NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 45 Letter of Intent

With the results of the lottery,

Each team also began to finalize their final intended players.

But except for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ No. 1 pick, the other teams are doing this in a low-key and secretive manner.

The number of teams that can snatch food from the tiger’s mouth is indeed small.

But just in case, don’t let the agreement reached with the rookie before the draft be ruined by other teams, and you still have to keep a low profile.

After all, this kind of intended player may be intercepted by other teams.

Now the teams are in a pure commercial competition relationship!

How much effort you put into looking at the draft website and watching videos yourself is not as fast as intercepting other teams’ options.

Instead of searching hard and letting the scout team work overtime day and night, it is better to explore the preferences of other teams.

Even if most teams hide the latest news, it is inevitable that rumors will spread.

Especially in the year of the draft in 2003.

Basically, the top picks will be signed by the team in the top five, and it becomes extremely difficult to find leaks.

Therefore, most of the leaks are located in the potential 7-15 picks.

Wang Song is no exception.

Since the results of the draft were released, Wang Song made his agent’s contact information public.

David Falk, an experienced agent, was almost busy to death.

In order to take care of this rookie, Falk postponed all the commercial content of many big-name NBA players.

It can be said that the sacrifice is huge!

Seeing his agent working so hard.

Wang Song himself is happy and comfortable.

He only needs to be responsible for the interviews and training, and show his talents in various NBA stadiums.

Except for occasional cooperation in the tryouts, most of the other time belongs to him.

After fulfilling his talent again and again, he received offers from several teams.

No matter what era it is, star centers will never have a market.

Wang Song has the added bonus of being a Chinese compared to ordinary star centers, which has attracted the attention of more teams.

Until a week before the draft officially began.

Wang Song had completed tryouts with 14 teams.

As for why the other half of the teams did not go for tryouts, it was not because they did not receive invitations.

It was simply too tiring!

Wang Song became a little tired after traveling to so many cities for tryouts in a few months.

“These ignorant guys actually asked me to go to each of them for tryouts. Only the New York Knicks know something.”

Complaints came.

David Falk just smiled and patted Wang Song on the shoulder to encourage the young man.

“Wang, hard work pays off. Look at how many letters of intent we have received!”

Looking at the pile of letters of intent in front of him, Wang Song rolled his eyes.

So many teams invited him, and he tried so hard to try out, but he could only go to one team in the end.

Wang Song felt that it was a bit redundant.

But David Falk was very sure about this matter and insisted that Wang Song try out for multiple teams.

According to Jordan’s agent, it was for future commercial contract negotiations.

Wang Song, who had a little understanding of this aspect but not thorough, could only listen and believe it.

Anyway, Falk and himself are now on the same front, and his interests are highly linked to his interests.

We all prosper together and we all suffer together!

“Mr. David, which team is the most sincere now? After we select the team, we can wait for the draft after the finals, right?”

“Well, Wang, you have worked hard for a while.”

“Next, our main targets are the New York Knicks with the No. 9 pick, the Los Angeles Clippers with the No. 6 pick, and… the Detroit Pistons with the No. 2 pick.”

“From the sincerity alone, there is no doubt that the Knicks are just standing in front of us naked and letting us do whatever we want.

They have made good guarantees, but it’s a pity that they have the No. 9 pick… It is very likely that you will be intercepted and sold as a bargaining chip before that. At that time, your value is more like a bargaining chip in the trading market. If the cost of obtaining you is too high, the risk is too high.”

“Well, as for the Clippers, you are actually quite compatible! The big ball market has a good business prospect, and the new generation of the team is a bit lacking, and you can just join in to strengthen it.”

Wang Song heard half of it.

David Falk suddenly stopped, took a breath and then added:

“It’s just that their current boss, Donald Sterling, is white!”

Smart Wang Song understood it immediately.

When the Italian agent mentioned a person individually, he also mentioned the other person’s race.

The amount of information implied is self-evident.

In the 2000s, the social status of Chinese in America was still very low.

According to the ranking in the previous life, they were still ranked behind black people in the United States.

They belong to the bottom of the food chain!

“Clippers! PASS!”

Wang Song crossed his hands in front of him and made an “X” gesture, directly rejecting the proposal.

“Falk, why didn’t you tell me earlier? I had to go to Los Angeles alone.”

“Uh… I just remembered this when I was summarizing the background check recently. Besides, didn’t you try out for the Lakers?”

“Come on! The Lakers’ goal every season is the championship. I don’t think they are willing to spend time waiting for a newcomer to grow up when they have Kobe.”

Wang Song hurriedly shook his head and refused: “Besides, the Lakers’ record in the past two years is too good. They only have a late first-round pick, which is even worse than the Knicks.”

After eliminating several options in a row, Falk suddenly got the words back in his throat.

“Are you talking about the Detroit Pistons?”

Wang Song guessed what the other party was thinking.

In fact, Wang Song and David Falk were a little surprised by the Pistons’ original tryout invitation.

Because before the tryout, no Pistons-related personnel contacted them.

It seemed that they just wanted to ask Wang Song to come for a tryout on a whim.

It feels like, he got the second pick without knowing why and wanted to find a hot rookie to strengthen the team.

But when Wang Song arrived at the scene, he found that things were not so simple!

The Detroit Pistons, whether it is the tryout program or the management team, are all professionally customized.

It seems that they have been ready for him to come.

“In fact, Detroit, except for the small market, everything else is pretty good!”

David Falk commented very pertinently: “They are neither a weak team now, nor have too much glorious history. As long as you join, this team will soon become one of the Eastern Conference powerhouses.”

Falk did not forget Wang Song’s goal.

Best Rookie + Surpass Jordan + Create Super Giant Influence!

These goals are superimposed together, in fact, it really depends on the team’s hard strength.

Even though there are many other teams that can guarantee to build a team with Wang Song as the core, the reconstruction of a team is never overnight.

For example, the Minnesota Timberwolves next door, who had three No. 1 picks but failed to help the team up.

Instead, it became the Whampoa Military Academy, which has been supplying talents to the outside world.

(End of this chapter)