With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 55 Start training

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 55 Start training

After some confusion, Wang Chao decided to hire a trainer to assist him in training.

This is an essential investment. After all, compared with the importance of the system's tasks, saving tens of thousands of dollars to buy a house is nothing at all.

Taking a step back, if Wang Chao can achieve his training goals this summer and receive rewards, his performance in the new season will definitely be better, and he will be able to sign a big contract with the team by then.

NBA contracts, even in 2007, had a maximum salary of more than 15 million, which was equivalent to hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese national currency!

Of course, the current Wang Chao cannot get the maximum salary to renew his contract, but with his performance in the playoffs, there should be no problem with earning a few million. If he performs better in the new season, it is not impossible to reach the level of tens of millions.

But the premise is that he must become better than now in the new season.

Wang Chao knows very well that this season is a special case because Amare Stoudemire, the team's main scoring core player, is retired for the season, so his ball rights were assigned to other players, which also gave Wang Chao some opportunities.

But next season will be different.

As Stoudemire returns from injury, he will probably have to take about 34 minutes of playing time and nearly 15 shots from the team.

None of this can be shared from Nash, so it will only be shared from the main starting players such as Marion and Bell, as well as substitute players such as Wang Chao.

Wang Chao is not even sure whether he can still be the team's starter in the new season.

After all, this time his competitors will be Marion and Diaw, the team's main players in the same position as him.

To sum up, the issue of improving Wang Chao's ability is urgent. He must perform better and be more efficient on the court, and his role cannot only be reflected in shooting three-pointers and scoring.

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Hiring a trainer is very simple for Wang Chao.

Although he does not have an agent, he only needs to contact the team's assistant coach and ask him to find a trainer for him.

He did the same.

In the United States, there are many people engaged in basketball training-related work, and the vast majority of them are players who have retired from the NCAA. Due to limited talent, they are unable to join the NBA, so they can only engage in basketball training and other related work.

The team's assistant coach helped Wang Chao contact the trainer who was an amateur player who had played in the NCAA in college.

This person is now thirty-five years old and has been in the trainer industry for more than ten years. He is considered rich in experience. The most important thing is that the asking price is not high. The hourly salary is 60 US dollars, but the premise of this hourly salary is that he will work for one day every time he comes.

The working hours are at least 8 hours.

An hourly wage of 60 US dollars may not seem like much, but if you really work for 8 hours a day, the daily salary can reach 480 yuan. Even if you exclude weekends and calculate based on five days a week, it will cost more than 10,000 US dollars a month.

At this time in 2006, a monthly income of over 10,000 US dollars was definitely considered a decently high salary.

Of course, the trainers hired by Wang Chao are just ordinary trainers. It would not be surprising if they were dedicated trainers for the league's top stars like Kobe and Iverson, with an annual salary of over one million.

The team's assistant coach only provided Wang Chao with the trainer's contact information, and everything after that was done by Wang Chao himself, including negotiating prices, training hours, and signing contracts.

Wang Chao spent half a day and finally decided to try the other party for a week first, and if it was suitable, the two parties would continue to cooperate.

That afternoon, the two came to the Suns' training facility and started training.

That's right, Wang Chao's training was conducted at the Suns' training facility because he couldn't afford to rent a private arena.

This is also a small benefit for NBA players, especially young players who have not yet made much money. Even in the offseason, as long as it is not during the league's suspension, players can go to the team to train at any time. It's just a holiday like this.

At that time, the environment of the training hall was not very good.

After all, after the NBA Finals, although the players took a vacation, the work of the team management has just begun.

Before and after the draft, each team will conduct a large number of trials for rookie players, including physical tests and simulated training games.

Although the Phoenix Suns have a relatively low draft pick this season because the team reached the Finals, they have two first-round picks, one is the 21st pick in the first round, and the other is the 27th pick.

In Wang Chao's impression, the Suns selected Rajon Rondo with the 21st pick and immediately sent him to the Boston Celtics.

This man will be a great player in the future and is one of the famous "Four Position Controllers", that is, he can't pass, he can't defend, he can't attack, and he can't shoot.

Rondo's shooting has been criticized, but his personal ability is very outstanding. At his peak, he averaged 13.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game.

The Suns were indeed very discerning in selecting this future All-Star point guard, but it was a pity that they traded him immediately after the selection.

However, even if the Suns do not trade Rondo and train him within the team, the latter may not be able to grow. After all, the Suns have the best point guard in the league today, Steve Nash, and there is no Rondo at all.

A place of use.

I've gone a bit far, so let's get back to the point.

The Suns management, which holds two first-round picks, attaches great importance to this draft and has invited many players to try out before the draft in order to make decisions at the draft a few days later.

Wang Chao and the trainer were training in a corner of the training hall. Although it did not hinder the team's normal trial training, there were still many people coming and going, and many people noticed Wang Chao's movements.

"Is that a Suns player?"

A rookie participating in the trial looked at Wang Chao who was training with the trainer in the distance and asked his companions in a low voice.

"Looking at his skin color, he looks like that Chinese player named Wang Chao."

"Wang Chao? That shooter who can only shoot three-pointers?"

Since the playoffs, Wang Chao's popularity has been completely established. After all, a player who averaged 21 points per game during the playoffs, went all the way to the finals with the team and broke the playoff three-point shooting record many times is also a player.

It would be strange to remain anonymous.

In China, Wang Chao may not be very popular due to some special reasons that he himself is not aware of, but in the United States, Wang Chao has become one of the league's iconic three-point shooters. Many people have even compared Wang Chao with Lei Lei.

Allen made a comparison... Of course, the comparison was only about whose three-pointer was more accurate between the two.

"What is he training for? Isn't it three-point shooting training?"

Looking at Wang Chao who was practicing with the trainer in the corner, all the rookie players participating in the trial were a little confused.

(End of chapter)