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Chapter 104 The Boston "Bible" (Subscribe)
After everything was settled, Juwan and Wade took their agents and headed to the North Shore Garden Arena to sign rookie contracts.

Speaking of Boston, the North Shore Garden Arena is also a well-known building in the city. Before it was used by the Celtics, it was originally called "Fleet Center". With the entry of the Celtics, it was also renamed "North Shore Garden Arena".

After about a 30-minute drive, Zhu Wan saw the iconic "clover" wall of North Shore Garden.

"arrive!"

The car was handed over to the security guard in the parking lot. Zhu Wan and others entered through the main entrance of the arena, and saw workers dismantling the giant poster at the main entrance. On it was a photo of Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker.

As their posters slowly fell, "Celtic Gemini" has officially become history.

This is the change of the times.

Zhu Wan also saw posters of ice hockey stars posted on the wall, and he was not surprised. In addition to serving the Celtics, the North Shore Garden Arena also served the Boston Bruins of the American Hockey League. It is also normal for posters to be posted here.

Maybe there will be two free ice hockey games in the future.

Although Juwan doesn't know much about hockey, free things are still quite tempting to him.

Do not look white do not look.

The old "White Monster"!

"Cardinal" is already waiting in the office. On his shiny bald head, the few hairs continue to cling tenaciously in the shape of a "U". Although he is 86 years old, his overall mental state is very good. With his signature cigar in his hand, Angie stood beside him, like his assistant.

In addition, head coach Jim O'Brien was also present.

He is the son-in-law of Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsey. He also served as an assistant coach for Jack McKinney when he was in the college team. When he was a "troll", he didn't have a brilliant resume as a head coach.

Hmm... Another Auerbach-like assistant.

Well, I'm afraid that whoever stands next to the "cardinal" will look like his assistant?This guy's aura is indeed stronger than that of ordinary general managers.

Because Zhu Wan talked to him on the phone and heard him make jokes, he was not so nervous.

Wade was obviously a little restrained, and the cheeks on both sides became more bulging because of his nervousness.

"Welcome to you, the future of Boston!"

Auerbach also got up to greet them immediately after they entered the house, and after the greetings, the two parties entered the contract signing process smoothly.

Because it involves player contracts, Angie arranged two single rooms to sign each.

Happy read the rookie contract carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, Zhu Wan signed his name.

This is a standard contract of 3 plus 1.

The first three years are fully guaranteed, and the last year is a team option.

As the second pick in the first round in 03, the total value of Zhu Wan's contract was about the same as he expected, 4 million before tax in four years, with an average of almost 1984 million a year, which belongs to the league's middle-class contract.

Of course, Zhu Wan couldn’t get an average of 5 million yuan in the first year. The annual salary of NBA contracts is higher every year, and there is a percentage increase. Although there is no 5 million yuan, there are still about 406 million before tax. Excluding all kinds of taxes, Zhu Wan can get about 60 million yuan, which can be regarded as making up for the shortfall of buying a house and building a supermarket for Zhu Jianmin.

However, this money cannot be transferred to your own card all at once.

There are two ways to receive salary in the NBA. One is the most common way, which is paid twice a month, just like white-collar workers in the United States.

There is also an advance payment, which is to take care of the special circumstances of some players, allowing the team to advance up to 10% of the player's salary before October 1.

No way, the NBA is also a high-consumption place after all.

Zhu Wan thought about it, and he didn't choose to pay in advance. He has enough money, and it's a joy to wait for the money to be distributed every month!
The contract was finalized, and Angie asked another question about the jersey number.

Zhu Wan thought for a while: "I'm still number 13."

This is the number he wore when he was in college, so he simply didn't change it.

But it suddenly occurred to him that the Celtics had already retired more than [-] numbers, and asked again: "Is this number retired?"

Unexpectedly, Angie didn't say anything, Auerbach said: "It's okay, even if you retire, you can wear it if you want!"

Hearing these words, Zhu Wan felt warm in his heart.

Fortunately, after checking it out, No. 13 has not retired yet.

Zhu Wan also breathed a sigh of relief.

He also doesn't want to be so tyrannical as soon as he enters the league.

Wade has also signed his rookie contract at this moment, which is also three plus one, but his contract is much smaller than Zhu Wan's. It is said that he is the ninth pick in the first round, but the total value of the contract is even higher than Zhu Wan's. Less than half.

In fact, except for the top three picks in the draft every year, the total contract value of others is hard to exceed 1000 to [-] million. From here we can see the gap...

However, Wade also signed a sneaker contract, and he is also a person who is not short of money for the time being, and nearly 4 million in 1 years, as long as he does not live a particularly extravagant life, it is still enough.

Another one, with Wade's playing style, I am afraid that he will be able to receive a commercial contract soon.

He will never be short of money...

After he returned to the general manager's office, Ainge also asked him which number he wanted to use for the new season.

I don't know if Wade did his homework in advance, knowing that the Celtics' No. 3 jersey has been retired. He didn't choose the number he wore in college, but chose No. 9.

