Xu Yong is following the developments of James and Durant.

According to the news now, the teams Durant will meet are: Pacers, Raptors, Celtics, Knicks, Mavericks, and Thunder.

At first Xu Yong thought he had missed it, but after looking carefully, he found that there were indeed no warriors in it.

This seems unreasonable at first glance. After all, Durant is leaving the Thunder for the championship, but it seems reasonable because of James' current tragic experience.

Even Xu Yong felt that Durant might not really want to leave the Thunder, because the Knicks appeared as an option among his meeting teams.

What can I do with the Knicks? It can't be to play with Rose.

So this looks more like the kind of palace coup that Kobe did back then.

Then the teams James met became even more interesting: Lakers, Thunder, Mavericks, Spurs, Warriors, Cavaliers.

Except for the parent team Cavaliers, the rest of these teams are all Western Conference teams.

Xu Yong felt that the fans' previous complaints were likely to come true, and James was going to be driven away again because his intention to run west was too obvious.

Moreover, James has a bit of a desperate attitude towards the teams he is meeting this time.

Because when he was choosing a team before, he was considering finding some reasons, such as going to Miami for brother basketball, returning to Cleveland for hometown basketball, but now, if you go to Los Angeles, you can still play school district basketball, but if you go to the Warriors and Thunder, is it Pippen basketball?

However, this made Xu Yong even more curious about how this year's big show would go.

The wait was long, and it was during this time that Xu Yong, who was participating in activities in China, experienced two very interesting things.

The first thing is related to endorsements.

When it comes to choosing endorsements, Xu Yong has been very cautious from the beginning. He would rather have fewer endorsements than endorse random ones, because he knows that the fan group is the one that can least afford to be consumed.

And the brand that he was chosen to endorse this time was particularly unique, because it was a family planning product. Yes, it was the kind that he heard the commentator next to him promoting from time to time when he was doing commentary before his rebirth.

"The internationally renowned sports protection brand xxx invites you to watch the xxx game", "xxx gold lasts, fun overtime", "xxx gold lasts, output lasting combat power"...

Xu Yong is not actually that resistant to this thing. After all, family planning products are not sex toys. In essence, it is doing positive publicity because it can reduce the spread of many sexually transmitted diseases and can also protect women.

So Xu Yong did not completely refuse, but said he would try it first.

Then he received a box of family planning products of all different styles, including ultra-thin, threaded, granular, mace, strawberry flavor, banana flavor, apple flavor, ice flavor, hot flavor, ice and fire flavor, and even unheard-of vibrating and fluorescent types.

While Xu Yong was amazed, he also accepted it.

Of course, this matter will have to wait until I return to the United States. Although he is not as traditional about relationships as before, he is not a harvester either.

The second thing is related to Wang Zhelin.

He has several stops in the country, the second of which is his hometown Shanghai.

Yao Ming was also in Shanghai. When he arrived, Yao Ming came to pick him up specially. When Xu Yong was having dinner at his house, he unexpectedly found that Wang Zhelin was also there.

And after the meal, Wang Zhelin came to ask him some questions related to the NBA.

However, Xu Yong could clearly hear from their conversation that Wang Zhelin was not actually determined to play in the NBA, and many of his questions were reserved.

For example, he asked if he got a non-guaranteed contract when playing in the summer league for the Grizzlies, when would it become guaranteed at the latest, since the CBA also starts in October. If he didn't get a guaranteed contract, he thought it would be better to stay in the country.

Xu Yong actually doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with Wang Zhelin’s mentality, because before his rebirth, he stopped playing basketball and just went to work normally. Who doesn’t like to work with high pay, little work, and close to home?

This is also the main reason why Xu Yong admires Ding Yanyuhang and has a new respect for Watanabe Yuta, because if you want to take this path, what you need is not to work, but the mentality of giving up everything to give it a try.

After talking with Wang Zhelin and leaving Yao Ming's house, Yao Ming talked to him about Wang Zhelin.

Xu Yong could tell that Yao Ming attached great importance to Wang Zhelin, which was understandable. After all, as a traditional center, Wang Zhelin was a leader in the country.

"He can't do it." Xu Yong was also very direct.

Compared with talent, mentality is actually more important. Butler is an extreme example. Even for himself, his mentality in this life is much more positive than that in the previous life. If a person does not have the heart to fight hard, you cannot push him to move forward.

