The rise of basketball legends

To be honest, there is no team that Chen Yan particularly wants to go to.

Even if there is, it is useless. The NBA draft is a one-way selection. The team selects players, and the players have no right to reject the team.

Although players can express their willingness to go through various channels before the start of the draft, as long as they are selected, they have to go to work obediently.

Unless you choose not to report, but this is too risky, and almost no one will do it.

This is why most rookies can't get to their favorite team.

However, the draft is always accompanied by a large number of transactions, and Chen Yan's future is not necessarily limited to the five teams that have won the top five picks. Everything is still unknown.

On the night when the lottery ceremony ended, many teams sent invitations to Chen Yan for trial training.

"Chen, so far I have received invitations from 9 teams to try out for you, namely the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Knicks, Eagles, Trail Blazers, Celtics, Supersonics, Mavericks and Suns." Room Inside, agent Bill Duffy said, taking out the small notebook he carried with him.

9 NBA teams have sent invitations to Chen Yan for trial training, but it does not mean that only 9 NBA teams are interested in Chen Yan.

Many teams felt that their draft picks were too low and they would definitely not be able to get Chen Yan, so they decided not to waste each other's time.

It's like chasing after a goddess, full of love in my heart, but I can only choose to give up when I touch my pocket.

"Bill, do you have any suggestions for trial training?" Chen Yan asked.

"First of all, I don't recommend you to go to the Timberwolves for trial training. Minnesota's small market and poor environment are not conducive to the long-term development of players. In addition, Garnett, the boss of the Timberwolves, is not a good deal, especially he is very unfriendly to rookies."

Bill Duffy is roughly right, but Garnett's treatment of rookies can no longer be described as unfriendly, it is even more ruthless than his opponents!

In 2004, after finishing training, the 21-year-old rookie Ricotte happily challenged his childhood idol Kevin Garnett for a one-on-one duel.

"Wolf King" generously agreed to the young man's request, he likes to teach rookies in the team how to behave.

But who would have thought that Ricotte was so hot that he scored consecutive points in front of Garnett, and the teammates watching the game followed suit, which made the boss of the Timberwolves feel very embarrassed.

After Ricott succeeded in singles again, Garnett suddenly exerted his strength!

It's just that this force doesn't refer to the force on the court, but the force of the fist, which exploded Ricott's jaw!

The unsuspecting Ricotte immediately fell to the ground on his back, bleeding from his mouth.

Afterwards, Richote's jaw was stitched seven times and his teeth were knocked out, leaving a shadow and a miserable batch.

Bill Duffy considered Chen Yan comprehensively, even his teammates' personalities were within his consideration.

"In addition, I don't think the Grizzlies need to go to training. I just received inside information that Jerry West is about to leave. If this is the case, the Grizzlies management will definitely return to the initial chaos. It's hard to get value out of a chaotic team."

After hearing Bill Duffy's words, Chen Yan felt that it was an extremely correct choice for him to be his agent!

Because he is a time traveler and has the perspective of God.

陈炎前世2007、2008、2009连续三年灰熊的运气其实都不错，分别获得了4号签、3号签和2号签。

This kind of signing will take off directly for the Thunder, maybe they can get another third young man.

But who did the Grizzlies' smart front office pick?

Conley, Mayo, Thabeet...

Among the three, only Conley was considered to have paid back their capital, and the other two were directly wiped out.

It can be said that they don't even understand how bad they are, let alone talk about the team improving their record.

A Grizzly without a LOGO man is a mess, the kind that's rotten to the bone.

"What about you? Chen, what do you think about the trial training?"

Bill Duffy offered his own advice and, of course, listened to employer feedback.

"I think it's OK, but I don't think it's necessary to go to the Knicks' trial training."

"Why? The Knicks are one of the best big ball markets, how can they give you exposure beyond imagination!"

Bill Duffy was a little surprised, because generally few rookies would take the initiative to reject the Knicks. After all, New York is a paradise for basketball players.

For this, Chen Yan gave a very legitimate reason.

That's... Knicks is so stupid that only money is left, what are you doing there?

Although the Knicks have a huge market, the management is even more chaotic than the Grizzlies. It is an indisputable fact that most players are abolished when they go there.

Moreover, the Knicks only have the No. 23 pick in the first round this year. It is completely useless to win Chen Yan through the draft. They can only rely on a trade.

But the premise of the transaction is that there must be a bargaining chip. It is estimated that the Knicks' pile of garbage will not be given away to others.

The only players who have made it to the All-Stars are Marbury and Francis, whose condition has seriously declined to the point where they can hardly survive in the league.

But any normal team will not trade hot rookies with them.

If you want to go to New York to play, you can spend a wave, but the trial training is still unnecessary.

Bill Duffy respected the client's wishes and directly crossed the Knicks off the tryout list.

"By the way, what happened to the trial invitations from the Suns and the Mavericks?"

In Chen Yan's impression, these two teams should not have lottery picks.

"These two teams are very interested in you, and they are also actively operating to seek the possibility of trading draft picks, especially Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who has praised you in public more than once." Bill Dar Fei said.

