Chapter 90: The Poison Contract
Hoggist fell to the ground hard, and the ball only bounced off the neck of the basket.
This time, the referee did not skimp on his whistle and blew for Anthony's foul. There were bursts of sighs from the audience, and Hoggist did seem to have fallen a little hard this time, and he didn't get up for half a day.
Mills and Joseph came up and tried to pull Haugist up, but Hougist reached out for the two to pull him up after confirming that his back was indeed fine.
Hoggist stood up and found a sharp pain in his chest. He pulled up his neckline and looked down, and saw a bruise on his chest.
"It can't be a broken rib, right? Are these guys steely? Haugist muttered to himself. With a large movement of his arms, Horgist was relieved to notice that the pain in his chest had not changed positionally.
Standing at the free throw line, Hoggist endured the pain and hit two free throws. As he ran back, he thought to himself, "I'm going to try to avoid physical contact!"
Kerr dribbled to the top of the arc, and Horgist was afraid that he would break through and hurt himself, so he deliberately stepped back a step and a half to let him shoot, trying to rely on his height and arm length to block Kerr.
Cole didn't buy it, and still planned to force Haugist. Kerr broke through to the basket with his head bored, and Hougist was afraid of physical contact, so he stepped back, and suddenly a big hand behind him pushed him forward, "Don't retreat, if you retreat, you'll be out of the bottom line!" β
At this time, Cole had already burst into the paint area, and saw that Horgist was still more than a step away from him, so he got up and threw it directly. And Hougist was pushed by Blair behind him, just pounced, although Cole took the lead in jumping, but Hougist was taller and longer than him, this ball Haugist hunched his body like a shrimp, trying his best to avoid body contact in the air, and interfered with Cole's shot with his long arm. Kerr really didn't expect Hougist to save so firmly, and only used the simplest forward throw, and the ball flew in the air and was firmly caught by Hougist with one hand.
The audience instantly exploded, "Is this a 16-year-old high school student?" This is the peak Maddie peak George! β
After catching the hat unexpectedly, Hoggist took advantage of the momentary moment when everyone fell into shock, and suddenly accelerated to dribble to the front court to attack quickly. When Cole reacted, Hoggist had already rushed past him, and Cole reflexively started to accelerate and chase, and kept giving him imminent physical contact behind Hougist's side, which made Hougist very uncomfortable.
Hougist rushed to the paint and started straight to dunk, but Kerr hung himself on Hoggist like an appendage, raised his arms and jumped up against Hoggist.
Hogist suddenly felt like he had jumped into the mire, and his movements were invisibly hindered. Hoggist's strength is limited, and he can't reach the basket under Kerr's interference.
Horgist twisted his waist in the air and tried to lean on Kerr to change the dunk to a layup, but caught a glimpse of DeJuan. Blair was already at the free-throw line, and Horgist simply threw the ball in the air and flew off the line after Kerr.
Blair followed up with a direct flying catch and a dunk to score two points. After landing, Blair pulled up Hoggist outside the baseline. Hoggist politely pulled Kerr up and said casually: "Now it seems that my body may indeed be able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA, but my passing ability and Da Juguan are still okay, right?" β
"As much as I love your politeness, I still have to tell you that you are naΓ―ve. It's just that the fast break makes you play one, and if you add physical confrontation in the positional battle defense, I'm afraid that your pass will also be inaccurate, right? β
This time the attack Cole began to hit Haugist, although Hougist is tall and has long arms, but the strength itself is not as good as Cole, Cole's center of gravity is lower, and Haugist's lungs are about to vomit out.
In the end, Hougist could only fight and retreat, and was pushed to the basket by Kerr all the way, and finally could only interfere with Kerr's layup with his long arm. But Kerr jumped up on Haugist and sent the ball to the basket with ease.
Defensively, Kerr has also begun to increase his physical confrontation, and his hands are constantly interfering with Hoggist, who is now almost unable to hold the ball, let alone pass.
