NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 62

Early the next morning, Combe came to the arena. Big Ben called him last night and said that he brought his agent to negotiate with Thomas Sr. this morning.

Ben's agent is Arne Tellem of SFX Sports Agency.

SFX Sports is well-known in the industry, and Tailem is not the owner of the company, but an ordinary wage earner in the company.

Comb didn't realize that there was anything special about this agent at the beginning. The top agents in his impression were Jeff Suvarz, Mark Bartelstein, Rick Paul and others.

Until Combe looked at the player represented by this person.

Xiao Ao, McGrady, and Da Ben are currently the biggest players in his hands (not fictional, real).

It happens to be the three most valuable players in the Raptors.

If this was signed after the rise of Big Ben's trio, it would be nothing special.

The key is when Tailem signed them, before the draft!

What a vicious look!

Kong Bu has now become a coach through time travel. If he becomes an agent through time travel, he may not be able to do better than Tailem.

"Coach Kong, I haven't seen you for a while, but I've become handsome again."

"I heard from Daben that you like Rolex, and I happen to have a Rolex day-date in platinum with ice blue Roman hour markers and diamonds in my hand."

"My temperament is not suitable for this watch. It is just right to give it to Coach Kong."

After all, he took out a gift box from his briefcase.

Kong Bu gasped. Even if he didn't know Rolex, he would know that it would definitely not be cheap just by hearing the long list of names.

The last time the old Thomas gave a Rolex gold watch, Combut studied this brand that he had never even dared to think about in his previous life, and knew how much the watch Tailem gave him was worth.

At least one hundred thousand dollars!

It is inappropriate to apply this saying to Kongbu that he will not be rewarded for his merits, because Kong Bu not only contributed to Tailem, but also made great contributions.

As a player agent, the main income depends on the player's contract commission.

Kong Bu supported Daben and others, and his broker made crazy money.

Take Daben's contract this time as an example. If a contract of 6000 million US dollars can be signed, Tailem can get a commission of 4%, which is 240 million.

This is just the team contract. He can get up to 20% of the endorsement contracts outside!

A blue-collar worker like Da Ben doesn't have much business endorsement, but what about Xiao Ao?Where's Maddie?
Especially McGrady, his commercial value can be called terrifying, making it easy for Tailem to earn tens of millions of dollars.

This is why Tellem gave such a generous gift. He is very grateful to Comb for taking such good care of the players he represents.

In addition, I learned from Daben that other core players in the Raptors have already reached the point of obeying Kombu.

Wu Sheng, Mashburn and even Snow are all extremely valuable.

(Bowen: Huh? What do you mean?)

If Kongbu recommends Tailem, even if Wu Sheng and the three have an agent, they may change, which is another huge income.

If they could sign the Wu Sheng trio, let alone a watch worth a hundred thousand dollars, even a million dollars, Tailem would give it away without blinking an eye.

"Hey!"

"Are you going to be so blatant? Standing in front of my office and bribing the top management of the team?"

"Where's the watch? I'm going to confiscate it!"

Old Thomas roared in the office, and Kong Bu quickly put down his watch and ran away.

Originally, he wanted to join in the fun and see what kind of contract old Thomas had prepared for Big Ben.

If old Thomas yelled at him like that, it would be inappropriate for Comb to go in again. He could guarantee that old Thomas would dare to snatch the watch away.

Two hours later, Big Ben and Tellem found Combe at the court.

"How's the talk going?" Kong Bu saw the weird expressions on the two people's faces, but there was not much joy.

"6 million in 6000 years."

After saying this number, Big Ben took a deep breath, such an astronomical figure, he dared not dream of it.

"This number is too low. Juwan Howard signed for 7 years and 1.05 million last season."

"Ben is destined to become the rebounding leader, blocking shot leader and DPOY player, and he is also the youngest quadruple-double player, forever in history."

"Can't be lower than Juwan Howard?"

Tailem was a little dissatisfied with this figure. After all, how big a contract Big Ben can get directly affects his income.

If it is 6000 million, he can earn 240 million, if it is 1.05 million, he can earn more than 400 million.

Not bad at all.

Kong Bu scratched his head, this contract is indeed not big, but it is not outrageously small.

After the maximum salary regulations come out next year, even if Daben can get the maximum salary, the maximum salary will be 6 million in 8000 years. Rasheed Wallace will get this contract when he renews his contract next season.

The second maximum salary Kobe signed later, his contract was 6 million for 7090 years.

A contract like Uncle Huo's was tricked by Pat Riley at the time. Now that the Wizards are asked to open another contract like this, they will definitely not do it.

Moreover, when Uncle Huo took this contract, he averaged 22 points and 8 rebounds per game. It is conceivable that he can play this kind of data in the second grade.

Daben is a blue-collar worker, so he naturally has a disadvantage in terms of contracts.

"Coach, do you think I can sign?"

"If you say you can sign it, I will sign it."

Big Ben has unconditional confidence in Kongbu, and he wants to hear Kongbu's opinion.

"Forty-five million in three years, just tell old Thomas, this is what I mean."

Combe gave a staggering number to Tellem.

Why do you say less and less?He regretted giving away the watch a little bit, and wondered if he could get it back.

His favorite number is at least 7 million in seven years, and what Kumbu said is far from his psychological expectation.

In terms of average annual salary, 3 million in 4500 years is definitely higher than 6 million in 6000 years or 7 million in 9000 years, but in the eyes of the agent, the account is not calculated like this.

The agent must consider whether the player will suffer from injury, whether the strength will decline seriously, etc., and whether the player will change the agent halfway.

So it's a big deal if you can hug it, and try to sign a contract with a larger amount.

Kong Bu asked Daben to ask for this contract, and he had his own reasons.

Three years later, the salary cap will rise further. At that time, Daben will be 26 years old, the peak of the peak, and he can still get a five-year maximum salary.

If you sign a contract for seven years like Tailem said, and Ben is 30 years old, how can there be a team willing to give a long-term contract a maximum salary.

And Kongbu also knew that the contract was too big, and he would definitely collapse with the old Thomas.

Because in the eyes of Old Thomas, the Raptors' most valuable players are Jermaine O'Neill, then McGrady, and then Big Ben and Wu Sheng.

They must leave salary space and prepare to renew the contracts of Xiao Ao and McGrady.

Only sign for three years, when McGrady's rookie contract will just end, old Thomas doesn't have to worry about McGrady's contract extension.

In addition, the Raptors are in the third season of building the team, and they have to start thinking about the poor ghost line.

At present, the total salary of the Raptors is only 1400 million U.S. dollars, and next year's salary cap is 3000 million, and the poor ghost line is 2700 million.

The contract of Big Ben is just used to fill the poor ghost line, because if it is not filled, the Raptors will not be able to save this money, and it has to be distributed equally to all players in the team after the season.

It can be said that the number given by Combe is perfect.

It will not only increase the salary of Daben throughout his career, but will not embarrass the Raptors.

"Okay, I trust the coach."

"That's 500 million in three years, I'll tell President Thomas."

Da Ben agreed without saying a word, he knew very well that Kong Bu would never harm himself.

Tailem opened his mouth to say something, but finally held back.

Kong Bu couldn't afford to offend him. If he came forward to dissuade Kong Bu now and refuted Kong Bu's face, he was sure that Kong Bu would ask Daben to change his agent in the next second.

And he knew very well that Big Ben would follow suit without hesitation.

After only ten minutes or so, Daben came back happily.

The old Thomas agreed to a three-year contract of 500 million yuan, and he could sign the contract immediately. After the end of this season, Daben will be a local tycoon with an annual income of 500 million US dollars.

(End of this chapter)