LPz�U'��hs_jX@v a1!^ o [K U] 0%f# gB1 & dn I thought that Glenn Robinson's return was actually the team's owner, Steven Price, who went to Milwaukee to bail back.

Glenn Robinson found a lawyer to agree to divorce the next day, and then with Steven Price's guarantee, Big Dog paid a bail of 500,000 US dollars himself, and Brandy sued Big Dog for divorce and compensation in the hospital and then sued Big Dog.

However, the payment of 500,000 US dollars was not in vain, and the trial date was postponed to June 20, 2003, that is, the trial will not be held until the season is played anyway.

Sometimes, men are very strange creatures, and for hitting women, they are definitely spurned.

But if the man is hacked and hits the woman......

Not to mention how high this man will look at, at least there are a lot fewer people who spit on him, on the contrary, a little sympathy has been added.

Brandi said in an interview with a bandage: Why can a man go out and fool around and a woman can't find a male model to come back for revenge?

This almost confirms the fact that the two cheated on each other, making people feel sympathy for both of them while lamenting that they are indeed a "natural couple......

Poor people must have something to hate, and in the same way, hateful people can always find something to sympathize with.

Including Liu Mang, they all feel that Glenn Robinson is hateful at the same time, but also very pathetic and pitiful.

Obviously, the big dog who arrived late and returned late wasted valuable training time on the team.

It's rare that the team is now either an old player with the hatred of last season, or a positive rookie, which should be the best time for everyone to train together and work hard to improve, but because there is a core player who has not returned to the team for a long time, he has made a nondescript training time.

Tactical training, it's too far to use Emmanuol on top, I can't see how powerful it is, defensive training, and I don't know how the big dog, who is said to have a very average defense, will change when a strong defensive team comes, or how dark the black hole is, and whether the overall system of the team can make up for it.

But such a guy who may have suffered the saddest thing as a man was brought back by the black-faced boss at this time, you really can't blame him, although it is really hateful, but it is also quite pitiful.

The point is that the big dog also sensed the crisis, and in the afternoon when he returned to Atlanta, he came to the stadium to train, which was crazy.

Looking at the big dog with a face of "I want to change my mind", the dissatisfaction of the rest of the Eagles could only be stopped, and on September 30, the training of the Eagles could finally officially begin.

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The Eagles have had a weird start to the year, and I don't know if it's going well or not, but the last few days of team training have been pretty good.

Although the outside world has frequent negative news about Glenn Robinson, the big dog is really honest these days, he was originally an old slippery head, and Ratliff and Raheem entered the NBA in the same era, and the Mesozoic players of the generation of 94-96 don't look at the face of the monk but also look at the face of the Buddha.

It's just that the big dog's appearance made his commercial value, which was originally second only to Liu Mang and Rahim, plummet, and those domestic sponsors didn't dare to ask him for endorsement.

On the day of the National Day, Liu Mang blessed his motherland in a foreign country for another year, and it was like that.

On October 6th, when the preseason was about to begin, William Wesley, the idle North American sports social king, and Jeff Schwartz, who was in ecstasy, approached Liu Mang with several contract offers.

However, when the two came to the place where Liu Mang lived, they felt so weird.

It's too different from other all-star places!

Not to mention all-stars, even when Wang Zhizhi arrived in Los Angeles, he rented a villa, and the rent was thousands of dollars a month.

Then seeing Liu Mang, he didn't think there was anything wrong, but seemed to live very comfortably, and took them to Levia's large living room on the sixth floor, William Wesley said that he had a good impression of Liu Mang's casual and non-deliberately luxurious lifestyle.

At first, William Wesley received a call from Jordan, and then a call from Levia, seeing that Liu Mang did not choose to help Liu Mang because of his dressing style.

Now seeing Liu Mang's lifestyle, I really have a good impression of Liu Mang.

Sometimes a person's likes and dislikes for a person are as simple as that.

