Chapter Eighty-Eight: You Need to Find a Broker

After the NCAA championship was announced, it was not yet time for the NBA lottery draw, but 30 NBA teams have sent scouts to contact the outstanding college players this season, even if they don't land in the NBA this year, they can also make a good relationship for the future. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After going home and asking his parents for advice, Ye Feng announced through the Los Angeles Times that he would participate in the 2008 NBA draft, so far all the three UCLA troikas participated in the draft, in addition to the team's defensive giant, Cameroon Prince Luke Richard Bamot also announced that he would participate in the draft.

The only surprise was veteran Darren Collison, who has been with the team since the 2005-06 season and made it clear to Holland at the team meeting that he would stay on for another year. The teammates all wondered, why not take advantage of the team's championship to seek a good position? But Collisson's reason is also very reasonable, there are too many strong guards announced to participate in the draft this year, not to mention Westbrook on the same team, such as Rose, Gordon, Augustin and other NCAA famous point guards or two-way guards will also appear in the draft, it is better to avoid this draft year first.

Probably the only one in the team who is still happy is Enrique. With the three of them missing Ye Feng next season, he will undoubtedly be in the starting lineup, and Enrique will not dare to make any bold statements without an experienced and strong veteran partner. After Collison decided to stay in the team, he instantly felt that his spring had come, so he cheekily went up to have a good relationship with his seniors. Fortunately, since Ye Feng joined the team, Collison has played more as the team's chief substitute, and he has played a lot of games with Enrique, and the conversation was hot for a while.

Ye Feng, Westbrook, Loew and Bamot naturally sat down together and began to discuss this year's draft. According to the rules of the NBA lottery lottery, the 14 teams with the worst record will be drawn to determine their draft pick in the lottery area, theoretically speaking, the worse the team has a better chance of getting the top pick, which is why many teams have little hope of the playoffs and will choose to go crazy when they encounter a draft year, so that they can get a draft pick as high as possible, maybe they can rely on this draft to soar.

When the lottery is officially drawn, 14 balls will be placed in a small sealed transparent box, marked with numbers 1-14. Four balls are rolled each time, and there are 1,001 permutations, of which the 1,001st case (11, 12, 13, 14) is excluded, i.e. 1,000 cases are allocated to the 14 lotto teams. Before the draw begins, the 14 teams that do not make the playoffs will be ranked according to their regular season record, and the computer will randomly assign different combinations of numbers. When the draw starts, the first ball lands, and then every 10 seconds, and when the fourth ball lands, a combination of numbers is formed. Whichever team has the first number combination to be drawn wins the lottery. Then the four balls drawn are put back into the "lottery machine", so that the list and the flower draw are repeatedly selected, and if the number combination that has been drawn before is drawn again, it will be regarded as invalid and need to be drawn again. When the top three teams are drawn, the remaining 11 teams will be ranked from lowest to highest according to their regular season records, and the No. 4-14 picks will be determined respectively.

In the 2007-08 season, the Heat led by Wade and O'Neal were the league's bottom-notch teams, and as the championship team in the 2005-06 season, they would not have fallen into this position if it weren't for injuries. The penultimate is the Seattle SuperSonics, who began to rebuild after selecting Durant, who have a 20-62 record. In order of record, the teams behind the SuperSonics are the Timberwolves, Grizzlies, Knicks, Clippers, Bucks, Hornets, Bulls, Nets, Pacers, Kings, Trail Blazers and Warriors, which are the 14 teams that made it to the lottery in this year's draft.

As a semi-professional basketball player, Ye Feng has a lot of knowledge about the NBA, everyone has their own team, and sometimes they even fight over whose team is stronger. In the face of these fourteen teams, everyone has their own ideas in their hearts, and of course, with their friendship, they don't mind sharing their feelings with their teammates. However, all four agreed that the Heat are the best choice if they want to challenge for a championship as soon as possible, because they have two superstars, Wade and O'Neal, and even if O'Neal is no longer in his prime, his dominance on the interior is unquestionable.

