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Chapter 675 The Overlord Clause
Stern kept chanting his name, and one after another, the favorites of heaven entered the arms of the NBA.

Yi Jianlian's expression became darker and darker. Among the people invited into the small green room, only his name was not called.

The 30 players in the first round have all been announced. As a pre-match prediction, Yi Jianlian suffered the biggest humiliation of his career.

What's the point of sitting here?Yi Jianlian looked up at the ceiling. This is Madison Gardens, the Mecca in the basketball world.

Yi Jianlian originally thought that he would be selected with glory, but now he is nowhere to be found.

The development of the matter greatly exceeded Bai Jidong's expectations, he did not expect that Yi Jianlian's pick would fall to this position.

The second round has already begun, but no one has chosen Yi Jianlian.

The number of picks is not important anymore.

Yi Jianlian has caused such a great momentum, if he loses the election, it will be the biggest joke ever.

The tenth pick in the second round, the Timberwolves bought the pick with cash and accidentally chose Yi Jianlian, who was abandoned by other teams.

"This talented Chinese big man finally heard his name, and he will fight side by side with his national team teammates." Kanan laughed.

Monchi speculates maliciously: "I think the reason why Minnesota chose him is because of the white wolf. If it is not the white wolf, this young man is likely to lose the election."

"It's hard to say this kind of thing, let's see who is the next lucky guy to be embraced by the NBA."

With this pick, it was difficult for Yi Jianlian to keep smiling. He accepted the reporter's interview with a stiff face.

"Yes, it was unexpected, but I'm ready to play for Minnesota, this is a new beginning." Yi Jianlian said.

Before the draft, Yi Jianlian had never tried out the Timberwolves, but now the pick fell again and again, and he was selected by the Timberwolves in the second round with the draft picks they bought. Some people think that the previous age turmoil was caused by the Timberwolves. Yi Jianlian fell in the ranking, so he was fishing in troubled waters.

"The ranking is not important, my original ranking was not high." Of course Bai Jidong who was present at the scene also accepted the interview.

"I'm not saying that the pick is useless, what I'm saying is that if you have real material, you just need to prove to the team that you are undervalued, then it doesn't matter what the pick is."

"The pick can guarantee your playing time in the previous years, but if your performance is not worthy of these time, it will be a matter of time before you are eliminated."

The current Yi Jianlian doesn't listen to these principles, and his life has experienced ups and downs in the draft.

The draft is very important to everyone, and Yi Jianlian walked out of Madison Garden in despair, which will be an unforgettable day for him.

"The most important thing is to be prepared. After all, we have picked a popular player like you in the second round. We should pretend that we have picked a lottery pick." Bai Jidong joked in a relaxing way.

Yi Jianlian is not in the mood to joke now.

Yi Jianlian stared at the road under his feet, "What should I do next?"

"What to do, I believe your team knows better than me, if I have to give you a suggestion, I would suggest you keep smiling." Bai Jidong said, "Smiling can bring people closer. "

Smile?Yi Jianlian raised his head dully.It was an accident to come to Bai Jidong's team by accident, but it might as well be a good thing.

Although his selection is very low, this is Bai Jidong's team, and he is also Chinese. Bai Jidong will definitely take care of him, and the management will give more consideration when employing people.

Yi Jianlian comforted himself like this, but his manager thought more than he did.

"Did it go well?" Chu Meng was having an abortion in the hospital, and Bai Jidong went to see her every day.

Bai Jidong shook his head and said: "It didn't go well, I didn't expect that it would have such a big impact, Xiao Yi fell to the second round."

"Which team?" Chu Meng didn't care about these things, he just asked casually.

"Minnesota Timberwolves." Bai Jidong said.

Chu Meng's eyes lit up, "Isn't that great? Xiao Yi is here for the first time, you can take care of him more."

"It's very stressful to take care of people, and it's even more stressful if you don't take good care of them," Bai Jidong said.Chu Meng said: "So you should take good care of Xiao Yi."

"Things are not that simple, let's take one step at a time." Bai Jidong looked out the window, "He is probably doubting his life now."

"why?"

"You said that I was predicted to be a big favorite in the lottery in every list, how did I fall to the second round all of a sudden?"

"Will he do it?" "If it were me, I would. The ups and downs of life are really exciting."

Seeing that Bai Jidong was still in the mood to joke, Chu Meng smiled slightly, "What are you going to do next?" "When you leave the hospital, I want to go to Africa with Bonu." Bai Jidong talked about his thoughts.

"Africa?" Chu Meng's impression of that place was poverty and war.

Bai Jidong said: "To be precise, I want to go to Bo Nu's hometown to take a look. Now that he has achieved fame, he should go back and have a look."