Chen Yan nodded after listening. These two teams have stars in their own hands. If you go to such a team, you can see results in a short period of time.

The disadvantage is that the playing time and room to play will be limited, and the fans will be relatively harsh on themselves.

If you go to a bad team, you will directly serve as the core of the team, with a lot of playing time and the right to fire, the statistics will be very good, and the attitude of the fans will be relatively tolerant. Anyway, the team is like this, and they don’t care about losing a few more games.

But let alone touch the O'Brien Cup in the short term, I am afraid it will be difficult to even enter the playoffs.

In short, each has its own well, it depends on how you choose.

But refusing the trial training is just a signal to the invited team that they don't want to go. If they forcefully choose themselves, they still have to admit it.

"By the way, Chen, here are a few commercial endorsements that you need to confirm." Bill Duffy took out a few documents from his briefcase.

Chen Yan has his own Chinese market, and his performance in "March Madness" has made him famous very quickly. Before entering the NBA, various commercial endorsements have come to him.

He had communicated with Bill Duffy before, and Chen Yan's first requirement for this kind of business contract was that the time limit should be short,

Because their commercial value will rise with the performance of the NBA.

In addition, Chen Yan specifically told Bill Duffy that he would not endorse Japanese brands.

This is his principle and bottom line. Chen Yan feels that no matter whether he is playing at home or abroad, the integrity of the Chinese people must not be lost.

Bill Duffy is also very strict on Chen Yan's commercial endorsement.

These commercial endorsements must be healthy and positive, so as to ensure that Chen Yan's image is positive and sunny enough.

Chen Yan looked at the several endorsement contracts that Bill Duffy handed over.

Levi's jeans, Piccolo razors, Yellow Arrow gum.

There is no big brand, but at this stage, Chen Yan can receive such an endorsement is already very good, after all, he has not even played a game in the NBA.

In addition, Bill Duffy also rejected many endorsements, such as some junk food and men's health supplements.

Junk food endorsement will damage the image of athletes to a certain extent. As for men's health care products, it will not only damage the image but also have great risks.

After all, things linked to drugs are prone to problems, and once something goes wrong, it will have a very bad negative impact on Chen Yan.

Chen Yan didn't want fans who took health care products but didn't work every game to hold up signs and shout in the auditorium: "RNM! Money back!!"

I don’t even want to hear fans shouting: “QNMD! Unscrupulous players! Garbage merchants! Pay me for my life! Give me back my glory!!!”

Again, Chen Yan took good care of his feathers.

He valued reputation more than immediate benefits, and this was the most valuable thing in him.

Just as the two were communicating about the contract, another endorsement came to their door.

After Bill Duffy hung up the phone, he shrugged at Chen Yan: "Dulux loves condoms and asked you to endorse them, and I will help you reject them later."

Bill Duffy thinks that the endorsement of love condoms will damage Chen Yan's image, but Chen Yan has a different opinion.

He believes that love condoms can promote people to prevent the spread of diseases and avoid unwanted pregnancies, and it is beneficial to improve their own image.

Bill Duffy looked at Chen Yan with a puzzled expression after hearing this, can this fucking work?

So Chen Yan transformed himself and became the official spokesperson of Dulux love condoms!

The endorsements that Chen Yan received today are all for 1-2 years, and there is no need to go to publicity or platforms. For commercials, just shoot one or two during the offseason, which is very in line with Chen Yan's requirements.

After signing the contract, the merchants will transfer money to Chen Yan's account one week later. The total after tax is 155 million, which is still US dollars!

This amount of money is nothing to an NBA star, but it is already very exaggerated for someone from a middle-class family like Chen Yan!

I have to say that the feeling of making money every day is very cool!

But it's just the beginning, Chen Yan still has huge business potential that needs to be realized slowly.

It's just that Chen Yan has to be careful in public in the future, otherwise there will be a tragedy like the football star Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho, the Coca-Cola spokesperson, accidentally took a sip of Pepsi at the press conference because he was thirsty. Such a small sip caused Coca-Cola to directly terminate the contract with Ronaldinho. He also lost more than 150 million US dollars in endorsement fees.

Chen Yan will always remind himself that in the future he will only eat chewing gum, only eat yellow arrows, wear jeans and only wear Reeves, and use love condoms only...

It doesn't matter, anyway, no one knows except myself and my partner.

Bill Duffy also came up with several quotations for sneakers, but neither the price nor the number of years satisfied Chen Yan.

Sneaker contracts are the bulk of a basketball player's income. Unlike ordinary endorsements, it is impossible for Chen Yan to sign so hastily.

If there is no satisfactory quotation, I would rather not talk about it first!

After sorting out the trial training and endorsement matters, Chen Yan returned to the dormitory.

During this period, he and Durant are still living in the dormitory for the time being, and the school will not take away the dormitory, and even wish they could stay for a few more days!

But then the two had to leave the dormitory where they lived for a year, because the trial training tour was about to start!

When they were about to part, Durant and Chen Yan didn't show any sadness, and they didn't even say goodbye seriously.

Because both of them are popular rookies in the lottery, and the teams in the trial training are similar, nothing more than the top teams in the draft, so they will still meet frequently during this period.