At this year's draft, many domestic reporters came.

However, they didn't come for the two brothers of the Ji family, they came for the sake of space.

This year, Space Yi was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in sixth place in the first round, becoming the player with the highest draft pick in China after Yao Ming.

The domestic media have already put the nicknames of "Chinese version of Garnett", "Chinese version of Benowitzki", "Chinese version of Dragon King", and "Chinese version of Stone Buddha" on the head of Space Yi, and the shameless ** is even more hyped, directly blowing Space Easy into a complex of the NBA's five All-Star power forwards.

In a word, the sky is not his limit, outer space is!

As for the two brothers, Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyi, although they sound patriotic from the name, in the eyes of the media and fans, they are still two banana people, and they don't know if they can speak Chinese?

When the two left the draft site, a small number of reporters in China hesitated slightly, only slightly, and then rushed to the space easy.

People are sitting with Durant, Auden the Great and others, and those finalists are not in the same world.

"Hey, I don't think you two are worse than your compatriots, wait until the regular season, no, I don't think it will take that long, as long as the summer league starts, everyone will see how good you two are." The cunning and shrewd Jewish agent of the two didn't know whether to say it from the heart or simply compliment the two. However, Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyi still feel a lot happier when they listen to it, and they love to listen to it personally.

The "Los Angeles Clippers" only had a 40-42 record last season, which may be able to enter the playoffs in the East, but in the West, such a result is not even a door to enter the playoffs.

The Clippers' interior strength is not the top among the 30 teams in the league, but it is not bad either. As long as Elton Brand stays healthy and Chris Carman keeps improving, the duo's interior duo has the potential to rise in the future and stay up against most teams.

The elder Dunleavy originally took a fancy to Al Thorton, who had instant combat power, but after seeing the two brothers use tacit cooperation during the trial to block the three-second zone impenetrable, the old coach immediately decided to give up what instant combat power, these two are instant combat power! Maybe they only have the strength of the end of the first round, or even the second round. But when the two of them are on the court at the same time, the power is simply more than the concept of 1+1=2.

What the Clippers are really missing is the No. 1 and No. 3 players, and Kassel's successor, once-promising Sean Livingston, suffered that horrific injury on February 26, 2007 against the Charlotte Bobcats at the "Staples Center," and then he was gone......

The 38-year-old will continue to support the Clippers' backcourt in his 15th season.

The Clippers are supported by a 33-year-old cat at the No. 2 position, and despite his advanced age, the former Rockets' second-in-command team is in good shape and can still make qualified contributions in scoring every night.

Marghetti, who returned from injury last season, is not inferior to his pre-injury position and may be able to go one step further this year.

Coupled with the interior combination of the captain and Carman, the Clippers' starting lineup is not bad. However, the Clippers really don't have any players on the bench, and apart from the old guy Tim Thomas, the players can make very limited contributions in the game, which is the key factor that restricts them from making the playoffs.

In the eyes of the elder Dunleavy, the interior line composed of Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyi can support the offensive and defensive intensity of the Clippers' second team when the main team is resting.

Among the two brothers, Ji Guoyi, who is more flexible and fast, can even play a dozen small forward positions, his projection ability is extremely strong, although the offensive ability with the ball is limited, but as an outside battery in the No. 3 position, it is no problem at all.

The twins' older brother, Ji Guoqiu, was selected at No. 21 in the first round, and the Clippers offered the largest contract they could give, a 4-year, $8 million 3+1 contract, with a team option for the 09-10 season, which expires in the summer of 2011.

Ji Guoyi was selected at the end of the first round and got a much worse contract, only a four-year, $5.2 million contract, the same 3+1, 09-10 season team option, expires in the summer of 2011.

Although the two have formed two consciousnesses at the moment, they know each other well, and they even know what the other party thinks, so of course they can't hide things like bank passwords. Speaking of which, the two look the same, and they are not acquaintances who have been in contact with the two for many years, so they can't tell who is who? If the two go to the bank with each other's ID cards, I believe that no one will be able to recognize them, and the money of the two of them is simply universal.

