Yang Jian knew that unless there was a huge butterfly effect, Jordan would definitely retire again in three years.
Yang Jian's style of play is very attractive to fans, and the Sonics may win the championship. With these two advantages combined, he is fully capable of competing for the league's number one star spot in 1998.
How could the league's top outside star only have an endorsement contract worth 5 million a year and still sign it for ten years? The most important thing is that he knows that the Reebok brand has no future.
Reebok's management is very courageous and wants to take a gamble on Yang Jian. In a parallel world, Reebok also signed a 10-year contract with Allen Iverson in his rookie season. Yang Jian's current performance
His potential is obviously better than that of Iverson, who is 180cm tall, and he can attack and defend well.
Snow asked: "Then why Nike? You usually wear Adidas sneakers. I always thought you liked this brand."
"It doesn't matter what I wear now. Steve, you have a good talk with Nike and make them think that I want to choose Adidas. If Nike wants me to change my mind, it will have to increase the price." Yang Jian said with a smile.
Steve Oldman asked: "What if the Nike contract doesn't satisfy you?"
"Then I don't mind waiting a little longer and signing for sneaker endorsement after this season is over. If the Sonics reach the finals and win the championship, my signing will definitely be at a different price. Nike will really not like it then.
It's not too late for me to sign with other companies." Yang Jian had already made his own plans.
"..." Snow felt a little unable to keep up with Yang Jian's thoughts.
You want to sign with Nike, so you always wear Adidas sneakers? Why should you choose Nike? Isn’t it bad for whoever pays the highest price to endorse?
Snow was very envious. He didn't know if he would ever get a sneaker endorsement contract in his life, even if the price was very low. His image was not very suitable for advertising. He was not as fair and clean as Yang Jian, and his muscles looked bigger than
Others are beautiful.
Yang Jian could resist not signing a high-level contract, but it would be impossible for Snow to do so when his personal commercial value increases. If it were him, he would have to devote his life to Reebok and would not consider other brands.
Snow doesn't understand Yang Jian, but the agent does.
After dinner, Oldman went to Yang Jian's home and chatted with him alone for a while, and found that Yang Jian's thinking was clearer than he thought. Yang Jian emphasized that it was best to sign with Nike and try not to consider other brands.
"Nike is an American brand, Adidas is a German brand, it's that simple." Yang Jian explained.
In a parallel world, looking at the NBA’s jersey sponsorship history, eight major brands have stayed in history for 30 years, and only Nike broke the rules. In 2016, Nike announced that it would become the only jersey sponsor of the NBA! And they also received a special privilege——
You can print the Nike logo on the jersey! You know, the NBA prohibited this behavior before.
Nike has become more involved in the basketball field and has gradually consolidated its dominance in the sports market. Adidas focused most of its energy on football, and was later surpassed by Under Armor in the United States. As for Reebok, it was acquired by Adidas in 2005.
In terms of long-term interests, Yang Jian's signing with Nike will be beneficial without any harm. To put it bluntly, Nike is the financial backer of the NBA, and the NBA will always give some preferential treatment to the stars who endorse Nike.
For example, in order to facilitate Nike's top breakthrough layup, the league changed the walking rules. Superstars often jump to get the ball and then take two steps for a layup. How do you prevent this kind of breakthrough? This star is the father of the president.
Yang Jian will not regard the crab walk as his unique skill, but he also hopes that he can have more star whistles in the game, at least not to become a star without a cylinder like Curry.
Curry, who signed with Under Armor, is the most unusual star in the NBA. Any opponent's role player can pull him around in the finals without being called for a foul. In the end, the Warriors' Nike role players lagged behind in all statistics and were used by their opponents.
The "shark-killing tactic", with a free throw shooting rate of only 35.7%, stole Curry's FMVP.
The official reason given is that this Nike role player did a better job on the defensive end. So what kind of character did the person he defended in the finals get? The answer is 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.5 blocks per game.
, the shooting rate is low because he averages 46 minutes per game and is exhausted.
Yang Jian didn't want to encounter such a bloody thing in the future, it was so disgusting.
