Early in the morning, Li Ke appeared in the Bobcat training hall.
In fact, it was already past seven o'clock when he arrived.
But he set out early and set out at half past six and trotted all the way.
But it turned out that the high-end apartment he rented was not as close to the training hall as he thought.
This run took more than half an hour.
At this time, Li Ke began to think that running like this every day is not a solution. Maybe he has to buy a car.
Now, more than 5 million US dollars are lying in his bank account, 4.25 million from AJ and 750,000 from Coca-Cola. The revenue from the two endorsements has deducted the broker's share.
The remaining more than one hundred thousand dollars comes from Bobcat’s salary in the past two months.
The NBA salary is once every half month. For players, their contract is divided into 24, and the salary will be paid every half month.
Li Ke's salary in the first year was 24 shares, which means that he paid less than 100,000 US dollars each time. The agent's salary has not been deducted yet. David Falke said that it would be deducted once every six months. If it was deducted once every half a month, it would be too little.
"Let's buy a car for free, and go to the car dealership in two days..."
"But the remaining 5 million has to be found to be put there."
At this time, Lu Ning's role was reflected.
Investment and financial management, as a time traveler, Li Ke only knows a few projects that make money while lying down, buying houses, Apple stocks, and Bitcoins, and he doesn’t know much about it.
But for Lu Ning, who graduated from Wharton Business School, this is his old profession!
"First get some money back, let my father and mother go to the Magic City to buy a house, and buy as much as you can..."
"For the remaining money, let Lu Ning set up an investment company."
Although his father and mother are also very rich, since Li Ke got the contract between AJ, Coca-Cola and Bobcat, he was the richest one in the family of three.
After all, in 2007, $5 million could be exchanged for less than 40 million rmb.
...
It was past seven in the morning, and the Bobcats' training hall was still deserted.
Li Ke changed his jersey and swayed around the periphery for a while. On the one hand, he was familiar with the new world, and on the other hand, he also wanted to see who he could meet in the training hall at around 7 o'clock.
As a result, there was no one...
"Is this the bad team that the NBA can't enter the playoffs? But it's too real!"
While saying this, Li Ke was already holding the basketball and appeared on the training ground.
Swish!
He shot a three-pointer that entered the net.
There was a burst of applause on the side of the court.
Slap sex...
"A very accurate three-pointer!"
Li Ke turned his head to see the first person he saw in this training hall today—
With a broken dreadlock, a long and strong body, a very tough face at first glance, this guy is Gerald Wallace, the real boss of the Bobcat at this moment.
Of course, this guy is most famous for his playing style that he is not afraid of even death. Concussion is common, and then he was washed and cut and blown by Bynum into his lungs with one elbow, causing his career to plummet.
"If I had three-pointers like you, I would have been a rookie in the lottery zone..."
Li Ke smiled and said, "Did you say this to Adam Morrison as well?"
"How do you know?"
Gerald Wallace was shocked.
Li Ke smiled even happier. Of course he guessed, but it was not a basis-free guess.
The sourness in Gerald Wallace's words was too strong. What does this mean? It represents the three-pointer, which is something he values ​​very much, and it affected his draft that year.
Think about it again, what did Adam Morrison get the Tanhua sign?
Isn’t it just the precise projection of college, plus the white and retro face that makes people easily reminded of Larry Bird?
So, Gerard Wallace's words must have also said to Adam Morrison. Even if he didn't, he must have thought so.
"You came early enough."
"It's getting late, it's because you're late."
"Adam Morrison came very early at this time last year, and later..."
"I know, and later he found that it was useless to come early. It should be a parallel product, he is a parallel product."
"Then are you?"
"Me? I definitely not!"
"Are you so sure?"
"Stop talking nonsense, don't you just want to fight? Come on!"
Gerald Wallace talked a lot of nonsense, but from the time he got the basketball, he seemed to have changed his body, with murderous intent in his eyes, and only the basket was left in his eyes.
With an ordinary dribble, he accelerated, and he rushed past Li Ke.
Li Ke followed in three steps, relying on speed and strength to block all angles.
Gerald Wallace completely ignored Li Ke. Even though he knew that the ending of a forced layup at this moment would be very bleak, he still pushed Li Ke, let out a hysterical roar, and raised his hand to throw the ball out...
With a clang!
Of course, I didn't get into basketball.
The training ground was quiet for a moment—
"You're better than that guy Adam Morrison."
