I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 197 Men's Basketball Future Plan, 02 Draft! (big chapter)

"Warmly welcome the famous male basketball player He Li back to China!"

"Welcome welcome, warm welcome!"

"He Li, may I ask He Li for an interview? Are you willing to join the national team to play for the country and lead the Chinese men's basketball team to the World Championships?"

"Mr. He Li, this way, this way please."

As soon as He Li got off the plane, he encountered a big scene where a group of fans came to pick him up.

Among them, journalists are naturally indispensable, and there are also some officials and dignitaries.

There is no doubt that He Li is the focus of Pudong Airport at the moment.

"Should I be interviewed? Will it cause trouble for airport work?"

He Li asked the liaison officer on the side, expressing that he was willing to abide by the rules and was not good at making opinions.

When he was in the United States before, He Li asked his agent Jeff Austin to drag the domestic "trouble".

Now that I'm back in China, at least on the surface, I have to be more obedient.

Of course, when it comes to his own interests, He Li can still pull out his agent and let him talk.

After all, sometimes, Americans are more suitable to talk about this part.

"Comrade He Li, you can properly accept the interview and answer a few questions from everyone.

Don't worry, no one will embarrass you, no one will make things difficult for you.

Everyone is just looking forward to you for a long time and can't wait to hear your voice.

After accepting the interview, we will leave in a while, and the feast for you is ready. "

It is a good thing that He Li won the NBA championship and returned to China as soon as he finished dealing with the affairs in the United States.

But He Li did not give a satisfactory answer to everyone, but let the agent evade, so here also put some pressure on He Li, to see how He Li will answer.

However, in the face of this scene, He Li was not afraid at all, instead of being too nervous to speak, he spoke confidently.

"I want to serve my country!

As you all know, I made a lot of money in the United States.

So after I dealt with the affairs in the United States, I chose to return to China immediately, preparing to use the money to build the motherland.

As for me, as a basketball player, I still spend money on basketball and sports.

I am going to donate dozens of schools to the Southwest to support the next generation. "

Being low-key and high-key, He Li is not the kind of person who does good deeds without leaving a name.

Since so many media reporters were present at the scene, He Li announced his plan to return to China in public.

This can also avoid some problems and troubles in the future.

In fact, He Li returned to China mainly to donate to the school. Of course, investing the remaining money is also very important.

One is for the country and the other is for oneself.

This is He Li's saying that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world.

Seriously speaking, He Li is really doing this for the sake of the country and for the long-term considerations, and of course there is also He Li's own element.

Now that He Li has won the NBA championship and FMVP, as far as He Li's current achievements, even if he is waiting to die, he is still among the top [-] of the top [-] superstars in the NBA.

As for whether He Li can go further on this basis, hit the top ten, and even challenge Jordan?
In fact, He Li didn't care too much about these things. Anyway, it became a matter of time to fight for the championship.

As long as He Li does not suffer serious injuries in his career, it is really not difficult to play brother basketball and win a few more championships.

In other words, in the long run, He Li doesn't need to think too much when he is in the NBA.

Then, the only problem left is the national team.

At this point in time, the national team is very embarrassed, so the record is also very average.

In fact, since the 2000 Olympic Games, the problems of the national team have been exposed.

The golden generation of men's basketball is gone, the new generation has not grown up, and because of the common problems of competitive intensity, falsification of age, and seniority ranking, the men's basketball team has been pulled.

If Yao Ming hadn't just grown up, the national team really couldn't see any future.

This kind of thing is not why he is pessimistic, but it is an objective fact.

Now He Li accepts the call-up and joins the national team, but can He Li really achieve good results in the World Championship with a helper like Yao Ming?

I'm afraid things backfired, right?

Since he wants to consider the future of the national team, He Li has to emphasize one point, the men's basketball team starts from the baby.

In fact, the way the previous generation cultivated the next generation of men’s basketball team can’t be wrong. Being able to cultivate the golden generation, and then cultivate Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, shows that he himself is successful.

However, times are changing, coupled with the existence of the NBA and the Dream Team, the men's basketball team has to change accordingly if it wants to make a difference in the World Championships.

He Li personally believes that it is not the best way to rely solely on the strong alliance of older athletes to cultivate the children born into the seeds of the next generation of athletes.

Athletes do value physical talent more, but mental attributes are also very important in many cases.

Even Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian lack some spiritual attributes.

Although they are fighting for the country very hard, but this kind of sports family, children from wealthy families, always lack the bloody blood of the players from the slums.

This situation is not only common in China, but also in the NBA.

The "rich second generation" like Carter and Wiggins are not weak in physical talent, but they lack some mental attributes to achieve greatness.

Even Curry, obviously has the ability to become No.1 in the league, but it is because of the environment he has been in since he was a child, the education he has received, he has always been kind to others, and he is willing to sacrifice for others blindly, and he was misunderstood as a system player in the end.

Don't you see the day when Curry is day and night, when the goat changes hands.

