NBA Tyrant

Nov. 8, still without a Magic game today, the Magic have two days off after back-to-back games against the Bobcats and will host the Mavericks on Tuesday, tomorrow.

After training with the team in the arena, Howard and the head coach discussed the team's lineup in the office.

Howard proposed that if you want to go further, you must equip the interior with a defensive center, and after he rests, improve the interior defense, and let Cato play power forward when the time comes, so that with the bench lineup led by Francis, the offense and defense will be more balanced.

There are also small forward positions that must be supplemented with 3-and-D type players, Stevenson and Hill can play small forward and point guard, and they can also be competent on the offensive end, but both have a little difference in single defensive ability.

If you encounter James, Anthony, Maddie and other players with excellent scoring ability and physical fitness, and no opposing defensive players, the team will be very passive.

"So Howard, who do you think is the right candidate?" Head

coach Johnny listened to Howard's analysis and agreed in his heart, but he was a rookie coach and didn't think of a suitable candidate in his head.

"It's not that easy to add a center, but small forward, I think Sean Battier of the Grizzlies is a very good fit. Howard said clearly who he wanted.

"Batyr? Defensively good and with three-pointers, he's a very qualified candidate, but what chips do we trade for a good 3-and-D player like this?"

"Head coach Johnny thinks it's hard to come up with chips that will appeal to the Grizzlies with the current Magic roster.

"Head coach, do you think Grizzlies management cares about the value of a 3-and-D player, and if we're willing to play Cassus, what about Bradley!"

"Two good interior players for a 3-and-D player, no matter how you look at it, it's worth it, and at the same time, we have to convince the Grizzlies to tell them the effect of building twin towers, and that big Gasol with a young potential interior lineman is very appealing to them,"

At most, it's a big deal to catch Cato again, but we can only let the Grizzlies choose two interior lines from the three of us, and it's best to keep Cato, as for whether it can be done, it's all up to the general manager's mouth!" Howard

thought that in 04, who cares about the leftovers of 3D players, and all teams are looking for meat shields on the inside to compete with the big sharks, the hegemonic center like Da Yao.

Unlike later after 2014, a large number of 3D players have become the sweets of various teams, especially the top existence of 3D players, Klay Thompson, also known as Tang Buddha and G6 Tang.

But it can make the Warrior boss take the initiative to worship.

"Okay, I'll talk to the general manager, if it's really like you said, the Grizzlies don't pay attention to Battier, then we use two inside lines for exchange, and the Grizzlies may still feel that they have taken advantage, in this case, I think there will be results soon. "

Head coach Johnny put Howard's trade proposal in his notebook.

In the afternoon, Howard had planned to continue to attend the team's training at the arena, but Pelinka called to tell Howard that Adidas' small interview team, led by the president of operations, wanted to meet with Howard.

Talking specifically about the sneaker endorsement contract, I hope Howard can find a time to give them a chance to negotiate.

When Howard heard this, he didn't expect Adidas to be so anxious to sign a contract with him, but since he took the initiative to send money with the team, Howard had no reason to refuse, so he said that he would meet at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Pelinka then said on the phone that he also planned to come over and let Howard meet with the Adidas team with him to talk about sneaker endorsements.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Howard Pelinka came to the small conference room of the hotel chartered by Adidas.

"Hello, Howard, I'm Lawrence Norman, and I'm the person in charge of this Adidas interview.

Lawrence Norman smiled very politely and shook Howard's hand, then shook hands with Pelinka.

This person is good, he didn't put on a show at the beginning and said that he was the president or something, and he politely made people feel very comfortable.

"Hello, Lawrence, can I call you that?" Howard smiled in return.

"Come, let's sit down and talk. Lawrence led Howard to the large conference table in the conference room.

The crowd negotiated for nearly an hour, and at Pelinka's insistence, they said that Nike had also been contacting him, hoping to negotiate a contract with Howard sooner.

If it doesn't work out this time, then Howard will immediately contact Nike, and it will be difficult to say which side of the endorsement contract will be chosen.

Under Pelinka's pressure, the endorsement contract was finally finalized, from the original 5-year contract to 7 years, and the amount also changed, and Howard signed a sneaker endorsement contract with Adidas for 7 years and 91 million.

There are additional incentives in the contract, and of course, there are requirements.

During the contract period, Howard must get the best rookie in the first year and an additional 1 million in rewards, otherwise the contract amount will be reduced to 10 million per year starting in the second year.

