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When Yang Rui found Thomas Bentley in Los Angeles, he was already going crazy.

Thomas met many celebrities at the wedding. He liked the excitement, attended many parties, and found a B-movie actress named Gina Fleck as his girlfriend.

Gina is very beautiful, with golden eyes and a hot figure. Unfortunately, her name Yang Rui has no impression at all. She will not be very famous in the future, at least not a big-name actress.

Yang Rui rarely interfered with Thomas's personal life, but when he heard that he attended Charlie Sean's party, he couldn't help but raise his opinion.

"Tom, now we have money and live a good life, but there must be a limit to fun, and we cannot lose ourselves. I suggest you not have any contact with people like Charlie Sean."

"It's not that serious, right?" Thomas smiled.

"I don't want to visit you in the AIDS hospital in the future. He may live next door to you. Do you think it's serious?" Yang Rui said seriously.

"Don't worry, I'm sensible. I won't get involved in drugs."

"Not even marijuana."

"Okay, I'll definitely pay attention."

In the United States, drug abuse is a relatively common phenomenon, with approximately 8% of teenagers taking drugs or having used them. In Yang Rui's previous life, well-known names such as Obama and Clinton admitted that they had taken drugs when they were young, but they changed their ways in time and did not become addicted to drugs.

Every year, 4,000,000 people in the United States become ill due to alcoholism, smoking, and drug abuse, and 460,000 of them die due to drug abuse. Drugs, alcohol, and smoking cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year in traffic accidents, unemployment, crime, and medical expenses.

Because they became famous too quickly and had too much money in their hands, many celebrities became addicted to drugs and regarded drug abuse as a fashionable thing.

It's not news that celebrities can be spotted smoking marijuana or snorting cocaine at private parties in Hollywood.

Charlie Sean is one of the more famous ones, known as the "negative generator". In Yang Rui's previous life, he suffered from premature aging and lost all his teeth due to a drug overdose in 2011, and later it was revealed that he was infected with AIDS.

Even if people just smoke marijuana, they will have some sequelae, such as slower reactions and poor memory. This is how the promising NBA player Michael Beasley is ruined.

Thomas showed his determination with actions and returned to the Silicon Valley company to gain support; Stana got a supporting role in a movie and went to act; Yang Rui returned to Toronto alone to worry about signings.

The Raptors are in a very serious situation in the summer. Once Christie, McGrady, and Hornacek left, the Raptors lost three swingmen, and Carter didn't even have a qualified substitute. If Carter switches to shooting guard, Jumaine Jones will have to go to the small forward position, which will definitely be unqualified.

Michael Reed is only a rookie, and it is difficult to ensure a stable state. He alone is not enough as a new player.

At the end of July, the Raptors still failed to sign the right players, and other teams seemed to unite to deal with the Raptors. They not only spent a lot of money to dig out the Raptors generals, but also did not make deals with the Raptors.

Glenn contacted veteran Sabonis and hoped that he would come to the Raptors to be a human shield against O'Neal. But this high center who can organize and shoot chose to stay with the Trail Blazers and continue playing, even if the team has no future.

His reason is that he is used to living in Portland and does not want to change the environment. Moreover, he wants to continue playing and does not want to go to Canada to retire and be a marginalized person.

Veterans who rejected the Raptors include swingman Cedric Ceballos, who was the boss of the Lakers and averaged 16.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game with the Mavericks last season. This is also someone who refuses to accept old age. He is only 31 years old and unwilling to accept a basic salary.

There were also people who took the initiative to contact the Raptors management and recommended themselves, such as Oliver Miller, who played for the Raptors, but Yang Rui disagreed.

Miller's weight is similar to that of last year's technology stocks, which has been hitting the limit all the way. When he was with the Raptors in 1996 and 1997, his body shape was at least still noticeable. Now he is 2o6cm tall and weighs 142 kilograms, and he continues to grow.

He may be the player with the highest unit density in the history of the league. American fans gave him an indecent nickname - the most invincible fat pig in the universe.

Yang Rui expressed doubts about his ability. He moved too slowly and it was useless to act as a human shield. What if O'Neal pulled him out to pick and roll him? Watching a defender drive for a layup?

Another option is undrafted player Garth Joseph, who is 218cm tall and weighs 143kg. He was born in 1973. He is a white undrafted rookie and performed well in the summer league.

O'Pang's statistics last season were too terrifying. The management felt that they needed strong men to compete with him. The famous ones were too expensive, so they could only find players like this that no one wanted.

This was also denied by Yang Rui. He did not have the impression that Garth Joseph was not strong enough.

Yang Rui proposed to exchange cash for a second-round pick. The Rockets originally wanted to send Najera to the Mavericks, but when they saw that the Raptors wanted him, they immediately kept him as a treasure.

For three consecutive years, Yang Rui has brought out outstanding newcomers. The players he likes are directly recognized by other team management as having potential. The Pistons management also insisted on keeping Brian Cardinal for this reason.

Unable to replace this year's rookies, Yang Rui made a surprise study of the free market list and checked the rookie information of previous seasons to see if there were any free agents who had made a name for themselves in their previous lives but no one is paying attention to them now.

On August 1, Yang Rui and Glenn Gruwald met in the manager’s office.

Glenn apologized with a wry smile. "Jerry, I'm really sorry that I had to rush you back during the vacation. I didn't expect that the recruitment work would be so difficult this summer."

"It doesn't matter. I didn't come back to ask questions. The key is to solve the problem, right? We don't have to force those who don't want to join the Raptors. Teams that don't want to trade may not be able to use those people they keep. .I don’t care about this." Yang Rui smiled.

Glenn immediately felt at ease. He felt that Yang Rui deserved the best coach award based on his calm demeanor alone, no less worthy of any famous coach. In the past, when the head coach of the Raptors had poor results under his leadership, he would complain and shirk responsibility. The gap was too big.

Glenn asked: "How is it? Is there anyone you want to introduce?"

"There are four candidates. If there are no big surprises, they can all be signed successfully." Yang Rui said with a smile: "And you don't have to worry about the salary mark. None of the four people need big contracts."

Yang Rui wrote the player information on a piece of paper, along with a brief introduction, and handed it to Glenn.

The first is 37-year-old veteran swingman Mario Elie, who is 196cm tall and weighs 95kg. He won the 1994 and 1995 championships with the Rockets and the 1999 championship with the Spurs. He has rich playoff experience.

Last season, he played 79 games in the Spurs' regular season, averaging 28.1 minutes per game, scoring 7.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists.

The Spurs did not renew Mario's contract because he was in extremely poor form in the playoffs. In the series with the Suns, he averaged 28.8 minutes per game, scoring 7.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists, shooting 27.3 from the field and 14.3 from the three-point range.

Yang Rui explained: "I think his poor performance in the playoffs is because Duncan is absent. The Spurs have no star who can attract double-teams on the offensive end and cannot open up space. He is good at playing without the ball, which is why his shooting rate is so low. The Raptors But the defending champion, I think he will be interested. And the Raptors' tactics suit him, he should be able to see that."

"Then I'll contact his agent soon."

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