Eddie Arnold continued: "It's just my guess because neither D'Angelo Russell nor his agent are giving interviews. ”

Maybe he's escaping reality, or maybe he's trying to get his fingertips on the millions of dollars (the Clippers offer him a two-year, $9.3 million contract, according to the grapevine). In conclusion, what I can confirm now is that he really gave up on this year's draft. ”

"His waiver is in line with the NBA's draft rules. I can't find fault at this point, his renunciation is legitimate, but it is not reasonable! Is there a dirty butt-eye deal in this, but you can't deceive the bright eyes of the people! ”

"So, those gossip actually really reflect the essence of this matter. At this time, the Clippers' refutation of the rumors also seemed very ambiguous, which made me feel that they wanted to cover up and steal the bell. ”

"Maybe soon, we'll see D'Angelo Russell sign with the Los Angeles Clippers!"

The Los Angeles Times also wrote: "Since the Clippers changed owners, they have never been stingy with recruitment!" ”

"DeAndre Jordan was retained at the top salary, and then veteran Paul Pierce was signed, and the Clippers even Wesley Johnson and Cole Aldridge were given big contracts worth millions."

Now there's news that the Clippers are ready to sign D'Angelo Russell. This guy was still very popular last month, I don't know if you still have an impression. And he also has good strength, otherwise he would not be called the first guard in the NCAA. Although I suspect that this title is his own self-proclaimed. ”

"The NBA strictly prohibits any team from having any direct or indirect contact with college players before they announce their participation in the draft, but Russell has already announced that he will participate in the draft, so he is not among them, and even if the Clippers contact him early, there is no problem in the slightest. I don't know what the Clippers are talking about, but that's not the point. ”

"I mainly want to discuss the issue of rookie salaries, and I think this is probably an issue that many people are more concerned about."

"According to NBA rules, if a rookie selected by the team in the first round decides to join the NBA after passing the team's physical tests and tryouts, he will receive a four-year contract with a team option for the next two years (the so-called rookie contract or '2+1+1' contract), the specific amount of which is ranked according to the rank, and the higher the pick, the higher the annual salary."

In the case of the No. 1 player, his annual salary is roughly equivalent to a middle-class contract in the NBA, with an average annual salary of about $6 million over four years. For example, Wiggins, the top pick in the 2014 draft, was paid $5.51 million in his first year as a rookie, and the next three years were $5.76 million, $6.01 million, and $7.57 million, respectively. ”

"Allegedly, the Clippers offered Russell a two-year, $9.3 million, which is roughly the same salary as last year's top three picks."

In other words, D'Angelo Russell is in the top three of the Clippers' minds in this rookie class. Being able to give such a contract shows that the Clippers are still very optimistic about him. ”

"As for whether Russell deserves the Clippers' such a green eye, we will wait and see what happens."

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The news that Russell announced that he was abandoning the draft was undoubtedly shocking. Especially at the upcoming juncture of the draft conference, this news has suddenly become the hottest topic.

Many media have stood up to speak with the attitude of understanding the ball, and they forcibly pretend to understand if they don't understand. That's how a lot of fans have been led astray by them.

What is strange is that after Russell made a statement that he would abandon the draft, he did not accept any media interviews and allowed public opinion to ferment.

"This is a very successful hype," Zhou Mu told Yi Feng in a hotel in New York, "When it comes to using the media to hype themselves, Downs and Okafor are much worse than Russell." If it weren't for you, Russell might have had a chance to kill one of the two. ”

Yi Feng smiled, "It can only be regarded as his bad luck, maybe I am really his nemesis as those media say." ”

Zhou Mu said: "Don't underestimate others, in fact, Russell is also very powerful, otherwise how can he make a name for himself in the NCAA." Now even the Clippers have their eye on him, and they obviously want to sign him as an important piece of the puzzle. ”

"He's very powerful," Yi Feng admitted, "but I'm even better!" ”

Zhou Mu was directly speechless, bowing his head and fiddling with his laptop.

Yi Feng smiled and didn't care. He stretched and lay lazily on the couch, exhausted from more than a month of travel.

Flying to more than two dozen major cities in the United States just to go to those teams' tryouts. Now that the draft is about to begin, after trying out all the teams, Yi Feng came to New York early to rest and wait for the draft to begin.

After more than a month of running, Yi Feng actually became more refined. Perhaps because of the darkening of his complexion, the taste of "cream boy" on his body has faded a lot.

