With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 55 Start training

After some tangling, Wang Chao decided to hire a trainer to assist him in training.

This is an essential investment, after all, compared with the importance of system tasks, saving tens of thousands of dollars to buy a house is not worth mentioning.

Taking a step back, if Wang Chao can achieve the mission goals and get rewards in this summer's training, then his performance in the new season will definitely be better, and he will be able to sign a big contract with the team by then.

The NBA contract, even in 500, had a maximum salary of more than [-] million, equivalent to hundreds of millions of Chinese currency!

Of course, Wang Chao can't get a maximum salary renewal contract, but with his performance in the playoffs, there should be no problem with a few million. If he performs better in the new season, it is not impossible to reach the tens of millions level.

But the premise is that he must become better in the new season than he is now.

Wang Chao is very clear that this season is a special case, because the team's main scoring player Amare Stoudemire was reimbursed for the season, so his ball rights were assigned to other players, which also gave Wang Chao some opportunities.

But next season will be different.

With Stoudemire returning from injury, he will probably take about 34 minutes of playing time and close to 15 shots from the team.

It is impossible to distribute these from Nash, so it will only be distributed from Marion, Bell and other starting players, as well as substitute players such as Wang Chao.

Wang Chao is not even sure now, whether he can still be the team's starter in the new season.

After all, this time his competitors will be Marion and Dior, the main players of the team who are in the same position as him.

To sum up, the problem of improving Wang Chao's ability is even more urgent. He must perform better and be more efficient on the field, and even his role cannot only be reflected in shooting three-pointers.

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The matter of hiring a trainer is very simple for Wang Chao.

Although there is no agent, he only needs to contact the team's assistant coach, and he can ask the other party to help him find a trainer.

He did the same.

In the United States, there are many people engaged in basketball training related work. Most of them are players who have retired from the NCAA. Due to their talent, they cannot join the NBA, so they can only engage in basketball training and other related work.

The trainer that the team's assistant coach helped Wang Chao contact was an amateur player who had played in the NCAA in college.

This person is now 35 years old and has been in the trainer industry for more than ten years. He is also experienced. The most important thing is that the asking price is not high, and the hourly salary is 60 US dollars. The time is at least 8 hours.

An hourly salary of $60 may not seem like much, but if it is really based on 8 hours a day, the daily salary can reach 480 yuan. Even if weekends are removed, based on five days a week, it will cost more than $1 a month.

At this time in 06, a monthly income of more than [-] US dollars was definitely considered a proper high salary.

Of course, the trainers hired by Wang Chao are just ordinary trainers. If they are dedicated trainers for the league's top superstars like Kobe and Iverson, it is not surprising that the annual salary exceeds one million.

The team's assistant coach only provided Wang Chao with the contact information of the trainer, and everything after that was discussed by Wang Chao himself, including negotiating prices, training hours, and signing contracts.

It took Wang Chao half a day, and finally decided to try out the other party for a week, and if it is suitable, the two parties will continue to cooperate.

In the afternoon, the two came to the Suns' training hall to start training.

That's right, Wang Chao's training was conducted in the Suns' training hall, because he still couldn't afford to rent a private arena.

This is also a small benefit for NBA players, especially young players who haven’t made much money. Even during the offseason, as long as the league is not suspended, players can come to the team for training at any time, but it’s just like the current holiday. At that time, the environment in the training hall was not very good.

After all, after the NBA Finals, although the players are on vacation, the work of the team management has just begun.

Before and after the draft, each team will conduct a large number of trial training for rookies, including physical tests and simulated training games.

Although the Phoenix Suns have a relatively low draft pick this season because the team reached the finals, they have two first-round picks, one is the 21st pick in the first round and the other is the 27th pick.

In Wang Chao's impression, the Suns selected Rajon Rondo with the 21st pick and immediately sent him to the Boston Celtics.

In the future, this guy will be one of the famous "four no-possessions" of a master, that is, no pass, no defense, no offense and no shot.

Rondo's shooting has been criticized, but his personal ability is very outstanding. At his peak, he can average 13.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game.

The Suns were able to select this future All-Star point guard, which is indeed very discerning, but it is a pity that they were traded immediately after the selection.

But even if the Suns don't trade Rondo and train him in the team, the latter may not grow up. After all, the Suns have Steve Nash, the best point guard in the league today, and there is no such thing as Rondo. Useful.

It's a bit far away, let's get down to business.

Holding two first-round picks, the Suns management still pays more attention to this draft, and also invited many players to try out before the draft in order to make a decision at the draft a few days later.

Wang Chao and the trainer were training in the corner of the training hall. Although it did not hinder the team's normal trial training, many people still noticed Wang Chao's movements as people came and went.

"Is that a player from the Suns?"

A rookie who participated in the trial training looked at Wang Chao who was training with the trainer in the distance, and asked his accompanying companions in a low voice.

"Looking at his complexion, he seems to be that Chinese player named Wang Chao."

"Wang Chao? The shooter who can only shoot three-pointers?"

Since the playoffs, Wang Chao's popularity has been fully established. After all, a player who averaged 21 points per game during the playoffs, went all the way to the finals with the team and broke the record for three-pointers in the playoffs many times. It would be strange to remain anonymous.

In China, there may not be much enthusiasm due to some special reasons that Wang Chao himself does not know, but in the United States, Wang Chao has become one of the league's iconic three-point shooters, and many people have even compared Wang Chao with Lei. Allen made a comparison...Of course, the comparison is only between the two whose three-pointers are more accurate.

"What is he training? Isn't it three-point training?"

Looking at Wang Chao who was practicing with the trainer in the corner, all the rookies participating in the trial training were a little confused.

(End of this chapter)