What to do if you play basketball so well. Text 416. My surname is Zhang. "I am accompanying my wife to shop and buy things for my little daughter. The general manager called me and said that the Celtics provided me with a maximum salary quote. The team couldn't give so much money. I agreed and didn't have time to notify you."

"I see."

"The deal will not be officially completed until July. If... I am actually willing to reduce it to 10 million to renew the contract."

"You are stupid! The Bass family will give you at most 8 million, right? I know this. Even if you give you 10 million a year and sign for three or four years, you will lose tens of millions."

"Aren't you angry?"

"What am I angry about this? It's just a surprise... If I remember correctly, the team shouldn't have talked to you about the contract renewal. After the suspension, the free market will open. Will you choose the Celtics' 70 million, or the Lakers' 40 million or 50 million?"

“…”

"That's it, Boss Kenny, don't hurt money for the sake of love."

Kenny Anderson felt a fog in front of him. He felt like he was a traitor, and the boss betrayed the little brother... But Zhang Hao was still comforting him at this time.

After talking about the next life, Kenny Anderson would not go to Boston so early. He would wait until the labor-management negotiations were settled and the NBA was shut down. After all, Boston is not a good place for players with white skin color.

Everyone knows that shutdowns are inevitable.

Kenny Anderson had to go back to the hotel and told his wife that he had received $70 million and that he was going to move to Boston.

Changing teams is a big deal for any player.

If the Celtics give a little less, Kenny Anderson won't make up his mind so quickly.

70 million US dollars is really too much, which is about 30 million US dollars higher than the contract that the Lakers can give. This is the signing and then changing contracts before the suspension. If there is a very low proportion of player income distribution after the suspension, signing a new contract will definitely shrink more at that time. Although the probability of this is not high, it is also possible that it is correct to get 70 million US dollars first.

Zhang Hao also thinks so about this.

Helpless, reluctant to leave, but there is nothing we can do.

The Celtics gave $70 million, with an average annual average of 14 million, which is indeed unexpected. Kenny Anderson's market value is indeed at this price. Some teams are willing to give such a contract, but after the suspension, the new labor-management agreement will be more or less reduced.

At this time, the Celtics gave such a contract to offer the Lakers and Kenny Anderson, and their purpose was self-evident to break up the Lakers!

Who doesn't want to see them continue to win the championship? There is no doubt that it is the Celtics.

Now they have 13 championships in the Lakers, which is three championships away from the Celtics’ 16 championships.

If the Celtics weren't anxious to start and wait until the offseason to sign and then switch, it would probably be at most like the future Cavaliers and Raptors, they would get a future first-round lottery to protect the draft pick.

"The Celtics will definitely be the most active team to stumbling on us next?"

Zhang Hao returned to the draft and left for more than half an hour. He had already reached the second half of the first round. Except for Corey Benjamin, a high school student, Al Harrington, and the other 14 members of the Green House were all wearing hats... It happened that Al Harrington was selected by the Pacers in the 28th pick in the first round.

Immediately afterward, the Celtics sent the 29th pick in the first round from the Lakers to the Bulls, who selected their nephew, Cory Benjamin, the vice president of the PR department.

"Whether we choose, the Bulls choose?"

After watching the first round, Zhang Hao didn't want to watch the second round anymore. He was in a bad mood and was ready to have some fun.

Wang Zhizhi still has to watch the draft and will discuss the contract with the Kings later. Henry Thomas is already in his place.

...

On the other side, the draft office.

No matter how many members of the Green House members, the rookie outside the Green House members were selected, they could not stay on the scene. Pierce was taken to the draft office by the Lakers.

The logo man looked at Pierce who was excited... He was not sure how talented this junior student who claimed to be the son of the Lakers was. In theory, it was not bad, but his mouth was too broken. It was said that his private life in college was uncontrollable... Originally, this had nothing to do with him, but the Celtics applied to them to contact Kenny Anderson in advance.

Kenny Anderson is difficult to stay this year, and the logo man knows this very well.

There is a high probability that Kenny Anderson will be lost in the end. The players themselves are not so sure. As a top management team, the logo man knows that Kenny Anderson's market price is so high. He has won the point guard for two times. He is playing at the age of 28 and has just ended his rookie contract...

From a certain perspective, Kenny Anderson doesn't even have a transaction value.

From a market perspective, the Celtics almost exchanged the No. 10 draw for their Lakers' No. 29 draw.

The logo man knows very well that the Celtics are afraid that Kenny Anderson will really agree to renew his contract with an annual salary of 8 million yuan.

If Kenny Anderson accepts it, the logo man will definitely renew his contract with this salary, which will take five or six years.

But I had a talk before, but it was not concluded and it was put on hold. At this time, the Celtics' offer was made, and the logo man could only help contact Kenny Anderson.

Finally the transaction is completed.

More than half an hour ago, Zhang Hao came to the draft office and soon left with Kenny Anderson.

As for choosing Pierce, the logo man did not intend to choose Pierce at the beginning, which was risky, but he had to seize the opportunity given by the Celtics.

Originally, the logo man had a headache. It may be inevitable that Kenny Anderson would be let go in the offseason because he could not give a high salary. The logo man had not yet figured out how to tell Zhang Hao about this. He originally thought that there was still a summer to think about it slowly, so there was no need to hurry.

