Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 14 14 [New Contract]

From four consecutive losses to three consecutive victories, although this seems to be the style of the Spurs coached by Popovich, it is undeniable that this is a signal of bottoming out.

Among them, Jiang Hao from China has become the most noteworthy player in this wave of three-game winning streak.

Scored 21 points against the Memphis Grizzlies, 20 against the Washington Wizards and another 20 against the Toronto Raptors.

After 3 games, he averaged 20+ per game. Is this the level of a player with a two-way contract?
There is no doubt that people are feeling that the Spurs are about to find a treasure again this time.

The Spurs themselves felt the same way, so they didn't make Jiang Hao wait too long. The day after returning to San Antonio, general manager RC Buford brought the good news of the contract extension.

"There is no doubt that you have proved your strength to everyone through three games, we need you, so, Jiang, take a look, this is our new contract"

Buford then handed over a stack of materials to Jiang Hao.

"A one-year contract worth $57.3862?"

The type of contract is similar to what he expected, but the amount is too small, Jiang Hao looked at Buford.

"Maybe you don't know much about this year's basic salary contract, but in fact, the offer we gave is completely in accordance with the rules, because you have not played in the league for more than one year, so you can only get so much "

According to Buford, he planned to sign Jiang Hao with a three-year contract worth $3 million, but his proposal was not agreed by Holman.

In Holman's view, Jiang Hao's performance in these three games is indeed outstanding, but he relies more on 3-pointers to score, and he has not shown greater potential to the team.

Of course, Buford knew that this was just Holman's stingy rhetoric. He had discussed it with Popovich. It is entirely possible for Jiang Hao to improve in an all-round way, and he has great potential.

Of course, whether it is Buford or Popovich, they can only follow Holman's wishes in the end, after all, he is the boss.

"Ok, I agree"

Jiang Hao didn't struggle with this for too long. He is now confident and doesn't worry about his next contract at all.

The most important thing at this stage is to stabilize and use every opportunity to improve yourself. As long as your ability improves, don't you worry that no one will give you a big contract next summer?

A day later, when the news that the Spurs converted Jiang Hao's two-way contract into a regular NBA contract was officially announced, it caused a certain sensation in the outside world, especially in China on the other side of the ocean.

After Yao Ming retired and Yi Jianlian returned to the CBA, there have been no Chinese players in the NBA for a long time. This has made many Chinese people who pay attention to and support Chinese basketball very worried.

Last season, the Houston Rockets selected Zhou Qi with No. 43 in the second round, and the Memphis Grizzlies selected Wang Zhelin with No. 58 in the second round, giving the Chinese people hope again.

But it is a pity that Zhou Qi did not log in to the NBA until this season. Although he signed a four-year rookie contract with the Rockets for a period of more than 500 million US dollars, until now, Zhou Qi seems to have not been recognized by D'Antoni. There are very few, and his own ability to adapt to the NBA seems not to be ideal, which has led to more and more people not being optimistic about his future in the NBA. As for Wang Zhelin, the Grizzlies have never contacted him at all.

A few months ago, when the Spurs unexpectedly selected Jiang Hao with the second-round pick, many people actually paid Jiang Hao a lot of attention. After all, it was the Spurs.

But everyone knows the story afterwards. The world is as dark as crows, and the Spurs are not philanthropists after all. They didn't give Jiang Hao a two-way contract that seemed to have no future until the start of the new season.

Although some domestic media still pay attention to Jiang Hao, but to be honest, this kind of attention is just a routine.

And all of this, until this past week, when things changed dramatically.

Jiang Hao is like a super genius who "turned out of nowhere", 3+ in 20 consecutive games, completely causing a sensation in the domestic sports circle.

Up to now, the headlines of major domestic sports media are all about Jiang Hao, and the news that the Spurs converted Jiang Hao's two-way contract into a regular contract has quickly reached the top of Weibo's hot search list.

"Who is Jiang Hao?"

"NCAA University of North Carolina starter"

"Could it be the next Jeremy Lin?"

"After Chinese player Jeremy Lin staged "Lin Crazy" in 2012, Jiang Hao is likely to stage "Jiang Crazy""

In short, Jiang Hao is popular, and he is completely popular in China.

It's just that Jiang Hao, who is far away in San Antonio, doesn't know all of this.

Although he also has domestic social media accounts, he has not logged in at all during this period. After signing a new contract with the Spurs, he has no intention of paying attention to various reactions on the Internet, but can't wait to come here. training hall.

Because when signing the contract yesterday, Buford told him that the coaching staff will officially start guiding him. For example, Chip Englander will serve as his ball handling and shooting coach, and he can also ask Udoka for some defensive essentials, etc. .

"Jiang, try to catch the ball like this, push your thumbs up hard, but never touch the ball with your palm..."

Englander is very professional and has enough patience with Jiang Hao. At the beginning, he even taught Jiang Hao the correct posture to hold the ball.

And the learning talent shown by Jiang Hao made England feel unbelievable. He was shocked in his heart. Why did Jiang Hao with such talent almost become undrafted?

"Because I'm from Asia, I'm of yellow race, I'm not an insider, and my NCAA statistics can only be considered average. That's the reason." Jiang Hao's self-deprecating answer made Englander ashamed.

This is too inappropriate, maybe he has to make a suggestion to the scouting department, and Asian players should not be treated so hastily anymore.

.........

After Jiang Hao finished training with the team in the afternoon, he did not leave the training hall, but practiced alone until after nine o'clock in the evening before leaving the training hall.

"Shaw, let's celebrate together"

After returning to the rental house, Jiang Hao took the initiative to find Xiao En, and settled all the previously arrears of the rent. Although he hadn't received a dime for the new contract just signed, at least the signing of the two-way contract was fully credited today. .

"Oh, great, congratulations, Jiang"

A week later, Sean was a little excited when he saw Jiang Hao again. He scored 3 points in 20 consecutive games. Is this still the down-and-out Chinese boy he knew?
Although he kept telling Jiang Hao that he would definitely be able to gain a foothold in the NBA, there was obviously more encouragement in it.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hao really did it. From the two-way contract to the formal contract, many people in San Antonio now know about Jiang Hao, which is really unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)