am i proud?

Chapter 193 Gates is gone, the bus is here

By the end of July, Wang Dalin was recovering from his injury very well, and he was able to carry out some light training.

Of course, it's just light training, such as shooting or dribbling. If you want to increase the training intensity, according to the doctor's estimate, you have to observe it for at least three to four weeks.

In fact, Wang Dalin himself is very aware of his current physical condition.

On the surface, his injury is not a serious problem, but his comprehensive durability is currently only 77, which shows that there is still a great potential for injury. If he barely plays in a high-intensity game like the World Championships, he may be injured again within a few minutes of playing.

Alas... In fact, until this moment, Wang Dalin still thought about being able to compete in the World Championships, but his physical condition did not allow it.

On the morning of August 8, Wang Dalin threw 1 balls in his yard and practiced several sets of dribbling. When he was having breakfast after taking a shower, he suddenly received a call from Dumars.

"Hey Darling, are you free to stop by my office?"

"Joe, it's not that you don't know that I've been recuperating from my injuries during this time, so how could I not be free?"

"That's great, come here quickly, I have a person here, I guarantee you will be surprised when you see him!"

"Hmm... well, I'll be there later!"

After Wang Dalin finished his breakfast, he drove to Dumas' office.

"The bus? Why are you here?"

I have to say that when Wang Dalin walked into Dumas's office and saw that it was Battelle, he was really surprised.

Judging from the time, Bateer should be participating in the closed training camp of the Chinese men's basketball team in Beijing. Why did he suddenly come to Detroit?

"Hehe, why, aren't you happy to see me?" Barter smiled, and gave Wang Dalin a bear hug when he came up, "Dalin, we haven't seen each other for almost a year, don't tell me...I still miss you!"

"Me too!" Wang Dalin said with a smile, "I heard that you were going to the Nuggets last season, but you didn't make it. It looks like you're going to come to our team this year, isn't it?"

Batel laughed and said, "You kid, you're still so smart!"

Dumas said with a smile: "Why are you all standing up? Sit down first. It's too much pressure for you two big guys to stand like this... Darling, let me introduce you. This is Bateer's manager Song-Xia!"

There is another person in the office. This person is about 185 years old. He is very stout and about [-]cm tall. He also seems to have played basketball.

Wang Dalin rolled his eyes directly... what the hell is "Song-Xia", it's obviously Xia Song, okay?

For Xia Song, Wang Dalin, a seasoned fan, is no stranger to him. In addition to being Battelle's agent, he is also Wang Zhizhi's agent. He is one of the early Chinese players who made it to the NBA.

"Brother Xia, hello, I'm Wang Dalin!"

"Hello Dalin, I'm Xia Song!"

They are all compatriots from the same family, and Wang Dalin and Xia Song's greetings are obviously much more casual.

Everyone sat on the sofa, and Dumars smiled and said, "Darling, the Pistons have reached a cooperation agreement with Battelle, and I believe he will definitely be able to help the team's inside offense and defense!"

Wang Dalin nodded and said with a smile: "Big bus, now we are going to be teammates again, so happy!"

Batel also laughed and said, "Dalin, I heard that you are now the leader of the Pistons. You are not allowed to bully me, a rookie, in the new season!"

"Okay, if I don't bully you, how about I let you carry my bag?" Wang Dalin laughed teasingly.

"You brat, well... just carry the bag!" Bateer laughed, "I'll carry the bag for you, and you have to pass me a few more good balls when you're on the court!"

"It's a deal!" Wang Dalin laughed loudly, "When you see Da Da and Dayao, you can help me carry the bag and see if they smile!"

"Hahaha, just laugh!" Bateer laughed, "I've heard about it a long time ago. Probably that kid has carried the bag for that guy Finley for a whole season. This year, Dayao will inevitably carry the bag for Jamison... They want to laugh at me? Who knows who is laughing at whom!"

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Why did Battelle come to the Pistons?

The main reason is that Dumars failed to deal with Gates. That guy and the Chinese Shaanxi men's basketball team seemed to have a real relationship. They got in touch during the offseason. The money offered by Shaanxi was higher than the basic salary of the Pistons, and it was a long-term contract. Of course, Gates was unwilling to stay in Detroit.

Gates was not signed, and Okur was the only center on the bench for the Pistons. Dumars obviously had no idea, so he searched in many ways, hoping to find a center with a cheap and high-quality meat shield.

But these days, there is a shortage of meat shield centers, and there are even fewer cheap and high-quality ones. He searched all over the United States but couldn't find a suitable one.

This is normal. For example, a center like Eric Dampier in the future can earn $7 million in seven years, which is enough to prove how scarce excellent centers are in the league.

