Chapter 157: The Grand Signing Ceremony
Lillard hit three three-pointers in a row to tie the score. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, the score on the court was 101:101, and with more than three minutes left in the game, the two sides were back on the same running line again.
Yi Feng didn't get a single assist in the past eight minutes of the fourth quarter, which made him very depressed.
It is the nature of human beings to look forward to Shu.
He had already picked up 16 assists in the first three quarters, and he had hoped to reach the milestone of 20 assists per game in one fell swoop, but in the end he could only think about it.
Fortunately, he recovered a little bit, scoring seven points in the fourth quarter, which was almost the sum of the entire first half.
That's what made him less depressed.
In the last three minutes of the game, the two sides were in a state of anxiety.
The defensive intensity of both sides has invariably strengthened a lot, and the success rate of the attack has dropped significantly.
On the Trail Blazers' side, the final battle will of course depend on Lillard. And the score was able to equalize, all thanks to his three three-pointers. The key shot at the last moment, of course, has to be made by him, the key gentleman.
On the Lakers' side, it is Yi Feng who relies on the recovery of his hand at the critical moment.
The two each scored two offenses to score four points for the team; In addition, Kobe Bryant and McCollum also played an offensive game each, and the two sides tied at 107.
With more than 30 seconds left in the game, both teams had one chance to attack.
The Trail Blazers offense succeeded, but the Lakers' Yi Feng failed to hit the key shot and buried the game.
Although the Lakers resorted to foul tactics in the final moments, the tide was over, and they were just dying.
At 109:112, the Trail Blazers won their seventh game of the season at home against the visiting Lakers.
Yi Feng recorded 24 points, 16 assists and 6 rebounds, but it didn't help, and the Lakers still lost in the end.
The last laugh in this game was Lillard, who not only won the game, but also scored 37 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds. In particular, he scored 18 points alone in the fourth quarter, and was definitely the biggest contributor to the team's comeback victory.
At the post-game press conference, in the face of an interview with reporters, Yi Feng said, "First of all, congratulations to the Trail Blazers for winning this game. We fought until the last moment, but the opponent was unlucky, and the victory was still taken away by the opponent. ”
The Lakers have been double-killed by the Trail Blazers this season, and the Lakers and the Trail Blazers have only had three chances to meet each other this season.
With two losses to the same opponent in one week, no Lakers player could be happy. They can only hope for a game back until the last meeting at the end of January.
When asked by a reporter about Yi Feng's evaluation of Lillard, Yi Feng said: "To be honest, I am not very qualified to evaluate a two-time All-Star player. But on an opponent's level, he's a great, strong opponent and even though we lost this game, we were able to learn a lot from him. ”
It can be said that the post-match press conference is actually a place to praise each other. How wise the opposing coach is, how clever the tactical arrangement, and how strong the opposing players are, he is a respectable opponent. All in all, it was a great game.
In the face of an interview with reporters, Lillard, who won the ball and proved himself, was proud, and of course he would not be stingy with those good words, saying how Yi Feng has potential, the future can be expected, and so on.
Although this game, and the previous Lakers vs. Warriors game, the attention is very different. But the Lakers' defeat to the Trail Blazers caused a lot of turmoil.
The Lakers were able to win a defending title like the Warriors, and they were immediately losing to a weak team like the Trail Blazers in the next game - at least in terms of record standings, the Trail Blazers are indeed a weak team.
This gives people who are unhappy with the Lakers a chance to spray.
Being able to beat the Warriors is just that the Lakers have been favored by Lady Luck. Otherwise, with their strength, how can they compete with the Warriors?
It's unimaginable.
The rapid rise of the Lakers this season has actually offended the interests of many people.
First and foremost is the Clippers, who are in Los Angeles with the Lakers.
They were originally a 10,000-year-old shipbreaker, but in 2008, they took out Andrew Jordan, who was useless at the time, and selected Blake Griffin with the top pick in 2009, and they got two big men with full potential at once.