"Is it safe there?" Chu Meng only cared about this.

Bai Jidong smiled and said: "That's Africa, where there is absolutely safe place, I will be ready to go again."

"Do you have to go?" Chu Meng didn't want Bai Jidong to go to such a dangerous place.

Bai Jidong said: "It's not that I have to go, but I just want to have a look, maybe I can find a second Bo Nu."

Chu Meng didn't care if there was a second Vashabek there, she was just worried about Bai Jidong's safety.

"Don't worry, if I'm not sure, I won't go, it's Africa, I won't make fun of my life." Bai Jidong comforted.

Chu Meng still didn't want Bai Jidong to go to Africa, but she didn't force her to dissuade her. The two exchanged opinions, but they didn't reach a consensus.

After the draft ended, the teams began to sign their own rookies.

Yi Jianlian is the only rookie of the Timberwolves this year. As Bai Jidong's compatriot, the Timberwolves are very enthusiastic about him, but the two sides have reached an impasse in signing negotiations.

Yi Jianlian's agent Fagan hopes to get the maximum salary contract that a second-round pick can get.

The Timberwolves had nothing to say, so they agreed.

This was just the beginning of Fagan Lion's big mouth. Later, he proposed to give Yi Jianlian a stable playing time in black and white in the contract.

Kahn was entangled. He couldn't make this decision, so he put it aside for the time being. He didn't expect Feigen to have more excessive terms waiting for him.

"Must start?" Kahn was stunned, how the hell is this a second-round pick?Maximum salary, stable playing time, mandatory starting... Compared with these, those additional incentive terms are nothing.

The negotiations reached a deadlock. On that day, the two sides did not reach an agreement, and the signing was naturally not completed.

For Kahn, the most unacceptable thing is the starting clause, which is really appalling. Does a second-round pick have to force the starting clause?
Among other things, the Timberwolves are a championship team. In addition to Webber who has already confirmed his retirement, Simien, who has just ended his rookie contract, and Joe Smith, who is old and strong, are in the same position as Yi Jian. (I won’t mention Garnett, who is still undecided)

If Garnett leaves the team, Himien can justifiably start.

If Yi Jianlian really signs the mandatory starting clause, Simien can only play as a substitute.

Given an unknown potential, can he adapt to the mandatory starting clause of the second-round pick in the NBA?Kane shook his head and refused.

"That damned Chinese is too rampant!" Kahn heard the gossip that if the Timberwolves did not agree to the compulsory start clause, Yi Jianlian would not be in the NBA, and he would continue to train himself in the CBA.

"Sir, Yi is definitely not worthy of the starting clause. We need to consider Wayne's feelings, and also see what White Wolf thinks about this matter." Kahn's assistant said.

Kahn raised his head, "Go on."

"If you agree to Yi's mandatory starting clause, it may bury a hidden danger in the locker room. However, if you don't agree to their conditions, the White Wolf will be unhappy. The Chinese pay attention to unification, and Yi is the White Wolf in the national team. teammate……"

"What does the white wolf think?" Kahn asked.

The assistant smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to ask him in person." "It seems that's the only way to go." Kahn felt ironic that the president of operations of his dignified team actually wanted to see the faces of his players.

But who called him the white wolf?Owner Taylor regards the White Wolf as the team's real estate, and he even wants to let him be the team's president of operations after the White Wolf retires...

Compared with Kahn and Bai Jidong, Taylor is definitely on Bai Jidong's side.

This is also the reason why Kahn flirted with Bai Jidong as soon as he took office.

"Hey, White Wolf, it's nice to hear your voice, yes, do you have time today?"

Bai Jidong didn't know what Kahn suddenly asked him for, he didn't want to go, but Kahn was the team's president of operations after all, and the other party called him to go out for dinner, it must be something to discuss.

"What can make this unprofitable guy so anxious?" Bai Jidong looked at the time, and Kahn asked him to book a place for dinner.

Chu Meng finished his examination today and was about to be discharged from the hospital.

"Aren't you going home to eat?" Chu Meng asked. "Well, I'll take you home, I'll eat out tonight." Bai Jidong said.

"Don't drink, come back early." Chu Meng instructed.

Chu Meng is becoming more and more like a housewife.Bai Jidong sent her home, carefully helped her up into the house, and greeted her together with Hei Lang.

"Sit down, mom is pregnant, I can't control you, don't make trouble for mom, you know?" Bai Jidong said to the dog seriously.

The two dogs sat upright, smiling and sticking out their crystal clear tongues, not sure if they understood.

"It's okay, the doctor said I should move more, don't scare them." Chu Meng said.

Bai Jidong patted the dog's head: "After all, they don't understand anything."

(End of this chapter)