The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 231 Oral Agreement

I returned to China on the 17th and only stayed in Seattle for one more week.

Two days before leaving, Schultz and Payton had dinner with Lin Dong twice. Although they were mostly chatting at the dinner table, they could be considered to have reached some consensus that both sides tacitly agreed on.

The team will be in trouble this year and strive to win the No. 1 pick. At the same time, Lin Dong can follow the team for daily training at any time while attending Seattle Lakeside High School. The team will arrange for him the best trainers, daily nutritionists, etc. Etc., except for not being paid, and not going out with the team to show up or participate in various activities, other treatment in the team is basically the same as that of the team's main players.

To put it bluntly, the Sonics took the risk of not getting you and started cultivating you in advance.

One of the things that Lin Dong needs to pay is that he must participate in next year's draft. If the SuperSonics does not get the No. 1 pick and other teams that get the No. 1 pick want to sign Lin Dong, then Lin Dong needs to cooperate with the SuperSonics. The Sonics completed a sign-and-trade deal. In fact, he didn’t have to do anything specific. All the work in the sign-and-trade was definitely for the Sonics to communicate with other teams, and what Lin Dong had to do was just act as the opponent’s team. If the top management asks about his intention, he should make it clear that he prefers to play in the SuperSonics. If the player says this himself, the other team will be concerned about your loyalty to the team, and they will also be afraid of training you in vain. , plus the Supersonics pays a suitable price, there is a high probability that the operation can be completed.

Lin Dong feels that this is still a good deal. Not only can he get a year of high-level training opportunities and adapt to the intensity of the NBA in advance, but all risks are basically borne by the Sonics. All he needs to do is to take advantage of the situation if possible. Below, it just shows that he is more focused on playing basketball with the SuperSonics.

What's more, this guy Payton is really good to him. His recent strength has improved by leaps and bounds. In addition to the deep accumulation during his year in Japan, Payton basically helped him develop it with his super defense.

In addition, Payton received Schultz's permission and risked offending fans across the league to release the video to show his full support, which greatly changed the direction of public opinion.

These are all things that the Sonics did without negotiating any conditions with themselves. Although they know that they are definitely not doing it because of their high moral character and pure courage, it is really enough to be able to do this.

In addition, during the recent period, local fans in Seattle have given Lin Dong strong support on the Internet under the guidance of Payton. The friendliness shown by the entire city towards him still makes Lin Dong feel that the city of Seattle has the growth of a Chinese. After all, Space is the city with the third highest proportion of people from the Dragon Kingdom among major cities in the United States.

If before coming to Seattle, Lin Dong actually wanted to go to the Rockets. After all, it was the only place where Dragons players had played and there was historical experience to draw from. Now, what he really cares about most is the Seattle SuperSonics. .

However, this thing can only be a 'consensus', a verbal agreement, and it is impossible to sign a contract.

After all, this itself is not in line with the league draft rules. Although many teams are actually doing this, and many teams in the league are even calling for changes to the rules so that teams can sign rookies in advance before the draft results come out, but Obviously Stern has not agreed to do this for the time being, after all, it will greatly reduce the popularity of the NBA's annual draft, which has attracted much attention.

Both parties reached a consensus, and everything else fell into place.

From time to time, Payton will post a few pictures on his MSN account of playing games or eating with Lin Dong. The main purpose is to promote the hot relationship between the SuperSonics and Lin Dongzheng to fans across the league, and to build momentum for Lin Dongzheng's draft next year. .

This matter is actually a double-edged sword. It exposed the Sonics' intention to sign Lin Dong in advance. If they don't get the No. 1 pick next year, the team holding the No. 1 pick will definitely ask the SuperSonics for a sky-high price. , this is the disadvantage;

But the advantage is that it can allow the team to get attention from the Dragon Kingdom in advance and enhance the overseas brand value. Schultz now intends to deploy Starbucks to the Dragon Kingdom. He has visited the Dragon Kingdom several times and he feels that there are The market is extremely huge, and it even feels much bigger, younger and more active than the domestic market in the United States. Especially in the past few days, some news media in Longguo have begun to frequently promote Lin Dong’s Nike summit. After the high-profile performance and the huge response in the Dragon Country... Schulz became more confident.

If Starbucks can be made known to the Dragon Kingdom in advance because of Lin Dong, and it can be made easier for the people of the Dragon Kingdom to accept Starbucks, then the value he will get will be unimaginable. Is it just a feather to pay for this?

This is the most important move for Starbucks to open up overseas markets. For Schulz, this matter is even more important than the team itself. How much money does the MD team make in a year? Sometimes I even lose money! Not to mention being on par with Starbucks’ global strategic goals.

