On Jan. 24, the Thunder returned to Russia early, and after a four-day break, they will play four consecutive home games, and overall, the Thunder's schedule is very easy before All-Star Weekend.

As soon as Durant returned home, his agent Kleiman also arrived immediately, and saw Durant watching TNT's program while swiping his mobile phone, and immediately said impatiently:

"Kevin, I've been exposed to a lot of brands, don't you want to know how big a sneaker contract you can get?"

Agent Kleiman has a green light in his eyes at this time, and when Durant of this world first entered the league, he had huge ambitions and rejected Nike's six-year, 60 million sneaker contract.

At that time, the agent Kleiman was already anxious, but he still couldn't change Durant's decision, and the reasons given by Durant also showed his confidence in himself:

"LeBron James signed a 7-year, 89 million contract in 03, I'm better than him, there's no reason to get less than him, I not only want to be the core of the Thunder, but also be the top star of Nike!"

When the agent Kleiman heard this, he was stunned, he really had never seen a knife for nothing...

But now Kleiman has changed his mind a little, he thinks that Durant does have the possibility of becoming the top brand, and Nike has given a preliminary intention to contract, although there are a lot of terms, but the contract amount really surprised him.

“Come

on, Kevin, you have to care about your sneaker contract, 300 million US dollars in 10 years, seriously, I almost agreed to it directly! ”

When Durant heard the 300 million US knife, his body stiffened slightly, and he suddenly jumped up directly and shouted:

“What

Fack! 300 million US dollars? Are you sure? Shet! I'm getting rich! Wow, promise Nike, God, it's crazy! ”

The agent, Kleiman, saw that Durant was so excited that he was walking around, and hurriedly motioned for Durant to sit on the sofa, and then explained in detail:

"Kevin, this is just a preliminary intention, if we want to get this big contract, we have to sign a lot of terms, let's not talk about the future, you must play in the first round of the playoffs this season, and it is best to be able to reach the Western Conference finals!"

"If you can win a championship, trust me, our signing process may be incredibly smooth, of course, to be honest, I'm not optimistic about the Thunder, your interior is so poor, so you have to stay healthy this season!"

Agent Kleiman is most afraid of Durant's sudden injury at this time, which may cause this big contract to slip away directly.

"If I sign this contract, does it mean that I will become the number one star of Nike, Fack! I made the right choice back then, I must surpass LeBron James! ”

Durant didn't take his agent Kleiman's nagging to heart, but turned his head and asked him the question he was most concerned about.

"Nike's number one star will always be Michael Jordan, and of course, if we do sign this big contract in the offseason, you've really surpassed LeBron James in a sense."

Kleiman hurried to send Luo Quanf, Durant is currently a walking cash cow and must coax his employer to be happy.

“Yes！ Haha, I knew there would be such a day! ”

Durant laughed arrogantly, and directly came to a huge tactical back, posing like a big guy, calming down, and by the way, re-watching TNT's TV show.

"Notice LeBron James' expression? After losing to the Thunder at home, I went straight back to the locker room, and the interview was as good as ever, but we all know that James is angry, haha, I like the Thunder's trio! ”

Charles Barkley was discussing last night's game between the Thunder and the Cavaliers, and he was gloating at this point.

"If you just got the All-Star vote king, but you lost by a big score at home and were blown up by a rookie, if it were you, you would have behaved exactly like James, and I can only say that the Thunder are really good."

Kenny Smith started saying good things about LeBron James, and that's the way the show is, one singing red face and one white face.

"Perhaps, but Kayce is so good that he will still be the Rookie of the Month award in January, and he won the award."

"You know man, he reminds me of Tim Duncan, Kayce is already a good star player!"

Charles Barkley has turned on Li Ze's blowing mode again, and he has been completely convinced by Li Ze...

"Do you think Kayce can be on the All-Rookie Team like Duncan? At the moment, the competition for the back line is very fierce. ”

Kenny Smith asked deliberately, by the way, so that his good partner could play calmly.

"Of course, I think Kayce has every quality to be in the first team, and he's halfway through the regular season, is there anyone on the back line who plays better than him? The Thunder really picked up the treasure, and he was Tim Duncan on the guard line. ”

Charles Barkley began to blow a lot, and by the way, he loaned the best team for Lee.

"Why Tim Duncan on the back line? Hey man, you just say it's the contemporary Michael Jordan, you can't deliberately ignore him just because you've lost to Michael. ”

Kenny Smith teased his old partner again, and the studio was filled with joy.

Durant, who was in a good mood, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he saw this, and blew Li Ze again? But after thinking about it, he has firmly become the core of the Thunder team, and there is no need to worry about these anymore:

"All-Star, scoring champion, 10-year $300 million sneaker contract, Nike's top star, the position of the boss has been secured, Kayce can help me with peace of mind!"

