Chapter 39: Beyond Basketball
Zhang Xiaotian did not enter the NBA through the draft, and he was not outstanding in college, so he had not even signed the lowest-level sneaker contract before, and he would be cautious in his first choice.
After all, it is difficult to play again on the night of 44 points, even if he accumulates victory points and buys a three-point rain card, he has no one to pay attention to it before he has a chance to explode.
After entering the alliance, through systematic training, his own strength is also improving, but this progress is very slow relative to skills, and talent and effort are not necessarily proportional, which is really a sad thing.
To make great progress, it may be a few years later, Zhang Xiaotian also officially got his college diploma, and he has a detailed plan for his career, and choosing commercial endorsement is also part of it.
Sneaker contracts must be negotiated, four American brands, one European brand, and three brands across the ocean, Zhang Xiaotian asked Eddie to contact.
If the price is about the same, he must choose a world-class brand, and if the price difference is too large, he will make money first, and he can choose again after a few years.
In other aspects, it is a car brand, a suit brand and a beer brand on the other side of the ocean.
Zhang Xiaotian thinks about it very practically, not to mention money, cars and suits are all things that can be used, and they will not have any bad impact on his reputation, and the same is true for beer.
As for the messy goods, he doesn't think about them.
In addition to these are some small business activities and endorsements in San Antonio, he also let Eddie know.
Zhang Xiaotian did not let these things affect his training, he has seen many negative examples of professional basketball since he was a child, and he understands what is the most important thing for athletes.
On November 17, the Spurs sat at home to meet the challenge of the Nuggets.
This is the tenth game of the Spurs, and Zhang Xiaotian feels that he is in good shape.
The Nuggets are the kind of team that has a lot of people who can play, and there are no absolute superstars, plus the players have good physical fitness, and any team can overturn if they play well.
In addition, Leonard suffered a small injury in training, and Zhang Xiaotian was appointed as a starter by Popovich.
Regarding the injury of his teammates, it has nothing to do with Zhang Xiaonaïve, although he defends fiercely, but it is basically a confrontation of muscles, mainly to consume physical strength, Leonard was not injured when he fought against him, it was a knee problem.
Zhang Xiaotian will face Andre Iguodala, a well-rounded offensive and defensive stalwart, and he is mentally prepared for all kinds of situations.
Unexpectedly, the Spurs' interior line, which had been struggling a little in the first few games, opened the game, and it was no wonder that the Nuggets starters did not have a real interior line, and Kenneth Farid, the main man of the basket, was only 2.03 meters.
DeJuan Blair, who has not played very well this season, seized the opportunity and quickly rested two fouls on Farid with his weight.
With the advantage inside, Danny Green got two open three-pointers in a row on the outside, and the Spurs knocked out the Nuggets in one fell swoop.
Zhang Xiaotian also seized the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, but the performance was only like that, Ginobili hit consecutive shots as soon as he came on the court, and the gap between the two sides went straight to 20 points.
In the second quarter, Duncan also made a big move, and also hit a three-pointer at the whistle, stabilizing the difference between the two sides at 21 points.
In this game, the Spurs' three points were too strong, Ginobili shot five shots alone, there was really no chance for Zhang Xiaotian to exert his power, and in the fourth quarter of the game entered garbage time, Zhang Xiaotian also enjoyed the treatment of a main force, that is, clocking out in advance.
He wanted to cry without tears, and he really wanted to discuss with Popovich to let him play more in the fourth quarter, and Eddie was talking about endorsements for him, and maybe he would make a lot more dollars a year by brushing up on points.
The Spurs won 126-100 throughout the game, and Leonard remained undefeated despite the suspension.
[Help the team win ten victories, complete the mission, and reward a card pack at any time.] 】
[Mission: Sharpen your edge and help the team reach the playoffs.] 】
There were no surprises or disappointments, Zhang Xiaotian was used to the existence of the system.
However, after shouting about the Nuggets, Woolley found another opportunity to criticize him.
Because he only scored 9 points in this game, his performance was poor after the start, and the sunspots said that Zhang Xiaotian's original form was completely exposed, and he couldn't be on the stage.
Zhang Xiaotian didn't have time to worry about these things for the time being, and after training, he returned to the town.
His first endorsement shoot began, ahem, it wasn't actually a formal commercial event, it was to take some promotional photos of Emily's family's farm.
He called and invited Yang Feiyu to play together, and after sending the girl back to school that day, the two naturally became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Faced with his invitation, Yang Feiyu readily agreed, and when it was almost there, Yang Feiyu remembered that she didn't want to go to Zhang Xiaotian's house to see Zhang Xiaotian's family, and she suddenly became shy.
Yang Feiyu had to return to prepare gifts, but fortunately they came in Eddie's second-hand car, and they arrived successfully after just half an hour of tossing.
Yang Feiyu is dressed in casual clothes today, with a taste of a gentle girl next door.
Zhang Dajun saw Zhang Xiaotian coming back with his girlfriend, and he couldn't stop smiling from beginning to end.
However, Zhang Xiaotian didn't expect that after Emily saw Yang Feiyu, the two women were inexplicably hostile.
Emily's face was cloudy the whole time, Yang Feiyu was also full of suspicion, Zhang Xiaotian suddenly woke up, today's occasion is really not suitable to bring Yang Feiyu over to play.
Unlike Emily, Keith felt embarrassed and called a group of old friends from the town.
Originally, Ji Si blew his beard and glared at the endorsement fee, of course Zhang Xiaotian would not accept it, and in the end, he, Eddie, and Yang Feiyu all got a lot of agricultural products presented by Jisi, and everyone was happy.
On campus at night, Zhang Xiaotian and Yang Feiyu walked together for the second time.
"Zhang Xiaotian, I won't force you to ask about the relationship between you and that foreign girl, if you are caught by me stealing food outside, hum ......" Yang Feiyu waved his little fist.
"Does that mean you're going to feed me?" Zhang Xiaotian pretended to be surprised.
The little fist immediately hammered over, "Rascal." ”
Zhang Xiaotian understood it, and immediately turned into a hooligan, took the girl into his arms and made love.
Halfway through, Yang Feiyu broke free with a red face.
Outside the dormitory, she turned around and shouted as she quickened her pace, "If you behave well, I'll consider feeding you." ”
Looking at Yang Feiyu's little devilish smile, she is obviously a female hooligan.
Zhang Xiaotian's heart suddenly became hot, he had to have his own house, at least he had to change the rent to a bigger one first.
He shouted at Yang Feiyu, who was still grimacing: "I'm going to tell you the truth, in fact, you are a foreign girl." ”
Yang Feiyu reacted stunned and laughed with Zhang Xiaotian, the two are talking in Chinese, not afraid of being heard by others, people in love are like this.