Chapter 44: Champion Sign (The following three chapters are for me to be a brother of the Eight Rings, I hope he will come to the starting point next time to play)
"70 million in 6 years? When did Adidas become so generous? Dollars? Fleicher, are you lying to me? Li Mojie held the iPhone in his hand, trembling and trembling, a pair of big hands that could grab a basketball actually felt that he couldn't hold the phone steadily.
"God, it's true! I took all the photos of the contract and sent them to you, how could I lie to you? Fleischer was also very excited on the phone, since he was fired by Garnett, he can hardly get along in the NBA, every team strictly prevents him from signing with the team's players, so his career has come to a standstill, this time he was lucky to find Li Mojie, although Li Mojie was severely depressed, but finally found a gold mountain.
Adidas has made frequent moves recently, making China the focus of future development and catching up with Nike. Nike's brand is the most "cool", ranking first, Adidas also has a 38% approval rate, plus the acquisition of Reebok's 15%, after the merger, I thought it would be close to or surpass Nike. But the spokesperson of the basketball brand is quite a headache for Mr. Adi. The only stars signed in 13 years are Derrick Rose, Damian Lillard who has just joined the Trail Blazers, Lakers singles king Nick Young, and James Harden, who has just moved from the Thunder as a sixth man to the Rockets.
Among them, Ross has the largest contract and is the top card of Adidas. But injuries have been hitting Rose since he was sidelined with a torn knee in 2012, and it's clear that the Windy City Roses' no-slowdown breakaway play has done irreversible damage to his knee while helping him become the youngest MVP.
So Adidas had to find another way, at this time, with Chinese and American backgrounds, Li Mojie, who was loved by fans in the two countries, was naturally their best choice.
"A big thank you to Adidas, Manager Hainel and everyone who believed in me. I was only 19 years old when I signed and I was just an ordinary basketball-loving teenager from Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, and I feel very honored to be part of such a great company and to be so trusted by Adidas. On his Twitter and Facebook, Li Mojie made no secret of his excitement.
"We are pleased to announce that adidas has signed a six-year contract with Marc Jacco, which will bring great value to our business, our brand and our shareholders. Over the next 6 years, we will build a strong partnership with Marc Jacco. In the rest of Major's career, we will see his infinite potential and hopefully he can create new miracles in the NBA. Adidas wrote in a statement on its official website in China and the United States.
This blockbuster news quickly squeezed the headline position of major media, directly squeezing the news of the Lakers' first round tour to the back. This is the third big rookie shoe contract in NBA history. Li Mojie's name once again appeared in a conspicuous position in major media, and his rookie sneaker contract actually surpassed Durant's, Durant was only 7 years and 70 million US dollars, and only James, who was 7 years and 90 million US dollars at the time, could press him.
Many American fans are secretly surprised by the amount of the contract offered by Adidas, thinking that they must be crazy to give such a contract to a rookie who has not yet entered the NBA.
Fans in China, on the other hand, have mixed reviews. The praise is naturally the appearance of another Chinese genius, but more often than not.
"Hehe, can he get a bigger contract than Durant just as a fake foreign devil?"
"Playing cancer, the poor version of the little emperor can also get such a big contract, Adidas is afraid that he is blind."
"Hehe, Jeremy Lin blew into the sky last year, what about this year? What does it look like, signing such a big contract with the yellow race, I'm afraid that the bottoms will be lost. ”
There are many keyboard warriors who have nothing to do on the Internet, especially spraying their compatriots that are even more ruthless, in their eyes Yao Ming is a star who relies on the Chinese, Zhou Qi eats dry meals every day in the United States and does not train to hit the team boss, other than nothing else, the foreign moon is always round. Now I see that others have received US dollars at the age of 19 that they will never earn, and they are naturally resentful.
No matter what others think of Li Mojie's sky-high sneaker contract, but on May 20, this day, Li Mojie was 19 years old and 2 days old, and the NBA lottery lottery officially began.
The NBA lottery is naturally important for those rebuilding teams, and if they get a high pick, they have the opportunity to select good young players in the draft and thus put the team's rebuilding on track. This year's Magic, Suns, Wizards, Cavaliers, Bobcats...... They were all looking forward to getting the top spot.
According to the regular season records of each team this season, the odds of each team winning the lottery are: Magic (25%), Bobcats (19.9%), Cavaliers (15.6%), Suns (11.9%), Pelicans (8.8%), Kings (6.3%)......
Historically, not many teams with the worst record have ended up getting the top pick in the lotto draw. Since the lottery began in 1994, the teams with the highest odds of winning the lottery have only won three of the 21 draws: the 76ers (Iverson) in 1996, the Cavaliers (LeBron) in 2003 and the Magic (Howard) in 2004. In the last 8 years of lotto draws, none of the teams with the worst records have won the top pick.
Soon, the lottery results began to be announced in reverse order, with the Jazz at No. 14, the Mavericks at No. 13, the Thunder at No. 12, the 76ers at No. 11, the Trail Blazers at No. 10, the Timberwolves at No. 9, the Pistons at No. 8, the Kings at No. 7, the Pelicans at No. 6, the Wizards at No. 5, and the Bobcats at No. 4.
This result shows that the Suns, Magic, and Cavaliers have confirmed that they will not fall out of the top three, but the final announcement still makes the Suns, Magic, and Cavaliers fans very nervous. Because this year is an absolute draft year, except for Li Mojie, who averaged 26.1 points, 6.9 assists, 6.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, with a two-point shooting rate of 50.1% and a three-point shooting rate of 35.0%; Except for the top favorites to win the John Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, the Oscar Robertson Award, the Associated Press All-American College Player of the Year and other awards, the strength of others has undoubtedly dropped a notch.
The most popular rookie was Georgetown University's Otto Porter, who was beaten head-on by Mojay Lee, who averaged 16.2 points (first on the team), 7.5 rebounds (first on the team), 2.7 assists (third on the team), and scored in double figures on 27 occasions.
Indiana University's junior Oladipo, who averaged 13.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.
Bennett, a freshman at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, averaged 16.1 points per game and was the team's leading scorer, ranking seventh in the West Mountain league, averaging 8.1 rebounds per game, ranking fifth in the West Mountain league, and averaging 1.2 blocks per game, ranking fourth in the league. Bennett's three-point shooting percentage of 37.5 percent is the first on the team; 12 double-doubles, ranked third among freshmen in the United States. He was elected as the West Hills League Player of the Year and was selected as the West Hills League All-NBA First Team; He was named to the All-American Freshman Team for Sports News and the All-American Freshman Team for the American Basketball Writers Association.
No matter who comes to see it, whoever draws the champion lottery will choose Li Mojie, and without Li Mojie, he will choose Bennett, who has better data and greater potential in the freshman year!
"The one who drew the lottery is the Oakland Magic, congratulations!" Fack, as the Magic fans sighed in front of the TV, Magic general manager Rob Hannigan slapped the table hard and reluctantly took the sign.
And the management of the Suns and the actual team are clenching their fists.
"The next one to be drawn is the Cavaliers from Cleveland! Let's congratulate them!" Congratulations on your banana peel! Gilbert scolded angrily in his heart, what a failure, what a failure.
"The lucky one this year with an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery is the Suns from Phoenix!" "Great!" "Yay! At this time, the sound of cheers was heard in the thousands of homes in the city of Phoenix.
Off the court, Suns owner Robert Sarver excitedly kissed his wife next to him, and immediately rushed to the stage in front of the general manager, picked up the yellow ball and kissed it constantly.
"Suns? It's not a big city! Li Mojie, who was sitting in front of the TV with his parents and watching, frowned.