You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 696
When Mo Mengchen came to China, he didn't participate in any shows other than touring the mountains, and he didn't have any commercial activities. Although he was surrounded by crowds everywhere he went, there were bodyguards around, and although there were many fans, he didn't cause any riots.

On the third day when he came to BJ, he was invited, and it was the only time he accepted the invitation, to come to the Olympic Sports National Sports Center to watch the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the New Zealand team.

Mo Mengchen took his new wife to sit in the front row of the arena, which was almost the seat of the Chinese team. He also took this opportunity to meet the golden generation and the three major centers.

Although the Olympics is still nearly a month away, Mo Mengchen has already seen the results of the journey of the most talented Chinese team in history.

They will have two wins in the group stage before going out, losing to Spain in the race for No.9 and finishing No.10.

It was also the beginning of this Olympic Games, and Yao Huang entered the NBA's attention.

For well-known reasons, although Wang Zhizhi was selected in last year's draft, he did not immediately go to the United States to participate in the NBA. Instead, he stayed in China and continued to play in the league without pressure.

In tonight's game, the talent of the Chinese team undoubtedly suppressed their opponents.

Mo Mengchen heard that this New Zealand team was the main force, but their confrontation was not as fierce as he knew.

New Zealand borders Australia. Every time they play a game, Australia and New Zealand will fight to the death. The fierce and arrogant style of play is the characteristic of Australia.

This evening, the genuine New Zealand national team played softly.

Maybe it has something to do with the layoffs. Mo Mengchen doesn't know. After watching the whole game, he has a general understanding of the level of the men's basketball team.

"I think their skills are very good, but they lack athletic talent." I am used to watching the beasts in the NBA, and I will certainly feel this way when I look at the Chinese team.

Ephraim's view of the Chinese team is completely normal.

The gap between the United States and the world remains large, but narrowing.

As the world pays more and more attention to basketball, the innate talent of black and white people to play basketball more than yellow people will also be reflected.

However, even whites have difficulty competing with blacks.

You know, Larry Bird, the greatest white player in history, once said: "Basketball is a black game, and I'm just trying to fit in."

The game ended, and the Chinese team defeated New Zealand without any suspense. As a heavyweight guest, Mo Mengchen accepted more interviews after the game than both sides of the game.

"Who impresses you the most?"

"Yao Huang."

Mo Mengchen's decisive answer surprised the reporter, because Wang Zhizhi obviously played better tonight. He scored 22 points and 9 rebounds, and his skills were quite rich.

"What do you think of Wang Zhizhi's performance?"

This is the consistent characteristic of Chinese journalists, they will definitely ask these boring questions.

"Impressive," Dor.Mo said politely, "He is currently the only player on the field who is capable of playing in the NBA."

Then they started asking Mo Mengchen five questions around Wang Zhizhi.

Until the end, Dor.Mo couldn't bear it anymore: "You guys have asked too much about Wang Zhizhi, actually, in my opinion, Yao Huang is more talented, his height is well combined with his skills, his speed is better than his height That's pretty quick, as long as he stays healthy, his upper limit is the highest in the Chinese team."

The words caused a lot of waves. Yao Huang is indeed a promising new star in China, but no one thinks that his future will be better than Wang Zhizhi.

People who are used to Wang Zhizhi's chic and elegant style of play will regard Yao Huang as a big fool. If you compare these two people and ask the current fans, nine out of ten will side with Wang Zhizhi.

What's interesting is that more than half of these fans who looked down on Yao Huang later became diehard fans, completely ignoring their own blindness. Of course, some of them went to deeper extremes, ignoring Yao Huang's success and becoming complete black fans.

These things have nothing to do with Mo Mengchen, he just wants to leave as soon as possible, he is not interested in the Chinese team.

But I had to put on a "I'm interested in you guys" look.

Ephraim only needs to stand by his side with a smile on his face to solve the problem. Mo Mengchen spent an entire hour dismissing the reporter.

At the end of the interview, he threw out a shocking news; "Tomorrow I will leave BJ."

"Where is the next stop?"

"Good question, but I have to keep it a secret. In fact, I am on my honeymoon, so I will not accept any activities and commercial performances. Next, we will try to keep a low profile as much as possible."

Mo Mengchen returned to China for the first time, but with a little controversy, he left a comment that "Yao Huang is better than Wang Zhizhi", and then left.