Levia usually doesn't move except for yoga, boxing, and shopping, either Alexia comes to cook, or Dinah orders takeout, but whenever an outsider comes, she changes to make coffee and pour drinks to buy snacks.

After a pleasantry, Schwartz excitedly took out six quotation contracts: "Ace, come and see, this is the final offer of Nike, Reebok and Adi, and this is the final offer of Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Very Coke." ”

Liu Mang has been devoting himself to training in the summer, and has not paid attention to the news of sneakers, he has been robbed of several major sneaker brands!

Unlike Yao Ming, who was regarded by Nike as a big man who couldn't sell sneakers and was only willing to give 500,000 US dollars a year, and signed a long-term endorsement contract with Reebok with the help of the famous agent Fagan early, Liu Mang, as a defender, let Nike, Reebok, and Adi coax the three giants in terms of sneaker endorsement.

It's true that big men don't sell sneakers, so Yao Ming's performance in sneaker endorsement is average, but after Reebok gave a big contract of 60 million for the start of his career, Nike was also anxious and gave the same offer, but Yao Ming is really a domestic player with personality, saying that if he doesn't sign with Nike, he won't sign with Nike, and accepted Reebok's contract early.

Originally, this should have happened after Yao Ming faced O'Neill and asked Barkley to kiss the ass of the donkey, but because Liu Mang drove the Chinese market in advance, this matter was advanced by more than half a year, and after Yao Ming tyrannically abused the inside lines of countries around the world, this contract was signed.

As a result, coaxing Liu Mang has become the top priority of the three basketball shoe giants.

In William Wesley's constant wandering and running to build momentum for Liu Mang and Schwartz looking like he was sitting firmly on Mount Tai, the three giants couldn't help it and gave a big contract.

Liu Mang looked at the 7-year 80 million US dollars given by Nike, Adi's 10-year 90 million US dollars, and the total price of Reebok's lifetime contract was not less than 100 million US dollars, and they all had plans for exclusive combat boots before Christmas, I didn't expect myself to be so valuable!

Liu Mang still underestimated his commercial value, he used to think that James's commercial value was the highest, after all, James represents the North American market of the NBA, and it is estimated that the North American commercial value in the history of the NBA is second only to Jordan's super gold-absorbing machine, but he didn't expect that he was not far behind.

However, what Liu Mang wants to complain about is why Reebok loves to give a lifetime contract so much, Iverson is a lifetime contract, Yao Ming is a lifetime contract, and he also has a lifetime contract here.

There is a lot of money, sneakers, where can the three brands be different? The technical aspects are almost the same, the money is actually about the same, Nike has the highest unit price, but the lowest life; Ten years later, Adi can re-sign the contract, and Liu Mang will only be 30 at that time, and he is at the peak of his good play, which belongs to the guaranteed investment type; Reebok has a long-term guarantee, which has great benefits for NBA players who may retire and go bankrupt, such as Iverson, after retiring until the age of 40, Reebok has to buy him hundreds of thousands of insurance every year, so that he will not go bankrupt and starve to death after retirement.

Theoretically, the value of the endorsement contract given by the three giants is about the same, otherwise from the unit price alone, you can choose Nike without hesitation.

Why can Liu Mang analyze it so clearly?

Because Schwartz is really a practical person, there is a detailed analysis next to each quote.

"Jeff, Uncle Wes, who do you think you should choose?" Liu Mang consulted.

"I'm more inclined to Reebok, guaranteed." Schwartz's decisive choice is to be safe, which is the basic preparation for his career, and it is also the reason why he will be fired by Jordan Jr. in the future, of course, it also makes him a popular agent in the future.

Liu Mang felt that this choice was too in line with Schwartz's impression of him, pragmatic but not surprised, so he was fired by Jordan Jr., but he has always maintained close cooperation with Lefou, a person who likes to be pragmatic.

Liu Mang looked at William Wesley.

Sure enough, William Wesley said, "Of course I suggest that Ace choose Nike, and I am a shareholder." ”

So direct!

