NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 110: Three crowns in five years is not too much, right? The scholar-the great sage’s Five Finger Mountain!

New York.

The Knicks male model army has landed.

Because they all slept on the plane all night, Jiang Chao did not go home directly. Instead, he went to the office to go to Lao Lu to sign the contracts of this year's rookies and take a group photo.

Signing an undrafted pick like Matthews is a trivial matter, but a lottery pick is a bit troublesome. It requires taking pictures, shaking hands, etc., and it is impossible to do it in Las Vegas.

Harden, Curry, Beverley, Green, and Mills followed their agent to the arena to make final bargains with Sean Marks.

In the end, Curry and Harden have a 5-year, 15-13, 41-year rookie contract. In the last year of the player option, when they play out, they can choose to jump out and test the waters, or they can choose to re-sign a larger contract with the team.

Five years' salary can be more, so no rookie will refuse such a contract.

Jiang Chao gave the two people exactly the same contract. Harden did not say that he would receive preferential treatment because he was the third overall pick. This way, the two would have a healthy competition. He would not say who he really favored in the 2009 double irons.

The remaining three second-round picks were all given 5-year, 2 million contracts, which were also 41 rookie contracts. Sean Marks was worthy of being a master of price reduction, and he suddenly saved a lot of space for the Knicks.

Except for Danny Green, whose family is relatively well-off, these players all come from poor families. It is naturally a good thing to have long-term security. You must know that more than half of the first-round picks every year are signed for one or two years or never signed.

They were lucky to be offered a contract right away. After all, they were not high picks in the second round, and they were all guards. It is conceivable that after being selected by other teams, they would never get a contract for more than three years.

For example, Ginobili delayed for two years before giving him a contract to come to the NBA. There are countless examples like this.

Such a stable contract made Danny Green and others jump with excitement. This means that they can live in New York for at least 4 years. Of course, excluding being traded, and if the transaction occurs, their own value will be certain.

It's also very high.

Otherwise, no team would be willing to trade players with an annual salary of 400,000.

What is unanimous is that they all want to follow Jiang Chao and the Knicks, so it is okay to have less money, and in New York, they will not worry about having no money when they play.

Moreover, these five people have the same reward contracts as Matthews, but there is no specific reward for how many three-pointers and dunks they shoot in a season.

This kind of Jiang Chao knows that he is very stupid. Later, Hield of the Kings signed a contract with bonuses for every three-pointer he made in a single season. As a result, in the final stage of the Kings' playoff run, he went crazy and only shot without making breakthroughs. For the sake of his own

The bonus caused great harm to the king.

It’s still a very simple league honor bonus, attendance rate award and plus/minus award…

David Stern was stunned when these contracts were sent to the league. All five years? Good guy, are these people going to work together for five years? But he has no power to control it because they are all qualified and reasonable. Sign it

Blessings and that's it.

As David Stern's signature fax arrived, Sean Marks signed and everyone came to the boss's office.

Beverly immediately bowed and cried, five years! He has been able to appear in the NBA for these five years. It is great. 400,000 US dollars a year is enough for him to bring his mother to New York.

Curry and Danny Green also embraced each other after knowing the length of their contracts, which means that the five rookies of the same class will have to work together in the Knicks for several years.

"Brothers, let's work hard together in the future!"

"The same to you!"

"Both of you have to win the lottery!"

"Take us flying!"

"Come on together!"

Jiang Chao bit his pen cap and signed while smiling:

"Hey, are you making a five-year agreement? Three championships in five years is not too much, right?"

The five young people all looked at Jiang Chao, their eyes full of vigor and longing. They didn't know what would happen in five years, but if they could win three championships in five years, wouldn't they be crazy? Wouldn't they become each other's friends?

Jordan and Pippen to each other?

Curry: "Okay! That's it!"

Beverly: "I want to win five championships in five years!"

"This doesn't sound good. In China, it means without a crown."

"Then four!"

Mills was the first to get the contract and hugged it tightly: "I, the Australian Fire Ant, will contribute all my energy!"

