Not long ago, in Jim Bass's office.
He and Jim Bass signed their names in duplicate on the contract in the presence of their attorneys.
He will sign a two-year contract with the Lakers for $6 million in two years, fully guaranteed, with no team options.
He has a good relationship with Mike Brown. He knows that Mike Brown's contract with the Lakers is 18.25 million for four years. The last year is a team option and the average annual salary is 4.56 million.
He doesn't know D'Antoni's annual salary with the Lakers, but it should be much higher than Mike Brown.
Because D'Antoni's annual salary when he was with the Suns was $6 million.
In 2011, NBA media calculated the annual salary ranking of NBA head coaches, and D'Antoni ranked first, with 6 million.
Ranking second is Celtics head coach Doc Reeves, with 5.5 million.
Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott is tied for second.
Lakers head coach Phil Jackson's annual salary of 5 million can only rank fourth.
However, Phil Jackson's contract is different. He took the initiative to reduce his salary to 5 million. His contract the previous year was 12 million. After all, he is half of his family.
Also, several famous NBA coaches, George Karl received 4.5 million in 2011, Popovich received 4 million, Adelman received 3 million, and Rick Carlisle received 3 million.
Although two years have passed, inflation has definitely occurred.
Even so, the NBA salary level for a newcomer like Du Kang is generally between 1 million and 1.5 million, which is reasonable.
3 million, in today's NBA, is the salary line for famous coaches.
At that time, Du Kang asked after reading the contract.
"Is the contract a bit high?"
Jim Shu snorted haughtily.
"This is the minimum head coaching salary I've ever given out."
Du Kang was overwhelmed by Jim Shu's arrogant domineering attitude and was speechless.
He felt high.
In Jim Shu's view, it was low.
And it’s quite reasonable.
For a team like the Lakers, the head coach is not a famous coach.
It is really impossible to offer a contract below 3 million. It would be too shabby, too low in status, and it would also disgrace a person with the title of coach of the Lakers.
The more you take, the more pressure you bear. This is the Lakers.
…
…
He became the official head coach of the Lakers, and the system will be updated again.
Taking advantage of the system update period, Du Kang immediately wanted to call and tell his father the good news.
But looking at the time, it was afternoon here in the United States and early morning in China.
Finally, I thought about it and let it go.
Dad has to teach at a university in his hometown and help take care of his children, which is already very hard.
Du Kang continued to scroll through the contact list on his phone.
Wang Xinyue.
The last time the two spoke was last week.
He's busy with the Lakers.
She is also busy at school, busy looking for a job, and busy going to internships.
Du Kang thought for a while and didn't make a call, send a text message, or send a WeChat message. Instead, he sent a QQ message.
"I have good news for you. I have become a regular with the Lakers."
What surprised Du Kang was that he responded instantly!
"????"
A bunch of question marks followed.
"Did you work as an assistant coach for the Lakers on a temporary basis?"
Seeing this, Du Kang smiled.
Hey, woman.
These days, I don’t even know about such big news about the NBA.
"I'm talking about changing from acting head coach to official head coach."
Followed by a bunch of question marks and exclamation marks.
It took almost five minutes before she texted back again.
It seems that I was watching basketball news.
"I've been crazy busy in the past two days and haven't paid attention to your affairs. I didn't expect you to make such a big noise in the past two days. Congratulations, you got what you wanted."
"Thank you, how are you now?"
"Want to hear good news or bad news?"
"Let's hear the bad news first and see if I can help you solve it."
Du Kang frowned worriedly, there won't be any accidents, right?
"My interview with Zhongyuan Channel was blocked. The opponent had connections and I couldn't handle it."
It turns out that my application was rejected.
Du Kang breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's the good news?"
"Aren't you going to comfort me at all?"
"Well, it's fine for my dad to take the baby with him. You'll be busy as a reporter in the future. Whether you go back to the Central Plains or not, it doesn't matter."
"Straight man!"
How do I feel that I am a straight man and you are quite happy?
"You haven't given me the good news yet."
"The good news is that I was hired by CCTV."
oh?
CCTV? !
Du Kang became excited all of a sudden.
"Can you come to the United States?"
"No, going to the United States is too far away from the baby."
Du Kang gritted his teeth fiercely.
"Straight girl!"
But soon, Du Kang became happy.
Straight women who care about their babies are fine, don't worry.
She was beautiful and pure. Otherwise, Du Kang thought he was an upright person, and he would not have had a baby with her so early.
Du Kang was frightened every day in the United States.
No one wants a colorful hat.
"It's not entirely because of the baby. The main reason is that I'm a social reporter and work in one. It's very troublesome to switch to five."
It seems that she has thought about coming to the United States.
Du Kang typed with a smile.
"It doesn't matter."
"Thank you for your understanding. By the way, can the baby come back for his fifth birthday?"
Du Kang looked at the calendar and sighed.
"cannot."
Immediately afterwards, Du Kang wrote again.
"I can return to China on your 22nd birthday."
Followed by a bunch of angry and bloody knife emoticons.
The baby's birthday is March 1st.
In the NCAA, March Madness is about to begin.
In the NBA, the regular season is in full swing.
He really can't go back.
In four years of college, plus this year, he has never celebrated his baby's birthday.
It’s normal for the baby’s mother to be angry.
"If the baby doesn't come back for his birthday, why are you coming back for my birthday!"
Every word was angry.
Du Kang smiled nonchalantly.
"I come back to get a marriage certificate with you. I owe you two years. I don't want to owe you anymore."
"..."
After a short silence.
"Whatever you want, you make it sound like I will definitely marry you!"
Haha, woman!
Who said he wanted to marry me when he was six years old?
