Phil shook his head and laughed, "You're such a dead brain." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Du, isn't he short of money now! His solution is to play in the league in exchange for enough treatment, and if he becomes a member of our team, as a team, he cares about his players, right? We will directly pay off the treatment expenses of his senior brother for the next three or five years, and it will be okay soon? To the outside world, this is the team's charitable help to the players! Stern couldn't say anything. ”

Kupchak listened, good way! In this way, you can use the original order to choose Li Du, and Li Du should also agree! "Phil, you old fox, in fact, you are more suitable to be the general manager than me!" Kupchak laughed happily.

"And that's not all!" Phil smiled even more and shook his finger and said, "The benefits of this don't stop there!" The Chinese are a nation that pays attention to revenge, and Li Du is even more so. Why is he willing to wait until now and not try out with another team? just wants to repay Kobe Bryant's kindness to him. And I heard that Li Du's master is an extremely clever kung fu master, and he is now helping Kobe Bryant massage every day, and it is conceivable that when the new season starts, Kobe Bryant will be even stronger! If we helped Li Du in the most difficult time, do we still need to worry that he won't work hard for us in the future? Do you still need to worry about him going to another team when he gets really strong? ”

"Hahahaha! Phil, you're such an old fox! But I like it! Kupchak laughed, as if all his sorrow had dissipated, and slapped him the red solid wood desk, "That's what we do!" ”

Early the next morning, Pelinka received a call from Kupchak, inviting him to come to the Lakers with Li Du and discuss important matters with them, and said that Pelinka and Li Du would be satisfied!

Pelinka found Li Du, explained the situation to Li Du, and then asked, "How is it, Lee?" The price given by the Lakers is too low, their draft pick is the bottom of the first round, if you don't want to, I'll turn down the Lakers right now, and find you another team to tryout, it's too late to get in touch. ”

Li Du shook his head lightly and said, "Robert, let's go and listen to the Lakers' opinions first." Since Mr. Kupchak said he would give us a satisfactory answer, it would be better for us to listen. Also, I would love to stay in Los Angeles as well. ”

Pelinka knew that the reason why Li Du wanted to stay in Los Angeles was because he wanted to take care of his senior brother, so he stopped being verbose and drove directly to Staples Center with Li Du.

When they came to Staples, after the two met Kupchak, Kupchak's first sentence said: "Mr. Li Du, I heard that your senior brother is seriously injured and needs a lot of treatment costs, which is also the original intention of you want to play in the league, right?" ”

Li Du and Pelinka looked at each other, and Li Du replied: "That's the case, that's why I have always insisted that the salary offered to me by the team should not be low." ”

Kupchak nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Li Du, I am impressed by your honesty, and I am touched by the brotherhood between you and your senior brother. ”

Lidu and Pelinka didn't answer, they knew that what Kupchak really wanted to say was in the back. Sure enough, Kupchak then said: "However, Mr. Li Du, please forgive me, the Lakers' draft pick this year is really not high, and if we go to other teams to exchange draft picks now, we will have to pay a huge price, not to mention, and we may be blocked by the league from trading." So, we can only use the 26th pick in the first round to select you. ”

After hearing this, Pelinka's eyes widened and he was about to pull Li Du away, and Kupchak immediately said: "Two, don't be impatient, please listen to what I have to say." ”

Li Du tugged at Pelinka, "Robert, let's listen to Mr. Kupchak." ”

After Pelinka sat down, Kupchak continued: "We all know that in fact, Mr. Li Du, you definitely have the strength to enter the top three of the draft, as compensation for the low pick, when you join the Lakers, we will pay the treatment costs that your brother needs for the next three years in a lump sum in the name of funding and charity!" ”

"What?" Li Duteng stood up suddenly, grabbed Kupchak's hand excitedly and asked, "Sir, are you really willing to help me?" ”

Li Du's strength was so great that Kupchak's hands were all clenched by him, and he hurriedly said: "Of course I do, Mr. Li Du, please calm down, my hands hurt so much!" ”

Li Du reacted at this time, quickly let go of his hand, and grabbed the back of his head embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kupchak, I'm too excited." ”

At this time, Pelinka asked Kupchak: "There is no such thing as a free lunch, Mr. Kupchak, what conditions do you have for doing this?" ”

Li Du also nodded, and said to Kupchak sincerely: "Mr. Kupchak, please tell your conditions, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse!" ”

Pelinka smiled bitterly in her heart, how could there be such a negotiation? As soon as I came up, I first showed my bottom. But since Li Du said so, Pelinka had no choice but to listen to Kupchak about the Lakers' conditions.