After getting Chris Paul, the ship finally has a reliable captain!
At this time, the Lakers were in decline and the Clippers took the opportunity to quickly seize the Los Angeles market. Coupled with their gorgeous style of play and the resounding name of the Air Force, they really overshadowed the Lakers!
But that changed all of a sudden after the Lakers traded for Yi Feng this season.
At the beginning of the season, the Lakers' blind record directly blew up the Lakers' diving fans. As Yi Feng's fame became more and more famous, those morphed honeys who fell in love with the Clippers after the decline of the Lakers were gradually called back and became Lakers fans again.
The Clippers' market shrank all at once!
made the Clippers such a Lakers team, so it also became a thorn in the side of the Clippers!
The players are okay to say that the boss pays the salary, and they work hard honestly. But the owners, big and small, who own the stake in the team, are not so kind.
The market has shrunk, which means that their pockets have also shrunk!
So openly and secretly, they didn't want to give the Lakers a good time. Now that the Lakers themselves are in trouble, they will definitely take the opportunity to pounce on it and take a bite.
The pressure of public opinion brought by these people made the Lakers players who felt uncomfortable after losing, even more uncomfortable.
But fortunately, this kind of pressure is not too big for professional players. And they've been under more pressure before, which isn't a big deal.
They continued to do what they had to do, and they were not affected too much.
On November 29, the day after the Lakers and Trail Blazers game, the signing ceremony of Yifeng's endorsement contract with Anta was grandly opened in Portland.
More than 100 media attended the ceremony, and Anta also launched a relationship and invited many local celebrities.
At 9 a.m., Ding Shizhong, Chairman and CEO of ANTA Sports Products Co., Ltd., Xu Yang, General Manager of the Basketball Division of ANTA Sports Products Co., Ltd., Zhu Agile, Senior Director of Brand Management Center of ANTA Sports Products Co., Ltd., Yang Chun, Director of Sports Marketing Center of ANTA Sports Products Co., Ltd., and other ANTA senior executives entered the venue one by one.
First of all, under the auspices of the on-site emcee, Yang Chun, Zhu Agile, Xu Yang, Ding Shizhong and other senior executives of ANTA spoke successively.
Although the content of the speeches was different, the meaning of the expressions was the same. To sum up, ANTA is a young and promising company, a vigorous and progressive company, and a proactive company. Yi Feng is a talented phenomenal player, and he is strict with himself and extremely demanding of himself, the cooperation between the two must be a match made in heaven, and a win-win outcome will be achieved in the end.
Next, let's go to the reporter's question session.
More than 100 media outlets were invited, including many first-class media and some domestic media.
The first person to get the opportunity to ask questions was Tencent Sports beautiful reporter Zhou Ling'an, and the question she asked was also the question that many people were most concerned about, that is, how much was the contract that Anta offered to Yi Feng?
Previously, when Anta was doing warm-up work for this signing ceremony, it had released some news, including the amount of this contract. But it only roughly mentioned that the contract reached 100 million US dollars, but how much it was, Anta kept the news very tight.
Xu Yang answered Zhou Ling'an's question, "Due to the company's confidentiality agreement, many contents of this contract cannot be disclosed to everyone. However, the total amount of this contract can be revealed to you. ”
Xu Yang smiled when he said this, "Everyone must be very interested in this number, because the size of the shoe contract signed by the player largely determines his status in the league." The bigger the contract, the higher the player's status. ”
Many reporters below are a little impatient, Xu Yang is here to say these unnutritious words, who doesn't know? They just want to know how much the contract amount is quickly, and they don't want to listen to Xu Yang tell the truth here.
After satisfying everyone's appetite, Xu Yang slowly told the truth, "This is an 8-year contract with a total value of 123 million US dollars!" ”
As soon as this remark came out, it was quite earth-shattering.