Harden, who played confidently in Summer League, also shook his head: "Count me in."

Sean Marks looked at the group of young people including his boss and thought, How the hell is this even possible?

You haven't even written this horoscope yet and you're already thinking about competing for the championship?

But he didn't stop it either.

Maybe this is youth.

When I was a young man in bright clothes and angry horses, I lived up to my youth and knew it!!

After the signing was completed and the contract officially came into effect, Jiang Chao stood among the rookies and shook hands with them one by one and took photos. This will soon become their most precious memory of each other.

"Thank you boss!"

"Thank you, Boss Jiang!"

"Thank you, Brother Chao!"

In the Knicks, in the NBA, the very beginning, the place where dreams begin.

It is also the first step to enter the top basketball hall.

"Those who have money can buy a house. Those who don't have money, we have player apartments. Buy a car as soon as possible. Go pack it up, little guys." Sean Marks, the tallest man, also rubbed the heads of these rookies.

"Okay!"

"Does anyone want to rent a room with me?"

"I want to rent a small manor."

"What car are you buying? I'm going to buy a Chevrolet Hornet after I get my salary."

"I want a girlfriend, do you have any introduction..."

Jiang Chao thought of something and called out to Danny Green: "You kid, don't keep a python, I'll be scared to death."

"Boss, how do you know I like snakes?"

"Nonsense, you're a snake man, you can keep it, but don't bring it to the team." In later generations, Danny Green kept two big pythons in his home, and would hang them around his neck when going to parties. He was a wolf killer, and Jiang Chao was deeply impressed by this.

Yes, he is indeed a man with the appearance of an emperor. In China, the white snake coiled in the body has the appearance of an emperor.

"Haha, ok! My python is very cute and is being transported by air..."

"Wow, Danny, let me visit your house later!"

"I want to go too! You have to rent a big house now."

"Make more money and buy a house!"

“You two have the highest lottery salary, why don’t you support me???”

"Have you all signed the sneaker contract?"

"Not yet, I'm talking to Nike and Adidas."

Jiang Chao said meaningfully: "Well, this guy has to choose slowly. Don't be fooled. It's best to make a decision before the regular season."

“Thank you boss for your concern!”

"Okay!"

The five young people took the contracts and left the office shoulder to shoulder. Jiang Chao looked at the backs of several people of about the same height and put his pen back in place.

Back then, I traveled thousands of miles to find a feudal lord and defended Liangzhou on horseback. These young men have a bad taste!

Five years!

A player's career can only last four five years at most, and basically two five years will be over. These five people will spend their first long-term contracts with the Knicks, and Jiang Chao will not leave any regrets to them.

Not to mention three championships, at least one can be considered a success, right?

As for five years from now, who cares?

Based on the current situation, even if they go out and get a big contract in five years, they will just have to invest the money in their own company, haha.

And knowing that they haven't signed a contract with Nike yet, he has to seize the opportunity.

Speaking of elementary school students, the first thing they think about is buying a car, and they don’t know if his car has arrived.

It is the only model in the world that Duncan personally modified. If you want to compare, no one can compare with him.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chao couldn't help but go out and ask the security guard at the door:

"Has a sports car been shipped recently?"

"not yet."

"Okay."

Jiang Chao didn't call Duncan. He walked around the arena and checked out any hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, etc. that could be invested in next to the ancient Madison Square Garden arena. He would make a plan to give it to him in the future.

Knicks fans provide a one-stop industry chain for watching football entertainment.

Buying football tickets will give you discount coupons, and the discount coupons must be from your own property.

By the way, he had lunch at a noodle shop. He still had a long way to go to build a sports and entertainment industry like Las Vegas, because what he wanted to do was positive energy, and the land prices here were ridiculously expensive.

…

afternoon.

Jiang Chao, who was experiencing the hourly room experience at the 3-star hotel where most fans stayed, received a call from Downey Jr. from the human resources department.

Just now.

