God of basketball

Chapter 111 0108: [New York, Center of the World]

"I really didn't save Phil Jackson's life, and I'm sure he and I are normal men."

Coming out of the Lakers training hall, Li Zhen repeatedly assured Bill Duffy.

"Actually, I didn't score 1 point in the workout, so it wasn't great. But I have to say, NBA players are really strong. As long as they are open and you pass the ball, they can score. Unlike my college friends."

Is not this nonsensical?

Bill Duffy gave Li Zhen a blank stare: "No one on the Stanford crimson team can enter the NBA except you. And which Lakers player was not the overlord who swept the team in college?"

"Neither Kobe nor Bynum went to college." Li Zhen corrected a common sense to Bill Duffy.

Bill Duffy rolled his eyes helplessly: "Is this important? The point is the first half sentence... No one of your teammates can enter the NBA!"

"That's not true, Scott also announced his participation in the draft." Li Zhen said to Bill Duffy.

"Your teammate will definitely not be selected."

Bill Duffy muttered angrily, then opened the car door to Li Zhen, and Li Zhen stepped up.

When getting in the car to put on the seat belt, Bill Duffy asked again: "Are you sure you didn't get 1 point?"

Now, it was Li Zhen's turn to roll his eyes at him.

About 20 hours later, Bill Duffy got confirmation on Time Warner Television.Smush Parker took the initiative to disclose the fact that a famous Stanford guard came to the Lakers for trial training in an interview. He took it as a joke: "That kid scored 0 points and 2 falls in the trial training. This fully proves the great gap between the NCAA and the NBA. Those boys who want to come to the NBA with NCAA honors in exchange for a big contract should wake up."

Smush Parker's words quickly became controversial.

Because... he fired too hard on this map.Almost all players who have made a name for themselves in the NBA have won honors in the NCAA.

Soon someone countered him.

Carmelo Anthony, an all-star forward from the Colorado Plateau, once led Syracuse University to create unprecedented miracles. As one of the greatest freshmen in NCAA history, he won almost all university honors, including MOP of course.

"If a player with a basic salary can comment on the MOP of the NCAA, then basketball is too ridiculous. I don't know what happened to Bruce Lee in the trial training, but the miracle that Bruce Lee created in the NCAA is impossible for Smush Parker to complete in his lifetime."

Carmelo Anthony is known for his true temperament and outspokenness.

He doesn't know how to hide his head and pinch his tail with "yin and yang weirdness", so he just calls his name.

This makes Smash Parker quite passive, because not only Carmelo Anthony is criticizing him, but other players such as Chris Paul and Tim Duncan also think that Smash Parker's remarks are inappropriate.

If the NBA does not introduce players who have won honors from the NCAA, the NBA will simply shut down.

Although Smash Parker has been attacked a lot for his remarks.

However, Li Zhen's draft price still fell due to the hot discussion of public opinion. He was still on the edge of the lottery, but now he has fallen to around No.20 in the first round of the major prediction rankings.

Even, the Los Angeles Clippers called Bill Duffy to cancel a separate workout for Bruce Lee.

The reason is... we have to actively prepare for the playoffs recently.

After Bill Duffy heard the news, he was a little dumbfounded.

In fact, he had been thinking about rejecting the Los Angeles Clippers' trial training so early in the morning.After all, you've already got Phil Jackson's draft promise, so why go to the Clippers for a trial?

The Clippers also play at Staples Arena, but technically... they're not even an L.A. team.Because not many Los Angeles people support them at all, in the minds of Los Angeles basketball fans, the Clippers are probably ranked behind the Lakers, UCLA, USC, WNBA Sparks... alma mater high school team... behind.

"Phil Jackson should be having a blast by now."

Bill Duffy told Bruce on a beautiful morning: "Everyone is starting to suspect that you can't be selected as a first-round pick. It's incredible. Thinking about two weeks ago, you were the headline in all the basketball media!"

"Oh, no. Now you too."

Bill Duffy pulled out the Los Angeles Times and flipped to the entertainment page. "NCAA Super MOP Night Party Double Olsen, Bruce Lee captured sisters while talking and laughing. "

To be honest, this report made Li Zhen feel very depressed.

