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Yang Rui contacted Jerry Colangelo, the general manager of the American Basketball Association, and upon asking, it became clear why they were unwilling to hold a training camp.

It’s not that the US Basketball Association looks down on the Chinese youth team, but the U16 US Championships ended as early as mid-June. Now that we are getting together for training, the American players are simply helping the Chinese team warm up. Who would be willing to do this?

Since the NBA Finals were going on at the time, not many people paid attention to these kids. Even on June 13, they beat the Mexican team with a disparity of 130 to 31, tying three U16 records and breaking four U.S. records. The U16 team's historical record can only appear in a small section of the news.

The young Mexican kids were beaten to a mental breakdown, and the basket on the playing field was about to be dunked crooked by these precocious black boys. After the game, the Mexican head coach exclaimed: This doesn't look like a group of middle school students playing ball?

Training with these strong men will definitely be of great help to the Chinese young players. As for the Chinese Basketball Association's unwillingness to spend money, Yang Rui didn't take it to heart at all. He took over the matter.

Helping Chinese basketball improve is a sentiment to him. It means doing something for his compatriots and gaining reputation by the way. If he sponsors a training camp, the media will definitely rush to report on it, and in this way, he can legally contact potential new stars in the future, laying a good emotional foundation for future cooperation in the NBA, and accomplishing multiple things with one stone.

Yang Rui stated that he would bear the cost of training for the U16 players. Colangelo immediately called his subordinates for a meeting, and it took less than an hour to decide that the training location would be in Los Angeles, using the Clippers' training ground.

The officials are not stupid. This is also an advantage for the American players. These people were lucky enough to receive the guidance of the Basketball Pope in high school, and maybe there will be several stars in the future.

USA Basketball only needs to send email invitations to players, limit the number of places, and find substitutes if there are players who don’t want to come.

When I heard that it was a training camp sponsored by Yang Rui, of course young players were willing to participate. This is a shortcut to becoming famous.

The finals have been over for more than a month, and the media often reports on Yang Rui. No matter what he does, he attracts attention. His achievements are the talk of people after dinner.

Not only sports news, entertainment news also often talks about Yang Rui. Recently, Despicable Me 2 was released, and it once again topped the box office, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars at the global box office. It is predicted that the global box office will eventually exceed 1 billion U.S. dollars, attracting crazy money.

After receiving the email, the 12 players who had previously participated in the U16 US Championships all volunteered to participate in the training camp and worked hard to perform well. The Basketball Association also invited one more person to be selected. He missed the U16 World Championship due to injury. Now he has recovered from the injury and has a promising future.

As long as they can get praise from Yang Rui, their chances of entering the NBA will greatly increase in the future. The short-term benefit is that after high school is over, I can go to a famous college to play ball.

Yang Rui looked at the list sent and found several acquaintances from his previous life.

Jayson Tatum, a small forward with a height of 203cm, was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick in 2017. He shoots accurately.

Tatum became famous as soon as he entered the league, because the Celtics originally held the No. 1 pick, which was traded from the Nets that year, but they gave the No. 1 pick to the 76ers in exchange for the third overall pick. and a protected first-round pick in 2018. The reason for this transaction is that they hold the No. 1 pick and the Green Army only wants to select Tatum.

Josh Jackson, the fourth pick in the first round, joined the Suns. He is a 203CM swingman. He has super athletic ability, excellent running and jumping, and has both strength and agility. He performed many explosive dunks in this year's US Championship.

Harry Giles, a very mobile center, joined the Kings with the 20th pick in the first round of 2017. He is now only 202cm tall. He plays power forward, can grow taller, and performs well in small ball tactics.

Thomas Bryant, a simple-looking and honest-looking center, is a 208cm tall center. He joined the Lakers in the second round in 2017. He is a meat shield center and signed a two-year contract. He is in good health and has potential to be tapped.

The most famous one on this list,

It's the injured person specially approved by the Basketball Association, My Football Brother in Society - Lonzo Ball!

Yang Rui also received a list of Chinese players, including Zhang Xiaolei, Wu Maocheng, Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao, Wang Zixu, Fu Hao and so on.

Yang Rui was completely unfamiliar with these names. In his previous life, he was only in charge of the NBA section. He didn't watch many CBA games. He vaguely remembered the names of some CBA stars, and he didn't deliberately write them down in his notebook after his rebirth.

Those who can be selected to participate in the training camp must be the best of China's younger generation. Yang Rui is ready to give them some suggestions to help them avoid detours.

Even without the blessing of rebirth memory, Yang Rui has been an NBA coach for 16 years from 1997 to now. His vision is beyond that of ordinary coaches. He can provide players with the right direction for development.

On August 8, the training camp officially opened, and players arrived in Los Angeles one after another.

Unexpectedly, not only U16 players from the two countries, but also several young players from the Clippers came, including Curry, Draymond Green, Sacre, Crabbe, Middleton, Wesley- Johnson and others volunteered to be sparring partners for free.

Last season's fringe players all wanted to step up and get more playing time. They had previously teamed up to play in the summer league and achieved a complete winning record.

The U16 players will not be very strong. These adult players are suspected of bullying children, but they want to seize every opportunity to perform in front of Yang Rui.

Green and Middleton are particularly positive. Yang Rui specifically mentioned their names in interviews with the media and believed that they have the potential to become All-Stars. They hope to succeed as quickly as possible instead of being complacent after hearing praise.

The newly joined Wesley Johnson cherishes this opportunity the most. He has long forgotten the glory of being the fourth pick in the draft. He has no airs and plans to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with his teammates.

Stephen Curry, who is already an All-Star, came here not entirely to join in the fun, because he also brought his younger brother Seth Curry. Seth, who had just returned from injury, had previously participated in the NBA draft, but unfortunately was not selected.

2013 was a small year in the draft. Seth didn't even make it to the second round. It was really miserable and he couldn't compare with his brother.

Stephen wants to use this method to support his younger brother, let Yang Rui help guide him for a while, or to see Seth's strength, consider signing him to the Clippers in the future to fight side by side.

It will definitely be impossible next season, as the Clippers are already full of 15 players. Fortunately, Seth has no hope of being able to establish himself in the NBA next season. He is willing to go to other teams for experience, including playing in the Development League. It doesn't matter if it takes a little time. The whole family believes in Yang Rui's ability to turn stone into gold.

Yang Rui knew Seth had potential. They both inherited their father's soft wrist and accurate shooting.

In his previous life, Seth started as a starter for the Mavericks in the 16-17 season, averaging 29 minutes per game, contributing 12.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting 48.1% from the field and 42.5% from the three-point range. Unfortunately, he will be sidelined indefinitely next season due to a left tibia injury.

What Yang Rui is most concerned about is, why is this child's appearance so different from his brother's? He wanted to ask: Are you really Stephen's brother? Why do you look like his uncle?

It's not an exaggeration at all. Except for their mouths, their facial features are different and they don't look like brothers. When Seth smiled, his eyes and eyebrows turned down into splayed figures, and he looked very lethargic, like a profiteer who wanted to discuss business at the wine table and get the other party drunk to sign a contract.

Many Clippers players who were on vacation abroad were also considering whether to fly back for training. Yang Rui sent them a message online. It is not mandatory to train and continue to rest. Especially those with potential injuries such as Livingston and Nash must rest more, and their playing time must be limited when the new season starts.

Enough people came this time.