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73. The worst home game in the league

Pelinka was full of energy to dig Henry Thomas and actively prepare for their company. Zhang Hao, after promising a normal player salary + endorsement fee commission, and taking the commission from the agent who took the initiative to get a rookie contract, he no longer focused on this matter.

He was willing to pay more than 100,000 US dollars because he wanted to find two reliable people to help him solve the off-site problems. Building a company is a good way, but since he has been entrusted, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

He pays out start-up funds, and others have the ability to contribute and work hard.

For the time being, I just pave the way, and it’s still a little bit more to say whether it’s necessary or not.

If you want to use it, you have to work hard.

If you don’t make a good job in the NBA, this preparation is a waste of effort.

After getting this done, Zhang Hao didn't focus on it.

At this stage, what he wants is a work partner without being wary of at all times.

As the saying goes, don’t doubt people, don’t use them. If the agent is Charles Banks, you need to be wary of everywhere, you will be too tiring.

He didn't say anything nonsense anyway.

He continued to study and train with peace of mind, and also began to prepare for the next life in New Jersey and investigate the area.

Zhang Hao felt a little disappointed after the information investigated by Pelinka.

He also thought that Rutherford Town, where the Nets’ home stadium Continental Airlines Arena, is located, the same as Inglewood, where the Lakers’ home stadium, where the Great Western Forum Arena, he lives now. It is a big town in New Jersey. After all, New Jersey is one of the richest states in the United States, with per capita income at the forefront of the United States. With 20,000 square kilometers of land, there are more than 1,300 large enterprises...

But after investigation, I found out that New Jersey is the fourth most unhappy state in the United States!

And Rutherford Town is one of the "poorest" places in Jersey City!

This poor is not really poor, but in Jersey City, Rutherford Town is indeed a relatively lower income area.

People in Jersey City are all elites, and they are thinking about how to make money all day long. The best place to relax in business is a bar.

It makes a lot of money, but the overall price of this state ranks the highest in the United States. The consumption level of several big cities is even comparable to that of tourist cities. The cost of living here is extremely high, which has caused great pressure from everyone, which in turn has driven the growth of the bar and gambling industries.

But from this point of view, the people here have at least high income and strong consumption capacity.

However, high income and high consumption capacity have nothing to do with Rutherford Town. This town does not even have a star-rated hotel in the true sense. In the survey of NBA players, it ranks first in the away game.

At the same time, Zhang Hao also saw in that report that the second place in the away game was the Timberwolves' home target center.

"With the two of us high school rookies, one of us went to the worst home court, and the other went to the second-to-last home court... Oh, no, it's because people from other teams don't like to play in New Jersey and Minnesota, and it doesn't necessarily mean that it's that bad there."

Zhang Hao worked very hard to comfort himself.

No longer studying that city, Zhang Hao focused on understanding the players of the same team. Starting from September 2, the Nets quickly signed many players, completed two transactions, and quickly put together the roster.

The offseason suspension has been confirmed long ago, so many trades have already happened after the finals to the draft.

Now it's just a small fight, and all teams in the league have made sufficient preparations for the suspension, so they dared to press the suspension button decisively.

On September 15, as agreed, he gave the first check of 50,000 US dollars to Pelinka. After signing the capital injection contract, Zhang Hao bid farewell to April Clark and went to Jersey City.

A brand new life has begun!

...

...

"In a 3-hour single-time senior Kobe Bryant defeated No. 3 pick Jerry Starkhouse with 101 goals to 91 goals... Starkhouse is too miserable, right? It has become Kobe's stepping stone!

It seems that Kobe is truly valued by NBA teams. Is this one-on-one challenge?

I remember our Nets are also preparing to choose him next year, and he said he would not come..."

On the morning of September 16, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jersey City, Zhang Hao was eating morning tea and reading the newspaper. It was yesterday's sports news, and the headline was Kobe's blow to Starkhouse.

The news is like this. The 76ers began to hold activities to stimulate the market. Since Barkley left the 76ers, the 76ers' market has been sluggish. There has been no news in the past few months of suspension. So he invited Philadelphia's college and high school geniuses. The 76ers coach John Lucas arranged for Kobe and Starkhouse to practice. Kobe proposed that the person who scored 10 more goals than the opponent won, and then the two fought for 3 hours alone...

After 3 hours of such a single fight, even for an NBA player, Zhang Hao felt that few people could beat Kobe.

It was purely because of physical strength that Starkhouse was exhausted to death!

But this also requires Kobe to have the ability to be able to lead 10 goals by Starkhouse, who is full of physical strength, and then rely on his physical strength to drag Starkhouse down and finally win the singles challenge.

Zhang Hao seemed to feel the despair of Starkhouse in the 3-hour single-handed challenge from the news...

After a few months, after truly integrating into this era, Zhang Hao learned more and more about the basketball world, and only then did he truly understand how much attention Kobe received in this era. Although Kobe has had a lot of controversy since high school, many NBA stars are not as good as him in single-part exposure.

After breakfast, I packed up my things, and with the help of the hotel staff, I put several large boxes of luggage into the car and headed to Rutherford Town.

Eighty percent of this pile of luggage was brought by his parents when he came to study in the United States. Many things he had never used were used at all, but he didn't throw them away. Now he is going to a new city. Although he was thinking of throwing them away when he left Los Angeles, he took them away in the end.

Although I saw a lot of bad reviews from the Nets, especially the location of the Nets, the review was very bad. Since I arrived in Jersey City yesterday afternoon, Zhang Hao felt it was very bad. When he first arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel, he heard fans who recognized him pointing fingers, so early this morning, I paid a tip and asked the hotel staff to help rent a car and go to the Nets to report early.

When the car drove out of the city, passed through a section of industrial zone, and entered a section of agricultural zone, Zhang Hao was no longer calm... Fortunately, a few minutes later, the house appeared again, which was sparse, but at least it could be seen that there were not very few people. Instead, the population density was even greater than that of the suburbs of Los Angeles. After all, New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the United States, and there was no one.

Finally, we arrived at the town center of Rutherford, which consists of several streets.

The landmark building is the Continental Airlines Arena and the Nets' home stadium.

Through the scenes I saw after entering the boundary of Rutherford Town, Zhang Hao built up the general situation of Rutherford Town in his mind. Large areas of agricultural land and the houses beside the land are very chaotic but dense, surrounding the town center composed of several streets. The tallest building in the center of the town is a 16-story hotel. From the Nets' tour guide, Zhang Hao knew that this is a business hotel called 4 stars, the kind that claims to be but does not have a star sign...

Compared with Jersey City's highly developed manufacturing and transportation industries, Rutherford Town is a densely populated pure agricultural town.

To be more straightforward, this is a junction of urban and rural areas!
Chapter completed!
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