在签下那份大合同之前，丹皮尔2003-2004赛季打出了场均12.3分12篮板1.9盖帽……只看数据的话，当时他确实是联盟前几位的中锋了。

Moreover, he has height, tonnage, and good strength. It seems that he really has potential...Not to mention that he can develop in the direction of the peak O'Neal, at least he can be close to Mutombo, right?
But many people know that the Mavericks signed him is really a big loss, because his average points and rebounds have never reached double digits, and the average of 12+12 per game is the peak of his career!

In this way, this guy still shamelessly said that he is the second center in the Western Conference, and he doesn't know who gave him this confidence!
Compared with Gates, Bateer's physical fitness is naturally not much better.

He is 210cm tall and weighs 132KG. His physical strength is at least comparable to that of Gates, but his movement speed is slightly faster than Gates, and he also has a precise mid-range shot. As the team's inside reserve, he must be better than Gates.

In fact, Wang Dalin wanted Dumas to sign Battelle last season, but he just thought that he would be the boss of the Beijing men's basketball team, and he would probably not be willing to come to the United States as a bench player.

Unexpectedly, Battelle contacted the Nuggets last season, but failed to sign a contract (historically he signed a contract, and he also played 27 games on behalf of the Nuggets), so when Dumars was worried about the backup center last time, Wang Dalin raised his mouth aside.

He didn't expect that Dumas really got Battelle here, and he moved so quickly... As expected, he was a member of the "Bad Boys Legion" back then, and he did things cleanly.

After signing Battelle to a two-year, $2 million contract, the Pistons are currently only short of a backup point guard.

But there is no need to worry too much about this matter. It is indeed difficult to find a good tank center in the United States, but it is still easy to find a decent point guard.

After Battelle signed the contract, the Pistons officially announced the news immediately, and now the majority of domestic fans are happy again.

First was Wang Dalin, then Wang Zhizhi, and then Yao Ming became the No. 4 pick in the draft. Now Battelle has landed in the NBA. There will be [-] Chinese players in the NBA in the new season. Can the fans not be happy?

Especially the fans in Beijing were extremely happy. They organized a celebration with thousands of people in the Shougang Basketball Center Gymnasium.
On August 8, Wang Dalin finally returned to China.

It has been more than a year since he left home last time, and he plans to go home to live for a while. Anyway, the Men's Basketball World Championship will not start until August 8, so it is meaningless for him to stay in the United States.

In the past two weeks, he has participated in the filming of another movie called "Reaper 2"!
This is a blockbuster movie, in which Wang Dalin plays a classmate of the heroine... Of course, the fate of tragic death is inevitable.

In fact, Wang Dalin was very happy that he could receive the lunch box within a few minutes after he appeared on the stage, because he would have very few roles in this way, and of course the filming was much faster than others.

Of course, the salary is still good, the same as the last filming of "Little Devil's Shoes", which is 100 million US dollars... Thanks to the big box office success of the first part of "Reaper", the production cost of the second part is quite sufficient.

In addition to making movies, Wang Dalin has also shot commercials for "Tiffany", "Bulgari", "Ford", "Versace" and many other endorsed brands... If it weren't for the uncertainty of the recovery from the injury some time ago, he should have completed the shooting of these commercials long ago.

It was August 8th when these things were over, and Wang Dalin could finally get on the plane back to China...

After traveling for more than [-] hours on the road, I finally returned to Chongqing.

With Wang Dalin's financial support, Mom and Dad opened three more branches in this year, and the business was very good. No wonder they didn't want to fly to Detroit even when the championship parade was so lively.

In this year, apart from supporting more than 1000 million Ruanmei coins for his family's business, Wang Dalin basically bought Kweichow Moutai's stock with all his other money.

Wang Dalin, a dead otaku, basically doesn't know anything about stocks, but he remembers that in the early years, Moutai liquor kept rising as soon as it was listed, and it kept rising.

In his previous life, he knew that there was a "folk stock god" in Shaanxi called Lin Yuan. He has been buying and holding Kweichow Moutai stocks since 2001, and has since accumulated assets of more than 300 billion yuan.

Of course, Lin Yuan definitely does not only hold Moutai stock, but more than half of his personal wealth does come from this stock... The rumor among stockholders that "Moutai can be held for 10 years" is by no means empty talk!
When Wang Dalin bought this stock, it was at the end of August 2001. At that time, the price per share was more than 8 yuan, which had more than doubled in one year.

In his previous life, he had heard that when Dinwiddie signed a contract with the Nets, his wages must be paid in bitcoins. As a result, his real salary is likely to be the highest in the league.

So of course he won't just earn salary and endorsement fees, after earning money, he will definitely use money to make money.

He doesn't know how to do business, and he doesn't know how to buy stocks... Fortunately, he remembers that he can buy Moutai stocks!

