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Chapter 749 Hot Dog Incident

Encouraging Bridges with a few words, Su Yang turned back to the king's exclusive area and saw that the Suns and the 76ers were discussing who to choose for the 10th pick. The main Suns backup plan was very bad. Nuo is a big bastard.

Discussions come and go, the Suns were stuck at the end of the 5-minute countdown and decided to let the 76ers choose Kevin Knox, and the Suns themselves were going to choose Zaire Smith with the 16th overall pick, and then the two teams fulfilled their previous mutual exchange commitments .

"Alright..."

Su Yang thought that the fate of Kevin Rocks would change accordingly, instead of going to the New York Knicks, he would be wasted because of Fizdale's coaching. After all, he was the second player after LeBron to reach 20 points and 25 rebounds in the regular season before turning 15. Potential players.

The draft continues without much change.

In a blink of an eye, the first round of selection is over, and after a short rest, they enter the second round. With the 42nd pick obtained in the previous trade, the King chose Bruce Brown, who is tall and defends well, and then took his 56th pick as a favor, and chose Brother Antetokounmpo His younger brother, Kostas Antetokounmpo, has no expectations, just play in the Summer League and the preseason, and send the regular season to the Development League.

In the end, Su Yang took Mikal Bridges, Bruce Brown and Kostas Antetokounmpo together for a group photo at the end of the draft. He felt that it was the draft with the lowest talent and potential, and the worst in the past was Bro Gordon.

Leaving the meeting place, Su Yang went to attend the dinner held by the alliance. He happened to meet Boss Cai. The two chatted about the investment trends in China and the United States. Finally, Su Yang agreed to Boss Cai's request and took a special time to explain to him how to buy and sell Manage a team.

I haven't thought about those specifically yet.

But first of all, we have to set the rules. Don’t let some players leave the team if they want to. The reason is to attend a birthday party, which makes other players work hard with serious injuries for the victory of the game, and those players are always talking about it. to ask 'Who am I'.

In the afternoon of the next day, according to the plan, Su Yang and McGee had dinner again at Nathan's Famous restaurant in Brooklyn, discussing the matter of joining with a basic salary again. The meal was quite simple, only beef hot dogs, neither of them asked for a private room, and sat directly on the side of the street.

In the previous meeting, we have already discussed specific things such as salary, playing time, tactical positioning, etc. This time, we are purely distracted.

During the conversation, McGee suddenly turned away from the development history of the center he was talking about, and asked with a stare: "Why did you choose here?"

What a distraction.

Su Yang sorted out his thoughts a bit, and raised his finger to the signboard of the store: "I heard that this store has been selling beef hot dogs since 1916. Now it is a century-old store. It was once favored by local gangster Al Capone, President Roosevelt and others. favorite.

I also want to leave a celebrity anecdote here. When someone mentions this store in the future, in addition to thinking of beef hot dogs, they will also think that you and I have negotiated franchise matters here. We won the championship together and became remembered together. part of history. "

As a person whose high school grades are not bad and who entered Nevada in college, McGee understood Su Yang's meaning in no time.

Being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with a legend is quite attractive.

Seeing that McGee looked excited, Su Yang hit the iron while the iron was hot: "I know that the public fans have some prejudice against you, and that's all because of O'Neal's stupid show. I will help rebuild the image, and we also need you to support the inside offense and defense.

Our team’s tactics have always been known for being complex and changeable. You can tell the fans with practical actions that your understanding and execution of basketball games may not be comparable to the top players like LeBron, CP3 or Harden, but it is definitely not the top five. level.

Come on, give us a chance, give yourself a possibility, join us, change the league, and stand shoulder to shoulder with legends. "

After finishing speaking, Su Yang used the negotiation skills learned on Douyin, stared at McGee silently and firmly, waiting for a reply.

The blogger on Douyin said that it was hard to refuse such an action.

"OK, I'll join."

McGee nodded earnestly, before Su Yang was happy, he asked again: "Is there such a food as hot dog in China?"

"certainly…"

Su Yang chuckled, "We are a higher-end Rougamo with richer flavors, or you can eat grilled sausage alone..."

