Chapter 033: Best of the Month
"The Most Unexpected Lore in History", Li Chen's lore really occupied the headlines of the sports pages of major newspapers again as he wished. People have found that since this young man under the age of 20 entered the NBA, he seems to be indispensable in all kinds of news.
Just like the winning shot he threw in yesterday's game, before that, no one knew that the lore could shoot so naughty, what kind of trouble was going to be made by spinning around the basket and teasing the hearts of the audience? Fortunately, the game was won, and this lore is destined to be recorded in the history of the NBA, and maybe one day it will be included in the NBA funny book or something.
A lore can feed a lot of media people, not to mention such a descriptive lore, there is no doubt that Li Chen is now a well-deserved darling of Los Angeles, even a god as strong as Kobe Bryant can't hide his brilliance at all.
Everyone knows that Li Chen will be a superstar of tomorrow, and it is easy to see from his steady increase in all-star votes every day that people love him. But will he be the future of Los Angeles? People can't help but ask themselves.
However, the impact of Li Chen's lore did not last long, because the Lakers lost again. Just two days later, in Atlanta, the Lakers lost 108-113 to the Joe Johnson-led Hawks.
Maybe it was the loss of character in 11 of 14 free throws in the last game, Li Chen's shooting rate of 3 of 16 free throws in this game really hit him hard, and the direct consequence of the abnormal free throws is that Li Chen lost his former spirituality on the offensive end, made mistakes in passing, shot was covered, and walked with the ball All kinds of tragedies are readily available.
If the performance in the last game could give him a 90 points, it would be nice to give him 10 points in this game, and it depends on the fact that he grabbed 5 rebounds. 7 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds, although the statistics of many players playing a full game are estimated to be similar to this, but the Angelenos do not accept such data from their new favorite Li Chen.
Fortunately, Li Chen's excellent performance in the past and his rookie status helped him escape a lot of harsh criticism, except for a few people who sharply pointed out Li Chen's lack of defensive ability and poor psychological quality, most fans still supported the big apple they liked.
In their opinion, everyone has a bad time, and Li Chen's game is just an accident. They said that since people accepted Li Chen's surprise stunner against the Mavericks, they should also accept his slump in this game.
After that, the league's November Western Conference Rookie of the Year gave them the confidence to support Li Chen, and the Lakers played a total of 10 games in November, with a team record of 8 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the league.
And Li Chen's average of 16.7 points, 8.9 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game made him deservedly the best rookie in the West. Champion Lang Rose was also elected the best rookie in the East without any suspense, but the data of 15.6 points, 5.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds is still at a disadvantage compared to Li Chenlai, and the premise is to ignore the difference in shooting percentages between the two.
Although Li Chen's shots were repeatedly fouled, because the balls missed by fouls were not counted in the shooting percentage, his shooting percentage was not affected.
It's a month for Los Angelespeople, and compared to Li Chen's rookie of the month, Kobe Bryant's selection as the best player in the West in November has made fans even more excited. Averaging 26.4 points, 5.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game, leading the team to the top of the league, people have no opinion on Kobe Bryant being selected as the best of the month.
Only the ill-intentioned New Yorker jumped out coldly and interjected a few words, saying that the best of the month should be awarded to Li Chen, after all, the most efficient player in the entire Lakers team is Li Chen, not Kobe.
Of course, New Yorkers are just greedy for lip service, and they also know that it is almost impossible for Li Chen to be elected the best of the month, and the Lakers will not allow this to happen, otherwise with Kobe's temperament, even if others don't provoke, the Lakers' internal contradictions will suddenly increase. Especially Kobe Bryant's performance this month is quite good, David Stern will never do such a thing with no lower limit.
The best in the East went to James, with 26.7 points, 6.3 assists and 6.5 rebounds, while the team record was also 8-2, allowing David Stern's 23v24 strategy to succeed. Under his deliberate operation, Kobe Bryant and James fans have a tendency to get along with each other.
It's all good to harm others and benefit oneself, but the key is just because of this contradiction, there are many people in the far east who harm others and are not beneficial to oneself, and supporting Kobe or James has become one of the major internal contradictions of the people of the Celestial Empire.
The contradictions of the Celestial Empire will naturally have no effect on the United States, and people should do what they should do. Li Chen's votes in the All-Star vote are also increasing day by day, and as the people of the Celestial Empire gradually participate in the voting queue, people find that the votes of Rocket players have begun to surge uncontrollably as in previous years, and there is a similar situation with Yi Di of the Nets.
Li Chen of the Lakers is naturally among them, after all, he is regarded as half a compatriot by the people of the Celestial Empire. is very different from Lin Crazy Li Chen, who appeared later, the former is purely Chinese, but Li Chen only has half Chinese blood, so strange charges such as unpatriotism, admiring foreign flattery, fake foreign devils, etc., have nothing to do with him, and Li Hei's living space is not optimistic in China.
As for Sun Dasheng, who is also a cordial compatriot, because he is not eligible to participate in the vote, he cannot enjoy this special benefit. Some fans feel unfair about this, isn't it decided by the audience, why can't they choose our great sage and treat the audience of our Great Heavenly Empire as nothing?
Considering the special care he received, Li Chen posted a letter thanking the fans of the Celestial Empire on his blog, and the all-Chinese writing made the fans who supported him feel more cordial, and they left messages wishing Li Chen that his dream could come true.
Some boring fans also threw olive branches to Li Chen, trying to persuade him to join the Chinese nationality to contribute to the men's basketball team in poor condition. Li Chen felt both amused and helpless about this, because considering the future plan of the Celestial Empire to circle money, he still patiently gave an answer after thinking about it for a long time.