On top of that, teams with only one or two second-tier stars are good places to go, including Gay and Gasol's Grizzlies, Durant's SuperSonics and Reed's Bucks, among others. The worst thing is that the Knicks are notorious and the internal atmosphere of the team is too bad, and it is likely that they will bury all their talents if they go. After discussing for a long time, Ye Feng suddenly smiled and said, "I suddenly found out that we are crooked?" The only thing we can decide is where to try, and when it comes to the draft, we're just pork on the shelves. The other three were stunned and burst out laughing. Ye Feng's words are not rough, it is better to think about other more practical problems.

As the oldest of the four, Bamot spoke, "By the way, do you have your own agent?" "What? Broker? Bamot's question was shocking when it was thrown out, Ye Feng, Westbrook and Loew stared wide-eyed, and only the two big words "confused" were written on their faces. Seeing the reaction of the three juniors, Bamot shook his head with a smile and said, "After you enter the NBA, you plan to negotiate a contract with the team or something?" For a professional player, an agent is a must, on the surface they are generally dealing with business issues, but in reality they can use their relationship to deal with some issues with the coach and the team, including playing time, salary and even vacation, come forward to refute some unreasonable rules of the league, and even manipulate the player's game. A lot of talented players have had their own agents since junior high school, and I know you don't, but it's also a big deal that has to be on the agenda right away. ”

Westbrook raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Richard, you're talking about yourself, right?" Did you have an agent in junior high school? Bamot winked his eyebrows and smiled, "What kind of genius am I?" But when it comes to agents, I really do, who called my dad the big chief of Cameroon? How can I say that I am also a prince of Cameroon, have you ever seen a prince play without an agent? Westbrook exclaimed, "Then you should quickly instruct us and see how we can sign with an agent!" Bamot shook his head and said, "Forget it, now the reputation of a few of you is simply skyrocketing, and the news of no agent will be poked out soon, and then the agent will come to recommend you." I'm just telling you that it's much better to find an agent with a good reputation and take care of the players than to get into the money, and you can figure out the rest for yourself! ”

Ye Feng's heart moved: Richard is right, if you choose an agent who only values money, you may damage your other interests for the sake of money. But he doesn't worry much about this problem, he doesn't have an agent just because he doesn't realize it, he has been a player for so many years, and he must know a lot of agents with a good reputation, so he can just let his father recommend one, as a father, he will not harm his children. Thinking of this, he quietly shifted the topic to which team to participate in the trial, which sparked a discussion among several people.

The meeting was not long, and the main purpose was to confirm the selection of the players. When Holland announced his disbandment, Ye Feng drove home as soon as possible, wanting to ask his father about the agent. Ye Ning happened to be at home today, and after listening to his son's request, he patted his head in annoyance and said, "It's indeed time for you kid to find an agent." I said that there seems to be a big thing I can't remember, so I was waiting here, it seems that I am really old, and I can't accept the old! Ye Feng smiled and patted his ass and said: "Dad, you are not old, if you go to a professional game now, you may be able to cut an average of ten or twenty points per game!" ”

Ye Ning was obviously very useful to his son's sycophant, he laughed, motioned for his son to sit on the sofa, and said carefully: "If you want to talk about agents, your father has played in the Spanish league for so long, and he must know some quite good agents." However, their main area of activity is in Europe, and although the NBA is the temple of basketball in the world, my old friends may not be willing to come to the United States to set up a new stall. ”

Ye Feng was full of black lines, and he muttered: "Then let me contact the American brokerage company...... Ye Ning waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, the brokers I know are certainly developed in Europe, but they will definitely know their counterparts in the United States." I'll call my old friends a few times tonight to see if they have any reliable American agents I can recommend. Don't worry, the agents I know are all well-known predators in the whole of Europe, and I have a good relationship with them, so I can't fool you. ”