Chapter 327: Promotion Ambassadors
Yao Ming only invested 10 million because he just bought his parent team, the Shanghai Sharks, at a big price last year, becoming the first basketball player in China to have the dual identity of player and owner.
Yao Ming is actually quite optimistic about the project that Wang Mingming said, but in terms of personnel casting, Wang Mingming and many representatives have formed disagreements.
Wang Mingming insisted on looking for lively, younger, and more sunny people, while the multi-party representatives hoped to get some big-name stars involved.
In the end, Wang Mingming, who took the most money, won, this program called "Run, Brother", the first resident guests are Deng Chao, Li Chen, Chen He, Wang Baoqiang, Wang Zulan, Zheng Kai and Angelbaby.
Three tall, three short and one girl, the combination looks a little strange.
After Wang participated in the selection of films tomorrow, he said that he would not participate in the next work and would be given carte blues.
As for Yao Yitian, the director of the program group, asking Wang Tomorrow to participate in the recording of the last show, Wang Tomorrow readily agreed.
At this time, it is November, Sacramento, and Wang has another special guest tomorrow.
This person was dressed in a straight suit, his hair was open, his hair was shiny, and he looked at Wang Mingming with burning eyes, with a sincere smile on his face.
"Spokesperson?"
Wang Mingming didn't expect that another company would ask him to endorse, and this time, it was still a well-known large enterprise.
"Yes, like Huawei, we have always admired Coach Wang's demeanor, Coach Wang has achieved great success in the NBA, because of the influence of the basketball industry, even in China has a high reputation, our advertising department has thought twice, hoping to reach an endorsement agreement with Coach Wang."
In July this year, Fortune, a well-known American magazine, announced the latest ranking of the 2010 Fortune Global 500 companies, and Huawei was shortlisted for the first time. After Lenovo Group, Huawei has become the second Chinese private technology company to break into the world's top 500, and the only unlisted company in the top 500.
Therefore, a national enterprise like this found Wang Mingming, and Wang Mingming was still relatively happy in his heart.
"How do you endorse it?"
Wang Mingqi said.
"The main thing is to shoot advertisements, in fact, it is an endorsement, it can also be called a promotion ambassador, we Huawei is preparing to open a new series of mobile phones, the name of this series is - Glory."
"Glory!" The king was in awe, and when he heard the name.
It's very much in line with his identity!
"Yes, therefore, we will invite Coach Wang Mingming to be our promotion ambassador, and the Glory Series will also become a sign of our close cooperation."
Wang Mingming's positive energy is recognized by Huawei, and basketball has gradually become the largest sport in China in the past two years, and more and more young people like basketball, and Glory is also the main group of young people, representing a young attitude, engaging in innovation and technology.
The two sides hit it off, and Wang Mingming signed a three-year endorsement agreement with Huawei with an endorsement contract of $5 million a year.
At the same time, Wang Tomorrow also agreed with the other party that the next shooting of the advertisement will be scheduled during the All-Star Weekend next year, and by then, Wang will definitely have time to shoot tomorrow.
After the off-field business is done, the eyes are back on the field.
In early November, the Kings' road trip to the East ended, with a current record of 5 wins and 3 losses, ranking 7th in the West, and after a three-game winning streak, 2 wins and 3 losses, the team is in average condition.
The main reason is that the players are tired from consecutive away games, so in the small long holiday with 3 days off in the middle, Wang will have a rest tomorrow, and the players will rest at home and adjust.
But just when Wang thought that all the players would go home to rest obediently, the problem arose.
Lance Stephenson, back from a nightclub, caught drunk driving.
Wang Tomorrow suddenly jumped like thunder, the Kings didn't have anything to do last season, and a thorn like Artest always played obediently, but I didn't expect that a rookie who can't play can make such a topic of news now.
The incident was publicized by the media, and it was also used as proof that the Kings were not working hard.
Wang Mingming, Michael Curry and others dealt with Lance, and in the end, Lance was sentenced to 90 hours of community labor as punishment.
"Lance, you've disappointed me so much."
Wang said fiercely to Lance, and then, in the locker room, it was announced that Lance had been banned for three games.
God, it's three games.
There are a total of 82 games in the NBA, and if you miss a game due to injury, your salary will be paid, but if you can't play because of a ban, your salary will be deducted.
