Since it has been decided that Pete Smith will be his agent, Li Tian will sign a contract with Pete Smith, according to NBA regulations, agents can only get a commission of less than 4% of the player's salary, according to NBA practice, the figure of the general well-known agent is 3%-4%, and the ordinary agent is 2%, sometimes in order to grab a newcomer, even only 1%.

Li Tian and Smith signed a contract of 2%, which was proposed by Pete Smith, and Li Tian did not object.

Of course, there is also a big head is advertising and endorsement, and the agent will generally get about 20% of this commission. In the contract signed by Li Tian and Smith, this figure is 18%, which is also proposed by Pete Smith.

In the words of Pete Smith, Li Tian has a huge Chinese market behind him, and as long as Li Tian can gain a foothold in the NBA, he will be able to gain a lot.

Pete Smith is indeed a very enthusiastic person, and he immediately got into the work after the two signed the contract, and the two immediately went to a coffee house to start talks, listing the teams that may be interested in Li Tian now, and then marked the order of contact.

Among them, the Kings were put last by Pete Smith, because the Kings are the most interested team, and Pete Smith needs to negotiate the price based on the offers of other teams.

"Mr. Danny Angie, of course, I can feel your sincerity, but $300,000 is too little, and it is disrespectful to my clients...... Yes, he's a draft loser, but he's not your average draft loser. He's got great off-ball movement, and I think you know what that means, think of Ray Allen, who just left Boston for Miami...... $450,000? Sir, I need to have a good conversation with Lee. ”

"Mr. Darrell Morey, I'm sorry, I was answering a call from Danny Angie half an hour ago...... $350,000? No, no, Boston has already opened $450,000 ......"

"Mr. Jeff Petri, thank you to the Sacramento Kings for giving Lee the opportunity to play the Summer League......"

In his hotel room, Li Tian listened to Pete Smith and the general manager on the phone, and was amazed by his wise decision. It's clear that Pete Smith is an agent with a lot of ability and attitude, and in two days, several teams have made offers.

Pete Smith was still on the phone, and Li Tian was thinking about going out for a walk and coming to Las Vegas, and he hadn't taken a good look yet.

This city built on the desert has been hailed as a new miracle of mankind, this is a city built of money, Las Vegas is famous for gambling all over the world, but in fact Las Vegas has been transformed over the years, although gambling is still the largest industry, but the whole Las Vegas has been built into a family entertainment center.

Taking the hotel where Li Tian lives now as an example, you can find a full set of entertainment facilities without even leaving the hotel, such as casinos, shopping, restaurants, and concerts...... All in one fell swoop.

"Lee!" As soon as Li Tiancai walked out of the room, he was stopped by Thomas Robinson.

"Hi, Thomas, are you ready to leave?" Summer League is over, and Thomas Robinson is going to return to Sacramento with the team.

"Lee, I just fired my agent." Without answering Li Tian's words, Thomas Robinson spoke directly.

"Why?" Thomas Robinson's words made Li Tian a little stunned, as far as he knew, Thomas Robinson was preparing to return to Sacramento to officially sign a contract with the King in the past two days, how could he suddenly fire his agent at this juncture.

Hearing Li Tian's inquiry, Thomas Robinson frowned and replied: "I think that guy doesn't respect me, you know I don't like to answer the phone, I reminded him, I hope that guy can come to Las Vegas, but he didn't, he always told me this on the phone." And I think there is a problem in communicating with him, which is the most important reason why I and the team have not yet secured a contract. ”

Li Tian nodded after hearing this, of course Thomas Robinson didn't like to answer the phone, he knew it. Last year, Robinson lost three of his relatives within a month, including his mother, and because they were all during the game, Robinson got the news over the phone, which caused Robinson to have a psychological shadow about answering the phone.

So Li Tian asked, "Then what are your plans now?" ”

"Find a new agent, if I can't find the right one, I sign a contract with the team first, in fact, my contract with the team is very easy to get." Thomas Robinson replied.

Because Thomas Robinson is a lottery show, the league has relatively clear rules on contracts, so it is not troublesome to sign, but Li Tian thinks that it would be better to leave this kind of thing to the agent.

Suddenly, Li Tian's heart moved, in fact, Pete Smith is really good, if Thomas Robinson finds Pete Smith as an agent, it seems to be a win-win situation for both parties.

Pete Smith has no other players in his hands except himself, so he will be very concerned about Robinson's affairs, and Robinson is very respectful, as can be seen from the fact that he will not disturb his practice a few days ago, which is in line with Robinson's requirements. For Pete Smith, Robinson's No. 5 contract is a lot of money, and such a share can just help the strapped Smith.

