super point guard

Chapter 12 Rookie Contracts
During the few days between the arrival of the Xu Nuo family in Indianapolis and the formal signing of the contract with the Indiana Pacers, Xu Nuo gradually became more relaxed from the initial busyness. After signing the contract and not being able to go to the team for training, it seems that they are very relaxed.But there is still a problem, that is, their house problem has not been really resolved, because the promise at this time has no financial records in the United States, and he does not have an American ID number, citizenship number, etc., and American banks do not want any money. Lend promises to them.And now promise has not signed with the team, he does not have much money on hand to buy a house, so they want to wait until promise signs with the Pacers.During this period of time, Xu Nuo's family still lived in that hotel.

One morning three or four days after Xu Nuo's family arrived in Indianapolis, Xu Nuo was still sleeping soundly in his room when Bill Duffy woke him up.

"What's the matter?" Xu Nuo rubbed his sleepy eyes, and asked mutteringly, "It's only a few hours, and I woke him up."

Bill Duffy couldn't laugh or cry when he heard that. "It's almost nine o'clock!" he said. "It's time to get up long ago. You can't be so lazy!"

Xu Nuo tried hard to wake himself up, looked at Bill Duffy and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Hurry up and get up!" Bill Duffy looked at his watch and said anxiously, "Larry Bird wants us to go to the team today, and it's too late now!"

As soon as Xu Nuo heard that he was going to the team, he regained his energy immediately. He got dressed and washed in a hurry before preparing to set off with Bill Duffy.

"I don't know what Mr. Larry Bird wants us to do?" Xu promised to ask Bill Duffy before setting off.

"Of course it's about your contract, or what else will happen." Bill Duffy said, and hurriedly stepped into the car sent by Larry Bird to meet them.

"Are you going to sign with the team today?" Xu Nuo asked as he got into the car.

"Maybe not today, but soon." Bill Duffy said.

Knowing that he was about to sign a contract with the team soon, Xu Nuo became excited, wishing he could grow wings and fly to Conseco Arena, the home stadium of the Indiana Pacers.Along the way, Xu Nuo didn't have much thought to look at the scenery on both sides of the road outside the car window, but just hoped that the car could arrive at the arena sooner.When they finally arrived at the Conseco Arena, Xu Nuo felt his heart was about to jump out of his nerves.

Promise had never been to the Conseco Arena before. The last time they came to Indianapolis, they just stayed at Danny Granger's house for a while, and did not go to the Conseco Arena.This time, Xu Nuo finally stood in front of the gate of Conseco Arena.Xu Nuo stood there, looking up at the tall arena.The outside of the Conseco Arena is mainly decorated with brown tiles, and there are many large pieces of glass, through which promises to be able to see some things inside the arena.In the eyes of Xu Nuo, this arena is much bigger and more magnificent than those old and dilapidated arenas of CBA teams, although the Conseco Arena is still the home arena of many NBA teams. Not the most luxurious and grand.

Bill Duffy looked at the promise in a daze, and couldn't help laughing, "What are you looking at," he said, "If you want to see it, go in and take a good look."

So Xu Nuo followed Bill Duffy and the team staff into the Conseco Arena. They walked very fast along the way, because they were all eager to see Pacers general manager Larry Burr. Therefore, even if Xu Nuo really wanted to take a closer look at the interior decoration of this arena, he didn't have much time, and most of them were taken away at a glance. "It's okay," Xu Nuo said in his heart, "There will still be opportunities in the future."

After about 15 minutes, but the promise felt like 15 long years, they finally arrived at the office of Pacers general manager Larry Bird.Bill Duffy knocked on the large-looking oak door painted dark brown, and a familiar voice came from inside: "Please come in!"

Bill Duffy and Xu Nuo opened the door and walked in. Sure enough, they saw their old acquaintance—Pacers general manager Larry Bird sitting behind a large desk with a habitual expression. Smile at them.

"So it's you!" Bill Duffy said happily, standing up from behind the desk, "It's nice to see you again."

