The time came to May 17, 2005.

After Yao Ming's team was eliminated by the Mavericks, I had a brief chat with Yao Ming for a few days.

Every day, in addition to eating and sleeping, is to browse the news of the draft and the NBA playoffs, and it is all training.

Before I knew it, the second three-week training program was over.

In the middle, he also submitted his draft materials to the league with the help of Holland.

His draft ranking is still hovering between 60 and 70.

Never made it to the second round.

It's time to start preparing for the draft.

I've been communicating with Bill Duffy about the draft.

Feng Feng heard a knock on the door and opened it.

"Hello, Feng Feng. I'm Bill Duffy, can we go in and talk? ”

Feng Feng didn't expect that Bill Duffy would come to Los Angeles in person to meet with him to talk about his draft. After all, he is a well-known agent who is important in the league, and he actually visited his home in person because of a rookie player who may be at the end of the second round.

Bill Duffy's reputation in the NBA league is still very good, whether it is in the previous life or this life, he has a good reputation. The ability is also very strong, after all, in later generations, it is very famous that he helped Mike Conley get a huge contract of 150 million that once set a historical record, and the means can be seen in general.

"Hello, Bill Duffy, can I call you that?"

"Yes, no problem, your room is really too simple." Feng Feng's first impression on Bill was very good, and it was rare to see a basketball player's room so neat and simple, even if it was a rookie player who was about to participate in the draft.

From here, it is also confirmed that Yao Ming is a good, very hard working basketball player.

In the corner of the room, there is also a pile of equipment for strength exercises. In this way, Bill's impression of Feng Feng has improved a lot.

"Bill, you do it first, I just finished today's training, I'll go wash up, you can sit and watch as much as you want."

Bill Duffy surveyed the room and went to the kitchen to get some drinks, but it was too hot to cool down.

I found that there were no carbonated drinks in the refrigerator, only mineral water and some juices and other drinks. Looking at the food again, there is no sweets at all, all steaks, chicken breasts, eggs, shrimp, low-calorie yogurt, and some gluten-free cereals, almond slices, raw nuts, and so on.

It was a surprise.

A few minutes later, Feng Feng came out of the bathroom.

Laughing at Bill, he said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you would be here today, I didn't prepare coffee or some other drink." Because I've been training lately, I can't drink some carbonated drinks and I don't have some desserts, and I'm worried that these will affect my health, so you can only eat mineral water, juice or some fruits. ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was curious about your room, so I just took a casual look," Bill apologized for his rude behavior. It's okay "I've been controlling my weight lately, but it's hard to stick to it like you, you're a merit, it's not easy to control." ”

Because my life has been so monotonous lately, in addition to training or training, every day is like a photocopier, repeating my previous life all the time. Jack shouted many times to go to Hi Pi together, but he didn't go, and today I found out that Jack hasn't been in touch with him for a week, and I don't know how much money I've made by buying balls.

I suddenly found that I have lost interest in beautiful women, probably because I haven't met my requirements yet. He is not a saint, and he also has seven emotions and six desires.

Although I had communicated a lot with Bill Duffy by email and phone before, it was the first time I had contact with him.

"It was your coach who recommended you to me, and I was originally going to be busy with Yao's new contract, but Yao also wanted me to help you participate in this year's draft."

is even more certain, if it weren't for Yao Ming's existence, he might have to go to the draft by himself next.

"Brother Yao Ming also recommended me to you, I haven't heard him talk about it, some time ago the Mosaic team was eliminated, and I also contacted Brother Yao once."

"Yes, Yao told me, you have been training recently, and even if your training is almost over, I will come to meet with you and talk about the draft."

Feng Feng is also thinking about whether he should establish his own agent team in the future, but considering that it is difficult for him to achieve a lot in the first two years, he can also sign a two-year short-term contract with Bill Duffy first, and when he meets a suitable agent in the future, he can try to start forming his own agent team.

That's not bad either.

Bill Duffy continued: "My current agency is mainly responsible for handling Yao's basketball-related matters and contracts in the United States, and I think I don't need to mention that you know that. ”

Co-author Bill Duffy, is also an agent who is good at playing emotional cards, everyone knows Yao Ming's influence in the domestic basketball world, this is the natural affinity.

Bill Duffy also talked about some of his plans, and discussed with Feng Feng the arrangements for the next draft tryout.

"You have the height I think you can play equal points of guard, small forward and power forward. But you seem to be lacking in your scoring ability, so I think small forward and power forward are more suitable. ”

"I took a cursory look at the teams that have this need, there are the Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Phoenix Suns, these teams, Both are teams that are in demand for these two positions. ”

Feng Feng nodded and agreed with Bill Duffy's analysis, which is worthy of being professional, so let yourself analyze, it will not take a few days, professional is professional.

"Los Angeles Clippers, let's rule it out first, the owner of this team is too picky." The main reason is that the racism behind this owner indirectly ruined the Clippers' recent championship season.

"Although there are more Chinese in the Toronto Raptors, it is too cold, so it is also ruled out; The team environment of the Portland Trail Blazers and Detroit Pistons is really bad; The Kings have lost their former glory, as have the Jazz; The Bobcats were not very good in recent drafts, so they were also ruled out; The Warriors are also relatively poor. ”

"Then that's the Atlanta Hawks, the Los Angeles Lakers, the New Jersey Nets, the Indiana Pacers, the Boston Celtics, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Seattle SuperSonics, the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, the New Orleans Hornets, the Phoenix Suns."

However, the Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, and Miami Heat did not have this round show; The New Orleans Hornets are in the top few rounds again; Plus the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks are slightly smaller cities. ”

"So we ended up doing tryouts with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, the New York Knicks, and the Phoenix Suns. Golden State Warriors, I still have some connections, I can also give it a try. ”

Yes, these teams are all very good teams, and I also recalled that in the next few years, the Lakers, Nets, Celtics, Miami, and Suns will all be teams in the playoffs or finals in the next five years; In addition, if nothing else, the New Orleans Hornets will choose Chris Paul in this year's draft, a very good guard with strong organizational skills, and it feels very good.

Then choose among these teams, it is impossible for all teams to go to the trial.

Bill Duffy said, "Then we're so sure, I'll contact you first to see if those teams will be interested in you, let's pick a few big city teams to participate in the trial, and then participate in the joint trial in the middle, I'll contact and arrange first, and I'll contact you when I have the result." ”

In the end, Bill Duffy took an agent contract for two years, with a 3% commission for player contracts and 10% for commercial endorsement contracts.

"Okay, I'll find someone to take a look, no problem, I'll sign it."

After an afternoon of talking, the next thing was finally decided, and Bill Duffy also began to contact the general managers and coaches of the various teams.