123 million in 8 years, then Yifeng can get an average of $15.375 million in endorsement fees per year, which is only a little short of James Harden, who ranks fifth in the top ten NBA sneaker contracts. Harden receives $15.4 million a year from Adidas, which is only $20,000 or $30,000 more than Yifeng.
You must know that Yi Feng is just a rookie who has played more than a dozen games, but he can actually climb to the sky and squeeze into this list in one step!
It's a place for superstars!
After Xu Yang said the amount of the contract, everyone silently digested it for a while, and some people couldn't bear it anymore and asked questions.
A reporter from The Oregon Life stood up and said, "Is this true? Don't you think this contract is too much? ”
Xu Yang looked at him with a smile on his face and motioned for him to continue.
A reporter from The Oregon Life said: "I'm a Portlander, and the pride of our Portlanders, Damion Lillard, only got Adidas' 10-year, $100 million contract, why can Yi Feng, who has lost twice to him, get such a big contract?" ”
This is a real personal attack!
Yi Feng was instantly injured by 10,000 tons.
was said to be inferior to Lillard by a reporter in front of him, even if he was good at kung fu, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed at this time. But it's not easy to get angry, because people are telling the truth......
It's embarrassing.
Ding Shizhong stood up to relieve Yi Feng, "In all fairness, Yi is definitely qualified to get this contract." This reporter from the "Oregon Life" Mr. Reporter, you just said that Damion Lillard, the star of the Trail Blazers, as a two-time All-Star, got a 10-year contract of $100 million, although this contract is also huge, but there is still a certain gap between the contract we Anta gave Yi. ”
"Do you think the biggest reason why Yi is not eligible for this contract is because the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers twice, right?"
But if you think about it, Damion Lillard struggled for a long time from the NBA in 2012 until 2014 when he got a contract from Adidas. And Yi has played less than 20 games, and has already been favored by so many equipment giants. Can you understand the gap? ”
"Let's reveal some trade secrets to you, we at Anta have successfully signed Yiyi from many competitors, and the price of $123 million is not an exaggeration."
Nike gave $19.8 million for four years, which is not much, but there are other benefits, in addition to a 7% sneaker sales dividend, and a $2 million signing fee. They even promised to design his first exclusive signature basketball shoe for Yi before All-Star Weekend! ”
Adidas offered Yi a 10-year, $73.8 million contract, in addition to the promise of one signed sneaker per year, as well as a $1 million signing fee. The sales dividend of sneakers is also as high as 6%. ”
Under Armour is on better terms, with a seven-year, $71.1 million contract, one signed sneaker per year, and an All-Star special edition around All-Star Weekend. There is a 5% dividend on sneaker sales in Asia and 8% on sneaker sales in North America! ”
"The opening conditions of other competitors are also very lucrative, if we don't spend some money, how can we compete with them?"
The Oregon Life reporter was speechless.
Invisible pretending is the most deadly.
Ding Shizhong directly laid out the conditions of these equipment giants and suppressed a large group of people.
If Anta is blind and offers such a large sky-high contract to Yifeng, then what explanation should be given to other companies who are also waving banknotes to sign Yifeng?
Could it be that those rich tycoons are blind?
However, all of you here are people who have seen the world, and they quickly come to their senses and start thinking.
Soon another question was asked, this time from a reporter from the Boston Globe.
"Mr. Ding, the three companies Nike, Adidas and Under Armour, if they really offer those conditions as you said, they are indeed amazingly generous. But there is still a lot of distance from the 8-year 123 million given by your company. Is it really necessary to spend such a big price in order to beat these three competitors? ”
Ding Shizhong smiled slightly, "Actually, Nike, Adidas and Under Armour are not our main competitors of Anta. In the battle for Yi's endorsement, Anta's main competitors are Li Ning and Peak, both Chinese companies like us. Obviously, their ideas coincide with mine. (To be continued.) )