In his opinion, Wayne was doing him a big favor.
What he didn't know was that his upcoming summer would be very fulfilling.
Wayne and Tony have officially started their draft summer, and the NCAA 03-04 season has also come to an end.
But the heat about the NCAA has not completely cooled down.
On the fourth day after the Cowboys won the championship, various season awards began to be announced one by one.
And this time, as the MOP, Wayne was naturally listed among many honors.
First of all, Wayne was selected as a power forward player in the annual best first team selected by the NCAA organizing committee.
He squeezed out Sean May, who was more famous and bigger, and successfully took the position.
To be able to make this list, to put it bluntly, Wayne is considered by the NCAA organizing committee to be the strongest forward of this season!
That’s not all, Wayne was also selected to the Associated Press’s All-America Team and All-Defensive Team.
Unfortunately, in 2004, the NCAA only had the Bob Cousy Award , which was given to the best point guard.
The other best position awards have not yet been opened.
Otherwise, Wayne might have taken home the Karl Malone Best Power Forward Award.
Big 12 MVP, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, Big 12 All-Star Team, Big 12 Champion, Final Four MOP, NCAA Champion, NCAA All-Star First Team, AP All-Star Team, and AP All-Defensive Team...
Wayne has won a lot of awards this season.
Although winning these honors does not mean that Wayne will definitely succeed in the NBA.
In Wayne's previous life, Evan Turner, who also won many awards in college, did very averagely in the NBA.
But these are at least a good start, and Wayne really has no regrets in his college career.
Wayne, who is surrounded by honors, naturally became very popular in China. Wayne played well in the final, and won so many awards at once, which made Chinese fans quite excited.
All major media outlets have speculated that Wayne is very likely to be selected in the lottery.
What’s even more exaggerated is that Wayne was directly praised into the top three!
Well, this is the nature of domestic media in this era.
When they praise their own players, they exaggerate the performance.
In comparison, Korean media has been much quieter during this period.
Because even if they had no idea, they could see that it was almost impossible for Ha Seung-jin to be ranked higher than Wayne.
Wayne has made a name for himself in the NCAA and is now a star player known throughout the United States.
Ha Seung Jin has yet to prove himself.
Following Yao Ming, Wayne taught the Republic of Korea's top center a good lesson.
Being with teacher Tony, a teammate who majored in education, I learned everything except how to educate others.
At this time, Wayne's draft fever in China was already very high. In addition to watching Yao Ming, fans were discussing Wayne's draft situation every day.
But the draft lottery hasn't started yet, so those street reports predicting that Wayne will join a certain team are basically nonsense.
However, among all these nonsense reports, the most popular one is undoubtedly the news that Mosaic hopes to get Wayne by trading draft picks.
As the saying goes, where there is demand there is a market.
It is precisely because the fans want to see it that the news of Yao Ming and Wayne joining forces has spread everywhere.
It can be seen that Chinese fans are quite looking forward to the collaboration between Yao Ming and Wayne.
"If Yao Ming and Wayne join forces, they will definitely form a dynasty!"
"Surprise! Mosaic has made great progress in winning over Wayne!"
"Houston fans said: Welcome the second Chinese player to join."
During that period, Mosaic was the equivalent of the Chinese team in the NBA.
You know what, many people who don’t understand basketball actually think that Mosaic is a Chinese team in the NBA.
So, during that period, whenever there was any hot topic, the media would take advantage of it with mosaics.
Wayne couldn't see these reports from the country, otherwise he would really be impressed by this group of people's ability to make up stories.
Mosaic wants to sign a superstar every year, but fails every year. They win the championship every year, but are eliminated in the first round every year.
Isn’t it because the Chinese media and fans always have too high expectations of Mosaic?
It's just that they unconsciously take this expectation as reality.
In the past few days, Schwartz also came up with a summer training plan for Wayne as promised.
And according to Wayne's request, he also arranged Tony Allen and Wayne to train together.
Wayne actually planned to invite Okafor, and it would be a great idea to get some points from Okafor.
Now that they have the same agent, their invitation success rate should be very high.
However, Okafor decisively rejected the invitation...