Thinking of this, Li Tian said: "Thomas, I just found an agent, it's very good, I think I should introduce it to you." ”

"Really? That's great news, Lee, I trust your vision, where is he? Robinson immediately said happily that after two years of getting along, the relationship between the two is very good, and Robinson has always trusted Li Tian.

"He's in my room." As he spoke, Li Tian reopened the door and walked in with Robinson.

"Okay, I'm sure Li will agree, happy cooperation." When Li Tian and the two entered the room, Pete Smith had just hung up the phone, and when he saw Li Tian come in, he immediately shouted with a smile:

"Lee, the good news for you, the Sacramento Kings are very interested in signing you, and they are willing to offer you a one-year contract of $750,000!"

"Really?" Hearing that the matter had finally settled, Li Tian immediately shouted happily: "Pete, this is indeed good news!" ”

NBA！ I can finally sign with an NBA team! Thinking of this, Li Tian was excited.

"Hey, Lee, congratulations!" Beside Li Tian, Robinson also shouted.

After calming down a little, Li Tian said to Robinson: "Thank you!" Thomas, thank you for helping me get my Summer League chances. ”

"Lee, we are brothers!" Robinson looked at Li Tian with a dissatisfied expression.

"Yes, brother!" Li Tian laughed, turned his head to look at Pete Smith, and was about to say something thankful.

However, Pete Smith seemed to see what Li Tian was going to say, and took the lead and said with a smile: "Lee, don't thank me. We're going to go to Sacramento to finalize some contract details together, and you and your good brother will continue to be teammates. ”

"That's great! Lee, we can fight together again. Li Tian didn't speak, Thomas Robinson had already shouted first, and then said to Li Tian: "Li, it's him."

Pete Smith won such a contract for Li Tian, so that Robinson did not have the slightest hesitation.

Pete Smith looked at Robinson with some confusion, obviously he didn't understand what Robinson's later sentence meant, seeing this, Li Tian immediately smiled at Pete Smith and said: "Pete, I also tell you a piece of news, my brother just fired his agent, and now, he wants to hire you as his agent." Oh, and I forgot to tell you, he hasn't officially signed a contract with the team yet. ”

"Really? God, that's great! Lee, you are truly my lucky star! Pete Smith shouted in surprise, not only does he have one more player under his hands, but Robinson, as the No. 5 pick, has a contract of about 15 million for four years, which will bring him close to 300,000 income, and Pete Smith has no reason to be unhappy.

Li Tian and Robinson are also very happy, and in the future, they can not only continue to be on the same team, but also the same agent.

Subsequently, Pete Smith signed a contract with Robinson, and the content of the contract was basically the same as that of Li Tian. With that out of the way, the trio traveled to Sacramento with the rest of the Kings.

On the first day of August, just a month before the free agency opened, Lee and Robinson signed contracts with the Kings at the same time, along with Chris Middleton, who is also a rookie this year.

Robinson's contract is basically a four-year, $15.24 million contract under the rules of the league's lottery show, with a team option for the last two years.

As for Li Tian's contract, it is 750,000 US dollars a year, but only half of it is a guaranteed contract, which means that if Li Tian's performance is unacceptable to the king and he is cut, he can only get half of his salary.

Finally completed all this, Li Tian first called his parents in China, and after hearing that Li Tian could play in the NBA, his father Li Mingyuan was very excited.

"Got into the NBA? Good! Good! Play a good game and fight for Chinese basketball. "As an older generation of basketball fans, Li Mingyuan has always had a feeling for Chinese basketball.

Li Mingyuan had just finished speaking, and Li Tian heard his mother Liu Yun's voice again: "Little God, I often hear that those players who play in the NBA are injured, you have to be careful." ”

"Okay, Dad, Mom, don't worry, I will play well and take care of myself." Li Tian replied that even through his mobile phone, Li Tian could feel his parents' concern for him.

After ending the call with his parents, Li Tian dialed Judy Annette's mobile phone again.

"God, have you signed the contract?" Because Li Tian had already told Judy Annette in Las Vegas that he would come to Sacramento to sign a contract, Judy Annette couldn't wait to ask as soon as she answered the phone.

Although Judy Annette couldn't see it, Li Tian nodded heavily and said happily: "Yes, Judy, from now on, I am already an official NBA player." ”

"That's great!" On the other end of the phone, Judy Annette excitedly shouted, "Congratulations, God, your dream has officially set sail!" ”

"Yes, my dream has already set sail!" Li Tian said with a little excitement that from today on, his dream will officially set sail, compete with the top basketball players every night, become an excellent basketball player, and he will continue to fight for this!