Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 179 [-].short list
"My manager, you don't want to make a phone call to care about your players if you have nothing to do. What's the matter today?" Kwame answered the phone and joked first.

"Hehe." Pekarin laughed dryly, "Isn't this because of your contract? Last time it was Kobe's sponsorship contract. You know Kobe is stubborn, but he doesn't want the adidas contract. There are so many NBA stars under Nike. , Negotiations are very troublesome. It’s hard for you to finish his work, now it’s your turn, how easy is it for me? "

This guy Pekarin started to complain again, Kwame smiled secretly, "Oh? You still have a time when you get tired of counting money! It's really rare!"

"Ahem, how can you talk about money? Talking about money hurts feelings! I just want to say how hard I have worked, and I don't feel tired. It is my bounden duty to fight for the players under my banner!" Pekarin hastily argued.

"No, no, no, don't talk about feelings with me, say that feelings hurt money." Kwame choked on Pekarin.

"..."

"Haha, well, I'm not kidding anymore. What's the matter with calling at this hour?" The other party was deflated to satisfy Kwame's little naughty taste, and stopped joking when he had had enough.

"Eh? Don't you know what I'm going to say?" Pekarin froze for a moment.

"...It was you who called me, how did I know what you were going to say!" Kwame was anxious.

"Damn, seeing you spank so easily, I thought you already knew it, aren't you afraid of making mistakes!" Pekarin was also anxious.

"Hehe." Kwame said with a sneer, "Well, if there is something urgent, you will definitely not speak in such a relaxed tone, will you? I am cooperating with you! Besides, I have been in the arena all the time, how would I know it happened? What, it must be a good thing for you to be so relaxed. What's the matter?"

"That's right. You started to hang out in the arena very early. Kobe did the same thing last summer. Last year he didn't have to be busy with endorsements. He took his wife to train at home for a summer. If he didn't go to China this year, plus If you are an idiot who is willing to soak in the arena right after the offseason, I will definitely train with you. I really don’t know why my players are all such boring people, so I just know how to train.” Pekarin said really Long-winded, but Kwame still listened quietly, and if he struck up a conversation, he didn't know where to talk.

"Excuse me. That's how it is. You know that the national team has changed coaches, right?" Pekarin suddenly said a nonsensical remark.

"Yeah! I heard that it was the coach of Duke University, Mike Krzyzewski. After graduating from high school, he invited me to go to his school to study in college. I decided on my draft pick early on, and I rejected it. But what does it have to do with me?" Krzyzewski's nickname is Old K, which comes from the fact that he has coached Duke for so many years and added the initials of his surname. here.The old coach K is not an ordinary coach. In [-], he became the only coach who coached the NCAA all the time in his career and was selected into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame during his coaching period. He also rejected invitations from many NBA teams many times. Insist on staying at Duke to teach.He officially became the coach of Duke University in [-]. In his [-]-year coaching career so far, he has led the team to the NCAA top league March Madness finals ten times, and won the NCAA top league championship three times!Such an achievement is unprecedented in the American coaching world.

Kwame suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that I was selected for the national team?!"

"That's right, old K invited you by name to join his team..."

The thing is like this, at the beginning of July, the American Basketball Management Center officially appointed the old coach K to become the coach of the US national team. After a series of handover procedures, the old K officially took office.Then, after thinking for a long time, Old K announced the nearly [-] players invited to the training camp of the US national team.Just today, Old K held a press conference and announced the invited players, including Kwame's name.

“I have two regrets throughout my coaching career, missing Kobe and Kwame. Needless to say, they are both talented players and are now the best players in the world, but their growth experience everyone We all know that the first two years of their careers were not going well, and they couldn't even guarantee playing time. It wasn't because of their ability, but the important point was that they were not old enough at that time for them to bear such a big challenge. Pressure. Especially Kwame, he didn't come to Duke in [-] and I was going crazy, you know? If he went to another team, I can think about it, but he went to a team with a paranoid, So he wasted three years that wouldn't have happened if he had come to my team. But now it's over, we've all had great experiences, and now we're on the team again. An opportunity to work together. So I hope he can come..." Old K is also getting old, and he said a lot of things that he didn't have. Those reporters were very happy. This kind of news is also good.

After listening to Pekarin, Kwame did feel a little regretful. If he had gone to Duke University...but the past would not make you choose again. Kwame did not fall into the state of "remember or not", Fell into the joy of being selected for the national team.Although it was only selected for the training camp, and it was only the training camp for the America's Cup, but at least he was selected, right?In the past few years, those big names were unwilling to play for the national team, fearing injury. Larry Brown was forced to let some players who had just entered the league and spend their rookie years join the national team, and then they were honorably tied with the national team. Worst record.But even in such a bleak period, Kwame has nothing to do with the national team. He has expectations for the selected countries.Now that he finally has this opportunity, he definitely won't refuse it.

"I'll be there," Kwame told Pekarin.

