NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 13 Happy Cooperation
Jimmy Butler returned to Houston, and Juwan officially ended his training at Grover's training camp two days later. Michael Reed and Benjamin exchanged contact information with Juwan before leaving, asking them to call them.

Michael Reed and Zhu Wan had a fight in the bullfight in the last few days of the training camp, and Benjamin simply thought that this guy would break out in the NBA after he went to the NBA. He had to make friends with this guy before he entered the NBA. Don’t think that our ancestors knew that "everyone is a brother". The idea of ​​​​"huddling together" in the black mind has been around for a long time. If you go to any slum area and pick up a black man, you can always hear him talking about it. A saying: "If we are not united, we will always be bullied by those white skins!"

Tim Grover also had a special talk with Juwan after the training camp. He first handed over several plans to Zhuwan: "Next, you have to enter the stage of dietary gain and muscle gain. I have written the menu for you. You can eat as usual for about two weeks, and then follow the training plan I wrote to lose fat!"

Then he took out his business card: "Call me if you have any questions." Then he had to go back to Chicago, and after the training camp there, he had to accompany Michael Jordan for some special training.

At the end of this season, Michael Jordan has officially announced in front of the media that "the 02~03 season will be the last season of my career". It takes a lot of time to maintain a good competitive state.

Grover actually wants to continue to build his body for Juwan. At his level, it doesn’t matter if it’s money or not. A good “work” can satisfy him more, but Michael Jordan has to be the number one on his side. Fortunately, Juwan doesn’t enter the NBA this year. He will play in the NCAA for a year: “Next summer, you call me in advance and we set a time. Then I will cancel all arrangements to help you better prepare for the NBA!”

He made a promise, and Zhu Wan couldn't wait for it. After the 15-day training period, he can already feel obvious changes in his body. In short, he is "thicker, harder, and bigger." Even his explosive power has improved. Although it is not so obvious, it is good news and proves that Grover's training method is really suitable for him. If nothing happens next summer, Zhu Wan will enter the NBA.

After a friendly farewell, Zhu Wan re-booked the hotel and contacted a training center, but because he started gaining fat, the money was spent faster, and within two days, the money in his pocket was almost exhausted, but there was still about half a month before the Nike training camp, which made him think about where to get some money. The fastest way was to call his second uncle or his family. He knew that Zhu Wan’s parents were not rich, and the tens of thousands of dollars would have emptied the family. He didn’t want the old man to empty the family’s money. He dared to ask his second uncle for money because a lot of his second uncle’s money was based on his ideas, and Zhu Wan didn’t feel guilty about taking it.

"Think again..."

If you really have no money, you can only ask your family for it.

Zhu Wan asked around for part-time jobs, but in the end he couldn’t find a part-time job that met his training requirements. Even if he had no money, basketball was definitely Zhu Wan’s focus, and he didn’t talk about his dreams. He was almost out of food. What about his dreams, but Zhu Wan wanted to change his miserable life. Basketball was really his only way out, and it was also the way he had the greatest hope at the moment!

Especially after witnessing his second uncle's half-dead business in recent years, Zhu Wan felt more and more that even if he came back from time travel, it would be difficult for him to start a business by relying on his own foresight alone.

Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that he never lived in the United States...

There was no other way, Zhu Wan could only call his parents. After hesitating for a long time, he asked for living expenses. The situation was much better than what Zhu Wanxiang had imagined. Although his family was not rich, he could still afford [-] to [-].

Moreover, Zhu Wan seldom asks his family for money, and it has been more than a year since the last time. On the contrary, he asks more about his health, and they are not so difficult.

But Zhu Wan hung up the phone, still blushing, asking for money, for a man in his thirties, it was really too shameful!

Fortunately, the money problem has been solved, and he doesn't have to worry about money anymore.

Continuing to practice, just two or three days later, Zhu Wan received an unfamiliar number. When he picked it up, a strange woman's voice came from the phone. The voice was still very nice, and she had practiced pure enunciation: "Hello, is this Mr. Zhu Wan?"

Zhu Wan nodded: "I am!"

The woman immediately introduced her identity. It turned out that she was a director of ESPN's basketball section, named Chrissy. She called Zhu Wan because she wanted to cooperate with Zhu Wan on a program: "This is a reality show that we just passed. We hope you can appear in this column as a guest of the first episode!"

Then she briefly introduced the program, and Zhu Wan understood it after listening to it. It was probably similar to those later programs that a certain basketball internet celebrity raided the campus, except that this program did not raid the campus, but the street court!
"Why did you choose me?" Zhu Wan was a little puzzled. It is obvious that such a program would be more gimmick to find an NBA star...

Chris explained: "Hey, buddy, don't you know how popular you are now? The first Chinese in the United States to reach the NCAA finals, the news that you won Michael Reed in the bullfight a few days ago is still being reported. You are very popular, buddy, it would be a strange thing not to choose you!"

There is a bit of deliberate exaggeration in the tone, of course, this is also in line with the usual way of speaking of Americans.

Zhu Wan naturally didn't believe it was just because of this reason. He admitted that he is a bit hot now, but he is still far from a real NBA star!

Therefore, there must be other reasons for choosing him. For example, the budget for this new show is very tight, and it is impossible to invite those real NBA big names, and ordinary NBA players are not as popular as Zhu Wan is now. Choosing them might as well choose him Zhu Wan...

And Zhu Wan is still free - NCAA stipulates that players who play on the court are not allowed to receive any previous remuneration for scholarships, including TV appearances, which must also be free of charge.

It's free and popular, whoever doesn't choose is an idiot!
However, Zhu Wan didn't think too much about this issue, it wasn't a big deal, no matter why they chose him, anyway, what was in front of him now was a good opportunity to make a name for himself.

What is the competition in the draft?
Strength is of course the first priority, and second?Naturally, he must be able to promote himself in front of the media!
In the era of underdeveloped networks, packaging is a very important thing!
How to pack...

To put it bluntly, it is fame!
Just look at the later "Golden Boy" Rubio. With his fame, he was firmly ranked in the top three picks before the start of the 09 draft. It was only because of the last trial training that he stretched his hips and he was not sure when he would be able to log in to the NBA. He just fell to the fifth in the first round... That's high enough!

The draft in 03 is recognized by the media in the United States as the "big year of the draft". If Zhu Wan wants to have a better draft ranking next year, he must seize every opportunity to become famous!

Besides, in this day and age, being on TV is not so easy. If it wasn't for the noise in the ncaa finals and the bullfight with Michael Reid, I'm afraid this opportunity would not be his turn...

"Zhu Wan, are you willing?" Seeing that Zhu Wan didn't answer him for a long time, Chris asked again.

"Of course!" Zhu Wan also thought about it now, and agreed directly, "Happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)