Chapter 112: Before the Eastern Conference Finals

In the 2007-2008 season, in the summer, the hottest topic was the Green Shirts that formed the Big Three, and a month later, halfway through the season, the hottest topic was that Kupchak helped the Lakers complete the restructuring of the championship roster, and in the playoffs, the hottest topic once again became Zhang Kong, but this time it has become 'the league's best interior rookie in 30 years.

"A Center for One in Twenty Years"

The Future Ruler of the Alliance

"The Future Overlord of the NBA Interior"

NBA No. 1 Center

All kinds of honors that were originally placed on Greg Auden's head were moved to Zhang Kong's head by the media as they were.

Throughout the decades since the establishment of the alliance, the influx of high-quality inner lines has been like a carp crossing the river, and there is an endless stream. But there are very few who can reach the level of Zhang Kong in their rookie season.

Counting carefully, Zhang Kong's average data per game in the regular season this season is 22.5 points, 21.8 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 4.5 blocks, and 1.0 steals. Being able to score such a statistic in his rookie season can be counted on one hand in the entire NBA.

In fact, it's not for nothing to find a rookie who outperformed Zhang Kong in his rookie season. First, Oscar Robertson, nicknamed 'Big O', the league's all-time triple-double king, has a total of 181 career triple-doubles in history, in fact, if it weren't for the league's four-double statistics that didn't start to appear until the 1973-1974 season, 'Big O'://.

In his rookie season, Robertson averaged 30.1 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game, which is infinitely close to the terrifying data of a triple-double per game.

And the other is the most distant North Star that has been nailed to NBA history, the Big Big Dipper, known as the impossible to surpass, Welt Chamberlain. His rookie season averaged 37.3 points and 27 rebounds per game, which is staggering even in the current Zhang Kong, and he reckoned that he might be able to do it even in a team that fully controlled the ball and played at full strength, but he was really not sure.

Mars Zhang's pursuit of data is really terrifying.

In his rookie season, Zhang Mars set numerous records, both in scoring and rebounding, both as a rookie record. And that season, Chamberlain won the scoring title, rebounding champion, regular season MVP, All-Star MVP, and best rookie, leading the previous belly Philadelphia 76ers all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals...

Chamberlain's birth directly led to what later became an enduring mythological classic in the NBA league.

But these two people are too far away, whether it is 'Martian Zhang' or 'Big O', people can only reminisce about their style in materials and black-and-white videotapes.

And in recent years, there has been no rookie who can match Zhang Kongyi in average data per game in his rookie season! Even if he is an all-powerful basketball god, Michael Jordan's all-around data of 25.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game is overshadowed by Zhang Kong's 20+20 average data per game.

In this case, you can't blame the media for not being calm, it's really Zhang Kong who doesn't let them calm down.

Therefore, when Zhang Kong said that he would hold a press conference, countless reporters related to sports media flocked to it like sharks that smelled blood. Just to be able to get first-hand information from Zhang Kong.

Zhang Kong held this press conference after consulting with his new broker Andy Miller, and unlike the fledgling Rich Paul, Andy Miller not only understands the rules that agents should follow, but also has a lot of resources to mobilize.

This can be seen from the fact that he can easily hold a press conference and make it quite large. At the same time, Andy Miller also told Zhang Kong that he had greeted the media present, and tried not to ask some too sharp questions, and he even wrote an answer summary for Zhang Kong, which was full of standard answers to some questions.

At the same time, Andy Miller is also actively helping Zhang Kong to build his own team of lawyers. He is responsible for helping Zhang Kong deal with legal issues. And Andy Miller's own team of Zhang Kong's exclusive agents, Andy Miller is also in full swing.

Therefore, having an agent who has talent, resources, and more importantly knows the rules very well, the player itself will indeed be much easier. Andy Miller has been able to help Zhang Kong in a way that Rich Paul's newcomer can't match.

"I've decided to leave Cleveland this summer, after the Cavaliers win the championship this season." After holding the press conference, Zhang Kong chose to get straight to the point, and before the reporter asked questions, he directly threw out the main purpose of his press conference.

Zhang Kong's words made the media excited.

In fact, in the eyes of many media, Zhang Kong's departure from the Cavaliers this summer can be said to be a foregone conclusion. Danny Ferry's 1+1 contract for Zhang Kong is arguably the wisest decision of Danny Ferry's life, and he gave him a contract at a time when all the general managers of the league missed out on this 'greatest interior line in thirty years'. But it's also the most criticized thing Danny Ferry has ever done. Because he only gave Zhang Kong a 1+1 basic salary contract.

This 1+1 base salary contract, with the second year as a team option, the team can choose to renew the contract early, and the Cavaliers have the right of first choice when other teams offer contracts for Zhang Kong.

Theoretically, Danny Ferry didn't have much of a problem with giving Zhang Kong this contract. The contract with the 1+1 team option, if Zhang Kong can't play it, it turns out to be unbearable, and the Cavaliers can choose to end the contract early on the premise of having a team option. And if Zhang Kong shows a good level, the Cavaliers can also give priority to renewing the contract.

The team option is indeed a fairly favorable clause for the employer.

But there was a situation where the team option simply couldn't stop the rivals who were already in a frenzy.

That is, Zhang Kong's performance is really good.

With an average of 20+20+5+4 data per game, this is definitely the level of a super center, not to mention that he is only 21 years old this year, not to mention that this is his first season, and when he grows up, what kind of horror will this data be raised? Not to mention surpassing Chamberlain, but there is always no problem in comparing!

Such a person is definitely worth a gamble on any team, even if he never improves in the future, the form he has shown this season alone is enough to become the cornerstone of any team aspiring to win a championship.

This summer, Zhang Kong has no reason to stay with the Cavaliers.

Source: Forrest Gump