Durant thought of his beautiful money situation, and his mood became more and more comfortable, and he couldn't help but pick up the mobile phone next to him, log in to the trumpet, and spray directly on Twitter:

"Charles Barkley is talking about a ball of shit, KD is the strongest player after Michael Jordan!"

……

At the same time, in the mansion in Russia, Li Ze was lying on the chair in the study with a salted fish look, looking at Chapman chattering beside him, and couldn't help but say loudly:

"Alright, man, get straight to the point! Aren't we going to talk about sneaker contracts? The songs of the first album have been decided, there is no need to detour around the corner, and we have been friends for many years. ”

"Okay, Kayce, you've seen through it, I'll talk about what I learned first, Nike should give you a sneaker contract for 10 million dollars, and Adidas should be the same, the amount on both sides should be about the same."

"Rick Blake Shaw, the former vice president and general manager of Converse (Converse) is my friend for many years, and they were acquired by Nike in '07 for 305 million US dollars, so Rick is absolutely reliable about Nike's news."

Chapman had the look of someone above me, flaunting his connections.

“OK！ That's good news, but there's more to it than that, do you want to suggest that I sign with Nike? ”

Li Ze's expression was relaxed, and the contract of tens of millions of dollars was basically in line with his value, after all, he was just a rookie and had not been able to achieve any results.

"Well, signing with Nike is a good option, but I have a bold idea, I want to buy Keds, the earnings of Big Machine Records, plus some financial means, we can't even spend much money."

Chapman whispered, but the more he talked, the more he lost his confidence...

"Ahem, Keds, the outdated brand of espadrilles? Don't tell me you're still a nostalgic party, that's Joanna's favorite brand when she was younger, he's a hundred years old, but Keds is outdated, young people don't like this brand too much. ”

Li Ze was also a little confused when he heard Chapman's words, this turn was too big...

"Kayce, it's definitely not a spur of the moment, I have a detailed plan, I'll admit, Rick also played a role, but it was Taylor and your music that really made me up my mind, you guys don't know how much money you can make right now!"

"I'll give you a simple example, YouTube MV video playback, 0.005 US dollars at a time."

"Your Shape

of

You has now gone through 100 million plays, and we don't think that's far from the limit of the song, and our expectation is 5 billion plays! ”

"The music platform Spotify, play once for 0.005 US dollars, and Apple Music for 0.008 US dollars once, we expect the two platforms to reach a total of 3 billion times!"

"The sales of digital singles are 1 US dollars, but we expect that many countries will sell well, plus the copyright fees of YouTube, the joint copyright fees of major TV and radio stations are about 3 million US dollars per year."

"Kayce, this song, you may end up earning more than 100 million US dollars!"

"What I'm talking about above are our own channels, and I don't count some of the collaborations with Universal Music!"

"Think about Taylor's current popularity, you two are simply walking money printing machines, so, after buying Keds, and then you endorse and launch a new product line, we can bring this century-old brand back to life!"

"This will be the most cost-effective investment for Big Machine Records, and it will definitely surpass some of the Internet projects that have been invested in before."

"A few days ago, we invested $3.5 million in Instagram, and those Internet companies simply treated us as wronged, but the acquisition of Keds will definitely not disappoint you."

The more Chapman spoke, the more excited he became, and Li Ze was stunned when he heard it, especially when he heard that a song could earn 100 million US dollars, Li Ze was also a little confused...

“OK！ OK！ Man, don't get excited, I'll summarize briefly, do you think Taylor and I will make a lot of money in the future, so you want to buy Keds, a century-old brand, and then we can operate again? So the question is, how much does the acquisition cost? ”

Li Ze cleared his mind and asked the key question.

"Well, maybe more than 200 million US dollars, although Keds is in a recession, they don't have much debt, this is also the news that Rick gave me, so, I want to use some financial means, I need Ms. Dutton's help!"

Chapman said with a straight face that he has shares in Big Machine Records, and naturally hopes that the company can make a lot of money.

"Alright! I generally agree with your plan, and I'll say hi to Joanna too, Big Machine Records is all of us, and hopefully we can all make money on this acquisition! ”

"Also, if the acquisition is successful, we need to make the product line a little younger, and I don't want to wear those old-fashioned canvas shoes!"

"After that, I have to restart the basketball shoe production line, although I don't care about the signature sneakers, but the more products, the more cuts... Make some money! ”

Li Ze thought about it and felt that this matter was reliable, after all, there were still a bunch of popular songs in the music menu in the dream training space, since singing was so profitable, then he could "create" more in the future...

