Chapter Seventy-Five: Lin Han's Agent's Problem
"Recently, more and more people have come to Mr. Scott, and there are more and more phone calls and faxes and even letters, I really didn't expect that we have always been the most unsavvy team, and now it has become like this, if it weren't for the fact that our office is still so shabby, I would have thought that the team we played for was the New York Knicks or the Los Angeles Lakers."
"Hahaha, it's not all Lin, who told him not to find an assistant or agent, those companies can't find his personal contact information, so he can only come to our team, you see, just now the general manager called Lin to the office again, I heard that there is another self-recommended agent, you count, these are the first in the recent period?"
"There's no need to count at all, I can't count them at all, there are at least a hundred of them, big and small, but since Mr. Scott invited Lin Han this time, then this should be a big-name agent, why can't Lin Han hire an assistant or agent? Could it be that he kept this position for his family? Like his parents and brothers? ”
"How is it possible, Lin is an orphan, only two sisters and a younger sister, and there is no family member who is suitable for an agent at all, you don't think that Lin Han will find his sister as an agent? Hahaha"
On November 24, 1993, the day after the game between the Jazz and the Mavericks, after Lin Han came to the team from home early in the morning, he was invited to the office by general manager Scott Rayden.
Speaking of this Mark Termini, although many NBA fans may not be very familiar with it, and he is not very prominent in the NBA, and it is even more incomparable to Jordan's agent David Falck, but this guy is thunderous in the NBA's management and player circles, and he is too famous.
Because this guy is a big pit, one of the worst people in the NBA agent world, the Mavericks' current leader Jim Jackson's agent can be said to be the biggest disaster of the Mavericks' 11-71 shameful record last season, that is, in the 1992-1993 season, the Mavericks were ready to do a big job after selecting Jim Jackson with the fourth pick, although the Mavericks were rebuilding, but the team's lineup is not bad, and there are still all-star players in the team, The biggest shortcoming of the lineup is the forward position, which also led to the Mavericks' selection of Jim Jackson with the fourth pick in 1992.
You know, although Lin Han's 1993 is known as the draft year, but compared with 1992, it is really a drop in the bucket, the 1992 NBA draft not only has O'Neal and Mourning, the two gods are in charge, these two rookie seasons are all 2O+1O players, even if it is known as the golden generation of 84 years, the rookie who played 2O+1O is Olajuwon, the average score per game is Jordan and Olajuwon, and even the rookie who averages 1O points per game in 84 years is a total of 8 people, Jordan and Olajuwon are the only two who average 15 points per game, but what about the rookies in 1992? There are 2 people who average more than 2o points per game in their rookie season, 7 people who average more than 15 points per game, and 14 people who average more than 1o points per game, and it's not just the number of points that the 1992 generation is amazing, such as rebounds and other numbers.
It can be said that in 1992, the Mavericks chose Jim Jackson because of defects in the second and third positions, even if they didn't choose Jim Jackson, the Mavericks also had a lot of choices, which can also be seen from the recognition of the Mavericks Jim Jackson and gave him the fourth pick, but what shocked the Mavericks' fans and management and even the entire NBA was that after the Mavericks chose Jim Jackson, Jim Jackson's agent, That is, the guy named Mark Termini, who is now lobbying Linham, said that he would not let Jim Jackson sign without a big contract.
This can also be seen in the embarrassment of the Mavericks last year, the rookies they selected did not report to the team, who is to reason with this? Now the treatment enjoyed by NBA rookies simply makes these NBA teams point out that as long as the players are unwilling, the team can only wait, except for waiting, except for raising the price, there is no way at all.
And the end result, as the No. 4 pick in the 1992 draft, Jim Jackson only played 28 games for the Mavericks last season, why only 28 games? That's because Jim Jackson, at the instigation of his agent, didn't sign with the Mavericks until the end of the season, which made the Mavericks, who were originally aiming for the playoffs, a shameful 11-71 record, which really shocked the NBA and shocked the entire American professional sports world.
So in recent times, there have been team owners and team general managers who hope that the league can have some restrictions on this group of rookies in the NBA, these young people are now becoming more and more arrogant, if there are no restrictions, maybe one day a talented rookie dares to open a sky-high contract with the team for 1o years and 100 million US dollars, don't think that this is impossible, this is very possible, and the final result is likely to be that the team has to comply.
"Lin, you should understand, I am the one who can maximize your value, you even have a brighter way to make money than Jordan, what you lack now is a person who can convert your value into money, and I am such a person"
Lin Han is now the fragrant bun that all agents in the NBA are vying for, there is no doubt about this, how can a player like Lin Han not be moved by more than 300 agents in the league? Even Jordan's agent contacted Jazz, hoping that Jazz could inform Lin Han, but in the end, Lin Han still rejected Jordan's agent David Falke's overture.
Even Jordan's agent Lin Han can't look down on him, let alone this Mr. Termini?
So when Lin Han directly and unreservedly rejected Termini, Jim Jackson's agent left Scott Rayden's office with a very ugly face.
"FVCK, just a little rookie, really thought he was Jordan now"
Even the scornful words and sarcasm that Mr. Termini muttered when he left were clearly heard by Lin Han and Scott Rayden.
"Mr. Scott, you will help me refuse the harassment of these agents in the future, I have no interest in them"
Lin Han also said softly to the general manager of his team after watching Termini leave, and at this time, Scott Rayden shook his head helplessly, he really didn't know why Lin Han would reject these agents so much
Does Lynham have a bad feeling for the NBA's agent? Yes, that's for sure, the NBA's agent can bring a lot of benefits to the player, there is no doubt about it, but again, the NBA's agent is not a good person, the NBA has only more than 4oo players, and the agent is almost 4oo people, on average, a player has an agent, but the reality is that a big-name agent often has a dozen or even two dozen players, and most of the agents in the NBA who are close to 4oo have no players under their hands.
