I'm not really a role player

Chapter 90 NBA Earthquake! (The 5.2K first update asks for a monthly ticket and asks for the first order!)

Chicago, United Center.

In the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the series between the Bulls and the Pistons, the Bulls trailed by a total score of 2 to 3.

The sixth battle that determines life and death has reached its final moment——

Facing the Pistons' defense line like a torrent of steel, Andrea Nocioni made a sudden shot while running and scored a three-pointer!
The audience immediately erupted.

"The Argentine shooter made a sudden shot and hit a three-pointer. The Bulls are only 7 points behind!"

"What did I see, facing the key three-point defense, I thought of the NCAA finals a month ago, that guy named Sheldon!"

"No, it's not the same, Sheldon is a three-pointer..."

In the commentary of Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, Li Ke was mentioned without any surprise. Now, he is the benchmark of Mr. Key.

In the private room on the second floor, John Paxson, the vice president of the Chicago Bulls and the actual person in charge of basketball affairs, shook his fist fiercely: "Turn over, turn over! Turn over and it's a tiebreaker!"

Beep!
Andre Nocioni, who had just made a contribution, immediately paid for a foul.

On the sidelines, Bulls coach Scott Skiles waved his arms, he commanded!
John Paxson frowned: "Foul tactics have been executed so early?"

With 1 minute left before the end of the game, the Bulls can defend another round.

However, Scott Skiles has made adjustments to execute foul tactics...

On another seat in the private room, Jim Paxson moved his butt uneasily.

He was fired last year as the general manager of the Cavaliers, and then he was hired by his younger brother, who is the vice president of the Bulls, and is now the Bulls' basketball consultant.

He couldn't help complaining: "I said it earlier, John, Scott Skiles has a problem with his ability, we have to replace him."

On the court, premature foul tactics caused Chauncey Billups to keep standing at the free throw line and made two free throws.

Then, every minute and every second, the gap in the score was like a nailed coffin board, motionless.

Until there is no hope of turning the tables...

"Fk!"

Watching the team lose this life-and-death battle, John Paxson was silent for a long time and cursed angrily before getting up with his hands: "Get ready for the joint trial training that will start next week, Jim!"

Jim Paxson followed closely behind, and began to ramble again: "John, I'm serious, I still reject the league next year, don't let the joint trial training be placed in the United Center, the joint trial training in the past few years has become a curse, and every year at that time, we have to make room for them..."

"Stop talking!"

In the second round of the playoffs, the Bulls failed, and the United Center, which was bustling with excitement a few days ago, has become deserted again.

But in a few days, it will be lively again, but it will not be the excitement that Chicago fans want.

……

ESPN Television set up a recording studio in Los Angeles.

Stephen A. Smith pushed open the door of a room called "Sorry to Interrupt."

That's right, this guy is a well-known NBA bricklayer who was later nicknamed "American Yang Yi" by domestic fans. It's just that he is not well-known now. There are several radio and TV programs on ESPN, all of which are in danger of being cut off.

"Sorry to Interrupt You" is an NBA talk show, and American Yang Yi occasionally appears as the host.

Inside the door is the recording studio of this program. The staff are busy coming and going. Mei Yangyang directly sat in the host's seat, and with the help of the assistant, put on the headset.

"How long is Kobe?"

"almost……"

da da da da da...

The helicopter landed on a nearby tarmac, Kobe got off the plane, and quickly entered the recording studio under the escort of security personnel.

Then, he sat across from Stephen A. Smith.

"Okay, we can start, all departments, turn on!"

The lights were turned on, and several cameras were aimed at Kobe and Mei Yangyang.

After a prologue, this talk show entered the topic.

"Tell me about Mitch Kupchak..."

"Mitch Kupchak? He's an idiot, a mediocre idiot. I've given him plenty of chances, but so far, I can't see any progress, so I don't want to wait any longer..."

Mei Yangyang's eyes widened. He was stunned. Didn't he just talk about a simple interview?Why did you start scolding all of a sudden?Is this torn skin?
But is Mitch Kupchak a nice guy?