Of course, it also depends on who you compare yourself with. If you put him among the many "black and hard" in the NBA, he still looks like a "cream boy".

Yi Feng, who looks more refined, has reaped heavy fruits after more than a month of running. Every team he went to try out was full of praise for him. The promises he received also slowly climbed from the end of the first round to the lotto area, and even at the top of the lotto area!

The Denver tunneling team even gave a promise to select Yi Feng with the No. 7 pick!

This is also the most costly and highest priority among the promises that Yifeng has received so far.

On the mock draft list of the authoritative draft website DraftEx-press, Yifeng's ranking has also steadily improved. Today, more than a month later, he has surpassed D'Angelo Russell, Emmanuel Moodier, Frank Kaminsky and many other big-name rookies to rank third in the first round!

Second only to Karl Anthony Downs and Jahir Okafor, the two top favourites!

According to this mock list, Yi Feng is very likely to be selected by the Philadelphia 76ers and become a flower show!

"By the way, I recently researched the 76ers and found that this team is a good fit for you. They are now in a period of rebuilding, there is no boss, whoever has the ability to have the ball. And Philadelphia is the fifth largest city in the United States, which is very promising. Think back then, didn't Iverson also make his fortune here and become popular all over the world? ”

When Zhou Mu raised his head and spoke to Yi Feng, his fingers were thrown on the keyboard of the notebook and jumped.

Yi Feng said: "Is this DraftEx-press draft website reliable?" I'm afraid that when the time comes, I'll just have an empty joy. Tanhua show, it sounds good, but it always reminds me of Xiao Li Tanhua. ”

Zhou Mu smiled and said, "I don't know you yet, you want to be the champion, right?" The Timberwolves won't pick you, they're already crowded on the outside. It's good to have a tanhua, and Jordan was also a tanhua show back then. ”

Yi Feng spread his hands, "It's best to be the champion, who doesn't want to get the first place." As for the city or something, I don't care, anyway, for me, the United States is everywhere I don't know the place, it's the same everywhere. If the excavation team had a top prize, I would have liked to go to the highland city of Denver. ”

"So, you don't want to go to someone's digging team yet. Look down on him as a seventh pick? ”

"How can you look down on it, Stephen Curry, who has just won the championship now, is not also the seventh pick in the NBA. Just ......"

"It's just that you still want to be the champion, right," Zhou Mu smiled, and his expression suddenly became serious, "I appreciate your thoughts, and of course I also hope that you can be the champion." After all, as a player, there is only one draft opportunity, and if you miss it, you miss it. ”

"If you can start your career as a top pick, you're off to a great start. It's true that ideas are beautiful, but we also need to be realistic. Barring a major accident, the Timberwolves won't pick you. ”

Yi Feng said suddenly: "What major accident?" ”

"You are really ......", Zhou Mu was stunned, "A major accident, such as an accident like a team that spent a huge price to trade the Timberwolves' top pick." ”

"However, I don't think anyone can afford to trade the champion lottery. Because Downs is really good, if you look at the newspapers, magazines, news media, everywhere they are talking about how good Downs is, what kind of guard skills, interior height, epoch-making players, etc., etc., etc., etc., it makes my ears calloused. ”

"The Timberwolves won't miss out on such a great big man. In contrast, Okafor is really getting less and less competitive, maybe you can still fight back and make a show. ”

Yi Feng was silent.

Since he was a child, he has always been the best one, and now that he has the opportunity to become a tanhuaxiu, to be honest, he is not very happy. Because Tanhua is only the third, not the first.

Even if it is an example, Yi Feng is not so rare.

In fact, he was a little envious of Russell, who had just made a big deal now, and gave up the draft directly. I participated in the draft, and if I only got the second or third in the end, I might as well not participate......

However, Yi Feng also knows that he is not Russell, if he dares to declare that he will give up the draft, not to mention what the Americans think of him, the country will definitely hack him out.

Because now he doesn't just represent himself. If you really dare to do that, it will really be a big disapproval of the world.

Now he has to go up, and he has to go up! There is no way back.

Yi Feng wisely didn't say what he thought, otherwise Zhou Mu would be the first to spray him, and he would have sprayed it all the time.

Alas! It's best to be able to enter the NBA as a champion show, but it's possible to play well if you don't have a champion show. Isn't there a lot of second-round picks in the NBA, and I'm pretty good at that......

Yi Feng comforted himself in his heart, but he always felt that he had a depressed breath in his heart, and he didn't vomit unpleasantly, but he couldn't vomit out......