Chapter 029: Tryout Los Angeles Clippers
Li Ze, who ended the NCAA competition, let himself relax for a few days, attended classes and studied during the day, exercised when he was free, and lived a very regular life.
Li Ze wants to graduate successfully, but there are too many courses in finance, a basket of preparatory courses, compulsory courses, and elective courses.
Li Ze's learning ability is very good, but he is not a genius, he is barely excellent, he can't compare to Britney in this regard, this girl also took music, and the credits are already enough, so she will wait for the internship in her senior year.
"Kayce, in fact, you don't have to be so concerned about the project, we will definitely help you get it done, and the academy is easy to talk about, after all, you are going to play in the NBA!"
White was a brown-haired, white guy and a good friend of Lee's at UCLA, thanks to whom he took the major.
"I will complete my task when I have time, after all, I always rely on your help, and I can't go away!" Li Ze doesn't want to get something for nothing all the time.
"These are all small things, just take me to your party a few more times!" White gave Li Ze a look you know.
"No problem, the spice girls are enough!" Li Ze happily agreed.
"Hum..." Li Ze saw that it was a call from his agent, and immediately signaled that he needed to go out.
"Kayce, do you have time in the afternoon? The Clippers would like to make an appointment to talk about it first, and there should be a formal tryout invitation tomorrow. ”
Chapman-Able is Lee's manager at Big Machine Records, and is currently in charge of helping him with some tryouts.
"No problem, it seems that you are very suitable for this job, and it is really the right choice to come to you!" Li Ze was in a good mood and began to tease Chapman.
"Come on, Kayce, I signed with you because I was optimistic about your musical talent, but you went to play basketball in high school, and you almost ended my agent career early!"
Chapman suddenly said loudly in anger.
"I was a little hasty in my decision, but I also introduced you to Taylor, aren't you very good now, besides, it's all about dealing with people, isn't that what you're good at?"
Li Ze continued to laugh and tease.
"Please, I'm dealing with record companies, you have to release a single this year, you've been pigeon me for years!" Chapman was already starting to get angry.
"No problem, but now you have to help me with some team affairs, you have so many friends, there will always be a few in the sports circle." Li Ze painted the cake again.
"I hope the quality of your single is good, I will help with the draft, this is Americaka, the American knife will help us, not to mention, I do have a lot of friends."
"That's good, see you in the afternoon, remember to pick me up!" Li Ze hurriedly hung up the phone, otherwise he would be nagged again.
Chapman-Abel is a typical American white man, 40 years old, in the prime of life, with a worrying hairline and integrity, which has made him a lot of friends in the circle of agents.
At the beginning, the Dutton family's acquisition of Big Machine Records was mainly for Li Ze and Taylor, but Li Ze chose basketball in high school, and Taylor became more and more popular.
Especially when Chapman went through the channel of Universal Music through the PY relationship, record sales exploded, don't look at Chapman pouring bitter water in front of Li Ze, but in fact, this guy has already made money...
Chapman naturally knows the relationship between the Dutton family and Li Ze, and he knows who the thighs are, not to mention that the big machine record company is very generous to singers and agents, and he is naturally concerned about Li Ze's affairs.
In the afternoon, Li Ze arrived as promised and met with Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy in a café not far from UCLA.
"It's great to meet you, Lee, you did a fantastic job in the NCAA Finals, 30 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and I was there."
Dunleavy came up and made a routine blow.
"It's inconceivable that a legendary coach like you would follow the NCAA? It's really my pleasure. "Li Ze is like a wave of sycophants.
"Haha, I'm just an ordinary coach, of course I've been following college basketball, and after seeing your performance, I called the general manager of the team directly, and I hope to see you with the Clippers next season!"
"Thank you for the invitation, I can't promise anything right now, but I love L.A., I love the Clippers, and if I have the opportunity to work together, it will be a wonderful experience."
Li Ze doesn't want money for good words, so he can say whatever is really good.
"Then I'm looking forward to the tryout at the end of the month." Dunleavy laughed too.
Next, the two began to blow each other in business, chatted and chatted, and finally the guests and hosts were happy and satisfied.
"Kayce, you don't really want to go to the Clippers, do you? It's a pleasure to see you chatting. Chapman was a little confused.
"It's great to play in Los Angeles, but the Clippers don't necessarily pick me, and if they have the first pick, they might pick Griffin, because their owner has always been optimistic about that guy."
"My friends in the sports circle told me that the Clippers weren't a great option and that there was something wrong with their team culture." Chapman kindly suggested.
"Don't worry, I know it, you can help me arrange the problems of the trial schedule, of course, you have to help me look at the contract." Li Ze replied with a relaxed face.
"It's all a trivial matter, I'll help you solve it, is the single finished, do you need me to help you find someone to polish it again? And your band friends are waiting for you, and they're always complaining to me about the boredom of staying at Taylor's. ”
Li Ze saw that Chapman was about to start nagging mode again, and hurriedly interrupted.
"The single is no problem, don't worry, I'll go to training first, bye!" Li Ze slipped away directly, leaving the angry Chapman.
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The time came on April 30, and Li Ze came to the Clippers' training hall early.
The Los Angeles Clippers are rotten this season, fishing early, and they can't see the team's main players in the training hall, after all, basketball is just work, and most of them go to the training hall at this time, who still goes to the training hall!
After Li Ze arrived at the training hall, he found that most of them were trainers, and the players of the Clippers only had one big man warming up there.
DeAndre Jordan, selected by the Clippers with the 5th pick in the second round last year, is a jumper with a bit rough technique.
"Hey, Bro, are you still coming to the training gym to practice at this time, you're too disciplined!" Li Ze stepped forward to say hello.
"It's nice to meet you, Kayce, you've played fantastic this year, will you be coming to the Clippers next season?" DeAndrew-Jordan looked at Li Ze and sent it directly.
"It's up to the Clippers to choose, I'm just here for a tryout today." Li Ze shrugged.
"Alright, boys, let's move our bodies first, and then let's have a tryout." Head coach Dunleavy immediately called out to the trainer and Li Ze.
After following the trainer of the Clippers to fully warm up, Li Ze began the simplest side of the body.
"Height 201cm without shoes, weight 97kg, arm span 214cm, standing touch height 271cm."
"100 yards speed measurement 10.9 seconds, bounce 97cm on the spot, run bounce 110cm."
Dunleavy looked at these stats with some dumbfounded, this physical stat may be a little worse than LeBron James, this is definitely a genius!
The trainers and DeAndre Jordan were also a little dazed when they looked at Li Ze's physical stats, which was really scary.
Originally, they thought that Li Ze was mainly projection-oriented, and his physical fitness would not be too prominent, but when they looked at this bounce and speed, it was no wonder that it was so easy to play NCAA, and this body must be no problem playing in the NBA!
"I'm going to sign him!" Dunleavy made up his mind.