Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 230 As a result, I may be too serious... [First update, please subscribe! 】

After training, Lu Yu returned to the locker room, only to see the text message on his mobile phone, and his face became solemn.

Next, is the beginning of the real game.

Lu Yu called Snoopy and asked him to arrange for Zhang Mingji to talk about the buyout of Yao Ming and the Sharks. It would definitely be impossible to make the opposing Lion open his mouth.

There is still more to talk about this matter. It is estimated that it will be almost May after the discussion. At that time, Lu Yu is almost halfway through the playoffs, and the rest has to be discussed with the Basketball Association.

Guarantee is impossible to guarantee, because the current situation is different from Lu Yu's previous life.

Wang Zhizhi has already obtained a contract with the Mavericks in advance, and he does not need to run for the next contract. Therefore, Wang Zhizhi will definitely participate in the World Championships of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team this summer.

This makes the Basketball Association less worried about players who go to the NBA and not come back to play as it was in Lu Yu's previous life.

Lu Yu also agreed to participate in this year's World Championships.

This makes the leadership of the Basketball Association very happy.

In fact, even in his previous life, Wang Zhizhi's request for leave to find the next contract in the NBA was verbally acquiesced by the leaders of the Basketball Association, but Wang Zhizhi's operation was that he asked for instructions by leapfrogging. The answer was: "I can promise you, but I can't say that in front of the media."

Because once said so, it will cause players to refuse to play for the country after they go out.

Wang Zhizhi and Xin Lancheng asked for leave, but they didn't notify the Bayi team. Bayi was still waiting for him to come back without the contract, so they broke up directly. Later, a reporter interviewed Wang Fei and asked Wang Fei about Wang Zhizhi's request for leave. matter.

Wang Fei knew very well who was behind this reporter.

At this time, Xin Lancheng could not pretend to be dead, and could only make the verbal agreement void.

And Wang Zhizhi became a scapegoat.

But because of the appearance of Lu Yu, these things in the previous life did not happen. Since Wang Zhizhi was integrated into the Mavericks ahead of schedule last summer, he got a contract extension, so there is no such thing as a leave of absence.

Without this series of things, the Basketball Association's concerns about players going out would have been minimized.

At that time, if the Basketball Association releases Yao Ming, there is a high probability that there will be no need to make that series of guarantees.

Of course, there is another premise.

Yao Ming is an artist under the management of Lu Yu's agency. The Basketball Association has no good solution for Lu Yu. If Lu Yu is annoyed and Lu Yu turns his face, the Chinese men's basketball team will lose three generals... Maybe more than that, Gonzaga Another Yi Jianlian has also confirmed that he will participate in this year's World Championships.

This is equivalent to half of the main players of the national team.

The Basketball Association can't afford to lose, and Lu Yu's reputation in the country also makes him unsure of being able to suppress Lu Yu. For the officials of the Basketball Association who have been in the officialdom for many years and judge the situation, if they make a choice, they can already expected.

Lu Yu also arranged for Snoopy to arrange for Yao Ming to sign an endorsement deal.

However, Yao Ming's contract with the hook will only expire in one year, so sports brands can only put it aside for a while.

Of course, if the price is right, a breach of contract is not impossible. After all, the contract between Yao Ming and the hook is only $4 for 20 years. As for why the price is so low... In fact, it was not low for Yao Ming at that time.

In 1996, Yao Ming, who was only 16 years old, joined the Sharks and officially started his career. At that time, the sponsor of the Shanghai team was the hook, and Yao Ming and the hook met like this.

At that time, the relevant person in charge of the hook was Sha Yifeng. When he saw Yao Ming, he judged that this player would be one of the best players in China in the future. At that time, the shoes Yao Ming was wearing were Adidas. Decided to sign the player.

Although the hook is the sponsor of the Shanghai team, they only provide sneakers for the main players, and Yao Ming has not yet played, but in order to show his sincerity, they gave Yao Ming a pair of NBA superstar center Mourning shoes, This is obviously a huge support, it doesn't care how much the sneakers cost, but the meaning, so Yao Ming and the hooks began to try to cooperate.

In 1997, Yao Ming was invited to participate in the basketball summer camp held by the hook.In 1998, he was invited by the hook to participate in the American High School League organized by the hook, and a series of cooperation was very happy with each other.

Yao Ming's outstanding performance and rapid growth made the hook see the huge value of Yao Ming. After the two parties passed the honeymoon period in 1999, the hook officially provided Yao Ming with a cooperation contract, 4 years and 20 US dollars, from the value at that time and Yao Ming. In terms of popularity, it is not bad. After all, it is nearly 40 yuan a year. In 1999, when 100 yuan was still very valuable, this was a considerable amount of income.

Lu Yu was not in a hurry, he set a long line to catch big fish.

He also did not have the idea of ​​making Yao Ming sign a domestic brand. First, his influence is greater than that of Yao Ming now. Second, the center's shoes are not so easy to sell.

In the 90s, major brands began to impact the NBA's sneaker market. Stars such as Jordan, Hardaway, and O'Neal were all earned by major brands, but the first center at that time, Olajuwon, turned to Spalding. To be a basketball brand can be said to have made a bad start for the center to sell shoes.

