NBA Backer King

   Chapter 16 The Bull Wants to Dig

   At this time, the Magic kicked off, and coach Matt Guaucas called a timeout.

   "Shaq, you take a break." After the players came down, he said to O'Neal.

  O'Neal sat on the bench panting, rubbing his undulating chest, feeling that a tractor had run over it just now.

   The excitement of just smashing the backboard has completely disappeared, leaving only anger and some daze.

   He did not expect to be detained by that Chinese perverted coolie today, which is an absolute humiliation to him.

   He didn't admit that Barkley's dunk earlier, but this time, he didn't have any reason to deny it.

Even, this time the dunk is more humiliating than the first time he was dunked by Derek Foreman, because it was dunked in the case of a loss of confrontation, and Forman was intercepted without confrontation. deduct him.

   "Damn it!"

   His big hands slammed, and with a chirp, he tore the white towel in half.

   On the other side, Wang Tiejun returned to the bench proudly with his head held high like a general still facing him.

   "Boss, are you serious, the contract is fully guaranteed?" he asked again.

   "Yes, fully guaranteed contract, you have to stay with the Suns, stay with us in Phoenix."

   Colangelo smiled and patted Comrade Old Wang's arm, nodded and said, "Don't worry, old K, I will give you a contract that will satisfy you."

   "Will it exceed the basic salary?"

   Excitedly, Comrade Pharaoh asked inexperienced.

   "Basic salary?"

   There was too much noise at the scene, Colangelo couldn't hear it clearly, thinking that Pharaoh wanted a basic salary, he quickly shook his head and said, "Of course not."

   "No, that's fine."

   Old Wang nodded in disappointment, but soon he became excited again, because the basic salary was not bad, 140,000 US dollars a year, which could be worth 1.1 million RMB, and the annual salary is one million. He is going to make a fortune.

   "It would be great if I could evade taxes. Working underworld also has the benefits of working underworld, so I don't have to pay taxes." Thinking of paying a lot of taxes, he not only felt pain in his liver, but also in his heart, and his whole body ached.

   scratched his head, Colangelo began to think about what kind of contract he should give Wang Tiejun?

The No. 1 pick O'Neal's contract with the Magic is 4 years and $17.4 million, the No. 2 pick Mourning is 4 years and $14 million, and the No. 3 pick Laettner is 4 years and $12 million. With Wang Tiejun's strength and potential, of course he can't get it. this level of contract.

   However, he definitely can't get a bad contract, because the contract is too bad, once Wang Tiejun is played, he will not be able to keep him. No one wants to play for a mean boss, especially a strong player.

   He must give a contract that matches Wang Tiejun's identity, so he now has to re-evaluate Wang Tiejun's potential.

   Coach Paul Westphal came over at this time and whispered: "Boss, you won't really only give him a basic salary, will you? What if other teams offer a high salary?

   This possibility is there. For example, the Bulls, like us, have never had a good center, and he may be poached in a blink of an eye. "

   Colangelo was startled and said in surprise: "Paul, do you see how stingy I am? I admit to underestimating him before, but not anymore."

   "That's good, we need him."

   Paul Westphal said excitedly: "If we can strengthen the fifth position, our lineup will be very strong, and even hit the championship."

"Yes Yes…"

   Colangelo also nodded excitedly and said, "Don't worry, I won't let him be poached. I picked him up from the street, and he trusts me very much."

This game was broadcast live in the United States, by ABC TV, and the ratings were very good, especially after O'Neal smashed the rebound, the ratings rose sharply, and many professionals were watching the game. Among them, the Bulls' total Manager Jerry Krause is one.

  The Bulls, under the leadership of Jordan, have completed two consecutive championships, and Wang Chao has reached the most critical moment of the third consecutive championship.

But the Bulls' lineup is flawed. Bit Cartwright, who has been the main center for five consecutive seasons, is 35 years old and has entered the end of his career. This season, his form continues to decline, with only 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds, and nothing. Defensively, the 5 has become a huge weakness for the Bulls.

   He watched No. 1 draft pick O'Neal's astonishing performance on offense and defense, and drooled, especially the ball that smashed the rebound. He wanted to get into the TV and drag O'Neal out of it.

   It's just that he knows that the Bulls can't have O'Neal. The Magic is not stupid enough to trade a future super center, and he doesn't have enough chips to trade unless he uses Jordan to trade, so he can only be envious.

"what?"

   At this moment, he saw that the Chinese rookie, called a perverted coolie by the media, actually won O'Neal in the low post confrontation, and then dunked O'Neal in front.

  Although Wang Tiejun dunked the super center Ewing the day before yesterday, but the dunk seemed a little lucky to him. It was a second offense and Ewing was not well prepared, so it didn't attract his attention.

   But this time, O'Neal dunked, it was a real low-post rolling to the basket without any tricks.

"how can that be?"

   "Jerry, what's up?"

   He got up from the sofa, startling the wife next to him.

   "Sorry dear, I'm fine."

   He hurried to the side, grabbed the receiver and called his assistant Ross Robert.

   "Hello..."

   "Ross, check the Suns' next away game and book a ticket for me. I'm going there tomorrow." He said quickly as soon as the phone was connected.

   "The next away game? Mr. Claus, I see what you mean. I'm watching this game too. Do you want that Chinese?"

   The opposite Ross responded quickly and said immediately.

   "Just understand, Colangelo only gave him a short contract, which means that the Suns don't value him, they just want to give him a shot, we have the opportunity to dig him over."

  Klaus said excitedly.

Ross was silent for a while, and reminded: "Sir, in this offense just now, he has shown his potential in the low-post offense. Do you think the Suns will not change their attitude? The Suns may only use a basic salary. You can sign him, and even if you get on the plane now, you won't be able to catch up."

"Oops!"

  Klaus felt Geddon in his heart.

   At this time Ross said again: "But we still have a chance."

   "Speak quickly." Klaus was refreshed and urged quickly.

   "Sir, as far as I know, we have a scout in Orlando, we can let him contact that Chinese pervert, ah no, it's a Chinese player. But, sir, you have to give us conditions." Ross said.

"Great!"

Jerry Krause said excitedly: "You tell our scouts, we can give a contract for this year's lottery pick, with a starting salary of $800,000 in the first year, my bottom line is 1 million, and the maximum cannot exceed $1.2 million. The contract period cannot be less than 4 years. In addition, the annual contract increase will not be less than 20%.”

   "OK, I understand, I'll contact there right away. In addition, I'll immediately book the fastest flight to Philadelphia, where their next away game is." Ross laughed.

   At the scene of the game, the timeout ended, but O'Neal didn't play again. The Suns also let Wang Tiejun sit on the bench. The two didn't get up until the end of the first quarter.

   At this time, on the east stand, a pager on the waist of a middle-aged black man suddenly rang, accompanied by vibrations.

   "Call back quickly, Assistant General Manager Ross."

After taking a look, he quickly got up and left the stands, found a public phone in the gym, and called Ross.

   (end of this chapter)