Super Role Player

In the locker room of the visiting team at the West Lake City Gymnasium, Anxi's smartphone played a live broadcast from the NBA's official press conference, which was related to the lockout.

An Xi put on an ice pack and watched intently.

Alliance vice president Adam Silva appeared in the picture, holding a press release and walked to the center.

"Hello, friends from the press, after 18 hours of negotiations, we announced that we have reached a final agreement with NBA player representatives. Both the league representatives and the player representatives have signed the agreement. The league now officially announces that the lockout is over! "

"Papa papa!" There was a burst of applause and cheers in the screen, and Anxi also raised his right hand and clenched his fist tightly.

Ryan Kelly and the others, who had been watching on the sidelines, quickly understood when they saw Anxi's appearance.

Ryan Kelly scratched his head and asked, "Ann, are you going to the NBA now?"

to the NBA? Anxi shook his head, he didn't know, if he wanted to go to NBA immediately, the Spurs had to sign him now!

He doesn't know what the attitude of the Spurs is now. Although the Spurs have sent a scout over, he doesn't know what kind of opinion that scout has on Anxi.

In short, what Anxi has to do now is to wait and wait for the news from the NBA. Once the lockout is over, if the Spurs don't send someone to find Anxi to sign the contract, it means that Anxi will play in the CBA for a year or two. Entering the NBA is still very confident. If it really doesn't work, play well in the CBA this season, and wait for next year's Olympic Games, if he explodes, will the Spurs sign him?

...

In the United States, the league staff who stayed up all night went to rest, and as far away as San Antonio, Gregg Popovich just turned off the TV, ready to take a good rest, in order to deal with the upcoming free market and transfer market.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Greg, are you asleep?" It was the team's general manager, R.C. Buford, who called.

"Just getting ready to sleep, what's wrong?" Popovich narrowed his eyes, his gray hair reflected his exhaustion at this moment, and even his voice was hoarse.

"Houston made a call and wanted to talk to us about the deal for this year's No. 59 rookie."

"This year's No. 59 rookie? Who is that?"

"China Ann, don't you remember?"

"Oh? Him? Then refuse. Tres has already told me that China An has the ability to play in the NBA. I have also watched the video he sent back. I can sign it. How about it, Robert (Bloomberg) Ford's full name: Robert-Canterbury "R.C." Buford), you get someone to contact Ann's agent and talk to him about the contract. He is a member of my plan for the new season."

After hanging up the phone, Popovich rubbed his eyes vigorously, moved his lips, and muttered to himself: "The 57th pick in 1999, the 59th pick in 2011, very interesting!"

...

Anxi, who returned to Shanghai, soon received a call from Ivo Clark. On the phone, Ivo Clark shouted extremely excitedly: "Ann! Ann! Are you there? Do you know? San Antonio contacted me! They want to Signed a rookie contract with you!"

Anxi also laughed when he heard Ivor Clark yelling on the other end of the phone. Well, the good news for the Spurs is here, so we have to say goodbye to Dayao and the teammates of the Shanghai team, right?

"Ann, go back to the United States as soon as possible. The league has announced that the free market and the transfer market will start at the same time on December 9th. The preseason game will start on December 14th. There will be two to three preseason games, so you have to hurry up. , Maybe the Spurs have already started preseason training."

Anxi nodded and agreed.

After contacting Zhang Mingji,

Anxi announced that she had terminated her contract with the Modu team and was leaving for the United States immediately.

The news of Anxi rushing to the United States quickly spread in China. The photos of him and Zhang Mingji appearing together at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport were taken by the media. Several major portal websites all used the slogan "Anxi is going to the United States and will soon sign with the Spurs". The headline reported the news.

And the Basketball Pioneer, which seemed to have got the inside information, revealed the next day that Anxi might not have signed with the Spurs, but the Rockets! The Rockets are likely to exchange cash and second-round picks for Anxi's signing rights!

At this time, Anxi was already in the United States. After the plane landed in Los Angeles, Anxi and Zhang Mingji flew to San Antonio, and finally arrived at the Spurs headquarters in the afternoon of the next day.

The contract negotiations with the Spurs went smoothly. After all, Anxi is only a second-round rookie, and the contract amount is relatively fixed in all aspects. Therefore, a contract of 1.8 million for two years with a team option for the second year was signed.

On the second day in San Antonio, the Spurs notified the major media that a press conference for signing rookies will be held in the afternoon.

Anxi was also notified by the Spurs. In the morning, he went to the Spurs training hall to choose his jersey number. Anxi chose No. 7. This number has always been regarded by Anxi as his lucky number.

In the afternoon, in the San Antonio training facility, before a curtain with the NBA logo and the Spurs logo, the reporters with long guns and short guns were already ready. There were many Chinese faces among the reporters at the scene, and it seemed that they were here for Anxi.

But almost at the same time, Houston, another city in Texas, the Rockets also held a rookie signing ceremony, where a large number of reporters with Chinese faces gathered. They all believed the report of the domestic Basketball Pioneer and mistakenly thought that Anxi had been traded to the Rockets. , is about to sign a contract with the Rockets.

However, the Rockets' rookie signing ceremony, which started earlier, quickly disappointed these reporters. Behind the curtain, only two rookies walked out, one was No. 14 rookie Marcus Morris, and the other was second-round rookie Chandler Parson Si... no Anxi!

Then the news from San Antonio made these reporters turn from disappointment to anger! Because Anxi appeared on the scene in San Antonio!

In San Antonio, Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford co-hosted the rookie signing ceremony, which featured Kawhi Leonard, Corey Joseph and Anxi...

Anxi also showed his No. 7 jersey. At the same time, R.C. Buford announced that he will sign with Anxi for two years and will play in the NBA in the new season.

After the press conference, Anxi chatted with a few reporters from the motherland, and he probably knew what happened in Houston. He was a little bit dumbfounded, because the signing time was very tight, so Zhang Mingji and the others did not notify any reporters and media. , Coupled with the chasing wind and shadows of the Basketball Pioneer News, unexpectedly it led to such a misunderstanding.

The reporters in San Antonio were naturally very happy. They successfully interviewed Anxi. After signing with the Spurs, Anxi was very talkative. When faced with the question raised by Tencent Sports reporter Hu Kaili about what role he hopes to play in the team in the new season, Anxi was very happy. Answered like this.

"It's hard to say for the new season. The Spurs, a strong team, have no shortage of people. I signed with them, probably as a substitute, so what I want now is to gain a firm foothold here and have a certain Time to play."

As for the other insider questions, Anxi didn't answer them directly.

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