Healing Basketball

Chapter 8

"Jess, I think we can apply for a trade, you don't necessarily have to go to the Trail Blazers."

"Bill, there's no need to apply for a deal. I don't even have a contract. How can I apply for a deal? Threatening not to sign a contract? What if their boss doesn't make a deal? What should we do? Ask for a deal later? I don't want to lose face... Don't worry, I am a law-abiding foreigner."

"..."

At the beginning, this kid heard the name of the Trail Blazers as if he had eaten Xiang, but now he is eager to try!

Bill Duffy wondered, isn't it because you are afraid that you will break the law when you go there?

Fortunately, when Bill Duffy observed Anthony in the past season, he also observed Liu Xiu, who had suddenly emerged in the middle and late seasons of the season. He found that although Liu Xiu had a background in campus gangs, he never caused trouble. .

Speaking of loyalty is somewhat similar to Anthony, so they can be mixed together.

Uh... righteousness?Bill Duffy's tension has dropped a lot.

Liu Xiu and Anthony have a sense of loyalty, and they have a sense of loyalty with the Trail Blazers.

At noon, the NBA official website has announced the trade of the Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies sent out rookie Liu Xiu with the [-]th overall pick in the first round and veteran Wesley Persson, and got Bunch Wells from the Trail Blazers.

这笔交易开拓者队方面怎么看怎么亏，01-02赛季的时候邦奇-威尔斯场均17分6板2.8助攻1.5抢断，现在也才27岁。

In fact, the Trail Blazers wanted a player at first, but they were picked up by the logo man.

Not surprisingly, the operation of the Trail Blazers was scolded again.

In the past two years, no matter whether the Trail Blazers made good operations or bad operations, the final result was scolded.

For example, in the summer of 02, the Trail Blazers introduced two high-quality point guards, Jeff McGinnis and Antonio Daniels. Judging from the strength of the trade at the time, the Trail Blazers made a profit, but both were lost in the Trail Blazers. The performance of the game is far from the bargaining chips they sent away. When the core lineup is still at its peak, the strength of reinforcements has not increased but decreased.

In the end, it naturally became a poor operation of being attacked.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Bill Duffy had already taken Anthony to complete the contract with the Nuggets, and now he took his relatives and friends to have fun again with a check for 30% of his salary drawn in advance.

Anthony's side went very well, and the Nuggets directly gave 120% of the maximum salary. According to the rules, the team can give rookies a 20% uplift in fixed contracts.

It's all here, Bill Duffy can only instruct Liu Xiu on what to say and what not to say when meeting with the Trail Blazers for a while.

Bill Duffy took Liu Xiu and the lawyer to the restaurant that he had made an appointment with the Trail Blazers in advance and chatted for a while. At 6 pm, several people from the Trail Blazers came to the restaurant.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, we went straight to the topic.

Bill Duffy took the contract handed over by the other party's lawyer, and instead of showing it to his own lawyer, he opened it and looked at the salary...

'Fat tree...'

Although, Bill Duffy is less worried about Liu Xiu going to the Trail Blazers.

But who would like to send their players there if they have nothing to do?
There are always tricks, like picking on salary.

Although few teams have the shame to fluctuate downwards when giving rookie contracts, not every team will be willing to fluctuate their salaries upwards.

Like Bill Duffy last year, the Rockets were willing to give Yao Ming a 20% salary increase, and they were only willing to give 10% at first.

Therefore, Bill Duffy is going to bite the bullet and apply for a deal if he doesn't pay 120% of his salary.

This is a legitimate reason, much more useful than threatening not to sign a contract.

But now he remembered that the Trail Blazers didn't care about the 20% salary at all...

The Trail Blazers are the kings of the luxury tax in the past few years since the luxury tax!
The entire basketball circle knows that the Knicks are rich and powerful, but it is because the Knicks spend a lot of money and have poor results that they are more famous.

In fact, there are two teams that spend as much money as the Knicks, one is the Mavericks and the other is the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers seemed to come in a hurry. Liu Xiu could see that the process was going very fast, and he hardly communicated with him. The vicious-looking head coach informed him to gather in Orlando on July 7.

Looking at the check for 30% of the rookie season's salary that was withdrawn in advance... Every team will bring a check when they sign a rookie that they value.

Most NBA players were very poor before entering the NBA, and some even had no food after losing the draft.

Liu Xiu naturally chose to withdraw when the other party asked.

The Trail Blazers are rich and powerful, with a starting salary of $149 million, an increase of 20%, and a starting salary of $178 million. The second and third years of the rookie contract increase by 5%, the second year is $187 million, and the third year is $197 million. In the fourth year, the US dollar increased by 26.1% on the basis of the third year, to 248 million US dollars.

Liu Xiu heard that Jarvis Hayes, the 179th pick in the first round of the Wizards, has a salary of $1 million, which is only $[-] higher than him. Michael Pietrou of the Warriors Nick Collison of the Sonics and the Sonics has a salary increase of [-]%, which is lower than him.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu felt that the Trail Blazers still had something cute.

'We are now NBA players!rich! '

……

Early the next morning, Bill Duffy took Liu Xiu to the VIP room of the bank and performed the operation he had done with Anthony yesterday.

