• Leon’s decision to sign Wang Zhizhi was not purely for emotional reasons. Although at the deepest depths of his heart he still has a love for the players who grew up on the other side of the ocean, but this does not affect his player ability. Judging from the needs of the team, he will not give him a job playing because he is emotionally biased towards a certain team. www*

Therefore, what he threw to Anji was not only a sentence to sign Wang Zhizhi, but also a thick scout report on Wang Zhizhi and a plan on how to use this player. This is also the reason that finally moved Anji to decide to give Wang Zhizhi a contract. . At this point, Angie and Leon are very similar. They both have strong personalities, but they will not affect the final decision because of personal likes, dislikes and emotions. They always adhere to the "Bsss-s-bsss" principle. To manage your own basketball concept.

However, the biggest problem Leon has to face is not to persuade Anji to sign Wang Zhizhi, but how to deal with the storm of public opinion that Wang Zhizhi will face. The incident of Wang Zhizhi’s non-return still left an impression in Leon’s mind, because he remembered that at that time, the overwhelming news related to Wang Zhizhi on TV disappeared without a trace in an instant, and it was related to him. News reports, including live broadcasts of his team’s matches, have evaporated from the Chinese media. All of his comments on Wang Zhizhi were "traitor" and "unpatriotic."

In the end, Leon can’t remember the end of this incident, but he knows that this kind of thing must cause a lot of psychological damage to a player, and only Leon can understand this kind of damage. The Americans are There is no way to experience it. After all, in the United States, players play for themselves, and there is no country or collective cultivation of you. Even a club is just a place where players work. During the offseason, players are responsible for their training, and it is up to themselves to decide whether to advance or fall. . They have no way to understand why a player must return to his country to play, and why he must sign an agreement with the club and the Basketball Association.

just now. Leon has a more detailed understanding of the causes and consequences of the entire incident, because Roland Beach and Leon of the Mavericks have worked together on the scout team, and Leon understands the ins and outs of the matter through him, so Leon borrows Schwartz Ci came to Boston and the Celtics to negotiate a new contract for Paul Pierce. Delivered a fax to him and asked him to hand it to Wang Zhizhi.

However, Leon doesn’t think that a fax can change Wang Zhizhi’s mind and solve the problem. From this incident, he can see that Wang Zhizhi is a relatively indecisive person who is easily affected by the sound of his ears, especially the guy named Chen Weiming. . Relying on his Chinese identity, he won the trust of Wang Zhizhi, but he is completely American in his bones. Regardless of whether his starting point was for Wang Zhizhi or not, he could not put himself in the position to consider Wang Zhizhi. Xia Song could have been, but because he was not in front of Wang Zhizhi for a long time, his relationship with Wang had broken down.

The draft is near, but Leon has no draft task this time, so he decided to invite Wang Zhizhi to New York on the day of the draft to have a serious meeting there to solve the current problems. To prevent Wang Zhizhi from falling into the rebellious situation, whether he is in emotional or realistic considerations, this is not what Leon wants to see. After all, in Leon’s team building plan, Wang Zhizhi is really a more useful pawn-if he can Follow Leon’s development opinions.

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On June 26, 2002, in New York, the annual B Draft will be held in Madison Square Garden. This is the third draft of Leon’s experience. He is familiar with the road three weeks ago. Booked a room in a hotel near Madison Square Garden, and arrived in New York on the 26th. He was greeted at the airport by his friend Wojnarowski.

"I was expecting you to have some clever ideas in the draft so that you can provide me with some useful materials, but now it seems that you are not at all concerned about the draft. You came to New York on the 26th." On the way to the hotel. Scolded Leon Road.

Leon, who has just become the head coach of the Celtics, has no intention of participating in the draft this year. Instead, he focuses on solving internal problems and recruiting recruits for his coaching team. Although the return of Dave Cowens, the removal of the Nuggets’ physical coaches, and the recruitment of Celtics veterans as shooting coaches can also be called news, readers are not interested in watching this kind of old-fashioned boring. The news, they just want to see which team picks those freshmen who are ready to enter the league, and which talented player failed to meet expectations in the draft. And looking forward to a certain season in the future, the draft process will be pulled out.

