Guoshu basketball

Chapter 11 Before the Draft
Phil shook his head and scolded with a smile: "You are such a brainless person. Isn't Li Du short of money now! His solution is to get enough treatment fees by playing in the league. If he becomes our team member, his body will For the team, it’s right to care about your players? We’ll pay off his senior brother’s medical expenses for the next three to five years, soon? Let’s say to the outside world, this is the team’s charitable help to the players! Stern also There's no way to say anything."

When Kupchak heard it, it was a good idea!In this way, Li Du can be selected with the original pick, and Li Du should agree! "Phil, you old fox, you are actually more suitable to be the general manager than me!" Kupchak laughed happily.

"The benefits of doing this are more than that!" Phil smiled even more, shaking his fingers: "The benefits of doing this are more than this! The Chinese are a nation that pays attention to revenge, and Li Du is even more so. Why did he Willing to wait until now and not go to other teams for trial training? I just want to repay Kobe’s kindness to him. And I heard that Li Du’s master is an extremely brilliant Kung Fu master. He is now helping Kobe with massage every day. , when the new season starts, Kobe will be even stronger! If we helped Li Du in his most difficult time, do we still need to worry about him not working hard for us in the future? Do we need to worry about him going to another team after he becomes really strong? ?”

"Hahahaha! Phil, you're such an old fox! But I like it!" Kupchak laughed loudly, as if all his worries were gone, and slapped the red solid wood desk hard, "We will Do it like this!"

Early the next morning, Pelinka received a call from Kupchak, inviting him and Li Du to come to the Lakers to discuss important matters with them, and said that Pelinka and Li Du would be satisfied!
Pelinka found Li Du, explained the situation to Li Du, and then asked, "How is it, Li? The price offered by the Lakers is too low. Their draft pick is the bottom of the first round. If you don't want to, I will reject the Lakers now and find you another team for trial training, there is still time to contact them now."

Li Du shook his head lightly, and said: "Robert, let's go and listen to the opinions of the Lakers first. Since Mr. Kupchak said that he will give us a satisfactory answer, it's better for us to go and listen. Besides, I I also hope to stay in Los Angeles."

Pelinka knew that the reason why Li Du wanted to stay in Los Angeles was to take care of his senior brother, so he stopped talking and took Li Du directly to the Staples Center.

When they came to Staples, after the two met Kupchak, Kupchak said the first thing: "Mr. Li Du, I heard that your brother was seriously injured and needed a lot of medical expenses. That's why you want to play in the league in the first place, isn't it?"

Li Du and Pelinka looked at each other, and Li Du replied: "That's right, that's why I have always insisted that the salary provided by the team should not be low."

Kupchak nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Li Du, I admire your frankness, and I am moved by the brotherhood between you and your senior brother."

Li Du and Pelinka didn't answer the conversation. They knew that what Kupchak really wanted to say came later.Sure enough, Kupchak went on to say: "However, Mr. Li Du, please forgive me, the Lakers' draft pick this year is really not high. If we go to other teams to exchange draft picks now, we will have to pay a huge price." Not to mention, the trade may be blocked by the league. Therefore, we can only use the 26th pick in the first round to select you."

After Pelinka listened, he glared and was about to pull Li Du away. Kupchak immediately said, "You two, please don't be impatient. Please listen to me."

Li Du gently tugged Pelinka, "Robert, let's listen to Mr. Kupchak."

After Pelinka sat down, Kupchak continued: "We all know, in fact, Mr. Li Du, you definitely have the strength to enter the top three in the draft. As compensation for only being selected with a low pick, when you join the Lakers Afterwards, in the name of funding and charity, we will pay off your brother's treatment expenses for the next three years in one lump sum!"

"What?" Li Duteng stood up suddenly, grabbed Kupchak's hand excitedly and asked, "Sir, are you really willing to help me?"

Li Du's strength is so great that Kupchak's hand was so painful that he squeezed it, and said quickly: "Of course, Mr. Li Du, please calm down, my hand hurts!"

Only then did Li Du come to his senses, and quickly let go of his hand, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, "Sorry, Mr. Kupchak, I'm too excited."

At this time, Pelinka asked Kupchak: "There is no free lunch in the world, Mr. Kupchak, what conditions do you have for doing this?"

Li Du also nodded, and sincerely said to Kupchak: "Mr. Kupchak, please state your conditions, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse!"

