Chapter 2 Trip to Los Angeles Signing
The day after the draft, Lamar said goodbye to his aunt and flew to Los Angeles with Jeff Crain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Lamar doesn't have any likes or hates for the Los Angeles Clippers, but Lamar doesn't have any liking or dislike for Raheem Sterling, who later had to sell the team because of racism. I hate this selfish, money-hungry and miserly team owner!
Having lived in the United States for nearly 20 years, racism can be felt everywhere! Lamar was born on November 6, 1979 in Jamaica, New York, and his full name is Ramar Joseph Odom. Her mother, Kathy Messer, was a prison guard on Rickel Island, and she almost single-handedly pulled Lamar up. His father was a disabled soldier who disappeared from Lamar's life when he was still very young.
Mother is Lamar's closest person, and the two are not only mother and son, but also good friends. Casey sometimes asks Lamar to sit down, to be wary of bad influences from the outside world. Lamar's world is soon shattered by reality, and Casey is diagnosed with cancer and dies soon after. Lamar had to move in with his grandmother.
After he was 15 years old, his grandmother could no longer watch him, and his aunt reached out to help.
Like many children from single-parent families, Lamar uses basketball as a way to escape. As a kid he lived with his mom in Queens, where basketball reigned in a nearby park. Not far from Linkin Park, Lamar, who is left-handed but has a good hand, comes to play almost every day, and it is here that he learns his first basketball skills.
After his mother's death, basketball took over almost all of Lamar's life. His idol is "Magic" Johnson, and he wants to be a great player like Magic! Although he is not as tall as Johnson when he first started to play basketball, he tries hard to learn Magic's passing skills, and fortunately God is good to Lamar, so that he also has the broad vision of a Magic, and he always finds a way to make his teammates easily score after receiving the ball on the court. Now Lamar is one step closer to his idol!
After coming out of the airport, Lamar and Jeff took a car to the Staples Center, looking at the new arena in the bustling area of Los Angeles, Lamar was full of emotion!
The Los Angeles Clippers were not originally in Los Angeles, but the owner Sterling and the elder Buss were good friends, so they moved to Los Angeles, and this year they moved to the Staples Center and the Lakers.
However, in Los Angeles, the Clippers are not as good as their mother, although they are teams in the same city, but compared to football teams in the same city, such as Manchester City, such as Atletico Madrid, the Clippers are indeed miserable, and almost all the fans in the city are Lakers fans, and there are few who support the Clippers. Who made them have no results and no superstars?
In the final analysis, competitive sports still look at the results, the Bulls won the championship, there will be 6 billion Bull fans, after the Lakers won three consecutive championships, there will be 6 billion Lakers fans, and the Warriors will win the championship There will be 6 billion Warriors fans.
And the age of the fans is getting younger and younger, and there are fewer and fewer rational fans, and more people are making trouble and venting under the banner of fans.
"Welcome Lamar, can I call you that? I'm glad you're a part of the Clippers right now, and congratulations, my Mr. Millionaire!" Elgin Baylor looked at Lamar and walked up!
"Of course, that's what everyone close to me calls me, Mr. Elgin Baylor!" Lamar and Lord Belle talked, and Jeff thought something as Lamar walked along.
Then Elgin Baylor took Lamar and Jeff to the arena, "Gary, please take Lamar for a physical test!"
"Haha, okay, my general manager, Lamar, oh I can call you that, right?" Gary smiled at Lamar.
"Of course!"
"Alright then, I'll go. Gary led Lamar and Jeff to the testing area. Elgin followed, and he wanted to see what happened to this rookie he had chosen in all his own way!
"Oh, is this true? It's incredible! Gary, are you sure you're not mistaken? Now we might have found a treasure!" Elgin Belle said in surprise as he took the record of Lamar's physical measurements that Gary handed him!
"Elgin, I swear, this data is absolutely true, and to be honest, I was taken aback!" Gary replied loudly!
Lamar Odom: Born on November 6, 1979, 2.08 meters tall, 2.10 meters tall in shoes, weighing 104.8 kilograms, 23.2 centimeters in length, 10.92 seconds in 100 meters, 2.28 meters in reach, and 2.79 meters tall in situ.
The vertical bounce is 88cm, the run-up bounce is 101cm, the bench press is 84kg 18 times, the round-trip run in the penalty area is 11.37 seconds, and the 3/4 sprint is 3.31 seconds, and the fat rate is 5.6%.
