basketball swingman

the next day.

The hotel entrance to the University of Michigan accommodation.

A white man wearing an old brown suit, who looked to be in his early thirties, about 1.8 meters tall, with a big belly and weighed at least 200 kilograms, was sitting in a dilapidated Ford car. He kept looking through the rearview mirror of the car.

Practice your smile.

His hair is not long, but very curly, and his facial features look very festive, especially when he keeps smiling.

His name is Happy Waters, a basketball agent who has only been in the industry for two years.

While he was practicing his smile, his eyes looked toward the hotel door from time to time.

He had previously received news that everyone from the Michigan State University team, which had successfully reached the NCAA finals this year, had checked into this hotel in advance. He waited here, waiting for the aces of the University of Michigan team to come out for lunch.

This year's Michigan State University has a strong overall strength, and has several players who are on the major media's prediction lists for this summer's 2001 draft...

This is an opportunity for Happy!

NBA agents sound glamorous, but in fact it is a very cruel monopoly industry. People with money and power have everything. If you have no money and no power, if you have no luck, you will not be able to find someone who can gain a foothold in the NBA for a long time.

Players can only be ruined, and they can't even guarantee food and clothing!

In terms of cruelty, it is not much different from the NBA player profession.

Happy is an agent with no money and no power. Players who have already entered the NBA will generally not consider him. He can only try his luck among college players and sign newcomers who have the ability to play in the NBA and are about to participate in the draft.

In the first two years, he had just started and abided by the rules. He waited until the end of the NCAA finals before he started to get in touch with his goals. But at that time, he discovered that his favorite goal had already been chosen by others!

According to regulations, NCAA players cannot contact agents prematurely.

But in fact, most high-quality players have chosen their agents very early, and there are some black gold deals among them.

The NCAA has been cracking down on this in the past years, but illegal recruitment has been banned repeatedly, such as the former "Michigan Five" of Michigan State University's old rival in the Big Ten Conference, the Michigan Wolverines.

Including the time-out that made Chris Webber "regret" his whole life, there is actually something fishy about it...

After paying his "tuition" in two years, Happy has learned the lesson. He has been running around these days, contacting all kinds of newcomers in the 2001 draft. Since he has no capital, the order of contacting newcomers is the same as that of big-name agents.

On the contrary, I first contacted the non-popular newcomers, and now I started to contact the hot rookies!

Although doing so will cause him to miss out on opportunities, it will also allow him to reduce losses and avoid confrontations with some big guys.

We are a small family with a small business, and we have not achieved much in the past two years, so we really can’t afford to worry about it.

However, there are two guys from the University of Michigan. Although there are many agents in contact, including some big guys, Happy is still here. These are two "big legs" that are generally optimistic in the agent circle. No matter what, he wants it.

Try "a hug"!

Maybe it will happen...

It was past 11 o'clock, and after Happy looked at the door of the hotel countless times, a tall, shiny black "braised egg" and a "moving iron tower" walked out of the door.

It was Richardson and Jiang Dalin.

After Jiang Dalin returned last night, Richardson knocked on his door and studied with him the offensive changes that Tom Izzo mentioned. In the past, Jiang Dalin cooperated with him, but now he is required to cooperate with Jiang Dalin. This is

It is necessary to unlock some new "postures". Although the two of them cooperated very comfortably during the team training matches, after Richardson listened to Tom Izzo explain Jiang Dalin's talents and abilities in detail at the dinner table, he

I feel that the two of them can work together more comfortably...

The conversation lasted until two in the morning, and Richardson fell asleep in Jiang Dalin's room.

After waking up, the two of them continued their research.

Just as he arrived at the hotel, Richardson waved his hand: "Brother's lunch is covered by me!"

Happy hurriedly opened the car door and rushed towards the two people. These were his two biggest goals.

The finals were tomorrow, and he didn't expect that he would have such an opportunity to "kill both brothers in one fell swoop."

"My name is Happy Waters and I'm a basketball agent. May I have the honor of treating you to lunch?"

Showing a smile that he had practiced for a long time, Happy stopped the two of them and at the same time took out two business cards and handed them over. He thought that he had used everything he had practiced.

Initial impressions should be fine.

He just didn’t know why, but he felt that Jason Richardson looked at him with a strange expression, and his squirming “sausage mouth” hesitated to speak. He thought that the other person was worried: “It’s just a meal, it’s not a big deal.

It's not against the rules, I think you should know."

Jiang Dalin, who had been silent for the whole time, looked at the business card. The content was very simple. It read: Independent Sports and Entertainment Company—Happy Walters.

He glanced at Happy again and confirmed that it was Happy, the top NBA agent who often appeared in TV media reports. He put away his business card and showed a kind smile towards the latter.

Happy received this signal and was very happy. He knew it was done.

Feeling relieved, he waited outside the hotel all morning, not wanting to wait in vain.

In order to leave a good impression on the players, Happy did not dare to be too shabby in his treat. He had already scouted out a very high-end steakhouse.

When he drove to the door of the store, Jiang Dalin's eyes suddenly lit up, and Richardson looked at Happy with even weirder eyes. This weirdness made Happy feel fuzzy in his heart, and he felt like something was going to happen.

But looking back on the entire contact process, Happy didn't feel there was anything wrong. Instead, it felt extremely smooth.

A good start. When Happy took a picture of the menu, he was particularly bold: "Just order whatever you want!"

"You are such a good man, Mr. Happy!"

Jiang Dalin's eyes brightened even more!

Shine brightly!

Happy feels more confident!

This wave is stable...

"Two of these!"

"And this, let's have three servings first!"

"Two steaks, I want medium rare!"

"Also, two more pastas and more noodles for me, Pulis!"

"Then……"

Happy's expression gradually became dull as Jiang Dalin ordered.

Is that much...

There are only three of us!

Can you finish this?

He wanted to ask a question.

Jiang Dalin had already finished ordering the dishes at this time, closed the menu with satisfaction, and handed it to Richardson next to him: "Okay, Jason, I've ordered, it's your turn!"

Happy:???

Eyes full of doubts came into contact with Jiang Dalin, who looked satisfied: "You are such a good person, Mr. Happy!"

"Uh...hehe!"

Happy almost couldn't help but smile.

Inadvertently, he saw the same hesitant look on Richardson's face as before.

No, this is not a look of hesitation!

Happy finally understood at this moment, this was... the look of someone who was "taken advantage of"!

The look in his eyes was saying: You didn’t do your homework well at first glance! Invite "Big Eater" Dalin to such an expensive steak restaurant for dinner! How dare you?