It seems that he is very dissatisfied with being selected with the ninth overall pick in the first round, and wants to use this to motivate himself.

After Zhu Wan heard that he chose number 9, he couldn't help complaining in his heart: This guy seems to have really matched the number 9!
But... so he scored 9 points in the dunk contest in the future, isn't it reasonable?

After all, it is a number he himself recognizes.

What neither Juwan nor Wade expected was that Auerbach specially arranged a press conference after signing the contract.

This is usually something that the team will only do after important signings!
Once again, Auerbach showed how much he valued Juwan and Wade.

But then again, in the 03 NBA draft, his two trades put in all the chips the Celtics could smash, and there was really no way to make any big moves in the future!
I really want to talk about it, signing Juwan and Wade is really the biggest signing of the Celtics this summer!

There were a lot of media present, and it was overwhelming. Even though the NBA free market has officially started, and various transfer news are waiting for them to report, they still chose to come to Boston to participate in this press conference. First, Auerbach The second is the enthusiasm of Zhu Wan.

In the face of doubts from the outside world, Zhu Wan looked serious: "The video of the finals that year was the Celtics vs. the Lakers. The final score was 4-2. At that time, I saw Auerbach slumped on a chair and failed to light his hand. I will never forget the image of the cigar on the table.

At that moment I thought, if I can be a Celtic player, I have to win everything.

Now Auerbach is sitting next to me, and I'm speaking as a Celtic player.

I believe that the Celtics can have the dominance of the past, and Auerbach has contributed a lot.

It is our duty to recast the glory of the Celtics!"

What he said made the scene stunned for a while. No one spoke for a long time. Even Auerbach was shocked. He didn't expect that the phrase "recasting the glory of Boston's giants" actually had the full text!

And it's so deafening!
Faintly, he felt that something in his heart was also touched...

That is……

A sense of mission!
"Cardinal" suddenly felt ashamed, feeling that he hadn't done enough for this team, how could it be defeated!
Wade was also stunned. The microphone was in front of him, and he didn't know what to say for a long time. He felt that the words he could think of were pale compared with Zhu Wan, and finally forced out four words: "I Same!"

Suddenly, thunderous applause!
Looking at the especially excited Boston media, Zhu Wan muttered in his heart: Zhu Wan was not born to me, cx is like a long night...

And following the reports of the major media the next day, Zhu Wan's "distinguished teacher" has also aroused heated discussions, especially in the Boston area. All the fans are eager to wear Zhu Wan's jersey on their bodies. , they can connect with Zhu Wan!

Well, there is no need to worry about jersey sales in the new season.

Juwan's phrase "It is our duty to recast the glory of the Celtics" has become a banner hanging in the streets and alleys of downtown Boston.

Looking at the area covered by this banner, I am afraid that in the Boston area, Zhu Wan's words will spread farther than the Bible.

As a result, Harpy received a lot of endorsement contracts from local Boston companies.

The total value is about 1000 million or so.

As soon as I came to Boston, I made another fortune.

This is what Zhu Wan didn't expect.

Including the salary after these endorsements, Zhu Wan's total assets have reached about 1600 million, which does not include the salary of the first year of his rookie contract.

Otherwise, why say that entering the NBA is tantamount to a carp jumping over the dragon's gate!

The money comes really fast...

The next day Angie called him again and asked him if he would participate in this year's summer league. He seemed to know what Zhu Wan was going to ask. He said, "Dwyane has agreed to participate in this year's summer league!"

In fact, he didn't need to say it, Zhu Wan already knew the news.

However, whether Wade will participate or not will not affect Juwan's decision. He has already contacted so many people to prepare for additional training last year, so he did not plan to participate in the average summer league from the beginning.

"Or depending on the time, if I can catch up, I may play one or two games."

Angie got the answer, didn't say much, said "yes" with a smile, and hung up the phone.

Zhu Wan was a little surprised by this attitude. In his impression, Angie should be a cold-blooded general manager, no different from an assistant now.

How did he know that it was his "Bible" that rekindled Auerbach's blood, and he has decided to officially return to the position of president of the Celtics to deal with everything that the Celtics will do next. The general manager on the Internet, but in fact, he is no different from an assistant...

How dare you bark your teeth at him, a disciple whom Auerbach values ​​so much!

In this way, the troops were divided into two groups. Juwan made an appointment with Grover and returned to New York again. Wade led the team to wait for the start of the summer league in Boston.

Speaking of which, the summer league in this period has not been unified, the scale is not large, and it belongs to each player. Many summer league teams even have college teams. The intensity is not even comparable to that of the NCAA. Zhu Wan has no plan to participate in this year's league. There are also reasons for this in the summer league.The summer leagues that have been confirmed this summer are Orlando Summer League, Southern California Summer League, Salt Lake City Summer League and Boston Summer League...

