Guoshu basketball

Chapter 10 Dark layer transaction?

Phil also nodded. He has already seen the others. In this trial training, apart from Li Du, Farmar, who is also partnered with Li Du, is not bad. The others can't even adapt to the rhythm of the NBA. No, let alone confrontation.

So he turned to his assistant Brian Shaw and said, "Brian, you can handle the rest. Replace Li, I think we should have a good talk with him."

Brian Shaw immediately suspended the players on the field.When Li Du came over, Pelinka waved to him and let him go.Li Du and Pelinka followed Phil and left the training ground.

Looking at the direction they were leaving, Kwame Brown asked Fisher in a low voice: "Derek, that kid just now was really good. Will he be our teammate?"

Fisher didn't look back, just whispered: "I hope he will become our teammate, I don't want to have such a hopeless opponent!"

In the few rounds just now, Fisher felt that he was almost suffocated by Li Du!And no matter what method you think of or how hard you try, this kid will always find a way to deal with you very quickly, and what is going on with his strange movements always makes people feel that his whole body is full of confusion.

Li Du followed Pelinka to Phil Jackson's office.When Phil saw Li Du, he took the initiative to shake hands with him and praised: "You are such an incredible player, Li, our team needs a talent like you very much!"

Li Du thanked him. He wanted to ask if he could stay in the team, but he held back the words. Let Pelinka discuss these matters.

After the three of them sat down, Pelinka said first, "Phil, as you can see, a player like Lee is a genius no matter which team he is in, and he can even become a core player!"

Phil nodded, "Although I know this is the prelude to your lion's big opening, it is undeniable that Li is a talent I have never met before. He can just make up for the Lakers' current shortcomings on the perimeter. We really need someone like Li. player."

Then, Phil said to Pelinka: "I will ask Mr. Kupchak to select Lee in the first round of the draft, but it is hard to say what the specific pick is. After all, our pick this year is not high. If If it’s going to work now, I’m afraid it has to be done sooner!”

Pelinka knew that this was Phil expressing his attitude to himself, and he was also reminding himself that if he wanted to win a high pick for Li Du, it was already June and it was already too late!The draft picks of each family have been determined, and if you want to make some hidden transactions, you must do it now!
Nodding to Phil, Pelinka said, "Thank you very much, Phil! I think I know what to do!"

Seeing what Pelinka said, Phil didn't ask any more questions, and turned to Li Du and asked, "Li, through the training and confrontation just now, I already roughly know your characteristics, but I heard from Kobe that you The strongest thing is actually your defense. I watched your defense, it was shocking, and I can see that you are much more comfortable on the defensive end than on the offensive end, can you tell me why?"

Li Du smiled and explained: "Coach, did Kobe tell you that I grew up learning a special Chinese kung fu? For normal basketball players, they can show their bodies at will on the offensive end." Talent and technology, and basketball itself is a sport that is more beneficial to the offensive side. But for me, on the offensive end, others can give me physical contact, and I need to defend myself so that others will not interrupt my movements.”

Taking a deep breath, Li Du said: "For me, offense requires defense, but when defending, it becomes my offense!"

"I see!" Phil thought thoughtfully.

At this time, the office door rang, and the current general manager of the Lakers, Mitch Kupchak, walked in.This is a white-haired white man, tall and tall, but his voice is very gentle: "Phil, what's important to call me over so urgently?"

Zen Master nodded and introduced him: "Mitch, this is Li Du, I believe you have seen him before, this kid is an absolute genius, I want to sign him now, you can talk to Robert about the specific situation. Bar."

Kupchak didn't say much, and took Pelinka directly out of Zen Master's office.After they all left, the Zen Master continued to chat with Li Du: "I heard Kobe said that when he knew you, you were shooting and dunking crazily. What is your shooting percentage? When you officially play the game, what will your shooting percentage be?"

Li Du scratched his head and said, "Coach, it's really hard to say. If there is anyone interfering, the shooting percentage will be much worse, but I can assure you that unless there is serious interference or a foul, my shooting percentage will be lower." It will never be lower than 70%."

