The Jaguar team, which tried their best to sprint at the end of the regular season, still failed to make it to the playoffs, and the second season of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede ended hastily again, and the two must be quite regretful and depressed, but this is the truth, this is the rule! The Jaguar team still has a long way to go, Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi still have a long road, and they are looking forward to the coming year!

The fifth place for two consecutive seasons also made the team's top management a little unwilling.

Before the Jaguar team's holiday, the team still held a season summary meeting as usual, and the team's senior management was also present, first of all, the general manager Kawaguchi made a speech!

"First of all, thank you to Coach Ohki and the players, and all the staff of the team, thank you for your dedication this season, your dedication to make our team more competitive, let our team thrive and unite as one! The results are quite good! Last season, if the team failed to make the playoffs is excusable, this season we are really sorry, you can also see, our team is improving every day, we think we are ready to be a playoff team, but the sudden injury disrupted our plans, but fortunately, we are still a young team, we have tomorrow, this season several young players have improved for everyone to see, the offseason I hope you can train hard and improve yourself, Live up to tomorrow!! ”

Kawaguchi's brief speech can be heard that the team's top management still maintains a certain amount of patience for this team, although this season still failed to reach the playoffs, but the team is still quite optimistic about the future!!

After that, the Jaguar team started the off-season vacation, and everyone went to various places to recuperate, only Sakuragi was ready to go to the swimming pool to train again, but before going to the swimming pool, a friend who said that he had come from afar found Sakuragi.

“Hey！！ man！！！ howareyou??!!”

As soon as Sakuragi arrived downstairs, he heard a pure American greeting from the other side of the ocean!!

"It's you!!"

Sakuragi walked in and took a closer look, and it turned out to be Sakuragi's former agent in the United States, Mr. John.

"How did you see me, was it surprised??"

John asked.

"No, no, it's a surprise!! Ha ha!! ”

"Huh! I haven't seen you for almost two years, and I feel like you've grown taller and stronger a lot!! ”

"Where?? If I grow taller, I'm going to play center!! ”

"Hahaha!!"

"Let's go, go upstairs and talk!"

Sakuragi and John talked downstairs for a while, and then went upstairs, the so-called nothing to go up to the Three Treasures Palace, I don't know what the purpose of John's sudden arrival this time is??!!

"Why did you come suddenly, and I didn't say hello in advance, I'll pick you up!"

After returning to Sakuragi's room, the two sat on the sofa next to the coffee table and chatted.

"Like you said, a surprise for you!! Ha ha!! ”

"Huh!! Two men are always surprised, surprised, so disgusting!! ”

"Haha, I'm kidding you, I'm here to see how you're doing, whether you're satisfied with your work, and whether your life is going well!"

"Cut, I rarely even make a phone call for such a long time, so I came to Japan for this little thing?? The devil believes it! ”

Since Sakuragi experienced the Haruko incident, not only did he say that he was going to mature, but it seems that his IQ has also grown a lot!

"Haha, Sakuragi, I found out that you have become smarter in the past two years in Japan!! Haha, it's not as easy to deceive as before!! ”

"Of course, people will always grow, but I'm still a little bit behind you!!"

"Haha, of course!!"

"Cut, you guy, you're not modest at all."

Sakuragi and John chatted very devotedly, after all, when Sakuragi was in the United States, John helped him take care of the bits and pieces of his life, so the two also established a deep friendship, and they haven't seen each other for many years, so there must be a lot to say!!

"By the way, you haven't eaten yet, and I haven't eaten either, what do you want to eat?? I invite you!! ”

"I've heard that Kobe's steak is quite famous, so let's go eat steak!!"

"No!! No way!! The decision is no!! Eat nothing and don't eat steak!! Absolutely not eating!! In a pig's eye!!! ”

"Hey, Sakuragi-kun, why are you reacting so violently!!"

Now as long as a pair of Sakuragi steaks, Sakuragi must be thunderous, just like when he mentioned basketball, and both have one reason, that is, girls!!

"It's nothing, I don't like steak, taboo!"

"No, I remember when you were in the U.S., your favorite thing was steak!!"

"Eh, that's once, okay, I'll take you to eat teppanyaki, it's delicious! Let's go!! ”

"Okay, this guy, really!"

With that, Sakuragi and John left the dormitory and had lunch together!

"Tell me, what the hell is going on??!!"

The two watched the chef make teppanyaki on the spot and chatted about the topic!

"It seems that Sakuragi-kun has been focusing on his basketball career, and other things have been completely forgotten!!"

"What the hell is going on, brother! Don't beat around the bush, just say it!! ”

Sakuragi has always liked to be outspoken.

"Okay, then I'll have a good chat with you!!"

After a glass of juice, John continued.

"That's right, three years ago, the Jaguar team used their overseas signing rights to select you, but at that time you were still in the final stage of recovery, so we decided not to let you go back to Japan directly, but postponed it for a year, so when you came back the year before last, you should know what happened to the draft when you came back to participate in the draft, you should know all this!!"

"I'm annoyed when you mention it! I didn't even make it clear to me, I was kept in the dark! There were a lot of misunderstandings that happened after I came back!! ”

John's words made Sakuragi think of the bizarre and twisted story that happened after he just returned to Japan, and he couldn't get angry!!

"Aren't you fine now, don't worry about the past, the next thing is the point!! First of all, I want to ask you how much do you know about some of the rookie clauses in the JBA? ”

"I don't seem to know anything about ......"

Sakuragi's answer was crisp.

"Okay, then I'll tell you from the beginning, listen carefully, it's about your future! First of all, in the JBA league, all rookies who are selected by using draft picks will only be able to sign a maximum of 2+1 contract with the team, which means that the first two years of the rookie's contract are guaranteed by the team, but the third year of the contract is a non-guaranteed contract, which is to have a team option, that is, even if a rookie plays badly in the first two years, if you want to cut him, it is very difficult, because if you want to cut him, you must pay him all the next salary, This is something that many teams do not want to do, and in the third year, the team has all the strength to cut a rookie directly, and there is no need to pay any fees, the team has full rights!! And you, Sakuragi Hanamichi, have reached this juncture!! ”

John's words made Sakuragi stunned for a moment, I don't know if Sakuragi understands it!

"That is, this offseason Jaguar has the right to cut my ??!!"

It seems that Sakuragi understood.

"That's right, but it's just a possibility, I've been watching your performance in the U.S., and although the team hasn't made the playoffs for two years in a row, you've done a great job, and for a player who has only played sophomores, the future is immeasurable, so the Jaguars are almost not going to cut you!"

"Oh oh, I'm relieved to say that!"

"Not only will they not lay you off, but they will also discuss a contract extension with you!!"

"Renewal of contract??"

"Eh, I said Sakuragi-kun, you really should know more about the common sense of these contracts!! If I'm not here, it's really hard to understand your own words!! Because you will reach the contract year next season, that is, the contract expires, your home team Jaguar has the right to provide you with a contract renewal one year in advance, which means that now you can renew your contract with the Jaguar team in advance, and after the contract expires next year, you will automatically fulfill the next contract, so as not to have more things! “