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Chapter 505 If an apology is useful
On the [-]th of the next day, the Kings faced the Magic back to back.

Su Yang rushed to the arena at [-]:[-] p.m., turned on the computer to send and receive work emails, and suddenly saw the feedback sent by Hinki: The clear rejection has been sent for [-] hours, and Jeff Austin has not officially responded. It depends on the situation. Probably won't talk anymore.

Silence may also be a response.

Su Yang was too lazy to think about it, so he rushed to the stadium instead, and first looked at the training situation of the players. He found that Guy was already sweating profusely, and he waved his hand to say hello. Maybe he didn’t know about Austin’s operation, or maybe he thought it was normal. Anyway, no slack.

Chatted casually, sat next to Jokic on the sidelines, and asked with a smile: "How is your weight loss plan going? I feel a lot thinner."

Jokic put down the Gatorade that had been delivered to his mouth with a smile, "In half a year, I lost [-] kilograms, my cardiopulmonary function has greatly improved, and my physical strength has become very good. I did the high-pressure inhalation test the day before yesterday, and my score improved a lot. I'm working so hard."

"Hey, it seems that the $50 reward is very promising for you, and I'll get a sports drink endorsement later, are you interested?"

"Can you arrange it for me? My agent said that my current commercial value is very low, and I won't be able to receive high-paying endorsement advertisements for the time being."

"Then the level of the agent is not very good. You are the MVP player with the lowest pick in the history of the NBA that I predict, and you also enjoy the bonus of the King's Chinese market. It should be easy to get some commercial endorsements. It is probably because your agent did not seriously research and investigate. "

"It doesn't mean anything else, but am I really that popular? I don't have any honors at the moment, and there are very few opportunities to show my face."

Jokic was dubious, thinking that O'Neal's superstar sneakers are not easy to sell, so why should he be a rookie?
"Look at the problem from a variety of angles..."

Su Yang chuckled, "As long as you pay attention to the market prospect as a commercial endorsement, you, as a flexible and fat man, are highly entertaining."

"Stop talking, coach, I believe in you, I'll take it!"

"Then you have to replace your agent first. There is a competition of interests in this kind of thing. By the way, what's your agent's name?"

"Jeff Schwartz, I didn't want to sign with an agent, it was my brother who insisted that it would help me, but being signed for so long, it didn't seem to help me at all, and I didn't need his help, it was really a A strange collaboration."

Su Yang nodded silently. The agent also hates the poor and loves the rich. Players who cannot sign a big contract, have no sneakers or other commercial endorsements, sometimes they can’t even get through the agent’s phone call. You can't make money at other times.

"Then you go back and discuss with your brother, and say that I will recommend an assistant for you, who can handle commercial endorsements. I don't need that Jeff Schwartz, and I won't charge you too much commission. The main purpose is that I don't want you to have an agent who is too powerful. People, affect our relationship..."

Tell the truth directly, without hiding your intentions, lest Jokic think he has been deceived in the future and affect major decisions.

The main thing is that Jeff Schwartz is too ruthless. He has threatened the Cavaliers to buy out Drummond’s contract and the Pistons to buy out Griffin’s contract. He may also sign Cousins ​​in the future. Su Yang cannot accept his influence on Jokic. A contract, and even the fate of the king.

"Okay, I'll discuss it with my brother as soon as possible..."

Su Yang was afraid of being encouraged by his shoulders, so he got up and continued to walk around, thinking carefully about how to implement the next plan.

After receiving the threatening email, I discussed with Jiang Rulan overnight how to solve it better, and finally came to a conservative conclusion: Finding someone to open a brokerage company and persuading players to give up their brokers is not a good solution, and transfer to trusted brokers most.

According to the plan, Su Yang plans to persuade players such as Jokic, Cousins, Antetokounmpo, and even Curry to sign with Bill Duffy's BDA brokerage company in batches, with his assistant Taylor as the middleman, and have cooperated for so many years In the end, BDA is trustworthy, and where I signed the coaching agency contract at the beginning, at least I will feel more at ease than Octagon.

Bill Duffy, the biggest black spot in his career, was in the summer of 2003. He forgot to notify Anthony Carter to execute the last year of the player option contract with the Heat, which caused Anthony Carter to lose $410 million and could only sign with the Spurs with a basic salary.

That thing has always been an NBA conspiracy theory.

