Min Congda asked Fan Chen for more details.
Fan Chen said that he is still confused about how to carry out basketball talent discovery activities.
In China, if we don’t cooperate with the authorities, it will be almost impossible to move forward.
After much deliberation, it seemed that there were only two options: holding training camps to recruit people, and holding challenge matches with high bonuses to attract teams.
But these two methods can be used to lose money, earn money, and advertise YouTube and Clippers.
If we want to seriously discover some basketball talents, it may be even more difficult based on the domestic basketball education foundation.
Seeing Fan Chen in such trouble, Min Congda felt relieved. He emphasized: "You must be self-reliant and don't borrow official resources. If it's hard to find seedlings, you can look for younger children, 13 or 14 years old, from Start training from scratch. I am patient and will train for five or six years. Don’t worry about money, we will invest in the long term.”
Min Congda's idea is that if we recruit young people who have been training for 17 or 8 years old, especially those from provincial teams or national youth teams.
Come to the Clippers for training and packaging. If you really come up with someone who can play in the NBA, you will be in big trouble.
Just look for an ordinary kid who is 13 or 14 years old, or even younger. Even if he has some talent, it will take him five or six years.
He doesn't believe that there are ordinary parents in China who are willing to let their children not go to school for five or six years to play basketball.
Even if there were, I would probably just do it for fun, to exercise and gain knowledge, or to gain a skill that would help me get into college in the future.
Why do you want to play in the NBA? Going to the United States, given the domestic attitude towards sports culture, is very difficult.
Fan Chen said he understood, and he felt that Min Congda was sincerely doing good for Chinese basketball.
It’s not that I came here temporarily to make some money, but I really want to spread the basketball culture.
Fan Chen thought to himself, in this vast country, is there not even a single prospect who can enter the highest hall of basketball?
There must be, but for various reasons, their talents have been buried, and they can only be ordinary people throughout their lives.
It can only be said that a person's destiny must consider not only personal talent and struggle, but also the process of history.
Basketball geniuses like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and James can become superstars in today's environment.
As early as 200 years ago, there must have been black people with long limbs and amazing talents, but basketball had not been invented at that time.
Their talent only allowed them to pick more cotton on the plantation.
Although China's basketball environment is not as good as that of the United States, with the leadership of Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming and others, and the development of the country's overall environment, it is definitely much better than in the past.
In 2010, the domestic economic development had survived the financial crisis in 2008 and was still thriving.
The whole society is full of confidence in the future. After the 2008 Olympic Games, national self-confidence has been unprecedentedly high, and the overall atmosphere is open.
In this social environment, Fan Chen feels that as long as he works hard, he will be able to find the next Chinese player to enter the NBA.
Even if there is only one, it is victory.
By then, the course of history will have changed.
Changed because of Min Congda's decision.
Thinking of this, Fan Chen couldn't help but feel passionate.
He has always been a relatively cold person, and few things can disturb his mood.
That night, he suffered from insomnia. It was the first time in his life that he had insomnia, because of a man.
Fan Chen is definitely not the only one who has insomnia tonight, there are also two people involved in the transaction vortex - James Harden and Eric Gordon.
The NBA-Batman account was the first to break the news about the deal, instantly igniting public opinion.
The media called the Clippers and Thunder for confirmation. After getting a positive answer, major media began to forward it and discuss it a lot.
This is the first transaction that occurred during this offseason. It was a warm-up before the free market opened in July.
Of course, the Clippers media and fans don't understand why Gordon, who played very well last season, was traded.
Gordon, who averaged 15 points per game and had excellent performance on the defensive end, was replaced by Harden, who averaged only 9.9 points per game and felt inferior in all aspects.
Some Clippers fans have written to Clippers officials asking why Gordon was traded.
The reporter contacted Richele, hoping to get some news and revelations from him.
But Richele knew nothing about the deal and could only respond: "I only found out about the deal after reading Twitter. I'm sorry. You guys should go watch NBA-Batman."
The NBA-Batman account is in the limelight again this time. Now not only fans and players, but also coaches and management have begun to pay attention to this account.
The speed of sending news is fast and accurate, and there are always some little gossips to adjust the atmosphere, which is much more fun than those serious sports media.
Soon Gordon also made comments on social media, saying that he was confused as to why he was traded and felt sad.
The same goes for Harden on the opposite side. He was having a good time in the Thunder and was quite comfortable. Why was he traded away after just one season?
It doesn't matter that Bledsoe is the only one. He hasn't gone anywhere anyway. He will play wherever he is sent.
In short, before July 1, the transaction between the Thunder and the Clippers became the focus.
In order to give fans an explanation and divert their attention, Min Congda sent another tweet:
"It is rumored that Smart Min met Harden in a Dallas nightclub during the 2010 All-Star Game, and Smart Min privately recruited Harden."
As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of league president Stern.
The league office immediately issued a statement saying that it would investigate the matter and if Smart indeed committed recruitment violations, he would be fined.
Min Congda was overjoyed when he saw the news. He actively cooperated with the alliance's investigation and even personally sent someone to the airport to pick up the investigators from New York.
Unexpectedly, he was traveling with his good friend Arnold Lanci.
Lan Qi found an opportunity to talk to Min Congda alone. He revealed to Min Congda: "The league may want to arrest you as a model, and the fine may reach up to 500,000 US dollars."
Min Congda's eyes widened when he heard that, $500,000, then he was really rich!
This unexpected gain must not be lost. It is no longer possible for Stern to not punish me. I must be punished.
When the time comes for the investigation, I will definitely tell the truth, and I will say whatever I should and should not say.
Lan Qi thought Min Congda was worried and comforted him: "However, this transaction will not be affected. The alliance has approved it."
He didn't particularly care about trading Min Congda. He just wanted the league to issue him a fine as soon as possible.
"Also, this public opinion incident will pass soon. July 1 is coming soon, and that's when the real public opinion storm will come."
Min Congda agreed that this year's free market is where the storm will come, but the Clippers were already on vacation by then.
The two kept chatting, and Lan Qi suddenly asked Min Congda: "Smart, which team do you think LeBron James will go to?"
Min Congda shook his head. He thought James would be fine as long as he didn't come to the Clippers.
However, the memories before time travel in his mind were mobilized, because James is one of the NBA figures that he rarely knew in the past.
He vaguely remembered that a major event related to James did happen in the summer of 2010. At that time, many classmates watching basketball were discussing it.
He couldn't remember exactly what it was, but it probably had something to do with where James was going. He just remembered something about "Talent taken to the South Coast."
At that time, many people were saying this, but they didn’t know what it meant. It seemed like a mockery?
"South Coast, South Coast? Hey Ranch, what's the South Coast of the United States?"
"South Coast? The South Coast is Florida, where Miami and Orlando are."
Min Congda suddenly understood where James had gone.
(End of chapter)
