In this way, time passed day by day, and July 18th came in a blink of an eye.
Now the company has been established, the commercial company is called Tomorrow Business Group, and the brokerage company is called Future Sports Brokerage Company.
After getting up, Li Ming browsed today's sports news on his computer.
This is what Li Ming does every morning after he gets up after time travel. After all, it is not so convenient to access the Internet on mobile phones now, so he can only get news information from the computer.
A piece of inconspicuous news came into Li Ming's eyes: Buter signed a two-year contract with the Raptors with an annual salary of US$650,000.
In Li Ming's original world, Buter signed a contract with the Raptors in 2003, but only played a few games and had no room to perform at all.
There is absolutely nothing to say about Daba’s physical fitness, he is top-notch in the Dragon Kingdom.
However, offensive skills, athletic ability and tactical literacy are all lacking. This is also a major weakness of older athletes after coming to the NBA. Their technical movements have matured. Although they are in the highest hall of world basketball, it is difficult to improve.
Li Ming was not idle during the offseason. He read the news at home every day, practiced shooting and ball control, strength and explosiveness, and occasionally had dinner with Zhao Jiou and Yang Jilong to discuss the company's development.
By the way, all the companies that came to me for endorsements were rejected, and the time came to September 30th.
NBA officials announced this year's preseason schedule in August. This year, the Raptors will play a total of seven preseason games. The first game will be against the Washington Wizards at home on October 8.
Li Ming has received the team training notice yesterday, and after breakfast today he will go to the BioSteel Center to participate in the Raptors training camp.
Not long after walking on the road, Nokia's classic ringtone rang. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a call from Zhao Jiou:
"Breaking news, the latest trade, Vince Carter and Yao Ming swap clubs, and Houston also gave the Raptors a 2006 first-round draft pick!"
It seems that Zhao Jiou has assumed the identity of CeO of the agency and is always paying attention to NBA news.
"Okay, I understand. I'm driving the car now. Let's not talk about it for now. I'll get out of the car and take a look later."
As for Yao Yao, he knew about this from the beginning when he came to the Raptors, but he didn't expect that the Raptors would actually trade Carter.
In his original world, Carter has continued to put pressure on the management this year, and the relationship between the two parties has almost reached a freezing point.
By next year, the relationship between the two parties had completely broken down. Carter even revealed his team's counterattack tactics to Ray Allen during a game against the SuperSonics. This directly led to the reduction of Carter's value in the eyes of NBA coaches.
This year, Carter has just recovered from a serious injury, and Houston is actually willing to offer a first-round pick!
It seems that Alexander has not yet fully tasted the money-making experience of the Dragon Kingdom market, otherwise Alexander's stingy character would definitely not agree to this deal.
Driving to the Baique Center, I arrived neither early nor late, just as other Raptors players were arriving one after another.
After entering the court, I first said hello to the new head coach Kevin Anil, and then got familiar with other Raptors players.
There was not much to say. After all, the names of these old black men were longer than the last, and there was no star player yet. Li Ming couldn't figure out who was who.
Besides, it is only the preseason training camp, and the number of people is far more than 15. The final roster will not be determined until the preseason is over.
As soon as the group confrontation training began, Li Ming showed a physical fitness and basketball level that far exceeded other players.
After the 20 people were divided into four groups with different lineups by the coach, they found that no matter which group Li Ming was in, any group could win.
After a day of training, the other players were as tired as dogs, but Li Ming was still lively and energetic, with no symptoms of fatigue at all. Anil silently wrote in his notebook:
The player has abundant physical strength, mature technical movements, outstanding speed and strength, excellent explosive power and court vision. His mid-range shooting and three-point shooting levels are both above the NBA average. He has excellent defensive ability and has no shortcomings. He can be used as a team player. Used by star players.
When I got home, the nanny had already prepared the meal.
Li Ming took out his laptop and browsed NBA news while eating.
Today's trade between Houston and Toronto detonated the entire NBA free market, directly causing many teams to seek better deals.
But Li Ming is worried now, hoping that this transaction will not affect Dayao's performance in the Asian Championships tomorrow.
After all, in his original world, in the 2003 Asian Championships, under the leadership of Dayao, he achieved a perfect record of 8 games and 8 wins and entered the Olympic Games. Especially tomorrow's final against Asiba, which is even more difficult to lose. ah.
Li Ming can tolerate losing to others, but losing to Xiaori and Asiba is absolutely intolerable.
The time came like this on October 5th. On this day, Li Ming arrived at the Baique Center Arena early as usual, but found that there were two people who came earlier than him.
After seeing Li Ming coming, the two big men put down their basketballs and walked towards Li Ming.
"Hello Li Ming, my name is Dayao."
"The offseason is so busy. When I learned that a talented Chinese guard participated in the draft and was selected by the Raptors with the fourth pick, I wanted to come to you, but I didn't expect that it has been delayed until now."
"The main reason is that my agent can't find your mobile phone number, and I can't even call you in advance. But as the saying goes, we are destined to meet you thousands of miles away. I didn't expect that the three of us from the Dragon Kingdom would be here in Toronto. Everyone is gathered together!"
"This is our first meeting. I hope we can find a tacit understanding as soon as possible, show off our Dragon Country basketball players in the NBA, and strive to win a medal at the Athens Olympics next year!"
Dayao showed his trademark smile and said a lot in one breath, and also explained why he did not contact Li Ming in advance.
What is emotional intelligence? This is called emotional intelligence!
And not a word of English was used throughout the whole process, and all communication with Li Ming was in Chinese.
Obviously Dayao saw the report after Li Ming's draft and knew that although Li Ming is of Chinese descent, he still has a heart for the Dragon Country.
"As expected of the future Chairman Yao, you can't do without winning glory for the country. I hope you can use this spirit to make Chinese basketball higher and stronger in the future."
Li Ming said with a smile and hugged Dayao tightly, thinking to himself: It's great to meet you here.
Chinese basketball cannot be changed by just one Yao Yao. There are many unspeakable factors that constrain the development of Chinese basketball, both human and institutional.
However, who can say who is right and who is wrong on the road to development?
Dayao was shocked when he heard this. After all, he is only 23 years old this year!
Li Ming, the future Chairman Yao, directly defeated Yao Ming, Chairman? !
Is the chairman you are talking about the same as the chairman I think of? !
Do you, a foreigner, know what you are talking about? !
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Dayao finally regained his composure:
"Western education is all about humor. I don't even know how to answer your joke. Hahaha, this is a bus. It must be your first time seeing it."
Hearing this, Daba greeted Li Ming angrily:
"Hello, I'm Daba. We need to help each other more in the future."
"That's for sure. I still have to count on the two big brothers to protect me!"
Seeing Dayao's embarrassed look, Li Ming became even happier:
"The city of Toronto can also be said to be the home ground of the Chinese. If you just walk around on the street, one of the four or five people is from the Dragon Country. Now the three of us are on the same team, the Raptors. Now we become the home team of Dragon Kingdom!"
Li Ming glanced at his watch as he spoke:
"No more words, let's start training together. Just like Dayao said, let's work together and strive to win a medal from him in the Olympics next year!"