Curry has always had this ability, but in exchange, the boss is not even willing to give Curry a maximum salary.

If the husband does not fight, the world will not be able to compete with him?
Competitiveness is always competition first, friendship second, and winning the competition is the most important point.

What's the use of talking about friendship?Didn't Adu play brother basketball in another place?

Closer to home, the rich rely on technology, and the poor rely on mutation.

Playing in a league with extremely high confrontation intensity like the NBA, you still pay more attention to your body and technology. Unless it is a black technology like He Li, it is useless.

Our country has a large population base, and it is possible to form a national team with 12 elite soldiers just like the United States uses blacks to play.

However, the problem is that most parents put education first in raising their children.

Sports is also education, whether it is reading or sports, if you choose one of the two, you will basically choose the former.

He Li has carefully considered the future of the men's basketball team, and feels that the old ancestors are right, that troubles come out of poverty.

If you want to select excellent seedlings in competitive events, you still have to find poor and marginal mountainous areas.

He Li feels that as long as the children in these areas are provided with good physical education and supplemented with the nutrition they need for growth, they will have a bright future.

Maybe there won't be a little giant like Yao Ming, but there should be more or less qualified defenders and forwards with a height of 1.8 meters to [-] meters, right?
And this kind of thought that they have been instilled since childhood that they can only get ahead by playing sports and doing farm work since they were young, and they have the experience of doing farm work and fighting for fun, will make them like black players.

It is precisely because of this that He Li plans to donate dozens of elementary schools and junior high schools in the southwest region. When some suitable seedlings emerge in the second and third grades, they can be sent to the United States to play U13 or so-level competitions.

It's not like they follow the old path of the older generation and change their age to bully players younger than them. When they meet a real master of the same age at their peak, they will be inferior to others and get beaten everywhere.

In fact, it’s not that there are no capable people in China. Yao Ming didn’t change his age, and he was abused in low-end games.

If the members of the national team are all brought up by killing monsters by leapfrogging, even if they don't go to the NBA to adapt to the intensity of the game, they can still come in handy in the World Championship.

There was no such condition before, but He Li felt that since he came, he could have it.

Anyway, He Li can only pay 500 million US dollars.

The exchange rate has exceeded 8.2 this year, and the exchange rate for RMB is more than 4100 million.

When He Li asked Jeff Austin to contact the relevant domestic departments, the relevant departments expressed their willingness to jointly fund the construction and manage these newly built schools.

It is said that the local sports department responded positively.

With the town government coming forward, things will be much easier to handle.

Moreover, the price level is extremely low these days, and the cost of materials and labor is not expensive.

In addition to the construction of primary schools in the fringe mountainous areas, the local villagers will bring their own dry food to work, and basically [-] to [-] yuan will be taken.

That is to say, if He Li donates the school and also donates the playground and basketball court, the cost of the school will be as high as 20 million.

In addition, there is Sunshine Lunch, which costs [-] to [-] yuan a year for each school, and the contract is signed for eight years at a time.

Sunshine Lunch ensures that there is meat in every meal, so the price is not cheap.

However, without investment there is no return.

The next generation that He Li wants to cultivate will not be as thin as a bamboo pole.

In addition, in order to increase the enthusiasm of sports students, sunshine lunch is also divided into grades.

Those who can eat more, so maybe children with early development will have an advantage, but if they are treated equally, it may not be effective.

Of course, the specific He Li is not supervised or managed by anyone.

Needless to say, He Li just wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper and see some results in four or five years.

If the plan doesn't work, change the path after eight years.

Anyway, 500 million US dollars was used to build nearly a hundred elementary schools and junior high schools in the southwest region. Even if the original plan did not work, it would benefit hundreds of thousands of children and affect the future of these people.

Even if they don't know how to study and come out to work, they can still have a relatively strong body, so that they won't be scrambling in the ground for food.

But now, He Li has not spent the money. In the next half month, He Li will go to various schools to participate in the ground-breaking ceremony.

After all, even if it is going through the process, you have to show your face, otherwise, who knows whether the news is true or not.

It is said that after He Li accepted the interview, he continued to accept the arrangement, got in the car, and arrived at the hotel where he was staying.

Immediately afterwards, he accepted a new round of interviews in the hotel, but He Li still did not give a positive response on whether to join the national team.

He Li naturally wants to join the national team, so there is no need to be so anxious.

Sometimes, what should be fought for is still to be fought for.

He Li thought that the national team played without insurance, and the Bucks boss and agent collectively opposed it as an excuse to gain more time and bargaining chips for negotiations.

The staff who received He Li could only maintain the status quo, continue to greet people with smiles, and treat He Li with good wine and good food.

When it came to the dinner table, though, Jeff Austin had a problem.

"I'm afraid these foods are not healthy, right? He Li, for your future, you must maintain a healthy diet!"

The food served for He Li is the local dish of Modu - the local dish.

Heavy oil red sauce, sweet taste.For athletes, this is usually something to avoid.

There was an interpreter at the scene. Jeff Austin said so. When the leader heard it, his face did not change, but his attitude suddenly changed.

