Xu Yong also showed off a dunk.

And perhaps because of Xu Yong's first performance of "pulling his hips", there were quite a lot of fans at the scene, and the hall of thousands of people was almost full, and there were many media reporters in the front row.

It turns out that there is no shortage of people in the world who are not afraid of watching the excitement.

As for the media, it's not like there's news material to drill into.

However, what many people didn't expect was that there was also a Bulls player on the scene.

Derek Rose.

Naturally, Ross couldn't have come to see Xu Yong's joke on purpose.

After seeing Rose, Xu Yong was also a little surprised.

You can guess with your toes that Ross is here to support him.

In an instant, Xu Yong's sense of friendship with this former opponent and the future team increased dramatically.

He stepped forward to greet Rose.

Rose was very shy and didn't say much, but after a few brief exchanges, he bumped his shoulder, and then sat down to watch the game intently.

The Bulls' opponent tonight is the Grizzlies.