Cashing checks, drawing commissions, recommending stable funds, informing the time and method of salary distribution for the new season...

"My suggestion is that every time you get your salary, use the highest tax standard to calculate and buy a sum of money into those stable funds, and agree to pay it before next year's tax day... Anyway, Jess, remember to pay the tax I have enough money left!"

"Don't worry, I'm a law-abiding foreigner."

Why doesn't this sound like a good person?
Do good people repeat themselves as good people?
Bill Duffy really doesn't want his players to go to the Trail Blazers, but things have come to this point, and he can only accept this situation. No agent wants his players to go to the Trail Blazers, but there are always more than a dozen Players are going to be not.

The selected rookies are easy to deal with. Bill Duffy arranged the three selected rookies in two days, but the next one is the busiest. There are still seven or eight undrafted picks that have not been arranged. All of the 10 or so players signed every year can enter the NBA. In most cases, those who can finally enter the NBA are all selected.

After finishing Liu Xiu's affairs, Bill Duffy started busy again.

At noon, Liu Xiu and Anthony, who had been high for two days, made an appointment for a meal alone. Next, Liu Xiu will return to Syracuse, and Anthony will return to Baltimore to accompany relatives and friends, and will soon start a new life.

After fighting side by side on and off the court for a year, when the two decided to leave college and enter the NBA, they thought about what it would be like to part ways.

But when we really parted, there was really not so much love for children, but more blessings for each other and expectations for ourselves.

……

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Syracuse, a city in central New York State, also known as Yancheng, used to be a big salt industry city in the United States. Now the salt industry has declined, but culture, education, tourism... and other consumer fields are very developed. Syracuse University, a core industry in the education industry, is a university A world-class prestigious school, the school’s public administration major ranks first in the United States, and several majors such as architecture, tourism, and law are among the top ten in the United States.

Like other wealthy cities in the United States, residents with a little money will move from the city's neighborhoods to the suburbs.

In the past two years, most people couldn’t afford to move, even if they made enough money, they still couldn’t afford to move. After the Internet bubble crisis, a lot of money was transferred from the stock market to the property market. In the past two years, housing prices have gone crazy. up.

And Liu Xiu knew that this was just the beginning.

Liu Xiu looked at the house in front of him where he had lived for several months, including the original memory, where he had boarded for three years...' My cheap uncle is so lucky! '

A few years ago, the entire United States was buying stocks. Countless people sold their real estate and fixed assets to buy stocks, and housing prices plummeted.

His cheap uncle also bought stocks, but after earning enough money, which is the money to buy a house, he sold the stocks and bought a house.

Then the dot-com bubble burst...

When Liu Xiu heard about this for the first time, she lamented that even an ordinary person with no ambitions could earn enough money for half his life in a few months.

In the early 90s, I picked up an American girl who traveled to China, got a green card and went to work in the United States. I didn’t forget to take care of my sister’s son. When Liu Xiu was in high school, he was busy helping Liu Xiu to complete Syracuse University. Let Liu Xiu borrow it for three years...

Whether it is in memory or personal experience in the past few months, Liu Xiu has felt a strong family affection in a foreign country.

It's just that the family relationship is a bit heavy now...'I knew I wouldn't buy so many things. '

Liu Xiu is now in front of the villa, with big and small bags hanging on her body, it doesn't matter if she puts it down, it's hard to get the keys if she doesn't put it down...

Liu Xiu is very conflicted now, should he put the things down and pick up the keys, or should he try harder?
When I got out of the car just now, the driver managed to hang things on him, and now put them down... slowly take them one by one, what a hassle!
The current Liu Xiu, affected by the lack of training, is becoming more and more lazy... It's not that he doesn't want to do anything, but that he always thinks about the best solution when doing things, and if he can't think of it, he won't force it.

'Your nephew is returning to his hometown...no, he passed the Jinshi exam...not right...doesn't anyone greet your rich nephew when he comes back? '

Liu Xiu remembered that he called his aunt!
At this time, the sound of 'dong dong dong dong' sounded.

This running sound... not good!
The moment the door was opened, Tiannv Liu Xiu threw things everywhere like scattered flowers, a loli flew up, and Liu Xiu caught it skillfully.

"Your sister... no, this is my sister..."

After Liu Xiu blew out, looking at the two sides and the large and small bags thrown on the wall and bounced into the yard, she suddenly felt a little convinced by herself.

Asking him to do it again, he really doesn't think he's repeating the rainstorm...it's too evenly dispersed!

"Brother is so stingy! Go to New York by yourself and don't take me with you!"

Qing'er had an expression of "coax me quickly, and don't coax me anymore".

It's just... Liu Xiu supported the back of the unlucky sister... just now it was too troublesome to put a few pieces on the ground carefully, but now they are all over the place, which is even more troublesome, so angry!
You have to teach yourself a lesson this time!
"Okay, I will take you with me next time I go out, come down quickly, and help me get my things in."

"I do not want!"

"Okay, I'll do it myself, luckily I didn't buy those bottles and cans..."

(End of this chapter)