A person sits in the office with a phone and chats leisurely, but the NBA kingdom is about to have a shocking star transfer because of this; A person just talks to the owner of the team, but the salary of the player he represents has skyrocketed exponentially; A person only has an occasional flash of inspiration to make the client gain fame and fortune.

This is the NBA agent, an indispensable partner for a player.

In addition to dealing with the player's contract issues, allowing the player to get the maximum contract or even exceed the value of the ultra-high contract, the agent can also help the player solve a series of problems faced in real life, from dealing with violations, arranging food and lodging to financial investment, the agent can be said to be a full range of "nanny" for the player.

For the newcomer Gao Dazhuang, it is even more urgent to need an "excellent" agent to take care of all his affairs in the United States, so that Gao Dazhuang can avoid getting into unnecessary trouble, so as to calm down and concentrate on playing.

And Dan Fagan was the agent that Yao Ming and Marty Black jointly recommended to Gao Dazhuang, who met Fagan for the first time today at Jean Georges French restaurant on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Before I met Fagan, the NBA agent in Gao Dazhuang's mind should be a bigwig who wears a suit and leather shoes all year round, smokes cigars and negotiates with merchants, and can win millions of fortunes with just a few words, or Tom Cruise in the movie "Mr. Sweetheart", young, handsome, and charming.

But in reality, Fagan, who sat opposite the tall and strong, was dressed plainly, spoke very kindly and talkatively, and it was easy for people to let down their guard, but occasionally there would still be a shrewd glint in his eyes.

"Confucian General" This is Gao Dazhuang's first impression of Fagan, but before coming to the United States, Gao Dazhuang also knew Fagan through various channels, and his reputation in the market is not good.

Dan Fegan, now No. 3 in the NBA's professional agent rankings, is a graduate of Yale Law School and established a law firm in Los Angeles.

Fagan is one of the NBA's most influential, controversial and toughest agents, and today, he has 26 NBA clients, including Dwight Howard, Smalls, Wall, Kevin Martin, Marion, Rubio, Lawson, Nene, Cousins and others.

This season, his clients' salaries totaled $149 million, ranking third among all agents, and it is worth mentioning that he is also the agent of Chinese player Yi Jianlian.

Fagan is very adept at using innovative means and techniques to get the best out of his clients, and he has set the precedent of a one-year optout for a player, choosing to allow a player to sign a one-year contract with a team before seeking a better one.

According to NBA estimates, the one-year contract option raised the player's salary by more than $100 million over the course of a year.

Because of his overly tough approaches, Dan Fagan doesn't have a good reputation in the NBA. In 2007, Fagan was credited with being behind the UAE's refusal to try out the Bucks and demand that the Bucks trade him.

Fagan was once known as the "NBA garbage contract manufacturing machine" because he was particularly good at signing high salaries for his employers, and Alonas's 6-year 110 million yuan, Nene 6-year 60 million, and Xiaosi's 5-year 100 million were all accused of inflating ......

Some people call him "The Devil" because he is bold and does not hesitate to challenge the rules, like the Don King of basketball.

But why did such a devil get the joint recommendation of Yao Ming and Marty Black?

Because Fagan can firmly defend the interests of players, he has been called the most loved agent by players and hated by owners in the NBA in recent years.

Vallejo received a large contract with a multi-million annual salary from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Marion joined the Dallas Mavericks with a high salary, and Nene was considered to be a "third world" at the time.

It's hard to understand why owners are willing to follow Fagan's advice and give his clients such amazingly high-paying contracts, but Fagan has done it time and time again, while at the same time creating off-court business opportunities for rookie players, and he's an agent with "all-round" energy.

When Fagan first represented Yi Jianlian's NBA brokerage business, he also won a lot of applause, such as letting the UAE go to the United States for closed training in advance, so that the UAE has improved its personal ability and physical fitness, and some shortcomings have been corrected. In order to allow the UAE to adapt to American culture as soon as possible, he also arranged for the UAE to participate in the premiere of the Hollywood blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean III" during the training.

In this respect, Fagan "The Devil" also has an "angelic" side, as he always manages to make a profit for his players, although some of them are short-term.

Gao Dazhuang still remembers the first thing Fagan said to him when they first met: "Although the NBA draft is just around the corner, we are not only concerned with the draft, everything we are doing at the moment is focused on your future entire NBA career."

For the draft, Fagan sent a lot of information to Gao Dazhuang from the perspective of an agent, "Da Zhuang, for a player like you, the order is not the most important, the coach's style, the team's style of play and the city are all within our consideration", Fagan also listed Nash, who was ranked 15th in the draft, and Nowitzki, who was ranked 9th.

"Falling behind in the rankings didn't affect Nowitzki and Nash's performance in the NBA, and there are other players who were ranked in the top five in the draft, and their NBA careers are very short, so it's much more important for players to find a team that really suits them than to qualify" When Fagan said these words, Gao Dazhuang could deeply feel that he was truly on the player's side.

Through direct contact with Fagan and rumors, Gao Dazhuang believes that Dan Fagan is a vampire who is desperate for his own interests, a professional agent who people love and hate.

The day after Gao Dazhuang and Fagan met, ESPN announced that "Gao Dazhuang, a potential rookie from China, has officially signed with the devil's agent - Dan Fagan".

"Will he be the next Yi Jianlian?" The reporters who got the news had blocked Fagan in his office.

"No, he's proven himself at the World Junior Championships, he's single-handedly beaten the talented American talents, he's undoubtedly one of the best rookies in the world, I'm sure he's going to have a high pick, and the team that gets him will be very lucky because he has every potential to grow into a superstar," Fagan said firmly.

"Which team do you think is suitable for being tall and strong?" A beautiful reporter throws out a new question.

"A lot of people think that the Western Conference is offensive, fast, aggressive, and more suitable for the tall and strong style, but the Eastern Conference is also starting to learn from the Western Conference the fast break style of play, and there are several Eastern teams that have expressed a strong interest in the tall and strong, and here I can only say that the tall and strong will go to a team that really needs him," Fagan responded.

"Do you think Gao Dazhuang will receive an invitation to the little green house?" Another pointed question.

"Of course, he is definitely a strong contender for the top five rookies this summer, tall and strong has all the excellent physical conditions in the position of defender, talent, size, speed, explosiveness, he has no shortage of one, coupled with excellent organizational skills, he is a player who has the ability to bring qualitative change to a team" Fagan immediately replied: "And tall and strong from China, he also has a very huge commercial value"

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