"I'm sorry we were a little late." Bill Duffy said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter!" Larry Bird said, smiling at Xu Nuo, and then he sat Xu Nuo and Bill Duffy across his desk, and a staff member came over to make tea for them.

"The purpose I asked you to come this time is actually very simple," Larry Bird said straight to the point, "The main reason is to let Xu promise to take a look at the draft contract to see if there is anything missing, or if there is anything that is not enough. Anything you like can be brought up, and we can discuss it further.”

Xu Nuo glanced at Bill Duffy secretly, thinking how long will it take for you to discuss this again?But Bill Duffy didn't speak, so Xu Nuo just nodded and smiled and said, "Okay."

So Larry Bird picked up a document that had been placed on his desk and handed it to Xu Nuo, "This is the draft contract, please take a closer look." Larry Bird said.

The contract is very thick, and the promise is estimated to be about ten pages long, but to be honest, promise doesn't know much about NBA contracts, but he couldn't say it in front of Larry Bird, so he had to bite the bullet and read it.But the promised English is not bad, at least he can understand what is written in the contract.After about ten minutes, Xu Nuo put down the draft contract in his hand.

"How is it?" Larry Bird looked at Xu Nuo with a smile and asked, "There should be no problem, right? This contract was negotiated between Mr. Bill Duffy and I, so there should be no problem." Bill Duffy nodded with a smile.

"As for other issues, there is indeed no problem, but there is one point," Xu Nuo said as he tapped the contract in his hand, "this contract doesn't make it clear, at least I haven't found any relevant words in this contract. "

"What's the question?" The smile on Larry Bird's face disappeared and turned into a look of doubt, and Bill Duffy frowned inexplicably.

"Although I have left China now, it is true that I have no obligation to play in Chinese leagues anymore," Xu Nuo said with a serious face, "However, I am a Chinese, and this is something I cannot do no matter where I go. Changed, therefore, if the Chinese national team needs me, I should play for the Chinese national team. But the contract just states that I will not return to China to play, but that is just the league, I still have to play for the Chinese national team. The national team plays, but the contract doesn't say that."

"But we noticed that you had no experience playing in the Chinese national team before." Larry Bird said.

"This is just the past," Xu Nuo said, "Mr. Larry Bird, can you be sure that I will not be selected by the national team in the future?"

Larry Bird shook his head.

And Bill Duffy, who was sitting on the side, also looked anxious. To be honest, he didn't think of this, so he forgot to add this point to the contract when negotiating with Larry Bird.Xu Nuo looked at Larry Bird and said: "I hope that the revised contract can clearly write about this aspect."

Larry Bird thought for a moment and said: "We can add this clause, but what we consider is, if you play for the national team in the summer, will it affect your performance in the team in the new season."

"On this point, I assure you not," Xu Nuo said, "Furthermore, didn't you promise that other NBA stars would play for the national team in the summer? After the start of the new season, they will also perform very well."

Larry Bird tapped his desk lightly. "Okay, I agree with your proposal," he said.

After leaving Larry Bird's office, they met Pacers boss Danny Granger in the arena who had come to the arena for training in advance.They didn't talk for a long time, but Danny Granger congratulated Xu Nuo after learning that Xu Nuo was about to sign with the team, and said that he was looking forward to the day of fighting side by side with Xu Nuo.Because it was almost noon at this time, they chatted briefly and then parted ways.

"I'm sorry, promise," Bill Duffy said apologetically to promise on the way back to the hotel, "I really ignored the matter about the Chinese national team and almost made a mistake."

"It doesn't matter," Xu Nuo said with a smile, "No one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, even saints are no exception. Although I am not sure that I will be selected by the national team, but precautions Just in case, after all, I still want to go to London to participate in the Olympics next year."

Bill Duffy glanced at the promise, and found that the 22-year-old boy in front of him was actually more thoughtful than himself in terms of consideration, but he couldn't see it on the surface.At this moment, Bill Duffy had already concluded in his heart that Promise would be extraordinary in the future.

"Really want to sign with the team sooner!" Promise said to Bill Duffy when we got to the hotel, "So we don't have to live in the hotel all the time, and I can pay you employment money, Ha ha……"

(End of this chapter)