"I have filed an application to leave the Lakers through a trade..."

Apply for a trade and leave the Lakers?

Kobe wants to apply for a trade, he wants to leave the Lakers!

Mei Yangyang reconfirmed that he heard correctly. At this time, he was no longer surprised, but shocked.

Fuck, big news!
I'm on fire!

"Are you serious? Kobe?"

Kobe nodded: "I have no choice now."

Mei Yangyang still feels unbelievable: "Can the Lakers really do nothing to keep you?"

Kobe made the final confirmation briefly and earnestly: "Really, no!"

The show was broadcast, and with a bang, the NBA was shaken...

Back in Chicago again, John Paxson watched the rebroadcast of the ESPN TV program, his face full of excitement: "Forget about the joint training, Jim, what do you think of Kobe?"

"How? Hey, he's Kobe!"

"Give me a Kobe and I can do better than Jerry Krause!"

"Who is Michael Jordan? It's Kobe Bryant now!"

The brother's series of brainwashing words made John Paxson full of confidence.

He patted the table: "You horse, stud!"

……

At this time, Li Ke was setting off from Austin to Chicago to participate in the upcoming joint trial training.

Almost overnight, Kobe was the headline in all newspapers and magazines.

The Pistons offer, the Bulls Stud, and the Lone Ranger are also coming to get involved. The 29th team is interested, and the Lakers are still trying to keep it.

The most outrageous piece of news is that Kobe put on a Bulls jersey, swaggered through the streets of Los Angeles, and was exposed to a recording——

In the recording, Kobe shouted to the fans:

"Go ahead and buy a Bulls jersey..."

"Jerry Buss? He's an idiot!"

"I don't want to waste time with the Lakers..."

"..."

"Is Kobe Bryant hinting he's going to the Bulls?"

After arriving in Chicago, Xiao Du, who got off the plane, also heard this recording. He is now very concerned about Kobe's forced palace incident.

On the one hand, Kobe did make a big fuss, and public opinion has swept across the United States. On the other hand, Xiao Du seems to be taking the role of Kobe.

"I think the Bulls are not good, and they will live in the shadow of Michael Jordan. If I were Kobe, I would definitely not choose the Bulls..."

Li Ke nodded perfunctorily: "That's right, going to the bull is the most stupid, the most difficult road..."

"The most difficult? That's not the case."

Xiao Du kept paying attention to Kobe, but Li Ke was thinking about whether Kobe's forced palace incident would have any impact on him and Xiao Du?
Soon, the influence actually appeared around me.

At the gate of the airport, Du was picked up by Rob Pelinka's assistant, but Pelinka himself did not appear.

In contrast, Li Ke saw David Falk smiling and waiting beside Mei Ben.

"Rob Pelinka should not care about the trial training here. KD chose the wrong agent, which will cause him to completely miss the No. [-] pick."

After getting into the car, David Falk mocked Rob Pelinka and Xiao Du on the other side.

Li Ke shook his head, he didn't want to talk about it, Xiao Du might have chosen the wrong one, but it didn't affect Xiao Du personally, because the number one champion wasn't his.

"By the way, I got a call from that idiot Mitch Kupchak who invited you to try out."

Kobe called Kupchak an idiot on the show. Now, the word idiot is synonymous with Kupchak.

"The impact of Kobe forcing the palace?"

"That's right!"

The Lakers do not have a lottery pick. It stands to reason that Li Ke, who has the lowest draft price and the bottom of the lottery, cannot be selected.

But now, Kobe is forcing the palace. If a deal is imperative, the Lakers have many possibilities. They can choose to directly get a few quasi-star players, or seek high draft picks and rebuild directly.

Faced with the Lakers' invitation, Li Ke shook his head: "I don't want to go to the Lakers without Kobe."

"It's hard to say now, what if the Lakers send away Lamar Odom? They have two options now. One is to pack all the players except Kobe and replace them with an All-Star to satisfy Kobe and stop seeking a deal. The other is to trade Kobe directly. They can get a lot of chips..."