Lance Stephenson's salary this season is $750,000, and he will be banned from earning $27,000 for three games, which is not a small amount for Stephenson.
Stephenson felt a pain in his flesh, and was fined only $4,000, and was deducted tens of thousands of dollars by the team at once.
But he has nothing to say, he blames himself for this matter, and the head coach also handles it impartially.
To Lance's upset, the head coach then sent him down, and with Beverley, the two of them played in the Development League, while Whiteside was notified to join the team's training camp and be ready to make the 12-man squad.
This time, Lance was really panicked, and later made a special trip to Wang Mingming.
It was only under Wang's reassurance that Lance regained his composure and honestly participated in the development league competition.
With such a beating, the atmosphere of the team is much better.
At this time, Cosby is about to make a comeback, and the return of the team's No. 1 anti-aircraft gun on the outside will liberate the team's embarrassing situation of insufficient three-point firepower.
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On Nov. 8, the Kings returned to their home court to face the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies are the representative of the league's young teams, and after Randolph's reform, coupled with the growth of Rudy Gay, Michael Conley, Marc Gasol and others, the Grizzlies have shown great competitiveness.
is OJ Mayo, who is known as the successor of superstars such as James and Kobe, is getting worse and worse the more he plays.
In the first season, he averaged 18.5 points per game, last season, he averaged 17.5 points per game, and in the first few games of this season, he averaged only 11.5 points per game, and there was no improvement at all.
Mayo is now in a shaky starting position, and there have been media claims that Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins is considering putting O.J. Mayo on the bench.
After all, OJ Mayo is best at attacking with the ball, and the starting point has a lot of ball holding, and it is difficult to play Mayo's strengths.
This is a bit like Beasley playing in the Heat, Beasley also needs the ball, but the Heat have Wade, James, and now Chris Bosh and others, where is the turn to get Beasley to hold the ball, so in the summer, as soon as the Heat formed the Big Three, they immediately traded Beasley to the Timberwolves and exchanged two draft picks to make up for the team's shortfall in draft picks next year.
The visit of Memphis is not a focus event, and the attention is not high.
In the Arco Arena, the fan attendance rate reached 6 to 5.
Wang was planning tactics on the bench tomorrow, and several players listened very carefully.
Soon, the time for the game came.
Kings starters: Kidd, DeRozan, Batum, Al Jefferson and Chandler.
Memphis Grizzlies starters: Mike Conley, O.J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol.
Gasol was very happy to see the coach and gave Wang a big hug tomorrow.
Last season, Gasol averaged 14.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1 steal and 1.6 blocks per game for the Memphis Grizzlies, and has become one of the most popular players in Memphis.
Rudy Gay completed the contract extension with the highest salary in the summer and participated in the dream team, but he lost to the Chinese team in Turkey, and he must be very unhappy, but when he sees Wang tomorrow, he has only respect.
"Coach, I'm going to win it back." After the young man hugged the king, he took the oath earnestly.
Wang Ming smiled and nodded.
The game started and Chandler jumped the ball to win.
After about two weeks of running-in, there is an initial tacit understanding between the players of the new Kings lineup, like this first ball, Al Jefferson boldly asks for the ball on the inside.
The outside Kidd arrived at the ball, and a drop ball that seemed to be passed and shot was comfortably given to Jefferson.
It was Randolph who defended Jefferson.
In the early stage of Randolph's career, he was criticized for his poor defense, and when he came to the Grizzlies, he suddenly changed his personality and changed his mind, not only the hardness of the defense has improved, but the enthusiasm of the defense has also been a mess.
He's big, he's amazingly powerful, and he's so steady, and Al Jefferson can't really sit on him.
"Bang bang!"
The two strikes were like hitting a tree, and Randolph didn't move.
Jefferson spun around, dribbled low, then rolled over and made a left-handed jumper on the left!
Jefferson is a left-handed player, although Randolph has a good card, he didn't expect the baseline to be so smooth, so he can only secretly go a little further and put pressure on him to shoot.
Jefferson secretly scolded Randolph for being insidious, concerned about the safety of his feet, and was distracted and shot wide.
Gasol grabbed it with one hand and easily closed the rebound.
With his physical dexterity, Mark turned around with the ball in both hands, and his eyes were already in the distance, but unfortunately, the Grizzlies didn't have a fast-break player, and Mike Conley had already walked over to greet him.
