"On the morning of July 15, 2016, Beijing time, the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks made another trade. According to the news released by Woj, the Boston Bulls will send Ty Gibbson and Denzel Valentine to the New York Knicks to acquire Kyle O'Quinn, Lance Thomas, and Lu Yi.”
"It's worth mentioning that in this transaction, Lu Yi became an extra in the transaction by signing first and then exchanging.”
"Lu Yi, a sudden appearance in the summer league…"
In China, news of an NBA trade broke out early in the morning. This was no longer unusual in the crazy big deals this summer. However, because it involved Lu Yi, it became the focus of the domestic fans.
Who was Lu Yi?
Where did he come from?
How did he suddenly shine in the Summer League and score 35 points in three consecutive games?
And become the second player to stay in the NBA (the first was naturally the devil) and officially sign with the team?
Doubts lingered in the minds of the fans.
Although there had been reports about Lu Yi before, they were all cursory interviews. It was not painful or itchy. Lu Yi's lips seemed to be very tight at that time and he was not willing to talk too much. Therefore, the domestic fans only knew him, but they did not know his background.
However, whether it was a trade or not, they were happy that Lu Yi could sign a formal contract with an NBA team.
Even if they didn't have the same expectations as the demon king, it was still exciting enough because they could see two domestic players in the NBA.
Only a small number of people had greater expectations for Lu Yi based on his results in the summer league.
That report card was really beautiful. There were even matches where Ingram, the second-place player of the Los Angeles Clippers, was beaten. It looked much better than the report card of the Great Demon King.
However, whether it was the fans who were not optimistic about him, or the fans who had more expectations for him, no one knew that the person who added to the deal was not Lu Yi, but the other two players from the Knicks.
From the scene of Hoyberg coming to welcome him with his assistant coaches, it could be seen that they admired and valued Lu Yi's talent and ability. At the same time, they had great expectations.
Their enthusiasm was the inverse of the Knicks 'cold deal with Lu Yi, which touched Lu Yi's uneasy heart.
He was a little touched.
Even though he didn't feel like a scholar dying for his confidant, he still felt unusually warm in his heart.
So I'm not a cold commodity!
In the car, Hoyberg was communicating with Lu Yi. He could tell that the latter was not fluent in English, but he did not pay much attention to it. He just slowed down his speech so that the other party could hear him clearly.
In their conversation, they didn't mention anything about the local conditions and customs of Chicago, nor did they mention anything about the GPD. Instead, they didn't mention any problems with the Bulls 'current lineup.
This year, they had made two trades and had a big change in the lineup. Other than Jimmy Butler, many of them were new.
For example, some time ago, they signed free agents like the Heat's star player, Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo from the Kings, and Robin Lopes from the Knicks.
Last season's starting lineup originally had Butler and Ty Gibbs, but in exchange for Lu Yi, even the latter was traded away.
Now, other than Butler, everyone else was new. The Bulls had basically changed the entire team.
With a new lineup, it was naturally easy for some problems to arise.
For this reason, Hoyberg was worried that Lu Yi would have other concerns, so he specifically told him to relax and give him playing time in the new season.
As the two chatted, Lu Yi brought up the issue of the jersey number.
Because of his name, he liked the number '1'. However, this number originally belonged to Derrick Rose. After he was traded to the New York Knicks, it was empty.
Lu Yi was worried that the team would retire the jersey because the other party had grown up in the Bulls and had been at the peak and won the MVP.
"No!"
Hoyberg said straightforwardly,"Although he won the MVP once and led the team to the Eastern Conference finals, his career with the Bulls was a little short and he had fewer honors. The team doesn't intend to retire his jersey because of this.”
That was good!
Lu Yi secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Hoyberg berg and the others sent him to a hotel room specially prepared for him. They told him to rest well first before looking for a place to stay. Only then did they leave reluctantly.
In the room, Lu Yi placed his hands behind his head and began to think about his future.
He had succeeded in staying in the NBA and had a 1 1 official contract with the Bulls for $3 million. However, the new season of the Bulls and the new lineup brought too many unstable factors. He was just a rookie. He needed to be mentally prepared for whether he would be ostracized or something that would affect his existence in the locker room.
Currently, the team had a new core player in the third position, Butler, who had an average of 20 5 5 per game last season. It would undoubtedly be very difficult for him to compete for playing time with this guy in the new season.
He was already prepared to stay on the substitutes 'bench for a season.
The next day, he was going to rent a house, but he was informed by Hoiberg that someone wanted to interview him. He was a little suspicious and did not know who came to visit at this time.
When he saw the travel-worn Zhou Ling and the others, he was stunned.
Zhou Ling was a beautiful reporter who had been sent to the NBA after Tengxun and the NBA started broadcasting together. She often interviewed the star players of the winning teams after the game. He did not expect it to be this group of people and thought it was just an ordinary reporter.
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