The Zen master nodded silently, and did not say much, and the two began to chat about other issues.After chatting with each other, Zen Master discovered that Li Du had a good grasp of basketball and mentality on the court, and how to do some details, he understood like an old player who has played for more than ten years!
Li Du is very humble about these things. As far as the so-called mentality is concerned, it is more important during a martial arts competition. After all, in a martial arts competition, life and death are just a matter of an instant. , The result of failure, nine times out of ten, is to lose one's own life!It can be said that there is no one in a million who can recover a life like Li Du's brother Shang Xiaolong and have a chance to recover!

Although Li Du doesn't like actual combat, as one of the inheritors of Shang's Xingyi, he has a lot of actual combat experience since he was a child, but he is usually forced, and will not actively seek opportunities for actual combat like his senior brother Shang Xiaolong.

In the next few days, Pelinka just called Li Du, or told him about the current negotiation situation, or asked him for some opinions, and never saw anyone.The only thing that is certain is that the Lakers are very interested in Li Du and hope to get him.

Now the main dispute between the two sides is mainly two aspects. On the one hand, the Lakers' draft pick this year is not high, only the 26th pick in the first round.According to NBA rules, even if the Lakers select Li Du in the first round, the salary of Li Du's rookie contract cannot exceed 150 million US dollars per year.

The Lakers management naturally hoped to introduce Li Du with the least salary, but the reason why Li Du chose to play for the Lakers was that he was not well-known, and there was Kobe’s recommendation here. A contract of at least 500 million U.S. dollars per year to pay for the follow-up treatment of the brother.If there is only such a small salary, it is not enough at all!
Pelinka is now trying to fight for a higher salary for Li Du, and has been arguing with the old profiteers of the Lakers management all day long.

Seeing that things are about to fall into an endless loop like this, it has been dragged on.If this is the case, it will be extremely unfavorable to Li Du, and he may not be able to enter the NBA this year!
So Pelinka became anxious and said that if the Lakers management does not give him and Li Du a satisfactory result, Li Du will be asked to try out with a high-ranking team. I believe that as long as Li Du is tested and trained Show the video of the confrontation to those teams, and there will always be a team willing to pay a high price to give Li Du a satisfactory answer.

At the same time, Kobe also said hello to Kupchak, if the Lakers can keep Li Du, he is willing to lower his annual salary.And if the Lakers can't keep Li Du, they must trade for a strong player during the season, otherwise, after this season, Kobe will jump out of his contract and play for other teams.

Kupchak had just hung up Kobe's phone when the office door rang and coach Phil Jackson came looking for him.The two have been good friends for many years. Seeing Kupchak's sad face, Phil Jackson knew what was going on. He sat down opposite Kupchak and said, "Mitch, it's for talking to Kupchak. About Li Du signing the contract? Actually, you don’t need to worry.”

Kupchak smiled wryly: "Why don't you rush! Our pick is not high. Even if we pick Li Du with the 26th pick in the first round, we can't give him the salary he wants. Pelinka has already let go of his harsh words." , Kobe also called just now."

Speaking of this, Kupchak sighed, "As the general manager, I am now in a dilemma. It is impossible to talk to other teams about swapping picks now, unless an unimaginable price is paid. .But Pelinka wouldn't talk to us at all if the pick wasn't high."

Phil laughed loudly and said, "You, you really play well within the rules, but haven't you ever thought about being outside the rules?"

Kupchak's eyes lit up when he heard what Phil said, and then he shook his head again: "No way. Many teams have done this in the past, but now the league has banned such private transactions. Discovered by the alliance, that guy Stern will definitely not spare us!"

Phil smiled and asked: "Tell me, this Li Du has such a high basketball talent, and his strength is also frighteningly strong, but why did he remain unknown before that? Why did he suddenly want to become a professional player and ask for an annual salary?" Can’t it be less than $500 million?”

"This..." Kupchak was speechless for a while. He really didn't know about Li Du's questions. All he knew was that Kobe accidentally discovered that this kid had a great basketball talent, so he recommended it to the Lakers.

Phil smiled unabated, "Let me tell you the story about Li Du."

As he said that, Phil told Kupchak a series of stories about how Kobe and Li Du met, how Li Du's brother was seriously injured, and he needed a lot of medical expenses to recover.

After listening to the story told by Phil, Kupchak pondered: "So, Li Du actually never thought of becoming a professional player, but he played because his brother needed a lot of medical expenses? That's for us What does it matter? How can you deal with him outside the rules?"

(End of this chapter)