no shortcuts in basketball

The summer league should be the lowest-intensity game among all NBA games.

Of course, this does not mean that attention is low.

Because the regular season is over at this point, this is the only game fans can watch during the long offseason.

In particular, Summer League is essentially a testing ground for rookies.

The fans just finished watching their own draft, and of course they want to see their rookie show off.

But rookies alone are not enough to make a team, so it also includes some second-year players, undrafted players and free agents.

So this is not a way of saying "you are a rookie, give you the ball, give me points", it is also a stage full of competition.

Xu Yong went to Chicago with Johnson and Gibson first, where he trained with his teammates for more than a week.

The Bulls have no second-year players this year, basically the three of them plus some undrafted picks and free agents, and their strength is not very strong.

Xu Yong has a little impression. There is only one center named Chris Richard, the main center of the University of Florida's two consecutive championships, Noah's teammate, and also played for the Liaoning team in the CBA.

This man is a muscular guy with a wingspan monster. He is 2 meters 06 tall and has a wingspan of 2 meters 20, but other than that, he has nothing special.

As the No. 2007 pick in 41, he played in the NBA for only one year and had no ball to play. This time he also came to the Bulls to try his luck.

However, such a lineup itself is not based on any record, but on the performance of the three rookies.

During this period, the three of Xu Yong and the Bulls signed a contract with the Bulls.

All three were first-round picks, and they all signed contracts with the same duration, a 2+1+1 stipulated by the league, with full guarantees for the first two years, and standard contracts for team options in the third and fourth years.

Of course, there is a gap in the amount of their picks.

吉布森是4年550万，约翰逊是4年794万，徐永则是4年2085万。

This is also Xu Yong's first pot of gold in the NBA, although he is far from as much as it seems.

According to NBA regulations, except for some special contracts that can be received in advance, most of the others are issued 24 times a year.

徐永第一年薪水446万，在扣除联邦税（40%左右）、州税（芝加哥大概6%）、联盟托管金（10%）、经纪人提成(施瓦茨2%)后，大概还剩187万左右。

These salaries are further divided into 24 parts, each of which is about $9.

He is still the second pick. Like Gibson, the money he got at one time was less than 2.

So even though they have entered the NBA and have a basic income, there is still a certain distance from "getting rich".

Shortly after signing the contract, they also confirmed their jersey numbers.

The Bulls retired a total of four jersey numbers, namely Jerry Sloan's No. 4, Bob Love's No. 10, Jordan's No. 23 and Pippen's No. 33.

In addition to these four retired numbers, other numbers are optional.

Gibson chose the same No. 22 as the university, and Johnson University also wore No. 23. He changed to No. 16. Xu Yong chose No. 6 as Zhang Weiping said in the previous interview.

After signing the contract and picking the numbers, they set off for Las Vegas with the team.

After arriving in Las Vegas, they checked into a local fast hotel.

As a result, the sound insulation of this hotel is poor, and there is a bar and a small casino next to it, and the sound in the middle of the night is like a duet.

No, it should be a trio to be precise.

I don't know which couple upstairs came here in the middle of the night. The key point is that the windows have not been closed. You know the sound of the cry.

And that girl's physical strength is really good, she was so surprised that baby Yefa Kemi called for hours.

That's sleep and can't sleep, sleep and sleep well.

When he woke up the next morning, even Xu Yong, who is used to short sleep, had a pair of panda eyes.

But there is no way, the summer league is not strictly an NBA season, which means that its expenses are not reimbursed by the parent team.

A very realistic situation, like the Bobcats this year, they don't have enough funds to form a team, the rookies are stuffed to the Jazz, and the Nets and 76ers also jointly formed a team.

Against this background, it is already a great benefit to provide accommodation for players this year. In previous years, players had to find a place to live by themselves.

And this is in Las Vegas, where every inch of land is very expensive, far from changing a hotel, the price is unaffordable for ordinary players.