Moreover, even if we put aside the mentality issue, it is extremely difficult for traditional centers to survive in the NBA now.

Yao Ming didn't say anything. He should know that Wang Zhelin's chances of entering the NBA are slim.

Just as he was leaving Yao Ming's house in the car, Xu Yong took out his mobile phone and saw a piece of news that Westbrook had opted out of his last year's contract.

This is normal news in itself, because given the situation this summer, he will definitely have to opt out of the contract and sign a big lucrative contract.

But the problem is that there is a disagreement between Westbrook's team and the Pelicans, and the reason for this disagreement comes from this year's draft.

Westbrook would rather the team choose Ingram rather than Ben Simmons, who has no shooting ability and needs to hold the ball.

Even though Simmons hadn't played a single game, he already felt threatened.

So the already bustling free market became even busier.

In Westbrook's four seasons with the Pelicans, he averaged a triple-double in three seasons, bringing his status to the top.

Last season, he ranked fourth in MVP voting, only lower than Xu Yong, Curry and Durant, and even higher than James.

If he also enters the free agent market, it means that three of the top five MVPs in the league last season have entered the free market, which is even more exciting than the free market in 2010.

However, this was not the most exciting thing he saw. The most exciting thing was that Durant had no original plan to meet with the Warriors, but the Warriors did something to secure an opportunity for themselves to meet with Durant.

When seeing this, Xu Yong's curiosity +1, you have to know that the Thunder lost to the Warriors in the division semifinals last season. If Durant really went there, [joining the enemy Durant] would still appear. It would not make much difference whether the Warriors have won the championship or not. It's just because Durant's status is much bigger than Iguodala in history.

It was at this time that Daddario suddenly came to China to participate in a brand promotion event.

Before this, Daddario was somewhat famous in China. In addition to the classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "San Andreas", starring him and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, also had a very good box office in China last year.

In addition, he got together with Xu Yong at the end of last year, and his popularity in China has increased rapidly. It is not surprising that he came to China to participate in brand activities. It’s just a bit sudden, and this is also the latter’s first time to come to China.

Her second stop was Shanghai. Because she arrived at night, Xu Yong postponed an event and put on a hood and sunglasses to pick her up at the airport.

Daddario was still very happy to see Xu Yong come to pick her up in person.

Here I want to talk about this girlfriend who doesn’t have such a strong presence but gets along very well with Xu Yong.

In addition to her angelic face, devilish figure, and beautiful contact lenses, another major characteristic of Daddario is her lively and cheerful personality.

What reflects her personality trait is that she particularly likes to share her personal status on social media and interact with fans.

It can be said that, unlike other actresses Xu Yong has come into contact with, Daddario is not as wild as Scarlett Johansson, nor as cold as Theron. She is more low-key and gentle, and is more like an ordinary girl in life.

Xu Yong took her to see the night view of Shanghai and took a cruise on the Huangpu River.

"It's so beautiful." Daddario was fascinated by the river view and night view of Shanghai.

“It’s nothing like what I know.”

Xu Yong laughed when he heard this. David West said something similar when he came to China.

"Do you want to try some different food?" Xu Yong turned around and asked.

"Different?" Daddario asked puzzled.

“Not very healthy, but delicious.”

After getting off the cruise ship, Xu Yong took Daddario to a roadside stall to eat skewers.

However, it was a little different from what he had imagined. Daddario's acceptance of skewers was much higher than he thought.

Especially when he saw her eating the spicy food she wanted and fanning her mouth at the same time, Xu Yong suddenly felt that it would not be bad if she could always stay like this.

In the next few days, the two would attend their respective activities during the day, and then Xu Yong would take Daddario to visit some famous places in Shanghai at night.

During his visit to Shanghai this time, Daddario gained a comprehensive understanding of Shanghai's night scene.

Of course, in addition to shopping, they also do what they love at night.

Life is life, and sex life is sex life. Daddario is like two completely different people in bed and in real life. This has nothing to do with personality, but with body hormones.

That is, a few days later, the two people will discuss some very interesting topics.

"Do you like strawberry or apple flavor?"

"Ice or hot?"

People who don’t know would think they are talking about the delicious food they have had in the past few days!