"Wow! You agreed! Awesome, I'm sure Ms. Dutton will support us too, and by the way, Kayce, you're going to be with Taylor for an MTV video award this offseason. ”

"We tweaked Taylor's You

belong

with

The release time of the single "me" is just right to rub your hot spot, and Universal has also helped us operate it, and winning the award is already a 100% thing. ”

Chapman shouted excitedly, and by the way, he told Li Ze about the offseason activity schedule.

"Shet! The album in 08, and now it's still single, it's really a crazy fan economy, don't tell me that this MV is the one I participated in as a friend back then? ”

Li Ze really felt the power of the fan economy at this time, with a steady stream of leeks, cutting one stubble and another stubble...

"That's right! The two of you acted perfectly, we can also take the opportunity to hype up the CP, and then you can sing a song together, and then hype up the breakup, and then we can get back together..."

“……”

In the training session on the afternoon of January 27, Li Ze and Durant both performed peacefully, and the two who made a lot of money no longer competed with each other during training, which made other teammates feel a little uncomfortable.

"Did you think Kevin and Kayce were acting weird?"

Jeff Green's shoulder injury has healed, and while he may be limited by the coaching staff for tonight's game against the Bulls, it's good news for the Thunder.

"It's the same as usual! Green, you always think too much, Coach Brooks is strange today, the training requirements are so strict! ”

Turtle didn't notice the performance of Li Ze and Durant, because the tactics were wrong several times, and Coach Brooks has been criticizing him all the time...

"Kevin, be sure to pay attention to your shot choices after receiving the ball, you can learn Kayce and use your footwork more, which will improve your shooting percentage!"

"Ibaka, when you attack, you have to move, don't stay where you are and wait for the ball, you have to observe the situation on the field, and once the defense is flanked by Kayce, you have to go down immediately."

"Kayce, in the next game, you have to add some mid-range shots, and we need you to use mid-range to solve problems when the team can't open the situation."

Coach Brooks has been reviewing the game with the Grizzlies with the coaching staff for the past two days, why did the team's offense suddenly lose power? If they are confronted again with a tough defense by a twin-tower team, how should the team attack?

After some research and discussion by the coaching staff, everyone agreed that if they encounter a Grizzly-like defense again, the team should simplify their style of play and rely on the individual ability of the stars to solve the problem.

That is to say, reduce the cover and cooperate, directly hand the ball to the player who is most sure on the court, whether it is a single or a block, throwing the ball in is a success, and it can be summed up in one sentence: "Give the ball to the best person on the court..."

In recent training, Li Ze also listened to the advice of trainers Tony and Meg, and made more use of the triple threat after receiving the ball, either throwing or bursting, to make his offense simple and efficient, and reduce some unnecessary dribbling.

Halfway through the regular season, most teams didn't dare to go too far away when defending him because of Li Ze's excellent outside shooting performance, which made his triple threat a huge power.

Li Ze has mainly adjusted his offensive pace recently, such as the cross-step breakthrough after the triple threat, and the trainer Tony asked him to dribble as hard as possible in the first step, and these small details can make his shooting and breakthrough easier.

Also, when the misalignment is small and big, when holding the ball in the high position, you don't have to press your center of gravity very low, and use the In of both hands

and

out, with the change of footsteps, it is completely possible to quickly exert force and easily get rid of the defense of the big man.

These small details are all technical moves that are suitable for Li Ze after the trainers Tony and Meg watched the video, and halfway through the regular season, Li Ze's strengths and weaknesses have all been exposed.

After the trainer Tony saw Li Ze's three-point line outside the three threats, he crossed the ball with his right hand and broke through, dribbled vigorously twice in a row, faced Durant's defense, and scored the ball with a right drift, and couldn't help but smile and said to Meg next to him:

"Don't you think Kayce is progressing too fast? After we made the suggestion, it only took this guy more than half a month to optimize his movements, look at the heads-up between him and KD, and now the two can almost tie. ”

"It's a bit of a surprise, but I would say don't look at Kayce as a normal person, he's a real talent, the only thing he's lacking right now is game experience and increasing his shooting hotspots, but it takes time."

Meg, as a physical therapist and body coordination trainer who runs around with Li Ze, knows Li Ze's body best.

Let's not talk about the technology, just the recovery ability has already made him breathtaking, and the back-to-back games are not affected in the slightest, it's just a beast...

Li Ze didn't know that his trainer was talking about himself, otherwise he would definitely laugh wildly in his heart:

"You can systematically optimize training when you sleep every day, that's how the King of Volumes is refined!"

Throwing into the middle distance of drifting on the right side, Li Ze won today's 1-on-1 training match, which made Durant, who was close to Pingyi, feel very depressed.

"Kayce, how the hell do you practice your left hand, there is almost no difference between strong and weak hands? It's so hard to prevent it, it's just cheating! ”

"Talent! Trust me, Kevin, it's the same as Michael Jordan's stagnation, there are some things you can't get to get by. ”

Li Zi sat on the sidelines, took a brief rest, and teased Durant by the way, this guy is very arrogant today, it seems that something good has happened.

