Everyone in the Lakers draft office was stunned.
After all the calculations, I forgot that there is a small broken boat next door!
They just remember that there is a Jew in Houston, but they forget that there is a Jew next door!
Looking at the two people on the stage on TV, one was smiling like a chrysanthemum, and the other was just handsome. No one in the Lakers draft office said anything.
Slowly, everyone looked at Little Bas.
No one expected that their little boss's wise advice would be their only solution to this draft.
If they want to select Li Ao, they have to accept the stud when they receive a call from the Grizzlies...
Suddenly, the logo man thought of something, picked up his cell phone and dialed the number of an old friend.
It took a while before the call was answered. He just said "I didn't choose it" and hung up in a hurry.
The logo man, who originally had a glimmer of hope, now confirmed that this draft was completely disappointing.
At the draft, after shaking hands with Stern and taking a photo, Li Ao came to the secondary stage for an interview.
"You were selected with the third overall pick. How do you feel now?"
"I'm very happy that I can continue to study in Los Angeles."
"anything else?"
"what else?"
"For example, joining the Clippers, you have the confidence to lead the Trojans..."
"Then there's nothing more to say."
"..."
After the interview, Li Ao returned to the chair and sat, completely ignoring his image, leaning back casually on the chair with a look of despair.
Mike Miller consoled him: "Leo, don't be so depressed. After all, we are in Los Angeles, not Vancouver. We have achieved half of our goal."
Liam echoed: "Yes, at least the general manager is a Lakers legend..."
Vivian also comforted: "At least the salary for the third overall pick is higher."
"The Los Angeles team + the famous general manager of the Lakers, rounding up is equivalent to being selected by the ideal team, right... Ignore me and let me die for a while."
The three of them saw Li Ao closing his eyes and didn't know what to say.
The Clippers, apart from the advantage of being in Los Angeles, basically have no advantages at all.
No, even in Los Angeles, it became a negative score. Sharing the same arena with the Lakers is miserable when you think about it.
They couldn't even find anything else to say to comfort them.
The same is true for Dean Teng and Henry Bibby. In their view, Li Ao, who was selected by the Clippers, had a hellish start in his career.
Not to mention the old man. Although his family has some shares in the Clippers, the last thing he wants Li Ao to go to is the Clippers.
…
After the draft, Li Ao, who has always been pushy, did not go to the group interview due to physical discomfort. The Clippers wanted to meet immediately, but he refused and went back to the hotel directly.
He was not in the mood at all. He didn't even watch the draft after him and kept his eyes closed the whole time.
What's interesting is that the live broadcast footage is shown to Li Ao, who has his eyes closed, from time to time, which makes the fans in front of the TV extremely happy.
Especially Indiana fans were so happy to see Li Ao being selected by the Clippers.
If there is a chance, they all want to congratulate Li Ao in person for being selected with the third overall pick. Congratulations very sincerely.
Li Ao returned to the room and took a shower to calm down. He turned on the system screen and felt miserable.
The team interface has been refreshed.
Became 'Los Angeles Clippers', to be signed.
He's not saying it has to be the Lakers. The Bulls and Hawks are also very good.
Even if you have to drive half an hour to find a canteen in Vancouver, you can still have a snowball fight.
What he originally thought was to be selected by a team in the lottery, as long as it was not the Rockets, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Celtics, or any other team.
But the small broken boat was ignored.
What to do now?
It is impossible to continue playing in the NCAA. Since he signed up for the NBA draft, he has lost the qualification to participate in NCAA competitions.
He had already won a championship in college. After he made up his mind to leave, apart from the friendship with his former teammates, he didn't have much nostalgia for the college game.
He thought of something, took out the laptop he borrowed from the hospital assistant's aunt to play games, and checked on the NBA official website.
Got it!
If it doesn't work, just refuse to sign with the Clippers.
He remembered a clause just now, and after checking it, it was almost the same as what he remembered.
This clause is a new item in the 1998 collective bargaining agreement. At that time, the 'parent team's first right to renew the contract' was adopted as a clause that was beneficial to the employer. In balance with it, there were two clauses that were beneficial to the players.
