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Chapter 230 Choose Chapter Country
Chapter 230 Choosing to Return to China
Knowing that he was put on the shelf, Xie Kai didn't care about him.Because this is not something I can decide. I am not a completely free agent, and I cannot decide which team to sign with. All I can do is wait.The initiative is in the hands of the Kings.
Of course, if he succumbs and is willing to accept the new position given to him by the team, the Kings can also remove him from the shelf.This is also one of the goals of the Kings. First, they want to see the value of Xie Kai's trade. Second, they are also putting pressure on him and declaring to him with actions: the team can trade him. If they don't want to be traded, then compromise. .
Of course Xie Kai will not compromise. If he is willing to compromise, he will not say such things, and he will not be put on the shelf by the team.There is no turning back when opening the bow, he does not want to compromise, because now he is confident enough.
It's not that Xie Kai has never been traded. Two years ago, he was immediately traded to the Rockets after being selected by the Grizzlies with the 28th overall pick in the first round.After playing in the Rockets in the summer league, he was used as a bargaining chip for Artest, and he went to the Kings.I guess I was the player who was traded the most in 08, right?
Xie Kai was inferior to Evans because his self-esteem and pride made him unwilling to compromise. On the day of the All-Star Rookie Challenge, he led the second-year team to reverse the first-year team. After Evans hit a key ball, he I also thought that maybe one day I would leave.
But he also has illusions, and if the team lets him play dual-core with Evans, he is willing to accept it.But the current reality is that he underestimated how ruthless Evans is to him, which has reached the point where "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers".
Xie Kai's trip to China was postponed because of the deal.He stayed in the United States and went to Salt Lake City alone for personal training in the plateau.
He didn't train with any other players, he just wanted to train alone, only with his trainer.
Xie Kai wants to improve himself, prove that he is a far better player than Evans, and make the Kings regret their decision to give up!
Maybe his NBA career is destined to be bumpy. If he is traded again this year, he will become the first player in the 08 class to be traded 3 times during the rookie contract period.
Wei Shaohe could understand Xie Kai's mood at this time, and he didn't propose to go with him in the plateau special training alone.He knew that Xie Kai needed to be alone, and needed personal space and time. During this time, he didn't want anyone to disturb him. As a good brother, he could only silently send his blessings.
Zhou Jing was very worried about Xie Kai's situation. She was worried that he would be so angry that he would break out of his body. She proposed to go to Salt Lake City with him, but he refused.She knew what a blow to his self-confidence when he got the most improved player and was put on the shelf by the team.But she also understands that there are some things and some knots that she can only solve by herself, and outsiders can't help at all.
Now Xie Kai can't do anything, so he put all his energy on training.Only basketball makes him feel that he can completely master it.Only you can make complete decisions.Now he is different from the rookie at the end of the first round two years ago. He is considered an extremely high-quality young asset.But I was still abandoned, and I still don't know where the future will appear.Is it the South Coast?Is it the North?Is it a plateau?Or is it California?
Xie Kai has been placed on the shelves by the Kings, but the draft here went on as scheduled.
The 2010 NBA Draft will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 6.
The Washington Wizards, holding the No. [-] pick, took point guard John Wall from the University of Kentucky without any suspense.
The Kings, with the No. 5 pick, took center DeMarcus Cousins, also from the University of Kentucky.
The Kings are not without a center, but they lack a center with autonomous offensive ability or tonnage, and precisely, Cousins has both.
Xie Kai didn't care about what the Kings selected in the draft. This was not what he cared about. What he cared about was whether he was traded on the day of the draft.
Although the transaction will not start until after July 7, many teams will negotiate in private. After July 1, so many transactions are just announced. It is really impossible to negotiate so much in an hour.
The news Xie Kai got from his agent was that his deal hadn't made any real progress yet.The Kings have been listening to offers, are still up for grabs, and are in no rush to sell him.
Obviously, Xie's deal is worth a lot, and he still has a two-year rookie contract with a cheap price. The 22+6+5 data is not even inferior to those ordinary All-Star players.Especially the results he achieved while playing 43 games as a substitute, it is not easy.
After a period of special training on the plateau, Xie Kai returned home and told his family that he would go back to China and report to the Chinese men's basketball team.
Xie Kai's mother, Chen Guixiang, is very happy. She very much hopes that one day her son will be able to serve the country, so that they will not be said to be unpatriotic.In her heart, she still wants to return to China to live in the future, how wonderful it is to return home.
Xie Kai then went to the University of Kansas to find Zhou Jing and asked her if she would go back to China with him.
Zhou Jing usually does not return to China during the summer vacation. She will stay in the United States for a work-study program. After all, the round-trip air ticket is not a small sum.Although she is in love with Xie Kai, she doesn't want to ask him for money. He usually takes her to eat delicious food, where to go to play, and so on. She already feels a little embarrassed. If her tuition and living expenses have to be paid by him , that is really unreasonable.
Zhou Jing was a little hesitant at first, but considering that Xie Kai was in a bad mood and because she was also homesick, she finally agreed.
This is the first time for the two to return to China hand in hand, and Xie Kai can't remember the last time he returned to China.
The plane landed at BJ, and since the two of them returned home secretly, there was no such thing as a fan pick-up at the airport.
Xie Kai is now a well-known basketball player, and he has many fans in China.Especially this season, Yao Ming was injured and unable to play, and the number of his fans showed geometric growth.So in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, very few people knew the news of his return to China this time, only a few people around him knew.
Of course, Xie Kai had already contacted the director Gong Luming in China before returning to China. He also put on a disguise when he set off, wearing a mask or something, carrying a backpack on his back, and dressed as if he was an outsider. University students studying abroad.He is indeed tall, but not so tall that he is too easy to attract attention like Dayao.
In this way, Xie Kai and Zhou Jing returned to China together, to a strange yet familiar place.
(End of this chapter)