As a result, the Bulls and the Pistons, who stayed at the Express Hotel together last night, had an iron battle.

The audience watching the game felt sorry for the basket.

The Bulls narrowly beat the Pistons 58-55.

Xu Yong was the best performer on the Bulls side, and he also hit the key ball at the last moment, but he only scored 12 points on 5 of 14 shots.

Although, this is already the highest score in the game.

After the game ended, Xu Yong immediately went to a nearby retail store to buy more than a dozen pairs of sound-proof earplugs, and then gave one to his teammates.

It can be seen from the happy expressions on the faces of the players that there is no better gift than this moment.

This wave is called [human sophistication].

But just as Xu Yong gave earplugs to his teammates, the fans on social media had already climaxed.

"No. [-]? That's it?"

"Leaving aside the fact that the score is low on the field, is Xu Yong really worthy of the second place with 14 points?"

"Xu Yong is indeed like T-mac, as iron as T-mac."

"Laughing to death, is this the return of the Bulls for sending out most of the team?"

"Brother, this is the summer league. I am optimistic that the Grizzlies will get another pick next year!"

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This group of fans has been waiting here since the draft.

Because Xu Yong was very low-key after being selected, and social media has not yet been opened, which made them unable to find a place to vent.

Now that there is finally an entry point, it's not enough to output.

And on the second day of the summer league, the Clippers also ushered in their league debut.

In another arena in Las Vegas, Griffin made a historic debut.

He swept the team's first 7 points, made all of the first eight shots, and finally scored 15 points and 11 rebounds on 27 of 12 shots, leading the team to a big victory over the rival Lakers in the same city.

This time, fans on social media were even more excited.

The direct result of this is that Xu Yong didn't open social media and wouldn't see these things, but Johnson had already told him about it with his mobile phone.

Seeing those fans who seemed to be as angry as their girlfriends, Xu Yong also frowned for the first time.

It was also the first time he had seen such a battle.

And he unconsciously remembered Yao Ming's experience of scoring 0 points in his first show. At that time, social media was not so developed, but the media people's ridicule of Yao Ming was undisguised. Now.

This is no longer simply a question of the number one pick. Those Yankees are used to a superior attitude, pointing at you with a magnifying glass, and pointing at you to make a fool of yourself.

Although Xu Yong has lived through two lifetimes, there is still a nameless anger rising in his chest at this moment.

He glanced at Johnson, then called Gibson, the two teammates who had gotten along well with him for a short time, together and discussed something with them.

Those guys are cheap, right?You like being slapped in the face, don't you?

Then he will satisfy them once!

Of course, there is another very important reason why Johnson and Gibson are willing to cooperate with Xu Yong. The head coach of the Bulls' summer league is Del Harris.

That's right, that is, "Silver Fox" Harris, who once served as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, is the first assistant coach of the Bulls.

Harris is now 72 years old. He originally planned to retire this summer, but after this year's draft, he changed his plan and decided to fight for another year.

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It's still the same arena, but the difference is that because of the guaranteed sleep, the Bulls' mental outlook has taken on a new look. During the warm-up, Xu Yong even showed off a slam dunk.

And perhaps because of Xu Yong's performance of "hip stretching" in the first game, quite a few fans came to the scene. The hall with thousands of people was almost full, and there were many media reporters in the front row.

Facts have proved that the most indispensable thing in this world is people who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement.

As for the media, it is not where there is news material to drill.

But what many people didn't expect was that a Bulls player also came to the scene.

Derek Rose.

Naturally, Ross couldn't have come here to see Xu Yong's jokes.

After seeing Ross, Xu Yong was also a little surprised.

You can guess with your toes that Rose is here to support him.

In an instant, Xu Yong's affection for this former opponent and future teammate increased dramatically.

He went up to greet Rose.

Rose was very shy and didn't speak much. After a few simple exchanges, he bumped into his shoulder, and then sat down to watch the game intently.

The Bulls' opponent tonight is the Grizzlies.

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