Players selected in the first round, if they do not want to go to the team, can submit a formal application to the NBA to give up the results of this draft.
Although after giving up, he will not be able to participate in NBA games in any way in the next season, but he can join any team as a free agent in the next season.
The exception is when the selected player is unable to join immediately because he is still under contract. The team that selected him can apply to New York to retain the signing rights and retain them for a long time.
Players selected in the second round do not have this right. Unless the team gives up, the team will have the right to sign for a long time.
However, there is also a compensation clause in the second round - there is no salary limit. If the team has salary space, in theory, it can get a maximum salary rookie contract with a starting salary of 25% of the salary cap, but no one has ever gotten it.
The clause in the first round has never been used by anyone until now. In 1998, the NBA has experienced two salary surges. A first-round pick can get US$3 million in the worst four years. Most NBA players come from slums. If you come out, being selected is equivalent to becoming a rich man and changing your destiny against the will of heaven.
Li Ao decided that if it didn't work out, he would go back to college for a year and work hard to get enough credits in his junior year, graduate early, and then go wherever he wanted.
The plan goes through!
He feels - the advantage is still with me!
…
Li Ao opened the system again and looked at the prompt after being selected again. His mood instantly changed.
My eyes lit up when I saw the rewards that I hadn’t bothered to look at before!
"Congratulations to the host for being selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the third overall pick in the first round of the NBA draft. Reward: 10,000 achievement points, I want to be longer (growth card), and 5 basic attribute points."
His thoughts became clearer and his mind became more vivid. He asked a question in his mind, and the system answered it.
“This reward is a universal reward for hosts selected in the first round of the NBA draft and has nothing to do with the draft.
If the host is selected in the second round, the reward will be: 5,000 achievement points, 1 random skill, and 1 random equipment. "
There doesn’t seem to be much difference between the rewards in the first round and the second round!
5 attribute points, one each for skills and equipment, it’s hard to say which one is better.
The difference is probably the growth card. He issued the command and the description of the growth card popped up.
"I want to be longer (Growth Card): One of the height or wingspan will randomly increase by 10 centimeters. It will grow naturally within a few months and will not affect the beauty of the host's body shape to the greatest extent."
“I’m so proud!!!!”
Σ┗(＠ロ＠;)┛
乂(Д三Д)乂
ヽ(≧≦)
God’s tool!
Li Ao said that he was wrong. There was not much difference between the first round and the second round.
What a difference!
He couldn't wait to use the card.
Ask him which area he most wants to grow longer... of course his legs would be 10 centimeters longer!
Who doesn’t want to be a handsome guy with long legs?
My height is pretty good now, don’t let me grow any taller...
"The host uses the growth card: I want to be longer, random value... 8, random growth direction... arm span, congratulations to the host, the arm span will grow by 8 centimeters in the next few months. Note: This growth card will not affect the host The body’s natural developmental potential.”
ヾ(^^)
Li Ao raised his arms and cheered, singing: "Safentianzhan, just in time to have a big competition, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, just meet..."
He was still a little worried when using it. If he grew too much, it would have a great impact on his playing style. The impact on his shooting alone would be particularly great.
He had experienced this before. When he was 17 years old, he had grown 20 centimeters a year, and he became a dunker when playing ball.
However, when he was able to dunk in the computer college, he had no idea of practicing shooting. At that time, he was playing for fun. Of course he didn't want to shoot if he could dunk.
Wingspan, he remembered that his wingspan now is 217 centimeters and 8 centimeters long... Huh! The hands are almost as long as a little giant when spread out!
No, the little giant's wingspan seems to be shorter than his height.
Li Ao is looking forward to the joy of comparing wingspan with the future No. 1 pick.
After calming down and looking at the more than 90,000 achievement points, he felt that he had to continue to maintain the intensity of shooting training this summer and improve his shooting ability while his wingspan naturally increases.
An increase in wingspan will also affect shooting.
But it is much better compared to an increase of 8 centimeters in height. When the height increases to 209 centimeters, shooting is less affected. The defensive end is completely ruined and basically needs to be practiced again.
