073: Your highlight is not playing ball(1/4)
"It's too slow, too slow. You can't play in the NBA like this. Who will want you if you try out like this?"
The training ground was filled with Oakley's roar.
Since the draft lottery ceremony, Li Ang has taken Francis to Oakley's training camp to maintain his condition before the draft and prepare for trial training.
Li Ang was panting from exhaustion. Is this the devil's training before the draft?
The intensity is obviously much greater than before.
Francis, who was on the sidelines, was stunned. He now wanted to go up and ask the old Oakley: "Sir, is it too late for me to withdraw from the training camp? Your training camp is not right!"
Do you think Oakley is training his sprint speed by telling Leon to hurry up?
too young too simple!
On the court, the trainer once again smashed the basketball into the basket.
At the same time, three trainers roughly hugged Li Ang and prevented him from taking off to grab the board.
Li Ang must find a way to get the rebound when surrounded by three people.
Of course, it's not over after you get the rebound.
The moment Li Ang caught the rebound, Oakley clapped his hands and shouted again.
"Quick, speed up!"
Li Ang held the ball with both hands and waved his elbows crazily and quickly!
"Yes, a man must have this speed. This speed can ensure that after you grab the rebound, no one will dare to hit you with the ball."
Now, you know why Fu Laoer wants to leave so much, right?
Francis swallowed, where on earth have I arrived!? Li Ang, didn’t you say this was a basketball training camp before you came!?
"Steve!" Oakley yelled at this time.
What are you afraid of?
"Ah? I'm here!"
"Go, you join in and fight with Li Ang!"
"Ah this..."
Francis finally figured it out. You just want Li Ang to beat me to death so that Li Ang will have one less competitor in the lottery.
I'd rather be too biased!
"I...I'm a point guard, hehe." Francis quickly shied away.
"What's wrong with the point guard? The point guard doesn't grab rebounds? Every point guard is a hidden center. Come on."
"I...I don't want to be with Li Ang. I don't feel well today. You know, men always have a few days a month, hahahaha."
Francis originally wanted to say, I can team up with the trainer. As a result, Oakley was the first to answer: "In that case, then you can team up with Big Ben."
Off the field, I touched the arm that was thicker than Li Ang and smiled naively at Francis.
"Hey, it's okay. Don't look at me like this. I'm actually very gentle."
Just like that, the training hall was filled with Francis's moans, which he didn't know whether it was pain or enjoyment.
Francis Hardness 1.
Of course, if he keeps practicing like this, Francis will be defeated sooner or later.
In the following days, Oakley also arranged physical fitness and shooting training.
After all, this is a complete training camp, so there are many types of technical trainers, and the projects are also very rich.
In the past few days, in addition to being busy training to maintain their condition, Li Ang and Francis also have to be busy choosing an agent.
The professional basketball world is different from the relatively simple NCAA. Without an agent to help with off-court matters, players are basically unable to move forward.
The simplest thing is that there is no way to try out.
Although there are examples like Dirk who don't need an agent to negotiate, but the boss is willing to spend money on him.
But just like human quality nerds, this is an exception after all.
After the March Madness finals, Li Ang and Francis had actually received many self-recommendation calls from agents.
But Li Ang did not offend them, and he also advised Francis not to agree to others easily.
The most important thing about an agent is not to choose a strong one, but to choose an obedient and loyal agent.
In the original history, Francis' agent Nathan Peake was a typical scammer.
He led Fu Boss to do business in a mess, and Fu Boss himself spent money lavishly, which later caused Boss Fu to go bankrupt.
Moreover, this guy later got himself involved in tax evasion. The whole amount was one to two hundred and fifty, which was completely unreliable.
As a good brother in this life, Li Ang cannot let Boss Fu get involved in such a scam again.
This is not even the biggest scam. The famous Deng Zizi was defrauded of more than 20 million U.S. dollars by his agent because of careless selection.
You can say that someone who can defraud more than 20 million dollars is incompetent?
