Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 415

The Sonics did not waste time and immediately contacted the agents of Gary Payton and PJ Brown.

In fact, the two sides had already had contact, before the end of this season.

Wang Hao's contract extension is what the Sonics and the two players care about most, and now they can talk about it with confidence.

Although the goals of the two parties are very consistent, it's just that the specific negotiation will definitely not be too simple.

After all, this concerns the vital interests of the team and players.

It is impossible for anyone to take the initiative to retreat and suffer losses, it can only be a mutual compromise between the two parties.

The Sonics' management began to get busy, except for the signings of Gary Payton and PJ Brown.

They are also paying attention to the free market, and even the trading shelves of various teams.

And in the NBA trading market, it is also extremely lively.

While all the media were paying attention to Kobe, the Lakers suddenly came out to join in the fun.

On July 7, the Lakers had a big news.

The Lakers announced the signing of Karl Malone from the free market, forming the Lakers' Big Three model.

And just before this news was fully digested, the Lakers announced the second news.

John Stockton also joined the Lakers.

In an instant, the entire NBA news media, as well as many teams, were all attracted by the Lakers.

This is the second elder of the Utah Jazz!

Do Karl Malone and John Stockton have a chance at the title?

Of course there are, but it's a pity that they met Jordan at the peak of their careers.

And when Jordan retired, the two also came to the end of their careers.

I have to say, it's a pity.

It's not that the two have no chance to leave the Jazz and join a team that has a better chance of winning the championship.

As a player who has fought for the Jazz for more than ten years, he has now come to the latter part of his career.

In order to pursue the championship, he chose to leave the Jazz.

To be honest, even the most demanding fans will not accuse and abuse them, and even send blessings.

Except, of course, New York fans!

But the two didn't do this, and still chose to stick to the Jazz, and they were about to retire with honor.

But now, the two who are almost about to make a perfect curtain call have chosen to join the Lakers.

The Lakers already have an OK combination, plus Utah is old, what the hell, this lineup is a bit exaggerated!

Among the five starters, there are four historical NBA stars. What is this concept?

Although Karl Malone and John Stockton are both 40+, the background is there.

When it comes to critical moments, they are all trustworthy.

As for the regular time during the game, isn't there still O'Neal and Kobe?

Four star players don't even need chemistry, and they can beat most teams with hard power alone.

The only problem that will bother them is the distribution of the ball.

But don't forget, there is also a historical coach Phil Jackson in the Lakers.

His existence can definitely deter anyone, so that there will be no conflicts because of the possession of the ball.

Moreover, as an outsider, the Jazz elders should have thought clearly since they chose to join the Lakers.

Anyway, they are just outsiders, just wanting a coveted championship.

It is impossible for the two of them to grab the ball stupidly.

When Wang Hao saw the news, he was shocked again.

This offseason, the Lakers are either grabbing headlines or on their way.

He has known for a long time that the Lakers will form the Big Four this season and successfully recruit Karl Malone and Gary Payton.

This happened in the original time and space, but now everything has changed.

Gary Payton has won two consecutive championships with the SuperSonics, so naturally he will not go to the Lakers to seek opportunities.

Wang Hao's flapping wings changed everything.

Today's Gary Payton has no reason to go to the Lakers.

In the original time and space, in order to join the Lakers, Gary Payton cut his salary and dropped his team status.

But now, there is absolutely no need for it!

For the championship, it is natural to choose to stay in the Sonics.

But I never expected that without Gary Payton, he would be seduced by the Lakers to John Stockton again.

It's a pity that John Stockton is too old now.

The Lakers released such explosive news at this time, which obviously has a purpose.

All this is naturally for Kobe.

The Lakers are taking the initiative to help Kobe share the firepower, and hope that the media will not pay too much attention to Kobe.

It has to be said that the effect is obvious.

In addition to the Lakers, each team is also working hard to strengthen and increase their own strength.

Especially those teams with NBA championship aspirations.

At this time, within the NBA, another piece of explosive news came.

Nike officially renewed its contract with Wang Hao.