All in all, the endorser of the family planning products was the ultimate winner, because the experiment that Xu Yong had originally expected to take a long time to conduct was carried out ahead of schedule, and because the results were quite good, he finally accepted the endorsement before leaving.

There is no doubt that this will become a hit, because Xu Yong's performance on the court is mainly based on [persistent strength], which is a perfect fit.

After finishing his trip to China, Xu Yong's Asian trip also ended. Because the national team training was right after, he did not return to China, but stayed in the country to rest.

At this time, the free market is coming to an end.

In fact, there are many big fish in the free market this year. In addition to the ones mentioned above, there are also Andrew Drummond, Mike Conley, DeRozan, Horford, Bradley Beal and so on.

It’s just that most of them chose to stay this year.

It was also at this time that Green's podcast was launched in the United States, attracting intense attention.

Xu Yong was bored and started watching the live broadcast of this program.

Green described the entire process of his accident on the show.

Interestingly, he also believes that Xu Yong did not do it on purpose, but he thinks the league should ban the one-legged shooting move, just like it banned Mutombo's finger-wagging move.

"It's dangerous on the one hand, but it's also important that Dirk has announced his retirement after last season. We have to respect him and this shooting action should be banned."

Xu Yong felt something strange from the beginning of the show, and when he heard this, he suddenly realized where that feeling came from.

Green, it seems like the way you speak has changed a bit?

The previous Green was quite arrogant and spoke loudly, but the current Green gave him a feeling of being a little soft.

Is it because there is one missing egg?

It doesn't seem impossible. Daddario has a high level of estrogen, so his demand in that area is relatively high. Now Green has one less egg, so his testosterone secretion is lower, so has he really become softer as the fans say?

How does this sound so reasonable?

Of course, this podcast talks about a lot of things. In addition to the egg issue, no, the rule issue, they also talked about the Warriors' summer situation.

The host asked Green about the recent rumors about Durant and the Warriors and what he thought about Durant possibly joining the Warriors.

"You know as a player I can't comment on these things, but what I want to say is that what is allowed by the rules is allowed when it happens, although it will bring some negative effects, but the point is that it is allowed."

From Green's words, you can fully feel his welcome to Durant.

"But that would mean you losing Harrison Barnes," the host reminded, adding that Barnes' contract also expires this summer.

"If that's the case, I believe Harrison can come off the bench and he needs to accept the role and adapt to it."

Green's subsequent attitude was very interesting, because if Durant really came, it would be obvious that Barnes would not be able to stay.

Green's words were full of yin and yang.

But his attitude is not surprising at all, because his wedding with Barnes (Barnes invited other core players of the Warriors but not him) was not pleasant. Now that Barnes is gone and has been upgraded to Durant, it is good enough that he did not laugh out loud.

"So what do you think will happen if LeBron goes to the Warriors?" The host then asked James, because before that, there had been news about James and the Warriors.

"You know, LeBron is my brother, and we are very good friends in private." Speaking of James, Green looked even happier.

"As a brother, I certainly welcome him to our team, but I'm worried that this will have a big negative impact on him and he needs to be cautious. Of course, as I said just now, I will welcome him very much."

Xu Yong couldn't help laughing when he heard this. While Green perfectly demonstrated the typical American double standards, he basically expressed his own thoughts implicitly through this podcast program. He welcomes Durant, but he doesn't welcome James.

Therefore, Green's intention in scheduling this program at this time point is very clear.

He doesn't have the ability like James to influence management decisions, or the ability like Xu Yong to make management actively seek his opinions, but he has his own methods.

Just think about it, now that he has expressed his opinions on such a popular show, they will inevitably reach the ears of Durant and James.

I have to say that Green's ability to play tricks is quite good.

But, not much.

Because if James ends up going to the Warriors, James and Green will already have some issues before they even start working together.

"Of course, this time we have to mention this red wine..."

After Green expressed his stance and started selling wine, Xu Yong also turned off the show.

Then he picked up the wolfberry tea on the table.

Daddario went back two days ago, but he felt a little drained.

It was at this moment that he received a text message from Harden.

Durant decided to stay with the Thunder!

He nearly burned his mouth.

He made a cross-border call to Harden and learned from Harden that Harden was the first to receive the notice from Durant.