Hogist lasted for more than half a quarter, ran out of energy, and was replaced by Coach Siffer. Green was replaced. In addition to 3 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound and 1 block at the beginning, Hoggist has not made any achievements since then, but he has made a lot of mistakes, allowing the Heat to close the score again. The fourth quarter was very anxious, the score alternated upwards, and Hougist did not play again. In the end, the Spurs lost to the Heat by 1 point and suffered a miserable reversal.
The whole Spurs team didn't care much about winning or losing, but surrounded and comforted the little brother Hogist.
"As a high school student, you're much better than a lot of undrafted college students! The first time I played in Summer League, I didn't do as well as you! "Danny. Green said.
Patrick, who has many years of CBA experience. Mills said: "At your level, you can now go to the CBA and play as a starter!" Of course, I mean on the premise that you have Chinese nationality. In the CBA, there is a limit to the number of foreign players, and unless you can play at a superstar level, it is difficult to stay on the team! β
"If you want me to say little brother, your passing is really good, practice your body well, and enter the league in the future to become a new generation of magicians!" De Juan, who received an empty pass from Haugist. Blair said.
"Thank you, brothers, you don't have to comfort me, I found the gap between me and the NBA today, and I have a direction to work towards, which is actually a great gain." Hoggist hurriedly thanked everyone.
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After 10 days of training, Haugist finally felt the improvement of his ability, a feeling he hadn't felt for nearly a year.
And the MVP of the summer league was shared by two rookies, one was this year's tanhua show Damian. Lillard, the other one is the second-round pick Selby. It was precisely because Selby won the MVP that Henry repeatedly confirmed to Howgist many times on the phone whether Selby was a real parallel commodity or a potential stock.
Hoggist said it a few times and didn't bother to deal with Henry anymore, and he was still so angry that he was so old.
"Okay, let's not talk about Selby, who do you think is suitable to stay in our team?" Henry shifted.
"Everybody's playing well and defensively good, but I have to highlight Danny. Green, he not only has a good attitude, he also has an innate advantage! His stature is a standard guard finisher, and he reminds me of Doug. Christie! "Hoggist vs. Danny. Green was full of praise.
"Big brother, you're only 16 years old this year, right? Have you ever watched Peak Christie play? Henry questioned.
"Don't worry about these details, please grasp the spirit!" Hoggist retorted, "Anyway, let Green follow Leonard to training!" You're going to get a little Leonard! In the future, you will have Danny in the 1st and 2nd positions. Green, Leonard at No. 2 and No. 3, and Duncan at No. 4 and No. 5, this is really a nightmare for opponents! The opponent of the field defense can't take care of himself! It's scary, I don't even want to go to the NBA! β
"That's an exaggeration, isn't it?" Henry felt unreliable as he listened to Hougist keep piling up some pompous rhetoric.
But Hoggist swore and said, "If you don't believe it, we'll see!" Anyway, our friendship is not shallow, do you have the impression that I have said a big thing? What time did the predictions not come true? β
"Okay......" Henry was about to say something, but another call came from Haugist's phone. Seeing that it was Jeremy Lin who sent it, Hoggist thought that it was more important for Jeremy Lin, so he said to Henry: "You wait a while, I'll take an important call!" β
Without saying a word, he connected to Jeremy Lin's phone, and Hougist greeted: "How are you doing?" Your wounds have healed you, right? 'Lin Crazy' was so popular last season, did you receive any big contracts this year? β
"Don't mention it, my original agent is Mr. Montgomery, who sells fruit part-time at Renault, do you remember?" Jeremy Lin asked.
"Remember, I told him at the time that you will definitely be able to fight in the league and prove yourself, and then he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life! What do you think! It turns out that my vision is still okay, right? Hougist said triumphantly.
"Well! Before the trade deadline in early February, he got an inside message from the Knicks that I would be cut, so he gave up working with me and went back to Renault to devote himself to his farming work, and now I don't have his share in signing a big contract! β
"Haha, how can there be a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu that joined the USSR in 91?" Hoggist laughed.
