The older superstars of the NBA

Perhaps it was because of the successive blows from his girlfriend's breakup last night, Zhao Feiyang drank a lot of alcohol and fell asleep in the hotel until noon the next day.When he finally woke up, he realized that there were four or five missed calls from strangers on his phone!

"what's the situation?"

Zhao Feiyang didn't take it seriously at first, and planned to wash up first, but he didn't expect that his phone rang again just as he got up.

"Hey!"

Zhao Feiyang's voice was a little lazy.

"Hello, are you Mr. Zhao Feiyang?"

"It's me, who are you?"

"I'm a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers in China. My name is David Stock. Is there a chance to invite you out to meet me? I want to discuss something about basketball with you!"

When Zhao Feiyang heard the other party's words, he almost screamed excitedly, but fortunately he tried his best to control his emotions.

"Okay!"

"If it's convenient, let's meet at a private club in the northwest corner of the Mingzhu City Gymnasium at [-]:[-] tonight!"

"no problem."

drop.

When the other party hung up the phone, Zhao Feiyang danced excitedly and rolled four or five somersaults on the bed excitedly.

"what!"

"Cow batch!"

"The Lakers have asked me out! Fuck! Labor and management may sign with them!"

Zhao Feiyang completely shouted out.

However, his yelling affected the young couple in the next room, and within a few seconds, the sound of the other party knocking on the wall was heard.

Zhao Feiyang quickly covered his mouth.

"I rely on!"

"Does anyone do radio gymnastics in broad daylight?"

"This is too bad!"

"In broad daylight...it's just indecent..."

"No, I want to criticize this evil behavior..."

While talking, Zhao Feiyang put his ear against the wall, feeling that he couldn't hear clearly, he also took out a cup and put it on the wall.

However, after listening for more than a minute, Zhao Feiyang heard the movement from the other side.

To his great shock, everything did not go as he expected.There were only two voices in the whole movement.

First a man's: "Baby, the water temperature has been adjusted! Come on!"

Unexpectedly, the other one belonged to a man: "Honey, I'm here, have you seen the soap? Hey...it fell on the floor, don't move me to pick it up..."

wtf?

Zhao Feiyang was terrified when he heard it, and hurriedly threw down the water glass to wash his ears!

With the deterrence of the neighbor next door, Zhao Feiyang washes up much faster than usual.

It was only three hours before [-]:[-] pm, Zhao Feiyang specially went to cut his hair, shaved off his beard, tidied up, and arrived at the destination on time.

When he entered the box of the clubhouse according to the instructions, there was not one person waiting for him, but three people.

"May I ask who is David's scout?"

Zhao Feiyang was a little puzzled and asked a question.

David, who was sitting outside, got up quickly, first came up to shake hands with Zhao Feiyang, and then brought him in front of the other two.

"Zhao, this is Mitch Kupchak, the general manager of the Lakers."

"This is Jeff Brown, the legal staff of the Lakers."

The two also took the initiative to shake hands with Zhao Feiyang.

Zhao Feiyang is stupid.

"What's the situation?"

"Why is the general manager here?"

At this time, Zhao Feiyang was not clear about his situation. It was not until the two sides got to know each other briefly and the Lakers handed Zhao Feiyang a signing contract that Zhao Feiyang was finally convinced that he was not dreaming.

"The Lakers... are... going to... sign me?"

Zhao Feiyang held the contract in disbelief, his hands even trembled because of it.

"Yes."

"The contract we offer you is worth 100 million US dollars. Although it is only for one year, we believe that it will be a life-saving straw for you now. We know you have just been fired by the team, so this is for you It is definitely an opportunity that will never appear again in this life..."

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said the hype.

While boasting the Lakers as a super giant and a popular championship team, he also mentioned the influence of Kobe and the team in China; at the same time, he talked about Zhao Feiyang's career openly and secretly, belittling his own value.

Zhao Feiyang is not stupid either.

He knew very well that the other party was just trying to trap himself with this price tag.

"Mr. Mitch, I would like to ask, is my contract a full guarantee contract? Are there any other terms attached?"

Zhao Feiyang interrupted Mitch Kupchak's narration.

The other party showed a look of astonishment, but quickly hid it, "We have professional legal personnel here, you can consult him about the terms of the contract..."

Fortunately, Zhao Feiyang's English level is not bad. He picked up the contract and researched it for a while, and finally found the problems in it.

What the Lakers gave him was not a fully guaranteed contract, but a non-guaranteed contract. To make matters worse, only $50 of the contract itself was guaranteed, and another $50 was an additional condition, which meant that he had to play. The data is stipulated, otherwise the money will not be obtained.

When he asked Mitch Kupchak these questions again, instead of answering directly, the other party asked him, "Zhao, how many Chinese players do you think can enter the NBA?"