"Come!" Conley's eyes were full of longing.
Marc Gasol: "......."
Conley was the No. 4 pick in '07 and a teammate of Auden the Great in his fourth season.
Conley's overall NBA career has been mediocre, from 9.4 points and 4.2 assists per game in his rookie season to 12 points and 5.3 assists per game last season, there is little difference, and his biggest characteristics are calm, no fouls, and no mistakes.
So Conley can be the starting point guard for the Grizzlies, and Wang likes this kind of player if he is the coach tomorrow.
But Wang Ming thinks Conley is more suitable for the Spurs, and the Spurs need Conley as a calm court commander, with no blind corner projection ability, can attack, defend, no weaknesses, and the team is a perfect puzzle.
Conley asked Gasol for the ball, and then unhurriedly advanced to the frontcourt.
There is no sticky ball in his hand and it is handed to Zach Randolph near the free throw line area.
Randolph turned around with the ball and distributed the ball to Rudy Gay who came out of his pocket, and at this time he saw the difference in the center of gravity of the Grizzlies, Conley could still move on the strong side, and OJ Mayo could only run to the weak side to contain it.
Rudy Gay, who was holding the ball, faced Batum's pursuit, took two long legs and dribbled two steps to the elbow area.
Then make a stop, jump shot!
The action is very dashing, with straight arms raised, and the defenders are basically unable to cover it.
"Huh!"
Hit!
ESPN immediately switched to Rudy Gay's career stats of 17.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, and last season with the Grizzlies, he averaged 19.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.
Rudy Gay is only 24 years old, but he has shown a superbly scoring prowess and a great heart, and the Grizzlies see him as the centerpiece of the revival.
At this time, it is necessary to mention the Rockets fans, the Rockets exchanged Rudy Gay for Battier, although it was not a loss, and Battier instantly assisted Yao Mai on the stage of the Western powerhouse, but what I didn't expect was that the Rockets later changed coaches, Battier's status in Adelman's system continued to decline, and there were even rumors on the rumor board this year that Battier might be traded.
What Rockets fans think is that if Rudy Gay was there, the combination of Rudy Gay and Millsap plus Yao Ming would already be a Big Three lineup.
Wang tomorrow lets Batum defend Rudy Gay.
Batum is young, facing the already famous Rudy Gay, he has a heavy burden, but fortunately, he has also been honed in the Trail Blazers in the past few years, played in the playoffs, and has experienced strong winds and waves, and was forced to shoot, which is nothing.
Kidd stuck with Conley, passed the ball with his back, and Al Jefferson caught the pass.
Al Jefferson moved with the ball, also passed the ball hand-to-hand, and passed to Batum at the top of the arc, who didn't catch the ball and made a fake cover with Jefferson.
DeRozan, who really has a tactical position, ran in, received the ball, and by the way, with the help of Jefferson's cover, threw off the defender of his Mayo.
Mayo also has a headache for the coach, that is, the defensive ability is not good.
Such a cover is blocked all at once, and some excellent defenders, no matter how you cover, can't get rid of him.
DeRozan was misplaced to face Randolph, who faced DeRozan with open arms and unconsciously retreated.
Mid-range, DeRozan pulls up jumper!
Also hit!
2 to 2.
The offense and defense transitioned, Gasol missed the inside hook, the king quickly counterattacked, and Kidd passed Batum in the front court, and Batum flew to dunk and complete the fast break score.
The Grizzlies further reduced their turnout rate and had a slow pace of offense, taking 20 seconds to complete.
It didn't work, but Randolph was able to stir up the inside line, slap Jefferson away, and point into the frame.
There was no counterattack, Kidd couldn't get up quickly, slowly passed the half, waiting for a wave of tactics to finish, and the Kings didn't have any good opportunities, wing DeRozan dribbled twice, jumped up and shot directly, and was blocked by Mayo.
The shot was wide and Rudy Gay grabbed the rebound.
Wang Tomorrow looked up at his watch, the time had entered 10 minutes, and the two sides were tied 2-2, and the offensive rhythm could be said to be quite slow.
The Kings are not a slow team, but I don't know what the King's psychology is tomorrow, and he didn't emphasize the acceleration of this game.
Kidd and Conley unhurriedly took the game into a magical situation.
At the end of the first quarter, the Kings led the Grizzlies by one point at 17-16 and played an international basketball game.