"I also want to persuade you to go. Kobe will definitely not go. His injury is just right and he needs to train himself stronger. The America's Cup is not a high-level competition. By the way, he can be your opponent for practice." Pei Karin actually wanted one of her players to play for the national team. There are not many people willing to join the US team these days. If she had one or two under her banner, her reputation would be much better and she would not be Others say that they become their own players to rest and make money for themselves instead of letting them play for the country.

"One more thing." Pekarin continued, "I have screened your sponsors for you. There are three contracts. Reebok's [-]-year [-] million contract. Every quarter there is an advertisement for you to shoot. Summer I have to go to at least [-] cities in [-] countries to do publicity. Then the contract given by adidas is [-] million for [-] years, which is also one advertisement per quarter, and then I will go to [-] cities in [-] countries in summer. Nike’s contract is [-] million for [-] years Wan, the commercial shooting time is negotiable. In addition to China, France, Italy, and Japan, you must go to other countries in summer. If you don’t want to go to other places, you don’t have to go. Although Nike’s contract is the least expensive, I suggest you choose them , make peace with them and one day they may help you build your own brand, which the other two cannot provide, and their conditions are more comfortable.” Pekarin personally hopes that her two largest The player of the same brand advertises for the same sponsor. After all, the two are in the same team. This can not only enhance the communication between the two, but also avoid conflicts between the two. I deliberately went to find the right time for the two of them alone.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, let's just go to Nike! Adidas is so stingy, no wonder other players have run away." Kwame doesn't care who to advertise for, of course he can compete with someone with rich experience in advertising like Kobe. It's much easier to be together, he is naturally willing, and he doesn't trust the character of adidas, as he can see from kicking Kobe away.Kwame did not expect that he and Kobe's decision would make adidas be overwhelmed by Nike for decades to come.

"Well, you just wait for the basketball management center to notify you! The sneaker contract has been negotiated and I'm calling you. Come and take a look at that time, and sign the contract if there is no problem." Pekarin didn't talk nonsense anymore. He is now Knowing how good Kwame is at chatting nonsense, it takes a long time to talk about anything.

"I don't worry about you handling the matter. When the time comes, you can just ask me to sign it." Kwame trusts Pekarin quite a lot. He still understands the principle of whether to use people without suspicion or not. Otherwise, his first agent He would not have such great rights. Although he suffered a loss once, after changing his agent, Kwame still gave the new agent the greatest rights.

"No, this is a business! Although I have my professional ethics, you still have to take a closer look at this contract. This is the principle!" Pekarin is serious whenever she talks about work.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to take a shower for physical therapy, I won't tell you, let me know when it's done!" Kwame hung up the phone and walked to the locker room.

Pekarin turned off the phone helplessly. Why are these two guys like this? This is their money!Forget it, maybe that's how they will succeed!
The next day, the major media officially reported the invitees for this year’s America’s Cup U.S. national team training camp. A total of [-] people were invited, including Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Jason Kidd, and Kwame Brown. , Devin Wade, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Joe Johnson, Antawn Jamison, Sean Marion, Eric Leon Brand, Amare Stoudemire, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Brad Miller, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, Shane Battier, Gilbert Arenas, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, who just passed his rookie year, and Chris Paul, who didn't play a game, were all selected.The assistant coaches of the old coach K are also quite awesome. Mike D'Antoni, Rudy Tomjanovich, and Doug Collins, three world-class coaches, have become members of his coaching staff.

Kwame saw that the people in front of him didn't have any opinions, but even a rookie and a kid who wasn't even a rookie could be selected for the national team, and he kept complaining in his heart.

However, regarding this lineup, the director of the basketball management center said: "This is a standard American national team. If everyone we invite can come, then the team we select will definitely be the strongest in history. In this [-]-man country There are many versatile players in the team, with shooters, height, speed, role players, inside and outside defensive gates, and excellent players who connect the team. These players are the best candidates that we have carefully studied for a long time, and we have fully considered the players The style of the coach and the coaching philosophy of the coach. Our next important games are the World Championships next year and the BJ Olympics three years later. Of course, the first thing to do is to choose the most suitable players starting from the Copa America next month. This is also an important task. We will treat it like a world-class competition."

In fact, judging from this list, this ideal list includes all the championship winners since Jordan retired, all of whom have championship experience.

The work efficiency of the state agencies is very fast. Not long after the list was announced, Kwame received an invitation call. What a coincidence, or it may have been arranged on purpose. The person who invited Kwame was Rudy.Kwame did not hesitate, and happily accepted Rudy's invitation, agreeing to report to the Denver training camp before the [-]th.

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I was in a good state, and I was going to write [-] characters in one breath, but something happened that made my mood drop to the bottom in an instant.Let's talk about this kind of explosion later.I really can't write anymore.It was supposed to happen once a week.

But at least it’s 50 words, so give me some encouragement for counting votes.

(End of this chapter)