Roger Philip calmly comforted: "Zhou, it's not bad to go to Detroit, Pistons, Pistons...... It's a bit bad! ”

Speaking of which, he couldn't comfort anymore.

As the villain of the league, the Pistons are the target of everyone, Zhou Quan went to the Pistons, and as his status as the strongest executioner in the NCAA, he will definitely be branded as a bad boy, and if he is not sure to use him as a beater, the future is worrying, compared to the Warriors, the Pistons are not a good choice.

"Hey, young man, hello, I'm Jack McCloskey, the general manager of the Pistons."

At this time, a slightly chubby white old man walked over with a smile on his face and stretched out his big hand to Zhou Quan.

"Hello, sir."

Depressed to depressed, Zhou Quan immediately sorted out his mood and stretched out his hand with a smile.

Jack McCloskey smiled: "It was me and the Warriors who negotiated a deal in advance, and in fact, it was the Warriors who selected you instead of the Pistons." ”

"Really? I'm honored. ”

Zhou Quan smiled dryly, and rejected the piston during the trial, old man, you are quite persistent with me.

Jack McCloskey smiled confidently: "I'm optimistic about you, Zhou, your personality is a perfect match for the Pistons, and you will be the fresh blood of the bad boy army." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Quan shook his head, smiled but said firmly: "Sir, I don't think you really know me.

Just because I'm an executioner on the hockey rink doesn't mean I'm a bad boy, and I won't be a bad boy, never will. So, I joined the Detroit Pistons, not the Bad Boys. ”

Jack McCloskey was stunned and stared at Zhou Quan for a few seconds before nodding and saying, "Okay, you are the bravest knight, not a bad boy, I was wrong just now." ”

Speaking of this, he said: "But, Zhou, our Pistons are very inclusive, we have bad boys like Ranbier and Rodman, but we also have Joe Dumas, who is the first moral style award winner in the NBA." ”

Zhou Quan couldn't help but nod and said, "Jo Dumas is a good person, he is an outlier in the bad boy army, and he deserves respect. However, I'm not him either. ”

Jack McCloskey's eyes were a little puzzled, he didn't quite understand what Zhou Quan wanted to express, as an old man in his sixties, he couldn't figure out the attitude of a 19-year-old young man, which made him a little surprised.

Obviously, the young man he chose was a person with ideas and opinions.

At the end of their first exchange, Roger Phillip went on to talk to McCloskey.

He has to figure out the Pistons' attitude towards Zhou Quan, the contract, and their status on the team, such as playing time, ball possession, development strength, etc., otherwise he will suggest that Zhou Quan reject the Pistons and reject the NBA.

McCloskey also knows very well that Zhou Quan does not have to be in the NBA, and the NHL draft will start soon, so he still has to show sincerity in order to sign a contract with Zhou Quan.

He single-handedly formed a bad boy army, but in fact, only Isaiah Thomas is talented, Joe Dumars is also average, and the others are just bad things that other teams don't want, but he won consecutive championships for the Pistons with this lineup.

Zhou Quan is not the one with very good comprehensive talent, but he just takes a fancy to this young man, personality, willpower, ball style, etc., especially suitable for the Pistons, so he is willing to make some commitments.

In terms of team status, Zhou Quan will go directly to the important rotation lineup, will be the first substitute for the smiling assassin Thomas, and also the second position, playing between 25 and 30 minutes in his rookie season, and if he performs well, he will have the opportunity to start in the event of an injury on the back line.

In terms of contract, he is willing to offer an eight-year rookie contract with a starting salary of $1.12 million, increasing by 15% each year.

This contract, the top five can't be compared, but it can definitely be ranked in the top ten in the first round, the important thing is that the longer the length of the team, the more attention it represents the team, and the treatment must be higher than Zhou Quan's draft pick.

Whether it is the treatment or the contract, he has given a lot of sincerity, and he does not want Zhou Quan to give up the Pistons and choose the NHL.

"Zhou, that sounds pretty good."

Roger Phillip is very satisfied with this contract, the NBA's current salary level is indeed much higher than that of the NHL, this contract is more than double the maximum entry-level contract of the NHL champion, and the Pistons are not very good, but this contract is very sincere.

"Mr. McCloskey, this contract has shown us the sincerity of the Pistons, so let's officially talk about the details of the contract after the NHL draft," he said. ”

“OK。”

McCloskey nodded with a smile on his face.

Zhou Quan's draft did not attract much attention in China, and the current NBA has no influence in China, not even media coverage.

On July 6, the day of the NHL draft, Zhou Quan was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round.

On July 27, he and his agent Phillip left for Detroit and signed a rookie contract.

3+1 contract with a total contract value of $7.3 million, starting salary of $1.35 million, $1.65 million in the second year, $1.95 million in the third year, $2.35 million in the fourth year, and a player option for the final year.