Li Ke shook his head secretly, he knew Kobe couldn't leave.

But a package deal for an All-Star?

At least it had to be before the trade deadline for the new season, a deal that was regarded as a robbery at the time, and got Pau Gasol.

But in fact, before that transaction, Kobe had already used his transaction veto power to veto his transaction to the Bulls.

Then, the farce of forcing the palace became that the Lakers agreed to the trade Kobe did not agree to, and the Lakers did not agree to the trade Kobe agreed to, and the situation froze.

Fortunately, Kobe is still a professional, and he played in the new season amidst a lot of scolding, leading the Lakers to an excellent record.

The Lakers' trial training is likely to be a waste of time, but Li Ke did not refuse.

Just go there, what if there is an unexpected harvest?
It's a long way from the airport to the hotel.

David Falk seems to have a habit of chatting about work in the car:

"The two previous endorsements have the latest progress."

Two endorsements, one for Coca-Cola, the latest development is that Pepsi has joined the competition.

"Coca-Cola's bid was $300 million for a two-year contract, with priority renewal after expiration; PepsiCo offered $100 million, also for two years, with priority renewal after expiration..."

"Whoever gives more will sign."

Coke's endorsement is different from sneakers. It won't affect his career. He doesn't drink much anyway. Even if it's the difference in taste, the so-called Coca-Cola is more spicy and pungent, while Pepsi is sweeter and mellower. It has nothing to do with him.

Only the amount of American knife is the closest to him.

"OK, then I'll contact Coca-Cola again to see if they have any thoughts on raising the price."

David Falk handed over yet another contract.

"Sneaker contract, Air Jordan's latest bid, $7 million for 5000 years."

"Adding 1000 million US dollars, how easy is it to make a counter-offer?"

Immediately afterwards, Li Ke looked at Lu Ning who was seated in the front row: "Lu Ning, how is the bid from the domestic side?"

"Anta gave 5 million U.S. dollars in 4000 years, and Li Ning gave 10 million U.S. dollars in [-] years."

"Li Ning is going to make big news!"

"It depends on whether you give him this chance."

Li Ke now knows that Xiao Du's sneaker contract is the second-highest rookie sneaker contract in NBA history. The highest is James, who signed it in 03, worth 7 million U.S. dollars in seven years.

This also means that once Li Ke accepts Li Ning's contract, in terms of total amount, he will break James' record and become the first in history for the total amount of a rookie sneaker contract.

Of course, on an annual basis, James must be higher.

Even so, Li Ke still prefers Air Jordan:

"Mr. Falk, copy the offer from Anta and Li Ning to Air Jordan, and see their reaction..."

David Falk nodded in agreement, but secretly wanted to laugh: Reaction, what kind of reaction can there be?That guy Michael, he's going to bleed a lot this time...

……

After checking into the hotel, under the introduction of David Falk, Li Ke quickly met a new friend.

Do not……

To be precise, they used to be opponents in the NCAA, but now they share an agent.

"Hello, Jeff."

"Hello, Sheldon, seriously, until the draft, I still can't get over that block of yours."

"Ha...Jeff, I feel the same way. I'm afraid you don't know. Throughout my NCAA career, I guarded all the scorers who played against me, with only one exception."

"me?"

"Yes."

"..."

After some communication, Li Ke and Jeff Green looked at each other and smiled, and chatted about more topics, gradually becoming warmer.

David Falk looked at the two newly signed rookie players who cherished each other, and suddenly had expectations.

In his view, Jeff Green has great potential and is likely to become an All-Star player in the NBA in the future.

Although Li Ke was strongly recommended by an old friend to sign him at all costs, after getting to know him better, he discovered that this guy has a heart of steel. No wonder he can be favored by that person, but his future success depends on his talent.

Perhaps, struggling to return to the mainstream, hope lies in these two people.

The first night in Chicago came.

In the hotel room, Li Ke, Jeff Green, David Falk, Lu Ning, several assistants from Falk's brokerage company... more than a dozen people filled the room, staring at the TV with burning eyes.

Turner Sports Channel, a big drama is about to be staged.

