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Looking for the next Jordan, the magician, the big o, and the protagonist of the latest episode on the American side is none other than Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's influence in China is irreplaceable, and without Yao Ming, the NBA's global strategy will have big problems.

Over the past 25 years, the NBA has had tremendous success in globalisation, and if there is a prize for the best contribution to this achievement, it would be Yao Ming, who got this big man from China in the 2002 NBA Draft, and since then, the number of NBA fans in China has increased exponentially, just like Zhang Kong at the beginning.

At the beginning, Zhang Kong only knew how to play basketball, as for the most powerful basketball, he didn't seem to be the NBA, but a slam dunk, this is what Zhang Kong thought when he was a child, until 2002, Yao Ming joined the NBA, Zhang Kong knew that the most powerful player in the world was not a slam dunk master but an NBA star, and the only person Zhang Kong knew before that was Jordan.

With the addition of Yao Ming, Chinese people will know Yao Ming and know the NBA even if they don't usually play basketball, which is the effect of the NBA.

Because the addition of Yao Ming not only increased the number of fans, Lei Liang Chinese companies sent a large amount of sponsorship contracts for the NBA, major TV viewers have also purchased the broadcast rights of NBA games, and Chinese sports brands have also signed a large number of NBA stars without endorsements, it can be said that in the past two years, the NBA has gained huge economic benefits from China, and this summer to China's NBA stars will not be left with one hand, but with the continuous injury problems of Chinese players in the NBA last season, There are also a large number of former NBA stars signed in the Chinese CBA League this season, and Chinese fans' enthusiasm for the NBA is also stalagmite, and some fans have rarely watched NBA games, mainly because Yao Ming has been reimbursed for the whole season this season.

The senior management of the Rocket team gradually lost patience with him, and the focus of domestic media broadcasts was also on Yi Jianlian.

The NBA and China's media decision-makers also have the intention of letting Yi Jianlian replace Yao Ming, since there is no new Yao Ming, it is natural for Yi Jianlian to be able to play, but Yi Jianlian is only a role player in the NBA, and he does not have Yao Ming's on-court dominance and off-court influence at all, in a word, his market influence is limited, especially the impact on the domestic northern market is too poor, maybe in the south, Guangdong, his influence is very good, but in the north...... Ay...... Because of this, the strategic focus of NBA globalization has also shifted from China to other locations, and last season the NBA heavily promoted its promotion in Spanish-speaking places, which have a 15% fan base, and next season David Stern has already indicated that they will play a regular season game in London in March against the Toronto Raptors by the New Jersey Nets.

But at this time, Zhang Kong came out, Zhang Kong's appearance really caught the league off guard, originally he didn't mean to become stronger at all, he was not as good as Yi Jianlian before, at least Yi Jianlian could score, and Zhang Kong's rookie season total score did not exceed fifty points, and he only played more than thirty games in a season, which is why he was not welcome.

In the second season, Zhang Kong seemed to be reborn, and instantly caused a Chinese storm in the NBA.

Perfectly replaced Yao Ming's position in the NBA, and even surpassed it, Zhang Kong's height is closer to the people, Zhang Kong's playing style is more gorgeous, Zhang Kong's combat effectiveness is more strong, and the Pacers have been killing until the finals.

No matter from which point of view, Zhang Kong's existence is much stronger than Yao Ming's, and outside the court, Zhang Kong's guy is always in trouble, and this kind of trouble not only makes Zhang Kong's reputation greater, but also gives him a hint of murderous reputation.

Although David Stern likes to be a good child, he also understands that now that the good children are not good, it is better to trust these bad boys, especially Zhang Kong's off-the-field news is not too bad, the only thing that David Stern looks unhappy about is that Zhang Kong never participates in the drinking party he held, even if he really can't come over, he will sneak away.

In David Stern's opinion, he can't be an American upper-class person, and Zhang Kong doesn't want to be a high-level person.

Before Huang Jianhua contacted Zhang Kong, there were already three teams that made offers to Zhang Kong, and at the same time, three teams expressed interest in Zhang Kong, hoping that Zhang Kong could make a price, and they could use the maximum salary to sign Zhang Kong.

These six are the Lakers, who just won the Pacers, and their offer is a sign-and-trade, $120 million for five years, which is already a lot of money for the Lakers, so they hope that Zhang Kong can suppress the price.

Two other teams that have expressed interest in Zhang Kong are Cuban's Mavericks and Green Taylor's Timberwolves, with offers similar to those of the Lakers, with the Mavericks offering $60 million over three years and the Timberwolves offering $65 million over three years.