Even if the fans question his own whistle, it is better than him being blown off the whistle in a key game. Who wants to be a failed hero like the tragic hero? His goal is to become the ultimate winner. He doesn't mind.
After winning a game, praise the tragic hero on your opponent's side, saying he is very good and powerful.
When the core of both teams are stars who endorse Nike, the game may become fair. They both get the home whistle and the star whistle, and start a fierce competition. After the game, they can be as excited as Bu Jingyun and Jian Chen.
Well, just shout together: "I'm a father!" "I'm a father!"
Yang Jian left the negotiation to Oldman and made a plan to accept endorsements after the star game. He doesn't have to worry about anything in the near future. He only needs to perform well on the basketball court, and everything else is secondary.
That night, the SuperSonics faced the bottom-placed Grizzlies at home.
As one of the NBA's plans to expand into Canada, the Vancouver Grizzlies joined the NBA this season with the Toronto Raptors. This is also the Grizzlies' rookie season.
Before final approval can be issued, both Vancouver and Toronto must sign a team agreement that contains many terms. In order to ensure the fairness of competition in the league, NBA Commissioner David Stern asked Columbia and Ontario to sign a team agreement during the 1995-96 season.
Previously, gambling activities on NBA games were also stopped.
This is called being born at the wrong time. The football market of both teams turned out to be not very good, and the local gambling industry failed to get a share of the pie. If Xiao Hua was the president, he might go to Canada to sign a long-term contract with the gambling group.
I hope they bet bigger.
Even if the Grizzlies are terrible, the Seattle Key Arena is still full, and the fans come to see the home team's dunk show.
Yang Jian and Kemp did not disappoint the fans. They performed four dunks in the first quarter, two of which were alley-oops in counterattacks. They will probably be selected into the top five goals of the day.
After Yang Jian came off the field, he wiped his sweat with a towel. When he was drinking water, someone patted his shoulder behind him. He turned around and was stunned, suspecting that he was dazzled.
The person who photographed him was a beautiful blonde whom he knew and had just met yesterday at the Lakers home court. This woman with a provocative look and a smile on her face, who else could she be if she wasn't Drew Barrymore?
"Hi, do you remember me?" Barrymore stretched out his right hand.
Yang Jian shook hands with her. "Of course I remember, Miss Barrymore, why are you here?"
"I came to see you. I didn't have time to ask you for your phone number yesterday. Can you give me your number? After the game today, we can hang out together." Barrymore couldn't be more straightforward.
Kemp, Payton, P.J. Brown and others clearly heard the content of their chat and looked at each other in confusion. A woman who asks a man out to play at night must be very passionate and definitely not play Ludo all night with Yang Jian.
The teammates were all shocked, looking at Yang Jian with envy and jealousy.
Because everyone knows Barrymore, she is so famous. When she was born, she had a huge halo over her head and was born into the famous Barrymore family in Hollywood.
Two months after Drew was born, his father left. His mother carried Drew to and from the studio in order to make a living. When he was 11 months old, he went to participate in the shooting of his first commercial. When he was a child, Drew looked like a church mural.
The little angel in the movie is loved by everyone, and coupled with his natural acting talent, there are naturally more and more job opportunities.
When she was 6 years old, she starred in "Et", one of the highest-grossing films in Hollywood history, and became a well-known child star in the United States, earning a lot of money. When she was 9 years old, she starred in "Fire", becoming famous and winning awards.
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hollywood exclaimed: Another talented actor was born in the Barrymore family.
Later, Drew had a lot of negative news and was silent for many years. Recently she has become popular again and is recognized as a sexy beauty in Hollywood.
Payton: Hey, a big Hollywood star came to Seattle to chase Yang Jian? Is it so exciting?
pj Brown: They only met once when they were saving the ball yesterday. Is this love at first sight? Isn't it too romantic?
Kemp: Why haven’t I encountered such a good thing? I am also very handsome! (The handsome one is your brother Tom Cruise)
At the time, Kempt felt that the women he was looking for were not up to par and inferior to Yang Jian, so he couldn't help but interjected, "Yang, I will be your fan from now on."