After having dinner with the agent, waiting until half past eight, it is estimated that my father arrived at the unit, and Zhou Quan made a phone call.

He is a native of Hunan, half of the family is a household, his father Zhou Jianguo is a very ordinary civil servant in CS City, his mother Lin Yufen is from the countryside, a housewife, the grandparents are gone, and there is a younger brother and a younger sister below.

"Dad, I've signed the contract, let me tell you."

"Signed?"

His son interrupted his studies and chose to engage in professional sports, and Zhou Jianguo had some regrets.

But he still supports his son's choice as always, just like when his son wanted to study in the United States, he smashed the pot and sold iron to fully support it.

"Dad, that's it, you go home and tell my mom. In addition, I will send money to my family after a few months, so you can let my mother not be too frugal and buy more delicious food. Zhou Quan said.

Zhou Jianguo hurriedly said: "Xiaoquan, the family is okay now, it's not easy for you to be outside, you make money by yourself and save it by yourself, and you have a father at home." ”

"Dad, my contract is okay, in addition to taxes and living training expenses in a year, if I don't spend it indiscriminately, I should be able to leave hundreds of thousands of dollars." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Dozens of ......"

Zhou Jianguo almost bit his tongue, but quickly stopped, looked at a few colleagues in the office who looked at him from time to time, and hurriedly whispered: "Xiaoquan, are you joking?" ”

"Can I lie to you?" Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"No, it can't be, right?"

Zhou Jianguo still can't believe that his current monthly salary plus various subsidies, that is, three or four hundred yuan, his son will earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in the future, he can't believe that playing basketball can earn millions of yuan a year?

"Dad, why would I interrupt my studies otherwise?" Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Zhou Jianguo's mind was a little messy for the time being, and he only said: "Then Dad won't be polite to you, in the future, Xiaojun Xiaoye's college tuition will belong to you, the elder brother, you give your mother a little more money, and honor her." ”

"Okay, I see, Dad." Zhou Quan hurriedly said.

"Then let's talk about it first, it's not good to talk too much about the phone number of the unit during working hours." Zhou Jianguo said.

"Then I'll hang up first, Dad."

"Huh."

"You and my mom pay more attention to your body, I want to train more this summer, I don't have time to go home, I'll go home next summer to see you."

"Okay, Xiaoquan, you have to take care of yourself outside."

"Got it, Dad, then I'll hang up first."

"Huh."

……

The next morning, the agent Philip helped Zhou Quan rent a house in Detroit, and he moved in with his luggage at noon.

Detroit has become a suburb, and the suburbs have the best living conditions, and the house he rents is a middle-class neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. The two-story row building, 165 square meters, with a 75-square-meter garden at the back, is rented for $650 per month. Detroit's current per capita income is about $2,000 a month, and rent is still very expensive.

Houses in the downtown slums are cheap, but it's chaotic, and Detroit, one of the most criminal cities in the United States, is unsafe for a yellow person to live in.

Renting a house, buying some necessary furniture and daily necessities, buying a gun and a car, and training expenses, he only had more than 6,000 US dollars accumulated in the past two years, which was far from enough, so he took the contract of the piston and went to a bank to apply for a loan of 30,000 US dollars.

On the morning of October 5, Zhou Quan drove a second-hand Ford pickup truck to the headquarters, and the moment he got out of the car, a virtual screen suddenly appeared in front of him.

"The basketball system is installed."

"The system will be officially launched in the host's first NBA regular season game."

"What the hell is this?"

He was in a trance, but quickly calmed down and began to examine the so-called basketball system.

Host: Zhou Quan

Date of birth: March 6, 1972

Height: 185 cm (nude height)

Arm span: 200 cm

Palm length/width: 24/28 cm

Weight: 95 kg

Profession: NBA player

Position: Organizational Defender

Qualities: Injury Resistance 85 (full level 99), Strength 86, Physical Fitness 90, Speed 88, Bounce 88, Agility 90, Spatial Imagination 71, Neural Reaction Speed 90, Mental Willpower 99, Memory 90.

Skills: Vision (Primary Panoramic Vision, Primary Foresight), Prediction 72, Ball Sense 90, Ball Control 90, Passing 80, Shooting 85 (Free Throws 90, Two Points 85, Three-Point 80), Breakthrough 82, Organizational 75, Offense 75 (Basket 70, Back 80), Defense 90 (Single Defense 92, Assist Defense 88), Steal 80, Technical and Tactical Ability 90, Game Experience 60.

There are also some information on shooting and breakthrough methods in the back, but he didn't look at it carefully, and these data in front of him seems, as if, are very consistent with his situation, that is, the information of this system is very credible.

But there was no time, so he packed up his mood and went to the personnel department to report first, and then went to the finance department and logistics department to deal with some things.

In the logistics department, he chose the No. 1 jersey that he used with the Bruins, and the Pistons had no one to use that number, and he was lucky.