NBA: Yao Ming at his peak returns to his rookie season

"Why are you so late!" Kobe Bryant waved to Yao Ming.

After signing with Adiwang.

As the only two stars in the "Adiwang" group, Kobe's relationship with Yao Ming grew stronger. Moreover, after Kobe's former agent left, he exposed a lot of dirty secrets about Kobe, hoping that Kobe would beg him to come back and make money.

Kobe suffered heavy losses, conservatively estimated at several million dollars.

But who is Kobe?

He was the most headstrong player in league history; even if it meant losing his entire fortune, he would never back down in the face of threats from his former agent.

A head-on confrontation, a fight to the death.

At this point, Bill Duffy got involved, and Yao Ming asked Bill Duffy to introduce Kobe to a legal team.

This unethical method was actually Yao Ming's idea.

But Bill Duffy is the one who takes the blame.

Kobe was absolutely thrilled. He had no idea that his agent had made over two million dollars off him. As soon as they went to court, the opposing side immediately backed down and surrendered.

Kobe, of course, refused.

However, it is also because of this that he now has a good relationship with Bill Duffy and Yao Ming.

He's no worse than McGrady.

"It's rare for me to rest, and I've slept in at home for a while. And you guys are waiting to take pictures? No one-on-one, that's not Bryant's style," Yao Ming greeted Kobe casually.

Bill Duffy stood quietly behind him.

He now sees Yao Ming not as a star player, but as a boss, because Yao Ming's methods are truly ruthless!

This resolved Kobe's problem of being harassed by his agent.

They also put small splints on Bill Duffy.

In the 90s, NBA stars began to make a lot of money, and agents and other security industries, including insurance, investment, and special services, began to rise!

This also led to the infamous "Gold Club" incident.

They truly enjoy themselves, but there's a serious problem: the star players almost never have much education.

Most NBA players are not significantly different from unlucky guys who are holding a pile of money and waiting to be scammed.

It just requires some more rigorous procedures.

Of course, agents aren't stupid; they know what money they can and can't take. In fact, before the financial scandal involving Duncan and Garnett's co-financial officer broke out, the relationship between players and their agents was very peaceful.

Only they know how much filth there really is inside.

Even if the contract is signed normally, it doesn't prevent them from making money that can't be seen. Even the Olympic Tower pretends not to see this.

Bill Duffy offered this idea.

This is itself a betrayal of the agent community.

But could he refuse?

It's not a matter of whether he can or not, it's that he simply won't. Bill Duffy's business skills may be above average, but he's also more pragmatic.

He's made a killing off Yao Ming this past half-season, and Yao Ming doesn't even object to him getting involved in some of his personal decisions.

Did he break up with Yao Ming? Did he refuse Yao Ming's request?

impossible.

He knew how much Yao Ming valued Kobe.

His contract with Kobe far exceeded market expectations.

Therefore, Bill Duffy and Kobe's agent are simply not familiar with each other, do not know each other, and do not understand each other. Giving some advice is just standard practice!

He wouldn't speculate on Yao Ming's thoughts.

All he needs to do is work hard and make money. Compared to Bill Duffy, who was spoiled and had a big appetite in the original timeline, he is much more honest now.

"No bullfighting?" McGrady pointed to his dark circles. "We arrived last night. Damn it, Bryant said he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night because he wanted to change beds, so he dragged me to play until 2 a.m.!"

"Well, it's alright, isn't it?" Yao Ming silently lit a candle for McGrady.

This move might seem like a dirty trick to others, but it's perfectly normal for Kobe.

He trains people to the point of being somewhat indifferent to their lives.

McGrady clutched his hair in anguish: "But I just fell asleep. Bryant woke me up at 4 a.m. to watch the sunrise. It's not that we didn't have one-on-one games, it's that we'd already played enough before you came! I don't want to play one-on-one games again this year!"

"Sleep at 2 AM and wake up at 4 AM, the King of Hell says you're in good health!" Yao Ming silently lit another candle for McGrady.

McGrady's training attitude was not as bad as the rumors suggested.

Of course, he wasn't very diligent either.

From physical problems to his own laziness, this guy's talent is just too good to be true, and he can afford to squander it. Naturally, he's different from Kobe, who has been playing basketball since he was a few years old.

The three met and began chatting about everything under the sun.

It's very natural to talk about top players.

McGrady himself didn't have much of a liking for rookies, and he didn't even think much of Jay Williams, because his career had started too smoothly.

Except for his first season, when he was slightly targeted by the coach.

Since then, McGrady's improvement has been phenomenal. However, he has a very good impression of Yao Ming. He thinks the big man is nice to talk to and plays well, and he wants to cooperate with him!

On the other side of the three men is LeBron James, who came to the GG venue with Nike. Adidas' success spurred Nike to sign a super-betting contract with LeBron James in March.

The contract stipulated that James must join the league as the number one draft pick.

If he joins the team as the number one draft pick, the contract will continue, totaling $7600 million, including $2800 million in performance-related bonuses!

This is the first truly substantial and transparent super sneaker contract since Yao Ming's "hundred-million-yuan" contract.

Nike is really extravagant.

Of course, James also paid a price. If he hadn't joined as the number one draft pick, his contract would have been reduced to 7 years and $4600 million. Although the bonus clauses were retained, they were still very disadvantageous to him!

Young James wanted to join the circle of those three.

But they are the league's real stars. James is very famous now, the number one high school player in the country, even more popular than Kobe was back then.

But I can't join.

Just when James was completely dejected, a bottle of mineral water appeared in front of him: "You're LeBron, right? Don't worry, the future is yours!"

Yao Ming almost burst out laughing when he said that.

Meanwhile, James was inwardly ecstatic: "Yao, I... I'm your fan, can I get your autograph?!"

James has incredibly high emotional intelligence.

This innocent and naive phase is kind of cute.

Yao Ming signed his name, then entered the filming location with Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady, while LeBron James, who was waiting in line behind them, had his eyes shining.

He is already considering the possibility of collaborating with Yao Ming in the future.

That must be the new OK combination!

And they will be even more popular because they are all top draft picks!

It sounds incredibly powerful, and there's a market for it!

Yao Ming was unaware that the young LeBron James wanted to play basketball with his brothers, and followed Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady into the photo studio.

Their individual styles began to emerge at this point.

McGrady has a slightly irritable and assertive personality and doesn't respect the Adidas staff, constantly telling them not to waste time.

Kobe was extremely stubborn and demanded perfection in every detail.

Of course, McGrady has never been able to do anything about Kobe. On set, Kobe pulled Yao Ming and McGrady along, and then started working with the photographers and directors.

McGrady originally intended to return to the hotel in 5 minutes.

Kobe dragged someone to take pictures for half an hour!