That's Lamar's physical data, plus his birthday on November 6, 1979, and he is still not yet 20 years old, which makes his potential look very great!
Elgin Baylor took the data, walked out of the training ground and found Lamar who was doing shooting practice on the court, and said to Lamar and Jeff beside him: "Lamar, Jeff, I think we can go to my office now for a coffee and talk about Lamar's contract by the way!"
"Haha, of course!" Lamar and Jeff arrived with Elgin Baylor in the Clippers' general manager's office.
"A four-year, $11.4 million contract, Lamar, you know, it's an NBA labor rule!" Elgin Baylor pulled out a cigar with his legs crossed and lit it.
"There's no question of salary, the key is whether I can change to a player option for the next two years!" Jeff looked at Lamar and then said to Elgin Baylor according to the strategy he had previously discussed with Lamar.
"Impossible! You know, it's usually a four-year contract, Lamar, you should understand that the Clippers are very optimistic about your future, although your numbers are very good, but no one knows what the future holds! To be honest, we want to build a team with you as the core! We can't sign you on a 2+2 contract!" Elgin Baylor narrowed his eyes and let out a puff of smoke.
"Why don't we take a step back, 3+1 contract, the final year team option, of course, the team has the right of first refusal after Lamar's contract expires!"
"Yes, but the salary needs to be raised, you know, Lamar's stats are excellent, definitely not worse than that Humpty Dumpty in Chicago!"
"13.6 million in four years! I think that's my bottom line, and I'll have to ask Mr. Sterling any more!"
"Deal, but I hope I have the right to suggest it in the draft in the future, of course it's your business whether to take it or not!" Lamar and Jeff looked at each other, thinking that it was almost over.
"Yes, happy cooperation!" Elgin Baylor smiled: "Taylor, please go and rearrange this contract and bring it over!"
After a while, Taylor's beauty returned to the general manager's office with the revised contract. "Let's see, if there is no problem, we will sign!" said Lord Belle happily!
Jeff took a closer look at the contract, then nodded at Lamar, who picked up the contract and signed his name with a few strokes. Elgin Baylor picked up the contract, then took out the checkbook and swiped it, "Lamar, happy cooperation! This is your signing fee!"
Lamar picked up the check and glanced at 80,000! A good number, although it was nothing to him in his previous life, it was a lot of income compared to him who had just entered the league now. "Mr. Elgin Baylor, I have a request, see if you can hire a coach for me in the offseason, I want to work out well in the offseason, I hope I can adapt to the NBA as soon as possible, and I can also improve my ability as much as possible!"
"Haha, of course there is no problem. It's too late for us to be happy, after all, the more outstanding your strength, the better it will be for the Clippers in the rebuilding period! Do you have any requirements for yourself?" Lord Belle looked at Lamar and smiled happily.
"The basic skills of the inside, shooting, as well as physical fitness and physical fitness, I think this is what I need to improve the most now, after all, with my height, it is estimated that I will play the No. 4 position, and the No. 3 and No. 5 positions may also make a cameo!" Lamar said after thinking about it.
"Do you have a person in mind?"
"Hehe, how is my idol, Magic Johnson?" Lamar said tentatively.
"This guy, that guy won't leave Los Angeles for somewhere else! Of course I'll try to contact him, I'm on good personal terms with that guy, I'll tell you how!"
"Okay, then I'll bother you, Mr. Elgin Belle!" Ammar thanked himself.
"Lamar, I almost forgot to tell you something! I'm very happy about your joining, but due to some of the team's own reasons (Sterling has just moved the team to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and wants to show his face in front of the media, brush up on his presence and influence, but unfortunately this guy is on vacation now) and the league's relevant regulations (the freeze period and the second-round rookies still have to see how they perform), the press conference for you to join the Clippers is estimated to not start until the start of the new season, of course, for a No. 4 pick like you, you are generally not required to participate in the summer league, so the time of the press conference is estimated to be in the first few days of OctoberI hope it won't bother you!" Belle said apologetically.
"No problem, I'm happy to accept your and the team's arrangement, after all, I'm also a member of the team now, heheγγγγγγ β
"Then there's no problem!"
"Then I won't bother you, Mr. Elgin Baylor. β
"Okay, I have some things to do, next time we're talking, Lamar, Jeff!!"
"Okay, goodbye!" "Goodbye! you don't have to send it!"
Seeing this, Lamar and Jeff got up and said goodbye and left.