On June 26, 2009, local time in the United States, the 2009 NBA rookie took a jersey makeup photo. The new No. 1 pick Wu Huang appeared in the Knicks uniform. His jersey number is still the No. 14 that has been used in high school and college.

As the most beautiful rookie among this year's rookie, a makeup photo made Wu Huang climb onto the cover of Times magazine. It can be seen that Wu Huang's personal fame has increased explosively after becoming the No. 1 pick and joined the Knicks. This is the benefit of playing in New York. Even if the Knicks' record is bad, it is also one of the most well-known NBA teams in the world.

Emperor Wu has been staying in a hotel for a while. He wants to find an apartment near "Madison Square Garden" to live in. The location has been locked near Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

His agent Brandon felt that there was no need to buy a house here, after all, the training hall was not in Madison Square Garden. The most important thing is that the housing prices in this area are too expensive. The average price of a three-bedroom or larger apartment is $3 million. His career has just begun. The salary of the NBA team is only paid every half month. He asked him to spend $300,000 to buy a house at one time. Without the support of the sneaker contract behind him, it is basically impossible.

House prices in Manhattan have always been among the best in the world. If Wu Huang wants to buy a three-bedroom apartment here, he doesn’t have 3 million US dollars and has to be cash, so he can’t even think about it. If the location is in blocks such as Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, many more well-known apartments here are even more expensive. Moreover, most of the apartments in Manhattan are cash transactions, some apartments reject lawyers, some apartments reject fashion industry personnel, and many apartments reject entertainment stars, and there are still many rules.

Emperor Wu was lucky. He is now the Knicks' hope and his background is good, so most apartments would not refuse him to move in. However, after a walk around, Emperor Wu finally gave up his plan to buy an apartment. Instead, he rented a 3-bedroom apartment with a monthly rent of US$25,000 on Fifth Avenue, with an apartment area of ​​210 square meters.

This apartment will become a temporary residence for Emperor Wu in the next two years. In the future, he plans to buy a luxury house in New Jersey, which is only a river from New York, instead of living in a crowded and outrageously expensive city. As Brandon said, it is not cost-effective to buy property here unless he is stupid.

Wu Huang's apartment is less than one kilometer away from Christine's apartment. Living here can greatly facilitate him to fertilize and water him at his girl's house. In addition, there is also news that I don't know whether it's good or bad. As soon as the summer vacation in July arrived, Taylor Swift, who was unhappy, also went to New York to rent an apartment, which was called because he had a lot of work in New York, but the effect was that Wu Huang's one 28 was not enough soon. He often had to use some props to successfully fight against two.

"It seems we have to think of a solution soon." Emperor Wu met his love rival, the British girl, in her apartment during a private meeting with Christine not long ago. After being shocked and a little embarrassed, Emperor Wu suddenly had some vulgar countermeasures in his heart.

On July 1, the NBA summer transfer market officially started. From this day on, all free agents and restricted free agents in the league can contact other teams. Teams in the league can also start renewing the team's players, quoting their team's free agents, signing rookies and other operations. The next two busiest months for the management of each team.

At 0:01 a.m. on July 1, the New York Knicks immediately sent Brandon the rookie contract that had been prepared.

Emperor Wu learned about the news before entering the bed with Taylor Swift in his arms. Of course, he knew that this was an attitude expressed to him by the team and a manifestation of his importance, but he was still quite satisfied with the team's operations.

The Knicks offered a rookie contract for Wu Huang for four years and $22.88 million, of which $16.08 million was USD in the first three years. The salary for these three years is a guaranteed contract, and the fourth year contract is a non-guarantee contract. The Knicks have the right to execute the team options and terminate the player's last year's contract in advance.

Under the current labor contract, brokers can only earn up to 3% of the employer's contract, which means that even Wu Huang's agent Brandon Moretz can only earn about $500,000 in the first three seasons.

Wu Huang and Brandon actually don’t look down on the salary of rookie contracts. They are interested in various commercial endorsement contracts. That is the big part of their income in the next four years.

In the past two days, while Wu Huang was busy moving and A, he also met several main players of the team. Among them, the meeting with David Lee was specially introduced by the team manager Donnie. It seems that the Knicks did not want to let go of this inside core, but they were afraid that their cornerstone of the team building and the inside core would cause unpleasantness when they met for the first time. This is one of the worst situations that can happen in the NBA team, but it often happens.

