Chapter 57: Thunder Again
Anxi has had good financial luck recently, just signed two endorsements, and the sneaker contract has also come to fruition. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On Feb. 2, after the Spurs played the Hornets at home, Anxi saw Ivoclark at home again.
"Ann, the sneaker contract has come to an end, the previous three have re-bidd, Nike's latest bid is 5 million for 5 years, and there are two reward terms, namely $500,000 for winning the All-Star Game three-point title, and $500,000 for being selected into the All-Rookie team. Ivoclark sat on the couch, having been busy lately, but the thought of the green dollar in the future made his motivation come up again.
Adidas' new offer is $2.4 million for three years, with the same reward terms as Nike, but they added two more, $500,000 for being selected for the All-Star rookie game, and $1 million for becoming a dunk king. ”
"Under Armour's new offer is exactly the same as Adidas'. ”
Anxi didn't speak, these three offers are obviously much more generous than last time, and they obviously got the latest news about the All-Star Game. However, Nike's new bid, Anxi still can't accept it, 5 years is too long, this Nike obviously thinks that he is now powerful, Anxi will consider them, but Anxi really won't consider it, for Anxi, making money is also his top priority, signing a contract with Nike for five years, maybe he will lose millions of dollars in the future.
By the way, Jordan, who had not moved before, also sent an offer, their bid was 3 million for 3 years, 500,000 for the rookie game, 500,000 for the three-point king, 500,000 for the best rookie team, 500,000 for the championship as the main force, and 300,000 dollars for the extension of the contract at the end of the contract. ”
An Xi's eyes lit up suddenly, Jordan's contract was quite generous, 3 million for 3 years, the average annual amount was the same as Nike, the number of years was less, and the reward terms were more, which actually included the reward terms of the championship, Anxi immediately made a decision: "Just sign with Jordan, you can contact and sign as soon as possible." ”
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In fact, Anxi's Chinese agent, that is, Zhang Mingji, the head of Yao's team, was in charge of Yao Ming's financial affairs, but Anxi was not ready to find Zhang Mingji to be responsible, and reason told Anxi that he was not suitable to share a team with Yao Ming.
So, after thinking about it for a while, Anxi decided to ask his alumni at Kang University for help, An Xi studied economics at Kang University, and he also graduated from his senior year, but his homework was miserable, but this did not prevent An Xi from having classmates at Kang University, of course, this matter was not in a hurry, after all, the money had not yet arrived.
For Anxi, the most important thing is how to get the most money, then the invitation to the three-point contest on the league side can be accepted, after all, if you win the three-point king, Anxi can get 500,000 US dollars, which is a lot of income.
On February 3, Anxi informed the team that he would participate in this season's All-Star three-point contest between training, and at the same time rejected the invitation to the slam dunk contest, on the one hand, this season's schedule was originally very tight, and finally there was an All-Star weekend to take a break, but he still had to participate in the game, even if he participated in a game, if he participated in both games, Anxi would definitely be exhausted, and on the other hand, Popovich probably would not agree to Anxi to participate in the three-point contest and participate in the slam dunk contest at the same time.
On February 4, the Spurs hosted the Thunder, and the last meeting ended with the Spurs winning.
As soon as Boris Dior came, Anxi's starters increased, it was rare to have a start before, but now it is basically a start every other game, and he has almost shared the start with Kowhi Leonard, of course, Anxi's playing time is still less than that of Kowhi Leonard, Popovich and Spurs are now obviously more optimistic about Kowhi Leonard.
So far in the season, Kawhi Leonard has also improved a lot, if it weren't for Popovich's deliberate suppression, Kawhi Leonard should have been able to break into the top five rookies, compared to Anxi, Kowhi Leonard's potential looks higher.
In this game against the Thunder, Popovich obviously doesn't pay as much attention to the last game, think about it, the regular season is just a ranking, it doesn't matter, anyway, the number of games won is enough, and a two-game victory is not so important, not to mention that the Spurs have already won the Thunder, and they have proven themselves.
The Spurs are now in first place in the West with a 22-2 record, while the Thunder are second in the West with an 18-5 record, so this game is also a matchup between first and second in the West.
At the beginning of the game, Anxi faced Kevin Durant, and the last duel between the two ended with Adu blowing up Anxi, but Anxi's small outburst on the offensive end saved some face, and in this game, Anxi's heart is still a little worried, his defense has not been upgraded, Adu is not so easy to deal with, and he wants to be blown up again in this game.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Adu entered the state, facing Anxi's defense, first missed a goal, and then three consecutive hits, including a three-pointer, scored 7 points in a row, and Anxi was blown up like this.
There was no accident on the defensive end, and Anxi's play on the offensive end was decent, and after 8 minutes of play, Anxi ran out of four open positions, shot three three-pointers and one mid-range shot, and only scored two three-pointers and scored 6 points. Surprisingly, though, a 50 percent shooting percentage is good for the Spurs as a whole.
In the starting lineup, in addition to Anxi, Tony Parker was 1 of 5 shots, Danny Green was 1 of 3 shots, Tim Duncan of the interior was 2 of 6 shots, DeJuan Blair was simply 1 shot 0 of 0 and had not yet opened Hu, the Thunder were ahead from the beginning, Adu scored 7 points, Westbrook scored 13 points on 5 of 7 shots, and with the outbreak of the twin stars, in the eighth minute of the first quarter, the Thunder led by 15 points.
Popovich called a timeout and then started the blow dryer mode, the Spurs were in such bad form that a tragedy was about to happen, and Popovich had to make adjustments.
After all, it's okay to lose, but not to lose fiasco, a fiasco is quite demoralizing, especially in the middle of the season, a fiasco is likely to lead to a losing streak, so Popovich refused to lose miserably.
"Let's make substitutions, Boris, you replace De Juan, Manu you replace Danny, we play against the Thunder, speed up the offensive tempo, but pay attention to the success rate on the offensive end. Popovich glanced at Anxi, but in the end he didn't replace Anxi, after all, Anxi's performance is quite normal, and it is not necessary to change to Kowai Leonard.
In this way, Anxi continued to stay on the court, and the poor state of his teammates made Anxi realize that he might be able to brush up on a good statistic in this game.
(Last night, I was rewarded with 10,000 starting coins, which is the largest reward since the book was opened, so today Yi Wen decided to make five changes to show his gratitude, which is the first change.) )