I'm really a slam dunk

Chapter 12 Yao Ming's Treat!

Negotiations to renew the contract come to an end here, to this extent.

So Du Qi didn't say anything, and walked out of the Nets club.

"I'll go and persuade this kid again."

When Coach Painter, Thomas, and Jesses walked out of the negotiation room, they seemed unwilling to say.It means to persuade Du Qi to change his mind.

He said so,
Right in the arms of Thomas and Jesses.

Especially Jesse, he knew more or less, Du Qi respected Painter very much, and he was close to Painter.

He said repeatedly: "This is the best!"

Manager Thomas also nodded.

Seeing that he was allowed, Painter nodded, and then walked out of the Nets Club in three steps in two steps, seemingly very diligently, to chase Du Qi.

"Du!"

Painter walked out of the club, quickly caught up with Dookie, and called to stop him.

Du Qi glanced at the club, seeing no one followed, "Coach, how is my play?"

"Honestly, a bit too much."

"Ok?"

"It's a little fake that you called your compatriot Yao. But fortunately, Coach Jess saw you and Yao meet with his own eyes yesterday, so he didn't care about these small details."

"I just thought about it for a while. It's really unreasonable to pretend to call a super star like Yao Ming. How could Yao Ming talk to me?
Fortunately, I turned the volume of the phone call to the lowest level, which made it hard for you to hear clearly. I did make a call, but it was not from Yao Ming, but from my good friend Cam.

They don't think about it, and they don't think I'm acting. "

"..."

Painter was speechless, but he said in his heart that you are a showman!

"But no matter what, the first step of the 'play hard to get' trick has been achieved."

"What do I do next?"

"Wait."

"Wait? When will we wait?"

"I don't know~ The method is correct, but whether the method will work or not depends on many factors.

With luck, everything will work out.

But luck is bad, and that's it. The Nets are not saying that they can't do without a player like you.

So Du, don't wait too long. At worst, you don't have to play for the Nets. You can sign with a team that offers you an olive branch. It's the same if you play in the NBA first. "

What Painter said was more realistic.

After chatting with Du Qi, Painter returned to the Nets club. When Thomas and Jesses asked him how the chat with Duke was, Painter also got into the upper body, saying it was not easy~
This added to the dark clouds in the minds of Thomas and Jesse.

Duke quickly found Cam.

at this time.

Cam looked at a list in front of the computer in his room.

"Hey Du, I played a good show with you today, how are you going to repay me?

I'm a very easy person to deal with. Treat me to a big meal and that's all. "

Du Qi couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Food!"

"Food? This term sounds very fresh and good."

"Uh... what are you looking at?"

"NBA rookie list, and other NCAA player lists, I'm going to give full play to my super scout strength, pick future superstars with my eyes!

Well, don't interrupt, let's talk about treating me to a big meal. Come on, what do you want to treat me to? "

"You big headed ghost, please."

"Hey hey... Du, I have good news for you."

"What good news."

"Look at this NBA rookie list—"

As Camm said, he dragged the mouse and pulled up a web page with photos of various NBA rookies and a brief description of the rookie's current performance this season.

"This list is specially made for NBA rookies, whoever is good will be on the list.

No. [-] on the list now is this year's NBA No. [-] pick, LeBron James.

The good news I want to tell you is that you guys are suddenly on the list! "

"Am I on the list?"

Du Qi was a little strange and a little amused.

Being on the list is an affirmation of myself.

"Yes, you see."

As Cam spoke, he pulled down the list until he reached the last page, "You are now at the bottom of the list.

Du, don't pull your face and smile, even though you are at the bottom of the list, the bottom of the list is also on the list!

You have to know that it is very rare to be undrafted on the list!I was looking at this list two days ago, and your name was not on it at all.

After these two days, you have already been on the list, which means you are already popular! "

This explanation reassured Du Qi slightly, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

"Hey, since you are on the list, do you want to treat me to a big meal?"

"..."

Here it comes again, Du Qi rolled his eyes wildly.

jingle bell~
At this time, the Nokia mobile phone in Du Qi's pocket rang.

Seeing that the caller ID was Yao Ming, Du Qi couldn't help feeling a little excited: "Cam, Yao——"

"Want to treat me to a big meal?"

"—"

This guy Cam heard the "Yao" he said as "yao".

Regardless of this foodie, Du Qi suppressed his excitement and connected the phone:

"Hello, Yao Ming."

"Hi Du Qi, you can call me Dayao, it's kinder."

"Okay, Yao—Dayao, what's the matter with you calling?" Du Qi felt that the title 'Dayao' was awkward.

"It's really something. But it's not convenient to communicate on the phone. How about Du Qi, do you have time now?"

"Have."

"It's just about time for dinner. I'll give you an address. Come here and I'll treat you to dinner."

"Dinner, please—can I bring a friend over?"

