After this game, Fanci's reputation completely exploded in North America.
60 points in a single game, breaking the rookie scoring record, this is the first explosion!
An unprecedented 60-point super triple-double, this is the second explosion!
Before the game, Devin Harris was aggressive and claimed that Fan Xi did not deserve his tens of millions of annual salary. As a result, Fan Xi pushed him to the ground and rubbed him. This was the third explosion!
Charles Barkley belittled Fanci beforehand and shouted "God of Basketball" to Fanci after the game in front of the national audience. This was the fourth incident!
In addition, there is praise from people such as Kenny Smith.
All in all, from that night to the next day, the most dazzling figure in basketball news in almost all basketball media was... Fan Xi!
Moreover, this crazy flame spread to the entertainment section.
The little Disney princess publicly expressed her love for Fan Xi. Although the American entertainment industry is not as strict in controlling the love affairs of teenage idols as in Asia, it was still enough to arouse a heated response from public opinion. Of course, her agency later came out to clarify: She is Jack's
The super performance conquered Selena, and she is now an out-and-out die-hard fan.
In fact, in addition to Selena's public display of love, Kendall Jenner, the most beautiful and the only popular member of the Kardashian family, also came out jealously and said: "Jack and I have always had a very close relationship.
He just fell in love with basketball."
Little Jenna is quite a bit like the original wife.
In terms of time, the public did have a preconceived notion that he and Fan Xi were a couple.
But the little Disney princess is so powerful. She attacks fiercely when she comes up. Can Jack withstand it?
All of a sudden, many media outlets are scrutinizing this triangular relationship. If there is any trouble, they will be eager to make big news.
Being noticed by the media is a good thing for celebrities, but it is the saddest thing if no one pays attention to them.
Advertisers like the most talked about and well-known players, such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
Now, Fan Xi is rising like a comet.
The attention of big-name manufacturers is naturally focused on it.
To them, Fanci is charming.
A Chinese defender... is born with a strong appeal in the Asian market. Now Asia has gradually become the most dynamic region in the global economy, and the purchasing power of consumers has increased exponentially.
No matter which big international brand is, they are not willing to miss this market.
At the same time, Fanci's skills are still so good. He got an unprecedented contract, set an unprecedented record, and sent those who provoked him to 'hell' in a vicious way.
The most important thing is that he is handsome and charming, and is actually deeply loved by North American audiences. In less than three days, fans in the United States voted for Fan Xi's All-Star vote to 650,000. With the current trend,
Fanshie will soon break through the threshold set by the NBA, and once he exceeds 1 million votes, he will become the starting point guard in the Western Conference All-Star Game.
From being undrafted to becoming a rookie All-Star starting point guard, Yao Shuan is not an All-Star who is ripe for Asian fans... This is a legend in itself.
So, that's why the Lakers' public relations manager complained to Fanci on the plane: "Jack, you should pick an agent. I really don't know how to help you deal with these commercial offers that are flying in like snowflakes."
"Ten minutes ago, Nike said it was willing to sign a contract with you for US$30 million over five years. It also promised to release a signature shoe for you."
said the public relations manager.
Then, the Lakers players in the front row exclaimed one by one.
Signature shoes are the symbol of superstars.
Moreover, the NBA may have twenty or thirty superstars, but only a dozen or so have their own signature shoes.
The sneaker sponsorship market is truly in the shape of an inverted pyramid.
Most NBA players do not have sneaker sponsorships, but brands will give them some consumer coupons that they can use when buying sneakers.
Then there are some All-Star or elite-level players who can get sponsorship from sneaker manufacturers, but generally speaking, their amounts are not large, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, or one million dollars.
They don't have their own signature shoes yet and can only wear signature shoes of other stars or team shoes.
Then, it’s time to go one step further.
When you become a superstar or a very influential star, you can get your own signature shoes... (For example, just like Paul George, he slowly struggled from signing a player to having his own signature shoes.).
However, signature shoes are also divided into three, six or nine grades.