Tsk, compared to others, Durant really treats Harden as a brother.

However, because of this, this is a [spoiler] before the official news comes out.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Yong said he felt a little overwhelmed.

Durant made the decision as soon as Green expressed his opinion.

After confirming with his eyes, he is making a fool of Green.

Think about how Durant was criticized by Green for the Green Formula and the closed loop of the Green Formula in history. This is simply a reversal of the two poles.

And what he predicted before was correct. Durant probably never thought about leaving the Thunder.

Here we have to talk about some of the things the Thunder did in the past free market.

They did not choose to keep Howard, but used the money from renewing Howard's contract to sign several high-quality substitutes in the free market, including signing super sixth man Jamal Crawford with a three-year, $4,200 contract, bringing back Jeff Green with a one-year, $15 million contract, and finally signing center Dewayne Dedmon with a two-year, $6 million contract.

In general, the Thunder's failure last season made the management realize that it would not work to form a giant lineup like the Cavaliers.

So it seems that the Thunder let Howard go in vain, but the overall strength of the team's lineup has improved instead.

Of course, the main reason why they dare to do this is because they now have Clint Capela, who has just finished his sophomore year, in their lineup.

Last season, Howard missed 35 games due to injury, and he started in 35 games. His overall effect was not much worse than Howard. In fact, in terms of fit, as a high-quality blue-collar worker, he is more suitable for Durant and Harden than Howard.

The Thunder's lineup for next season: Harden, Robertson, Durant, Ibaka, Capela; on the bench are Crawford, Anthony Morrow, Jeff Green, Jerami Grant, Dedmon, the lineup is unprecedentedly strong.

So Durant's move of forcing the ball back then was just like what Kobe did back then, and he got what he wanted.

In fact, it may be even better than Kobe's effect back then.

Because the Warriors came up to him, Durant didn't refuse, and then he took the opportunity to slow down the Warriors' pace of reinforcement.

Now the Warriors basically have no choice but to choose James.

But Green's remarks in the podcast just now directly planted a time bomb in the previous cooperation between James and the Warriors.

Xu Yong is now extremely looking forward to it. He wonders what Green will say if James finally falls out with the Warriors.

The Green formula cannot be realized because the Warriors haven't won the championship yet, but Green's trash talk ability, such as the trash talk like "real ring" to Butler, is really worth looking forward to.

The next day, Westbrook was the first to make a decision. He announced that he had reached a 1+1 contract with the Pelicans and announced that he would stay with the Pelicans.

Westbrook doesn't want to stay on a long-term contract because if his skills don't match Simmons', his status in the league might drop significantly.

However, this 1+1 signing is equivalent to trying it out for one year. If it is not suitable, he can leave, and he can even force the team to trade Simmons. Not only does he have the initiative in his hands, he even has the right to speak.

This can be said to fully grasp the essence of James' behavior.

Shortly after Westbrook made his decision, Durant officially announced that he would stay with the Thunder.

This made Xu Yong feel that Durant had informed Harden and Westbrook in advance before making the decision.

After all, the relationship between the three Thunder brothers in this life is completely different from the previous life that Xu Yong knew. They really have a very deep affection for each other.

The news made Oklahoma City fans cheer, but also made Golden State fans curse.

Durant is fishing here, damn!

Moreover, there is no news yet that James has announced his joining the Warriors. Will James not come after what Green did?

That's true. Thinking about Durant, looking at James, and finally taking a closer look, it was still Barnes.

Fortunately, the Warriors fans' wait did not last too long. Later that evening, James posted a personal status on his social media.

"I have been very interested in economics and technology since I was a child. Working in Silicon Valley in San Francisco was my childhood dream, but it didn't happen due to many factors. But this time I am able to join the Bay Area as a professional basketball player. I am very excited. I will realize my dream in another way there. Yes, Golden State, the Kings are coming (crown picture)!"

Xu Yong had never expected to come up with the topic of dreams, because dreams are rather empty most of the time, the kind that people just make up when they can't find the words.

Especially when a black kid from the slums says his dream is to become a programmer, that's more sci-fi than Bollywood.

Not to mention that playing basketball and being a programmer are not remotely related.

But something is better than nothing. This is the official launch of Dream Basketball after Brothers Basketball and Hometown Basketball!