LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 41
Chapter 41: Summer League
After lunch the next day, Wang Zelin’s phone finally rang.
“Uncle Zhou, how’s the contract negotiation going?” Wang Zelin couldn’t wait to get on the phone.
This is about his great money career!
“The contract has been basically finalized. If nothing else, you will be wearing the Blazers jersey for the next four years.”
“As for the rookie contract, they are willing to offer a 3+1 contract with a salary of 3.04 million in the first year, 3.15 million in the second year, 3.3 million in the third year, 4.15 million in the fourth year, and the last year is a team option; of course; Now, there are still many incentive clauses waiting for you to activate.”
“By the way, about Lillard’s specific salary, although I have not thoroughly inquired about it, but according to the words of the Blazers general manager Olsey, the salary error between the two of you should not exceed 1 million US dollars.”
“Okay, hard work Uncle Zhou!”
“If you have no opinion on this contract, find a time to report to the Blazers as soon as possible, and we will officially sign the contract.”
“No problem, Uncle Zhou, I will join you in Portland with my parents in the afternoon.”
“Okay, then I’ll wait for you here.”
Although Wang Zelin has seen enough contracts in China, and even he is now a multi-millionaire, but this time is different. Born into an ordinary family, he can’t help it. licked his tongue.
And that doesn’t include off-market earnings!
“Zelin, is there any news?”
When Wang Changhai received Wang Zelin’s smirk on the phone, he was basically sure that it was good news.
“Well, the contract has been signed for 4 years and the total salary is about 15 million US dollars.”
“Dad! Mom! It won’t be long before your son becomes a millionaire, maybe even a billionaire!”
After hanging up the phone, Wang Zelin couldn’t wait to share the news with his parents behind him.
“Millionaire!”
“Billionaire!”
“…”
This astronomical figure instantly stunned Wang Changhai and his wife.
Although they all know that playing in the NBA can make money, they never imagined that…
At three o’clock in the afternoon, Wang Zelin landed in Portland again.
Familiar places, familiar people!
Only this time, the protagonist became Wang Zelin.
“King! I said long ago that you are destined to be from Portland. You are welcome to join our big family.”
When Orsi saw Wang Zelin come in, he was very excited and shook hands with a smile on his face.
“I’m also very happy to see you again, Mr. Olsey. It’s an honor to play for the Blazers.”
Wang Zelin was also moved by the deep sincerity of the Trail Blazers. At this moment, the inexplicable fear in his heart for this torn city gradually decreased a lot.
“King, I promise you, you will be the main core of this team, and you will be the starting center in the new season.”
“I will definitely not let you down!”
Wang Zelin also showed his loyalty appropriately.
Finally, in the office of Blazers general manager Nell Olsey, Wang Zelin signed his first contract in the NBA.
A No. 36 jersey with black as the main color and red and white as the auxiliary color was officially unveiled to the world.
……
After signing the contract, in the following days, Wang Zelin participated in a series of promotional photo shoots and various activities of the Trail Blazers.
He was busy until July 7th, when Wang Zelin came to Rose Garden Arena for the first time to participate in the team’s run-in training.
Most of the players who came to training this time are rookies and substitutes, and the main purpose of this training is to welcome the upcoming summer league.
“Wow, our No. 8 show is here!”
“King looks really tall. Look at the pair of unicorn arms. It is indeed the best bench press performance among rookies in recent years.”
“Our first opponent in the summer league is the Hornets where the new champion Anthony Davis belongs. It must be interesting at that time.”
Whether it is a bench player or a rookie player, they have already seen Wang Zelin’s strength early. They are very clear that Wang Zelin will be the starting center of the Blazers this season.
Therefore, the legendary provocative protagonist and other **** dramas did not happen.
The height of 2.16 meters is not a cover. Wang Zelin standing on the court is enough to make everyone daunted.
The tallest handsome boy in the world!
Looking at the unfamiliar faces around him, Wang Zelin smiled slightly: “It’s a pleasure to meet you, and I hope to have a pleasant cooperation in the future.”
Although he is very aware that many of these guys may not have any interaction in this life after the summer league, this does not prevent him from respecting these people in front of him.
Again, although they seem insignificant in the NBA, in the world, they are definitely one of the hundreds of people who can play basketball best.
If it weren’t for their dreams, or their pursuit of the highest basketball hall in the NBA, they could have gone to other places to make a living.
In their hearts, it is estimated that they have always firmly believed: there is still a dream, what if it is realized?
Every dream chaser is respectable, and Wang Zelin does not discriminate against them because of his own strength.
“It’s the first time we meet, this is a little bit of my care, please don’t refuse.”
Before he came to the team to report, he had made Zhou Yang ready to show his teammates the gift of meeting.
“Oh, it’s Goethe’s latest Alice earphones, worth 558 meters!”
It seems that some of these people are headphone enthusiasts, and Wang Zelin praised his assists with tears.
“King, this is too precious!”
“We just met for the first time, isn’t that bad?”
“…”
Seeing that everyone’s attention has been attracted, Wang Zelin continued to explain: “That’s it, I will go to London in a few days to have a run-in with our country’s men’s basketball team, so the next summer league I only play two games, and the last three games are up to everyone~www.readwn.com~ These little gifts are even to make up for the regret that I can’t fight with everyone to the end.”
In the end, all the gifts were given out. Wang Zelin clearly felt that the attitude of his teammates towards him was quite enthusiastic, and there was no alienation from when he first arrived.
Not to mention, Fat Tiger’s move really works, and he is worthy of being hailed as the NBA champion with the highest emotional intelligence after James.
Wang Zelin has won the recognition of old and new players since he first arrived, and even vaguely has a gesture of treating him as the team leader.
This made Lillard on the side look envious. Although he is relatively cold, it does not mean that he does not want to be warmly received by everyone.
Obviously I came first!
“Long time no see Damien, you should have come a lot earlier than me, you’ve worked hard enough.”
Seeing Lillard Pestle watching all this, Wang Zelin quickly stepped forward and greeted him very easily.
“Dude, you are welcome!”
Lillard, who reacted, also responded enthusiastically.
For the strong, he never stings his smile.
“You should have been practicing with them for a while, how do you feel?”
Wang Zelin put his arms around Lillard’s shoulders and asked Lillard’s opinion on his current teammates.
“Their strength should be okay, but no one can bring me enough pressure, which makes me very dissatisfied.”
Lillard glanced at the people around him indifferently, and said indifferently.
Big brother, you don’t even look at how strong you are, why do you expect these substitutes to bring you pressure?
Facing Lillard’s disdainful expression of “That’s all about the NBA?”, Wang Zelin couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.