As we all know, most of the players in NBA are difficult to get along with in their behavior, or they will not be able to stand in their own way. And the more star players are, the more difficult it is to serve them on weekdays. In fact, to put it bluntly, many players are simply brainless. Fans often see some stars being swept out of the house without hesitation by the team after a serious injury, without hesitation. This cannot be blamed on the NBA team's indifference. In fact, these stars offended too many people before, and naturally they will not tell you any affection when they are down and out.

Wu Huang is very different from these players. Although he often seems a little arrogant and sometimes he will show off his own style, he has a very good grasp of the "scene" and "love". This can be seen from his previous participation in the China tour of USC regardless of his own interests. He will never miss the face and favors he should give.

The first meeting between the two most important players of the Knicks this season is very harmonious. Emperor Wu can be said to have given enough face to this senior, but don’t think he will give up his core position just now. These are two different things.

Donnie Walsh is more satisfied with Wu Huang's view. Although he is the team manager, he is in charge of all the things and trading powers of the team, as if he has the power of life and death of the players, in fact, those real stars are not controlled by him at all, so most of the big-name stars he has come into contact with in his career do not respect him at all.

But Emperor Wu is different. Although Donnie saw even more conceit and pride in this Chinese player, he did not see that he was arrogant and rude.

Donny Walsh knew this was very important, and even Jordan couldn't do this when he first entered the NBA. The better news for the Knicks was that David Lee also had a good impression of Emperor Wu. This short center was also not the kind of person who was difficult to get along with, so the first meeting between the two was very pleasant, and they also talked about many things outside of basketball.

This situation is easy to understand. Wu Huang and David Li have different positions. One is the inside and the other is the outside. This combination is the most reasonable combination plan for the NBA team, so there is no big conflict between the two.

Wu Huang is willing to have an inside partner with excellent offense, which can make his assists look better, and David Li can also get better scoring data under Wu Huang's feeding ball. If the two cooperate well, it will be a win-win result.

"The most important thing is that your girlfriend looks good, and I will make a friend." Emperor Wu thought to himself that David Li's girlfriend is a Polish Miss World, and she looks quite good-looking, so this friend is very worthy of making friends.

On July 5, just a few days after Wu Huang and David Li met, the Knicks signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the latter.

David Lee actually wanted to sign a long-term contract with the Knicks, but the Knicks were still fantasizing about the crazy summer next year, so they persuaded David Lee to wait for a year first, and then they could catch a big fish first and then sign a maximum salary with him using Larry Bird terms.

The Knicks' promise is actually an attic in the sky. Who knows what will happen next summer?

David Li is definitely not stupid. He will agree to such a one-year contract. In fact, he thinks that if he signs a long contract now, it will be difficult for him to get an annual salary of tens of millions. But if he can play 20+10 this season, even if the Knicks regret not giving him a maximum salary next year, he will not get a contract that is too low if he goes to other teams.

On July 6, the Knicks signed a contract with free agent Channing Fry in lightning. The two sides signed a two-year, $4 million contract, and the second year was the player option.

Channing Fry is 210m tall, and the next season will be his fifth NBA season. Fry has played for the Knicks for two seasons before. He averaged 8.2 points per game when he played for the Knicks. Fry has been playing for the Trail Blazers in the past two seasons, but during his time with the Trail Blazers, Fry has not been valued by the team due to the reduction in playing time he has gained, and his data has declined. Last season, he averaged only 4.2 points per game.

This signing is easy to understand. The Knicks' inside lineup now has no one available except David Lee. You can't expect Milicic to suddenly have a big explosion, right?

Channing Fry is a sports inside player who can run and jump. His biggest strength is his accurate three-point shooting skills. Although his defense and rebounding are poor, he is the most suitable player to play D'Antoni's bombardment tactics. This deal can improve the Knicks' offensive speed and firepower, and a typical D'Antoni-style signing.

Another thing is that the Knicks will participate in the Summer League held in Las Vegas this year, with a total of five games in their matches, and the first game is scheduled for July 14.

Although Wu Huang is the No. 1 pick, the No. 1 pick in previous years will participate in this event, so Wu Huang will naturally be no exception. Otherwise, the Knicks' management and fans will be unsure.
Chapter completed!