"You are 29 years old, you'd better think carefully, this may be your last chance in this life... No team will offer you an offer! No Chinese club will ask for an old player , will other nba clubs choose you?"

Even though he knew that the other party was teasing him, Zhao Feiyang had no choice but to agree.

Now he is indeed not qualified to bargain, but as long as he can achieve results in the Lakers, he can use the Lakers as a springboard to chase a bigger market and get more opportunities in the future.

"it is good."

"I sign."

"But I have one request, that is, a press conference must be held for me. I want to let all Chinese people know that I have signed with the Lakers!"

Mitch Kupchak finally showed a smile on his face.

"of course."

"These are easy to handle!"

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Shark Club training base.

The morning sun is very warm, so the team specially put the training ground outside.After the morning training, the players also walked towards the cafeteria one after another.

Since Zhao Feiyang left, Li Wei was in a very good mood. He used to dislike the poor food and never went to the cafeteria. Today, he also rarely went in with his teammates.

A group of players sat down next to each other and brought their respective dinner plates to their positions according to the standards prepared by the team in advance.

"Hey! This food is also okay!"

"There are chicken legs and ribs, and shrimp..."

"You underestimate this cafeteria!"

Li Wei smiled, ready to start cooking.

The same is true for other teammates, everyone is chatting and eating.

However, just when they had just eaten two bites, a news was suddenly interrupted on the electronic screen broadcasting news in the middle of the cafeteria.

"Okay, this is CCTV's noon news! I just received news from Mingzhu City that Zhao Feiyang, a former professional player in my country's CBA, has officially signed with the Los Angeles Lakers at 9:30 Beijing time this morning!"

"The specific picture will be sent back from the front later..."

As soon as the news came out, the entire cafeteria did not fry the pot immediately, but there was a moment of dead silence.

Not a single player spoke, and everyone just stood there in a daze. The better ones could eat two mouthfuls of food with chopsticks, and the worse ones like Li Wei threw the food into their mouths but couldn’t swallow it. They looked stupid with their mouths open. Let the rice grains fall out of your mouth.

"I'm deaf?"

"Mad is kidding me!"

"Zhao Feiyang signed with the Lakers?"

Li Wei is undoubtedly the most excited.

He just thought of a way to fire Zhao Feiyang, whom he hated, but he didn't expect him to turn around and sign with the NBA Lakers.

No matter how powerful he is in the CBA, he can't interfere with the decision of the Lakers in the slightest.

"is fake!"

"Absolutely fake!"

Li Wei didn't believe in evil, got up and walked to the electronic screen.

The other teammates were also a little surprised. They were also puzzled by this situation. They all got up and stood behind Li Wei, staring at the screen on the electronic screen in silence.

Just at this time, the live TV station was connected to the TV station, so, under the witness of all the Sharks in Pearl City, the scene of signing Zhao Feiyang and the general manager of the Lakers Mitch Kupchak appeared on the electronic screen. .

"We are very happy to sign Zhao!"

"He is a passionate young man!"

"Maybe age has limits, but love has no limits... His performance deserves us..."

In the picture, Mitch Kupchak praised on one side, while Zhao Feiyang held the jersey on the other side and let the media take pictures.

When countless flashes left marks on his body, the reporter handed the interview microphone to him.

"Feiyang, as far as we know, you were just waived by the team... Is that related to your signing with the Lakers?"

"what do you want to say?"

Zhao Feiyang took the microphone, looked directly at the camera, and answered calmly, "I was indeed fired by the Sharks a few days ago! The team thought I was old and suffered an injury. The players they made a contribution to...."

"Okay! I have nothing to say! On the court, only strength can speak!"

"Next, the Lakers will have a warm-up match with the Sharks. I don't want to say anything too polite and play word games with you... I am a very pure person, so I will only say one thing: labor and management will explode Big Sharks!"

"Someone cleans his butt and waits for Grandpa!"

As soon as these words came out, they were so domineering that the media on the scene took pictures one after another, preparing to make a big news.

Even Mitch Kupchak didn't expect Zhao Feiyang to be so direct.

"Isn't this kid a thorn?"

"If this is the case, wouldn't the Lakers have another difficult guy?"

At the same time, Li Wei, who was watching the news outside the electronic screen, was finally blown up.He tried to calm down even though he was saving face at the beginning, sat back in his chair and ate two mouthfuls of food.

But the meal that was very delicious a few minutes ago was like chewing wax in my mouth at this time.

"What shit!"

"Made doesn't even eat pigs! Blanch!"

"I bought a watch last year... What do you think you are, just to be a water dispenser manager? What's so great? I can rub you on the ground with one hand... ..."

Not only Li Wei cursed, but also some players who had a bad relationship with Zhao Feiyang also started to ridicule.

Normally they would not deal with them, but now the other party is not only unemployed, but also signed with the NBA, completely leaving them behind, which simply makes the fire of jealousy in their hearts burn wildly.