Wang Dalin got together with a few high school classmates. In fact, they were also teammates of Wang Dalin's high school team. After winning the national championship together, these friends basically said goodbye to basketball.

In high school, in order to chase their basketball dreams, these basketball teenagers got together, but there are so many people playing basketball in China, how many are really talented?
Not every basketball boy can become Wang Dalin...

But the friends are also doing well, they are all admitted to the university, and in two years, all of them will be undergraduate graduates, and they may even continue to take the postgraduate entrance examination... It is much better than Wang Dalin's high school diploma!
Don't say that Wang Dalin has made a lot of money, he is much better than his little friends... It can only be said that everyone has their own way!

After more than a week at home with his parents, Wang Dalin still boarded the plane to the United States... The World Championships are about to start, and he has to watch the match on the spot.

Starting from Chongqing, he could only fly directly to San Francisco, and then changed planes after arriving in San Francisco. It took Wang Dalin more than [-] hours to return to his home in Detroit.

After a short rest, Wang Dalin and Hamilton flew to Indianapolis together... You can't be the only one watching the game, it's better to have fun alone!

The Chinese team of this year's Men's Basketball World Championships is almost the same as last year's Asian Championships. It can be said that they have sent all the main players except Wang Dalin.

But they did show a lot of problems, especially on the defensive end. Whenever the opponent starts to press the whole court, the Chinese team's defenders always make a lot of mistakes.

首战中国队就以76:88输给了德国队，第二场面对弱旅阿尔及利亚他们总算打出了几分亚洲冠军的风采，以96:82赢下一场，可是第三场对上美国队就输得很彻底了……65:84。

Thanks to one win, the Chinese team finally qualified for the second stage of the group stage, avoiding their successive losses to Argentina, Russia and New Zealand, and completely losing their qualifications to enter the top eight.

In the end, the Chinese team won No.9. This ranking is normal, but the domestic fans must be very dissatisfied... If there is Wang Dalin, there must be more than this ranking!
After the World Championships, none of Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming and Battelle returned home with the team. They went directly to report to their respective teams.

The Pistons team was scheduled to start training on September 9th. Taking advantage of the ten days left, Wang Dalin helped Bateer rent a house not far from the "Palace of Auburn Hills" and bought a lot of daily necessities for him.

Battelle's wife also came to Detroit. Her name is De Ming. She is 10 years older than Battelle. When she married Battelle in 1997, she had a 10-year-old son.

In fact, many people don't understand, as one of the three most outstanding centers in Chinese basketball, why Bateer, who was rich and promising at the beginning, married a woman 10 years older than himself...and a divorced woman?
Batel himself doesn't care about the strange eyes cast on him by the outside world. He and De Ming are very affectionate, and treat the daughter born to De Ming and his ex-husband as his own. The family is harmonious and beautiful, living a very happy life.

This time, De Ming also made a special trip from China to Detroit to take care of Bateer's life.

On the night when De Ming arrived in Detroit, Bateer specially invited Wang Dalin to a banquet at home, and cooked for him the most famous Mongolian delicacy—roasted whole lamb!

Wang Dalin knows why Battelle and De Ming are so in love... Sister-in-law is not only beautiful, but also dignified and generous, and she treats people differently.

Given the hospitality of the host, Wang Dalin of course gave his own gifts to the Battelle couple, which were a limited-edition "Tissot" men's watch and a "Tiffany" diamond necklace... Chinese people pay attention to reciprocity!

At the banquet, Patel took Wang Dalin to drink to his heart's content... Well, I don't know if Pater drank to his heart's content, but Wang Dalin did to his heart's content anyway!

"Speaking of drinking, the entire Chinese men's basketball players together probably can't drink as much as the bus alone"... This sentence was said by Chairman Yao at the beginning, and it is definitely not a nonsense!
There are still children to take care of at home, so De Ming only stayed in Detroit for about a week before returning to China.

During this time, Wang Dalin introduced a housekeeping company to Bateer, and helped him hire a part-time worker for cooking, laundry and cleaning.

Wang Dalin himself hired such a part-time worker, not because he was lazy, but mainly because he wanted to spend more time on training, I believe Bateer thought the same way.

After finally coming to the NBA, no one can just come to earn a two-year minimum salary!
Originally, Battelle would sign with the Spurs this season, and was also selected for the Spurs' playoff roster. He even became the first Chinese player to win an NBA championship ring.

The first player to win a championship ring in this life must be Wang Dalin, and he is very confident about the upcoming 2002-2003 season.

The bus...do you believe me, Wang Dalin, who also takes the ring?
　Thanks to "messy is a pit" and "Rommel0425" for the monthly pass encouragement!After writing a few transitional chapters, the next chapter will start a new season. In this season, just like the name of the third volume, Wang Dalin will soar into the sky. Please look forward to it!Thank you for your support!

　　
　
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