After pausing, Gerald Wallace seemed to think he was a bit arbitrary, and added: "I mean defense and confrontation."
In any case, Adam Morrison did not have such defense and confrontation. If he had, he would not be Bird's second generation.
Li Ke nodded, and it was his turn to attack.
Lamely possessing the ball, rushed for two steps...bang!
The ball was broken.
"But... your attack is not as good as him!"
Gerald Wallace held the ball under his command and made a judgment.
"Are you sure?"
"certainly."
Li Ke was very dissatisfied and said that his offense was not as good as Adam Morrison. Isn’t that saying that he couldn’t make it in the NBA?
Think about how bad Adam Morrison's offense is-
In the regular season last season, Adam Morrison made 1 of 5 shots against Tyshaun Prince, Chris Paul made 1 of 7 shots, and Kobe made 1 of 15 shots, so this guy got a nickname - Mo Yizhong.
Throughout the 2006-07 season, Mo Yizhong completed 14 "one middle school" games, made 78 appearances in the season, started 23 games, scored 11.8 points, but his shooting percentage was only a pitiful 37.6%.
So, isn’t it insulting that Li Ke’s attack is not as good as Adam Morrison?
So Li Ke roared: "Come again!"
However, under the defense of Gerard Wallace, his offensive performance was indeed snatching his feet...
“…”
"Gerard, don't you think your defense is too strong?"
Gerald Wallace was stunned for a moment. Indeed, his defense was too strong, and it was natural that Li Ke could not score in.
Just like Li Ke's defense is also very strong, he didn't score much goal after hitting the whole one-on-one.
The results in front of him seem to not show that Li Ke's offense is not as good as Adam Morrison.
"Have you never fought with Adam Morrison?"
"No."
There wasn't, Li Ke couldn't understand why Gerald Wallace hadn't fought with Adam Morrison? And why, as soon as he came, Gerald Wallace had to find ways to challenge him?
This is really a question that is incomprehensible.
Starting from 8 o'clock, new teammates arrived one after another, and the locker room was gradually filled.
Raymond Felton, who snatched his No. 20 jersey, Emecca Okafor, who was not interested in basketball, and the old center Nazel Mohamed, who had been with the league for many years.
With Li Ke and Gerald Wallace, it is probably the main lineup of the Bobcats this season.
emmm, that's what Li Ke thinks.
The rest-
Earl Boykins, who is only 1.65 meters tall, white scorers Matt Carroll, Du Dudley, Argentine striker Walter Herman, sophomore center Ryan Hollins, tall center Brezek, veteran shooting guard Derek Anderson, Rockets' former power forward Osella Harrington, veteran point guard Jeff McGinnis...
Finally, Adam Morrison arrived late.
Her long hair was condensed together, her beard was unshaven, and she was drooping, and she looked so energetic...
Well, Li Ke said that now he can understand why Gerald Wallace hasn't played against Adam Morrison.
No one wants to fight this guy. I’m afraid I have to go back and take a shower seven or eight times before I can wash it clean.
When he walked into the locker room, Li Ke even smelled a bad smell.
"This horse pedal is a chemical weapon!"
Sean Mei, who is only one big injury and is still recovering from the injury, has all the Bobcats players.
Immediately afterwards, the door of the locker room was pushed open again, and at this time the Bobcats' new head coach, Sam Vincent.
"I'll introduce myself, Sam Vincent, in the new season, I will be your head coach and lead you to conquer the NBA's regular season and even the playoffs..."
conquer?
exo    me?
Are you sure you didn't use the wrong word?
Just the broken lineup of Bobcats, can they still conquer?
Kneel down and sing to other teams to conquer.
At first glance, Li Ke thought that the new handsome Bobcat was probably not as reliable as his ex-boy Bernie Bickstaff.
When he shook his head secretly, the locker room had already introduced himself to each other at the request of Sam Vincent.
When it was Li Ke's turn, he was short: "Li Ke, you can call me Sheldon."
But Sam Vincent doesn't allow Li Ke to be so short, he helped Li Ke extend it: "Welcome Sheldon, he is the new No. 1 pick in NCAA this year, the mop in the semi-finals. Of course, including him, the Bobcats already have three mop in the semi-finals."
Three mop?
Li Ke was stunned for a moment and looked at Emecca Okafor first. Who else is there?
No one told him that there was another one, Sean May.