This is the real purpose behind Schultz's willingness to take risks, pay a huge price, and reach some verbal agreements with Lin Dong in advance.

………………

The tape was played over and over again in the training room, with LeBron and his personal trainer watching it over and over again.

LeBron has watched this game hundreds of times.

It is not a troublesome thing to brag about Haikou in front of the media.

Frankly speaking, it was just a strategy at the beginning, a strategy to temporarily quell public doubts. After all, since the tape came out, if the debate continues, more detailed discussions, and more heat, it will be increasingly detrimental to him.

Anyway, he was 'injured', and the World Championships were only two months away. By then, he could use his injury to avoid the World Championships, and legitimately avoid the showdown with the Asian devil, and use his talent. Save it for next year.

but……

When the various honeymoon topics between Lin Dong and the Sonics came out, and even the news that Lin Dong was likely to participate in the 02 draft, LeBron knew that he would definitely not be able to escape this time.

Nike's big contract of 9000 million US dollars, he has never seen so much money in his life, but the prerequisite is that he must become the No. 02 pick in the draft next year. But if Lin Dong also wants to participate in next year's draft, his chances will be greatly reduced.

There were only two paths before him.

First, choose to avoid the World Championships, train hard for a year, and defeat Lin Dong in the draft next year.

But the road is too difficult. The more LeBron watches this tape, the more he is sure of it. His vision has always been accurate. That guy is like a smaller version of Jordan, an omnipotent god!

Can I surpass him within a year? It's stable beyond his weight!

Then there is only the second way left, defeat him in the death championship.

Compared to beating Lin Dong in the draft next year, although the World Championships are closer and the time is tighter, there is a huge advantage that always exists, and that is the gap between the US team as a whole and the Dragon Country team.

If you have guys like Wade, Bosh, and Anthony around you, but you still can't beat Lin Dong who leads a weak team, then what else can you expect?

Do you expect to have a duel with that devil next year? !

After all calculations, it is still more cost-effective to compete in the World Championships.

As long as he has the reputation of beating Lin Dong, he will definitely be a huge bonus in next year's draft, and he will also become a real tough guy and hero in the eyes of American fans, which will be enough to cover up the gap in strength between them.

However, I can't take any time off in these two months. Even if I eat and sleep, I have to train my body, brain, spirit and will all the time!

Analyze him, study him, improve yourself, and of course, you must also improve the relationship with the brothers around you... Let them become your true die-hard supporters, and use their strength to defeat the Asian devil together!

LeBron's eyes flashed with blazing fire, and the most primitive desire deep in his heart surged out crazily.

A 9000 million contract...the biggest opportunity to change your life. You must not lose this time, not even to death!

"I think the main direction of training is to get rid of him. You have to learn how to get rid of him on the outside to hit more 3-pointers, and you also need to learn how to get rid of him to catch the ball at the basket."

The personal trainer is Badrov, who had been an assistant coach with the Orlando Magic for several years before and was also the main intermediary who facilitated the 9000 million contract between LeBron and Nike.

At this time, targeted training directions are being formulated for him: "As for the defensive end, give up. In just two months, it will be too difficult to defend against this guy."

Whether this deal can be concluded is not only important to LeBron, but also to Badrov, who has a 0.5% commission.

Badrov said: "Leave that kind of trouble to your teammates and focus all your energy on offense! Didn't that Asian guy Payton help with training? You will have it too. He is not the only one in the league. Payton Will defend!"

"Who are you looking for?"

"How about Ben Wallace?" Badloff said with a smile: "This guy just went to Detroit last year, and this World Championship National Youth Team will most likely be led by Chuck Daly. With the strength of Chuck and the Detroit Pistons, Relationship, it’s not a big problem to borrow personal money during the offseason.”

"Chuck? Isn't he retired?"

"It was originally scheduled to be Old K's, but his loss at the Nike Summit caused Old K to be questioned a lot. There were many voices scolding him on the Internet, saying that if it was Chuck, the US team would never lose. , the voice was too loud, so Chuck came out to comply with the fans' request and took over at the critical moment." Badrov said: "This is a good thing for us. Compared with Old K, Chuck understands human kindness better, and only he will give it to you. The biggest performance space.”

"So don't think about anything else, train hard, defeat this guy, and get our 9000 million, that's our only goal!"

　In real history, Starbucks began to enter China in 04, but because of the butterfly effect in the book, it had the opportunity to open the Chinese market in advance, so it is possible to enter China in 02 or even 01.

　　I write this to illustrate the changes that have occurred in history, including in the book that Dayao will win the CBA championship a year ahead of schedule and participate in the draft a year ahead of schedule; the platinum draft picks in 1 will also be affected by Nike, which did not exist in history this time. Summit, he became famous in advance and debuted a year in advance.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)