Chapter 1 The Contract

July 1st, accompanied by Bill Duffy, Su Feng officially signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Su signed a three-year rookie contract with the 76ers worth $3.5 million.

In 1994, after the Bucks selected Glenn Robinson, nicknamed "Big Dog," with the first overall pick, Robinson uttered the classic line, "I won't play unless you give me a hundred million."

Helpless, the Bucks could only offer Robinson a ten-year, $68.15 million sky-high contract, even though he hadn't played a single NBA game.

At the time, Robinson's contract drew the ire of many veteran players in the league.

To prevent rookies from making excessive demands in the future, the NBA began implementing a strict rookie contract system in 1995.

In the future, during the 98/99 lockout negotiations, after research by N experts, the rookie contract system was finally changed to four years, with a team option for the fourth year, and the player would become a restricted free agent upon the contract's expiration.

Three years, $3.5 million...

Aside from Xu Guoliang's "sponsorship," this should be considered Su Feng's life's "first pot of gold."

There's no helping it; starting a business as a young man is just this "difficult."

It's worth mentioning that on the day of the signing ceremony, Su Feng originally wanted to ask Iverson why he passed him the ball during the tryout, but alas...

Iverson was just too popular.

After AI signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, AI, holding a 76ers No. 3 jersey, was already surrounded by the media.

In his previous life, how popular was Iverson?

In his rookie season, while other rookies were thinking about how to showcase themselves as much as possible, Iverson had already taken a step ahead and signed a ten-year, $50 million shoe contract with Reebok.

And in this agreement, if Iverson made the All-Star team for three consecutive years, the contract would automatically upgrade to a lifetime contract.

So, in the future, if you see news about Iverson selling hamburgers or lamb skewers on the street...

Just take a look, because even if he goes bankrupt, his life will still be comfortable.

At most, he'll sell a few beef buns in the sewers to subsidize his family.

As someone who's been there, Su Feng knew how exaggerated the sales of the "Answer" series were, because Iverson's height was similar to that of ordinary people, so the "Answer" series was almost all the rage when it was launched.

Speaking of which, Iverson's nickname "Answer" is also very interesting.

This was the "answer" Iverson himself gave when facing media questions during March Madness this year.

At the time, Iverson said that when he was in Hampton, his friends all said he was "the Answer."

The reason was that he could score whenever he wanted, and he could dunk whenever he wanted.

So Iverson had long tattooed the word "Answer" on his biceps.

In addition, when facing the media, the media was surprised to find that Iverson never wanted to hide his past.

There's a reason why AI is popular.

Stern is a shrewd businessman, and he knows that Hill, who plays like a gentleman, should be promoted, because this kind of nice guy is the type Stern wants to establish.

Although rebellious, unruly, and always surrounded by friends, Iverson, this kind of "bad boy," also has to be promoted.

Because Iverson, this kind of "bad boy," is the idol of many black children in the slums right now.

In the future, some Melon fans will always like to compare my Melon's background with Ai's.

But in fact, compared to the big shots around Anthony, Stern knew that Iverson's group of "friends" were at most a bunch of hoodlums.

Iverson and Anthony are completely different.

Born in the slums, Iverson was the idol of local blacks when he played football in high school, because he played quarterback, which was monopolized by whites at the time.

On February 14, 1993, because of a fight in a bowling alley, where a group of white children reported that he used a chair to hit the head of a white girl named Barbara, Iverson, who was "leading the trouble," was sentenced to five years, suspended for ten years.

This cruel sentence almost declared the "death penalty" of Iverson's sports career.

And more cruel than being sentenced was the chaotic trial process.

Twenty white witnesses, and each one was different.

And the reason they determined that Iverson was the leader was...

They only knew Iverson among that group of black people.

Many years later, Iverson was still very angry when recalling this incident, "Please, in a place where everyone knows me, I'm not stupid enough to pick up a chair and hit someone...

And I'd rather they said I took a chair to hit a man, than say I went to hit that girl."

Facts have proved that the air in the rice country is so "free and sweet."

To save Iverson, in October 1993, 150 volunteers went around Hampton, hoping that the court could restore Iverson's innocence.

