Chapter 31 Li Rong's NBA Prospects
Li Rong put down the coffee cup in his hand, looked at the maple leaves falling outside the glass window, and realized that it was already late autumn.
He retracted his thoughts: "Mr. Feigan, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course!" Feigan replied without hesitation. He believed that even if the young man in front of him did not make up his mind to cooperate with him at this moment, he should be moved.
He investigated Li Rong's background. Although he was not born in the United States, he moved from China to San Francisco very early. After his parents died in an accident, a Chinese colleague of his father became his guardian. However, the couple was obviously only interested in the government's pensions and were not very good to Li Rong. Not long after, Li Rong moved back to the neighborhood where his parents used to live.
His parents' work during his lifetime was also very ordinary, and they did not leave much inheritance for him. In recent years, they have been relying on government-paid pensions and school scholarships to make ends meet.
From this point of view, he is actually not much different from those NBA players who have been poor since childhood. The only difference is probably that their skin color is different. Oh, there is another difference. Li Rong's academic performance has always been among the best in the school.
Most of these players are eager for money because they have lived a poor life and Fagan knows their mentality very well.
"I have been listening to you just now about my business value. So what are your plans for my career?" Li Rong asked.
"Uh..." Feigan frowned and thought for a while, "First of all, of course, let you enter the NBA to play."
"What then?" Li Rong asked.
"Then... of course we have to gain a foothold in the NBA."
"Can you say it more specifically, for example, what do you think I am positioning in my career?"
"We will definitely try our best to think about your career. After all, the better you play in the NBA, the greater the amount of the commercial contract we receive." Feigan was obviously a little caught off guard by Li Rong's question, and could only talk about him.
Li Rong nodded: "I understand. Thank you very much for your appreciation. I will consider it again when I go back. The business prospects you just described are really exciting."
Feigan took out a business card from his pocket: "If you have any difficulties, you can call me on my private phone, and you can be online 24 hours a day." Then he repeated, "Any difficulties are OK."
This is the hint of Hongguoguo. These talented young people are very energetic. He remembers that it was already late at night when a high school star got drunk with his friend in a bar and called him to pay the bill. This kind of thing happens from time to time.
Li Rong took over the business card: "Thank you."
Looking at Li Rong's back as he left, Dan Feigan always felt that he seemed to be a little different from the players he had contacted before. As for where it was different, he couldn't say it for a while.
He remembered the questions Li Rong asked him about his career planning before, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.
Does this young man want to become a superstar like Yao Ming?
This is obviously a bit unrealistic. In his opinion, it would be good for Li Rong to survive in the NBA. He could enter the rotation, show his face from time to time during the broadcast, and then use his Chinese identity to accept contracts from some Chinese merchants. Taking advantage of the NBA to make more real money for himself while playing in the NBA, the most correct choice is to make.
Feigan has thought about it. Once Li Rong can't continue playing in the NBA in the future, based on his experience in playing in the NBA and his Chinese face, it is not a problem to go to the Chinese professional league to get a big contract. The owner of the Chinese professional league club is still very generous to the NBA-level foreign aid.
Speaking of China, people have to remind people of Yi Jianlian whom he just signed. In his opinion, although Yi Jianlian may not be able to grow into a core player of an NBA team like Yao Ming, with his physical fitness, it is not difficult to start in the NBA. He has already found a favorite team for Yi Jianlian, which is the Golden State Warriors mentioned just now with Li Rong.
The Warriors have missed the playoffs for 13 consecutive years. This season, the Warriors welcomed the Qiansheng coach Nelson, who is the title of "Mad Scientist".
After achieving one win or two losses at the start of the season, the Warriors' record suddenly began to run wildly on the open ground in the West like a wild donkey. They started a five-game winning streak, and there were many league-strong teams like the Mavericks and Pistons among their opponents.
The magic weapon that allowed them to defeat strong enemies in a row was Old Nelson's bombardment tactic. They averaged more than 110 points per game during their five-game winning streak, and three-pointers and fast breaks were their specialties.
After this series of wins, NBA experts began to be optimistic that the Warriors will return to the playoffs this season.
The biggest weakness of this Warriors, who are strong offense and weak on defense, comes from the inside. Their starting center is Andris Biderlins from Latvia.
Thanks to the Warriors' fast offensive system, a rough man like Bedellins actually scored several double-double data after the start of the game. You should know that he almost only dunks on the offensive end, and his free throw shooting percentage was even worse than O'Neal.
Old Nelson also has certain requirements for the shooting ability of inside players in the offensive system, but it is hard to cook without rice, so he had to let Bedlins drive the ducks on the shelves.
If Yi Jianlian can be selected by the Warriors next year, I can't imagine what kind of data he will score in the Warriors' bombardment system with the shooting ability. At least the score will be much better than Bedellins.
If Yi Jianlian can make good data in the Warriors in the future, and with the Chinese market behind him, his next contract renewal will be infinitely close to the maximum salary.
Moreover, judging from the fact that Yao Ming was elected as the All-Star voter in the third grade, Yi Jianlian, who has good data, is also very likely to be voted into the All-Star by Chinese fans. At that time, Yi Jianlian's endorsement value naturally increased.
As for Li Rong, based on his years of experience as an NBA agent, the chances of playing in the NBA are very slim.
The physical fitness of yellow people determines that they are in a natural disadvantage in this sport. Although Li Rong received regular American basketball training since childhood, he was still very far from those black players with explosive physical fitness.
Even though he played several good goals in previous NIT Invitational, this did not affect the traditional concepts that people have always formed.
Even though Li Rong's physical condition is much better than that of ordinary black players, the NBA is the highest level of basketball on earth, and there is never a lack of physically qualified men who fly and escape from the sky.
In Feigan's opinion, Li Rong's future positioning in the NBA will still be a shooter player like Steve Cole or Mike Miller. After all, watching his game video, the shooting percentage from the outside is pretty good.
Chapter completed!