At the end of July, the summer league was in full swing, and the Pistons' players were mainly composed of Ginobili, Reid and Magloire.

Ginobili shined in the summer league, not only won the Rocky Mountain Summer League scoring title, but also led the team to the finals, and finally lost to the magic led by this year's No. 2 pick Lang Kenyon Martin by [-] points Summer league team.

As a result, Ginobili became famous and was favored by many professionals.

In the subsequent free market and trading market, turmoil continued.

For the Pistons, Alan Houston announced that he will not renew his contract with the Pistons in advance in the summer. He will execute the last year of the contract and intends to enter the free market next summer.

This news is great news for those who hate the Pistons.

Houston is the main No. 2 position of the Pistons, one of the three young Pistons. Although not as dazzling as Mo Mengchen and Hill, he has always been the core of the team. Without him, the Pistons will lose Mo Mengchen, the most reliable outsider. Peripheral forts.

They are a running and bombing team, and the value of shooters is extraordinary. A scorer like Houston who can make two points and three points, and can ask for the ball to hit a few times when needed is too rare.

If he does leave next year, the Pistons will have to find a backup now.

One wave of unrest, another wave, or the news of the Pistons, this news is still unfavorable to them.

The agent team of team center Ben Wallace rejected the Pistons' early contract extension. They wanted a bigger contract, but the Pistons' management only offered a 5-year 3000 million contract extension.

Although Big Ben hasn't received any defensive honors to prove his worth, his defense is indeed crucial to the Pistons.

In the summer of 98, Big Ben's contract expired. Due to the suspension of the season, negotiations were suspended. Later, the suspension ended, and Wallace's agent had to renew the contract with the team in a hurry. However, the renewal contract was not long. three years.

This contract is only a little bigger than the basic salary.

Wallace's annual salary was 310 million last season, 350 million this season, and 400 million next season. If winning bonuses are added, it should be higher, but no one thinks it's too much money.

Now, the Pistons have won two consecutive championships, and Wallace has contributed a lot. People have changed their minds. With glory, they naturally want more money in their pockets. It is normal for the Lions to open their mouths.

That's the problem, he's good, but not good enough for his ambitions.

He is not the kind of defensive player that people can't let go, maybe he will be in the future, but not now, because he didn't even make a second defense this season.

The Pistons have three top-salary players, and Mo Mengchen is also a player option next summer. He is very likely to jump out of the existing contract and sign a new contract. The Pistons cannot and will not give Wallace a too big contract.

Therefore, the matter of contract renewal is temporarily yellow.

Just one month after the finals, the Pistons encountered such a thing, and the surrounding opponents were all happy.

Mo Mengchen usually won't intervene in contract matters, it's impossible for him to take care of every aspect.

It is enough for him to ensure that the core few people can stay.

As for Houston's future, he has already made preparations. As for Wallace, there are still some variables in this matter.The offseason is not the only opportunity to renew the contract. When the season starts and the renewal window opens, the Pistons will renew their contracts in advance until the deadline.

Now that Wallace doesn't want to renew his contract, it doesn't mean he doesn't want to renew his contract in the future. The economic team hopes that he will receive more money. Wallace may value other factors more.

The Pistons have the highest exposure in the league, and all the teammates around him have endorsement contracts in hand.

Even Lauderdale, the patron saint of drinking fountains, earns millions in endorsement fees a year, and Wallace's image and game style are extremely in line with the city of Detroit. There are countless labels, and counting the money, it is not a problem at all to lose a few million in annual salary.

The key is what Wallace thinks.

In August, Mo Mengchen and Ephraim returned to Detroit, ending their half-month honeymoon.

When it left, it was vigorous and known to the whole world; when it came back, it was mysterious and few people knew it.

There are still two and a half months before the start of the pre-season training camp. Mo Mengchen has to resume training first, and then resume work in the hospital. By the way, he will use these two and a half months to try to make people.

Without any commercial activities, even the ad for the new generation of personally signed boots had to be shot by the company itself in Detroit.

Mo Mengchen was extremely eager to have children, and the source of motivation was not to spread branches and leaves for the Mo family, but that bastard Grant Hill had been reading scriptures in his ear for four or five months.

Every fight, he said, would end up showing off his unborn son like Jordan showing off his ring to Barkley.

Mo Mengchen didn't know what to show off in such a thing, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it. Now that he was finally married, he had to drive at full speed, preferably with a double-gun.

　Continue the three shifts today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)