During this time, the NAACP also appealed to the Supreme Court.

Finally, under pressure from public opinion, after Iverson was imprisoned for four months, the court approved parole.

And allowed Iverson to continue participating in organized competitions.

Two years after being paroled, all charges against Iverson were dropped.

And after being released from prison, what moved Iverson the most was that during his imprisonment, the hoodlums who mingled at the bottom of society took good care of his family.

Therefore, since then, Iverson has firmly believed that: the most righteous are often butchers, and the most ungrateful are scholars.

So, Iverson in '96 is a traffic star with his own protagonist halo.

He is the idol of many black civilians.

Of course...

This guy's taste in making friends is really problematic.

Helpless...

Looking at Iverson, who was surrounded by the media, Su Feng, holding a 76ers No. 23 jersey, shook his head after seeing that he couldn't get the "answer" he wanted today, and had no choice but to...

Walk into another group of media's encirclement with a sense of righteousness.

There was no helping it. As the first Chinese player to play in the NBA, coupled with topics such as Philadelphia Hero and Philadelphia Twin Stars, how could the media let Su Feng go?

You know, NBC was originally going to arrange an exclusive interview with Su Feng after the tryout.

But because Su Feng's tryout results were good, NBC has rescheduled the interview to after the Summer League.

"Su, can you tell us, why did you choose the No. 23 jersey?" a local Philadelphia reporter asked.

"I wore No. 3 in high school, but that number now belongs to Allen.

So later, I wanted to choose No. 24, because my good friend Kobe wore No. 24 for a while in high school.

But unfortunately, as you all know, the 76ers' No. 24 jersey has been retired.

Therefore, I can only choose No. 23.

Because in my opinion, I'm a little weaker than Kobe, so 24 minus 1 is exactly 23," Su Feng replied after thinking for a while.

The media at the scene was stunned by Su Feng's question...

Damn, No. 23 jersey still has this kind of interpretation?

In the 90s, because of Michael Jordan, No. 23 has been plated with a layer of mythical protection.

Just like wearing No. 10 on the football field, in Su Feng's previous life, if you wore No. 23 and played terribly while playing pick-up games...

That ability to attract ridicule is definitely no less than you saying "good game" to your opponent while playing Hearthstone.

However, Su Feng's reason is really impeccable.

Because if you think about it carefully, isn't what he said very reasonable?

He said that he plays a little worse than his friend, so he chose a slightly smaller number. There's nothing wrong with that reason!

"Su Feng, as the first Chinese player to enter the NBA, what do you want to say to domestic fans?" Su Junyang, mixed in the crowd, hurriedly raised the microphone and asked after watching Su Feng answer the question.

After Su Feng was successfully selected, Su Junyang has become the station chief of the "China Sports News" resident Philadelphia reporter station.

Well... he is the station chief, and also the only reporter in this reporter station.

Listening to the question from an old acquaintance, Su Feng thought for a while and replied in Chinese, "I will definitely not embarrass the people of the motherland!"

Su Junyang in the crowd silently gave Su Feng a thumbs up after hearing Su Feng's answer.

And then, Su Feng also encountered some deliberately difficult questions.

It's just...

The media in this era is very uninspired when asking questions!

Even to the point where Su Feng didn't even have the desire to fight back.

Su Feng came up with a set on his left hand, and a set on his right hand. Oh, not bad, I win!

Cough, under Su Feng's skilled Tai Chi techniques, the media at the scene was completely fooled by Su Feng.

"Is this really just an 18-year-old kid?

He's as shrewd as a businessman who's been in business for many years!"

On this day, many media sighed in their hearts.

……

In this way, Su Feng's signing ceremony with the 76ers ended happily.

Not long after the signing ceremony, Su Feng also received a call from Kobe, who had already gone to Los Angeles.

Kobe had just completed his signing with the Lakers. Like Su Feng remembered, Kobe told him on the phone that he chose No. 8.

Because he wore No. 143 in the Adidas training camp, and he was selected in the eighth overall pick this year, Kobe felt that this number was very memorable.

Of course, in reality, Kobe originally wanted to choose No. 24, but this number currently belongs to veteran George McCloud, so he had to give up.