During the chat, the joining of McGee's salary was completely settled. Su Yang called to inform, and Xinji rushed over with the contract to complete the signing. In the end, Su Yang posted the signing photo with the hot dog on social media, and wrote that 'The Hot Dog Affair'.

Various comments from fans quickly became a hot topic of discussion.

Various commentators also joined the discussion.

O'Neal tweeted: "Haha, congratulations to MY BOY for signing with the Kings. Considering the complexity and variability of the Kings' tactics, I already have a hunch that there will be a lot of new material for the next season's top five. I have already begun to look forward to that day. .”

Su Yang saw O'Neill's tweet on the car back to the hotel, and immediately forwarded the reply: "I really hate it when you say that, just wait and see, JaVale will prove his strength again, you have to be prepared, in 1000 Look for mung beans inside a red bean."

Replying to the tweet received tens of thousands of likes from fans.

O'Neill immediately tweeted: "If the five embarrassing shows have caused McGee harm, I would like to apologize. I really didn't expect that funny shows can have an impact. Of course, I understand that each player's psychological tolerance is different..."

There's a lot of blah blah blah, O'Neill is justifying himself, and even sneered secretly, with a very small mind.

Su Yang didn't bother to pay any attention to it, so he also called McGee to tell McGee to speak with the facts and ignore the booing from those onlookers.

In the early morning of the 24th, Su Yang and Hinkie flew back to Saskatchewan to hold a press conference for the three rookies including Bridges as planned.

There was no prior notification or request, but Curry, Antetokounmpo and others came to attend to support the rookies.

That scene, that battle, Bridges was moved.

After a brief introduction, ESPN team reporter Lindsay asked: "In the past few years, you have made predictions for the rookies who joined the Kings, such as Giannis' MVP, Gobert's best defensive player, and Brogdon's best rookie. A lot of that has already been fulfilled. So, our first question, what do you predict for the future of Mikal Bridges?"

Su Yang smiled upon hearing this.

Subconsciously, he wants to say that space is his limit. The main reason is that Bridges is average with the ball, and it is difficult to achieve great success, but it is too perfunctory.

After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at Bridges and asked, "Do you want to be Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen?"

Bridges was stunned for a moment, then shrugged slightly: "I just want to be the best of myself, and I will help the team in my own way."

Su Yang gave a thumbs up and praised, and looked back at the reporter: "See? Our young people have their own ideas, and I don't want to make predictions for them anymore. They will go out of their own way, and Mikaal will be ours. championship member."

The press conference ended in a blink of an eye.

Su Yang flew to Los Angeles non-stop, and had a second meeting with Howard in Beverly Hills, but unfortunately they still failed to negotiate. Howard refused to accept the basic salary offer, thinking that he still had the strength of a superstar, and he was even more unwilling to be a pure blue-collar worker.

"Okay, okay..."

Su Yang is not entangled. After all, without going through some things, it is difficult for the proud of the sky to make changes. It is better than Michael Jordan. Pass more to teammates.

After the negotiation was over, Su Yang got excited and had a dinner date with Kobe on the beach in Malibu. The magician also came to participate and offered to pay the bill.

At noon the next day, I contacted Rondo's agent again to discuss joining with a basic salary, but was rejected before finishing three sentences. The main reason was that Rondo thought he still had strength and was unwilling to take a basic salary. Su Yang had no choice, after all. It's really difficult for such a small amount of money.

In the afternoon, I rushed to attend the NBA Annual Awards Ceremony, personally went on stage to present the MVP trophy to Harden, and the best rookie trophy to Tatum, and the best general manager award to Hinkie by the way. Morey was so angry that he almost didn't applaud. .

After the awards ceremony was over, Su Yang stayed in Los Angeles and worked with Hinkie to conquer the last few spots on the team's roster.

The difficulty is quite large, mainly because only a basic salary can be given. After Rondo refused, Curry's substitute has not yet been settled.

"Who is the king here?"

Su Yang was very worried, and wanted to stop Brogdon from playing point guard and find another shooting guard.

　Thanks to 'NNPOSTCARD' for the reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)