Chapter 145: The Young King
Today is a big day, the King's new season media day, Zhang Feng kissed goodbye to An Jiali early in the morning and drove to the Golden No. 1 Arena alone.
When I arrived near the stadium, I saw that in addition to the media staff, the people were all local die-hard fans of Saramento. In addition to the people, the promotional banner for the new season is also worth mentioning, with a huge photo hanging at the entrance of Arena 1.
Take a closer look, the photo is Zhang Feng, Justin Jackson, Frank Mason, Bogdan, although it is a photograph of PS composition, but it looks like there is no sense of disobedience, and there are a few big words written next to the title: Young King, the future is bright.
As soon as Zhang Feng rolled down the window of the car to take a closer look at the Golden No. 1 Arena, a little boy next to his car recognized him. When the little boy found him, he immediately shouted, and the woman next to him turned her head and screamed.
"Zhang Feng, can you take a group photo, I am your loyal fan, I grew up watching you play," the little boy asked.
One second I thought I was a young king, and the next second people said I grew up watching me play? Zhang Feng took a closer look and found that the little boy should be less than 6 years old, so it seems that it is really possible that he grew up watching him play.
"No problem" Zhang Feng got out of the car, took a photo with the little boy with a happy smile, and then surrounded more people, Zhang Feng did not play a big name, three or five people took a group photo together, and worked for half an hour before and after, and the people who asked for a group photo dispersed.
"Feng, this way", Zhang Feng turned around when he heard the sound and found that Justin was smirking at him.
"How's this offseason going?" The two hadn't seen each other for more than a month, and there were a lot of new things to share, so they started talking while walking.
"Wow, it was amazing, our family went on vacation to Hawaii. However, Randolph was arrested, and we were all terrified that you were framed, but fortunately you were powerful, caught the criminal gang, and found evidence of your innocence. But congratulations on signing Nike, and the signed shoes, it's amazing. Anyway, you also endorse Avdie Furniture, I'm going to buy an apartment near the stadium, can you help me get some cheap" Justin didn't change the essence of the conversation, and said a lot as soon as he opened his mouth.
"My signature shoes Nike gave me a lot of them for free, and I will send you a few pairs of them by courier, but as for the furniture, I guess it can't. Not to mention this, do you see that picture on the wall? Zhang Feng pointed to the door of the arena.
Speaking of this, Justin clapped his palms excitedly, "I was about to tell you this, do you know the Bogdan next to you?" ”
Zhang Feng shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't seen him when Xia Lian was in the past, what's wrong?" ”
Justin seemed afraid of being heard, so he leaned over to Zhang Feng and whispered, "He signed the most expensive rookie contract in history."
"Oh? How expensive is it? Zhang Feng was curious.
"3 years, $36 million, scared to death" Justin patted his chest, "but he is a 14-year rookie, he has never signed with the NBA, we got the right to sign him last year, and he was signed this year."
Zhang Feng pinched it, it's been 3 years, and his 2+1+1 contract can be signed so expensive in the third year, it turned out to be a word game, he didn't care much about waving his hand, "What about the rest, let's talk about our list."
The squad of each team for the new season is more important, which basically determines the personnel status of the team for a year, and the big-name stars often don't care, but Zhang Feng regards every teammate as a good friend and naturally wants to know about it.
"It's not clear, you can see for yourself", Justin handed his phone to Zhang Feng, and a table was displayed on the screen, clearly indicating who and what the contract was.
"You're doing this? Idle panic? Zhang Feng was very curious when he saw such a careful form, and Justin nodded in agreement: "You're right, I'm just so idle, okay, in fact, the agent counts, and the contract will be negotiated in the future."
Regarding this statement, Zhang Feng was noncommittal and began to look at the table carefully.
The Kings have 18 players on their roster for the new season, including Zhang Feng, Buddy Hield, George Hill, Frank Mason, Malachi Richardson, Garet Temple, Bogdan Bogdanovich and Matt Jones.
The frontcourt players are Vince Carter, Zach Randolph, Justin Jackson, Costa Koufus, Skar Rabisier, Georges Papayanis, Yakar Sampson, Willie Cauley-Stein, Jack Cooley, Harry Giles.
Of the 18 races, 15 are on guaranteed contracts, Jack Cooley and Yakar are on two-way contracts, and only Matt Jones is on a completely non-guaranteed contract, and may go to the NBDL for a while after the start of the new season.
When you see the birth dates of these people again, Zhang Feng will understand why he is a young king, out of Carter 77 years, Randolph 81 years, Galette and Hill 86 years, the other players are all born in the 90s, and the youngest Harry Giles was born in 98.
After reading it, Zhang Feng was silent for a while, frowned and said: "It's a headache, so many people are guaranteed contracts, and everyone's level is about the same, how the coach allocates the playing time is a big problem."
"The coach won't have a headache, the team has just announced his fourth-year option, David will be in charge of the team for the next few years," Justin said, "and the team has also announced the extension of Divac's contract, and Peja will be the vice president of team development."
Divac and Peja are both Kings celebrities, and it was natural to work for the Kings after retiring.
After understanding the general situation, Zhang Feng handed back the mobile phone and pulled Justin, "Let's go, let's go to the training ground."
Originally, Zhang Feng thought he had come early, but when he arrived, he found that David and Divac were already on the training ground, there were still several players practicing shooting, and some staff members were nervously preparing for the upcoming media interview.
"Welcome, our big star is here!" Seeing Zhang Feng enter, Divac came out loud.
"The days after your summer league are just plots, catching criminals, playing fast and furious on New York Boulevard, my gosh, the Drew League is not bad, you retire and become a coach," David laughed.
"Come, let me introduce you, this is Bogdan, he didn't come when he was in the summer league, he just arrived in the United States today, and he came to the stadium to train" Divac pulled Zhang Feng to a player who was shooting.
"Fortunately" Zhang Feng stretched out his hand, Bogdan stopped shooting, turned his head to look at Zhang Feng, and waited a few seconds before stretching out his hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you, how are you?" ”。
"Not bad," Zhang Feng replied.
Bogdan let out a surprised expression, "Shouldn't you Chinese students learn English like this, I ask - how are you?" You shouldn't have answered - I'm fine, you're fine".
Zhang Feng knew that Bogdan was saying an English meme, "There are a lot of Chinese students, and the stories you see and hear are small or made up, don't take it seriously."
"Oh" Bogdan finished speaking, and continued to start pitching, Divac was slightly embarrassed, Zhang Feng didn't care, walked to the side and began to warm up.
The head coach David in the distance saw this scene, smiled bitterly, and said to the assistant coach Turner beside him:
"Young king, then you have to go through the troubles of youth"