But without loyalty, ability is worthless.
Therefore, the most important thing when choosing a broker is to avoid pitfalls.
As for ability, to put it bluntly, whether you can get a big contract or get a big endorsement depends on the player's own strength.
If you can't help yourself, hiring a good agent will be useless. If you have the strength, the agent will be the icing on the cake.
As trial training approaches, all the agents who come to recommend themselves these days have passed the threshold.
Oakley is also helping Leon and Francis check. After all, he has been in the circle for so many years. He can tell at a glance who is reliable and who is not.
Finally, on the second day of the open recruitment for agents, Li Ang saw a familiar and reliable person - Mark Bartstein.
This middle-aged man with sleepy eyes and messy hair has nothing to do with the word "reliable" just based on his appearance.
But Li Ang knows this person. As a senior basketball fan in his previous life, if you search for famous NBA agents on the Internet, Mark will definitely be on the list.
Mark is different from agents such as Rich Paul and Jeff Schwartz. He may not have as many flashy moves and news, but he is more low-key and more honest with players.
There are not so many bells and whistles, just purely serving the interests of the players.
Duoduo is an obedient and capable tool man!
Mark Bartstein has a good reputation in the circle. To be honest, even Oakley did not expect that Leon and Francis would attract such a big-name agent.
Francis alone would definitely not be able to attract such industry giants.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But behind Li Ang, there is a Chinese market that the NBA has never seen before, and Bart Stern wants to take a gamble!
It is said that Jeff Schwartz is already in contact with Wang Zhizhi, who will also participate in the 1999 draft.
But Bart Stern chose Leon.
Because they don’t know enough about China, no one knows whether a player like Li Ang who comes from outside the system can drive the Chinese market.
But Bart Stern decided to give it a try. Even if it couldn't drive the Chinese market, investing in Li Ang as an ordinary lottery pick would not necessarily result in a loss.
Bart Stern had prepared a lot of rhetoric and even hired a Chinese translator to go abroad to convince Li Ang's parents.
As a result, facing Bart Stern's self-recommendation, Leon only made one request: "You can sign me, but you have to take my brother Steve with you!"
Bart Stern simply said: "It's a deal, double happiness!"
In this way, Li Ang and Francis had a loyal tool man who began to help them arrange trial training.
As for which team he should go to, Li Ang doesn't have any special requirements, as long as he can guarantee playing time and get opportunities for leveling up.
In the early stage, leveling has a higher priority than winning. If you directly go to a team competing for the championship, if their lineup is complete, it will be difficult to achieve the goal of leveling.
To be honest, as a role player or water cooler manager trying to win the championship, the gold content is limited.
Li Ang still wants to wait until he can be on his own before competing for the championship.
And even if the team you go to is relatively weak, you don't have to worry about not winning the championship in the past few years. You can leave after you show your strength.
What was Li Ang thinking? He didn't want to hang himself on a tree.
One person, one city, sober up!
In his previous life, Li Ang was as loyal as Lillard, so he also started applying for trades.
As loyal as Duncan, in fact, it was because Rivers wouldn't let the idiot take his family on a plane that he didn't go to the Magic.
As expected of Lao Li, who is the best at reversing the situation. The Magic and Duncan had already reached a verbal agreement at that time and were just short of officially signing the contract. Lao Li was stunned to use his terrifying strength to reverse this foregone conclusion.
The glory of the Spurs can be established because of Lao Li's contribution!
And Kobe, who was regarded as a totem by the Lakers, was just about to go to Chicago to inherit Jordan's legacy. Fortunately, the Lakers got him a Spanish woman who managed the house and came back to stabilize him.
To put it bluntly, there is no such thing as absolute loyalty in the NBA, it's all business.
The so-called loyalty only means that the business has been concluded.
Besides, what benefit does one person, one city bring to Li Ang? Li Ang doesn’t want to be a city hero for the ugly people.
To be continued...