Even though he lost the championship and MOP, Mr. Perfect is still angry.
"I'll go ahead and rent a gym just for us and hire a bunch of trainers...how many pizzas can we buy with that?"
When Teacher Tony saw the training plan list, he couldn't imagine how much it would cost.
I, Tony, have never fought such a prosperous battle in my life!
"You are a professional player now, can you please stop thinking about those pizzas all the time?
Once we are selected and sign the contract, you and I will be millionaires! You need to open your eyes, Tony." Wayne didn't care about it on the surface, but he was actually panicking.
Schwartz is really amazing. He managed to arrange the training hall and trainer in such a short time.
And, as he promised, he didn’t charge a penny!
He paid all the training expenses out of his own pocket.
It is not uncommon for agents to advance pre-draft expenses.
After all, most of the brokers’ new clients are “poor students” who are no different from ordinary people.
To gain trust, brokers will pay for these students in various situations as an investment in future business.
What's worse, we have to deal with the players' families.
As everyone knows, in Lao Hei's family, once someone in the family becomes famous, all the distant relatives will come to you and ask for money with a clear conscience.
You have to give it to him because Lao Hei thinks it is an unrighteous act.
What if the players don’t have money yet?
Agent to!
An agent once revealed anonymously: "Among the 30 rookies in the first round, at least 28 have similar debt relationships with their agents."
Although this number is exaggerated, it is very telling.
So, it's common for agents to advance fees to college players.
But...there are indeed not many people as generous as Schwartz.
"This... millionaire... how much money do you think a million is, Wayne?" When Teacher Tony heard that he was going to make a lot of money, he stretched out his hands, but felt that ten fingers were not enough to count.
"A million...that's a lot of money. Well, as long as you don't spend it recklessly, it can last for a very long time." Wayne had no idea what a million meant.
Although he was a human being in two lives, he was poor in both.
I have no experience in this area.
If the female fans in Ohio State knew that their heroes were actually such losers in private, they would probably lose interest in them.
"Anyway, we have a week's vacation coming up, where are you going?" Tony looked at Wayne. Because the training schedule was very tight, there was not much time to rest.
When we came back a week later, it was already the end of April, and the tryouts would start in early June.
It seems like two months, but in fact time is tight.
Wayne felt like he was back to the time when he was training hard, just hoping to start before the start of the season.
“I want to go home this week.”
"China?"
"Um."
Wayne nodded. He had to participate in the draft anyway, so it would be better for him to go home.
Let your family members feel at ease.
And whether Wayne is used to it or not, he has to get used to it.
Slowly accept your new family.
"Well, then I'll go home too. I don't know when I'll have some free time after I go back this time." Tony nodded in agreement.
Just like that, the two young players from Ohio State temporarily started their short vacation.
NCAA players can take a break, but NBA players are facing the most tense and exciting moment of the season - the playoffs!
On April 14, with the Pacers defeating the Chicago Bulls 101-96 at home, they officially achieved the best record in team history with 61 wins in this regular season!
This also means that the Pacers will enter the playoffs as the league's No. 1 team.
Reggie Miller is full of ambition and he has never had such a good chance of winning a championship.
He has Artest, one of the best three-position players in the league, Jermaine O'Neal, a tall player ranked third in the MVP rankings, and Rick Carlisle, a reliable coach.
He firmly believes that the Pacers will continue to be invincible in the playoffs!
The Trail Blazers, who failed to make the playoffs, have no time to be sad about the interruption of their playoff streak.
They have devoted themselves to strengthening their team and preparing for the draft.
The playoffs are about to start, but Wayne and Tony have no mood to watch.
A week later, they ended their vacation and started "hell mode" training.
Especially Wayne, who needs to gain weight, has to train more than Teacher Tony and has stricter dietary requirements.
How much to eat, what to eat, how many meals to eat, and when to eat are all controlled by the trainer.
The days of sweating and becoming stronger begin again.
Wayne and the NBA teams are like two parallel lines. There is no connection between them at the moment and they are all busy with their own affairs.
But their destinies are about to begin to intersect quietly.
Wayne's growth points are also growing rapidly towards the number required for upgrading...