Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

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"brush!"

With a soft sound, the basketball penetrated the net.

Zhuang Yu ran to the basket, picked up the basketball, returned to the three-point line, first did a cross step, and then suddenly pulled it up.

brush!

Go in again.

Although he was shooting three-pointers, Zhuang Yu still used a "quick jump shot". He was trying to apply this trick to three-pointers.

Zhuang Yu practiced this move before to deal with the 2-1-2 defense of the University of Arizona. After the pick-and-roll, he could ignore the defender and pull up in the mid-range.

Now that more than three months have passed since the end of the championship, he has become very proficient in mid-range "quick jump shots". During normal training, his shooting rate is stable at more than 90%.

But he felt it wasn't enough and couldn't be limited to mid-range shots.

So he began to try to use it on three-point shooting. If he also uses "quick jump shot" on three-point shooting, his strength will definitely be further improved.

"Would you like to rest for a while?"

An Xin's voice came from the sidelines.

This is an old golf course near Zhuang Yu's home. The ground is still the same. After all, the place is relatively remote and there are usually few people, so naturally there is no need to renovate and maintain it.

Concrete floor, wooden backboard, and rim covered with mottled rust. Only the net is brand new because it was just installed by Zhuang Yu.

Although this court is a bit dilapidated, it carries Zhuang Yu's memories and is the place where his basketball journey began.

Zhuang Yu used to come alone, but now An Xin comes too.

"There are a dozen more." Zhuang Yu replied and continued training.

After more than a dozen three-point shots, Zhuang Yu stopped.

When he came to the sidelines, An Xin handed him water and a towel and asked, "Have you ever practiced alone here before?"

Zhuang Yu said: "Well, I didn't think about playing any games at that time, nor did I think about the future. I just like it and it feels good to play alone."

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While the two were talking, the phone rang.

The call was from Zhou Zhiming. He had returned to Nan Province and would come to Jiangning in the afternoon.

......

in the afternoon.

In a coffee shop, Zhuang Yu and Zhou Zhiming sat opposite each other.

Zhuang Yu asked: "Uncle Zhou, aren't you leaving today? Come to my house for dinner tonight. My mother has bought all the groceries."

"No." Zhou Zhiming shook his head, "I'm going to leave later. I have to go back to Dongyuan City and have some things to do. I came here just to talk to you."

"That's it."

Since Zhou Zhiming was busy, Zhuang Yu couldn't force him.

The two of them were like uncles and nephews, so there was no need to be polite. Zhou Zhiming was in a hurry and got straight to the point: "As I told you before, I recommended you to Director Gong, hoping to get you into the national team. Director Gong was at the meeting at the time. We competed for the national team coach, and later the national team coach was determined to be Yannakis, but Gong will serve as an assistant coach."

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"Then Coach Gong recommended me to Coach Yannakis."

"Of course, I'm not a teaching assistant. I'm not qualified enough. I'm just a translator."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yu's eyes lit up: "So you are now the translator for the national team?"

Zhou Zhiming nodded. He had previously worked as a translator and assistant for Coach Ron Ike, and his English and basketball literacy were both good. Director Gong also felt that no one was more suitable to be Coach Yannakis’ translator than him, so he recommended him. .

"Congratulations, Uncle Zhou." Zhuang Yu said hurriedly.

"It's just a small matter." Zhou Zhiming smiled, "Let's get down to business. You met Yao Ming in Shanghai before. At that time, he didn't mention your joining the national team, but later he contacted Director Gong and signed a joint name with Director Gong. I recommended you to the leader of Lanxie."

what?

Zhuang Yu was surprised. Yao Ming didn't mention it at that time. He thought Yao Ming didn't want to get involved, but he didn't expect that he and Coach Gong jointly recommended him to join the national team.

"Don't be too happy too early." Zhou Zhiming continued: "Although Yao Ming and Gong have jointly recommended you, you have no experience in professional leagues, let alone played in international competitions. And you have never been in a local youth team or a national youth team. Although the team played very well at UCLA this season, its resume still seems too thin."

"But after all, it was jointly recommended by Director Yao Ming and Gong. After discussion, we decided to give you a chance to join the training team."

Zhuang Yu's eyes lit up.

However, Zhou Zhiming quickly shook his head: "But I refuse on your behalf."

Uh......

Zhuang Yu couldn't help but be stunned. Before he could ask, Zhou Zhiming explained: "The idea is that you can go to the training team and see how you perform in the training team. If you perform well enough, we can talk about joining the national team. "

"But before that, you must register with Lanxie and sign a contract with Lanxie like other players who join the national team."

Zhuang Yu frowned, not blaming Zhou Zhiming, because Zhou Zhiming was actually doing this for his own benefit.

Zhuang Yu also learned before that CBA players who register with Lanxie and join the national team will usually sign a contract with Lanxie, which contains a series of terms.

For example, when lanxie calls, no matter what time, players must obey the arrangement unconditionally.

For another example, when some of the players' personal schedules overlap with Lanxie's arrangements, they must give priority to Lanxie's arrangements.

Also, if a CBA player wants to play in other foreign leagues, he needs to obtain the consent of Lanxie and the player's home team, and pay a certain amount of related fees...

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I won’t talk about the first two, but the related costs are more interesting.

Take Yao as an example.

When Yao Ming went to play in the NBA, 40%-45% of his annual salary needed to be paid in taxes, including federal taxes, local state taxes, and 10% needed to be paid to the NBA company for player insurance, pensions, etc., in addition to The broker's commission is only 40% in the end.

However, the 40% obtained must be paid to Lanxie and the CBA parent team as a training fee for Lanxie and the parent team.

The parent team's training fee is not too weird. After all, there are transfer fees for football players. As for the parent team, the Lions, that is another matter.

But Lanxie is not the player's home team, but it still charges money.

It is said that when negotiating with Yao Ming, Lanxie asked for 50% of Yao Ming's NBA salary. Later, they talked about 5%, but this 5% was not 5% of salary, but 5% after salary tax.

It probably means that you are from my place, so if you make money outside, you are not allowed to give me a share?

So when Yao Ming went to play in the NBA, it looked like he was earning tens of millions of dollars a year, but in fact he didn't get much.

Fortunately, as Yao Ming became famous in the NBA and became more and more famous, he had enough bargaining chips in negotiations with Lanxie, and the fees he paid later were much less.

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But Yao Ming didn't dare to bargain until he became famous in the NBA. Why don't you try bargaining with another player?

Now this kind of thing has also happened to Zhuang Yu.

If he signs that contract, it means that he is no longer free and needs to give up his interests.

This is why before meeting Yao Ming, Zhou Zhiming told him to make his attitude clear. He could join the national team, but he would not accept exploitation.

But Yao Ming didn't mention it later.