Chapter 79 Party Invitation from Iverson (Another 5500!)(1/3)
On July 1, accompanied by Bill Duffy, Su Feng officially signed a contract with Philadelphia 76ers.
I, Su, signed a first-round pick contract with the 76ers with a total value of 3.5 million green coins in three years.
In 1994, after the Bucks selected Glenn Robinson, who was nicknamed "Big Dog" with the No. 1 pick, Robinson said the classic saying "If you don't give me 100 million, I won't beat you."
In desperation, the Bucks could only offer Robinson, who had never even played an NBA game at that time, a sky-high contract of 68.15 million yuan.
At that time, Robinson's contract attracted the dissatisfaction of many veteran players in the league.
In order to prevent rookies from continuing to ask for prices in the future, the NBA has implemented a strict first-round pick contract system since 1995.
In the future, in the suspension negotiations of the 1998/99 season, the first-round pick contract system will finally become a four-year system after research by n experts, and the fourth year will be the team option. After the contract expires, players will become restricted free agents.
3.5 million in 3 years...
In addition to Xu Guoliang's "sponsorship", this should be considered Su Feng's "first pot of gold" in his life.
There is no way, young people's entrepreneurship is so "hard".
It is worth mentioning that on the day of the signing ceremony, Su Feng originally wanted to ask Iverson why he passed the ball to himself during the trial training, but he had no choice but to...
Iverson is so popular.
After Ai signed a contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, Ai, who was holding the Philadelphia No. 3 jersey in his hand, was surrounded by the media.
How popular was Iverson in Su Feng’s previous life?
During the rookie season, just as other rookies were thinking about how to show themselves as much as possible, Iverson had already stepped forward and signed a 10-year, 50 million sneaker contract with Reebok.
And in this agreement, if Iverson scored the All-Star for three consecutive years, the contract will automatically be upgraded to a lifetime contract.
So in the future, if you see news about selling burgers and selling lamb skewers on the street...
Just look at it, because even if a person goes bankrupt, his life will still be comfortable.
At most, it is to sell a few beef buns in the sewer to subsidize the household income.
As a veteran, Su Feng knew how exaggerated the sales of the "Answer" series were. Because Iverson was about the same height as that of ordinary people, it was almost all the rage after the "Answer" series was launched.
Speaking of which, Iverson's nickname "Answer" is also interesting.
This is still the "answer" given by Iverson himself in March this year when facing media questions.
At that time, Iverson said that because when he was in Hampton, his friends all said that they were the "answer".
The reason is that he can score when he wants to score, and he can dunk when he wants to.
So Iverson had a lettering of "Answer" on his biceps early on.
In addition, when facing the media, the media were surprised to find that Iverson never wanted to hide his past.
There is no reason for ai to be popular.
Stern was a shrewd businessman, and he knew that Hill, who played like a gentleman, would be praised because such a good man was a typical example that Stern hoped to establish.
Although he is rebellious and rebellious, he is always surrounded by friends, but "bad boys" like Iverson have to be praised.
Because "bad boys" like Iverson are the idols of many slum black children at this time.
In the future, there will always be melons who like to compare my melon’s origin with AI.
But in fact, compared to the big guys around Anthony, Stern knew that Iverson's "friends" were just a group of gangsters at best.
Iverson and Anthony are completely different.
Slum-born Iverson was an idol of local blacks when he played football in high school because he played a quarterback who was monopolized by white people at the time.
On February 14, 1993, Iverson, who was sentenced to five years and suspended for ten years in a bowling alley fight.
This cruel sentence almost declared the "death penalty" of Iverson's sports career.
What is more cruel than being sentenced is the chaotic verdict process.
20 testimony from white people, each person is different.
And the reason they determined that this matter was led by Iverson was...
Among that group of black people, they only knew Iverson.
Many years later, Iverson is still very angry when recalling this, “Please, in a place where everyone knows me, I’m not stupid enough to lift a chair and suck someone….