That's right, in the face of Adidas and Reebok waving checks to poach corners, Nike has not lost its head.

In fact, today's Nike company is thriving, which is the most stable moment for a company.

At this time, they will naturally not make mistakes.

5 million in 8000 years, plus 5% of the signature sneaker sales dividend, this is definitely the top contract in the NBA.

With an annual endorsement fee of 1600 million, plus sales dividends, Wang Hao can get more than 2000 million in endorsement fees from Nike every year.

Not only the NBA, this is even the top sneaker endorsement in the current sports circle.

"The most exaggerated sneaker contract in history!"

"When everyone is still haggling over a little salary, Wang has achieved financial freedom by relying on endorsements!"

"Nike's future belongs to James, but now, it belongs to Wang!"

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To be honest, with such a large contract, the media did not over-interpret it while expressing shock.

At least there are people who criticize Wang Hao and think that he is not worth so much money, but not many.

As for the reason, it is naturally because of James.

James' 7-year 8700 million contract has shocked everyone beyond measure.

At that time, the media had vented enough of all kinds of attacks and accusations.

I was excited just now, and of course I won't be too excited now.

Especially compared with James, Wang Hao seems to be worth the money!

In any case, even if James' potential surpasses Jordan's, he has not entered the NBA after all.

Signing such a contract without entering the NBA is a big contract that many people are jealous of.

On the other hand, Wang Hao can say that honor equals body.

Various NBA awards have been soft, since entering the fast, from the All-Star Game to the regular season.

Wang Hao has received a lot of honors.

More than that, under his leadership, the Sonics have just completed two consecutive championships and are pursuing their third championship.

This is the era of building a dynasty!

In terms of personal honor, he has monopolized the NBA Most Valuable Player for nearly two seasons.

In this way, the contract given by Nike is completely reasonable.

Many big-mouthed players in the NBA are aware of the contract signed by James.

In fact, they all expressed jealousy, and even puzzled.

But in the case of Wang Hao, although there are many people who are envious, there are not many people who are jealous, and even if there are, they will not express it clearly.

The reason is very simple, this is what Wang Hao played with his strength and achievements, and he deserves it.

Nike wouldn't make a mistake in this kind of thing, but adadis would.

Prior to this, Adidas' energies were all focused on poaching Wang Hao.

They failed to poach Wang Hao, so they could only focus on their own spokespersons and discover them.

In fact, there are also many excellent spokespersons in the Adidas team at present, who belong to the real obvious players.

The contract expired, it happened to be McGrady and Kobe.

In this case, Adadis did not hesitate, and first turned his attention to McGrady.

With his performance in the past two seasons and his status as the scoring champion, he is indeed worthy of attention.

In fact, McGrady's chic and drifting style of play has already conquered many fans.

The sneakers endorsed by McGrady have seen a substantial increase in sales in the past two seasons.

After losing Wang Hao, McGrady has been regarded by Adidas as its key spokesperson.

As for Kobe's contract renewal, it can only be left behind.

It was against this background that Kobe was a little angry and directly rejected Adidas' contract renewal negotiations.

In fact, it's not just that. After the Eagle County incident broke out, Kobe was criticized a lot.

In this case, Adidas did not defend Kobe.

At least, they didn't do all-out PR for their spokespeople.

In a society like the United States, to be honest, such things happen a lot, and in fact there are many.

Unspoken rules in the workplace, simply do not exaggerate.

It's not too far away, let's say Hollywood, but in the future, a guy named Weinstein will suffer.

But in the past few decades, this guy has been living a chic life and being served by various services.

Even, according to the culpability announced later, this guy was no less forceful, even worse than when Kobe was.

It's not that no one has exposed it, but Weinstein has nothing to do, and he still lives in style.

In the United States, a country where everything can be publicized, many things can actually be avoided from being made public.

If Kobe reacts in time, the Lakers and Adadis will go all out in public relations, and everything about Kobe's game will be exposed.

As for whether the US police will do this?

Don't think too complicated, this kind of thing is nothing in American society.