Wade led the team to participate in the Boston Summer League.According to history, this will be the last season of the Boston Summer League, as well as the last season of the Summer League in many other cities. When the Las Vegas Summer League is established next year, the scale and professionalism of this event will reach a new height.

"Man, I didn't expect you to be teammates with Dwyane, this is also an excellent guy!"

Grover obviously also paid attention to this year's draft, and when he met Zhu Wanyi, he congratulated him on getting an excellent teammate.

Needless to say, Grover's vision is really good, he should be the first person to see that Wade has "Jordan look"!
Ok?
wait a minute~
Zhu Wan suddenly discovered the New World. Since Grover's prediction of Dwyane Wade's prediction was successful, will this guy's claim that he is the second "Larry Bird" also come true?
Suddenly being stacked with a layer of lucky buff, Zhu Wan was very happy.

Grover has also arranged Juwan's training plan for building physical strength this summer. In the second phase, in addition to the necessary weight gain, training such as yoga and stretching has also been added. Obviously Grover is also worried about Juwan. The muscles are too big, which affects his flexibility and coordination.

While Zhu Wan was training, the summer deal gradually made a big difference. Karl Malone left Salt Lake City for Los Angeles. Although the media and fans in Salt Lake City knew that he went to the Lakers to win the championship, they were still very unhappy. Comprehending his behavior of "surrendering to the enemy", there was a lot of scolding.

Barkley also took the opportunity to ridicule: "This is crazy about the championship!"

Karl Malone was being chased and scolded by the media in Salt Lake City, knowing that he was wrong, and unable to say anything, Barkley stepped forward at this time, just giving him a chance to vent: "It's not the same with you, it's just that you didn't succeed in the end! "

But in terms of bickering, he is no match for Barkley: "I will not hug Michael Jordan's thigh!"

These words hit Karl Malone's lung tube directly, making him unable to say a word.

Barkley was so powerful that he continued to attack and taunted him severely.

However, while he was mocking, the Lakers completed another signing that caused a lot of discussion from the outside world. They used a basic salary contract to bring Gary Payton to the Lakers.

The "F4" day group was established!
Popovich was furious: "Why don't you just give you the championship trophy for the new season!"

This is still playing with a basket!
The "Los Angeles Times" responded on behalf of the Lakers: "It is precisely because they want to win the championship that they came together!"

It just didn't take long for the Los Angeles fans to be happy. In less than three days, Kobe was suddenly exposed to the "Eagle County Incident", which instantly enveloped the league's top "second leader" under the pressure of public opinion.

Almost all endorsements have withdrawn from him, including Adidas.

It is worth mentioning that Adidas is even more fortunate to have signed with Zhu Wan early. After all, after rescinding the contract with Kobe, they have no signature players that can be sold.

And the subsequent sentence "Shaq did it too" made the atmosphere in the entire Lakers team even worse.

Now Karl Malone, Gary Payton, the entire Los Angeles media and fans are dumbfounded... Not only can they not imagine the new season, but they also have to worry about Kobe's state in the new season and the bad atmosphere of the Lakers. It will not lead to the outbreak of infighting within the team in the new season.

Barkley took the opportunity to mock Karl Malone again.

For this account, Karl Malone counted on Kobe's head...

Juwan, who enjoys eating melons, also successfully ended his body building plan at Grover's side amidst the turmoil of public opinion.

At present, Zhu Wan's 84kg bench press has reached 18 times. This is already the number of times that NBA players who are famous for their strength can complete, especially when Zhu Wan's wingspan does not have an advantage when doing this exercise. , this figure is even more frightening.

In addition, the maximum deadlift has reached 140kg!

However, in this test, his wingspan has an advantage, so his maximum deadlift capacity is actually not as scary as this number shows.

In addition, he also successfully gained 1 kg, and now his weight has come to 107 kg.

Grover's suggestion is not to gain weight for the time being, because it is not yet known whether Zhu Wanneng can carry out high-intensity confrontation under this weight. For example, Kobe chose to gain weight in order to increase his low-post confrontation ability, but he couldn't bear it after only one season. I lost weight and lost it back...

That's why Grover didn't continue to put on weight for Juwan.

What makes Zhu Wan a little regretful is that after the end of this training program, his explosive power still hasn't increased too much, but there is only a small increase that naturally occurs after his core strength becomes better.

Is it possible to learn from "God Turtle" and get injured?
However, Grover gave him a special suggestion: "You can find some sprint coaches to ask if there is any way to increase the explosive power of the first step! This may be able to make up for your lack of explosive power to a certain extent."

His words reminded Zhu Wan, and Su Shen said later that sprinting can also be accelerated through scientific methods.

And he vaguely remembered that Wade seemed to be more explosive after training with a sprint coach to improve the way of exerting force!
This made him feel a little more hopeful.

Although with his explosive power, even if he changes the way of exerting force, it is impossible to make a rapid change.

But even just increasing the explosive power of the first step, that's already a big change!
A small enhancement is also an enhancement!

(End of this chapter)