signingbooks Chapter 159 New 1 Page
Chapter 159 New 1 Page
Chapter 159 A New Page
Li Chongxiao finally signed with the Grizzlies. This choice shocked the entire league, especially the Bulls and 76ers, who were very puzzled.
Fortunately, Li Chongxiao decided to do it quickly, without delaying their reinforcements.Brand also got his wish and joined the 5ers for $8200 million in five years.
Li Chongxiao's contract is naturally a maximum salary. He signed a five-year contract with the Grizzlies with a starting salary of 1375.8 million and a total value of 8483 million. The fourth year is a player option.
This contract will take effect from the 2008~2009 season, and the Grizzlies owner is willing to pay half of the salary in advance.In other words, after Li Chongxiao signs, he can get about 4250 million US dollars.
The two sides held a short press conference in Beijing, announcing that Li Chongxiao had joined the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies boss also brought Li Chongxiao's No. 6 jersey for the new season.
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Under the leadership of Li Chongxiao, the Spurs became very famous in China.Many people understand the history of the Spurs, and they admire Popovich, who led the team to four championships in 9 years.
He was nicknamed Zhuge Weiqi by Huaxia fans, which means resourceful, comparable to Crouching Dragon of the Three Kingdoms.Many Spurs fans don't worship Li Chongxiao, don't worship Duncan, but worship the head coach.
Created by a handful of fans, the Spurs have become the face of team basketball.They believe that the essence of basketball is a team sport played by five people. Other teams are on the wrong path, and only the Spurs are on the right path.
The team culture is not only reflected on the court, but also makes some sacrifices for the team off the court, including salary cuts and sacrificing the status of the team.
They praised Li Chongxiao's previous salary cut and Ginobili's playing as the sixth man.
The Lakers' championship is what they call a money victory, and it won't last long. According to the law of "must win the championship in odd-numbered years", next season, the Spurs will return to the top.
Spiritual shareholders are a beautiful landscape on the forum, and they are often intoxicated in some deeds of their own imagination.
After Li Chongxiao left the Spurs, although most of the Spurs fans who had prepared for it were very disappointed, they still generously sent their blessings.
And a small number of "spiritual shareholders" scolded Li Chongxiao for being ungrateful, thinking that he was sorry for the Spurs and Popovich, and he was crazy about money.
In some posts, several fans sincerely wrote an open letter to Popovich, stating that Li Chongxiao's "betrayal" does not represent his own betrayal. They will always support the Spurs and follow Popovich who "sees him like a father".
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After the finals, Yao Ming returned to the national team with the momentum of the NBA championship.He deliberately asked Li Chongxiao to wait for him to join the team, and then introduced the latter to his teammates.
The lineup of this national team is unprecedentedly strong. The center positions are Yao Ming and Tang Zhengdong, the power forwards are Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, and the small forwards are Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng.
In the backcourt, Li Chongxiao, Li Nan and Wang Shipeng formed the shooting guards, and Liu Wei and Zhang Qingpeng partnered as point guards.
The Olympic grouping is Group A with Argentina, Australia, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, and Croatia. Group B includes Angola, China, Spain, the United States, Germany, and Greece.
In the Huaxia team's lineup, there are 5 players who have played in the NBA, and 4 of them are active players, not counting Sun Yue who just signed with the Lakers.
Both Li Chongxiao and Yao Ming have won championships and are top-ranked players in the NBA.People's expectations for this team have quietly increased from the top eight to the top four.
In the group stage, as long as the Huaxia team can finish second, they have a high chance of advancing to the semi-finals.
After Li Chongxiao entered the team, he quickly integrated into it.
In the team, except for Sun Yue, other NBA players are friendly to him.He himself is also the FMVP winner of the NBA league. He is a player who defends for a while, and he doesn't come out to provoke troubles.
Yunus recognized Li Chongxiao's strength very much. After the first training session, he did not hesitate to establish him as the outside core, and even gave him the right to make decisions at critical moments.
Li Chongxiao is very satisfied with this tactic, he quickly finished dealing with the renewal of the NBA contract, and then accepted the joint training in the national team with peace of mind.
Often he leads a team, Yao Ming leads a team, and the two sides practice against each other.
Li Chongxiao wins more and loses less, because he found that the defenders of the national team are not strong in handling the ball. At critical moments, as long as they use the full-court pressing method, Liu Wei or Zhang Qingpeng can't even bring the ball up the frontcourt.
The reason why the Yao Ming team collapsed in the end several times was because Li Chongxiao single-handedly defended Liu Wei and stole the ball consecutively.
After Li Chongxiao reported the situation, Jonas gave Liu Wei and Zhang Qingpeng special advice, telling them not to do anything, but to concentrate on practicing good ball control.Anyway, in the frontcourt, just give the ball to Li Chongxiao or Yao Ming.
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While practicing together, Li Chongxiao did not give up on his own training.He brought his training team to the country, and every day after team training, he is still stepping up his offensive, defensive, ball-handling and organizational skills.
In the new season, he is undoubtedly the leader of the team, and the pressure is even greater.
It was the first time for the teammates to get close to the training of a top NBA outside star, and they were surprised by Li Chongxiao's training volume.
After a day of training, several teammates felt that their bodies were too much to bear. They couldn't understand how Li Chongxiao persisted for so many years.
Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng felt that former teammate Yi Jianlian had already trained a lot, but they didn't expect that there would be more ruthless.
Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, who returned to the national team, did not relax. Although their training volume was not as great as Li Chongxiao's, it was far more than others.
Yao Ming is preparing to defend his title, while Yi Jianlian is fighting for a main position.
Sun Yue has joined the Lakers this season. He is always by Yao Ming's side, hoping that this fellow can take care of himself.
Yao Ming didn't want to care about other people, but the other party's lazy attitude made him uncomfortable.His request to Sun Yue is very simple, take the initiative to train more, and then control his diet.
Regarding these two, Sun Yue did not perform very well, which made Yao Ming very helpless.
Li Chongxiao's diet is another place that surprised his teammates besides training.
Li Nan and Yao Ming are old teammates. He found that the other party has not entered the national team for two or three years. Compared with the previous trip to the national team, Li Nan's eating habits have changed greatly.
Plates of nutritious meals, followed by white water, avoid heavy oil and greasy, and do not drink beverages and alcohol.
Every day when meals are served, Li Chongxiao, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian formed a small circle, and the three ate nutritious meals in silence.
Slowly, Tang Zhengdong and other players also joined in. They were not as exaggerated, but they were also more scientific.
The morale of the entire team is accumulating day by day, and the tacit understanding is also increasing day by day, just waiting for the opening of the Olympics.
(End of this chapter)