As for the second round, Han Yi did not give any instructions on who to choose in the second round.

So Wang Zhizhi, who was 22 years old and automatically participated in the draft, was naturally within the Celtics' draft target range.

Although according to the current situation, the possibility of Wang Zhizhi coming to the NBA next season is very small.

But it doesn't matter to the Celtics. The Celtics want to add a fellow countryman to Han Yi, if for no other reason!

But the Celtics, who hold the 58th pick, have no chance to sign Wang Zhizhi at all. In the early part of the second round, the Dallas Mavericks directly intercepted Wang Zhizhi, and the Celtics had to choose Eddie Lucas, who performed well in the Celtics' tryout.

And there is no need to inform Han Yi about this matter, because Han Yi couldn't wait to take Ron Artest to special training after selecting him!

It's not that Han Yi is inhumane, but he is really, really busy this summer!

Just after the finals, the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team called Han Yi. At first, he was very excited and congratulated Han Yi in a very official way for his breakthrough achievements in the NBA league on behalf of the Chinese people. Then he turned to the main topic:

"Han Yi, I hope you can participate in the Asian Championships this summer!"

"Asian Championships?"

Han Yi asked: "Do I still need to go to this kind of competition?"

It is 1999, not 2019. At this time, the Chinese men's basketball team is still the absolute hegemon in Asia. Winning a game by 20 or 30 points is commonplace. If it is tense to the end, it can be called a shameful battle!

"It's not a matter of grades," the leader guessed what Han Yi was thinking across the Pacific Ocean:

"We naturally don't have any pressure in the Asian Championships, but our important goal in this Asian Championships is not to win the championship, but to prepare for the 2000 Sydney Olympics next year!"

"We hope you can become the core of this Chinese men's basketball team. We hope to get a better record than the quarterfinals in the Sydney Olympics. I know you are busy playing in the NBA all year, so can you spare some time in the summer to meet your national team teammates and practice together? Don't worry, it won't take up much of your time!"

"No, I'm very busy, I don't have time I will go to practice with you guys. "

"Han Yi, we know your strength and we believe in your strength, but you have to consider your teammates. You have to give your national team teammates time to adapt. We calculated that it won't take you too long. It will take at most one month."

"No!" Han Yi said: "If you want to adapt to me, it's actually quite simple. Watch a few more Celtics playoff games last season and you will know that it's actually quite easy to adapt to me. Others just need to shoot the open space I created into the basket!"

After a short silence, the leader said: "Okay!"

After a few more pleasantries, the phone was hung up.

The leader's words are still quite comfortable, without the kind of domineering official power. Is it because he is a good leader? No, it's just that this leader can't bear the consequences of Han Yi's refusal to participate in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

In the last session, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team made it to the Olympic quarterfinals for the first time in history. This is a historic breakthrough for the Chinese men's basketball team!

For these officials of the Basketball Association, if they want to get promoted and get a raise, they have to double their salary on the basis of the top eight. In the absence of major changes in the overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, it is already difficult to keep the title of the top eight in the last Olympic Games. As for going further, it is absolutely impossible without Han Yi's participation!

Han Yi was not trained by the Chinese youth training system. Although he is a Chinese, it is a favor for him to come back to help the Chinese men's basketball team. It is his duty not to help. The Chinese men's basketball team is willing to play for China. If he plays the game of the officials, then sorry, get out of here as far as you can.

For Han Yi, it is easy to send away the officials of the Chinese Basketball Association, but it is difficult to send away the guys who are looking for "trouble" next.

Since the beginning of July, Han Yi has been arranged by Nike to have a full schedule in Asia!

Although Nike has given a huge commercial contract that is far beyond what other NBA centers can imagine, every penny and every corner of the money of this business giant fed by Jordan is not easy to earn!

This is different from the Asian Championships, which can be easily rejected by just opening one's mouth. As a player under Nike, Han Yi has a little chance to bargain, but he absolutely cannot refuse to participate!

Han Yi completed all the indicators set by Nike for him in one season, which is indeed worth celebrating, but after the celebration, Nike, as a capitalist, will take Han Yi's businessIt’s time to maximize the value of the business.

What Han Yi can do is to ask the Nike team to add his training team to the itinerary. It’s fine to do commercial activities, but at least one of the two days must ensure his training volume!

China, Japan, and South Korea, the three countries with the best basketball development in Asia, naturally became the first choice for this business trip.

However, before leaving, Han Yi was a little worried. After all, he had just rejected the Chinese national team’s recruitment to participate in the Asian Championships this summer. Now he is doing commercial activities. Isn’t it not good?

However, when Han Yi landed, he found that this so-called bad thing did not exist at all. The airport reception team was so loud. When the Chinese Basketball Association heard that Han Yi came to China, it directly changed the Chinese men’s basketball team that was preparing to go to Europe for training to domestic training.

Don’t you, Han Yi, have no time to practice with them? Then it’s okay for you to come to China and play a training match?

Didn't your Han Yi team want to ensure the effectiveness of Han Yi's training during his trip to Asia?

Is it okay for us to send a whole national team to train with Han Yi?

This is indeed okay!

24-year-old Battelle, 22-year-old Wang Zhizhi, 19-year-old Yao Ming, if you want to say how strong they are now, they are really not that strong, but just talking about sparring, they are much better than the people Han Yi can find right now!

So, it's time to give our Chinese men's basketball team some good food. At Han Yi's request, the training team he brought with him trained these young players bit by bit from beginning to end.

As for these three young people, facing the whole set of training teams that only NBA top stars have brought by Han Yi, their mouths never closed:

"Wow, this is basketball, what are we training? What we practice is also called basketball?"

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