NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 78 Agent Bill Duffy
Wang Feng understood that he was in the competition with Barnes, and he definitely had the upper hand.

Although Barnes is more comprehensive than him in terms of technology, Wang Feng has better perimeter defense and assist defense ability and more stable corner three-pointers than him.

If what the Warriors need is a team core and main scorer, Barnes must be better than Wang Feng.

But the problem is that what the Warriors need is a functional role player whose tactical status can only be ranked fourth or even lower in the starting lineup. In this case, Wang Feng, who has a single style of play but is efficient, is the first choice.

What's more, in the preseason, Wang Feng also showed his offensive ability in mid- and long-range shooting. The way of scoring is not limited to the corner three-point line. In addition, there is a potential Huaguo market behind him. Wang Feng's advantage ratio Barnes has so much more!

Therefore, even though Barnes played well in the preseason and became the Warriors' preseason scoring leader, Wang Feng was not worried that his starting position would be taken back by the opponent.

After the end of the preseason, there is a short rest period of two or three days before the start of the official regular season.

The Warriors' regular-season opener will be at home with the New Orleans Pelicans on October 10, three days later.

Head coach Cole did not arrange team training and gave the players a short vacation.

As for Wang Feng's three days, his itinerary was basically fully booked.

On the first day, Wang Feng met with agent Bill Duffy.

Bill Duffy is a member of the Yao team. He is Dayao's agent in the NBA. Agent of Anthony, Anthony Davis and other top stars.

After Wang Feng expressed to Dayao that he wanted to find an agent, Dayao introduced Bill Duffy to Wang Feng.

Wang Feng has heard of Bill Duffy. As one of the top agents in the league, Duffy is a well-known good guy with a sincere and upright style. Not only did he reject some players with bad records, he even rejected him because of his negligence at work. Take the initiative to pay out of your own pocket to compensate players for their losses.

As a layman, Wang Feng didn't understand the twists and turns of the agent, but to get Dayao's praise, Bill Duffy must have something special.

The two met at a restaurant in Auckland.

When they met, it wasn't just Bill Duffy, the team leader of Yao's team, and Dayao's cousin-in-law Zhang Mingji.

"Hey, Bill, this is the king I told you about."

Chinese-American Zhang Mingji speaks very good English, and has worked with Bill Duffy for many years, and the two sides are very familiar.

"Ok, I know."

Bill Duffy shook hands with Wang Feng and Zhang Mingji respectively with a calm expression.

As a well-known top agent in the NBA, how could he not know about Wang Feng?Even if you don't understand, you will make sufficient preparations in advance when you have agreed in advance to meet and discuss cooperation in detail.

"Yao has basically told me the details of the situation. I think Wang Feng has certain commercial value. Although he is unlikely to become a phenomenon-level top superstar like Yao, at least he can operate properly. It is not easy to get an annual salary of tens of millions. Disaster."

Bill Duffy didn't talk too much, and he said briefly and directly when we met: "I am happy to serve Wang Feng and assist him in negotiating business contracts in the United States, but... Before that, I have a question I want to confirm."

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Feng.

"According to the gossip I got, after the Warriors won the championship in the summer, the Warriors management wanted to renew your contract in advance. It seems that they offered a four-year contract of 4 million yuan, but you rejected it. This is already close to the middle class. level contract, I want to know why you refused?"

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Mingji looked at Wang Feng in surprise.

Under the lead of Dayao, he had already met and talked with Wang Feng during the Asian Championships, but he had never heard Wang Feng say that the Warriors wanted to renew the contract. The domestic market in China, and with Dayao's retirement in recent years, the focus of work has gradually shifted to the management of the Shanghai team in which Dayao holds shares. The news about the NBA in the United States is not particularly clear.

But in his opinion, 4 million in four years and an average annual salary of 2400 million is already a very good contract. If he knew, he would definitely persuade Wang Feng to sign this contract. After signing for these four years, at least Wang Feng The position in the Warriors can be more stable!
When Dayao joined the NBA as the No. 400 pick, the average annual salary of his first rookie contract for four years was only about 600 million yuan. As an undrafted pick, this is the second season for Wang Feng. It's pretty good too.

Wang Feng was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Bill Duffy would know about this.

It stands to reason that the Warriors general manager Miles and Wang Feng's contract renewal talks are confidential, not to mention the outside world, even inside the Warriors, there may not be many insiders.

It seems that in a country controlled by capital, nothing is airtight.

However, Wang Feng didn't pay too much attention to it. This kind of thing that is considered confidential by the team doesn't matter to Wang Feng.

He even wanted to say everywhere that the Warriors offered him 4 million for 2400 years. Has any other team offered a higher bid? Don't miss it when you pass by!

But this kind of thing can be regarded as one of the unspoken rules of the NBA. No player will use the quotations given by other teams to bid for a larger quotation contract, at least not publicly, and doing more is secretly hinting.

After all, I still have to hang out in the NBA in the future, so there is no need to do everything right.

"Why did you refuse? Because I think that after this season, I can sign a bigger contract." Wang Feng said as a matter of course: "4 million in four years is too small, I don't like it."

"The contract is too small... don't you like it?"

Zhang Mingji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He is aware of Wang Feng's current contract, which is less than $50 a year.

Even if Wang Feng performed well in the NBA, it's a bit too much to look down on the 2400 million contract, right?

Also a player under Bill Duffy, the No. 4 pick Anthony Davis, who is about the same age as Wang Feng, has a rookie contract of only 2320 years at [-]!

Last season, Davis has averaged 24+10 double-doubles per game, and has honors such as block leader, best first team, best defensive second team, and All-Star starter.

Although Wang Feng is very good, he is far from being able to compare with Anthony Davis!

Of course, the situation between Davis and Wang Feng is different. One is the No. [-] pick in the regular draft, and the other is the undrafted pick. It is unreasonable to compare them together, but Wang Feng can get an average salary no worse than the No. [-] pick in the second season of his career. In Zhang Mingji's view, the rookie's contract offer is already very valuable!What's not to like?
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