The opening three-pointer in basketball

Bai Yi doesn't have much else going on.

After Zhou Yuan released the news that he signed with the Timberwolves.

He became quite popular in China, and some businesses found him and wanted him to be their spokesperson.

The endorsement fee is basically less than one million US dollars, which is actually OK in China, but in the NBA, it is nothing.

So Bai Yi refused directly. Now he is just relying on the reputation brought by "the highest salary in Chinese basketball".

In fact, he has not really established himself in the NBA, and the endorsement fees offered by merchants are not very high.

Now if he makes quick money, he will actually suffer a loss.

When he becomes a main starter in the NBA, or even an All-Star player, his endorsement fees can increase several levels.

Just like Yao Yao in his previous life, it is said that he earned US$100 million a year.

Really scary.

So of course he declined the current endorsement invitation.

Under such circumstances, he had nothing to do. After signing the contract, he stayed in Minnesota and went to the team's training facility to train every day.

He became the Timberwolves' most diligent player, which made Connelly very satisfied.

He believed more and more that Bai Yi might be able to help him change his destiny.

Bai Yi trains every day and then returns to the rental place.

After signing the contract, he received half a million dollars, which was advanced in advance.

He rented a house next to the club's training base.

I also spent 10,000 dollars to buy a second-hand car.

Such a simple life is quite fun, and Bai Yi likes it very much.

The Timberwolves training facility was quiet for a few days after the draft, and then it became lively again.

Many rookies have come to the Timberwolves and they have to participate in tryouts.

Of course, these rookies will not continue to participate in the NBA draft. This year's draft has ended and there will not be a second one.

They came here to participate in the following summer league.

Generally speaking, starting from the beginning of July, the league will hold summer league.

Young players entering the NBA, as well as some undrafted players, will participate in the Rookie Conference.

These undrafted players just want to rely on the summer league to express themselves, and then get noticed by a certain team, and then enter the NBA.

There are generally two divisions in the Summer League in the United States, one is Las Vegas and the other is Denver Plateau.

There are more teams participating here in Las Vegas, with 20 teams.

Denver generally has seven or eight teams.

Sometimes, like the Chinese national team and the island nation's national team, they will participate in the summer league to maintain their condition.

There will be more teams participating in the summer league at this time.

The Timberwolves usually go to Las Vegas for summer league.

Bai Yi naturally wanted to participate, and he was willing to go there to express himself.

In fact, the club's head coach, such as Adelman, will not observe the players, and the assistant coach will definitely lead the team.

It was impossible to have any technical tactics at that time.

The players mainly play singles.

The tactical value of the summer league is not very great, but this is a beautiful country tradition, and basically the rookies will go there to show their faces.

Bai Yi is just a rookie now, and he doesn't want to appear too unique.

And he also wants to show himself through the summer league. He may not be able to conquer professional sports media, but if he can conquer a few more fans, that would be a good thing.

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"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

In the Timberwolves training arena, a group of young guys are training hard.

When Bai Yi entered the arena, the sounds inside became much quieter.

Many young people looked over.

He was the only one at the scene who signed the contract, and it was a "big contract" worth eight million.

Compared to other young people, his starting point is high enough.

Before the draft begins, when other people see Bai Yi, they will look at him provocatively.

But now I feel more jealous and jealous.

More than 99% of these people will not be able to enter the NBA. They will either give up basketball or go to play abroad.

Even in China, which is known as the second largest basketball market, the annual salary of foreign players is only about US$3 million.

What's more, most of the CBA's foreign players are players who retired from the NBA.

They are not qualified to go to the CBA at all.

Most of them go to Moss Country and Dayin and earn two to three hundred thousand dollars a year.

There is absolutely no comparison with Bai Yi.

If it were before the draft, the number one player on the rookie list like Irving would also be challenged.

But now there is absolutely no rookie to challenge Irving, and no one will challenge Bai Yi.

Because the club doesn't allow it.

These young people are not easy to use, so what if they injure the rookie they have worked so hard to select?

The league has an unspoken rule that undrafted rookies cannot challenge the selected rookies.

Otherwise, you will be banned from the alliance.

It can be said that the undrafted players and the drafted rookies have taken two completely different paths.

One has a bright future, and the other has lost his future. If they cannot perform well in the summer league, then there is a high probability that they will leave the NBA forever.

Bai Yi could feel some people looking at him with envy, and some with dissatisfaction and unwillingness in their eyes.

But no one came forward.

Assistant coach Mike stepped forward and gently patted Bai Yi on the shoulder.

"Bai, you're here again."

This assistant coach is a disciple of Adelman and is also the technical statistics coach of the Timberwolves.

From now on, he will tally the players' on-field statistics.

He is only thirty-seven years old this year. Probably because he has been exercising all year round, he still looks very young.

For Mike, although the summer league is not taken seriously by the club, it is also a good experience to be able to coach alone.

If we can win the summer league championship, it will be a great honor.

He really wants to lead the Timberwolves to the Summer League championship.

After all, the Timberwolves were miserable in the first two seasons.

If we can win the championship in the summer league, we will definitely become famous by then.

And his confidence to win the championship is Bai Yi.

As a rookie, Bai Yi's three-pointers are too accurate and he is too strong.

Of course, that doesn't mean they don't have opponents.

For example, the Cavaliers selected Irving with the No. 1 pick and Thompson with the No. 4 pick, one inside and one outside, two star-level young players.

The Cavaliers summer league must be very strong.

And the Spurs.

The mentality of playing is different from that of other teams. Under Popovich's request, the Spurs still play as a team and play tactically even in the summer league.

The Spurs rank well in the summer league every year.

So Mike didn't dare to say that the Timberwolves would definitely do it, but Bai Yi still gave him great confidence.

Bai Yi's three-pointers, breakthroughs, and various basketball skills are very stable.

He had observed Bai Yi in the past few days and found that Bai Yi had never failed, and his hitting rate was terrifyingly stable.

He believed Bai Yi could surprise him.

Bai Yi didn't know what Mike was thinking. At this time, the system sounded, "Ding, the summer league is about to begin. The system mission: win this year's summer league championship and be rewarded with twenty achievement points."

There are not many achievement points, but it is still meat.

Bai Yi will naturally not give up.