"Zhang, I don't quite understand why you insist on a two-year contract. Actually, I can help you negotiate a ten-year contract. That way, your net worth will exceed 100 million.”
On the way back, Austin still wanted to negotiate.
"I think I'll be a superstar in two years. I can't let myself lose too much.”Zhang Luo shrugged.
"Okay, I admire your confidence.”Austin said.
"Your performance today was amazing. I saw that Tom was suppressed by you until he had no strength to resist.”Zhang Luo praised Austin's work.
"Heh, it's no big deal. Negotiations are my forte. I still have one last trick up my sleeve. I'm prepared to run out of the door when they don't agree to our conditions and let the people from Nicole pick us up at their company's entrance.”Austin enjoyed Zhang Luo's flattery and continued to brag.
Zhang Luo instantly gave him a thumbs up.”
Zhang Luo could imagine the power of Austin's move!
Austin was going to fall out with Adidas for him. Such an employee was not bad.
"What a pity. They agreed to our conditions so quickly.”Austin said regretfully.
"Hey, that's because you're full of momentum and they're afraid. Oh right, did you really communicate with the Knicks to let me play as a dual guard next season?”Zhang Luo asked.
"They really did, but they were too old-fashioned and unwilling. They said that the NBA doesn't have a 2.05-meter point guard. They want you to play small forward and occasionally be a shooting guard.”Austin said.
Zhang Luo did not measure his height when he went to the Knicks for training. He still reported that he was 2.05 meters tall…
Zhang Luo couldn't imagine how his teammates would react when they saw him.
He wouldn't be hammered to death, right?
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That night, the news of Zhang Luo signing a contract with Adidas quickly spread throughout the fan circle.
"Twenty-six million for a two-year contract. That's an average of 13 million USD a year.”
"Right now, the price that Kobe is offering is only 42 million for three years!”
"Zhang Luo's sneakers are equal to Kobe's?”
"Is Adidas crazy? They gave Zhang Luo a higher price than the top scorer.”
"Money is really worthless now."
"Zhang Luo became a millionaire in seconds. This is the attraction of the NBA. After being selected, money really falls from the sky.”
The next day, Zhang Luo and Austin went to the general manager's office in Donnyworth.
Zhang Luo's rookie contract did not need to be negotiated. The Knicks signed it according to the highest specifications given by the league.
A long time ago, there were no rules on the contracts between NBA teams and rookies. NBA teams could give rookies any contracts they wanted.
The NBA had once had a strong competitor like the UA. This " non-regulation " was clearly necessary because only big contracts could bring quality rookies to their own league.
For this reason, the UA had done many amazing things. For example, as long as they could offer a contract and attract a rookie, they could directly sign with them regardless of the draft order. They had also tried to collectively pool money for a team to fight for rookies, and the famous Dolgov Plan (offering players a huge contract, but most of it was in the form of retirement wages that would only be paid in installments decades later).
Such behavior had caused quite a bad impact at that time.
The young players who were less than 20 years old immediately lost their initiative in basketball after receiving a big contract.
Moreover, the annual salary of rookies far exceeded that of coaches, making it difficult for the latter to establish their authority. The veteran was also dissatisfied with the difference in treatment, causing conflicts within the team.
After the 1994 draft pick, Glenn Robson, was selected by the Milkinson Bucks, he directly asked for a 10-year, 100-million-dollar contract. Otherwise, he wouldn't sign with the team.
In the end, the contract that Robson signed was for 10 years and 68 million dollars.
His annual salary during his rookie season was $2.9 million, while the annual salary of Scotty Pippen, who had three championship rings at the time, was only $2.225 million.
In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, the NBA had implemented a rookie standard contract system since 1995.
All first-round contracts had to comply with the provisions of the labor agreement. The first-round contract was a four-year contract, with the first two seasons as a guarantee contract and the last two seasons as a team option.
The collective bargaining agreement not only limited the size of the contract for the first four years of the first round, but it also stipulated the amount of money the parent team could offer after the rookie became a restricted free agent.
The exact number depended on the year and position of the draft.
The contract figure was not completely fixed. The final contract amount could change between 80% and 120% of the specified figure.
The contract for the second-round rookies did not have any special rules. Their salary could be the base salary or the top salary.
The second-round rookies didn't have any rookie exceptions like the first-round rookies, so teams could only sign with them using salary space or use terms such as exceptions to the base salary.
Because the basic salary exception could only be signed for a maximum of two years, the team would only have the early bird rights of the player, not the bird rights. Therefore, the team would sometimes try to sign a three-year contract through other exceptions.
Unselected rookies were completely free agents. The situation was similar to that of the second-round rookies. The contracts signed with other teams were not rookie-level contracts. There were no special rules on the duration, nature of the contract, and the amount of money.
The only difference between a draft pick and a second-round pick was that the signing rights were not in the hands of one team.
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Zhang Luo signed a four-year, 18 million 2 2 rookie contract.
The day after Zhang Luo signed the rookie contract, Adidas sent the first contract payment of 3 million US dollars.
After Zhang Luo paid the debt he owed Austin and the contract commission, he still had about 1.5 million yuan left!
This sum of money made Zhang Luo's money more abundant.
Zhang Luo spent two days renting a small villa in the wealthy district with Austin's help.
In addition, Zhang Luo also bought his first car.
Maybach S62!
Zhang Luo also needed a loan to buy this car.
After settling the housing and travel, Zhang Luo went to Walmart to buy a bunch of household items that surpassed O'Neal's record the night he got his car.
After settling his daily affairs, it was July. Zhang Luo was ready to enter the special training again.
He needed to master the Golden Rooster before the Olympics!
The Olympics were getting closer and closer. Zhang Luo was very ambitious for this Olympics!
The Dream Team was very strong!
He wanted to give it a try!
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