It's refreshing!

According to the impression, Liu Mang remembers that Nike's air cushion shoes are always the best-selling basketball shoes, the key is that Nike has many sub-brands, which is very attractive, and Adi later signed Rose, who was more popular in North America than James and Kobe Bryant at that time, or later Giant guard Brother Alphabet, has been losing ground in the basketball shoe market.

In terms of business thinking, Adi is still more suitable for making football boots, and the NBA, which is an almost closed league, is too unfriendly to Adi, and basketball players need much less equipment than football players.

Reebok ...... Later, because of the strong UA squeezed the market, the sneakers could not be sold and were acquired by Adi, specializing in sports equipment.

Overall, unlike Adi and Reebok, who both want to be all-round and strong, Nike is more dedicated to basketball shoes, after all, without Jordan and without basketball, there will be no Nike.

Suddenly, Liu Mang thought of an interesting thing.

"Uncle Weiss, you help me tell Nike, 90 million and 1 yuan for 7 years, and the first endorsement contract of a new athlete in the next two years cannot be higher than my price." Liu Mang couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

"Uh...... I asked, and it should be fine. William Wesley thought about Liu Mang asking for a price increase, but he didn't expect it to be accurate to 1 US knife, which made him a little unsure of what to say.

Nike lost Yao Ming, especially because this matter is quite bad in terms of public opinion in the Chinese market, so although the price quoted to Liu Mang is already very high, it has not yet reached the final bottom line.

The sneaker endorsement was chosen, Liu Mang calculated 7 years later, it was 2009, according to Moore's Law, information communication at that time will begin to enter the explosive stage, Twitter, Facebook, Weibo and other media will enter the peak of development at that time, and the value of the players will also start to grow exponentially from that time, and they can sign bigger contracts at that time.

Compared with Liu Mang's personal situation, whether it is Adi or Reebok, the contract is too long.

After the sneaker endorsement was decided, Liu Mang looked at a soda name that made him feel very curious.

Very Coke?

What a nostalgic name! This is a domestic brand, but I don't know when it suddenly disappeared.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi both gave 6 million US dollars for 3 years, which is the highest offer for NBA players at this stage, and the price is the same as Iverson.

And the very Coke offer...... Only 15 million ...... in 3 years Soft Girl Coins.

Liu Mang doesn't believe that this offer is so simple, otherwise Schwartz would not have been able to make this offer that is so different, only less than half of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

"Ace, I wanted to refuse this, but look at the back, here's ......" Schwartz pointed to the last clause.

Liu Mang turned to the last page of the endorsement offer of Very Coke.

"In the dividend agreement, Party B can receive a dividend of 3% of the sales in urban areas and overseas markets."

Liu Mang looked at this clause and felt incredible!

Three percent?

Silly this company!

"Ace, don't think they're stupid, I investigated, and their sales in urban areas in 2001 were less than $200,000, and sales outside the Chinese market were almost zero." William Wesley reminded.

Liu Mang understood, that is to say, very cola is like ...... Nike in the 80s? It's nothing more than Nike in the cola market.

He remembers that when he was a child, he did often see very Coke in a small country town, but when he went to the city to go to high school and college, and then returned to the countryside, the brand was gone.

The three major brands in the sneaker market have their own merits, and Liu Mang can't support a brand like Jordan, because there is no market to support him, and even Curry, who was so irritable later, didn't support UA.

As for the cola market, Liu Mang thought for a while: "Jeff, Uncle Weis, do you think I want to make a bet?" ”

"What's Ace, do you want to try to bring a brand alone?" William Wesley laughed and said he had suggested that the offer be kept, otherwise Schwartz would have rejected it long ago.

"Interesting, isn't it? It seems that I just asked for an extra 10 million from Nike, and it doesn't matter if I lose, I can re-elect after three years. Liu Mang felt that sometimes he could try to gamble, anyway, he usually spent so much money.