"You even know about the Soviet Union?" Jeremy Lin was amazed at Hogist's knowledge, after all, many college students in the United States don't know or believe that the earth is round!
"New China's treacherous big brother! As a Chinese, rich historical knowledge can be regarded as a natural skill! Hogist explained.
"By the way, back to the topic, I changed my agent, and he was in charge of my new contract, I was a team option this year, and the Knicks said that I was asked to go to the market to find a big contract, no matter how big they were, they would match, but my agent found me a 3-year 25 million contract, but the Knicks didn't match." Jeremy Lin said helplessly.
"Why? Your performance of 30 million in 3 years is worth it! Why didn't the Knicks match? Damn racism again? Hoggist asked angrily.
"That's not it, it's just that this 25 million contract has some pitfalls, 5 million per year for the first two years, and 15 million directly in the third year, but the transaction value is only 8 million per year. It can be called the poison in the contract. Jeremy Lin explained the contract to Hoggist.
"You're really a bit of a pit when you say that! But you won't fall into the water! Hoggist said.
"I thank you for your trust, but the manager of the team is not a fellow Asian and will not trust me so easily, not to mention that I have experienced major injuries and surgeries in the past two years, and it is understandable that they question my future." Jeremy Lin is also more rational.
"Who is so immoral to give this kind of cheating contract? Don't let me guess, eighty percent is the general manager of the Rockets, Morey, right? That is, he loves to play tricks, is full of cleverness, and thinks about how to take advantage of small advantages all day long. Offering this small poison contract, Dolan, who has been plagued by garbage contracts all year round, does not dare to accept it. If you really use a normal contract to smash Dolan, I'm afraid that Dolan will take it with an annual salary of 12 million! "The head of Haugist's analysis is the Tao.
"I'll go! You can also analyze this, God! I could feel Jeremy Lin's jaw drop over the phone, "It's Morey, he is the only one in the league who makes an offer, so the Knicks can only choose to match Morey's offer or give up." β
"Rocket gave you a big 'Christmas gift' last Christmas!" Hougist is still haunted by the Rockets' decision to cut Jeremy Lin the day before the start of the season last year.
"No, who made me not play my true self at that time! After all, the NBA is still a business, who can't get along with money? "Jeremy Lin has already seen it.
"So you've decided to go to the Rocket?" Hoggist asked.
"yes, they also signed this year's Finals Sixth Man of the Year James. Harden, and I form a backcourt duo, which sounds pretty good. Jeremy Lin replied.
"Okay, it's good if you're happy, it's good if you're not happy to make money, if you're not happy, you can't make money, then don't do it as soon as possible." Hoggist laughed.
"Your theory is very interesting, when I get my salary, please travel to Houston with Qiu Jingli in the offseason!"
βOKβ¦β¦ Wait, I suddenly remembered, Chandler. Is Parsons on the Rockets? Haugist reacted suddenly.
"It seems like yes! It's embarrassing! Jeremy Lin also shouted.
"Actually, it's okay, you are going to be the boss, just have a good relationship with Harden, as long as the two of you are of the same mind, whoever dares to disobey the two of you in the team, you two will directly isolate him! Who is not clear about the deal at that time? β
Jeremy Lin hung up the phone happily, and Hougist saw that Henry hadn't hung up yet, so he reconnected to Henry's line: "Still there?" β
"yes, there's one more thing I want to tell you, about Jeremy!" Henry said in a deep voice.
"Why do you hear a little sad in your tone? I just finished talking to him on the phone, and he signed a big contract! Hogist asked curiously.
"Originally, Bobo also wanted to compete for Jeremy's contract! But Morey's contract is too big, we only have a budget of 6 million a year, and we can't sign Jeremy, Bobo let me tell you he's sorry! Henry said.
"It doesn't matter, where you play is not playing, you earn more every year in the Rockets, and you have the ball, which is also a good ending. I'm too headstrong to ask you to sign Jeremy, so let's end it! β