Chapter 664 The end of the draft and James' decision!(1/3)
Who is Ibaka?
The whole world is asking this question at the same time!
In an ordinary hotel in Seattle, Pere Gallego really never thought that the name of a black boy he picked up from Africa a year ago would one day be known to the whole world!
Pere Gallego, he is an ordinary basketball agent, an agent who travels around the country and Africa looking for basketball talents.
For people like Pere Gallego, at best they are agents, at worst they are traffickers.
They wandered around various slums in Africa looking for so-called good prospects, and then brought these good prospects from the slums of various African countries to Europe, and used their terrifying physical talents to crush them in low-level European leagues.
I don’t know how many levels of players there are, in order to be valued by teams in Europe’s top leagues.
Finally, he sends his players to the first teams or youth teams of these top teams, thereby collecting a lot of commissions.
And now, the Ibaka that the entire Internet is looking for, Serge Ibaka, is one of the many ‘children’ in his name who were taken out of Africa by him!
At the same time, he is also the most outstanding one among the children he brought out.
It is precisely because Ibaka is so outstanding that he brought Ibaka out of Spain and brought him to the United States to participate in NBA draft training.
Pere Gallego is a very smart man.
As a professional agent or a talent porter in Africa, he knows very well the level of the children he brought back from Africa.
In the final analysis, they are all a group of kids who have not been systematically trained. All they can sell is their talent. They do not have the skills to become popular rookies.
Without skills, even local American talents like Jordan would be in such a difficult situation. This year's NBA draft market is a year where technology is king.
When he brought Ibaka to the United States for the draft, he knew exactly where he and Ibaka were positioned.
The goal is the pick around the end of the round!
His goal is to trick a team with a late-round pick into signing Ibaka, who now has nothing but physical talent.
In this circle, it can be said that we hit the wall one after another!
Most of the teams with low-round draft picks are strong teams. Which strong team would like Iba who, in addition to his physical talent, wants offense but not offense, defense but not defense, skills but no skills, and a football intelligence but no football intelligence?
Card?
In the current environment of an arms race across the NBA, the draws around the end of the round are prepared for those with strong immediate combat capabilities!
After hitting a wall one after another, when he came to Seattle, the situation between him and Ibaka became slightly better.
Sounds general manager Presti is very interested in Ibaka's talent.
But Presti did not make any promises to him and Ibaka, and did not promise whether they would select him with a first-round pick or a second-round pick.
But whether it is a first-round pick or a second-round pick, as long as Ibaka can be selected by the NBA, or even not selected, it doesn't matter. As long as the NBA wants Ibaka, even if Ibaka is signed as an undrafted player, he and
Ibaka can get enough compensation from any club in Spain!
The point is not Ibaka's draft pick, the point is the compensation!
He brought Ibaka from Africa to Europe when he was 17 years old. Now Ibaka is 19 years old. In two years, he took Ibaka to the first team or youth team of four or five teams.
Why can Ibaka move like this?
Of course, it's because Ibaka is his player and the ownership rights belong to him. He can take Ibaka wherever he wants.
If NBA teams want to get Ibaka, of course they need to pay him compensation.
Therefore, even if Presti does not give him any commitment, as long as Presti reveals that he is willing to use one of the 15 player lists to hand over to Ibaka, he is willing to keep Ibaka with him.
In Seattle, waiting for the final draft results.
In Pere Gallego's mind, he was prepared for Ibaka to enter the NBA as an undrafted player, and then he left the United States and returned to Spain after receiving a million-dollar compensation from the NBA.
After a while, I continued to go back to Africa and traveled around the country looking for the next 'genius' to run the next 'genius'.
As for whether Ibaka played in the NBA for one or two years and then left, he didn't care. He never thought about being responsible for Ibaka's future.
There is no way, it's not that they are ruthless, they can provide living expenses for Ibaka before they become famous, they can change their age for free, and run publicity, but their cooperation is limited to this, this is all cooperation, each gets what he needs.
Ibaka is the most talented talent he has found after traveling around the world for so many years. He has great expectations for Ibaka. Ibaka is likely to be the first NBA player he has transferred.
The benefits gained from selling these talents to European teams are not the same as selling them to NBA teams.
Therefore, he has great hopes for Ibaka.
But no matter how high his hopes were, he really didn't expect Ibaka to give him such a surprise!
Seeing that DeAndre Jordan was about to be chosen, he really lost his temper and was about to smash the TV!
As long as DeAndre Jordan is selected, will there still be a matter of Ibaka?
He could only leave the United States with Ibaka in despair.
Just leave, it doesn't matter, but it's all money!
If he was really that rich, he wouldn't have to go to Africa to work as a porter!
The really rich people move people to Africa. For example, he knows a friend named 'Pig von Egger', who is a real boss.
As long as Ibaka fails in the NBA, he can only sell Ibaka to a European team at a low price, which is considered a loss and the business is lost.
But now!
The wheel is selected!
The compensation that Ibaka can bring him is more than one million US dollars!
Now Pere Gallego is in ecstasy, and the look on his face is seen by Ibaka.
His English is not very good, but he also understood that David Stern just read his name.
He also knew very well that before David Stern read his name, the agent next to him was cursing Jordan.
His dream originally ended here.
But in the end, his dream was saved...
Looking at the calm-looking center of the world on TV, Ibaka's fists were clenched tightly.
"Serge, get ready to be a teammate of yes, get ready to be a big star!"
yes……
Ibaka's always cold eyes became brighter and brighter, and even Pere Gallego on the side was a little surprised.
This young man who was still begging four years ago now feels a little different to him.
The surprising difference is that Pere Gallego can feel that Ibaka is no longer a robot that only exists for survival and life.
Robots don’t have such bright eyes!
Seeing Ibaka like this, Pere Gallego smiled after being stunned for a moment.
He was a people mover, but he liked to see images like this that would make him look like he was not betraying God.
"Serge, congratulations, you will succeed."
"Thank you, Mr. Gallego."
Ibaka nodded seriously to Pere Gallego.
"Isn't this Ibaka too rubbish?"
"The greatest achievement in your basketball career is mVp at the African Youth Championship?"
"Is there a basketball game like this in Africa?"
“Isn’t this guy a liar?!”
Who is Ibaka?
This issue is the hottest issue in the world right now, and the power of netizens is great.
Although Ibaka is very mysterious, netizens quickly found out where he came from.
A young man who has not experienced any systematic basketball training, a Ranger who has experienced five teams in two years.
He's such a guy who can't find any information without using Google. How did yes choose him?
For a time, the entire online world was filled with confusion.
How did yes know Ibaka and how did he select Ibaka?
"Could it be that yes saw his photos and videos, saw that his hands and feet were long enough, saw that his body was hard enough, and felt iron enough, so he was happy to appoint him?"
It might sound funny to say it.
Netizens have a lot of speculations.
Durant actually felt that this seemingly absurd and ridiculous reason was so reliable.
Yes, I chose Harden, not because of Harden’s big pp. In what aspect can Harden compare to Mayo?
Yes, choose Ibaka. If you didn't fancy Ibaka's length, strength and iron, how can Ibaka compare to DeAndre Jordan?
Thinking of this, Durant also sighed dejectedly.
Now he can understand how yes felt when yes chose him and after they selected him, the whole world regarded him as their enemy and wanted to kill him.
To be continued...