Reverse Growth Superstar

In 2004, he finally appeared.

Since Grant Hill joined the Orlando Magic, he has hardly played well. It was also during this time that another all-around forward LeBron James entered the league. Hill's repeated injuries have made him no longer have the highest popularity in the league.

But in 2004, he came back.

"I belong to this city, but I have been away from it for too long. This city has given me too much tolerance, and I will make the last and best effort." This is before the comeback, Grant Hill released in the press. I told reporters and fans at the meeting.

Then people discovered that the 33-year-old Grant Hill seemed to be able to reproduce the glory of No. 33 that year.

He is still able to steadily contribute 20 points per game, his shooting is much more accurate than before, and his free throw percentage has even set a career high. Although he won less than half the number of free throws at his peak, although his breakthroughs are no longer so deadly, his defense is older, his cards are more agile, and his distribution of the ball is getting smarter.

That year, Hill played 67 games for the Magic, which is more than the past three years combined. Fans can't wait to make him into the Eastern Conference All-Star starter. His average of 19.7 points + 4.7 assists + 3.3 rebounds per game is also worthy of this popularity.

It's just that the guy who used to dunk on the opposing center's head at every turn has become a veteran who plays with his head.

At that time everyone said that Grant Hill was alive, but Jordan's heir was dead.

For Hill that season, Link was impressed. After all, that was considered a season in which he would rise again.

At that time, Hill's athletic ability was not as good as at his peak, but he was definitely not a shooter who could only rely on shooting. Hill's versatility is still there, and at the age of 33, his athletic ability has not degraded like the solar period.

After Link was upgraded, he couldn't wait to call Jimmy Butler to play a few rounds with him. Because just practiced alone, Link didn't know where he became stronger.

But after playing with Jimmy Butler, Link found that he became stronger this time not in a single aspect, but in all aspects!

Breakthrough, Link's change direction is faster, and the ability to accelerate is stronger.

Link is more handy in shooting, and his shooting percentage is more terrifying than before.

Dunk, if Link wants to, he can even make some more complicated dunk moves. Such as back buckle, such as big windmill or something.

In terms of lateral movement, since Hill's knees in this period have not yet fully aged, the lateral movement speed is also very fast, which further strengthens Link's defensive ability!

Indeed, this time upgrading Link did not suddenly become very prominent in a certain ability like before. But all-round capabilities have been improved to a certain extent.

Link’s abilities are superimposed, which is equivalent to the convergence of Hill’s strengths in various periods. Coupled with the advancement of his own athletic ability and confrontation ability, Link’s current strength is actually far beyond the hope of 2004. Yeah!

With 10 **** down, Link beat Butler 10 to 2!

Butler was panting on his knees and was beaten to doubt his life. He worked so hard this summer, but he still couldn't see Link's taillights.

Obviously, the last time he played against Link, he was not so strong. And this whole summer, Butler and Link are training together...

"Could it be possible to practice with us behind our backs?" Butler sat on the sidelines, looking at Link helplessly.

What happened to the windmill dunk just now? When will Link still do this?

"No, it's just that the season is about to start. I want to be serious." Link patted Butler on the shoulder. During the offseason every year, what he looks forward to most is his ability to upgrade.

This summer, after practising the ability to shoot three-pointers in the dribble, now all aspects of the ability have been improved to a certain extent, which undoubtedly makes Link very excited.

From the team strength to the personal strength have been significantly improved, next season, how can the Grizzlies go further.

Regional champions, Western Conference champions, maybe... further away?

As he said to Iguodala, it's time for the Federal Express Arena to put up some honor pennants to decorate it.

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As Link's strength continued to improve, at Jeff Austin, Link's commercial value also soared.

The rumors that Link defeated the dream team during the offseason made him famous. Especially after the Dream Team won the Olympic Games, the title "Link is the only man who defeated the Dream Ten Team" is extremely popular.

With the rise of fame, Link's commercial value also made Austin smile.

Now Link is not in China, but has high popularity all over the world.

Therefore, Nike wants to sign a signed shoe contract with Link to allow him to have his own series of basketball shoes at Nike.

But because the first contract between the two parties has not yet ended, Link has to wait another year to come up with signature shoes.

Prior to this, Nike decided to launch some sneakers "Link Special Edition" to test how much Link's popularity can be converted into purchasing power.

Most of the players in the league can get cash payments from sneaker brands every quarter. In addition, about 50 players can also get their customized sneaker models. Some sneakers will be added to the "personal special edition". Logo or logo.

Now Link is also one of these 50 players. Although they do not have their own exclusive sneaker series, they can be regarded as leaving their own personality and mark in this sports brand.

Austin knows that in addition to allowing Link to get more bonus terms, the most important role of this sneaker is to pave the way for the future launch of signature shoes.

And once Link can get the signature shoe contract, it will be a big deal~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Like Nike's Kobe series, James series and Durant series, as well as Adidas's Howard series, Rose series, and even China Peak's Parker series and Battier series, etc., belong to special signature shoes.

The latest quotation of the signed shoe contract is that Ross signed a 13-year 185 million contract with Adidas in 11 years!

It can be said that as long as you can sign a signature shoe contract with a sneaker manufacturer, you are an athlete worth hundreds of millions!

This shows how much Jeff Austin attaches importance to this. Let Link's business value soar all the way, this is Jeff Austin's job.

So this time to get the chance to test the waters of "special edition sneakers", Austin is very concerned.

As soon as he got the invitation from Nike, Austin called Link and asked him any suggestions for sneaker design and color matching.

But how does Link understand this? He is not an artist at all, and he hasn't developed well in art since he was a child.

And Link, who has been obsessed with eating and sleeping playing Jimmy these past two days, didn't pay much attention to sneaker design at all.

So he thought about it, and finally only gave Austin a suggestion.

"All of my special edition sneakers, there must be a line of fine print on the side of the sole-rest in peace, Zike. The rest, let's take care of it."

Link smiled to himself. From now on, he no longer has to use a marker to write this sentence by himself every time he gets a pair of new sneakers.

These simple words will be engraved on the soles of Link's special edition sneakers.

On the way to become Mr. Yuan, you can't forget the people who accompanied you all the way.

Sneakers, strength, popularity and partners... Now everything is ready, just wait for the new season to start!

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