At the end of the draft, Anthony Bennett became the most eye-catching. As a strong third and fourth-position swinger, Cavaliers fans were extremely expecting that the person they chose would become the next LeBron James.

Bennett has received unprecedented attention, and he has never been so sought after in his life.

Exclusive interviews, advertising, and endorsements The moment Bennet was selected, his world seemed to have undergone a drastic change. In an instant, he felt like he was wrapped in the whole world.

After all, the No. 1 pick in the New Year's draft is also the No. 1 pick, and the lean camel is bigger than the Horse. If the media doesn't hype Bennet, who will hype?

But just one day later, Anthony Bennett's popularity was immediately snatched away by another person. At that moment, Bennett realized that he was just a little rookie. Compared with the real big shot, he was nothing.

The night after the draft, while people were still commenting on Bennett's highlights during his college years, a sudden announcement from Nike surprised the whole world.

"Link continues to stay at Nike's team, and the first generation of signature shoes will be launched soon"

A simple sentence doesn’t seem special. But fans who know it all know that if Nike wants to send this sentence out, the cost will not be less than US$285 million!

Generally speaking, sneaker manufacturers will not proactively announce the amount of contract signed with spokespersons. This is not like the contract between the team and the players, and is not completely transparent.

However, journalists and experts from all kinds of basketball circles can easily obtain the contract price. Therefore, although the amount of the sneaker contract is not disclosed, it is basically translucent.

After Nike's official announcement just now, David Aldridge, a famous espn reporter, immediately broke the news, "The amount of the sneaker contract reached by Link and Nike is more than US$300 million!"

Sneaker contract endorsement, 300 million! For fans, this is simply astronomical!

A few years ago, the 100 million yuan contract signed by Ross and Adidas was shocking enough. It is hard to imagine that a player can get a price of over 100 million yuan with the endorsement fee alone.

Now, Link and Nike's contract renewal undoubtedly subvert everyone's imagination. After everyone thought that Under Armour's 285 million was an insurmountable number, Nike directly raised the price to three-character head.

For ten years, you can get $30 million per year on average, which is equivalent to a maximum salary!

For a moment, the basketball circle exploded. Anthony Bennett instantly turned into an inconspicuous little stone under the exaggerated figure of Link and $300 million.

"300 million? Nike is crazy, Link is just a undraft!"

"His performance last season was indeed perfect, but no one knows whether he can still stabilize such performance in the next 10 years."

Some people naturally questioned Nike's contract. Is Link really worth so much money?

"Take my money away quickly, I want to buy Link's signature shoes!"

"Link's signature shoes must be great, because he's a cool guy, and he'll definitely inject a lot of elements into his sneakers!"

Some people only care about the sneakers themselves, and they believe in Link's commercial appeal.

"Link led the team to win the championship in just the third grade. Throughout the NBA history, those who can do this have become superstars. Dwayne Wade, Tim Duncan, Larry Bird, Kareem and even Magicians, all of them won the championship in the first three years of their careers. So, Nike is definitely a business that only makes money but not loses."

"Link is the most promising player in the league now. His future is immeasurable. 30 million dollars is indeed a lot, but Link is completely worthy of such a price."

Similarly, many fans believe that everything Link gets deserves.

Everyone can see his performance this year. This is not only one or two excellent games, but he won the championship!

Look at the achievements that Link completed last season, with 10 three-pointers in the half and 13 three-pointers in the whole game breaking the NBA's three-point record in a single game. He led the team to 70 wins, breaking the best record in a single season since the 21st century. 50 points in the playoffs, triple-double in the finals, double-team, fmvp

These alone are definitely worth $300 million. Because these things cannot be obtained by luck.

As long as there are no injuries, Link will undoubtedly become the next phenomenal player.

Looking at the news about himself, Link felt really sorry. Just signing a sneaker contract, he ruthlessly snatched Bennett's popularity away.

But speaking of this, Link was still quite excited about having his own signature shoes.