Because of the $410 million saved by Anthony Carter, the Heat have enough salary space to sign a 6-year $6000 million contract with Odom, and then the Heat use Odom + Caron Butler + Bryan Grant, And the first-round pick in 06. In the summer of 04, he was traded with the Lakers for Shaq O'Neal, which led to the Heat's 06 championship.

If Bill Duffy remembered to remind Carter to implement the player option at that time, the Heat would not be able to sign Odom, and then they would not be able to trade with the Lakers for O'Neal in the summer of 04. At that time, the team that had salary space but lacked a center was Dallas. ox.

The key is that O'Neal also wanted to go to the Mavericks at the time.

Imagine O'Neal teaming up with Nowitzki in 05?But the Mavericks didn't get O'Neal, and instead used that salary space to sign Eric Dampier, the second center in the Western Conference...

Even if the Mavericks can't trade for O'Neal, there are still opportunities for the Nuggets and the Bulls, and they will definitely not go to the Heat anyway.

However, after that incident happened, Bill Duffy paid Anthony Carter $300 million to keep his reputation in the NBA circle. At least he can be sure that it was not intentional. It is estimated that Carter is not very important, so he really forgot.

In short, Su Yang believes that Bill Duffy is more trustworthy than Jeff Schwartz and Jeff Austin in any case.

Start with Jokic first, let him fire Schwartz, and reduce part of Octagon's influence on the king.

The main involvement between Jokic and Schwartz is not too complicated, and then persuade Antetokounmpo to terminate the contract with Austin, even if Antetokounmpo does not sign the BDA company he recommended, as long as the octagon family is not the only one, don’t own the king Super influential.

As for Curry, he completely believes in his character, and he can accept it without terminating the contract with Austin, and he doesn't have to get bloody.

While thinking about it, Su Yang went to sit next to Lavin, chatted casually about the current situation, and then asked about his agent.

Coincidentally, LaVine’s agent is Nima Namakian, who also happens to be the agent of BDA, but the level is lower than that of Bill Duffy. He is seeking a million-dollar sneaker endorsement contract for LaVine. .

"Let your agent stop worrying about Nike or Jordan, and go to the Chinese brand Anta or Li Ning, 361° is also fine, the market is huge..." Su Yang made a suggestion. He originally wanted to persuade LaVine not to sign with Rich Paul's Klutch in the future, but And a long time.

LaVine nodded in understanding.

Su Yang immediately got up and left, and turned to the pre-match training. The counterattack should be done slowly, there is no need to be too anxious.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the game between the Kings and the Magic started.

Cousins ​​and others had just defeated the Pacers in a hard fight, and their physical strength was a bit difficult to maintain. And Vucevic, they rushed extremely fiercely. Although the defense was biased, they played fast with the king, which made it difficult for the king to parry and was always suppressed.

The king's 21-game winning streak was like half a year of abstinence, when he suddenly rushed more than a dozen times, indirectly weak, and it was difficult to reverse it forcibly. Su Yang saw that he was behind by [-] points in the middle of the fourth quarter, so he simply withdrew the main force in advance to let The main players rest.

At the end of the game, the Kings lost to the Magic 96-113, their winning streak was zero, and they suffered a defeat for the first time in the season.

Su Yang took a special look at Gay's statistics. He made 15 of 7 shots and scored 16 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds with free throws. He didn't slack off.

6 assists are particularly conspicuous.

It is almost certain that Gay did not ask for the ball to give more rights to the ball. Everything was operated by his agent Austin, just like Gay only wanted the Grizzlies' 5-year 6500 million contract, but it ended up being 5-year 8230 million Wan, the truth is a bit confusing.

The loss did not frustrate the generals of the Kings. On the contrary, they relaxed their physical and psychological burdens and did not have to worry about winning streaks all the time.

After Su Yang finished the press conference, he returned to the office, checked his email and saw Xinji forwarding: Austin apologized.

Judging from the reply email, Austin explained that the wording was wrong, not 'demand' but 'hope', a misunderstanding.

It is difficult to tell the truth from the falsehood of his remarks, but he also received an email from Jokic's brother, saying that he is ready to terminate the contract with Schwartz.

The two are linked together, it is estimated that the other party panicked.

Su Yang didn't bother to distinguish, since he had discovered the risk, he had to minimize the risk, after all, it would affect the fate of the dynasty.

What's more, if an apology is useful, why do we need the police?
After answering the email, I prepared the tribute video prepared by Snyder. The King is about to face the Utah Jazz at home.

(End of this chapter)