He switched to the system's main interface and looked at another system prompt.
"The host has joined the NBA and the system assessment report has been updated.
The host's personal evaluation report will comprehensively evaluate the strength of all NBA players. The comprehensive evaluation is based on the host's physical fitness, basic skills, and technology.
Other player evaluation reports are based on recent court performance and are affected by injuries, team factors, teammate factors, etc.
NBA players are significantly ahead of NCAA players in terms of physical fitness, basic skills, and technical skills. After the host is updated to the NBA comprehensive evaluation, the values in all aspects have been adjusted.
NBA games are very different from NCAA games, and there are certain differences in player ability determination. "
Li Ao has already thought of this.
Kenyon Martin, the top player in college physical fitness, scored 20+10 points as if he were drinking water and averaged 3+ blocks per game.
But in the NBA, I can't average a double-double per game. In most years, I am an excellent starter. In my peak period, I barely reached the edge of an All-Star. In these two stages, I had to have Kidd to help me. After leaving Kidd, I immediately changed. Become an ordinary starter averaging 12+6 per game.
Players like Eddie House, who scored 20 points in college, were considered poor performers. In the NBA, it is difficult to score 10 points.
The most fringe players in the NBA may have been the best college basketball players in a university, a city, or even a state.
His evaluation method is different from that of his opponents, which is easy to understand.
For example, if a player no longer wants to stay on the team, he plays a few random games, and his performance is worse than that of the substitute. At this time, even if his physical fitness, basic skills, and skills are very good, and he has rich game experience, when he plays in the game, he is worse than the substitute. The substitutes are worse.
A player specializes in a certain aspect and is not strong in other abilities, but he is in a team that suits him and can bring out his strengths. He performs very well on the court and is a powerful player when playing games. .
When he feels the strength of his teammates and opponents, what he actually feels is the abilities displayed by the opponents.
And his own evaluation report needs to more intuitively show his true level in each aspect, so that he can know more clearly what needs to be improved.
Turning off the prompt, he looked at his two personal evaluation reports.
University's:
"Name: Li Ao, English name: Leo.
Age: 18 years old (August 1, 1981).
Height: 201 cm, wingspan: 217 cm.
Weight: 94 kg.
Overall rating: 83.
Physical fitness: Speed 89 (86 explosive acceleration), 90 strength (88 explosive power), 83 jumping (87 bullet speed), 92 flexibility, 92 physical strength...
Basic skills: 63 three-pointers (NBA), 87 mid-range shots, 90 layups, 71 hooks..., 69 ball control, 83 passes, 87 steps back, 88 lateral moves, 88 forward circles, 73 strides, 75 turns, Emergency stop 75...
Skills: 74 hook, 74 catch and turn shot, 71 emergency stop catch and jump shot..."
He is extremely partial to science, but relying on defense, mid-range shooting, scoring at the basket, and physical fitness, he has a comprehensive strength that is close to the first-class in the NCAA. If he continues to play in college, with suitable teammates and playing styles, he will not be able to Playing worse than the top players.
But the college game was a thing of the past, and he looked to his right at the new personal evaluation report.
"Name: Li Ao, English name: Leo.
Team: Los Angeles Clippers (to be signed).
Age: 18 years old (August 1, 1981).
Height: 201 cm, wingspan: 217 cm.
Weight: 94 kg.
Overall rating: 74.
Physical fitness: Speed 90 (88 explosive acceleration), 83 strength (79 explosive power), 84 jumping (88 bullet speed), 94 flexibility, 88 physical strength...
Basic skills: 63 three-pointers, 83 mid-range shots, 86 layups, 63 hooks, 61 ball control, 80 passes, 84 steps back, 84 lateral moves, 87 forward circles, 68 strides, 69 turns, 68 emergency stops...
Skills: 65 hook, 69 catch and turn shot, 68 emergency stop catch jump shot..."
"Hey! I dreamed back half a year ago!"
Li Ao felt a little sore, and he was back to the lower half of the good level.
However, this was actually better than he expected!
Speed, jumping, and flexibility actually increased instead of decreasing!
