Beijing time On July 8, Beijing time, the Nets officially announced that they have obtained Durant and a 2020 protected first-round pick from Warriors , and sent Russell, Napier and Graham for this.
That's right, we knew about this news a week ago. Let me briefly explain to you here that after the free market opens on July 1, there will be a contract freezing period (July 1 to July 7, Beijing time). Only after the freezing period can the players and the team officially sign the contract, and the previous verbal agreements were reached.
At the same time, Adu also announced that he would give up his previous No. 35 jersey and start his Nets' career wearing the No. 7 jersey in the new season! "No. 35 is to commemorate people I am very close to, and I will always commemorate him and No. 35. However, as a new chapter in my basketball career, I will wear No. 7 next time I see you on the court."
KD "very close to people" refers to his AAU coach Charles Craig. That was his childhood mentor, who started coaching him since Adu was 8 years old. Unfortunately, Craig was murdered at the age of 35. At that time, Adu, 16, has been wearing the No. 35 jersey in order to commemorate his mentor.
U.S. media BR posted a picture: It turned out that as early as the playoffs in April, Durant had already hinted that he would wear No. 7! The leader thought about it, was Adu choosing No. 7 because it looked the most like the shape of the God of Death Scythe?
Adu's No. 35 jersey has been retired by the University of Texas, and the previous Warriors boss Joe Ragb also said that as long as he is still the co-chair of the Warriors, no one will wear No. 35 again! Today, Ragbu promised again that the team will retire the jersey of the top player: "We thank Andre for all his contributions and look forward to seeing his jersey number rise in the center of Chase."
km jerseys of Death Five Small, all of which were retired by the Warriors!
Let’s talk about the top pick Zion Williamson. On July 7, Beijing time, the New Orleans Pelicans officially announced that Zion will miss all remaining summer leagues due to a left knee contusion. In fact, Fat Tiger's injury is not serious, and the Pelicans' move is to be on the safe side.
does not play Xia Lian, but the Zion effect continues! According to the exclusive report of Hupu today, the domestic sports brand Anta is currently in the second round of sneaker contract negotiations with him. So far, 9 sports brands have participated in the competition, among which Anta has offered the highest price!
Anta currently signs a well-known NBA player including Klay Thompson , Hayward and Rondo. According to the famous basketball commentator Su Qun , Anta's sneaker contract has been recognized by the Zion team, with the contract amount exceeding 100 million yuan!
This year's second-tier Morant signed Nike at the end of May, and No. 9 Hachimura Hiraki also became the spokesperson for Jordan , while No. 1 pick Zion still did not finalize his sneaker contract. Of course, this is because Fat Tiger is too popular. Almost all sneaker brands will send olive branches, and what he has to do is consider maximizing interests. The commercial value that
Zion can bring is immeasurable. Since the Pelicans won the No. 1 pick, their season ticket sales have exceeded 10,000! The 2013-14 season, which had the hottest sales, did not reach this data until August. It is currently predicted that the final sales of season tickets will reach 15,000, which will undoubtedly set the Pelicans' team record!
said that Zion was the most popular draft No. 1 pick after , James in 2003, I believe no one will object. His number of fans on Ins has reached 3.8 million. Although he only played one summer league game, the tickets for the first game were sold out early because of his appearance. The original ticket price of $35 soared to more than $100, and the ticket price on the sidelines was more than $1,000!
Such a money-making machine sneaker brand is not stolen? Because the sponsor of Duke University is Nike, Zion has been wearing a hook before.However, in February this year, he directly stepped on Nike PG 2.5 on his foot in the game, causing a first-level right knee sprain, and and Nike's stock price fell by more than 1%, and its market value evaporated by more than one billion US dollars!
Since then, Zion has been changing to Nike Kyrie 4, including in the first game of the summer league. However, when watching Xia Lian on the sidelines, Fat Tiger even played Puma. As the saying goes, "The higher the price will win", the Zion is very obvious. I don't have to sign Nike, you can see the quote!
Actually, this is not the first time that a Chinese sneaker brand wants to sign Zion. There was news earlier that Li Ning basketball team and senior management have met with Zion and negotiated on the sneaker contract! A pair of Li Ning Sonic 7 PE boots were even exposed on the Internet. It is self-evident who his owner is.
After that, Zion signed a contract with CAA sports brokerage firm, hiring Austin Brown and Lisa Joseph Metelus as his agents. This move once again made the outside world think that it was good for Li Ning, because one of Fat Tiger's agents is the agent of Wade . As Li Ning's number one brother, Mr. Wei, may promote Zion's signing.
However, after that, Zion and Li Ning have nowhere to go. Now there are Chinese brands bidding for Fat Tiger, and it seems that they are not far from signing the contract. The successful cooperation between Anta and Tang Shen over the years may play a role in promoting the acquisition of Zion.
Before entering the NBA, James signed a seven-year, $87 million long contract with Nike; after running for the election, Adu also reached a seven-year, $60 million contract with Nike. Now that Zion has the hope of signing a sky-high endorsement contract with Anta, do you think the amount will exceed that of James and Adu back then?
