The rise of basketball legends

Just as Chen Yan and Durant walked downstairs to the dormitory, a tall Caucasian man stretched out his hand and walked up to Chen Yan.

"Hello! Chen, I'm Bill Duffy from BDA Sports Management. We talked on the phone yesterday."

Although Chen Yan received countless calls from his agent yesterday, he was deeply impressed by Bill Duffy. He is a member of Team Yao and Dayao's agent in the United States.

Bill Duffy can be regarded as a big-name agent in the NBA. In addition to Yao, he also has Nash, Anthony, Peja, Conley, Oden and other all-stars or potential new stars.

Chen Yan never expected that he could wait for him downstairs in the dormitory.

The early bird catches the worm. This sentence is also applicable to agents. Now that Chen Yan is so popular, Bill Duffy is afraid that if he is too late, the money owner will fall into the hands of others.

"Hello there!"

Chen Yan also extended his hand politely, and the two shook hands to say hello.

"Hey! Kevin, how are you doing?"

Then, Bill Duffy turned around and greeted Durant as well.

Durant also responded to him, but it is not difficult to see that the two are not familiar with Xiaoshuai's slightly embarrassed expression.

A few months earlier, Bill Duffy and his team had brief contact with Durant, wanting to bring him under his command, but Goodwin took the lead.

"Now it's dinner time, we can sit down and talk." Bill - Duffy said with a smile.

Chen Yan didn't refuse, Bill Duffy was the first agent to come to the door, among other things, even with this sincerity, Chen Yan must let him treat himself to a meal!

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Inside the restaurant box.

Bill Duffy cut to the chase:

"Chen, I think you have great potential. This potential not only refers to your talent and personal ability, but also includes the huge Chinese market behind you. To some extent, you even have a broader prospect than Yao. !Because you are a more entertaining outside player!"

"And I can help you realize this potential, maximize your commercial value, and make you a phenomenal star!"

Chen Yan nodded while listening. In fact, he had a general understanding of Bill Duffy before.

This person has three views, and his character is not to be said. He is an absolute good man.

In 2003, the Heat gave Anthony Carter a contract with an annual salary of 410 million. As a result, due to Bill Duffy’s mistake, Anthony Carter missed the contract. In the end, Anthony Carter could only sign a contract with the Spurs for 100 million. Around the basic salary contract.

For this reason, Bill Duffy paid more than 300 million yuan to make up the difference from his own pocket.

Compared with other agents, Bill Duffy can make Chen Yan feel more at ease.

However, Chen Yan didn't sign a contract with him right away. Signing an agent is a big deal, and a good agent can bring unexpected benefits to a player.

For example, the agents of Juwan Howard and Rashad Lewis allowed these two mid-level athletes to get contracts worth more than [-] million yuan. Among them, Howard got the first billion-dollar contract in NBA history.

There are too many bad brokers.

The most famous of these is Banks, Duncan's former agent, who directly induced Duncan to make various investments. In fact, the companies he invested in were all Banks Holdings, which directly defrauded him of more than 2000 million...

"What can you bring me?" Chen Yan questioned Bill Duffy's soul.

Bill Duffy smiled and didn't answer.

Stretch your hand directly into the file bag, it's time to zoom in!

Bill Duffy pulled a proposal from his file bag.

"This plan includes your draft plan, trial training scope, commercial endorsement, etc..."

"In addition, I will also be responsible for your off-court affairs, help you solve some troubles you encounter off the court, and help you in life."

"Besides, I will also formulate a financial budget for you, tell you how to distribute income, how to pay taxes, and tell you where to invest, in order to ensure your life after retirement."

"Chen, in short, I will take care of everything outside the court for you. Under my hands, you just need to play with peace of mind."

Chen Yan said that Bill Duffy had already planned his retirement life before he entered the NBA...

This level of intimacy is outrageous!

But I just made a phone call yesterday, and today I brought such a detailed plan, which is enough to show how much Bill Duffy attaches importance to himself.

From a comprehensive perspective, Bill Duffy fits Chen Yan's ideal image of a broker, with good character, sincerity and good business ability.

The two sides quickly reached a verbal agreement.

Bill Duffy usually charges players 4% agent commission and 15% commercial endorsement fee, but Chen Yan cut it in half and only charged him 2% agent commission and 7% commercial endorsement fee .

There is no way, Chen Yan is really in demand, there are too many agents who want to win him, and Bill Duffy can only sacrifice a little bit of his immediate interests for the sake of long-term consideration.

"Chen, do you want to go on vacation or find a professional trainer for special training in the next period of time? You can talk to me directly if you have any needs!"

Bill Duffy is willing to pay for all the expenses of Chen Yan during this period.

This is his investment in Chen Yan. Bill Duffy believes in his own vision. No matter how much a player like Chen Yan invests, he will definitely get back his investment, and it will be doubled.

"No problem, we'll keep in touch anytime!"

After the two shook hands again, Bill Duffy walked out of the restaurant.

"Chen, how can I be sure that your agent seems to be more reliable than mine!" Looking at Bill Duffy's back, Durant sighed.

When Goodwin signed Durant, he only had a mouth, and he didn't even see a piece of paper, let alone a plan!

Really, start with one mouth, and the content depends entirely on blowing!

Suddenly, Durant suddenly had a feeling of being fooled!

"KD, do you want to consider going to Bill Duffy's together?" Chen Yan teased with a smile.

"Chen, if you want to see me lose all my underwear, just say so!"

Xiaoshuai said that he had just signed a contract with his agent, and the liquidated damages were very expensive!

"Hahahaha~" Chen Yan burst into laughter, Xiaoshuai sometimes looks serious like a contractor on a construction site.

For the next month, Chen Yan did not relax himself.

He asked Bill Duffy to find two NBA-level professional trainers for himself to train specifically for his weaknesses.

Training will also increase attributes, although the increase is very small, but Chen Yan does not want to let go of any chance to become stronger.

In order to adapt to the confrontation in the NBA, Chen Yan also gained weight, from the original 88 kg to 93 kg.

Overall, this weight is still on the thin side, but Chen Yan is afraid that if he continues to gain weight, his flexibility will be affected.

During this time, Chen Yan and Taylor gradually became acquainted.

However, Chen Yan and Taylor Swift hardly met each other, both of them were very busy.

Chen Yan is busy preparing for the upcoming talent show, and Taylor Swift is busy preparing for the new album.

Every day, they send messages, make phone calls, and sometimes interact on social media like netizens.

On May 5, the draft lottery finally started!

Chen Yan only paid attention to the top three picks, and took a look at the fourth and fifth picks by the way.

There's no need to go any further.

Chen Yan is very confident and does not believe that the management of NBA teams will be so stupid as to let him fall behind the fifth pick.

The fifth pick came out soon, and it was the Memphis Grizzlies.

Seeing that he got the No. 5 lottery, the boss of the Grizzlies turned green. This was basically saying goodbye to Chen Yan.

The fourth pick is the Seattle SuperSonics.

The third pick is the Boston Celtics.

The second pick is the Portland Trail Blazers.

The first pick is the Atlanta Hawks!

Compared with the previous life, the order of the draft has changed a lot, almost all of them have been disrupted!

The appearance of Chen Yan produced a butterfly effect.

His performance in "March Madness" caused some teams to increase their performance, which directly affected the draft position.

The pick has changed, which means that the fate of this rookie and even many NBA players will also change together...