Sponsors will have their flagship products, and there is a big difference in pricing.
Nike's flagship product is the LeBron James series, which is the most expensive. Of course, this is also related to James' high signing fee. James signed an 80 million US dollar sneaker sponsorship before he even entered the league. Now it has become a kind of
A more advanced share-sharing plus basic salary model.
The same is true for Kobe, but the money Kobe gets from Nike is less than that of James, and the price of his sneakers is slightly cheaper than that of James in the North American market. The reasons are complicated. One of the important reasons is that Kobe was previously a player owned by Adidas.
The field of sneakers has been a big blow to the switching industry... Just like Vince Carter, he changed three sneaker sponsors. At first, he was known as a demigod and his sponsorship fee was higher than that of Kobe and Tracy McGrady's contemporaries. As a result, he changed more and more.
The lower the income, the more we are now basically in a free-range state with no sponsors.
In addition, another big-name Nike player is Kevin Durant, and his endorsement fee also exceeds tens of millions. At the beginning, the price of his sneakers was not high, but now as his strength becomes closer and closer to the top level
, the positioning of sneakers is getting higher and higher, second only to James and Kobe under Nike.
In general, the sneaker endorsement field is a very deformed inverted pyramid system.
The highest level is Michael Jordan, the god of basketball. He has his own independent brand and shares. He has retired for so many years and still gets tens of millions or even over 100 million in dividends from the 'Air Jordan' brand every year.
This is basically a height beyond the reach of latecomers.
The contract that Nike quoted to Fanshie was at the third level of the inverted pyramid.
The first level is Jordan.
The second level is James, Kobe, Durant, and Derrick Rose of the Adidas team.
Fanshie's five-year, $30 million contract is in the third level. Because Chris Paul, who is also a point guard, signed with the 'Air Jordan' brand, Carmelo Anthony also signed with the 'Air Jordan' brand, and Westbrook
, they are all considered superstars in this league, but the endorsement fees they received are less than 6 million US dollars.
That's why those Lakers players on the plane exclaimed.
They felt that Fan Xi had really jumped over the dragon's gate.
Once they have signature shoes, brand owners with huge resources will do their best to package and influence them, and will provide them with the best training resources.
As the world's largest sneaker brand, cooperation with Nike has completely consolidated the power across classes.
So, can they not be envious?
But Fan Xi just smiled calmly.
He thinks this number is not that attractive. After all, the domestic sneaker brand offers a price of 1 billion, although there are big traps, and although its influence is not the same as Nike.
Fan Xi's heart has been very at peace with high amounts of money since the last time he experienced strong fluctuations and even brain waves. There are no numbers that can make him lose his composure.
"Jack, I can't believe that this journey has only taken a month. Jack, you have completed the transformation from an undrafted player to a star player. No wonder so many fans across the United States are crazy about you now. They regard you as an American.
The representative of the dream regards you as a model of overnight success!"
Lamar Odom said affectionately.
Fan Xi thought about it, it was indeed the case.
However, a smile appeared on his lips. He knew that his glory was far from coming.
"But, Jack, how amazingly popular you are now, how terrifying the challenges you will encounter next will be. Because, the more reputation and fame you accumulate, the more others will want to treat you as an imaginary enemy.
, the more I want to pull you down from the sky and transform myself into a god that is sought after by the United States!"
Matt Barnes said to Fancy.
He means well.
"Yes, the higher you stand, the harder you fall!" Steve Blake in front also said sourly.
He wished that Fan Xi would fall as badly as possible.
Fan Xi is too lazy to deal with such sour grapes. This kind of person with a weak mentality is not worth even looking at him.
The plane flew smoothly, and its destination was Florida. The Lakers would play the Magic in Orlando, and then headed to Miami. The end of this road trip was also the focus of fans around the world.
Kobe Bryant will fly from Los Angeles to Miami to join the team and give him two weeks to clear up his injury. He will appear in this game of the century... Since LeBron James made a shocking choice last summer:
After teaming up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh at the peak of his career, he became a disruptor of the league's order.