"Shet! Don't think I can't tell you're complimenting yourself! I'll be able to practice my left hand! ”

Everyone on the Thunder team heard Durant's laughter and scolding, and immediately burst into laughter, if there was no Li Ze, everyone would have been abused by Durant 1 to 1, and then there would be no Durant like this.

On the night of the 27th, in the players' tunnel at the Ford Center Arena, the Bulls felt the hot atmosphere of the scene to everyone, and couldn't help but look at each other, is this really the home of the Thunder?

"Rose, when you came to Russia last year, was the atmosphere so crazy?"

Rookie Gibson was a little confused, and before the game started, there was a lot of noise at the scene, and many fans were holding cheering slogans, and the warm-up activities were also wave after wave.

"It's far from it, the Thunder just moved here last year, and their popularity is very average, after all, they won 23 games last season, and the United Center Arena is not bad!"

Don't look at Rose as a second-year rookie, but in the Bulls, he is already an absolute core player, so he naturally looks like a big guy and appeases his younger brother Gibson.

In fact, Rose also had some envy of the atmosphere in his heart, but after thinking about it, the Bulls' results were indeed inferior to the other party, and he couldn't help but be silent in his heart:

"This fight must be won, no one can beat me in a row!"

When the lights of the Ford Center Arena dimmed and the live DJ began to introduce the team's appearance, the atmosphere in the arena suddenly reached a climax, and after not being able to watch the game at home for several days, the fans of the city unleashed their enthusiasm to the fullest.

Home commentator Tewyn also began to introduce the home team's starting line-up at this time:

"We finally have a full lineup for this game, Jeff Green is back from injury, although the playing time is limited, but this is great news for the Thunder, hopefully he can get into the game quickly in this game!"

"Russell Westbrook and Kayce are still in the starting backcourt, Kevin Durant and Jeff Green are in the front, and Nenad Kostic is in the center."

"The Bulls are still in the regular rotation, with Derry Kroos and Kirk Hinrich in the backcourt, Lore Deng and Ty Gibson at front, and Joakim Noah at center."

"The Bulls have been in good form lately, just won against the Spurs in their last game, but I'm sure the Thunder lads are ready!"

The referee motioned for Kostic and Noah to come to the centre circle, and the players on both sides gave a brief greeting.

"The game started, and Noah jumped to the ball for the Bulls, oh! Rose dribbled through the halfway and broke through! ”

After jumping to the ball, the Bulls' offense was very fast, and Rose made a big forward change to the back, shaking off the defensive turtle.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Thunder's defense was not completely in place, he went straight to the basket, faced Kostic's block, dodged in the air, and pulled the right hand to make a layup.

"Hmmm...", two points from the basket.

Kostic was a little unaccustomed to it, without Ibaka's help to fill in, his defensive pressure increased greatly, and the first attack in the opening game was easily scored by Rose, and he hurriedly raised his hand to indicate that this was his problem.

The Thunder quickly sent the baseline ball, and after the turtle dribbled through the half, he quickly gave Durant who came out of the cover, and broke through in an instant after receiving the ball, and the Bulls' defense contracted instantly, and Durant passed the ball directly to Jeff Green in the corner.

The latter received the ball, adjusted slightly, and made a jumper from outside the three-point line.

"Bang...", he was angry.

The long rebound was accepted by Hinrich, and a pass found Rose, and the Bulls quickly launched a conversion attack, but the Thunder retreated quickly, and Rose saw that there was no chance of a fast break, and immediately stabilized the rhythm, and at the same time signaled Gibson to move up to block and dismantle.

After blocking and dismantling, he broke through with his left hand, faced Jeff Green, who came over the defense, suddenly pulled back his crotch, and then accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, stopped and got up quickly, easily got rid of Jeff Green's defense, and sent the ball to the basket with a low-handed layup.

"Shhhhh

Boos erupted in boos at Ford Center, and Rose nearly shook Jeff Green with the ball.

The Thunder team attacked, the double cover in the high position, Li Ze ran horizontally, received the ball at 45 degrees on the left side outside the three-point line, and faced Gibson, who came over the defense, crossed and broke through with the ball in his left hand, and easily got rid of the opponent.

Noticing that the Bulls' defense was all shrinking again, Li Ze quickly distributed the ball to Jeff Green at the top of the arc, who received the ball and did not hesitate to shoot a jumper from beyond the three-point line.

"Bang...", another iron.

The rebound was taken by the Bulls again, and Li Ze quickly returned to defense, and at the same time, a bad feeling emerged in his heart:

"If Jeff Green feels cold in this game, then this game is really not good, after all, teammates have a big empty space, and the pass still has to be passed..."

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