The Point Guard is Here

The New York Knicks' orientation was held on July 17, 1994.

Fan Xi, Charlie Ward, Monty Williams three newcomers will collectively appear in front of the New York media.

As the most controversial rookie in this draft, Fan Xi gathered 37 media here.

Backstage, Vanhee sees Pat Riley again.

Because Dave Chertz and Jim Dolan were present, Pat Riley didn't say much to Fan Xie, but just asked him: Which jersey number do you choose?

Fan Xi told him: "Number 20."

Pat Riley nodded. Then he walked over and chatted with Charlie Ward and Monty Williams. From the scene, Pat Riley seemed to like Charlie Ward more. He chatted with Charlie Ward for five words, and Monty Williams Si also chatted for three and a half sentences.

The chief assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy who followed behind him recorded very rigorously the chat frequency of his mentor.

He quickly made a judgment in his heart: Jack Fan did not win the trust of the head coach.

However, Jim Dolan and Dave Chertz are very fond of Fanhee.

And two days ago, they completed a 6-year contract with Fan Xi's agent, and they will announce this news at the press conference tonight.

Compared with Glenn Robinson asking for a 13-year, 100 million US dollar contract in the media, Vanhee's progress is quiet.

Glenn Robinson struggled and got a contract that stunned all the star players in the league and collectively sued.

A rookie actually got 68 million US dollars in 10 years, with a starting salary of 2.9 million US dollars, which translates to an average annual salary of 6.8 million US dollars. How much is Pippen, the current head of the Bulls? How much is Patrick Ewing, the star of the New York Knicks?

The magnitude of the salary inversion makes it difficult for those long-established superstars to be convinced.

Therefore, more and more voices are floating in the media now, and the NBA must restrict the contracts of rookies. Not only the famous stars who have suffered from salary inversion for a long time, but also those teams and management representatives also hope to squeeze young coolies. In the minds of the bosses: Why can the NCAA squeeze these kids, and they can get tens of millions of dollars from us as soon as they enter the NBA.

The contract between Grant Hill and the Detroit Pistons has also been exposed, 6 years of 32 million US dollars, Jason Kidd's contract is 9 years of 60 million US dollars.

Both have the right to opt out of their contracts at certain specified years.

Fanchee's agent, Sam Powell, also won the rights for Vanchee.

After Powell and Dave Chertz had a good fight, he won a six-year, $23 million contract for Fanhee.

This number startled Uncle Fan Le, who was sitting next to him, who was still holding the hamburger shop owner's sheet music, and let out an astonishingly full belch.

As the sole legal guardian of Van Seed, he never dreamed that the New York Knicks would give Van Seed $23 million. At that time, he counted down his fingers until his whole body trembled. under the desk.

This number is astonishing.

He did a rough calculation, and he sold Roujiamo on this scale, and he would never be able to achieve this amount in his entire life.

Using another form of concrete calculation: 23 million to go whoring, that would have to grind the iron pestle into needles!

What made him even more surprised was that Sam Powell actually used threats to tell Dave Chertz: "We must have the right to jump out of the contract and become a free agent in the summer of 1996. Otherwise, we will not sign this contract. I believe ...Jack Fan can become the perimeter core alongside Patrick Ewing within two years, and at that time, this contract obviously cannot reflect the value of Jack. I have known for a long time that you plan to give Patrick Ewing a tens of millions annual salary contract."

Fan Le couldn't believe his ears at the time: Why did Sam Powell push out close to 20 million? According to this contract, Jack's starting salary in the first year is only 1.95 million, and the second year is only 2.55 million US dollars. You will earn more in later years.

"I admit that I have a gambling element."

Sam Powell told Fanchee van Leh after his uncle and nephew each signed their names on the contract.

Fan Xi understood Powell's actions very well.

Even though he knew, Powell was only doing it because... he wasn't clear-headed.

At that time, Fan Xi was very clear-headed. He seems to realize that there will be a huge change in 1996, and he has full confidence in himself.

Uncle Fan Le wanted stability, he asked Fan Xi and Sam Powell: "When the time comes, can we not jump out of the contract?"

Powell raised his eyebrows, and he said to Fan Le: "You should have confidence in Jack, he is a one-in-a-million super talent."

Fan Le frowned.

To be honest, he really didn't think his nephew was a one-in-a-kind genius.

These days, he also watched a lot of basketball, including the training of Fan Xi, Marbury and Iverson. He clearly felt that Iverson and Marbury were more talented.

So, when exactly did Sam Powell go blind?

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Fan Xi has been studying the lineup of the New York Knicks recently, all of them are iron-blooded and real men.

To be honest, Fan Xi was very moved.

In addition to liking women with bumpy and domineering figures, he also likes iron-blooded real men, because iron-blooded real men are often temperamental. And once he hooks up with any of the Knicks' temperamental people, his favorability soars, which means that his talent can be improved to a higher level.

Fan Xi is looking forward to getting along with these big brothers.

When Monty Williams saw Vanhee backstage, he gave him a warm hug.

He is a good friend that Fan Xie has known since he was in Virginia, and his affection for Fan Xie also reached 9 points.

He is Fan Xie's third best friend after Iverson and Marbury.

He is very happy to be able to play for the same team now.

She even gave Fan Xi a princess hug and twirled around.

He couldn't be more excited.

He asked Fan Xi: "Have you got the contract yet?"

Fan Xi told him, got it.

Monty Williams is happy, that's good! That's good.

He also signed with New York, and he got a two-year $1.5 million contract.

Although he didn't know the value of Fan Xi's contract, it was not difficult to guess from the rumors in the media that Fan Xi's contract should not be very high.

Therefore, he also comforted Fan Xi: "Don't have any psychological burden. Don't compare with those top rookies. Although you are also a lottery pick, you are in a special situation after all."

Fan Xi nodded, Monty Williams' kindness made him dumbfounded.

Then, Charlie Ward came along.

Charlie Ward was a little embarrassed to see Fan Xi.

A month ago, Pat Riley was still teaching this high school student outside Pat Riley's office, teaching him that he should go to college.

it's good now.

Fan Xi entered the team as a first-round lottery pick, but he got the 26th pick instead.

It feels like a person who has scored 80 points in the test comforts a person with a score of 95 points: It’s okay, you go to tutoring, and one day you will have my level.

Now, the rolls are out.

Charlie Ward didn't know how to start with Vanhey.

Waiting online, very urgent.

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