Before that, he had always been the expected future ruler of the league, with the number one 'nba successor' hovering over his head. The United States called him the little king, and the Chinese locally translated him as the little emperor.
Everyone thinks that he will completely surpass Kobe and become the number one superstar within 2 years.
However, no one expected that he would leave his hometown and choose the most difficult path: teaming up with two other superstars.
Therefore, his reputation is undergoing some subtle changes.
Some voices in the media regard him as the NBA's villain, or... the villain.
Because people had high expectations for him before, hoping that he would become the next Jordan.
When he returned to Cleveland, the crowd was booed, and a large number of hurt hometown fans poured into the streets to tear down his billboards and burn his jerseys.
Many people in Cleveland don't want him to win the championship, so they hope that Kobe Bryant, whom they hated most before, will defeat James and defeat him.
It's just... Judging from the unstoppable Heat's momentum, this possibility is getting slimmer and slimmer. Kobe is aging day by day after all. In fact, when he defeated the Orlando Magic to win the championship last season, he showed some fatigue.
He is no longer in charge of the game as easily as before.
So, isn’t there still Jack?
Voices about Fanci are gradually emerging in the fan community. Of course, this is not the mainstream. After all, even if Fanci is a myth, even if Devin Harris is hung up and whipped to death, fans will not feel that Fanci is already the same as Kobe.
, James is a level player.
Fanci's attention at this time is on the Orlando Magic.
The Magic were last year's Eastern Conference champions, and they are closely united around Howard, the 2004 NBA No. 1 pick.
Warcraft Howard is the number one center in the league today. His athletic talent is extremely terrifying and his defensive influence is unparalleled. Head coach Stan Van Gundy built a semicircle tactic around him that shocked the world, allowing the Magic to quickly become a strong team in the Eastern Conference. Last season, they even killed the Big Three Kevin
Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers.
He is also considered to be the man who beat LeBron James to despair and reached the peak of unity.
However, since this season, some changes have occurred within the Magic team, not only personnel changes...their core small forward, Turk Turkoglu, has left.
There is also the conflict between Howard and head coach Stan Van Gundy.
Howard no longer agrees so much with Van Gundy's "semi-circle tactic". He believes that this tactic treats him as a coolie, letting him do dirty work in the penalty area, and then the four outside shooters desperately shoot three-pointers.
He hopes to get more ball rights, and he wants to gain a tactical status like the four major centers in the 1990s, or at least like Yao Shuan before him.
However, Stan Van Gundy firmly believes that times have changed. Now the world is dominated by the outside. Even Tim Duncan has lost weight and moved outside. Why do you still stick to the penalty area and play inefficient post-up singles.
The most important thing is that some of Stan Van Gundy's words touched Howard's nerves. He said that Howard had no singles ability, his strong body had no detailed changes, and was far inferior to the four major centers of the year and Yao Shuan later.
Howard is a stubborn person. If the head coach said so, he would do it himself.
Therefore, the Magic, whose generals are at odds with each other, have slipped to fifth place in the Eastern Conference this season.
Fanci doesn't care about the Magic's coaching conflicts.
He just saw the news on his laptop that Magic's core guard Nelson challenged himself.
Nelson is a point guard who entered the league with Howard. He is famous for his explosive playing style. Unlike Devin Harris, although he has never been a leader and has been serving Howard, he has been selected as an All-Star.
race..
Being selected for the All-Star Game proves that he is better than Devin Harris.
From the tone of his interview, it was clear that he was somewhat aggrieved.
"My kids and I are fans of Selena, and I refuse to acknowledge what a great star Jack is."
"He was able to score 60 points in the last game because the Nets' defense was terrible, and Devin Harris didn't know how to defend at all. For a player like Jack, if you block his base, he won't be able to move."
"Watch, Selena, watch how I burst his star bubble."
Nelson treats Selena like a bitch.
But, to Selena: Nelson? Who is he? Also trying to stop me from dating Jack?