In the last few years of his career, the sales of sneakers were very bleak, which shows the appeal of Olajuwon at that time.

O'Neal, who took over Olajuwon's position, made a lot of gimmicks under the Reebok banner. Reebok Shaqnosis, this sneaker called "annual ring" by Chinese shoe lovers, has also gained a group of fans at the turn of the century.

But these were still small troubles in the trend caused by Nike's Alpha Project and Jordan's second comeback at the time.

The Sharks also didn't get the success he wanted.

As for Lu Yu's previous life, Yao Ming's development under Reebok was not ideal.

The high price and the lack of a particularly popular sneaker culture make it impossible for the Chinese to support the sneakers endorsed by Yao Ming.

Now signing Yao Ming, in addition to increasing the company's market value, it does not help the growth of domestic brands in terms of sales.

And Yao Ming still owes a lot of money because of the buyout fee. Yao Ming must want to make more money.

At this time, as a brokerage company, we must first consider the players' thoughts. The brokerage company serves the players, and the players are the main body.

The endorsement of the sneakers can be put first.

The most important thing right now is to clean up the relationship between Yao Ming and the Sharks.

The Sharks are nothing more than a money thing, easy to deal with.

In fact, if it wasn't for last year's Sharks asking for a lot, they wouldn't have given Lu Yu a chance to win Yao Ming.

Last year, when the Wizards vice president Higgins made a special trip to Shanghai to watch Yao Ming's game.

After the inspection, Higgins told the escorts around him that if Yao Ming signed up for the draft, the Wizards with the No. [-] pick would definitely choose him.

However, Yao Ming did not run for the election that year. The direct cause was that the Sharks offered unimaginable conditions, including that Dayao had to hand over two-thirds of his income, a $3000 million buyout fee, and the selection of his The team needs to exchange players of the same level, and also sends coaches to help the Sharks build the team. In addition, there are requirements for the NBA, including building arenas and basketball schools for the Sharks.

NBA is here to draft, not to help the poor?
This is how Lu Yu advanced in the NBA and made a lot of money with the Chinese market, and Lu Yu relied on this part of the financial resources to return to China to sign Yao Ming in the days when he was suspended.

All I can say is that it was a coincidence.

The Shanghai team has done it, and Yao Ming will do the NBA next.

According to the draft process, Yao Ming is going to the United States for a trial training. Lu Yu learned about it. The teams that are interested in him include the Warriors, Knicks and Bulls, spanning the east and west coasts of the United States, and Yao Ming went to the United States because of the task of the national team. Trials were so short that it was impossible to complete a trip across the United States.

Although Yao Ming can not make a guarantee to the Basketball Association, it is impossible not to play in this year's World Championships.

After all, the World Championship is one of the most important events in the world basketball world. In the current world basketball world, in addition to the Olympic Games, it is the World Championship.

The Asian Championships are the qualifying rounds for these two events.

For example, in the Asian Championships that fought last year, the Chinese men's basketball team that won the championship has the opportunity to win the right to participate in this year's World Championships.

And next year, the 2003 Asian Championships, is the qualifying match leading to the Athens Olympics.

The top six of this year's World Championships can also fight for one more seat leading to the Athens Olympic Games for their respective continents.

So it doesn't mean that the Asian Championships are not important. Sometimes the Asian Championships can't be won, and they don't even qualify for the World Championships and the Olympics. So whether or not to play the Asian Championships is basically unnecessary.

As for the defeat of Busan that will happen this year?

Lu Yu smiled. Let's watch it after the World Championships. The World Championships are good, and it doesn't matter if you win or lose in the Asian Games. After all, a competition of this level in the Asian Games can be used to train newcomers.

If you don't do well in the World Championships, then go to the Asian Games to vent your anger.

For now, don't worry about these things, we still need to make arrangements for Yao Ming's trial training.

Lu Yu got in touch with NBA President David Stern and explained Yao Ming's current situation. Stern immediately made a promise that Yao Ming only needed to determine when he could come, and NBA officials were responsible for the rest.

After getting the promise, Lu Yu felt relieved.

Lu Yu called Yao Ming to explain the situation, and asked casually, "Which pick do you think you can be selected in?"

Yao Ming thought for a while, and then asked: "Which pick was Tyson Chandler of your team selected?"

Lu Yu replied, "Fourth."

Yao Ming smiled and said: "He can be fourth, so I will definitely not be too low, because I have played against him before, and others said that he is a player who can enter the NBA, so I wanted to be serious in that game."

"As a result, I may have been too serious..."

Lu Yu smiled. He knew that in that game, Yao Ming blew up Chandler.

On April 4, the NBA regular season ended, and the list of 18 teams that entered the playoffs was released. They are-

West: Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle SuperSonics and Utah Jazz.

East: New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers
Arenas' Warriors are in the bottom of the West, while Battier and Gasol's Grizzlies are in the bottom of the West. They have gone home to fish.

Among the rookies who performed well this year, Lu Yu stood out.

Winning the Rookie of the Year is almost a certainty.

The Chicago Bulls' opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Magic team where Lu Yu's good friend McGrady belongs!
　Ask for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)