NBA basketball rhythm monster

Throughout the whole day of shooting training this morning, Li Luo was enjoying the pleasure brought by the changes in his body. He made precise shots one after another.

The lateral movement is faster, the take-off height is better, and the shooting is more accurate. Even dunking is much easier, and you can dunk without a run-up.

This series of changes is comprehensive. This makes Li Luo can't help but think about how far he will grow if he continues to follow the main tasks prompted by the system.

"Hey, you can't go in! You don't have permission from the school."

"Stop, this is the school's private property."

Just when Li Luo was taking a short break between shots, security guard Floyd's roar sounded at the door.

"We are reporters and have the right to make corresponding reports on players who are participating in the NBA!"

"Please let me in, I will win the job as an agent!"

"What's going on?" Li Luo stood up and looked toward the door. A dozen guys in formal clothes were trying to get past Floyd's "defense line" and rush into the venue.

"Hey, it's indeed Li!"

"Li! I'm from City Sports News! Can you accept our interview?"

"Li! Are you sure you will run for office this year? Then you definitely need a reliable agent. This is my business card, you will use it!"

It turned out to be reporters and salespeople!

After the NCAA finals, the "information protection" of the entire Longhorns team for the players will naturally be considered invalid. For the players with poor strength, they can enjoy a happy vacation. For talented players like Li Luo and Ford

For those who have the ability and ambition to run for office, the situation is much more complicated.

First of all, there are the reporters who are all-pervasive. These guys are all-pervasive in order to get first-hand information. The scene of "blocking the door" that Li Luo is facing now is nothing compared to those who are really popular.

For example, James, who was born in Akron, reporters would not only set up an ambush near his home to take the latest photos at any time. They would also interview James's school, teammates, friends, family and even neighbors throughout his growth trajectory.

If you face reporters in James' hometown and say, "I have new information about James," those reporters will be happy to pay you dozens of dollars in exchange for the information.

So outrageous!

Personal privacy is exposed to the public in all aspects.

Fortunately, Li Luo's family background is relatively simple, and it is difficult to investigate in China. There is no black man's routine of the father disappearing and the mother working hard to raise the children. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Luo is a top student who has been taking exams all the time.

It’s just a story about someone who suddenly grew taller and discovered that he was a basketball genius.

Floyd signaled Luo Li to slip out of the back door of the venue, but he couldn't stop him anymore. Luo Li gave him a look of thanks and left.

When there were no annoying flies around, Li Luo realized that he really needed to find a knowledgeable agent to form his own team.

After all, this matter cannot be taken carelessly, after all, Yin Jian is not far away.

For example, his fellow countryman Dayao was very successful in choosing an agent. Before he could make a name for himself, Zhang Mingji, who graduated from a prestigious Chicago school, met Yao Ming, who was only 16 years old at the time, by chance.

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As a result, Zhang Mingji suddenly felt that Dayao was so domineering that he gave up his job in the United States and helped Dayao form the famous "Yao Team" with peace of mind.

It played a vital role in signings, training, commercial contracts and legal assistance. Even after Dayao retired, this team was still serving Dayao's business empire.

And some agents can be called cheating, and there are all kinds of ways to cheat:

One is that the agent, in order to get a commission, fails to add the number B when signing the player's contract. As a result, no one wants the player in the end and he is forced to sell the player at a low price.

For example, Motiejunas, an old friend of the CBA Sharks, when he was playing for the Rockets, the Rockets planned to give him a contract worth 7-8 million US dollars, but Motel's agent wanted a high-paying contract. After failing to ask for a high salary,

, Motel signed a $1 million contract with the Pelicans.

The same example is Noel. When he was with the Mavericks (Mavericks), Cuban, who was stupid and rich, had already agreed to a four-year contract worth tens of millions. As a result, his agent once thought that his value was higher and refused to work with him.

The Mavericks signed a contract, and after the end of this season, Noel and the Thunder reached a two-year basic salary contract of 3.5 million.

That's not all. The biggest scammer is Lao Dengtou's agent, which is outrageous.

He took advantage of Duncan's lack of understanding of the market and defrauded Duncan of $20 million in investment. Therefore, Duncan took him to court and his agent was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

This must not be careless. Who should we call?

First of all, Li Luo thought of his coach Barnes. He is quite familiar with the Spurs coaching staff and must have relevant experience.

After calling him, Barnes said that he was already on vacation, and as a coach, it was not easy for him to take care of the financial accounts of graduated players.

However, although Barnes did not directly help, he gave Li Luo a suggestion. Since so many people come to you and want to be your agent, why don’t you apply for a temporary email account to receive their resumes. Anyway, it’s not far away from the draft.

It's still very early to sign the contract, so just take your time and choose.

This suggestion can be said to be very reasonable. Li Luo soon uploaded a video with the help of his roommate Wu Ke, who is also Chinese, and left an email address below to openly recruit agents.

This was a first for the NBA in 2003 when the Internet was not very developed. This incident quickly attracted the attention of major sports stations. Some people praised Li Luo for his flexible mind and provided a new idea for players to choose agents.

Some people are a little disapproving, including some guests on basketball programs who think that Li Luo, a young man who has not yet shown his strength in the NBA, is too flashy.

But no matter what, the purpose of publicity was achieved. The next day when Li Luo got up and turned on the computer, he found that his mailbox was full.

Apart from those meaningless spam emails, Li Luo carefully read the selected agent resumes.

The kind of unknown agents set very low commission rates and have the most colorful resumes, but no matter how low-profile they are, Li Luo would not dare to use them. In the future, tens of millions of his turnover will go through their hands, so it is better to find someone with a reputation.

Big companies are better.

After much selection, we finally decided on only a few people.

The first one is the most famous Jeff Schwartz. According to Li Luo's knowledge, this person has athletes across the four major leagues and is very powerful. However, as the saying goes, the store bullies customers, and the other party doesn't like it a bit.

Li Luo's flamboyant way of selecting an agent, plus the fact that he has many players of Li Luo's level, so he just attached a contact information to his email.

This guy is a bit arrogant. He doesn't even offer basic commissions and advertising shares?

The second one is Rich Paul, who will be called "Rich Paul" in the future. This guy will later have star players such as LeBron, Anthony Davis and John Wall, and Paul has grown up with James from the beginning.

, the famous "Decision 1" incident also referred to Paul's advice.

The third one is Yi’s future agent, Fagan. This guy has something wrong with him. He is too focused on money. When Yi was running for the draft, he was determined not to go to the Bucks, which had low commercial value and was remote and cold. This made the team’s management uncomfortable.

The first floor was very uncomfortable, and the same was true for the subsequent transfers.

But there is something good about this guy. He will really fight for every contract for his players, as long as you can feed him. This one is to be determined.

The last one, and the one that Li Luo was most satisfied with, was Bill Duffy. It must be said that Duffy, who has been dealing with Dayao for many years, understood the Chinese way of talking. At the beginning of the letter, Duffy did not look like an American.

Just like talking about business.

He first praised Li Luo Network for its excellent method of selecting agents, and he may also use this method to advertise in the future.

He also said that Dayao was very happy to hear that he had a fellow countryman who played well in the NCAA. He hoped that we would have the opportunity to have dinner together in the future.

At the end, Duffy proposed the details of his contract, indicating that the 4% contract share cannot be less, but the maximum proportion of 20% in commercial contracts can be negotiated.

This contract takes into account the shrewdness of American businessmen and the human nature of Chinese people when negotiating business. This makes people very comfortable.

Li Luo decided to discuss the details with Duffy before making a decision.