Chapter 80: What Shoes to Wear
"What's that look on your face?" In the locker room, Kobe Bryant asked Li Hao.
"It's nothing," Li Hao shook his head.
"You can't do it because of yesterday's report, right?" Li Hao didn't say it, but Kobe Bryant had already guessed it.
"Lee, you have to remember that in this league, don't believe those people's nonsense, and don't care what they say," Kobe Bryant said with a straight face.
"Really?" Li Hao didn't believe Kobe's words, because Li Hao knew that Kobe had done it against them.
"What do you mean by that?" Seeing Li Hao's skeptical expression, Kobe Bryant suddenly felt a little unbearable on his face,
"I don't mean anything else, I just think you don't seem to be the same as before," Li Hao said.
"Of course, I'm mature, not the stunned young man I used to be," Kobe nodded.
"I'm glad you can mature," Li Hao patted Kobe Bryant on the shoulder and said
After speaking, Li Hao was ready to slip away, since Kobe didn't care, what else did he care about.
"Hmm~~~ No, what do you mean that I can mature, you are very pleased? Also, what was I like before? However, it didn't take two steps for Bryant to react.
"No, you heard it wrong," Li Hao immediately denied.
"You're deaf to me?" Kobe Bryant looked at Li Hao with an expression of a fool.
"It may be that you are having auditory hallucinations when you are old," Li Hao did not mean to stop at all.
"Old? Man, thirty-one flowers, didn't you tell me? The two of them left the locker room noisily.
Watching the two of them leave, the rest of the locker room showed a complicated expression.
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"Lee, Nike and Adidas are the most powerful, and they are currently the most lucrative" There is no doubt that among the sports brands in the world, Nike and Adidas do have a lot of experience, and their experience in sneakers is not comparable to other brands.
"I won't sign with them," Li Hao said.
"Can you tell me why?" Although Holtz respects Li Hao's opinion, judging from the current situation, Nike and Adidas are the best choices.
"I don't think it's possible for them to agree to my request" What will happen in the future Li Hao naturally can't talk about it now, but the excuse Li Hao has already thought about it.
"What requirements?" Holtz is really curious, with the performance of the previous few games, Li Hao has become the target of all sneaker manufacturers, and he must still win.
"I'm going to set up a company to run my sneakers. Like AJ," Li Hao said about his ambitions.
"This~~~~" Holtz didn't know what to say at this moment, because Li Hao's ambition was too big, and only one person in the entire NBA had done it, and that was Michael Jordan, the god of basketball.
LeBron James is popular enough, right? Kobe Bryant was the first person in the league before, but none of them were treated like this.
If you want to be like Michael Jordan, you need not only football skills and popularity, but also the right time and place, when Nike signed Jordan, it was still a small broken factory, it is not an exaggeration to say that Nike can have Jordan today is the biggest hero, which forced Nike to set up a subsidiary for AJ.
What now? Nike is already one of the biggest sports brands in the world, and even one of these can be removed.
"Lee, do you know what you're talking about?" After a long time, Holtz calmed down a little.
"I know, that's why I rejected Nike and Adidas, because they couldn't offer such conditions," Li Hao said.
"But other sneaker manufacturers don't necessarily offer that condition," Holtz said.
"So don't worry, let's wait first, it's really not for us to think about anything else," Li Hao said comfortingly.
"I really don't know what to say," Holtz still thought Li Hao's idea was too crazy.
You know, Nike has currently quoted a 5-year contract of 3500 US dollars for Li Hao, Adidas is higher, with the retirement of the older generation, Adidas is even more declining in basketball, and there is only one Ross who can support the scene, although Lillard was signed this year, and it is a contract of more than 100 million, but Lillard has only played for 2 years.
The 8-year, $60 million contract can't be compared to Lillard, but Lillard played two seasons and was selected as an All-Star last year.
This is also the most lucrative contract at the moment, and it is estimated that it will not be much higher, and the Chinese market is indeed attractive, but there are too many uncertainties for Asians, and there are too few targets to refer to.
From Holtz's point of view, this is already a huge amount of money, as long as Li Hao signs a contract with any company, then he can get a huge commission.
"Although I have no plans to sign with them at the moment, you should not directly refuse them," Li Hao said.
"Don't worry, I don't need to be reminded of this, although I am a new agent, I am very familiar with the agent's routines" Holtz glanced at Li Hao.
"Hahaha, by the way, how many players have you signed now" As far as Li Hao knows, Holtz has been staring at the NCAA, speaking of which the new NCAA season has begun.
Not to mention, although it has only been a few months from college to the draft, Li Hao feels that a long time has passed, by the way, although Li Hao does not play in the Bruins, he has not dropped out.
You can't play in the NCAA after participating in the draft, but it doesn't mean that you will drop out of school directly, as long as you want to, then you can learn it, and how to choose depends on your own wishes.
Although most players will choose to drop out, there are many who continue to go to school, let's say Curry, who went to college for more than ten years and didn't graduate until 2022.
"That's easy, but I'm in a position to talk to a couple of college players and hopefully they'll pick me when they come to the selections," Holtz can't compete with the big names and big agencies.
"Don't worry, if they are so visionless, I will help you teach them a lesson when they enter the NBA," Li Hao said with a smile.
"Haha, okay" After the meal, the two parted ways, Holtz still has a lot of things to deal with, not to mention going to the university to look for it, Li Hao alone has a lot of things that she needs to follow up.
The reason why I came to Li Hao today is because the sneaker contract is getting bigger and bigger, and Holtz needs to discuss it with Li Hao in person.
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"Li, do you want to wear AJ" Li Hao, who was separated from Holtz, was about to call Aomei, but Jordan suddenly called.
"I don't want to" Although Master Qiao has face fruit, no matter how big the face is, Li Hao can't give it, of course, Li Hao didn't say this sentence directly.
"Michael, I can't answer this matter, I need to discuss it with my team carefully before I can decide" is the usual answer.
"Okay," Jordan's voice came again after a moment of silence.
"By the way, if I didn't choose AJ in the end, wouldn't you be angry?" Li Hao couldn't help but ask.
"Of course not, I'm Michael Jordan with a heart bigger than the sea" This answer is very shameless, but very Jordan.