So, the mop in the semifinals is really not a good thing.
There are three bobcats, and they are useless. Don’t they rely on a Gerard Wallace who has failed his ultimate career?
"Okay, guys, it's time to go out for training. Today is the first training before the start of the new season. Let's do a physical test first..."
Li Ke was not panicked when he tested physically.
But there are so many people in the team that they are panicking.
Like Raymond Felton, he is fat and prone to gain weight. This summer has passed and he doesn’t have a few kilograms of meat. I’m sorry for this physical fitness that has grown.
There is also Emecca Okafor, whose mind is not on basketball, and it is a dream to expect him to train well in the summer.
The veterans who were substituting were fine, but it was like this anyway, and there was no difference between practicing or not.
In this way, Sam Vincent's face turned black.
Just this team, conquer?
He wanted to take the word back.
But when he got the throne of Bobcats head coach, he made a promise, and his record was at least better than last year's Bernie Bickstaff.
Of course, the ultimate goal is definitely to enter the playoffs.
What was Bernie's record last year? He won 33 times and lost 49 games.
So, specifically, the task that Sam Vincent needs to complete in the new season is: to maintain 10 and compete for 8.
But depending on this situation, it would be good if the record does not decline.
Sam Vincent was very panicked because of this. He always felt that he was likely to have to be dismissed after a year. In order to avoid such consequences, he got angry.
"**, pull out the single player who fails the physical test and change it to physical training in the afternoon!"
So, except for Li Ke and Gerald Wallace, as well as Dudley, Walter Herman and Ryan Hollins, who had just finished playing in the summer league, everyone else was pulled out.
Physical training is of course the hardest training during pre-season training. It keeps running back and forth until you are exhausted.
The other five people who avoided physical training took a leisurely shot the basket for the afternoon.
The teammates were as tired as a dog, but Li Ke still had the leisure to chat.
"Jared, did you rent a house or buy a house in Charlotte?"
Lao Du also came to work on the first day. In the morning, he licked Gerald Wallace, but Gerald Wallace had no response.
There was no way, Lao Du changed his target immediately and went to lick Okafu again.
Okafor threw a strange look over, and Lao Du left tactfully.
Finally, he found Raymond Felton, and half an hour later, the two met too late.
However, now Felton is suffering from physical training on the field and can no longer chat with Lao Du, who hit it off at first sight.
The lonely old Du then realized that Li Ke was still beside him.
"Of course I'm renting a house. You know, how much I'm going to pay. If you want to buy a house, you have to wait for two years. But two years later, I'll talk about whether I'm still in Charlotte or not."
Then, he turned the topic to Li Ke: "Where are you, Sheldon, have you bought a house?"
Li Ke also shook his head.
Lao Du felt strange: "Didn't you get a sneaker contract with the second highest in rookie history from AJ?"
"Then the contract, there's a problem."
Li Ke didn't say much, he was afraid that Lao Du would tell Xiao Du.
AJ's sneaker contract is indeed problematic, with multiple terms and conditions.
If Li Ke’s fight was not as expected, he could ensure that he could get it, in fact, only 15 million US dollars in three years.
AJ may lose a little, but it certainly won’t lose too much.
Moreover, Li Ke is now a little scented, and Nike and Adidas are not moving at all. However, AJ gave him a 7-year, $40 million high-priced sneakers contract, which is really a bit higher for a rookie with a lotto market.
Now, he understood.
This is also Boss Qiao!
From the draft to the sneaker contract, Boss Qiao has taken a fancy to Li Ke, and he spent money on both sides and vowed to prove his vision.
"Then where do you live?"
"Salford, I rented an apartment there, two floors, many rooms, I only stayed in one."
Lao Du looked at Li Ke with a look, as if he had misunderstood something.
Li Ke continued to ask: "To the east or west of the training hall?"
"Uh, east."
Damn, it's not going well.
Li Ke’s plan to get rid of the car has been shattered, so he still has to buy a car!
Except for the initial physical test, Sam Vincent has been invisible for the rest of the time.
He did not reappear until the end of the day's training.
Then, a group list was read directly.
Group a: Raymond Felton, Li Ke, Adam Morrison, Gerald Wallace, Emecca Okafor.
Group b: Erboykins, Matt Carroll, Jared Dudley, Walter Herman, Nazel Mohammed.
The rest were all assigned to Group C.
Chapter completed!