Jeremy Lin, a junior at Harvard University, scored 21 points in the American one-on-one match at 21:12, beating the Chinese national team starting guard Sun Yue, who is 14cm taller than him.

After Sun Yue refused to believe in evil, he was still beaten at 21:14 in the second game. After dissatisfaction, he competed for three points. In the basketball hall at Harvard's home court, he naturally took care of his own people. Sun Yue shot behind and gave up immediately.

Downey Jr. even took the video.

"Okay, you don't have to show it to me." Downey Jr. was about to send an email to Jiang Chao, but Jiang Chao rejected it.

"Okay, this guy is so fierce, he can defeat Sun in one step!"

"Guessed it."

"Speaking of boss, this guy has something. Do you want me to check him out? He's a junior, not bad. He said he will participate in the draft next year, and he also wants to talk to you."

Downey Jr. briefly introduced that in the NCAA last season, Jeremy Lin played 28 games on behalf of Harvard University, starting 28 games, averaging 34.8 minutes per game, scoring 17.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.4 steals.

Became the only men's basketball player in Division I of the NCAA Tournament to rank in the top 10 in the league in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and three-point field goal percentage.

A unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection.

In other words, Ivy League basketball has never been worthy of attention, otherwise he would definitely be a popular rookie in the next class.

In the United States, the Ivy League is a place for scientific research and nerds, and the basketball level has never been very good. It is crazy for Downey Jr. that a student like Jeremy Lin, who is not an athletic student and does not have an athletic scholarship, can become the main player of the school team.

"Let him be crazy for another year. Come back first. You are not a scout."

"Okay, boss, you can actually find this kind of guy, but he is a pure American. He has the speed of an Asian defender and the physique of an American heavy defender. That's awesome, boss."

"Yeah, I got it. Send him some gifts to express my gratitude and let scouts check him out next year." Jiang Chao actually knows that Jeremy Lin's senior year will be even crazier, but let's talk about it then. He will still be defeated anyway, and he will only be considered for next year.

thing.

As for whether he can put on a Knicks jersey and perform world-class crazy performances like later generations, it all depends on opportunity.

"Well, I gave him some tickets and a Knicks whiteboard jersey."

"Good guy."

"What did Sun Yue say?"

"I should have already called Sean. I'm probably too embarrassed to call you."

"Haha, ok." Jiang Chao smiled and hung up the phone. Jeremy Lin was the Five Finger Mountain that Jiang Chao sent to Sun Yue to let him know what it means to have people outside the mountains and mountains outside the mountains.

You think you are the number one yellow defender, but you don’t know that there are many yellow defenders who are better than you.

I just want to find a dumb person to take advantage of.

really.

At this time, a certain red-haired boy from Harvard University was trembling, and he and his agent were disgraced and bought some local gifts and other things, ready to sign the contract obediently.

In their view, Jiang Chao could defeat any college student he mentioned. Then American basketball is so hidden. They have never seen such a fierce yellow player when they won the championship with the Lakers.

When he first met Jeremy Lin, he even thought he was a Chinese student studying abroad. With his short hair and shy face... it turned out that the fight was as fierce as melon skin.

Now I feel like this is a god who came out of nowhere, and after learning about it, I am also confused as to how Jiang Chao could know such a Chinese college student who was born and raised in the United States.

According to Jeremy Lin, although Columbia University and Harvard have many cooperations, he has never met Jiang Chao.

In the end, Sean Marks gave Sun Yue an offer contract with the Westchester Knicks NBA, and Sun Yue's Aoshen Company obediently signed it for one year.

They also know how important next year's World Championships is. It is possible that Yao Yao's injury has not recovered by then. The men's basketball team's recent Asian Championship loss to South Korea has been criticized domestically. They need to make adequate preparations for next year's international competition.

I really need to increase my goals. I was beaten by an unknown guy. If it spreads to China, the great sage will become a thin monkey...

and……

You still have to have dreams.

What if Sun Yue does well in the Development League and renews his contract with the Knicks in the second year?

This is much more valuable than playing in the CBA after the Basketball Association reconciled.