However, the strength and stamina have dropped significantly, and only the excellent and first-class level can be achieved. After all, all the opponents are adults, and most of them are in their twenties and sixties at the peak of their physical condition.
Fortunately, I didn't use 3 basic attribute points to increase my strength from 89 to 90, otherwise I would be losing blood now.
Basic skills and techniques, unsurprisingly, declined in all aspects.
What has declined the least is the basic skills on the defensive end.
But rather than saying that it is a decline, it is better to say that the opponent is stronger.
There are also factors such as changes in competition rules and stadium specifications.
Like the mid-range shot, although he has deliberately practiced it in the past two months, the large area in the high post area has increased, which is farther than the previous NCAA three-point shot.
No matter how accurate his shooting was before, he is still accurate now. No matter how fast he ran, how high he jumped, and how strong he was before, it is still the same now.
"It doesn't matter, 6789, there are still four months to go. I just got 10,000 achievement points, and there are more than 90,000. Practice hard in the summer!"
Li Ao turned off the system and prepared to take a bath and go to bed.
I don’t plan to use the 5 basic attribute points for the time being, and I’m not in a hurry to play the game.
In the past 10 months, through training, his physical fitness has naturally grown a lot. For example, in the past two months, according to the NCAA evaluation report, his strength has increased from 89 to 90, his explosive power has increased from 87 to 88, and his explosive power has increased from 89 to 90. The acceleration has been increased from 85 to 86, and the bounce and bullet speed have been increased by 1 point.
Attribute points, if there are conditions for using them later, it is better to use them later.
…
The next day, in the morning, Li Ao and other lottery players participated in several NBA courses. Other insignificant topics were covered in about ten minutes.
I talked about taxation for two hours.
In order to show how powerful the enforcement officers of the Yingjiang Tax Bureau are, I watched the enforcement video for half an hour.
Tax rates vary from state to state, but the federal tax of more than 30% is the same.
The tax rate in most states adds up to 40%-45%, including some insurance. In addition, 10% of the salary must be entrusted to a third party.
This is a new regulation after the income distribution ratio between labor and management was set in the 1998 labor agreement. If the final annual total salary of the players exceeds 55% of the NBA's total annual income, the excess will be deducted from the 10% salary of all players. part, with the remainder returned to the players at the end of the season.
Li Ao already knew this when he signed Schwartz.
When he saw that state taxes accounted for less than one-tenth of the taxes to be paid, he understood why Texas was not very attractive to athletes even though it was exempt from state taxes.
At noon, Li Ao invited the hospital assistant, Liam, Dean Teng, Henry Bibby, Schwartz, and the old man to have lunch together.
It can be regarded as a celebration for being selected as the third flower show.
Schwartz mentioned that the Clippers wanted to meet in the afternoon, but Li Ao refused and asked Schwartz to talk to the Clippers first. He planned to return to Los Angeles first.
Seeing that Li Ao's mood seemed to have recovered, Vivian asked: "Leo, why did you refuse to meet with them? Even if you don't want to go to the Clippers, you can still talk about the transaction. Maybe they chose you to use you as a bargaining chip. , or they really think highly of you."
Li Ao responded: "Let me wait for two days. Now that I see them, I can't help but curse them."
Vivian smiled and said, "You are such a gentle person, always thinking about others."
Liam, Dean Teng, Henry Bibby, Schwartz, Old Man: (O_o)??????
Li Ao curled his lips and replied: "In the final analysis, they are just exercising their rights in the draft. Just like Aunt Vivian said, they may really be optimistic about me and think I have talent." , in theory this is a happy thing, of course only in theory.”
Mentioning his due rights, Li Ao turned to his agent and said: "Jeff!"
"What's wrong?"
"The Clippers asked us to negotiate a contract, right?"
"That's right, you don't have to go if you don't want to do this. After the negotiation, if you think it's okay, just go and sign."
"Then can I put forward the signing conditions?"
"It's okay to meet the conditions stipulated by the NBA. You tell me first and I'll see if it complies with the regulations."
"First one, I want 1234567... I need 7 courtside season tickets."
"Ahem, cough, cough... Watt?"
(End of chapter)