However, He Li quickly answered Jeff Austin in English: "Don't talk too much, I just won the championship, can't I enjoy it during the offseason?"

Immediately afterwards, He Li shouted loudly in Chinese: "Keep playing the music, keep dancing, don't stop."

Seeing He Li's attitude of being willing to go to the country and do as the Romans do, the leaders relaxed their attitudes, exchanged cups with He Li again, and introduced the dishes to He Li.

He Li didn't refuse anyone who came, of course he didn't drink alcohol, he only drank fruit juice.

He ate quite a lot of food, and nearly half of the banquet for a table of ten people fell into He Li's stomach.

Afterwards, everyone exclaimed, He Li is different, very human!
After eating, He Li went back to his room to rest, but not long after, someone knocked on the door.

It turned out that the leader of a certain association brought Yao Ming to visit He Li.

Yao Ming's participation in this year's NBA Draft is a foregone conclusion. After He Li is a very successful pioneer, Yao Ming and a certain association in Shanghai will naturally come to He Li to learn from him.

Seeing Yao Ming, He Li was actually quite interested.

However, Yao Ming is still very thin at the moment, and his personality is soft, even a little shy, so he can't chat with He Li.

The conversation between the two was still dominated by He Li, while the people around laughed and kept responding, easing the atmosphere.

In the next two days, He Li ate Haisai in the magic capital, and after a while, he took a plane to the southwest.

While He Li continued to participate in the ground-breaking ceremony of the school, the 2002 NBA Draft in the United States was also successfully held.

Yao Ming was undisputedly elected as the No. [-] pick. Of course, Yao Ming himself did not fly to the United States to participate in the draft, but participated in the live broadcast in Shanghai, and experienced this draft in this way.

For Yao Ming being selected by the Mosaic team with the No. [-] pick, He Li was a little unhappy about it, but that's it!

Even with He Li's current status, can he interfere in the NBA draft?
No, and after He Li has already played in the NBA, how can the team with the No. [-] pick miss a talent like Yao Ming?

What can affect He Li is that the Bucks selected Carlos Boozer, an NCAA champion from Duke University, who was not favored by others with the 27th overall pick in the first round.

It is said that because of He Li, the market for forward players this season is generally bullish.

But even so, before He Li helped the Bucks open their eyes, no team used the first round pick to select Boozer.

For a rebellious boy like Boozer, it is naturally more appropriate to use the last pick in the first round to win him than the second round pick.

After all, it takes four years to sign a contract. Even if Boozer plays out at that time, Boozer will still have to take a basic salary and work hard in the Bucks.

As for the reason why the Bucks were able to pick up the leak under the influence of He Li, it was Boozer's bad defensive habits.

Since this season, the major teams in the league have begun to hoard forwards with tall arms, long arms and quick feet, mainly for the purpose of defending He Li.

What use is a striker like Boozer with average physical talent and poor defensive habits?
No one expected that the Bucks actually chose such a tasteless forward player who was a pity to discard.

However, after the Bucks selected Boozer, no one thought that He Li took the initiative to ask the management for someone.

Many team managements even believe that the Bucks are worried that He Li will leave Milwaukee in four years and fall into the arms of others, so now they will use the last pick in the first round to draw a lottery.

Anyway, it's not a pity not to be drawn, if it is drawn, it can even make up for the vacancy that He Li will leave the Bucks in the future.

Only the inside of the Bucks knew that He Li wanted Boozer, mainly to replace Anthony Mason with Boozer.

Anthony Mason signed with the Bucks for two years, and he must leave after the next season.

Even in the middle of the next season, it will be traded out by the Bucks as a high-quality asset. At that time, whether it is to exchange for immediate combat power to successfully defend the championship, or to change draft picks, it will be no problem.

Therefore, since Anthony Mason is destined to leave the Bucks, it is necessary for the Bucks to fill this vacancy.

At this time, He Li spoke up. Even if the management wants to please He Li, they will use the unimportant last pick in the first round to sign a forward player like Boozer with an average defense.

However, through the evaluation and prediction during the trial training, Boozer does not mean that it is impossible to play.

Under the guidance of Anthony Mason, Boozer may be able to get a lot of improvement on the defensive end and rebounding.

In addition, Boozer is strong and not afraid of confrontation. He Li also said that Boozer can cooperate with him in the pick-and-roll, so the Bucks management is naturally willing to believe what He Li said.

Bet on Boozer!Taking a step back, if Boozer is in trouble, he won't suffer.

This is better than Jordan's water championship, right?

Comparing this way, the Bucks management is much more comfortable.

He Li, who was not the No. [-] pick in the trade last season, is better than the No. [-] pick. The Bucks have already smoked from their ancestral graves. This time, they personally choose the last pick in the first round.

As George Karl said: "He Li is becoming the boss of the Bucks step by step. He not only wants to dominate the court, but also dominates the team! He is the real leader, and we should actively cooperate with him!"

(End of this chapter)