"The genius of the basketball fanatic is on the left (
The domestic media were ready to go, rushed to New York one after another, and kept contacting Rich Paul through various channels, hoping to interview Zuo Li, and the domestic media also began to scramble to report the situation of Zuo Li.
In just one month, Zuo Li has become famous in China. At least most fans who watch the NBA know that another Asian big man will participate in this year's draft.
Zuo Li had already anticipated this day. Don't you see Jeremy Lin attracting a large number of fans in China by virtue of his Asian identity, which also created conditions for him to become a CBA star in the future, and Zuo Li is currently famous in the United States Obviously much bigger than Jeremy Lin, it is a matter of time before he enters the attention of domestic fans.
Moreover, Zuo Li has already made a plan for the domestic market. He doesn't say far, but close. Just last month, he happily negotiated an investment with Alima, who was looking for an investment in San Francisco, and spent 25 million US dollars. Injecting capital into Ali, Zuo Li also successfully became one of the shareholders of Ali.
Before he left, Alima was very excited. It was naturally much better to get the investment of Zuo Li, an Asian who can speak Chinese, and Zuo Li was naturally also very happy. This step was the most important for him besides investing in Apple. Invest.
This step does not seem to bring much benefit to Zuo Li now, but in the foreseeable future, it will bring Zuo Li a lot.
In addition to the estimated tenfold profit in money, Ali will become the best channel for Zuoli's products, including sneakers, to enter the country, which will greatly expand Zuoli's business territory, and Zuoli will have a jump in The commercial channel of the Pacific Ocean, this influence, needless to say.
As for other aspects, Zuo Li can't manage that much at the moment. After all, he is a player and not specializing in business. It is already very good to negotiate an investment. This is far inferior to those who can easily write a dozen or twenty A list of companies that will rise in the future and then the predecessors in the bag in a few words.
Um?
Speaking of rising, what is Tesla doing now?
Ahem, let Rich Paul check it out another day.
These investments are naturally important, but on May 12, Zuo Li has more important things to do.
Five days later, a southwestern province received a check for $3 million, the donor, Zuo Li.
After doing this, Zuo Li only felt refreshed, and his training was more energetic, and his good state also attracted Ewing's repeated praise:
"This joint trial, you will surprise them all."
Yes, nearly a month of training with Ewing will come to an end in a week, because Zuo Li is finally going to come out again.
In ten days, the most important event before the NBA draft, the joint trial training will be launched in New York, from June 19th to 24th, for a period of 5 days.
This joint trial is organized by the official NBA. The test content includes static test --- static data of height and weight, dynamic test --- dynamic data such as bench press and bounce, shooting test and various confrontation and non-confrontation tests.
Every year, various potential rookies are tested like participating in a job fair. Generally, the results of joint trial training will become the most direct reason for the final selection.
Zuo Li rejected most of the team's invitations for trial training this time, but he will definitely participate in the joint trial training. This is not only a stage to show himself, but also the best way to know his players of the same class.
"This time, this is the beginning of my career in the NBA!"
The battle in the NBA often starts with the draft, and the joint trial is the barometer of the draft. Many people say that some people will deliberately hide their strength in the joint trial.
Zuo Li can only describe it as 'hehe'. For a rookie, who is reluctant to show his strength on such an occasion, what is he doing, in order to lose the draft?
No, no, no, no one really believes it.
Zuo Li doesn't believe it. The draft is a magical stage. Before you really call your name, don't believe a single punctuation mark.
Otherwise, I'll have to tell you the story of how Anthony was coaxed by the Pistons for months and ended up in Denver.
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On June 19th, the NBA finals just ended the day before. The Los Angeles Lakers returned in Boston, 4-2. The Celtics won the O'Brien Cup again after many years. a sum.
And the smoke of the finals has not yet cleared. In New York, this year's draft joint trial also quietly kicked off.
This time, all 30 teams in the league have arrived. This year is recognized as a draft year by the world. No team will give up such a gold rush opportunity.
Of course, the gold rush is for the teams at the bottom of the draft. For the teams that get the lottery picks, or even the top 5 picks, the most important thing for them is to examine the top rookies.
Oh, and by the way, this year's draft pick order is as follows:
No. 1 pick, Chicago Bulls, No. 2 pick, Miami Heat, No. 3 pick, Minnesota Timberwolves.
The fourth pick, the Seattle SuperSonics, then changed to the Thunder, the fifth pick, the Memphis Grizzlies, the sixth pick, the New York Knicks.
After 7-14 are the Clippers, Bucks, Bobcats, Nets, Pacers, Kings, Trail Blazers and Warriors.
That's all for this year's lottery picks.
For Zuo Li, he only needs to pay attention to the first three, or even the first two, because no matter which media, it will not be predicted that Zuo Li will drop to the third pick. If the No. 1 pick is not the Bulls, they will not even I think Zuoli will drop to second place.
The only one who can wrestle with Zuo Li is Ross. The main reason is that he is from Chicago. Once in high school, he promised to play for his hometown team in the future. Before Zuo Li was born, the Bulls really liked Ross.
And from the perspective of the Bulls' lineup They have Noah, a center who was just selected last year, but they are very short of guards.
This is what led to this result.
So for this joint trial, the general manager of the Bulls personally led the team, not only that, but they even invited Jerry Krause.
Those who are familiar with the Bulls naturally know what this character is. It was when he was in office that he single-handedly created the Bulls' super dynasty with 6 championships in 8 years.
Even he moved, enough to see how much they value this draft.
They just hope to see how to choose through this joint trial.
In the training camp, a lot of players have gathered early in the morning. In addition to those who came to the training camp to seek opportunities, there are also famous Westbrook, Love, Beasley and Mayo. They all want to show their faces early. prestigious.
The media is naturally dispatched collectively, and hundreds of media reporters are surrounded by the entire court.
"Mr. Jerry Krause, this time it's all up to you," said the current general manager, John Paxson.
"Well, don't worry." Krause nodded, while constantly staring at the players on the court. His choices are not limited. Except for Beasley, Mayo and other big-name rookies, Westbrook, and Love are also in his preparations. choose.
But at this moment, there was a commotion at the door, and all the media started to gather at the door.
"What's the situation?" Klaus was a little stunned. Is this a big star coming.
Turning around, a tall figure with yellow skin appeared at the door.
And those media are obviously going after him!
That's right, the figure is Zuo Li. If he doesn't make an appearance, he has already made an amazing appearance. Zuo Li just showed up and became the most shining existence in the joint trial.