But the Celtics gave the opportunity to exchange for 10 picks with 29 picks, and he decisively chose to predict Pierce in the middle of the first round.

The logo man knows the relationship between Zhang Hao and Pierce, and Kenny Anderson will definitely leave for a higher salary, so he should be able to handle it...

But there are still many troubles next. The Bulls are not ethical and Jordan's off-hat contract is over. The Bulls stoke the cancellation of the off-hat clause and promote the luxury tax...

Just when the logo man heard Pierce's mouth keep muttering, and thought that the matter he had to deal with was bigger, the knock on the door sounded.

Zhang Hao pushed open the door and walked in.

Pierce rushed up excitedly: "Haha, Aix, I said, I will join the Lakers one day to lead the Lakers to win the championship, I'm here!"

"Yeah," Zhang Hao nodded with a smile and replied: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA!"

...

...

On Kenny Anderson, Zhang Hao had actually guessed that he would leave because of money. Pierce unexpectedly joined. This... Zhang Hao was not that sad anyway.

Another year of talented talented draft ended. The media, fans, and experts were discussing what talented rookies could do this year.

The success rate of rookies in the past few years has been very high, and this year it is also highly anticipated.

However, before we could discuss for a few days, we began to predict how the rookies in this summer league will perform. On June 29, the Players' Association held a press conference and announced that there was no agreement on labor and capital negotiations, and NBA players began a long strike.

The NBA official also announced on behalf of the owners of 29 teams that from 0 a.m. on July 1, the NBA will temporarily suspend all cooperation with the Players' Union and enter a suspension state.

All teams have begun to remove all the team's players-related things according to the latest negotiation results.

On the 30th, Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson returned to Los Angeles together, gathered their teammates together for a meal and some wine in the evening.

Zhang Hao was a little drunk, but he didn't drink too much, so he left the party early.

Not only Kenny Anderson, he doesn't know how many teammates will leave later. He may be able to maximize the core lineup, but the probability of role players being adjusted is high, mainly because of the luxury tax clauses that will inevitably be introduced, as well as the terms of canceling off-hat contracts agreed by the Players' Union and the bosses of each team.

This situation is inevitable, so Zhang Hao just thought about it too much, just wait for the suspension to end, and wait for the team's operations in the new season.

...

On July 1, US time, the NBA officially began to shut down. More than 50 professional basketball players who have just left campus to find a job are equivalent to being unemployed as soon as they find a job.

Some players, mainly rookies in the lottery zone, signed the contract early like Zhang Hao and paid some of their salary in advance, such as Wang Zhizhi and Pierce.

Pierce went to waste money when he got it, and even complained that the team didn't call him for dinner... Who told him to be a newcomer?

On Wang Zhizhi's side, Henry Thomas finally agreed with the China Blue Association. Most of the domestic income, the Blue Association has a commission of 65%. The income from the United States, such as salary and endorsement fees in the United States, are not under the management of the Blue Association.

There are some specific details. Zhang Hao didn't understand and was too lazy to care about those things. The domestic sports industry is like that now. Wang Zhizhi's situation is already very good. He has not officially entered the A-level yet and escaped the constraints of the Blue Association in his career early. However, if he wants to return to the national team smoothly, these sacrifices must be made, and Wang Zhizhi himself agreed.

The NBA suspension began. On the evening of July 1, Zhang Hao had already taken April Clark and Wang Zhizhi on board, first flew to Yokohama, Japan, and then flew to Beijing.

After arriving in Beijing on the afternoon of the 2nd, Zhang Hao and April Clark went home and met their parents.

Originally, he was worried that he would reveal some flaws when he saw his mother in this life for the first time, but when he saw his mother calling out "Mom", he had no worries.

Dad Zhang Weidong has seen him many times, and April Clark has also seen him several times.

As a mother-in-law, she had known that her son had found an American daughter-in-law. Recently, she heard that she was pregnant. As soon as she met, she started urging her to get married...

...

"Haozi, I won't urge you to get married. You have always been very independent, but our nationality, our baby must be Chinese. I will find a way to get the naturalization matter done, and you can't help it."

“Yes, yes, yes, I know.”

"Just know, but don't stay abroad for a few years, and you have forgotten who you are."

"Okay... it's hard to get born in the United States into our nationality?"

"It's quite difficult, and I can't let Xiaoli stay in China alone. But I'm considering your current identity. Xiaoli may be very difficult. My grandson should be fine."

Zhang Hao in front of him did not object, but in the last sentence... Zhang Hao strongly refuted: "It's a daughter!"

Zhang Weidong stopped doing it and shouted: "It's grandson!"

"It's my daughter! My daughter is my caring little cotton jacket!"

"It's a grandson! Only grandson can inherit the family business!"

"Inheriting the family business? Does my old Sun family have the throne to inherit?"

"Boy, I need to clean up, right... don't run away!"

On the other hand, April Clark was guessing and chatting with her future mother-in-law who was in poor Chinese and in poor English. Seeing the two grandpas quarreled, April Clark was a little surprised.

I listened to the quarrels more and understood the contents, probably because I was quarreling whether I was pregnant with a boy or a girl.

"What's there to argue about?"
To be continued...