"Here is the scene of the 2007 NBA draft lottery. The representatives of the 14 lottery teams are ready. Next, I will invite the league's acting executive David Shoemaker..."

The hosts on TV are Mike Brin and draft expert Mike Schmitz.

The screen quickly turned to a transparent glass container filled with balls.

"Are there any differences between this year's lottery rules and previous years?"

"It's no different. We still start with the fourth overall pick and work our way backwards. After drawing four to the No. 14 overall pick, we start from No. [-], No. [-], and finally the No. [-] pick..."

Li Ke listened to David Falk's introduction, nodded, and then muttered in a low voice: I'm afraid it's going to be a blast!
Because he saw that the three teams with the highest probability of winning the No. 25 lottery are 19.9% of the Grizzlies, 15.6% ​​of the Celtics, and [-]% of the Bucks.

But Li Ke knew that these three teams were not the ones who got the top three picks in the end...

"What is going to be drawn now is the fourth pick in the first round..."

Four balls were pulled out to form a digital combination, and after being arranged, they pointed directly at the Memphis Grizzlies.

"It's the Memphis Grizzlies, oh my god, the lottery ceremony just started, and there was a big shock...the Grizzlies with the worst record didn't get the No. [-] lottery, and they didn't even make it to the top three!"

"Chris Wallace has a bad face..."

In Xiao Du's room, Rob Pelinka finally arrived, and they were also watching the live broadcast of the draft lottery.

Seeing Chris Wallace's terrible expression, Xiao Du and Pelinka became happy instead.

"Grizzly's workout? Go ride a horse!"

In the transparent glass container, four more balls rolled out.

"Then comes the fifth pick in the first round... No way, the Celtics? That's right, it's really the Celtics! The Celtics with the second-to-last record won the fifth pick in the first round, and they also failed to enter the top three."

The camera was focused on Danny Angie, the old fox just frowned, and there was no more expression.

"Sixth pick... Milwaukee Bucks?! Another upset..."

When the Bucks with the sixth pick were drawn, even David Falk felt a little unbelievable: "The three teams with the worst records all fell out of the top three? Isn't the league going to be embarrassed?"

He smelled the smell of black box operation, and then turned to Jeff Green: "Our draft strategy may have to change, especially you, Jeff..."

Jeff Green's predicted picks have always been in the top five in the first round, and the three teams with the worst records all fell out of the top three, which means that the teams that get the top three picks will be those unexpected teams.

Including the Grizzlies with the fourth pick and the Celtics with the fifth pick, who have now decided their ownership, are also surprising.

Jeff Green's original trial training process needs to be changed.

The fourth to No.14, after all of them are drawn, only the representatives of the Trail Blazers, Supersonics and Eagles are still beaming.

The representative of the Blazers is Brandon Roy, the representative of the Sonics is Sam Presti, and the representative of the Eagles is Dominique Wilkins.

"The third pick in the first round...the Atlanta Hawks! The Eagles, who have the fourth-worst record in the league, got the No. [-] pick."

"Then came the second pick in the first round...Seattle SuperSonics! The league's bottom five, they got the second pick."

"This also means that it is the Blazers who get the No. 5.3 pick! There are only 2007% possible Portland Trail Blazers. They won the No. [-] pick in [-], and Greg Oden is theirs!"

Brandon Roy stood up. He had just won the NBA Rookie of the Year trophy, and now he won the No. [-] pick for the Blazers.

"A formidable young army will appear soon, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, plus Greg Oden, this combination is too scary..."

Facing the results of the final draw, David Falk quickly made a decision.

"Selton, you don't need to change your draft strategy. As for Jeff, how about we cross out the Milwaukee Bucks who fell to sixth?"

Li Ke looked at Jeff Green and nodded in agreement.

He knew that after all the dust had settled, he, a little butterfly, hadn't affected the NBA yet.

However, from the beginning of the draft, Li Ke is about to join a new battlefield, stirring up the situation...

By that time, he will no longer be a little butterfly.

　Ask for a monthly pass! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)