Signature shoes not only make a player profitable, but also a recognition of his strength and status.

Who is a player who has his own signature shoes?

Although Link also knows that not everyone can go smoothly after signing an autographed shoe contract. But he will work hard to keep accidents away from him.

Now, one of the most important things for Link this summer has been solved. Next, Link and Rachel will go on vacation to Spain again.

Of course, this time, it was not to visit Gasol's vegetable garden, but to attend Gasol's wedding!

Gasol did not want to be disturbed by too many people, so the wedding was not made public and reporters were not invited to attend. He only called some relatives and friends, including most of the Grizzlies.

Players can now start to enjoy their holidays with peace of mind, but Robert Pera and Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace are in their busiest stages.

After the war in the sneaker market is over, the war in the free agent market will soon begin. Although the Grizzlies are the defending champions, the defending champions will not usually change their lineup significantly.

But this summer, the Grizzlies cannot be completely unmoved. The core lineup will definitely not change, but role players will inevitably have some changes.

Don’t underestimate the importance of role players. If Nick Yang hadn’t suddenly scored 9 points in one minute in the finals this year, it would have to be said whether the Grizzlies or the champions were not.

The core lineup and stars determine the upper limit of the team, while the advantages and disadvantages of the role players determine the lower limit of the team. Computer terminal::/

In addition to the players, the biggest headache for Pera and Wallace now is to finalize the candidate for the team's coach next season.

After Doug Rivers joined the Los Angeles Clippers, Stevens immediately reached an agreement with the Celtics to fill the vacancy left by Rivers after he left.

The Clippers got the championship coach as they wished, and the Celtics also got their championship coach. But who will fill the gap for the Grizzlies? This is still unknown.

After discussion, Pera and Wallace decided to let Dave Joggel take over and promote him from chief assistant coach to head coach.

Although Joggle is young, he does not have as strong on-site command ability as Stevens.

But he led the team to win the championship last season as the chief assistant coach. He is familiar with this team, understands the team's system, and gets along well with the players. If the Grizzlies demand stability, Jogel is the most suitable candidate.

The Grizzlies' choice to choose Stevens last season was Pera's choice to go all out and carry out reforms. But now, when the Grizzlies have become the world champion, Pera wants only stability.

Soon, the Grizzlies' official announced that Jogel will serve as the head coach of the Grizzlies next season. However, the trouble is not over yet. Jogel is the head coach, and Pera must find another assistant coach to join the team.

So, on the first day of the free agent market, the Grizzlies also began to recruit publicly.

As defending champions, the Grizzlies' recruitment received a strong response, and countless well-known or unknown coaches came to sign up for interviews. Once there were more people, Pera and Wallace naturally became busier.

"I thought there would be only a few people, but I didn't expect that there were so many registrations." Wallace felt his brain hurt when he looked at the thick stack of resumes on his desk.

"Of course, after all, who doesn't want to plaster the gilded team that just won the championship? But I really didn't expect that we would receive Jason Kid's resume. Hahaha, that guy doesn't need to prepare his resume at all. Who doesn't know his resume?" Although Pera was tired, he was very happy. As of now, there were still many capable people who signed up immediately.

"Kidd probably has no chance. I heard that he and the Nets are close to signing. He has the position of head coach in Brooklyn." Wallace spread his hands. Kidd is so famous that he is rushing to ask for more teams.

He just retired as a player and plunged into the coach's battlefield. Kidd's transformation can be said to be very rapid.

"Anyway, we have to choose the one that is most suitable, not the one that is most famous. Jogel is a good coach, but he does have many shortcomings. Therefore, his helper must be capable."

Pera said while looking through the resume.

One of the people caught Pera's attention. The guy's hooked nose and green eyes, coupled with his messy long hair, made him look like he wrote the word "bad guy" directly on his face.

He looks too much like a big villain!

The curious Pera looked at the name of this house, Quinn Snyder, a very rare name.
Chapter completed!