A week after the draft, on July 5, the two signed their first professional contracts with the Clippers.

They then moved their family from Canada to Los Angeles and will play for at least three years in the "City of Angels" unless they are traded.

Vancouver is also a big city and is also known as the Hollywood of the North. But compared with the real Hollywood, it is still a little worse. Los Angeles is the real Hollywood, the center of global film and television, and the second largest city in the United States, after New York, the largest metropolis in the West.

The income of the two of them is not divided between each other, in the final analysis, they can still be said to be one person, and many things are not so clearly divided.

After the two signed the contract, they have already received their first year's salary. After removing nearly 50% of the high taxes, it still adds up to more than one million in cash, enough for them to buy a suburban villa in Los Angeles.

However, the two discussed it and decided not to buy a house first.

They know their own family affairs, and they are far from realizing the potential of these two bodies, which means that they will always maintain a high rate of progress in the future.

In the NBA, income is linked to their own strength, and it won't be long before they can be confident that their income will grow rapidly.

Buy an ordinary house now, it won't be long before it will be eliminated, so it is better to rent an apartment and live in it for the time being.

The two did not trouble the team, and it only took them one day to find a 140-square-meter two-bedroom high-rise apartment in the intermediary, with a monthly rent of 12,000, only half an hour's walk from the "Staples Arena", located in the center of the city. If you drive, it will take less than ten minutes to reach the "Staples Arena", and the two of them have already taken the driver's license and can buy a car to travel.

The apartment has been renovated and is mostly fully furnished, so you can move in with your luggage.

In the two rooms and the living room, there is also quite a bit of fitness equipment, which can also come in handy.

Although the rent of this apartment is a little expensive, the two brothers feel that it is convenient, the surrounding environment is good, and they live comfortably, which is enough.

The two quickly solved the house problem with a speed that exceeded the expectations of Clippers coach Dunleavy Sr.

On July 6, 2007, the second day of the three-day holiday, the two were ready to start training in earnest.

The Los Angeles Times reported on the two brothers in the latest issue of the newspaper on July 6, the first day they reported to the team, and the Los Angeles Times easily dug up their past experiences. Their modest basketball careers in high school and freshman years naturally became the focus of the coverage.

As a well-known sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times, da Bundan wrote a brief evaluation of the two men.

"This year, the Clippers selected Canadian-Chinese, two twin brothers, Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guosha. In their short college careers, the two of them each averaged 7 per game. 2 points 7. 5 rebounds 1. 2 caps, 8. 5 points 6. 6 rebounds 0. 8 caps of the number jù.

In a university where basketball is not even a third-rate, the two of them as starters only get such a number, I don't understand why the Clippers would make the bizarre choice of trading the No. 14 pick for the No. 21 pick and the No. 30 pick?

Of course, considering the Chinese identity of the two, coupled with their handsome appearance, may bring some monetary benefits to Mr. Sterling, I think this is what the Clippers value, just like the Lakers also selected Chinese Sun in the second round. ”

The "Los Angeles Times" report just saved the efforts of the domestic media.

It's too difficult for the domestic media to find something abroad, especially recently they have focused on Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, this is a pure Chinese player, how can they have time to deal with two banana people? As a result, many domestic media, such as "Basketball Herald", "Sports Weekly", "Slam Dunk" and other newspapers and magazines have reprinted the report of the "Los Angeles Times", and they can't help but reach the same opinion, that is, they are not optimistic about the development of the two in the NBA.

In order to highlight Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, many media deliberately belittled the two brothers Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyi, believing that with their ability to show in their college careers, they could not gain a foothold in the NBA at all.

The reports of the domestic media are well-founded and convincing, and have won the approval of many domestic fans.

As the parties concerned, the two brothers of the Ji family are indifferent to these media reports, and they now have to work hard for their playing time, and they have no extra energy to worry about other things. Besides, what virtues the domestic media have, they have seen it in their previous lives.

On July 7, 2007, this year's Summer League was still being played in two arenas in Las Vegas, and the Clippers' first game was scheduled for July 9, the day the two brothers proved themselves.

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