Recently, at the media exchange meeting of the Chinese Basketball Association, Yao Ming, president of the Basketball Association, made a statement on the naturalization ceremony, believing that as long as it meets China's laws and regulations, meets the requirements of the FIBA and combines cultural integration, the higher the level, the better, and will not refuse. It can be seen that the basketball association is absolutely open to naturalizing foreign aid, and for these three requirements, the current fully compliant and strong foreign aid is none other than Kyle Anderson, a major NBA rotation player with 1/8 Chinese ancestry.
According to the media person "Inspector Zhao of the Ball Circle", he contacted a friend who had a personal relationship with Anderson, and about Li Kyle's play for the Chinese men's basketball team, he learned the following:
- The basketball association has been in contact with Li Kaier since last summer, and Yao Ming, the chairman of the basketball association, has had a direct call with him;
- The salary to play for the men's basketball team is very small, but Sledgehammer has a very good relationship with his family, and his mother's very big wish is to see him play for the Chinese men's basketball team; Sledgehammer is also very willing for his mother;
- Sledgehammer knows the team's coaches Jordjevic and Yi Jianlian, and the others may not be familiar (of course, they are more familiar with Chairman Yao);
- Details have been finalized for now, and when the NBA season is over, he will return to China, with the goal of participating in the men's basketball World Cup.
From the above information, we can find that Kyle Anderson agreed to naturalize and represent the Chinese men's basketball team this time, mainly to meet his mother's wishes (it can be seen that his mother very much recognizes his Chinese identity), so he does not worry about the issue of salary, most likely a friendship price; And Anderson himself is not bad money, this season's salary is 8.78 million US dollars, tax deduction is also more than 4 million US dollars, about 30 million yuan, worth 5 CBA top salary players.
In fact, if Li Kyle can represent the Chinese men's basketball team and perform well in the World Cup, in addition to salary, his commercial value in China will soar, and there is a high probability of getting several commercial endorsements, and this part of the income will not be a few. Ten thousand steps back, even if he doesn't care about the salary, the basketball association will definitely not give too little, and will definitely give him a good salary according to the previous budget.
The basketball association began to contact Li Kyle last year, and Yao Ming, chairman of the basketball association, personally spoke with him, which shows that the basketball association also attaches great importance to this matter; As an NBA Hall of Famer and American Tong, there will definitely be no problem in communication between Chairman Yao and Li Kyle, and it is conceivable that Chairman Yao must have played a very big role in the middle.
Another advantage is that there are no problems with the communication between coach Djordjevic and Li Kyle, which can play a very big role in Li Kyle's rapid integration.
Judging from the schedule of Li Kyle's home team Timberwolves, it is still very difficult for them to enter the playoffs through the play-offs, which means that Li Kyle can basically consider going to China to meet the men's basketball team after a break after the play-offs, optimistic that he can bring qualitative improvement to the Chinese men's basketball team.