He and Wang Xinyue held a wedding banquet in their hometown. This was very common in rural areas of Central Plains Province. The banquet was held before the legal age for marriage was reached.
After chatting with Wang Xinyue for a while, Du Kang felt that his need to share happiness was still not completely resolved.
When he graduated from college, he gave up going to Wall Street and chose to come to the Lakers. He knew it was the right choice.
But no one except Dad thought he was right.
Even his father, who actually supported him, probably didn't think his choice was the right one.
Many people say that Qian is a bastard.
However, money is also a good thing.
In modern society, the person who can most intuitively prove your success and your worth is precisely this bastard.
Because without this bastard, Du Kang didn't even dare to marry Wang Xinyue when she was 20 years old.
How deep were the previously suppressed emotions.
The joy of rebounding now is so high.
He wanted to bang, hard.
but……
Just think about it.
He has always been a humble man.
Know that your joy can be shared and cannot be squandered.
Sharing brings blessings, but gossiping only brings resentment.
Therefore, we must master the sharing of joy and the degree of laughter.
Therefore, Du Kang did not post on Moments, nor did he call his friends one by one.
Instead, we boarded Apu and came to the lake area of Apu.
"I just talked a lot with Mr. Buss Jr. in Mr. Jim Buss's office. At the same time, I also signed a contract to become a regular head coach. The new contract is for two years. Thank you for your support."
As soon as Du Kang finished his attack, he dropped a heavy depth bomb on Hu District and Apu in the early morning.
"After coaching one game, he became a full-time coach? Is it true?"
Ah Pu's late night editors were dumbfounded.
Du Kang’s account is the account that Apu is focusing on now.
As soon as there is any movement in Du Kang's account, Apu needs to follow up immediately.
"Coach Du, who is a bit handsome, this is indeed Du Kang's account. There is no sign of the account being hacked. The login is indeed in Los Angeles."
"But there is no movement in the United States, whether it's on Twitter or Lakers officials? It's too outrageous to become a permanent member in just one game..."
Seeing that netizens in the Lake District were already replying enthusiastically, many other Jrs also went to the Lake District to congratulate Du Kang.
The person in charge of Ah Pu couldn’t sit still.
"Post it, post it quickly! What is true or false? Have I verified the authenticity of the news before? Have I not posted enough rumors? Post it, post it immediately, I want the news about the signing of the Lakers head coach to be the first in the world! "
Following the order from the person in charge, the red letters on the home page of Apu deepened, and the headline on the front page was Du Kang's post in the Lake District.
"Congratulations to Du Kang, the first NBA head coach in Chinese history, for officially signing with the Los Angeles Lakers! 》
As Apu's news first appeared, all major online media in China followed suit.
Penguin News, ah B, Weibo, a certain call...
Late at night, the Chinese Internet world had a big party.
And here in the United States, Apu is really good. The news of Du Kang signing with the Lakers and becoming a regular player was also posted on Apu's Twitter account.
Afterwards, a bunch of self-media and official media on Twitter, including NBA celebrities, were shocked and forwarded this news from Ahpu, who is also the official account of @湖人.
Almost ten minutes later, the Lakers' official account came out to confirm.
The editor of the Lakers official account was also puzzled.
They were preparing to make a carefully considered announcement in 15 minutes.
Unexpectedly, the news was released in advance, and they couldn't think of every word to criticize Jim Bas. They could only criticize as much as they wanted, let's do it a little bit.
"Mr. Jim Buss made the decision to appoint Du Kang as the acting head coach of the Lakers, and the two parties signed a two-year contract."
This official statement from the Lakers is very interesting.
Du Kang has indeed become a regular employee.
But Jim Bass acted alone and arbitrarily.
If Du Kang dies in the future, you have to find the right person to target.
The editors who posted these announcements must be Aunt Jenny’s people, right?
In short, the news that Apu’s domestic sales were transferred to exports completely caused the NBA’s public opinion circle to boil.
Unlike China, which mostly congratulates Du Kang, public opinion in the United States is very diverse.
It is really incomprehensible and incredible to become a full-time coach after just one coaching session.
O'Neal, the young owner of the Kings, said bluntly: I have always thought Jim is a good person, but good people are not suitable for the NBA. In recent years, the Lakers have paid more than 20 million US dollars in termination fees for their head coach.
O'Neal almost made it clear that Jim Buss was a prodigal son.
Even the magician, who has always been versatile, has a question mark on his social account.
In short, in the United States, there are more people who are opposed and confused than those who support it. Many more people.
That kind of pressure is simply overwhelming.
However, for Apu, this day is definitely the peak of Apu.
If there were such explosive exclusive news every day, Ah Pu felt that he would be able to go public soon.
After Ah Pu broke the news of officially signing with the Lakers.
Du Kang didn't notify any of his friends, but friends called to congratulate him one after another with sincere words. Most of them should be sincere congratulations.
This is the difference between sharing your joy and showing off your joy.
If he took the initiative to call to 'report the good news', he would never get such congratulations.
"Ding, the system upgrade is complete, please check carefully."
Just when Du Kang finished answering the calls from his friends, a message that the system upgrade was completed appeared.
Du Kang couldn't wait to open the system.
Oncoming is a system email.
"Congratulations on becoming the official head coach of an NBA team through your unremitting efforts and officially opening the achievement system.
Ding, congratulations on your first coaching of an NBA team. After completing the achievement, you are on your way. It is detected that the NBA team you are coaching for the first time is the purple team Los Angeles Lakers. You will receive a purple skill draw card. "
Damn it, purple skill draw card? !
Upgrading a skill from none to purple requires 10,000 MP!
Du Kang tremblingly clicked on the purple skill lottery card on the system interface.
"Ding, you have acquired the skill, King of Mid-range Shooting (Purple)."
