basketball swingman

Domestically, the news that Jiang Dalin became the number one pick in the 2001 draft was overwhelming, creating a basketball storm.

In fact, not only China, but the whole of Asia is reporting on this matter... It's just that the mentality and tone of reports from other countries are sour.

Of course this is normal...

Before Jiang Dalin, the highest pick among Chinese players in the NBA draft was Wang Zhizhi's seventh pick in the second round. Now Jiang Dalin has directly become the number one pick, a full 36 spots ahead of Wang Zhizhi.

Need to say more about how much impact this will have on domestic teams?

In fact, CCTV is already considering reaching further cooperation with David Stern. Although CCTV also broadcast the NBA last season, the number of broadcasts was limited.

But that's normal. Wang Zhizhi doesn't have much playing time, and the Mavericks don't have much broadcast value. Broadcasting a few focus games is the best option.

But things are different now. Jiang Dalin has entered the NBA as the number one pick and will definitely be trained by the team. Wizards games are worth broadcasting.

Therefore, CCTV’s plan is to broadcast the number of broadcasts per week, such as 3 times a week, or 4 to 5 times a week, of which Wizards games will be broadcast at least 1 to 2 times a week, etc. Of course, these are just plans now, specific details

We'll have to wait until we get in touch with David Stern to find out...

In addition, the Basketball Association has also paid more attention to Jiang Dalin. They look forward to seeing Jiang Dalin gain a foothold in the NBA, so that they can have another national team player with good strength...

The Chinese national team is currently undergoing a blood change and is in great need of outstanding young players.

After all, it is about the next ten years of Chinese basketball...

There were a lot of discussions in the country, and Jiang Dalin, accompanied by Happy, boarded the plane to Washington. By coincidence, the blond stewardess who gave Jiang Dalin the note last time was serving Jiang Dalin, with eyes full of resentment. Jiang Dalin

Dalin felt like it would be better if he had a blindfold at this moment.

Hey, now that you are famous, you can’t mess around anymore!

Otherwise it would be reported that Jiang Dalin had something to do with a flight attendant.

How low is this?

At least it must be a celebrity known to the public!

It has to be beautiful...

Still young...

This is Jiang Dalin's second time coming to Washington. Compared with the first time he came, his mentality has changed a lot. The last time it was a trial training, this time... he will live in this city for four years.

This requires him to think carefully.

The first and most important thing is the public security issue. Although Washington is not a "sin city" like Chicago or Detroit, which has the highest crime rate, the public security is not good either.

The only good thing is the District of Columbia. Fortunately, the Verizon Center, home of the Wizards, is in the District. Therefore, Jiang Dalin plans to buy a house in the District. This way, when he goes home in the middle of the night, it will be safe.

At least there is some protection.

Probably because of the good public security, housing prices in this area of ​​the Special Economic Zone are very high. You can only buy a two-bedroom apartment with 200,000 yuan. Jiang Dalin thought about it and realized that it was enough, so he settled on it.

Mainly, it is also close to the arena. It only takes 20 minutes to walk from home to the arena, and about ten minutes to drive.

After paying the payment, the money for the house plus some property taxes and so on, the final total was about 250,000. Jiang Dalin earned a total of 320,000 from the previous contract. Once the house was bought, there was still 70,000 left in the card. He planned to

I sent back 20,000 yuan to Jiang’s father and mother, and used the remaining 50,000 yuan to buy a car, plus some household appliances and daily necessities. In the end, I estimate that there was only more than 10,000 yuan left...

Jiang Dalin, who felt that he was not short of money two days ago, now found that he had become a pauper again.

Fortunately, he has to sign a rookie contract next...

On the morning of June 29, Jiang Dalin and Happy walked to Verizon Arena. Today was the day Jiang Dalin and Earl made an appointment to sign their rookie contract.

Don't ask why you are walking.

After going to the car dealership twice, Jiang Dalin couldn't find the right one. 30,000 yuan really couldn't buy a car that Jiang Dalin liked, so Jiang Dalin planned to advance his salary in advance after signing the contract.

There are two ways to receive NBA contract salary. One is the most common one, which is paid twice a month. The salary dates are basically the 12th and 24th of each month, which is similar to that of white-collar workers.

Another option is to advance in advance, which is also to take care of the special circumstances of some players.

However, you can only advance up to 80% of your salary.

Of course, this is quite a lot. It may not be that big of a deal to advance 80% of a "child labor contract" like Jiang Dalin's, but if those superstars advance their expenses in advance, the team's early expenses will easily suffer from cash flow problems.

The first year of Jiang Dalin's contract is about 3.7 million, and 80% is 2.96 million. However, Jiang Dalin does not plan to withdraw all of it. American banks do not take interest, so it is better to receive half a month and half a month, and there is also "salary again"

"The feeling of joy.

Earl was already waiting in the general manager's office of the arena. When he saw Jiang Dalin, he also greeted him enthusiastically: "The contract is ready, you can sign it now!"

Hey, that's really straight to the point.

Jiang Dalin likes this kind of general manager.

Happy read the contract for him, and Jiang Dalin read it again himself, and then signed his name!

At this point, Jiang Dalin has officially joined the Wizards!

It is quite common for players to be selected in the draft but not signed in the end. There are several cases every year.

Jiang Dalin received a salary of 2.22 million in advance, which is about 60% of his total salary. It seems like a lot, but with the various horrific taxes in the United States, the final amount that will reach Jiang Dalin is estimated to be only about 110.

This also includes Happy’s 37,000 commission...

Capitalism is really cruel!

After receiving the money, Earl asked Jiang Dalin again whether he would play in the summer league. Jiang Dalin almost forgot about it: "Of course we will play. Can we not play?"

He also pointed to the summer league to adapt to the intensity and rhythm of NBA games in advance!

"Looking forward to your performance in the summer league!"

"Oh, by the way, there may be something you don't know yet... It was not me who finally decided to select you as the No. 1 pick, but Michael Jordan!"

what?

Jiang Dalin suddenly lost his composure.

I didn't expect that my mind and body were about to be tortured by the "old gangster", but now I was actually "poisoned" by him.

Who doesn't know that Michael Jordan's vision in the draft is to add stinker to stinker? It's so stinky!

Who can withstand this!?

If I fail to achieve success in the NBA.

This debt must definitely be placed on his head!

Happy was a little shocked. When he left the arena, he was still mumbling: "I didn't expect that the person who called me that day was actually Michael Jordan!"

A look of admiration!

But, yes, after all, who doesn’t admire the man who shook Wall Street twice?