NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 232 Super Training Camp

Adelman Jr. used to be under his father’s hands. He hung out with the old man for three days and was given nine meals in three days. If he had nothing to do, he had to be beaten with steel rods. Old Adelman was a typical strict father. He had extremely strict requirements on his son. , The small steel rod is a bit exaggerated, but beating and scolding is a common thing.

Now after mixing with Kong Bu, he has directly reached the pinnacle of his life.

Head of the coaches union, that's a stellar resume.

The reason why Comb did this was because he knew very well that Adelman Jr. was not interested in coaching. He wanted to be a team management team, the general manager of a certain team, and to be in charge of all the powers of the team.

Now that there is such an opportunity now, and he happens to be by his side, and the fat water does not flow to outsiders, Kong Bu simply pushes him.

"Thank you boss for your affirmation, and thank you all for your trust. I will do this job well and will never let everyone down."

Little Adelman bowed politely to everyone.

"Okay, then let's discuss freely how to pay the dues. We will try to make a decision in half an hour." Old Carl clapped his hands and said.

The coaches in the meeting room gathered around Kongbu one after another.

"Kong, thank you, little Rick is definitely lucky to be able to work under you."

The old Adelman was full of gratitude, and said while holding Comb's hand.

Although he usually doesn't give his son a good face, how can any parent not want their child to have a good future.

The old Dunleavy was able to bribe Kumbu with a year's salary for his son to be selected in the draft.

He was also present at the moment, wondering if Combe also received a large sum of money from the old Adelman before he elected his child as the chairman of the union.

"No, old chap, I'm lucky to have a helper like little Rick."

"He's almost 30 years old. He's not a kid anymore. Sometimes you should treat him as an adult."

Kong Bu said something in his words.

Old Adelman glanced at his son, nodded with a smile.

"By the way, little Rick, you are our leader now."

"What do you think about the dues?" Kong Bu asked.

Little Adelman shook his head quickly, "I don't have any ideas for a while, why don't the boss come up with a plan."

He has some ideas in his heart, but Kong Bu's annual salary is too high. If he pays the membership dues in proportion, he is worried that Kong Bu will be unhappy.

Kumbu's annual salary is as high as 500 million U.S. dollars, while few other coaches can reach 500 million U.S. dollars.

"Let's take [-]% of the annual salary. If you earn more, you will pay more, and if you earn less, you will pay less." Kong Bu made a decision.

Seeing that Kongbu is so happy, other people must have no objection. You must know that Kongbu needs to pay much more membership fees than them.

Of course, this membership fee is not paid in vain, and coaches will also encounter some unfair treatment in this league.

For example, under normal circumstances, when Larry Brown joined the Knicks in the future, he was cheated by the old Thomas. He was looking for the coach union, and then the union came forward to find a lawyer, negotiated with the league and the Knicks, and recovered part of Larry Brown. salary.

The membership fee is almost equal to the protection fee, and the trade union is the umbrella.

After the meeting was over, Combe followed Adelman Jr., preparing to leave the headquarters.

Gentry stood at the door, talking to his son for some reason.

Kong Bu smiled and said hello, "Young man, do you still remember what I said just now? You are now ready to receive unemployment insurance."

Both Gentry and his son blushed, and dared not speak out.

Adelman and his son looked at each other and smiled wryly. Fortunately, the relationship between the father and son and Combe has always been very good, otherwise they might be the ones who dare not speak out now.

"Don't go back to Philadelphia either, come and give me a two-month summer job."

"I have set up a training camp, you can help me promote it."

"By the way, our newly acquired Mehmet Okur has a contract with the previous team. You should follow up and see what conditions the other party requires before agreeing to release Okur."

"It can be accepted if it does not exceed 200 million US dollars. If it exceeds this amount, let Okur wait for another year, and then we will sign him again."

"Of course, we didn't pay the 200 million. We can only pay 30. Let Okur figure out the rest."

Combe told Adelman little.

"Training camp? God, it's going to make a splash among those young guys."

"There are coaches in the NBA who have organized training camps before, but the response was not very good, but the training camp organized by the boss is different. Who in the world does not know that the boss is the best at training new players."

"How much is the entry fee? I don't think it's too small. There will definitely be countless people signing up. We need to raise the threshold."