"You chose No. 23?" Kobe asked in surprise.

Holding the Ericsson gh398 phone that Kobe gave him before leaving, Su Feng smiled and said, "Yeah, I told the media that I originally wanted No. 24.

But because I'm a little weaker than you, I finally chose No. 23."

For some reason, although it was just a phone call, Su Feng felt that he could feel Kobe's joy through the phone screen.

"Cool, so cool, when the Lakers' No. 24 is available in the future, I must change my number," Kobe said with a smile.

Well... actually, even if you didn't say it, I know you'll change to No. 24 in the future.

It's worth mentioning that in the phone call, Kobe also shared a story about when he first arrived in Los Angeles with Su Feng.

That was when Kobe had just gotten off the plane and arrived in Los Angeles. Because not many people in Los Angeles knew him, a passerby asked him, "Are you a basketball player?"

"Yes, sir," the young Kobe replied shyly.

"Where are you from?" the passerby asked.

"I'm from Lower Merion in Philadelphia..." Years of habit almost made Kobe say the opening line that he was so familiar with.

So, after taking a deep breath, looking at the Los Angeles sky, Kobe smiled and replied, "I think I'm now a Los Angeles Lakers player."

Yes...

You are already a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

And I'm also wearing the Philadelphia 76ers' jersey.

Looking back on the past two years, until after entering the NBA, Su Feng felt that all of this came a little too suddenly.

"After the Summer League, I'll take you to Los Angeles to see what the world is like," Kobe said to Su Feng at the end of the phone call.

"Okay..."

Su Feng, who was very familiar with this part of Kobe, knew that this guy wouldn't take him to "do" anything for the time being.

Because Su Feng remembered that for the entire summer that followed, Kobe was either buried in hard training or buried in hard training.

……

After the signing ceremony, Su Feng returned home and first opened the system panel.

Before starting the hard training in the summer, after thinking seriously for a few days, Su Feng decided to first max out his strength potential.

So, after Su Feng clicked three times, his strength potential had now reached 56.

Adding the 3 million brick-laying points he had spent before, the strength attribute alone had already turned the 12 million brick-laying points that Su Feng had saved before into fleeting clouds.

Then, Su Feng added two points to his jumping attribute.

Speaking of which, the jumping attribute is also ridiculously expensive, also 3 million brick-laying points per click.

Finally, Su Feng added the potential points to the defense attribute, which cost 2 million brick-laying points per click.

After clicking, his help defense potential reached 89, one-on-one defense potential reached 93, lateral movement potential reached 92, defensive awareness potential rose to 94, and steal potential and block potential were 88 and 69 respectively.

Okay, Su Feng's hard-earned brick-laying points now only have 1 million left.

Speaking of which, after the help defense potential was clicked to 89, the plus sign behind this ability also disappeared.

This means that Su Feng's current ability is already at its maximum potential, and he has to look for opportunities to continue upgrading his potential.

After the potential of his speed had broken through the ceiling of 100 before, Su Feng had now developed the habit of looking at ability values from a higher dimension.

Putting aside everything else, just talking about the defense attribute, after Duncan enters the league, Su Feng decided that he must use his three opportunities per month to see Duncan clearly!

In addition, it is worth mentioning that under [Prodigy], Su Feng does not have a template for every ability.

For example, his speed currently refers to Bolt, but his ball-handling speed is automatically generated by the system, because Bolt has not done anything like breaking the double-team with the ball in both hands.

And his strength template matches Jordan, but when Su Feng checked Jordan's strength attribute, Su Feng found that the old rogue's current strength attribute in the system's evaluation is 83...

"That is to say, if I increase my weight to about 100 kilograms in the future, plus my hard work, theoretically, my maximum strength value is 83!

But because the system has lifted the firewall for me to break the ceiling, I can rely on weight gain to change the template.

For example, increase my weight to 150 kilograms, 160 kilograms, then look for opportunities, and then work hard for a few years to participate in strongman competitions," Su Feng thought.

As for why strongman competitions?

Isn't that nonsense...