The Celtics' draft picks in the past two seasons have made people talk about it. As Leon’s friend, he mentioned the Celtics’ beautiful operations many times when writing a column for the spn, which praised Leon. Childlike. This also contributed to Leon's reputation in the professional basketball circle. As a result, Leon did not play in the draft this year and began to concentrate on team building, which made me wonder how to write Celtic news.

"We signed Wang Zhizhi." Leon responded, and gave Leon's helpless smile, saying: "Wang, that Chinese, if you win him in 2001, there will be some newsworthy, now? The basic salary or use space? This is my only concern."

In his eyes, Wang Zhizhi has faded from the Asian halo, but he is also a marginal player of B. A player like this is signed and then waived. It can't be called news at all. Of course, he can't enter the magic eye.

Leon rolled his eyes in return and said: "Do you know how to be a great journalist? The breadth of the news is not enough, you also need enough depth. Now everyone's eyes are on the draft. The draft Who is the most eye-catching at the conference? Yao! I am 80% sure that the Houston Rockets will choose Yao in the first place. As a result, fans’ attention to Chinese basketball will skyrocket. The same is true for Chinese fans. The market will be opened. And Wang is Yao’s teammate and opponent in China. The incident of Wang’s non-return will cause a lot of disturbance in China. Americans will not understand why a player’s unwillingness to play for the national team would cause it. Such a big negative effect. This is related to the differences in sports systems and cultures between the two countries. I bet that if you analyze this topic in depth, the journalist of the year will be in your pocket."

What I admire the most about Leon is that he can always use a very confident tone to make judgments with confidence to others. This kind of remarks can be regarded as bragging when other people say it, but Leon has a power to make People believe that he is not lying. In fact, in several cooperations, he has never suffered a loss. Last year, he was elected as the best sports reporter of the year for 2001 because of predictive reports on Jordan's comeback and in-depth analysis. The news source is Leon.

This time, he was moved again. He decided to use his media power to report the incident. Prior to this, the first-hand reports on the incident were still concentrated in the Dallas media, including the sensational "treason" news.

The two had arrived at the hotel as they said. Leon told him that Wang Zhizhi and his agent and assistant would meet at 7pm. The place was in the hotel room. By then, they would watch the draft while discussing what to do. Owned to events and matters related to the contract.

"Why didn't Darryl follow you? What about this follower?" Morey suddenly thought of him. Since Wallace resigned and went to the Grizzlies, Morey has become Leon's follower.

"He has gone to Minnesota and we will have an important signing."

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At 6:30 in the afternoon, Leon received a call in the hotel. It was from Schwartz. He had already brought Wang Zhizhi and Chen Weiming to the hotel where Leon was staying. Schwartz, Leon, has also dealt with him. He is an old and cunning agent. Compared with the old-school famous agents who are good at dealing with superstars, Schwartz is known for his proficiency in rules and negotiations. -Leon felt it during Pierce's contract renewal negotiations, but fortunately, everyone has no doubts about Pierce getting the maximum salary~lightnovelpub.net~ so everything went smoothly.

However, Leon is not worried about Schwartz. Because he is a man who is proficient in rules and negotiations, he will not be too entangled in Wang Zhizhi's question whether he should return to China. He can't squeeze much oil from Wang Zhizhi himself. Because no matter how small the mosquito is, it is the capitalist spirit of flesh to become Wang's agent. If the Celtics are willing to provide a reliable contract, then let Wang Zhizhi go to Zimbabwe to play Schwartz will also agree.

The real obstacle may come from Wang Zhizhi himself and his assistant, Chen Weiming. Leon had already investigated this person through his friends in Texas, a Chinese from New York who got acquainted with Wang Zhizhi because of entertainment interviews. Because of his yellow face and not fluent Chinese, he won Wang Zhizhi's trust, and finally encouraged Wang Zhizhi to stay in the United States. Summer league. For Wang Zhizhi, he has quit his original job and became Wang's full-time assistant. Wang Zhizhi will be the only focus of his work. Wang Zhizhi's interests are his interests.

If Wang Zhizhi returns to China, Chen Weiming will definitely not return with Wang Zhizhi. He grew up in the United States as an authentic American. When Wang Zhizhi returns from China, will Chen Weiming still have a place next to Wang Zhizhi?

Leon had considered all of this, and he had a good grasp of how to deal with Chen Weiming and draw Wang Zhizhi to his side to listen to him. To be continued.