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Chapter 296 National Team

On June 2010, 6, the second day after the finals ended, the king's championship parade began. A special bus carried the king up and down, as well as the O'Brien Cup, starting from Arco Arena, along the The main street of Sacramento is slowly moving forward, sharing the glory and joy of the championship with all Sacramento citizens.

Although Sacramento is not a big city, with a population of only 50 in the entire urban area, when the king held the championship parade, Sacramento's transportation system was inevitably paralyzed, because people who came to participate in and watch the championship parade, except Sacramento In addition to local fans, there are also a large number of "decades old Kings fans" from the Sacramento metropolitan area, and even some Kings fans from other regions.

It is very normal to like whichever team is good, and whichever team plays well. The rise of each team will attract countless new fans and To restore a large number of "old fans", as for those fans who have two generations of father and son, three generations of grandparents, and even the whole family support a team crazily, they are really a minority of the minority.

When the Kings rose last time, they relied on their gorgeous style of play and beautiful basketball to attract countless fans. Since the beginning of the new millennium, Arco Arena has been one of the arenas with the highest attendance rate in the entire NBA for six consecutive seasons. one.

And with the joining of Yan Hua, after the King re-entered the ranks of the powerful, those fans who had just lost their fans returned to the King's side again, and Yan Hua's special status also attracted a large number of Chinese fans to the King , so although the size of the city where the king is located is not large, after the king won the championship, the king also successfully became one of the most popular teams.

Among the huge crowd, the bus carrying the O'Brien Cup went from morning to evening before going around the main streets of Sacramento and successfully returning to the Arco Arena.

After the championship parade was over, the king and his subordinates all disbanded, and went back to their respective homes, where they should go on vacation, and go to the place where they should spend their days and drinks.

However, the end of the finals does not mean the end for the King's management and the King's coaching staff, but a new beginning.

Because ten days later, the annual draft will begin. Although this year is a small draft year, the Kings only have one first-round pick, No. 27, and two dispensable second picks. The lottery, but the transactions around the draft are the highlight. Any team with ambitions and plans hopes to get a share of these transactions. As the defending champion king, naturally No exception.

In addition to the draft, the king's reinforcement and contract renewal during the offseason are also very important things. The king's third master John Salmons, the sixth man Andris Nosinho, Tony - Allen, Sergio Rodriguez, Benno Udri, the contracts of these players will all expire after the end of this season, and the contract renewal work of these players alone is already a big issue. Works out.

So after the Kings won the championship, Geoff Petrie, the general manager, and Reggie Toyes, the head coach, not only failed to usher in a leisurely vacation, but had to work overtime to complete these big projects .

And Yan Hua, who has a lot of sponsorship contracts, is not having a good time now. On the second day after the finals, Yan Hua's management team arranged Yan Hua's itinerary for the next month. Yes, McDonald's summer training camp, Adidas fan meeting and tour promotion, as well as the filming of commercials for Pepsi, Apple and other companies, the itinerary of commercial activities is even more intensive than the regular season.

After finishing the commercial promotion in the United States, Yan Hua will return to China to participate in the shooting of some commercials, and after finishing all commercial activities, Yan Hua will go to the national team to report and follow the Kings to the Men's Basketball World Championships held in Turkey Sai, it can be said that this summer, Yan Hua basically has no rest time.

Although after Yan Hua was selected by the king, there was a lot of calls for Yan Hua to be recruited into the national team, but the Hua Guo Basketball Association has never made any moves. Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian are basically enough to face the American men's basketball team, and there is no room for Yan Hua to be recruited into the national team. It's not suitable to be a substitute. The national team only has a few places, one carrot and one hole. When Yan Hua comes, others will leave.

There is another point, which is also very important, that Yan Hua was born in Ye Luzi and has no backing behind him. It is not so easy to enter the national team.

However, as Yan Hua became more and more successful in the NBA, the call for Yan Hua to be recruited into the national team became more and more loud. After Yao Ming was injured, the Huaguo men's basketball team fell into a leaderless state. This time, they went to Turkey However, Yao Ming was still unable to participate, so under the voice of the masses and Yao Ming's strong recommendation, the Chinese National Basketball Association finally decided to call Yan Hua into the national team and participate in the Turkey World Championships with the team.

Although before returning to China, Yan Hua had agreed to be recruited by the Basketball Association to participate in the Turkey World Championships with the team, but because he had to go home to visit relatives, and there were some business activities that he had to participate in, Yan Hua had to wait until the national team. About 20 days before the expedition, we can rush to join the national team.

After Yao Ming's generation grew up, mainly after Yao Ming grew up, the Huaguo men's basketball team ushered in an unprecedented peak, and entered the quarterfinals in two consecutive Olympic Games.

However, after Yao Ming, who was the backbone of the national team, was injured and retired, the performance of the Huaguo men's basketball team began to decline like a cliff. There was no leader in the group. In this case, the Huaguo men's basketball team's status as the hegemony in Asia is beginning to be in jeopardy, not to mention the upcoming World Championships.

After Yao Ming's injuries recurred and he was determined not to be able to catch up with the World Championships in Turkey, Yan Hua became the only life-saving straw in the eyes of the Hua Guo men's basketball team. Therefore, even when the Hua Guo Basketball Association recruited Yan Hua, Yan Hua's The manager, Bill Duffy, who is also Yao Ming's manager, proposed to the Chinese National Basketball Association that in addition to important games such as the Olympics and the World Championships, other commercial games, warm-up matches, and even the Asian Cup games should be strictly controlled. Huadu is not required to participate. After this seemingly difficult condition, the Hua National Basketball Association agreed to it.

The reason why Yao Ming gets injured frequently is that apart from the main factor of gaining weight, not getting enough rest during the offseason, and having to participate in all kinds of nonsense games is also a very important reason, so as Yao Ming and Yan Hua Bill Duffy, the agent, naturally didn't want Yao Ming's lesson to happen to Yan Hua, so after Yao Ming recommended Yan Hua to the Basketball Association to replace him, Bill Duffy took advantage of the opportunity to bargain with the Hua National Basketball Association .

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