Although there are many NBA players, there are still more monks and less meat, in this case, how can an agent without players get players? Naturally, it is to stage all kinds of conspiracies and even some very damaging means, and what about the agent who has the player in hand? In order to ensure the player resources in their hands, they will cater to the players under their hands to do any bad things, eat, drink, prostitute and gamble - drugs without scruples, and even some immoral agents will get some tricks.
The NBA's players' union was only established in 1983, after all, the average annual salary of NBA players in the 6O era was only more than 10,000 US dollars, and in the 7O years, because of the Magic and Larry Bird, the commercial value of the NBA increased greatly, and the player's salary rose, and before Jordan entered the NBA, the average salary of NBA players had exceeded 50,000 US dollars. These agents in the NBA began to plunder and attack each other like crazy.
And the final result is that a few years ago, someone broke the news that the NBA players have an illegitimate child on average, and none of the NBA players are white, and the pornography, gambling and drugs are basically stained, and the final result is that even Magic Johnson is infected with AIDS, and the NBA is prosperous because of money, and it is also degenerate because of money, and in the end there is really no way NBA players union in 1991 also set up a lot of obstacles for these agents last year, It's no longer just a cat or dog that can become an agent for NBA players, but in just two years, these restrictions by the players' union have hardly any effect.
As long as they are willing, as long as any person pays 10,000 US dollars, they can become the agent of the NBA, so to speak, in such a circle, does Lin Han dare to hand over his own qiē to someone in this circle?
Those who can find an unknown agent with a casual encounter, and then the story of this unknown agent quickly helping the protagonist to achieve a business empire is always just a story, those who can meet a beautiful agent casually, and then the beauty agent talent is given to the protagonist, which is also an ethereal story, does Lin Han, the beauty of the NBA agent circle, dare to touch it?
He would rather make a little less money himself than touch these so-called small agents with unlimited potential and ready for the protagonist at any time, and as for those well-known agents, take Jordan's agent David Falck as an example.
Falke as Jordan's agent, he naturally can't have only one player under him, he also has a famous player named Xavier McDaniel, this small forward is a perennial 2o+ point forward, although he has never been selected as an All-Star, but he is a famous player in the league, both offensive and defensive are extremely good.
This guy went to the New York Knicks from Yin two years ago, in that year, this guy in the playoffs New York Knicks and Bulls game, the Bulls upstart Pi Erye, you must know that Pi Erye just became an All-Star that year, after ending his rookie contract, he signed a big contract with the Bulls, plus he helped Jordan defeat the Magic and make Jordan a god, at that time Pi Erye was simply the pinnacle of his life, even the team's boss Jordan was spoiled by him.
As long as Pi Erye says a word, Qiao Da can even go to the sea of fire for him, of course, this must be a bit exaggerated, but in fact, in the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and the Bulls that year, Pi Erye was blown up by McDaniel, and then the Bulls, who were supposed to be able to win easily, were forced by the Knicks to tie the seven.
In the seven games of that series, Pi Erye appeared in 2 of 12, 5 in 15, 4 in 13 or 4 in 11, etc., such extremely embarrassing numbers as jù, Pi Erye's shooting rate in this round of the series is not good, such as mistakes and fouls, but also a lot, how to be embarrassed, how to be embarrassed, which made almost the entire Bulls darling at that time, even Jordan followed his Pi Erye, how could he stand it.
So after the series with the Knicks, Pi Erye told Jordan that he didn't like the Knicks player very much, and then McDaniel, whose contract with the New York Knicks expired, left New York and went to the fallen Celtics.
Could it be that the New York Knicks are unwilling to give McDaniel a contract extension? Naturally not, New York offered him a big contract of 810,000 for 3 years, but it was finally rejected by Jordan's agent, who is also McDaniel's agent, David Falke.
And in the end, when McDaniel left the Knicks and went to the Celtics, even the owner of the New York Knicks, Chektz, said: The rules of the NBA are no rules, how sad it would be to be able to make the owner of the Knicks say such a helpless sentence, and even the Knicks head coach Pat Riley, who had just come to the team at the time, jumped straight to his feet angrily, facing the Knicks owner and the best head coach in the NBA, David Falke said a word, McDaniel had to get out of the Knicks, And the reason Falke did this was because Jordan didn't want his good friend to be unhappy.
If Lin Han is a big-name agent like Falck, I am afraid that he will still count the money for him if he is sold, who can rest assured.
So after Lin Han entered the NBA, he didn't think about his agent, but after a lot of consideration, he finally chose to do it alone, and there are many such players in the history of the NBA, such as the legendary center of the Knicks, the first player in NBA history to win the All-Star MVP, the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP, Willis Reed, he negotiated and signed the contract for himself.
"Mr. Scott, how can I have any business contracts in the future, and please help me a lot"
Of course, Lin Han naturally doesn't think that he is as stupid as Reed, at that time, Reed was exhausted and could only go on his own, but now Lin Han is not exhausted, but the Jazz's popular fried chicken, he has such a privilege for the team to give him something, such as Lin Han's previous game with the Knicks, he ate a technical foul, and Lin Han didn't come out of this money, but the team helped out.
If there is no need, Lin Han doesn't want his eldest sister to help him deal with these things in the NBA, and now this circle in the NBA is too chaotic and filthy.
"What a troublesome kid"
Looking at the back of Lin Han leaving, Jazz general manager Scott Rayden could only shake his head and smile bitterly, this guy is really wonderful, whether it is on or off the court.
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