It's all the top salary, but it's still half away from Zhang Kong's request, and the remaining three who directly come up with the quotation are much more sincere, and the Knicks, Nets and Trail Blazers have offered matching prices according to Zhang Kong's annual salary.

The Knicks are $38 million a year, signed by Zhang Kong for one year, and hope that Zhang Kong and Xiao Si will form a super Knicks double.

The Russian owner of the Nets offered the same price as the Knicks, $38 million a year, and the same one-year open sign.

However, the Trail Blazers offered a higher price than these two, and it seems that Paul Allen, who has not made a move for a long time, wants to show his deep pockets this time, and a one-year $41 million contract has long been placed in front of Joanna.

However, Zhang Kong still didn't sign, because he was not in a hurry, now he is a strange commodity, if he gets good results in the World Championships, then he is not worried about his next home, except for those bosses who pick the door, few people will refuse Zhang Kong.

No, Zhang Kong waited for Huang Jianhua, the fat cow, because the contract he brought really surprised Zhang Kong.

"3-year contract?" Looking at the contract handed over by Joanna, Zhang Kong, who had just returned from training, was a little surprised.

"Yes, a three-year contract, $120 million over three years, matching your offer, plus a two-year guarantee." Looking at Zhang Kong's puzzled look, Joanna smiled and said to Zhang Kong, usually Joe Josh is busy with things like contracts, but with such a big contract, Joe Josh is really not sure, so it is usually Joanna who helps Zhang Kong talk.

Zhang Kong has a lot of trust in Joanna, after all, everything about this woman is her own, and she doesn't need to harm herself.

If you say that with Zhang Kong, then the biggest help to Zhang Kong is Joanna, although Zhang Kong did not like Joanna at first, it can be said that there is still a little friction between the two, but later Joanna helped Zhang Kong earn more than expected, can only say that found such an assistant, Zhang Kong really made money, looking at the contract in front of him, Zhang Kong thought about it, directly signed his name at the signature, the contract is divided into four copies, two in Chinese, two in English.

Huang Jianhua and Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert's signatures have long been on the contract, and this time Joanna brought the contract over and asked Zhang Kong to sign it so that Zhang Kong could be more stable, although it is good to be a mercenary.

But it's not so easy to be a permanent mercenary, and now Zhang Kong still has the strength to make the other party look sideways.

But when Zhang Kong does not have this strength, it is difficult for a veteran with no loyalty to be accepted by other teams.

This is also the reason why Joanna hopes that Zhang Kong can sign a relatively long-term contract, and the current Cavaliers are the best choice.

At present, the structure of the Cavaliers is definitely one of the strongest in the NBA, although James is gone, but with Jamison, Mo, Valejo, JJ Hickson, such a team structure is still there, only a beam is needed, and this collapsed ruin can be re-established.

Because it is still during the World Championships, although Zhang Kong signed this contract, it was not published.

is also in Huang Jianhua's hands, because Huang Jianhua is also waiting for him to be promoted, 40 million US dollars a year, signed for three consecutive years.

This is not a joke, if the Chinese team can reach the semi-finals of this World Championships, then this contract can be guaranteed without loss.

At the same time that Huang Jianhua and Zhang Kong were thinking carefully, the last opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage also came to the front of the Chinese team, on September 3, 2010, the last game of the group C group stage, China vs. Turkey, which was a very crucial game.

At present, in Group C, the Chinese team ranks first with four wins, and the host Turkey ranks second with the same four wins.

This fifth game will decide who wins the group, and the opponents of the quarter-finals on both sides have already appeared.

It is the fourth team in Group D, France, and if it comes to trouble, Group D is probably one of the most troublesome groups.

Six teams, Lithuania, France, New Zealand, Spain, Canada and Lebanon, Canada lost five games and must be out, Lebanon is definitely out of the game with one win and four losses, and the remaining four teams, in addition to Lithuania won five games and stabilized the first of the four groups, France, New Zealand and Spain are all 3 wins and 2 losses, according to the relationship between wins and losses, Spain is second, New Zealand is third, France is fourth, Group D is fourth against Group C first, who wins this time and France plays! Whoever loses, who fights New Zealand.

The list of qualifiers from Group C is out, and the only thing that needs to be fought for now is the first and second places, with Russia in third, Greece in fourth, Ivory Coast and Puerto Rico eliminated, and China and Turkey vying for this eighth.

(To be continued)