"Because I have half of the blood of the East in my body, I like it there. But I must state that I was born and raised in New York, and according to the culture of the East, New York is my hometown, and I can only feel sorry for the wishes of some fans"!
Although these words may offend a small number of people, Li Chen believes that most fans should still be sensible.
To his surprise, not only did these words not have any negative impact on him, but instead allowed more fans to join the camp of supporting him, because everyone felt that Big Apple was a person with character.
Under the background of the rapid rise of the East, people thought that Li Chen would give an ambiguous answer to please the fans, after all, the Celestial Empire market is becoming more and more important to the league, and Li Chen's humility and arrogance make people have a deeper understanding of him.
New Yorkers are the happiest, born and raised in New York, will this still make people hesitate in the slightest? New Yorkers organized spontaneously, and they vowed to push Li Chen to the All-Star position, who said that there is no market for regional theory in the United States?
Even Japan, a small land, has a space for the survival of regional theory, and the contradictions between Osaka and Tokyo have a long history, and the contradictions between Kanto and Kansai are even more serious than the contradictions between the north and the south of the Celestial Empire. This is true of all of Japan, not to mention the vast territory of the United States.
Los Angeles rarely came out to accuse New York of ill intentions, and they are also happy to let Li Chen be selected as an All-Star, after all, this is a big honor for the Lakers and Los Angeles, and the more All-Stars the team has, the more face the fans who support it.
If New York's wrongdoers are helpful, shrewd Angelenos won't refuse the kindness of others. It's just that Li Chen's words revealed that his good impression of New York made Los Angeles people a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, he has been conscientious, and the fans don't count so much.
The Rookie of the Month award left Jeff Schwertz, who was in negotiation, feeling his leverage suddenly increase and turned down Joey's current contract, feeling that his player needed a bigger contract to match his current value.
"Don't go too far, Mr. Schwertz?" Joey was very unhappy with Schwertz's greed, and if he had negotiated with Li Chen, it was estimated that it would have been negotiated a long time ago, and the friendship between the two would make Li Chen basically not refuse any of the conditions offered by Joey.
But Joey knew that even if he took advantage of himself in that case, it would only be at the expense of some friendship. Friendship and business must not be mixed together, this is his principle, and it is also for this reason that he suggested that Li Chen find an agent as quickly as possible.
"Is it excessive? I'm sorry I don't think so. I know that you and Cruze are friends, and I am glad that he has such a friend, and I can already tell from our conversation that you are a decent person, as you know from the fact that you have never threatened me with the relationship between the two of you. ”
"Although I have a high regard for your character, this does not prevent me from negotiating business with you from the Cruze's standpoint," Schwertz explained unhurriedly. It's true that we could have accepted this contract, but unfortunately the league just announced that Cruze was selected as Rookie of the Month, and based on that, I think you should improve the salary a little bit from the original. After all, even if you're a friend, I think you'd like to see Cruze get a contract that matches his value, don't you? ”
Joy listened carefully to Schwartz's words, indeed, the contract is based on the previous situation, since Li Chen's value has increased now, he is bound to increase the treatment on his side, which is a common thing in business negotiations, but this time because the person represented by Schwartz is Li Chen, there are some personal factors that make Joey feel a little uncomfortable.
But he wasn't an unreasonable man, and after a phone call to ask his old man, Joey offered a price that was enough for Schowertz to be satisfied with.
"The rest of the original terms remain unchanged, and the treatment column has been raised to $7 million for three years, which I think should be enough to sign a contract."
"Happy working together!" Since he got the expected price, Schwertz will not deliberately embarrass the other party, he also knows the relationship between Joey and Li Chen, although he doesn't say it, but if he goes too far, it will eventually make Li Chen, who is caught in the middle, difficult to behave, and the first unlucky person who is uncomfortable with the employer will definitely be him, the agent.
After the contract was finalized, Schwertz did not forget to compliment Joey, "I'm really happy that Cruze has a friend like you, if you use your friendship as a bargaining chip, I think I will lose soon." ”
"Bah, old fox, what do you think of me? I don't really have many friends with Cruz, and that's why we value this friendship even more. Mixing friendship into business, only a fool would do that. "Because it's a bit of a loss on his side, Joey is a little uneven.
Looking at the young and vigorous Joey, Schwertz said funny, "Actually, there is a sentence I haven't said, and I think I should tell you." Aside from your contract, I don't have any intention of signing Cruze at this stage, because I know that he is worth a lot more than he is now. In my opinion, the time to wait until the end of the season is the time to think about commercial contracts. If it weren't for Cruze's advance, I don't think I would have signed it if you had come to me with this contract. ”
Schowertz's words intrigued Joey, "You also believe that his achievements will be even greater?" I thought I was the only one who believed it? ”
Forehead? Schwartz is a little nerve-wracking, it seems that the price he just now is still low, I believe that even if it is higher, the fledgling young master in front of him will accept it without hesitation. This guy doesn't understand the market at all, and he dares to come out to negotiate without even knowing the commercial value of the other party, I really don't know who gave him so much courage.
He finally knew the reason why the other company sent this person to negotiate, probably because he wanted to train him through this negotiation. Because the two sides are acquaintances, the boss of the other party must have let this one out considering that no matter how much he won't lose.
"Pity the hearts of parents all over the world"! Schuwatts didn't have to think about it to know that there was probably no other choice for him to do this kind of thing than the eldest young master's father in front of him, and he took out a million-level contract to allow the family heir to exercise, and this kind of courage even experienced Schowats himself sincerely admired.
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