Please call me Ding Shenxian in the NBA

Chapter 137 134.2010. The [-] NBA champion is Ding Yan Yuhang (second update)
A week after the lottery was settled, Cuban flew directly to Washington on a private jet to meet with Ernie Grunfeld because of the delay in getting a reply.

"Ernie, we are old friends. You should know that I want Ding Yan Yuhang very much. Except Nowitzki, you can want anything!"

Cuban purposely uses you, not the Wizards, when he speaks.

This obvious slip of the tongue made Ernie's expression a little awkward.

After all, it wasn't his first day in the basketball circle, and what Cuban meant was very clear.

"I just want the best interest of the team."

"Of course, I know you are the best general manager, but I want to say, your ambition is not just to be a general manager, right?"

Cuban shoved a piece of paper in front of Ernie, with one word scrawled on it, Shares!
Ernie's heart immediately rose to his throat!

He had heard of all kinds of bribery scenes, but Cuban, as the team owner and president, would give him the team shares as soon as he made a move. This kind of generosity surprised and delighted Ernie.

"I still don't understand what you mean."

Ernie had to confirm Cuban's resolve.

"It's literally."

Cuban returned the note and wrote a number on it—2%!

2% of the shares? !

In 2010, the market value of the Dallas Mavericks was as high as 5 million U.S. dollars, and 2% of the shares were 1000 million knives!

Use 1000 million knives just to get Ding Yan Yuhang's signing rights back?Ernie Grunfeld can only say that Cuban is crazy.

But when he thought about it carefully, this was not an ordinary 1000 million dollars, but a 2% stake in the Mavericks. With Ding Yan Yuhang joining the Mavericks, the market value of the Mavericks will become higher and higher.

No matter what changes Ding Yan Yuhang will bring to the Wizards after joining the Wizards, Ernie is just a worker.

With a stake in the Mavericks, he's able to jump the ranks to Capital Big Boss.

It can only be said that this condition is too attractive.

"You won't reject me, will you?"

Cuban spread the note in front of Ernie again.

Ernie patted the note with his embarrassing big hand, then squeezed the note tightly and stuffed it into his pocket. He said with a trembling voice, "I will try to convince other senior management and the boss, but I can't make any promises to you. This matter..."

"Don't worry, God knows this matter, you know me!"

Cuban is also taking a huge risk, because once this bribery incident is exposed, the future of the Mavericks will be ruined.

The yin and yang contract of the Timberwolves back then was a bloody lesson.

Ernie hurriedly ended his conversation with Cuban.

In addition to Cuban, the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Cook also found Ernie.

The price they offered is very attractive, including Gasol and Bynum, two insiders, and this deal can help the Wizards digest two junk contracts!
However, Ernie did not submit the Lakers' trade application.

It was this operation that made the sincere Lakers withdraw from the roster for Xiaoding.

When other teams came to ask about the value of the No. [-] pick, Ernie also deliberately raised the price.

For example, for the Cavaliers, Ernie named LeBron James.

Facing the Spurs, he asked Tim Duncan to be included in the deal.

Superstars like Bosh and Wade can't arouse Ernie's interest.

Therefore, all kinds of transaction rumors are flying everywhere, but there are few real transactions that can be realized.

The person with the most uneasy mood is Cuban. In order to win the championship, he has put his hopes on Xiaoding. If it still fails, it can only mean that the Mavericks have no chance of winning the championship...

On the day of the draft a month later, Cuban sat in the hotel anxiously.

As long as the Wizards publicly announce the selection of Ding Yan Yuhang, they will not trade Xiaoding, because then they will become fools in the mouth of thousands of fans.

As the time to enter the venue got closer, Cuban was like an ant on a hot pot.

"Boss, we should go..."

Hearing Mavericks general manager Nelson Jr., Cuban laughed. He told himself that he no longer thought about Ding. He had the best Dirk Nowitzki. As long as Dirk Nowitzki was there, the Mavericks would have a chance to win the championship. There was no need to miss Xiao Ding, and it was crazy to think about it now with 2% of the shares in exchange for Xiao Ding’s signing rights...

Suddenly, his hotel landline rang.

I know that the calls are from people who live in the same hotel, to be precise, they are all NBA insiders participating in the draft.

Cuban picks up the phone and his heart beats faster.

When he hung up, Cuban looked straight at Nelson Jr.

Little Nelson panicked, "What happened?"

"We got Ding Yan Yuhang..."

After Cuban finished speaking, Nelson Jr. was stunned, "What did you say?"

Cuban jumped on the bed and repeated, "I said, we got the 2010 NBA No. [-] pick, and we will use this No. [-] pick to sign Ding Yan Yuhang!!!"

"..."

After a brief silence, the entire Mavericks executives in the room went crazy with joy.

Because they only know Cuban's trading chips on the surface, and they don't know the 2% of the shares behind the scenes.

For them, this deal is not even a big gamble, and they are sure to make a profit without losing money!

Cuban has already made a deal with Ernie, and the 2% of the shares will be split into some small shares, which will be quietly and slowly exchanged to Ernie.

The draft will be held as scheduled.

Xiaoding and Brother Kazi enter the little green house.

Only Xiaoding and Brother Kazi were invited to participate in the draft of the Crimson Trio.

As for Shuhao, he sat next to Ding's parents and Ding's mother as Xiaoding's family.

Unless there is a miracle, it is difficult for Shuhao to become a lottery pick, but Xiaoding and Brother Kazi are absolutely fine.

When David Stern appeared on the podium, the 2010 NBA Draft, which was related to the fate of Ding, Lin and Ka, opened as scheduled!
On the background board, the LOGO of the Washington Wizards comes first.

Stern knew very well who the Wizards would pick, but he never thought that tonight's No. [-] pick would be traded and changed hands.

So, when he took the card and was about to announce it, he saw a sentence mentioned in the remarks that the Wizards had traded the No. [-] pick to the Dallas Mavericks.

Stern froze.

The camera was facing his face, the man who had experienced the depression of the MLS and then single-handedly built the NBA into a world-wide business league just paused in front of the camera for a few seconds.

The nervous audience in front of the TV seems to have fallen into a time stagnation...

Then, Stern regained his composure after being reminded by the vice president, and said calmly, "The Washington Wizards have selected Chinese player Ding Yan Yuhang from the Harvard Crimson team!"

As soon as this remark came out, nail households all over the world breathed a sigh of relief.

Because David Stern's big panting almost made people think that the Wizards selected players other than Ding.

When Xiao Ding took the Wizards' cap and stepped onto the high platform, he took a photo with David Stern.

"I'm surprised the Wizards traded you to the Mavericks," Stern said.

"I'm not surprised at all."

"You already knew?"

Xiao Ding shook his head with a smile, "It doesn't matter where I play, I just want to be myself!"

Looking at the confident Ding Yan Yuhang, Stern said, "Congratulations, my child, you are the best!"

"thanks……"

From this moment on, Ding Yan Yuhang became China's second top pick in the NBA draft after Dayao!

(End of this chapter)