It is still a Hollywood incident. A Hollywood actor named Charlie Sheen was taken away by the police for smoking leaves.

In the police blood test, it was found that he really had the HIV virus.

However, under Charlie Sheen's money offensive, the police actually concealed the fact that he was carrying AIDS.

So, this matter can be public relations.

It's a pity that under Kobe's operation, coupled with the failure of all aspects, the Eagle County incident finally broke out.

It can be said that the impact of the Eagle County incident continues.

The Eagle County incident had a huge impact on Kobe, not only in terms of reputation, but also in terms of interests.

When he first entered the league, with his strong talent, Kobe had already signed a 6-year 4800 million endorsement contract with Adidas.

Later, if Wang Hao remembers correctly, Kobe and Nike signed a contract of 5 million for 4500 years.

There has been a little growth, but not much.

You know, Kobe is now the top perimeter star in the NBA and the owner of two championships.

Although he won the championship twice, Kobe was only the second master, and O'Neal was the absolute core.

But Kobe has fully realized his talent.

In this case, the endorsement fee will naturally rise, at least not lower than James's.

It can only be said that the Eagle County incident happened too coincidentally, which gave the endorsement merchants an opportunity to lower prices.

It is estimated that Adidas thinks so, but it is a pity that Kobe switched to Nike in a fit of anger.

Wang Hao did not continue to pay attention to the affairs of the United States.

I've been resting for a while, and at this time, it's time to go home and take a look.

Not only that, after returning to China, he has a series of activities.

There are charity activities in cooperation with CCTV and the Basketball Association, as well as various basketball promotion activities.

In addition, there are also commercial promotion activities of many endorsement merchants such as Nike.

After taking other people's money, it is natural to do things well.

Moreover, Adidas is willing to offer such a high endorsement fee, in addition to Wang Hao's strength and status in the NBA.

There is another very important reason, yes, it is precisely because of the huge potential Chinese market behind him.

In the eyes of many foreigners, especially those who are self-righteous, Huaxia is nothing special.

Poverty and backwardness are their consistent perceptions.

However, as a big company, it is naturally impossible to foolishly believe those media reports.

Whether it is Nike or Mercedes-Benz, large companies like this will have their own market research.

As early as 1980, Nike had already entered the Chinese market.

Over the past 20 years of development, they have seen very clearly that there are huge interests behind the huge market.

And this is also Wang Hao's advantage.

After staying at home for a few days, Wang Hao immediately started working again, running around the country.

As for the call of the national team, there is no need to worry too much.

Wang Hao had an agreement with the national team that he didn't have to enter the national team's training camp early in the morning.

This is normal, in fact, not only him, Yao Ming is also seeking such treatment now.

After all, the main purpose of the national team's training camp is to select national team players and prepare for national team games.

But Wang Hao, does he need to be selected?

Wang Hao will not enter the national team until the selection of players for the national team is over and the preparation time has completely entered.

This year's Asian Championships is very important.

First of all, this is the Asian Championship held in China,

Well, it's not really that important, after all, it's not what it was a few years ago.

A few years ago, the Asian Championships were held in China for the first time, and the degree of attention was naturally extraordinary.

Nowadays, it is very common for the Asian Championships to be held in China. After all, the last Asian Championships were also held in China.

The importance of this Asian Championship is mainly related to the qualification for next year's Olympic Games.

The champion of the Asian Championships can directly obtain an Olympic spot.

Instead of concentrating the national team again and playing in the Olympic qualifying rounds, it is better to directly win the Asian Championships.

This is really not a difficult task for the Huaxia team.

In this period, the Huaxia men's basketball team was originally a king and hegemony in Asia.

Now that there is another Wang Hao, the champion of the Asian Championships is not to say that it is a sure thing, but it is also a sure thing.

For this Asian Championships, Wang Hao actually has a little impression.

The main reason is that the Korean media are so fucking good at blowing it up, and they can't wait to blow Ha Seung-jin to Mars.

The result is self-evident, Yao Ming taught him a good lesson.