The opening three-pointer in basketball

Manhattan, New York, is the most prosperous district in the world, and it is probably also the place with the most financiers in the world.

The home of the New York Knicks is built here.

Although not all of these rich people like basketball, just some of them like basketball, which is enough to feed the Knicks.

As a perennially bad team, the Knicks have been in bad shape ever since they won the championship in the 1970s.

Because of this incident, Kenny Smith often complained in front of the media.

Every time he sees a good young player, he likes that this is a Knicks player.

The Knicks executives are not worried at all, because although the team's performance is poor, the fans are rich, and their ticket and jersey revenue every season is basically the highest in the league.

Neither the Lakers nor the Bulls can compare to the Knicks.

The Knicks' annual net profit is about 200 million.

This is a net profit. You can imagine how much money the Knicks make.

But after all, it’s been too long, it’s been almost half a century.

Not only Kenny Smith often complains, but the fans and media are also very dissatisfied with the inaction attitude of the Knicks' top management.

Under such circumstances.

Last season, the Knicks senior management finally planned to introduce stars to enhance the team's competitiveness.

They introduced Chandler, the hero of the Mavericks' championship.

And one of the top five small forwards in the league, a second-generation offensive kaleidoscope - Anthony.

And the former bully - Stoudemire.

In addition, there are also powerful players like Jr. Smith and Shumpert.

According to Knicks executives, their goal is to establish a dynasty.

Just looking at the lineup, it is actually possible to establish a dynasty.

However, at the beginning of the new season, the Knicks' results can only be said to be barely passable.

They are now the seventh team in the Eastern Conference standings, with 13 wins and 12 losses, which can barely be considered a team with a winning rate of over 50%.

The Knicks' next opponent is surprisingly the current number one in the league - the Timberwolves.

For this game, fans and media in New York attach great importance to it.

In addition, there is another player who also pays special attention to, and this person is the little bully Stoudemire.

As the former second-choice leader of the Suns, he was once the best center in the Western Conference.

A former top five center in the league.

Stoudemire was very dissatisfied with the status quo.

Now more and more fans no longer regard him as a star. Many people feel that he is no longer good and that he is no longer suitable to be the second leader of the team. Now he is at most an ordinary role player.

Such remarks naturally made Stoudemire very dissatisfied.

Stoudemire was once the best inside player in the league. He competed with Dayao and fought with Duncan. His violent chops were particularly dazzling and he was very famous around the world.

He didn't win a championship in the Suns, so he came to New York. Although he didn't necessarily want to win a championship, he also brought great sincerity. He wanted to make a career and make the Knicks a bad team.

become better.

But no one cares about his feelings now.

Everyone feels that the Knicks are Anthony's team now, and in their opinion, only Anthony can lead the Knicks further.

As for Stoudemire, it would be good if he doesn’t drag Stoudemire down.

This view made Stoudemire very angry.

He vowed to perform well and let others see his strength.

…

"Xiao Si, it's me. I have good news to tell you. There is a Chinese sports brand and they want to sign a contract with you."

Stoudemire received a call from his agent.

He was also very happy after hearing what his agent said.

After all, life is not easy, who doesn’t want to make more money?

What's more, it's quite difficult for insiders to get endorsements from sports brands.

After all, there are still only a few tall and heavy people at this time.

Therefore, the brand endorsement value of inside players is far less than that of outside players.

The sales of James, Kobe and Jordan's sneakers are very good, while the sales of O'Neal's sneakers are very poor.

This is the most direct proof.

Stoudemire was very happy when he heard that a Chinese brand was looking for him.

“How much does their endorsement cost?”

"A million dollars."

The agent gave the answer directly.

"One million dollars? Why so little? Isn't that rookie thirty million dollars? Isn't the China Sports brand very generous?"

Stoudemire was really disappointed. He had read the newspaper before, which said that Chinese people were not good at business and had no brains. A rookie like Bai Yi could earn 30 million dollars.

He thought he wouldn't be too far behind, probably worth twenty million dollars, but he didn't expect it was only one million dollars.

The broker still understands the market.

"Man, now Bai is China's national idol, so his price is high, but he is not universal. Let alone you, even if James Kobe goes to China to endorse, the cost will not exceed 10 million US dollars."

Xiao Si understood this, but was very dissatisfied.

"I hate this world."

The agent didn't answer. After a while, he said: "There is another brand from the beautiful country, a casual fashion brand that wants you to endorse. This time it will be higher."

"how much?"

"Two million dollars."

Stoudemire nodded. He had also heard that for some players in the league, endorsement fees of two to three million were more reasonable.

But then he couldn't help but think of Bai Yi, "If it's Bai, how much will the endorsement fee be?"

"Bai's agent has already made it known that he will not be approached if the price is less than 30 million yuan."

Xiaosi took a breath of air, he didn't expect Baiyi's price to be so high.

Thirty million dollars, not only for domestic endorsements, but also in beautiful countries.

Damn it, he has been playing basketball in the NBA for more than ten years, and his total endorsement fees have not exceeded $30 million.

And Bai Yi's current endorsement fee is 30 million US dollars.

What's even more disgusting is that even in the beautiful country, they are so arrogant.

He then thought of a possibility, "Bai's price is so high. There is a price but no market. No one recognizes him, right?"

"It's hard to say, but some people are very optimistic about him. It is said that several of his endorsements are priced at 10 million US dollars. I plan to go there and give it a try."

This...how can this rookie get 10 million dollars in endorsements?

Xiaosi was very puzzled.

"That's it, man, do you want to accept this endorsement?"

"Of course I accepted it. I told them that everything is easy to negotiate with me. Not only am I cooperative, my fans are also very rich and willing to spend money on me."

The agent nodded, "I understand."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaosi put down his cell phone.

He thought of what he had just said and Bai Yi's words of thirty million dollars.

He actually felt ashamed, and then all the negative emotions in his heart turned into anger.

At this time he needs to vent.

"Bai is just a rookie, why should he get 30 million dollars in endorsement fees?"

"This time the Timberwolves play against the Knicks, I must teach him a lesson."