Before the last year of the contract period, at least once the MVP of the Most Valuable Player, the reward is 3 million, otherwise in the last year, free endorsement.

All-Star MVP ......

The top scorer ......

Rebounding king ......

And so on and so forth.

When Howard signed his name, both sides happily shook hands and congratulated each other.

"Lawrence, I'm actually curious, why are you so anxious to sign with me?" Howard saw that the sneaker endorsements had been confirmed, so he asked the question in his heart.

"Alas, I'll not tell you, Howard, we can't help it, now Nike is getting stronger and stronger in the North American market, has been squeezing the living space of other brands, if our basketball department no longer has a dominant star endorsement to expand the market influence, then we are likely to be like Reebok and Puma, gradually lose the North American basketball shoe market.

Lawrence saw that the contract had been signed, so he was also very open about the current competition in the star sales market.

"Understood!" Howard nodded, seeing that Lawrence personally stepped out, indicating that he was very sincere in treating himself, Howard spoke again.

"By the way, I have a little idea, you can listen to it, if you don't think it's useful, don't take it to heart

!" "Oh? Howard, you just say it!" Lawrence looked at Howard in surprise.

"That's right, didn't I call myself a tyrant, and then my teammates were members of the tyrannical legion that my king had formed, so we have a slogan, tyrant, town, tyrant, slaughter!" Howard paused.

"It means to suppress the heroes with the power of a tyrant, and to slaughter the enemies with the might of a tyrant! So can we launch a main series and a sub-series, the main is the center version of the sneakers, that is, I wear a big man, and the sub is suitable for small guards," ""Corresponding to the tyrant series, and the tyrant series, the fans are classified into the tyrant legion, of course, the two sneakers are based on my tyrant series sneakers as the main element, but the appearance of the sub-style

has become suitable for small people to wear. In addition to the competition, I wear the tyrant series, and when I train and run, I wear the sub-model, so that it can increase shoe sales.

"Oh my God, Howard, did you come up with it yourself?" Lawrence looked at Howard incredulously.

"Of course, I also know that the center's sneaker sales are actually not good, you gave me such a big endorsement contract, and I want to help you increase sales, so I just thought of this, and if my sneaker sales are not good, I will also feel very shameful, haha!" Howard felt that Lawrence liked his suggestion.

"Great, Howard, I think your advice is very good, I'll go back and look into it with the team and the directors. Thank you!" Lawrence said in the end, thanking Howard very sincerely.

In the evening, Adidas contacted media friends, announced the signing of Howard for sneaker endorsements, and held a press conference.

The specific content of the contract was not told to the media, but the contract amount of 91 million for 7 years was announced, but the pervasive media could not let go of the details of the content of this sky-high contract.

Only a little later, some media pointed out that the contract between Adidas and Howard has a lot of reward mechanisms and restrictions, if you count the reward amount, the endorsement contract signed by Howard will exceed 100 million US dollars, and the maximum can reach 120 million, which is definitely the highest endorsement contract amount among the current NBA stars in the rookie period.

These media outlets also sent out some of the contract rewards and requirements in the form of pictures to confirm the authenticity of their reports.

Of course, this must have been deliberately done by Adidas, taking photos and sending them to these media, the purpose is to stir up the topic, attract heat, and build momentum for Howard's endorsement.

Some media interviewed James by phone overnight and asked him what he thought about it.

James said that it was incredible, Howard only played three NBA games that were considered good, and he was not very famous before that, when Howard met a real strong team, what would Howard do at that time, and then it would be Howard's real strength level.

And not every rookie is like himself, it's hard to say what Howard will be like in the next few years, this contract is completely premium, and if Howard doesn't play, Adidas will most likely lose money.

Nike saw that Howard had been signed by Adidas first, and signed such a sky-high contract, and now it is constantly hyped in front of the media, in order to suppress the heat, it has bought the media to promote Kobe Bryant and James' new boots.

At the same time, let some media hack Adidas and Howard, one says that Adidas management is brainless, and the other belittles Howard's strength and worth.

Especially Howard, not only did the media analyze Howard's first three games, saying that they were all facing the bottom team in the league in order to play good data, and if they met a strong team, they would be beaten back to their original shape, and in fact, they might not even be as good as Da Yao.

There is also a voice in the media that Howard is a fake in age, and the actual age is far more than 18 years old, Howard deceived everyone.

If age is proven to be fake, then Howard's so-called potential talent will be left ......

nothingThe sky-high contract that Adidas just gave Howard will also be treated as a joke ......