Little Adelman said in surprise.

"The admission fee is 100 million US dollars, and [-] students will be recruited."

Comb told Adelman Jr. about his plan in detail, that is, the plan of refunding tuition fees for students entering the NBA that had been conceived before.

Hearing such an expensive camping fee, Little Adelman almost vomited blood. I told you not to be too cheap, but I didn't ask you to directly charge such a sky-high price!
There are many players in the NBA who hold training camps during the offseason to earn some extra money. The training camps for ordinary players only cost a few thousand dollars, and the first-line stars only cost more than 1 dollars.

Kong Bu is good, and he doubled it hundreds of times when he came up!
"Boss, this price is a bit too high, maybe only Bill Gates can afford it."

"Why don't we lower it, how about fifty thousand dollars?"

"Based on your influence, I think 100 US dollars may be able to recruit 500 people. That's 300 million US dollars. After deducting the venue and board and lodging expenses, you can make a net profit of at least [-] million US dollars."

Kumbu is speechless, 300 million US dollars?Such a small amount of money is not enough to take care of myself.

The reason why he wants to run this training camp is that on the one hand, he wants to make a fortune, and on the other hand, he just happens to give special training to the newcomers selected this year.

If he only made $300 million, he might as well send those rookies to Philadelphia for a training camp.

"It's 30 US dollars. It can't be less. See how many people sign up. If the number is too small, it will be pulled down."

"300 million dollars is not enough to waste two months of my vacation."

"By the way, there is no refund for entering the NBA."

"You go to old Thomas, his boss is in a TV station, and ask him to help me put an advertisement on the TV station."

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Little Adelman couldn't help laughing. He wondered if Combe had traveled from the era of hyperinflation, $30?For 99% of families, it's a huge sum of money.

According to the Federal Reserve's survey report, 40.00% of households in the United States cannot afford 30 U.S. dollars for emergencies. Adelman Jr. feels that families who can and are willing to take out [-] U.S. dollars are really rare.

He was ready for no one to sign up.

But the work that should be done still had to be done, so he contacted old Thomas directly.

"What? That lunatic is absolutely insane, $30 training camp? He thinks he's God?"

"The training camp opened by God is not worth 30 U.S. dollars. Why does he dare to ask for so much money? Kneading missiles with bare hands?"

"The gang can definitely help, but no one will sign up at that time, and it will be a joke. Don't blame me."

Old Thomas rolled his eyes almost out of their sockets.

That night, the ad aired on James Dolan's TV station.

People who saw this ad were all horrified by the price, and they wondered if they were hallucinating.

Some people who did not have a good relationship with Kong Bu were all amused at the moment, waiting to see Kong Bu's jokes.

The training camp organized by Kong Bu would be ridiculous if the last student was not recruited. Considering the price, the possibility of not finding a student is quite high.

There was a lot of discussion from the outside world, and Kong Bu's phone was about to explode.

He felt that he had been duped by little Adelman's ghosts, and the price was set too low, so it should be 100 million US dollars directly.

"Kong, I'm Patrick. I'm going to enroll my son in your training camp. I hope you will take care of me."

The first to call was Ewing the gorilla.

Ewing hasn't retired yet, because Jr. ran away from the Sonics last season, so the Sonics signed Ewing, but he only signed for one year.

Now Ewing is also looking for work everywhere.

His son, Ewing Jr., is also unfamiliar to Kumbu. He should be 17 years old now. In 08, he participated in the NBA draft at the age of 24. He was selected by the Kings in the second round. Unfortunately, he only played for one year and disappeared.

"Okay, old man, I heard you left the Sonics?" Kong Bu casually exchanged a few words.

But to Ewing, it meant something different. He wondered if Combe wanted him to join the Philadelphia 76ers.

If Barkley was this thick-skinned, he might have asked directly on the spot, but Ewing has always thought highly of himself, so he couldn't take the initiative to ask.

After Kong Bu said this, he also felt that something was wrong, fearing that Ewing would touch him, he hurriedly found an excuse to hang up the phone.

Now Ewing, to be reasonable, is a little weaker as a substitute. Last season, he only shot 43% in the Sonics, which is not as high as a guard.

He averaged only 9 points and 7 rebounds per game. The Sonics signed him with a one-year contract of 1400 million US dollars.

