Legend of Tomorrow

Guo Xu found his grandfather in the crowd and chatted for a few words, and then went to the celebration party with Richardson and Austin.

The young people played all afternoon, and in the evening Guo Xu called Austin and Richardson to his hotel for dinner. Austin was full of praise for Guo Zhiping's cooking skills. He liked to eat here when he was in middle school. Neighbors all know that cooking skills played a decisive role in Guo Zhiping's ability to marry Guo Xu's mother.

That night, Guo Xu invited two friends to stay at his home, where they played games and chatted all night.

The topic mostly revolves around the NBA. Richardson is a person who has difficulty making choices. Even if Guo Xu made it clear that he wanted to leave, he was still considering whether to stay in school for a year.

Guo Xu promised to persuade him to participate in the draft in the time loop and began to take strong medicine. If the Spartans' record drops sharply next year, your pick will be lower even if your numbers are good if you participate in the draft again. Participate in the draft this year, otherwise you will definitely regret it.

Richardson still hesitated: But my statistics are not good enough. I only average rebounds per game. In the semi-finals, I played as a power forward and grabbed a lot of rebounds. If I don't make the top 10, they will let me play. What about the power forward?”

Guo Xu smiled and said: Then next season Tom will let you continue to play forward. What if your playing time increases and you average double figures in rebounds per game? You can't deliberately not grab rebounds, right?

... This is very likely to happen. Among Richardson's tasks is protecting backcourt rebounds.

Guo Xu continued: You will definitely be the core next season, but if there are no big-name high school students to join, it will be difficult for the team to maintain its dominance in the top ten leagues, let alone win the championship. If you don't want to be abused, just talk to me Sign up together.”

Court location and team record were Richardson's Achilles' heel, and he wilted as soon as he heard it.

Money can't buy me but I'm willing means that I'm willing to do some things even though I know they're wrong, and it's useless to be persuaded by others. Richardson is most afraid that Izzo will continue to let him play forward. He regards himself as an outside player from the bottom of his heart. Short power forwards are not popular in this era, and his thinking will not be easily changed.

Austin complained from the sidelines. Do you still need to think about this? You have to run for the draft this year! If I could play in the NBA, I would be satisfied with being ranked at the bottom and getting a basic salary. You actually want to stay in school for one more year. Is there something wrong with your brain? What is the salary earned by an NBA first-round pick? Don’t you know how much it costs?”

Richardson no longer hesitated. If he stayed, he would be Mai Shiranui's brother who was ungrateful.

Austin spent two days in Michigan and returned to Los Angeles alone. If the two of them went to Los Angeles for a trial one day, he would be the host.

On the 10th, Happy Waters came to East Lansing to complete the contract with Guo Xu and officially became his agent.

As a result, there were differences between the two just after signing the contract. Happy suggested that Guo Xu fill out the application form with an English surname and participate in this year's draft.

The United States does not have a unified ID card or household registration system. Governments at all levels obtain citizen information from the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles). In the United States, almost all citizens have a driver's license. The regulations on driver's licenses in the United States are that drivers must register with the DMV every time they visit a place for more than 15 days, otherwise they will be deemed to be driving with an invalid license.

Therefore, in the United States, a driver's license is an identity card. You need to show your driver's license when taking a domestic plane, you need to show your driver's license when staying in a hotel, and you need to show your driver's license wherever identification is required. Only disabled people who have never driven a car in their lives, or elderly people who are new immigrants, etc. can apply for ID cards.

With such a system in place, it is not difficult to change your name. In order to combat implicit racial discrimination and find a good job, many Asians will change their surname to a white English surname. Otherwise, many recruiting units will say NO as soon as they look at their resumes!

Happy smiled bitterly and said: You are a mixed race, why don't you want to change your surname? In the sports circle, everyone generally believes that Chinese Americans have average physical fitness and are inferior to black and white players in terms of explosive power, speed, and jumping ability.

As long as you change your mother's surname to Statham and add your old Cockney accent, you might be in the first round of the draft.

This is true, but Guo Xu has a different view. Happy, there is a saying in China that rare things are valuable. Have you heard of it?

Happy shook his head. Are you saying that using a Chinese surname makes you look unique?

Guo Xu explained calmly: Although Chinese player Wang Zhizhi has been drafted before, he has not yet come to the NBA. The last Asian to play in the NBA was 53 years ago, a Japanese-American San Banaxe who was only 170cm tall... Oh no, It's Wataru Misaka. Don't you think this is a good gimmick? People won't remember such a long time ago, and the media will definitely promote me as the first Asian player in the NBA. As long as I play to my standards, I will become an All-Asian player in the future. Proud, a legend!”

In 1947, Misaka Wataru was selected by the New York Knicks in the BAA (predecessor of the NBA) draft. In the 1947-1948 season, Misaka played 3 games for the Knicks and scored a total of 7 points before being waived. His experience is almost negligible.

Happy values ​​​​interests more: If you are selected in the second round, even if you are among the first few, your salary will be twice as low as that of the rookies at the end of the first round. At the end of the first round, it will be about 700,000, and you will only have about 300,000. You don't mind the difference. ? And second-round picks can only sign a two-year contract at most, which lacks guarantees.

Guo Xu laughed. I don't mind the money. If you have the ability, are you afraid that you won't be able to sign a big contract in the future? You don't need to be careful about your rookie contract. Once I'm famous, I can make a lot of money from just one advertising endorsement. The strongest Asian players are more beneficial. Publicity, more likely to receive advertisements.”

There has been no such precedent before, but the league does welcome Chinese players to play in the NBA, and president David Stern has personally gone to China to promote and promote the NBA.

Happy thought for a while and sighed: What you said makes sense, just use a Chinese surname. Anyway, many people in the NCAA finals already know that you are of Chinese descent.

Guo Xu breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the real reason why he didn't want to change his name was that he didn't want to be called Jason Statham.

Recently, my grandfather has been bragging to everyone that he is good at playing because he has inherited the excellent genes of the Statham family. Every morning when he gets up, he feels that he has lost a lot of hair. If he changes his last name again... going bald at the age of 30 and going bald at the age of 40 will be his destiny.

Happy also suggested that Guo Xu should cheat when he was leaning on his body, wear height-increasing shoes, add insoles, and wear three pairs of socks. If possible, he could secretly raise his toes when he was leaning on his body.

Even if you can't measure 188CM, you still have to strive for 185CM, and the minimum report is 183CM. Happy said solemnly: This way you will have more opportunities to prove yourself and not let the management look down upon you.

Isn't this self-deception? Guo Xu rolled his eyes. If I join the team, how tall will my teammates and coaches be able to tell?

Happy smiled bitterly and said: This is an unspoken rule of the NBA. Do you think Iverson is really 183cm tall? He is only 178cm without his shoes. If your side data shows that you are shorter than Iverson, who will think favorably of you?

There are many players in the NBA who fake their height. This is a secret known to everyone. It is normal to falsely report 5cm, and people usually only notice when they falsely report 10cm.

Guo Xu didn't want to make a false report. He believed that it would be more inspiring and greater if Iverson reported 180CM instead of 183CM. His popularity and status are won by strength, not by the extra 3CM.

No need to persuade me, I will report my true height when I am sideways, and I will prove myself in the game. Guo Xu's advantage is not his height. He firmly believes that he can play well in the NBA.