Kupchak smiled and said: "We have two conditions, first, the general player has some independent options in the third year of the rookie contract, including the option to become a free agent, but Mr. Li Du does not have this article, the third year of the rookie contract, we choose whether to continue to sign with you, of course, if Mr. Li Du can play at your price, the salary can naturally be negotiated." ”

Li Du didn't understand this, and looked at Pelinka, and after Pelinka explained to Li Du, Li Du said, "Yes, I agree with this one." "Senior brother Shang Xiaolong would have needed at least three years to recover, and according to Master Shang Yun's meaning, Li Du wants to repay the kindness of the Lakers and Kobe, and it is best to stay with the Lakers for the rest of his career!

Kupchak nodded and continued: "Second, if we continue to sign Mr. Li Du after three years, Mr. Li Du cannot choose a short-term contract, he needs to sign for at least five years, and during the contract period, Mr. Li Du cannot exercise the player option, and we can exercise the team option to Mr. Li Du according to the situation. ”

Under Pelinka's explanation, Li Du understood that he would be in the Lakers for the next 8 years, and the Lakers could trade him or cut him, but he could not become a free agent and look for other teams. As for the salary, it depends on what kind of value Li Du can play after the rookie contract expires.

So Li Du and Pelinka discussed it a little, and then said to Kupchak: "Mr. Kupchak, we also agree with this one. ”

With a happy smile on his face, Kupchak beckoned his assistant to bring the contract he had prepared in advance, and said, "We sign a contract of intent, this contract is confidential, please don't let anyone else know." Otherwise, you and I will both face the punishment of the Alliance! Mr. Li Du, you see, if it's okay, we will sign this contract first, and then after the draft, we will sign a formal contract, and that contract will be filed with the league. ”

Li Du took the contract to Pelinka, who was an expert in this area and didn't understand anything. It took Pelinka a long time to read the contract word by word, and finally said to Li Du: "There is no problem with this contract, it is the same as what we discussed." ”

Li Du immediately took the contract and signed his name. Kupchak stretched out his hands and clasped them tightly with Li Du, "Mr. Li Du, I welcome you on behalf of the Lakers!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Kupchak, I'm honored to be a part of the Lakers!"

Kupchak laughed, "Mr. Li Du, can you please do me a favor?" ”

Li Du nodded and said, "Of course, Mr. Kupchak." ”

Kupchak smiled and said, "Please stop calling me Mr. Kupchak, call me Mickey!" ”

Li Du also smiled, "Okay, Mickey! ”

The big thing was finalized, Li Du's heart that had been hanging finally fell, and Pelinka was fully responsible for the follow-up, and Li Du also happened to be clean, in addition to learning the Bear Eagle combo with the master every day, it was to talk to Kobe about basketball, about the Lakers and the current league situation.

Li Du has always thought that Kobe Bryant is similar to what has been reported by the outside world, paranoid, fanatical, and a little unkind. But when he really got along, he found that in fact, if you have a temper with Kobe, he is a very good person, and he has profound and unique insights into basketball, from the invention of basketball, to the leading players of various teams today, famous coaches, their playing style, where are the strengths, where are the weaknesses, Kobe Bryant can be like a treasure.

But it's not wrong to say that he is paranoid, Kobe Bryant has a weird paranoia about victory, especially can't stand himself and his teammates accepting defeat! His theory is: there is no need to accept defeat, because one day, you will win! If you accept defeat, there will be another failure, so that you will never win again!

This is obviously paranoid about victory, but Li Du is very much in line with Kobe's temper at this point. In the national martial arts competition, you can't fail, once you fail, the boxer will lose everything! Therefore, the vast majority of boxers will practice hard for revenge after failure! Li Du has accepted such a concept since he was a child, which coincides with Kobe!

Soon it was the day of the draft, Li Du said goodbye to the master's family and flew to New York with Pelinka.

The annual draft is held in New York, Madison Square Garden, which is the mecca of the basketball world, the Mecca of the basketball world. Every year, the draft here affects the hearts, interests, and even fate of countless people.

Li Du's fate will be officially rewritten here!

On the day of the draft, Li Du came to the conference site early under the leadership of Pelinka.