Pelinka smiled wryly in his heart, how can there be such a negotiation?As soon as I came up, I first showed my bottom.But since Li Du said so, Pelinka had no choice but to listen to Kupchak's talk about the conditions of the Lakers.

Kupchak smiled and said: "We have two conditions. First, ordinary players have some independent options in the third year of their rookie contract, including the option to become a free agent, but Mr. Li Du does not have this option. In the third year of the rookie contract, it is up to us to choose whether to continue to sign with you, of course, if Mr. Li Du can play up to your worth at that time, the salary can naturally be negotiated."

Li Du didn't understand this, so he looked at Pelinka. After Pelinka explained to Li Du, Li Du said, "Yes, I agree with this." It would take at least three years for senior brother Shang Xiaolong to recover, and According to Master Shang Yun, if Li Du wants to repay the kindness of the Lakers and Kobe, it is best to stay with the Lakers throughout his career!

Kupchak nodded and continued: "Second, if we continue to sign Mr. Li Du after three years, Mr. Li Du cannot choose a short-term contract. It needs to be signed for at least five years, and during the contract period, Mr. Li Du cannot Execute the player option, and we can implement the team option on Mr. Li Du according to the situation."

Under Pelinka's explanation, Li Du understood that he would be with the Lakers for the next 8 years, and the Lakers could trade him or lay him off, but he could not become a free agent and look for other teams.As for the salary, it depends on how much Li Du can achieve after the rookie contract expires.

So Li Du and Pelinka discussed it for a while, and then said to Kupchak: "Mr. Kupchak, we agree with this."

With a happy smile on Kupchak's face, he beckoned his assistant to bring over the pre-prepared contract, and said: "We signed an intentional contract, this contract is confidential, please don't let others know. Otherwise you I will face punishment from the league! Mr. Li Du, look, if there is no problem, we will sign this contract first, and then after the draft is over, we will sign a formal contract. Go to the alliance for the record."

Li Du gave the contract to Pelinka. Pelinka is an expert in this area, and he doesn't understand anything.It took Pelinka a long time to read the contract word by word, and finally said to Li Du: "There is no problem with this contract, and it is the same as what we discussed."

Li Du immediately took the contract and signed his name.Kupchak stretched out his hands and held Li Du tightly, "Mr. Li Du, I welcome you on behalf of the Lakers!"

"Thank you, Mr. Kupchak, I'm honored to be part of the Lakers!"

Kupchak laughed, "Mr. Li Du, can you do me a favor?"

Li Du nodded and said, "Of course, Mr. Kupchak."

Kupchak smiled and said, "Please stop calling me Mr. Kupchak, call me Mickey!"

Li Du also smiled, "Okay, Mickey!"

The big event was finalized, and Li Du's heart was finally settled. Pelinka took full responsibility for the follow-up matters. Basketball, about the Lakers and the current state of the league.

For a long time, Li Du believed that Kobe was similar to what was reported by the outside world, paranoid, fanatical, and somewhat unreasonable.But after getting along with him, he found that if you and Kobe have a temper, he is a very good person, and he has a deep and unique understanding of basketball, from when basketball was just invented, down to the current players and famous coaches of various teams. , Their style of play is good or bad, where their strengths are, and where their weaknesses are, Kobe can know them all.

But it’s not wrong to say that he is paranoid. Kobe has a weird paranoia about victory, and he can’t bear himself and his teammates to accept defeat!His theory is: there is no need to accept failure, because one day, he will win!If you accept failure, there will be another failure, so that you will never win again!

This is obviously paranoia about victory, but Li Du is very in line with Kobe's temper on this point.In martial arts competitions, one cannot fail, once one fails, the boxer will lose everything!Therefore, most boxers will practice hard for revenge after failure!Li Du has accepted such a concept since he was a child, and it happens to coincide with Kobe!

Soon it was the day of the draft. Li Du bid farewell to the master's family and flew to New York with Pelinka.

The annual draft is held in New York, Madison Square Garden, which is the holy land of the basketball world and the Mecca of the basketball world.Every year, the talent show here affects the minds, interests, and even fate of countless people.

Li Du's fate will be officially rewritten here!

On the day of the draft, under the leadership of Pelinka, Li Du arrived at the meeting early.

(End of this chapter)