After the promotion, the club also gave three alternatives.

These three are naturally the newcomers to participate in the 1999 draft.

The first alternative player, named Trajan Langton, Davidson saw the player's draft pick on the draft stone tablet.

He was selected as the 11th pick and played for the prestigious Duke University in college. He was the main controller of Duke University and the team's top star.

It seems that the potential and strength are very good. After all, if you can get the top spot in a super-famous school like Duke, you are definitely a top young player.

But only 191 in height made Davidson give up the player's choice directly.

The next second alternative player is named Lyon Smith.

The player is a high school player who graduated from Martin Luther King High School in Chicago, with a 29th pick on the draft stone tablet.

He is 208 cm tall and mainly plays the No. 5 position in high school.

Davidson was a little disappointed, and this was not the player he wanted.

It seems that the three alternatives this time are a bit bad, and the first two are completely uninterested by Davidson.

Maybe I went to Carter randomly before and used up all my luck, so I was not very lucky this time.

The third alternative player, named Li Nailong, heard of this name, and thought he was an Asian player.

The reason why they are called Asian players is that in addition to China, many other Asian countries also have the word Li in their names.

Because of this name, Davidson had previously specifically searched for scouts to find out about Li Nailong.

As a result, after getting the news, Davidson discovered that this guy was a genuine American, named Nailong, and worked at Texas Christian University during his college years.

It happened that Davidson got the player manual of this guy and found that although this guy was not Chinese, he had a connection with China.

After this guy couldn't make it through the NBA, he later played games in China for a period of time.

And it's not the CBA, but the NBL league under CBA.

With a height of 206 cm, the forward position he played, and the 14th pick in the second round of the draft stone tablet, he was selected. He is definitely not much stronger.

Davidson felt very uncomfortable. All three players given were American players, and none of them liked.

Davidson thought about it over and over again, but finally decided to choose Li Nailong...

There is naturally a reason to choose Li Nailong, first of all, Li Nailong's position.

He is 206 cm tall, but he plays as a small forward, and Davidson still needs a small forward player at the moment.

There are Carter and Nash in the backcourt, and Dazhi and Dabu in the inside. Even if the bus will be replaced by Dabu in the future, Dabu will still be the inside.

Now there is a small forward player missing, which is a good choice for Li Nailong.

Secondly, according to the introduction in the player manual, Li Nailong's career is not long, so Davidson can replace Li Nailong at any time.

Of course, the two previous alternatives may not have a long career, and they are likely to be inferior to Li Nailong, but now Davidson does not have a player manual for those two, so he is not very clear about the future development of these two.

In addition to these two reasons, the most important thing is that Davidson now has a plan, which is to naturalize Li Nailong.

As his natal player, Davidson must have a great influence on Li Nailong, and other generous conditions are enough to make Li Nailong naturalized into a Chinese player.

Taking the naturalization path is definitely not the right way, but now the older generation of forward players of the Chinese men's basketball team are almost retired, and the younger generation has not produced any decent forward and counter players.

In this case, if the Chinese men's basketball team wants to go further in international competitions, it will definitely be better to have a strong small forward player.

At present, Davidson's purpose is definitely to cultivate China's own high-quality forward and guard players. However, training players cannot be successful in one or two days, so let's get Li Nailong first and make the transition.

Of course, it is hard to say whether the Basketball Association agrees or not. Judging from the current situation, it is estimated that there is a high possibility that it will not agree.

Later generations of Americans had a Chinese Jeremy Lin. At that time, the Basketball Association faced the gap between new and old players and talked to Jeremy Lin about naturalization.

But this matter was not agreed in the end...

Thinking about it, it is unlikely to reach an agreement. As long as you are not stupid, you will definitely understand the reason.

Li Nailong's situation is completely different from Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin is a Chinese and Li Nailong is a black man. At least it is unlikely that the Basketball Association will have any interest in Li Nailong at the moment.

Davidson is not in a hurry. Anyway, there is still some time before the 2000 Olympics, so he can slowly think about it.

Let’s get Li Nailong to China first.

Although Li Nailong is bound to be a natal player, Davidson currently does not mean to allow Li Nailong to evolve. At least he has to be brought to CBA first before considering evolving him.

Although Davidson has left the Grizzlies now, his connections are still there.

The two leading players in the Grizzlies, Carter and Dazhi, are both Davidson's natal players. They both spoke and asked the Grizzlies to win Li Nailong with the first round pick. Of course, there was no problem at all. The Grizzlies' management could not have any opinions.

In this way, Li Nailong joined the Grizzlies and began his own dark NBA journey...

He has no appearance time at all and has become the patron saint of water dispenser.

When he can't make it in the NBA any longer, it will be the time for Davidson to take action.

...

Just after the draft was over, Davidson received a call that surprised him.

This call was actually called by Rodman.

Rodman's words made Davidson feel like he was dreaming.

This guy actually wants to come to China to play basketball...

Thinking about Rodman's personality, it's not surprising that this kind of request is made.

You should know that this guy has been to North Korea and even said he wanted to hold a basketball league in North Korea...

Rodman is coming to play, Davidson thought about it, and it seems that it is not impossible to come.

Now that I take over Jiangsu Nangang, I have to achieve some decent results.

If the Tang Dynasty evolved, there would definitely be no problem with the record. Nangang is definitely the number one seed to win the championship.

But now the Tang Dynasty will not evolve next year, which means that the arrival of Davidson has not significantly improved Nangang's overall strength, so Davidson still hopes that Rodman will help.

...

In the club, the small group created by Davidson has now established its own group by relying on rankings.

The group is called the Five Star Club, which means it is naturally similar to Yanhuang and Huaxia.

Although the group has been established at present, the current strength of the Five-Star Club is not enough to fight group battles.
Chapter completed!