And I would rather they say I'm going to smoke a man with a chair than say I'm going to smoke that girl."
Facts have proved that the air in Mili’s house is so "free and sweet".
In order to save Iverson, in October 1993, 150 volunteers ran around Hampton, hoping that the court could restore Iverson's innocence.
During this period, the American Association of Color also issued an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Finally, under public pressure, the court approved parole after Iverson was imprisoned for four months.
And Iverson is allowed to continue to participate in organized competitions.
After two years of parole, all charges against Iverson were dropped.
After being released from prison, what moved Iverson the most was that during his sentence, the gangsters who were hiding at the bottom of society took care of his family.
Therefore, since then, Iverson has firmly believed that people who are righteous are often slaughtering dogs, and those who are unfaithful are scholars.
So, at this time in 1996, Iverson was a stream of traffic with his own protagonist aura.
He is an idol of many black civilians.
certainly......
This guy's vision of making friends is really problematic.
have no choice......
Looking at Iverson surrounded by the media, Su Feng, who was holding the No. 23 jersey of the 76ers in his hand, shook his head after seeing that he could not get the "answer" he wanted today, and had to...
He walked into the encirclement of another group of media with righteousness.
There is no way. How could Su Feng be let go of the first Chinese player to play in the NBA, and with the previous topics such as the Philadelphia Hero and the Philadelphia Gemini?
You should know that after the trial training, NBC had to arrange an exclusive interview with Su Feng.
But because Su Feng's trial results are good, NBC has rescheduled this interview until the end of the summer league.
"Su, can you tell us why you chose the No. 23 jersey?" asked a local Philadelphia reporter.
“I wore a number 3 in high school, but this number is now owned by Allen.
So later I wanted to choose the 24th, because my good friend Kobe had been through the 24th for a while in high school.
But unfortunately, you all know that the No. 24 jersey of the 76ers has been retired.
Therefore, I can only choose No. 23.
Because in my opinion, I am a little weaker than Kobe, 24 minus 1 is exactly equal to 23." Su Feng replied after thinking for a while.
The media on site were stunned by Su Feng's questions...
Damn, it turns out that there is such an interpretation for the No. 23 jersey?
In the 1990s, because of Michael Jordan, No. 23 has been coated with a mythical protective shell.
Just like wearing No. 10 on the football field, Su Feng’s previous life, if you played jungle ball with No. 23 and played badly...
The ability to attract ridicule is definitely no less than that when you are playing Hearthstone, you say "Work well" to the other side.
However, Su Feng's reason is really impeccable.
Because if you taste it, if you carefully taste it, does he make a lot of sense?
People say that he plays a little worse than his friends, so he chooses a slightly smaller number. There is nothing wrong with this reason!
"Su Feng, as the first player in China to score in the NBA, do you have anything to say to domestic fans?" Seeing Su Feng answering the question, Su Junyang, who was mixed in the crowd, hurriedly held up the microphone and asked.
After Su Feng was successfully selected, Su Junyang has become the webmaster of the China Sports Daily's Philadelphia Press Station.
Well...he is the webmaster and the only reporter at this press station.
Listening to the old acquaintance's question, Su Feng thought about it and replied in Chinese: "I will definitely not embarrass the people of the motherland!"
After listening to Su Feng's answer, Su Junyang in the crowd silently gave Su Feng a thumbs up.
Next, Su Feng also encountered some problems that deliberately made things difficult for him.
only......
It’s very uninnovative that the media in this era ask questions!
There was not even a ** who made Su Feng want to fight back.
I saw Su Feng use one with his left hand and one with his right hand. Oh, it’s great, it’s bad!
Ahem, under Su Feng's skillful Tai Chi skills, the media on the scene were completely fooled by Su Feng.
“Is this really just an 18-year-old?
He is as smart as a businessman who has been in business for many years!”
On this day, many media expressed their feelings in their hearts.
To be continued...