You have a height of 198 centimeters, but you have a 160-kilogram fat guy. At that time, Su Feng's ability, according to the system's interlocking settings, the speed is probably going to be deducted to dozens of points...

Born with divine power?

That doesn't exist. In Su Feng's opinion, Jordan's 83 strength is already extremely exaggerated among NBA perimeter players.

James in the future is an example. Fans who have watched James play in the early stage of his career know that when the emperor ascended the throne at a young age, those few steps he took when breaking through were so fast.

But as he went further and further on the road of weight gain, you can no longer see James' light "Lingbo Microstep".

O'Neal, who is about to swim to Los Angeles and transform from Ao Zhuang to Ao Pang, is also an example.

After gaining weight, the deterrence of the short shark has increased, but the strong and fast man is also gone.

Therefore, combining reality comparison, Su Feng feels that if he can digest all the strength attributes in the summer, his strength in this era that popularizes "lightweight perimeter players" should be at the middle and upper levels.

"How far I can go in the new season depends on how much I can digest the speed attribute." In the past few days, Su Feng has asked Bill Duffy to find someone in Jamaica to help him.

A sprint coach named Mills.

Well...

Well.

This person is Bolt's coach in the future.

There's no helping it. Frazier is his technical director, Mansias is better at strength training, and Alan Stein is better at jumping. These three people perform their respective duties and have a clear division of labor.

So, Su Feng has to find someone else for speed improvement.

And in Su Feng's opinion, to do professional things, you have to find professional people.

Su Feng doesn't need to train to become like Bolt, because basketball and football are both sports that rely more on short-distance sprinting.

Mills cultivated Bolt in his previous life. Su Feng's height is similar to Bolt's. He believes that Mills will give him a set of scientific and reasonable training methods at that time.

Of course, Su Feng will definitely not consider participating in the great sport of sprinting.

Because in Su Feng's opinion, not letting him play basketball and changing careers to sprinting is no different from letting him die.

So, breaking the human sprint limit is still left to his future "junior brother" Bolt!

"This world... is too malicious to me!

Why is it that even my shooting attributes have Reggie Miller's template as a reference, but..."

On this day when he formulated the summer training plan, Su Feng silently closed the system interface.

Yes, that's right, all of his attributes have matching objects for reference, but only dribbling and passing, none of them!

Su Feng decided that if his dribbling and passing attributes still can't break through when the system is upgraded next time...

Then he will use that precious opportunity to break the ceiling to remove his "dribbling talent negative" hat.

……

On the 2nd, Su Feng, who woke up at four in the morning, suddenly found...

Why did he get up so early?

And after opening the refrigerator, Su Feng realized that he had become accustomed to getting up with Kobe at four o'clock every morning to practice basketball.

Look, the sandwiches in the refrigerator are all double servings.

"Alas, on the first day that Kobe is not here, I miss him!" Su Feng knew that he had to find a new cheat.

Otherwise, according to the new way of obtaining brick-laying points, his brick-laying point progress may really not catch up with the upgrade three years later.

It is worth mentioning that just when Su Feng woke up and was in a daze, Kobe in Los Angeles, who had already moved into his own house...

Was also staring at the wall in a daze.

On the first day without sandwiches, I miss them!

In this way, Su Feng sat until eight o'clock in the morning before going to the training hall he temporarily rented.

"Su, Allen Iverson asked Coach Davis to tell you that he wants to invite you to a party at his villa tomorrow afternoon..."

At the training hall, Bill Duffy, who came to watch Su Feng's training, patted Su Feng on the shoulder and said.

Huh?

Iverson invited me to a party?

Su Feng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that this...

Ai has already lived in a villa and started having parties?

I have to say, this is very Ai.

Coincidentally, Su Feng felt that he could take this opportunity to know the truth about Iverson passing him the ball, and also try to cultivate Iverson into his number three tool man.

Of course, if this plan fails, Su Feng has a billion plans.

That is to bring his third brother Tracy to Philadelphia before the Summer League starts, and then use honey steak to make Tracy transform into Iron Man and compete with himself for the top of the Iron King!

"Okay, where's the address?" Su Feng looked at Bill Duffy and asked.

"The address is..."