The Fifth Point Guard

On November 24th, two weeks later than the previous time and space.

China's successful accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has accelerated my country's opening to the outside world, perfected and internationalized the socialist market economy.

David Stern, the president of the NBA at the time, made a bold statement that the NBA would add 100 million fans in China!

Seeing that Wang Zhizhi of the Mavericks and Shentong of the Nets have established a firm foothold in the NBA, he called on more NBA teams to investigate Chinese players, bring good seedlings from China to the NBA, and accelerate the opening of the league to the Chinese basketball market.

After that, the Rockets, Bucks, Warriors, Knicks, Suns and other teams sent scouts to the CBA for investigation.

The New Jersey Nets here.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the team's early training has been going on for an hour, but the intensity is still very high at this moment.

The team just ran four switchbacks*10 times.

The so-called four-segment return run is to dribble from the bottom line, run to the position of a quarter of the court and return, then run to the position of the center line and return, then dribble and return to the position of three-quarters of the court, and finally run Go to the baseline on the other side of the court, then dribble back for a layup to end the switchback run.

If there is any dribble error in the middle that leads to a missed ball, or the final layup is missed, this turnaround run needs to start from the beginning.

And Derek Allen stipulated that the time for a four-segment turn-back run should not exceed 40s, otherwise it would not meet the standard.

How much intensity is this? I’m afraid you don’t feel how difficult it is just by looking at the description and time of this training, but when you hold the ball and strictly follow the requirements of the four-segment turn-back run, you will really know the intensity of this training. fear.

The length of the four turn-back runs is equivalent to 5 full-field distances, that is, running from one side to the other. According to the time spent of 40 seconds, it takes 8 seconds to run the whole field.

Some people will say that this time is too long, anyone can do it.

But you have to think about it, there are seven turns and a layup in the middle, and there is a smooth dribble in the middle.

This is very difficult.

Multiply this process by ten, and the difficulty is calculated in multiples.

After running back and forth throughout the trip, only about half of the Nets' players reached the standard, but everyone was already tired on the floor.

Jefferson said: "Oh, my God, we are already very strong, why do we still train like this, this is to train us to death before the competition!"

Collins said, "Shh, keep your voice down, be careful Derek punishes you to do 100 push-ups."

"vomit"

Jefferson made a retching sound, and quickly said, "Don't talk about sports anymore, I'm about to vomit."

Allen looked at his watch, it was 11:15.

"Today's training is over!"

There were cheers in the arena.

Byron Scott, who was sitting next to supervise the battle, couldn't help feeling amused.

The players who finished training returned to the locker room in twos and threes.

Aaron Williams: "Are you still doing strength training today?"

Kenyon Martin: "Am I dying? I'm going to find Carson to help me relax."

Jason Kidd: "What are you going to do this afternoon?"

Martin: "How about going to the movies?"

On the field, Shentong is still practicing three-pointers.

Jefferson sat by the field and counted.

Today's Shentong's shooting is very bad. With open shots, he can only score 5-6 goals in 10 goals, which is far from the previous level.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shentong's physical strength is very problematic. His arm is already shaking when shooting, but Shentong is still trying his best to maintain a standard shooting movement.

When counting to the 100th ball, Jefferson couldn't help shouting: "Shen, why don't you take a rest today when you are so tired? You only hit 57 of the first 100 balls today. I don't think this practice is effective. , your three-pointer is accurate enough, we are not as good as"

Before Jefferson finished speaking, Shen Tong gasped heavily, then stood up, and said firmly, "No, you are wrong!"

Seeing Jefferson's incomprehensible look, Shen Tong adjusted his breathing and said, "Only in such a very tired situation, practicing shooting is the easiest way to improve the training effect. Even though I only threw 57 goals , but every action of shooting at this time is firmly remembered by the muscles. In other words, when I shoot in the future, the muscles will naturally respond to shooting, just like a machine with memory. One advantage is that when my physical strength declines, I still have to keep practicing to maintain a certain hit rate!"

Jefferson seems to know why Shentong has improved so much in just half a year.

In the afternoon, David Falcao visited the apartment shared by Shen Tong and Jefferson.

"Oh, Shin, it's so sad that you live in a place like this."

As soon as he entered, Falcao complained about the dirty streets and concerns about the security environment.

"David, I'm used to it." Shen Tong replied, "It's very close to the arena, and I just received a month's salary, so I can only stay here for the time being."

Falcao shrugged and said: "Don't worry, Shen, it will be different soon, I have already negotiated with Adidas, as long as you sign, you will immediately get the first year's endorsement fee. "

"So fast?" Shen Tong said in surprise.

"That must be done!" Falcao finished, placing a thin contract on the table.

Shen Tong picked it up, only a few pages.

"Adi's contract is too hasty!"

Falcao quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, this is a contract between you and me, hire me to be your agent, you see."

Falcao pointed to several key points.

5-year brokerage contract length, 2.1 fee commission, etc.

After briefly introducing his contract, Falcao took out a thick new contract from his bag.

"This is the draft contract between you and Adi. I have read it. There is no problem. You can also find a lawyer you trust to help you check it again." Falcao said.

Shen Tong flipped through Adi's contract and couldn't help but said, "It's so thick, it might take a day just to look at it."

Falcao said with a smile: "It's okay, we are not in a hurry. Adidas is in a hurry. You just need to answer me within a week. If there is anything you don't understand, please call me at any time. I am online 24 hours a day."

Shen Tong scratched his head.

Looking for a lawyer?

I'm afraid I'll have to look for my old lady, who majored in law when she was in college.

But looking at her sloppy look, she never reads books when she goes home, I'm afraid she didn't learn well.

At this moment, Jefferson, who was sleeping in the room, came out of the room rubbing his sleepy eyes.

When Shen Tong saw Falcao's eyes, he knew that this guy had misunderstood.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce, this is my shared roommate and my teammate in the Nets, Richard Jefferson."

"Richard, this is David, Mr. David Falcao."

After the two shook hands, Shen Tong added a special sentence.

"I slept in another room."

"Richard Jefferson, I seem to have heard of you. If you are interested in finding an agent, please feel free to contact me." Falcao sent out his business card.

Jefferson took it, waved his hand and said: "No, no, I don't plan to find an agent for the time being. You know, I still want to focus more on the court, work hard to polish my skills, and then think about it." economic matters."

Falcao nodded and said, "A mature idea."

After finishing speaking, Falcao said to Shentong: "Shen, I have something to do, so I will leave first. I will leave the contract here for you. Oh, yes, the endorsement contract I negotiated with Adidas is 30 million for 4 years, although The basic endorsement fee is a bit low, but there are some additional terms, including the best rookie, playoffs, MVP and other incentive options, as well as the share of signature sneakers, etc., combined, it is almost possible to get 45 million in 4 years."

STO:"."

Jefferson: "."

After Falcao finished speaking, he waved his hand and said "goodbye" with a smile, and turned to leave.

Jefferson, who reacted from the shock, hurried to the door and shouted at Falcao who was going down the stairs: "Mr. David, I think I'm suddenly interested in the matter of the agent, I'll call you soon On the phone."

"Okay, Richard."

The voice came from afar.

After a while, a huge roar came from the bottom of the building.

A new Porsche sports car quickly disappeared around the corner of the street.

Jefferson, who was lying on the window, returned to the living room excitedly, and said to Shen Tong: "Shen, you are rich, 45 million, even if it is just a guarantee, there are 30 million!"

Shentong once fantasized that he could get a big contract, but what he didn't expect was that Falcao actually helped his fledgling self to win a lucrative contract in terms of endorsement fees!