It has to be said that Ewing has almost no decent honors in his career, but his ability to make money is the best in history.

Among all the players who entered the league before 1990, Ewing's total salary ranked first. Even if Jordan took 3000 million US dollars for two years, the total salary is far inferior to Ewing.

Kong Bu didn't want to spend money to invite an uncle back, and Ewing couldn't even ask for money.

"Coach Kong, hello, I'm taking the liberty to call you. I'm Dell from the Raptors."

"I want to enroll my oldest son in your training camp."

After Ewing, Curry Sr. called again.

Kongbu was pleasantly surprised. If he remembered correctly, Curry might only be thirteen or fourteen years old now, and he must have received professional basketball training at this age.

He is not unfamiliar with old Curry. After all, the Raptors are considered to be Kumbu's natal family. When the two sides play games, the two teams will have dinner together after the game.

"Dell, even if you don't come to me, I will contact you and let your kid come to my training camp."

"You may not believe what I say now, but I still have to say that that kid is a talent, he will be that kind of epoch-making superstar, and his achievements are much higher than yours."

"The second son of your family is also good. How old is he now? 11 years old? Let's send it here too. I will only charge you a camping fee for one person."

Combe said with a smile.

Old Curry's heart was as sweet as eating honey. If someone said this, he would only think it was a polite remark.

But these words came from Kong Bu, and he didn't have a deep friendship with Kong Bu. Obviously, his two sons had something special that he hadn't discovered.

The $30 is well worth the money!

Next, old Dunleavy sent his third son over.

Tim Hardaway sent his ten-year-old son here, that is, Hardaway Jr. who participated in the draft in 13 years and did well.

The same is true for Glove Payton. His son Payton Jr. is the same age as Hardaway Jr., and he called Kumbu immediately, saying that he was going to participate in the training camp.

Comb's former assistant, John Lucas, also sent his son here, and his son Lucas III also landed in the NBA.

The big dog Robinson is the most outrageous. His son is just eight years old and he also paid 30 US dollars.

There are also Lakers assistant Larry Drew and so on.

Kumbu never expected that the training camp he set up would directly become a nursery for the NBA league. Many players or coaches in the league who had sons and hoped that their children would become a success untied their pockets and took out 30 US dollars.

The phone calls came one after another. Many players who Kumbu didn't know at all before took this opportunity to get acquainted.

A week later, the training camp started on time.

Many people thought that Kong Bu might not even be able to recruit a single student, but on the day the camp opened, they completely collapsed. The parking lot at the entrance of the training ground was full, and there were countless people queuing outside.

Not only people in the NBA circle, but also some rich families, who are thinking about spending 30 US dollars to test whether their children have basketball talent, or simply because their children are fans of Konbu, and spend 30 US dollars to let their children have a game with Konbu. Close contact.

The world of local tyrants doesn't make sense at all.

In the end, all [-] places were used up, and many people could only wait for next year.

Old Thomas was about to vomit blood. He felt that this world was too ridiculous. Would anyone go to the $30 training camp?Have these people's brains been flooded?

Thinking about it again, Kongbu accepted 3000 students, and the tuition fee was 500 million U.S. dollars. After all kinds of expenses, this guy can earn at least [-] million U.S. dollars!

Lao Deng's heart was bleeding. It took him four years to earn so much money, but Kong Bu made it back in two months.

Comparing people to people, it really can piss people off.

A group of reporters surrounded the training camp and finally blocked Kumbu.

"Coach Kong, may I ask why your training camp is so expensive? Is there any special reason?"

asked a reporter.

Kong Bu smacked his lips, thinking about how to answer, and directly said that he wanted to earn more extra money, which seemed a bit too utilitarian.

"$30 is not much, because I can point out the most suitable path for these students."

"And I can also tell them very clearly what their talents are and whether they should take the path of professional basketball."

"There is a saying in my hometown, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, and men are afraid of entering the wrong profession. $30 will save him many detours in his life. Do you think it is expensive?"

Kong Bu's words made many reporters nod again and again. It seems that it is indeed not expensive.

You must know that those who can enter the training camp are either rich or expensive. It is really not expensive to spend 30 US dollars to save their children from detours.

(End of this chapter)