440. Nike wants to renew its contract
"Linda has been coming very hard lately!" After Liu Ren sent away Linda, who was a guest again, he said curiously to the chick. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"That's right, half a month ago, you had the momentum to compete for the All-Star ticket king, Nike wanted us to sign a new contract in advance, but I didn't agree, in case Ah Ren you get the MVP this year, we will have more bargaining chips, you see Durant won the MVP last year, and Under Armour gave such a big contract this year."
"Under Armour?" Liu Ren remembered, "It's the sneaker brand that wore Curry's glass ankles?" Sounds like a good look. ”
"That's right, it's them, and they claim to be the best guard brand in basketball shoes," Chick confirmed, "and they contacted us, but since we still have a year and a half of our contract with Nike, they just contacted us and didn't make a real offer." ”
"So let's do it first, what if I win the MVP? Maybe you won the championship? ”
Fans were a little surprised that Liu Ren became the All-Star ticket king, but some people guessed it.
Those jokes at the beginning not only did not make Liu Ren really lose fans, but added quite a lot of fans to Liu Ren afterwards.
Of course, those who like him will continue to like him, and those who hate him will continue to hate him, his out-of-the-box character is destined to hate him as many people love him, and now he has more fans, and his fans have formed an association, but the "anti-Liu" alliance is also becoming stronger and stronger, which is something that cannot be controlled.
Nike is very happy, the bonus of 3 million was immediately called after the chick called, for Nike, the increase of 3 million endorsement fee is far less than the income brought by an all-star ticket king, so that the launch of Liu Ren's second-generation combat boots during the All-Star weekend will be more confident, and the sales may become better because of the title of all-star ticket king!
Now Nike is also under more pressure, and only Adi used to compete with them, and they have always occupied the largest share in basketball shoes.
But now not only Adi has begun to make efforts to sign some popular new stars, but also Under Armour, who is said to be ready to poach Durant, and has signed the current super popular point guard Curry, and the basketball shoes are gradually showing a three-legged situation.
Thanks to Nike, Kobe and James, two super gods, otherwise their lives would be really difficult.
But even James is 30 years old, and even if Durant stays at that time, he is not the kind of player who can sell sneakers in particular, and now Liu Ren is their focus on training.
However, Liu Ren only signed a three-year contract, and half of the contract has passed, and Nike has begun to feel anxious, because the chick has always been an attitude of not wanting to talk about the renewal of the contract for the time being, which makes Nike feel the feeling that Durant gave them after last season.
Durant is already very dissatisfied with the endorsement contract given to them by Nike, his contract is 7 years and 70 million signed after the 08 rookie season, which includes most of the bonuses, in fact, if Durant doesn't play well, he can't get all the money, until he won the MVP last season, he really got 10 million a year of endorsement fees.
In general, Durant's current endorsement contract is not much better than Liu Ren's, and even Liu Ren is even higher than Durant after getting the full bonus!
Under Armour is said to have sent Durant a huge endorsement offer of more than 200 million for 10 years, just waiting for Durant's contract with Nike to expire this summer.
Now renewing Durant's contract and signing a new contract with Liu Ren have become Nike's top priorities.
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The three-day break passed quickly, and the No. 31 Lakers gathered for practice, and the No. 1 home court welcomed the Bulls.
It's an interesting game because the Lakers have made it clear that they're on track to beat the Bulls' record for regular-season wins this year.
It stands to reason that the Bulls should be the team that wants to snipe the Lakers the most, but they have more than enough to do!
The motivation of the young players is also gone, the Lakers group of young people this year is looking for a record-breaking, no matter how weak the opponent is, they will not relax, especially the Bulls, who are not strong or weak in the middle of the opponent, the Lakers players are afraid of accidentally overturning in the gutter, and they are all very focused.
Originally, people wanted to see if the Bulls would break out a wave of hard steel for the team's record, and then Liu Ren scored 22 points in the first quarter and 35 points in the half to lead the Lakers to a halftime score of 63-33, and people realized that they were thinking too much.
If the Bulls originally got Gasol, they could still hold out on the road to a strong team for two years, and the combination of Jimmy Butler and Gasol still ranked in the top four in the East.
But now that the Bulls don't get Gasol, Noah is still inexplicably paddling, Rose can never return to the top, and Butler alone is hovering in seven or eight places in the East.
At 109-91, the Lakers easily defeated the visiting Bulls, and the Lakers got off to a good start in the first game of February.
After defeating the Bulls at No. 1, the Lakers hosted back-to-back challenges from the Nuggets and Bucks at home.
The Nuggets are not too weak to say weak, their overall talent is very strong, all five starters are quasi-first-line players, and if there is a good coach, they will soar to a record of 57 wins like they did in the 12-13 season.
If the coach is not good, the Nuggets will be like this, with a winning rate of three or four percent, not up or down, ranking eleven or twelve in the West, wanting to be worse, the talent is too good and there is no way to be worse, wanting to climb up, but can't climb up.
can't enter the playoffs, and can't compete for the top pick, so it can only be described as a bright future.
The only bright spot for the Nuggets this year is Lawson, who has ranked second in the league in assists per game, overtaking Rondo, who has been unaccustomed to the Mavericks, second only to Wall.
Liu Ren has always wondered about Lawson's inexplicably good passing in the past two years, how can he suddenly go from a player who is not a first-class playmaker to a contender for the assist king?
For this kind of hellish thing, Liu Ren thinks it's better to let the Rockets think about it, and there are trade rumors that the Rockets are very interested in trading Lawson to strengthen the point guard.
129-115, the Lakers and Nuggets had a track and field competition, and recently the Nuggets' acting head coach began to let the players play the run-and-gun style that they played when George Carr was there.
But George Karl's running and bombing is not only a running bomb, but also a defensive counterattack driven by high-speed defensive rotation, if it is really so studious, everyone is a famous coach, and others use George Karl's running and bombing, it is better to imitate D'Antoni.
The Nuggets, who can only run, were defeated by the authentic running bombardment of the Lakers in the track and field competition, and D'Antoni told the Nuggets with practical actions what the real running bomb looks like.
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"Giannis, what are you doing?" Liu Ren looked curiously at Antetokounmpo, who was thinking about it.
Antetokounmpo was taken aback: "Huh? boss? What the? Oh it's okay, I'm a little excited to play Bucks today! ”
"What's there to be excited about playing a buck? They don't even seem to be able to beat the 76ers lately, right? Oh, by the way, you were selected by the Bucks and traded, no wonder," Liu Ren said and the bad water came out again, "Giannis, should we play and add a little attention to the Bucks?" ”