“His phone is connected.”

"who?"

"Li Rong."

"Li Rong?"

"It's the Chinese player who saw through your defensive trap in the trial."

"Oh, I remembered it."

"Do you want to say a few words to him?"

"All right!"

Popovich took the phone call from assistant coach Budenholzer: "Boy, how are you doing recently?"

"Fortunately, coach." Li Rong's voice came from the receiver, which sounded a little tired, "Congratulations on winning this year's NBA championship."

"I almost forgot if you don't mention this. Haven't you settled the score with you?" Popovich shouted dissatisfied. "You have snatched the limelight of our championship this year. We were planning to occupy the headlines of Sports News for a month."

"Coach, don't tease me, I'm in trouble enough now."

"Well, you kid don't know humor," said Popovich. "I guess you must be on the court now, right?"

"How do you know?"

"I can smell the smell of sweat on your body through the earpiece."

"All right."

"Listen to me, go take a shower, and then open a bottle of red wine that has been around for 1982 years..."

"Coach, I'm not at the legal drinking age yet," Li Rong interrupted.

"But the newspaper says you're older than me."

"..., well, then I'll go and open a bottle of 82 years of Coke to celebrate being a headline."

"..." Popovich smiled and shook his head. This kid was really naughty.

"Coach, do you need to listen to my explanation?"

"Boss, basketball won't lie."

"Then...will you choose me in the first round?"

"We have not given anyone a draft promise except Tim (Duncan).

"Okay." The sound of the receiver sounded a little disappointed.

"You know, we only have one first-round pick or the 28th pick, so it's hard to say if Greg Oden or Kevin Durant falls from above, we won't give priority to yours."

"Not priority... Coach, do you mean?"

"I've said nothing, enjoy it, after all, everyone will only be selected by the NBA once."

"Thank you, coach!" Li Rong hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past half month, Li Rong has finally understood what it means to go from heaven to hell.

Since SB     Nation Sports reported on their website about Li Rong’s “age problem”, major media have also begun to follow up.

Li Rong's adoptive parents, neighbors in the community, and even his primary school math teacher were found by the media to verify the truth from them.

Because Li Rong did not have a birth certificate for the start of the American hospital, no one could determine whether his age was true.

However, when many media interviewed Li Rong's adoptive parents, they learned from them that his actual birthday and identity information were indeed not the same day.

This result caused an uproar in public opinion.

Media reporters who are good at taking things out of context even pointed their finger at Kuang Bao, the Chinese president who recommended him to play at Butler University, believed that he was also one of the masterminds of the matter.

Some unscrupulous media even fabricated a very ridiculous story. Kuang Bao had long known Li Rong's age. The reason why he gave him a green light to enter the school was to allow Butler University to achieve good results in the NCAA so that he could be promoted to the six major leagues and get more sports subsidies.

The melon-eating crowds on the Internet are always a group of people who are not interested in the big deal. They immediately join the investigation into the "truth" of the age group.

A netizen made a detailed analysis of Li Rong's physical report and raised a question.

Why is Li Rong so high in bench presses? Even higher than the quasi-no.com Oden.

How could a 19-year-old yellow man have such strong power?

You should know that although Al Horford, who has the best bench press among this rookie, has achieved bench press 20 times, he is 21 years old this year and is also an inside player.

Li Rong's bench press data is obviously not in line with common sense.

There is only one reasonable explanation. His age is indeed fake, and he is at least falsely reported to be 4 years old.

As soon as this post was posted on the forum, it received thousands of comments and replies. Most people think the analysis of the post is very reasonable.

This incident made Old Dennis very angry. Li Rong's strength training was a plan he made himself. Of course, he knew that the far-fetched remarks on the Internet were nonsense.

Old Dennis went straight to the Pacers' administrative office to find Larry Bird and told him the truth.

Bird smiled indifferently at this, and just as he was about to speak, the phone on his desk suddenly rang.

"Hi, Larry!"

If Bird had asked him to find someone he liked from the 6 billion people around the world, he would have thought about it for a long time.

But if Bird finds the one he least wants to get along with from everyone, it must be Danny Angie.

His feelings for Angie are very complicated. Although Angie was just a role player during his time, she was very fond of Cardinal Auerbach. Angie even became the bishop's pass-through microphone in the team.

Moreover, Angie has a good relationship with all his teammates. Although Bird was a little jealous of his relationship with the bishop at that time, Bird still missed him from time to time since he was traded.

Bird retired from the Celtics in 1992, and he had already received the position of Celtics head coaching as promised by the bishop.

But the new boss Gaston Jr. appointed a substitute for the Celtics in the 1980s. Carl, who had retired, served as the team's head coach and general manager, while Bird became his deputy.

The former younger brother has now become his boss, which makes Bird very upset.

Carl's three years of reign have failed, and he has achieved the worst record in team history, and many opinions also conflict with Bird.

After Carl was dismissed, Bird thought the team would let him be the head coach, but who knew that the boss had brought Pitino again.

Like his predecessor Carl, Pitino also serves as general manager and coach at the same time. He takes over the power of his own person, and Bird has been marginalized by the team at this time.

From then on, Bird was extremely disappointed with the Celtics and resigned in anger and returned to Indiana to make a living.

After the Celtics later changed their new boss, they attached great importance to the Cardinal's opinions and invited Danny Angie to serve as the team's management.

However, Larry Bird had worked for his hometown team, the Indiana Pacers for many years, and had no connection with the Celtics management position he had dreamed of in the past.

Sometimes he was a little jealous of the good luck of Danny Angie, who was called "the lucky person" by the Bishop when he was a player.

As a role player in the team, Anji won the championship many times. After being traded, he also helped the home team Trail Blazers twice. The Suns reached the finals and soon after retirement, he became the head coach of the Suns. After a few years of retreating from the head coach of the Suns, he caught up with the Celtics to replace the boss and directly joined the management to take charge of this NBA giant team.
Chapter completed!