Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 16 Rookie Contracts
Jonny stood still, took a photo with David Stern with a smile, and then, under the sign of the staff, entered a small room next to the venue, where a group of reporters were waiting to interview Jonny, And Jimmy Adams also followed at this time.

As soon as he entered the room, the flashing lights were on. Jonny squinted his eyes and sat on the press box with a smile on his face, waiting for the host to announce the start of the press conference.

Every selected rookie will have such a press conference, but the time will not be too long, about 3 minutes, and after 3 minutes, the next rookie will come in.

So the host quickly announced the start of the press conference, and then let the reporters ask questions freely.

"Hello, Mr. Jonny Lee, I'm Sam Amick, a reporter from USA Today. You were selected with the 27th pick in the first round. However, your name was not listed in the previous draft predictions. For this result, Are you surprised?" The first question was USA Today reporter Sam Amick.

Jonny’s answer to this question was simple: “It’s unexpected, but not unexpected.” In fact, Jonny is still a little nervous now. The last time he announced his participation in the draft, there were only two reporters. Now, in front of him is a group of reporters. A large group of reporters, holding long guns and short cannons, all pointed towards Johnny.

"Why?" Amick, a reporter from USA Today, was naturally dissatisfied with this answer, so he asked.

"Because before the draft, I got draft promises from some teams, so I knew I would definitely be selected, but I didn't expect that I would be selected in the first round." Jonny naturally said truthfully.

"Hi, Johnny, remember me? I'm NBA-Draft reporter Joe Vardon. I was there when you announced your participation in the draft. How do you feel about being selected by an NBA team this time?" The reporter who asked the question, Jonny immediately remembered, Joe Vaden, one of the only two reporters who interviewed him back then.

"What do I think, I think your predictions are all wrong, it's too wrong, because you didn't count me in." Jonny wanted to make a joke, so he asked Joe Varden's question. Clearly pointed out the mistakes of the media.

Unexpectedly, it was this answer that made a reporter at the scene a little angry. He sneered and stood up immediately.

"Mr. Johnny, you said we were wrong and didn't count you in, but how can you be sure that the Magic is not wrong?"

Hearing this sudden rhetorical question, Johnny froze for a moment. He looked at the reporter. It was a treacherous young white man with gold-rimmed glasses, and the young white man saw Johnny looking at him. Go, and said calmly: "I am a reporter from ESPN, and my name is Henry Abbott."

Johnny narrowed his eyes. The reporter named Henry Abbott's question just now was obviously questioning his strength.

"I know the strength of my agent. It's not the Magic who misjudged it, but the team in front may have misjudged it." Before Jonny could speak, Jimmy Adams couldn't help it.

"Ha, haha, what a big joke, what do you think? Then I think your agent is struggling to play in the amateur league!" Henry Abbott laughed a few times, obviously mocking Johnny.

"Are you a fart!?" Johnny couldn't take it anymore. He was so happy that he was directly made unhappy by this annoying reporter, so he just started complaining.

"What am I? Haha, all I know is that the Magic are going to miss this year's draft." Henry Abbott didn't scold Johnny, but kept mocking Johnny's strength.

"Then just wait and see, I hope your glasses won't be broken because of surprise." Johnny surprisingly didn't scold Henry Abbot again, but responded to Henry Abbot with the same sarcasm.

As for the scolding between Johnny and Henry Abbott, the other reporters were very excited. They got a breaking news, a dispute between a well-known reporter in the industry and a dark horse in the draft?Who is right?
And Henry Abbott ignored the expressions of his colleagues watching the excitement, and continued: "Well, I will wait for you to play in line with this pick!" Henry Abbott said directly, he has already I got Jonny's physical measurement data, and this data further strengthened Henry Abbott's belief that it is impossible for this Asian kid to gain a foothold in the NBA.

Jonny was a little unhappy, and at this time, the host also began to urge him to leave, because the next rookie was about to enter the small room.

Jonny was a little unhappy at first, but when he heard the host urging him, he asked casually with a bad attitude: "Who, why are you in such a hurry?"

The host was also helpless, and replied casually: "Prest Lauderdale, the Eagles just selected him."

As soon as Johnny heard it, he immediately became happy again. This guy was still triumphant in front of Johnny just now, but now he fell behind him. Johnny rolled his eyes, and then said to the host: "Then you let him Come in first, I want to send him my blessing."

The host walked out in a daze, and then called Prest Lauderdale who was already waiting outside the door of the small room.

And when Lauderdale walked into the small room, Jonny greeted him, shook hands with Lauderdale enthusiastically with a smile, and then smiled and said to the somewhat dull Lauderdale: "Congratulations!" You, Prest, are surprised that you were chosen after me! Delighted!"

There was a trace of sullenness on Lauderdale's face. Obviously, Johnny was using words to insult him. Lauderdale's face twitched a few times, and he smiled expressionlessly: "Congratulations to you too. Congratulations." He quickly let go of his hand, and then walked away in embarrassment, obviously not wanting to talk to Johnny anymore.

Johnny let go of his hand, feeling very comfortable all over, and then floated away.

As soon as he got out of the small room, Jimmy Adams laughed: "Johnny, you really have it!"

"Of course" Johnny is very cool now, he has already left that annoying reporter behind, and the staff of the Magic team who was waiting outside the door directly took him to the hotel of the Magic uniform team in New Jersey , where they will sign.

When Jonny and Jimmy Adams stepped into the hotel room, several people in the room stood up to welcome Jonny and Jimmy Adams.

"Oh it's you?!"

And when Jonny saw that mustache, it suddenly dawned on him that the Magic chose him because of him.

"Of course, we met again. Next, we will be teammates!" Anfernee Hardaway smiled and extended his hand to Johnny.

And Johnny will naturally not look at Anfernee Hardaway with unkind eyes like the last time we met. After all, if it weren’t for this guy, Johnny would not have been selected by the Magic. Jonny naturally smiled and shook hands with Anfernee Hardaway.

"Okay, you should know each other, but Johnny may not know me yet, so let me introduce myself first." The middle-aged man next to Anfernee Hardaway spoke.

"I'm John Gabriel, the general manager of the Magic." Gabriel also extended his hand, and Jonny shook hands with the kind middle-aged man.Soon, they sat down on the sofa.

"We came to you because of the contract. Anferney hopes that the team can confirm the contract with you as soon as possible, and then start preparations for the new season. So, let's talk about it." John Gabriel said directly Entering the topic, there is actually nothing to say, because the rookie salary cap regulations issued by the league last year, the range of rookie contracts that can be negotiated is actually not large.

"Okay, then can we look at the contract first?" Jimmy Adams also knew about this, so he directly asked for the contract. As long as there is no problem with the contract, he can sign it directly.

John Gabriel took out a contract and handed it to Jimmy Adams. Jimmy Adams then began to look at it clause by clause, but Jonny didn't read the contract. He trusted Jimmy Adams very much, and this Even if the contract was shown to him, he might not understand it.

It took Jimmy Adams an hour to read it, and Jonny was a bit bored waiting for it. After an hour, Jimmy Adams nodded to Jonny. There was no problem with the contract, so Jonny picked up a pen and signed it.

There is indeed no problem with the contract. This is a 2+1 contract. The salary in the first year is 53.56, and it will increase year by year. However, Johnny doesn’t want to forget about the salary in the next two years. Anyway, this salary is enough for him to live on. That's it.

Of course, Jonny also has a dream about a big contract. He has already thought that in three years, he will sign a contract bigger than Jordan.

(End of this chapter)