"Haha, Jeff, if you lose, I'll say, Ace will definitely gamble, and you will be responsible for paying for the celebration banquet after signing the contract!" William Wesley laughed.

"Okay! I pay! Schwartz also smiled bitterly, this has a steady amount of money not to take, you have to gamble on the almost impossible odds, the market for very Coke is basically a village or a small town, and it is still being squeezed by Coca-Cola and Pepsi that have announced that they will never raise prices, how can it be so easy to bring.

"Celebration feast?" Liu Mang asked curiously, what are we celebrating?

"Ace, you don't think I'm alone in my company, do you? I'm not like Jeff, my promotion company has dozens of people waiting for dinner. William Wesley laughed.

Liu Mang was stunned, yes, it seems that he thinks things too simply, as the driving force behind the lifetime contract that can push James for 1 billion US dollars, how can he be alone.

Wait, Liu Mang asked disdainfully: "Uncle Weiss, I chose Nike, how much do you have to sign it?" ”

Schwartz's signing fee is 500,000 US dollars, which is clearly written, but Liu Mang doesn't believe that William Wesley has no money to take it!

How could William Wesley expose his income, he joked: "This is a man's secret, when Ace grows up, I will take you to play things that make men happy." ”

"Die!"

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The endorsement aspect is done, and the Eagles' preseason game is about to begin.

On October 7th, before the league announced its preseason schedule, several big announcements were made! And it's a big thing that is personally relevant to the Eagles!

The first is that the Hornets' new arena has finally been chosen!

Previously, the Hornets were going to move, and there were three places to be selected, all of which were waiting for the Hornets to settle down.

One is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, one is New Orleans, Louisiana, and the other is Vancouver, where fans are going crazy after losing the Grizzlies.

Since Vancouver was first vetoed by the Hornets' owner, it was determined that the Hornets would be the next team in the West, and it did not affect the league to schedule the Hornets.

In the end, the Hornets chose to settle in New Orleans, the richest city in Louisiana, where the per capita income is as high as 50,000 US dollars, the highest in the entire state of Louisiana.

After the NBA announced where the Hornets would be located, the redistricting was announced.

This did not affect the schedule, the eastern team is still the eastern team, the western team is still the western team, and there is no change in the western division, but there is an additional Hornets in the southwest division, mainly the three major regions in the east have changed.

In the Atlantic Division, the Nets and Knicks, who were originally close but were separated into two divisions, finally became a team in one division again, and the Atlantic Division became the Celtics, 76ers, Knicks, Nets, and Raptors.

In the Central Division, the Bulls, Cavaliers, Pistons, Pacers, and Bucks are composed.

In the Southeast Division, the Hawks are divided into the Southeast Division, and the Magic, Wizards, and Heat are in the same division.

This division is to avoid staying in the top three as the Celtics did in the early stage last year, and to send the Nets over to see two teams competing for the top three in the same division.

Because there were originally Pistons and Hawks in the Central Division, and the Pacers had a good momentum in the second half of last year, the Pistons and Pacers were regarded as the two teams competing for the top spot in the division, and the Hawks were transferred from the Central Division to the Southeast Division, and the Hawks and Magic also competed for the top spot in the Division.

The alliance has always wanted to balance the strength of the six major regions, but it has no choice but to be strong in the west and weak in the east, so it can only be solved from the inside.

When Liu Mang saw the news, he thought to himself that it was no wonder that he had to play magic four times this year.

In addition, there is a third major event, the playoffs have been restructured, and the first round has changed from the best-of-5 system that has been criticized to a best-of-7 system, and the first in the division will not automatically occupy the top three, of course, the first in the division is still the top four in the division, which has not changed, in order to avoid that there is no playoff team in the division.

The new first-round makes the possibility of Black Eight further smaller, and Liu Mang sees that this new first-round format is really coming out, that is, Maddie's consideration of the sad year of the second round is coming?

Wait, this year's number one in the east may be the master!

I'm sorry, Liu Mang said sorry to Big Brother Maddie in his heart in advance......