Yin Yang James? Agent Falke: Jordan has already won 15 championships if he chooses to partner with two stars

On May 21, Beijing time, David Falke, a well-known former NBA agent, attended SBJ's 4th Sports Business Conference, and talked about his former agent Jordan and other clients in the interview, and also talked about his views on James. He pointed out that if Jordan had picked his own team and partnered with two superstars, he would have won 15 championships.

Falke estimates that nearly three-quarters of NBA contracts today are "non-negotiable" — that is, fixed-rookie contracts, max-salary contracts, base-salary contracts or exceptional contracts. He also said that the increasingly competitive situation has led to lower commission fees.

He also offered criticism of the current "era of player empowerment in the NBA." He claims that this era is not necessarily new, as athletes have always had influence – just look at his most famous clients – but the key is the way players use influence.

"I've facilitated a lot of deals, but I'd never do it publicly," Falck said. This will devalue the sport you rely on to make money. ”

Falck recalls Jordan's early boom days, but he also remembers the tough times when he represented the Bulls star, such as the scandal that ensued in the early '90s when Jordan was caught paying tens of thousands of dollars to the notorious scammer Sling Bowler for gambling on a golf course. Mr. Falk said he had expected Jordan to fire him after confronting him at a luncheon over a public apology for the incident.

But as Falck put it: "[Jordan] apologized to his parents, apologized to his boss, apologized to his teammates – and then it was over." If you think I want to confront Jordan – hell, don't want to. But if you want to build a relationship with someone like that, or someone like Coach K, they have to always know that when they ask you for advice, you're never holding back, you're not going to on them, you're going to tell them exactly what you think. ”

Falck made it clear that he hasn't spoken to the former client since announcing that Jordan would be featured in NBC Sports' NBA coverage. But when asked if he thought Jordan would do well on TV, he gave a blunt prediction.

"I would be surprised if he (Jordan) could show up three times," Falke said. This is just a personal opinion, I haven't asked him yet. ”

When asked who he thinks is the "greatest player of all time" (GOAT), Farke quickly replied that it was Jordan. When asked about the second place, he said it was Abdul-Jabbar or Kobe.

Is James on his top 10 list?

"Probably," Falck said, before uttering the most striking sentence of the day: "I really like LeBron," he said, "but I think,If Jordan had picked the team he wanted to join and partnered with the other two superstars, he would have won 15 championships。”