He saw a more detailed picture in the MTV news report 5 minutes ago. He never dreamed that he would be secretly photographed when he went to have a cup of coffee with Elizabeth?I'm not Britney Spears with a shaved head, I'm not that bright.

But...the reporter in Los Angeles not only secretly filmed the encounter between the two.They were then filmed having dinner together with their sister Mary Olsen.

"We are not the legendary couple at all, and we are not going to meet the parents." Li Zhen emphasized emphatically: "I just went to get my camera back, and then I admired the photos she took, and then to thank her, I decided to invite her to dinner, and then I just ran into her sister there."

Bruce Lee tried very hard to find someone who accepted the truth.

but.

"Who cares?" Bill Duffy shrugged. "It doesn't matter what you're doing. Do you think the reporters don't know that you're not having any intimacy? But readers don't want news about two innocent men and women discussing photography skills, they want to hear some gossip. And it's not a bad thing for you, or for the Olsen sisters."

"Your popularity has increased. The Olsen sisters have nothing to lose. After all, it is more positive for your image to be associated with an excellent young man who is well-rounded in morality, intelligence, physique, art and labor than to have an affair with a playboy in the entertainment industry."

Forehead….

Li Zhen was really powerless to complain.

He realizes now that Los Angeles really is a scary place, with paparazzi everywhere.

What made him even more depressing was that the website he invested in and was the second largest shareholder actually focused on this news.

And also changed the title in a serious way: Facebook founder dating the Olsen sisters...!

What!

Li Zhen was depressed at the time, and he quickly called Dustin.Dustin, the fourth shareholder and one of the founders, said helplessly: "The website is developing very fast, and we are going to start a new round of financing recently. We need more news, and we can't hype the story of Zuckerberg and his girlfriend. You know his image...Thank you for the higher valuation."

Another moral kidnapping.

Um... financing again?

Li Zhen thought about it. In that dream, the company was a super giant after it went public.

At that time, he said: "I plan to vote a little more."

"Our valuation is very high this time. Are you sure you want to invest? And if you invest now, you can only get Class B shares. And what you now have is the same non-dilutable A shares as Zuckerberg. In fact, Eduardo is arguing with Zuckerberg because of this matter. He feels that he has been framed."

Dustin talked about recent events inside the company's upper echelon.Like Li Zhen, Eduardo is also an angel investor of the website.But the guy obviously doesn't have such a shrewd mind as Bruce. He was the second-generation ancestor who was known for showing off his money when he was in school.And Bruce Lee came from a family of shrewd scientists. Every day his parents quarreled with various difficult digital models. Could he not know the value of the equity?

He asked for non-dilutable equity when he signed the equity letter. For this reason, he handed over all voting rights to Zuckerberg, and he did not participate in any decision-making.

This made the smart and cunning Zuckerberg agree.

And now, as the site becomes more and more powerful, a lot of Wall Street firms are waiting for venture capital.Eduardo naturally encountered the result of gradual dilution...

Li Zhen has no intention of judging the right and wrong of this matter. In a commercial society, the legal text is the most important guarantee.You can’t blame others for not being thorough beforehand but being diluted afterwards.After all, benefits are eternal.

"I can accept Class B equity." Li Zhen said frankly.He believed in that dream more and more, and he firmly believed in what his mother said: equity is more important than cash.

When Li Zhen was thinking about how to make money, Bill Duffy turned around and told him: "This weekend, let's go to New York. It's a rich place, God knows...why does the New York Knicks insist on inviting you to try out under such circumstances? Isaiah Thomas is planning to offer you a rubbish contract?"

Forehead….

After finishing speaking, Bill Duffy realized that he had scolded all his players for complaining about Isaiah Thomas.

Fortunately, Bruce didn't seem to react.

At this moment, the thing in Bruce's mind is: New York is indeed a good place!I grew up there, and it is still the center of the world. If I go back to Madison to play, I don't need to rent another house.And, the whole community will be happy for me, right?

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(End of this chapter)