"Of course. Is that your girlfriend?"

"no."

"Is that the boyfriend?"

"Uh--"

"Hahaha, just kidding."

Yao Ming's humor relieved the serious atmosphere on the phone, making the chat much more comfortable.Du Qi asked Cam to help write down the address Yao Ming gave.

"By the way, Du Qi, remember to wear formal clothes. I also brought a friend to see you."

hang up the phone.

Du Qi thought for a while, and felt that the friend Yao Ming mentioned who wanted to see him was most likely the Rockets coach or something.

"Cam, put on your formal clothes, and I'll treat you to a big meal now."

"Tch, it's obviously someone else's invitation, so you don't want to borrow flowers to offer Buddha."

"Uh--"

Du Qi stared straight at him, saying that he had agreed to see through it but not tell it, he was still a good friend!

According to the address given by Yao Ming, Du Qi and Cam came to a bright Western restaurant.

At this time Yao Ming and his friends have arrived.

Yao Ming's friend Du Qi looked familiar. He was wearing a formal suit and was actually tall, but when compared with Yao Ming, he seemed not tall.There is no wave on the face, and the hair on the top of the head can be seen falling off day by day.

"Sorry Yao, we're late."

"No, it's just that we arrived early."

Yao Ming looked at his friend and introduced Du Qi and Cam:

"This is the coach of our Rockets, Mr. Jeff Van Gundy. Du, who is your friend?"

As soon as he heard the name "Van Gundy", Du Qi reacted immediately.

As a time traveler and a fan of the Rockets, he naturally has a deep impression on this coach whose head is "too smart to start losing his hair".

Duke first introduced Cam.

then,

"Hi Mr. Van Gundy."

Dookie offered to shake Van Gundy's hand.

This gave the latter an intuition that this little guy with the same oriental face as Yao seemed to be very familiar with him.

Can you be unfamiliar?

Before crossing, Du Qi often saw his photos on Du Niang.

After a while of greetings.

Their meals also came.

While eating and chatting, they gradually entered the topic.

"Du, I asked you out today to ask if you are interested in joining our Rockets?" Van Gundy said straight to the point.

"This one……"

"Du, with the thigh hug of your compatriot Yao, why are you hesitating? If you want me to tell you, I agree directly." Cam ate a piece of steak without gagging him.

"I really want to join the Rockets."

"that would be great."

"But, I need to think about it."

"Huh? Did you sign another contract with the Nets? As far as I know, you only signed a ten-day short contract with the Nets, and your short contract has expired."

"You're right, it's true. But I've already promised my coach—it's not convenient for me to talk too much about the specifics. I need to think about it for a while."

"Uh, that's really a pity." Van Gundy couldn't help taking a sip of his drink. Du Qi said that it should be a dead end.

But after swallowing the drink, he threw out the bait and said:

"Du, how good the Nets can give you, our Rockets can also give you, and it will only be better than the Nets but not worse!"

Well, I have to say, this condition is very attractive!

Du Qi was heartbroken.

First of all, the Rockets are my favorite team. Yao Ming is also my favorite NBA star, and he has a sense of belonging to the Rockets.

There is Yao Ming, a compatriot, as a thigh hug,
Think about...

It's also really good.

but.

It seems that it is not my good character to do this kind of betrayal just after I promised Mr. Bole.

Seeing that Du Qi was still hesitating, Cam thought for a while and said:

"It's impossible to think about this kind of thing in a short while. Du Qi needs time to weigh, and you Rockets also have to look at Du Qi's performance.

Du Qi has just terminated his short-term contract with the Nets and has not yet signed with any team.

He is free.

If your Rockets need him, I think Du will definitely help out for Yao's sake.

Right, Du? "

After hearing this, Du Qi stared at Cam in surprise.Isn't this guy messing around?

Too shameless!

But looking at the reactions of Yao Ming and Van Gundy, although they were somewhat repelled, their reactions were not that great.

In the end, Van Gundy sighed softly and said:
"Although our Rockets have the No. [-] pick in Yao, the overall strength of the Rockets is still relatively weak.

Now our job is to focus on Yao and choose the best teammates for him.

We locked Tracy McGrady of the Magic, Nash of the Mavericks... Then Yao recommended you to us. Since it is Yao's recommendation, we will naturally attach importance to it. "

Du Qi and Cam also understood that in the Nets VS Magic game, Yao should have gone to see Tracy McGrady play.

The combination of "Yao Mai" originally took shape from this time.

When Du Qi's thoughts diverged, Yao Ming said:
"Dutch, this matter really needs to be carefully considered. We respect your opinion.

But we also hope that you can come to our team to learn more about the Rockets, and maybe you will fall in love with the Rockets. "

Du Qi nodded, this is a relatively compromise method.

of course,

There is another reason why Du Qi agreed.

(End of this chapter)