The King of the NBA

There are many NBA players, and their respective endorsement contracts are also very different, and there are not small differences.

However, if you pay attention carefully, you can still find out some rules, such as the endorsement contracts of nba players. Generally, the one-year endorsement fee is about the same as the player's one-year team salary.

For example, for a player with an annual salary of tens of millions, his endorsement fee is roughly tens of millions.

Of course, there are many influencing factors, and there are great differences among different people. Some people's endorsement fees are higher than their salaries, and some people's salaries are higher than their endorsement fees.

Now Adidas offers Ning Yi 3 million U.S. dollars for three years, an average of 1 million a year. If it is for other undrafted picks, this contract is already very high.

But Ning Yi is not an ordinary draft pick. His salary in the Timberwolves is 2.6 million a year. Compared with Ning Yi's annual salary, Adidas's offer is much less.

Moreover, Adidas also wants to directly sign for three years. If Ning Yi has achieved results in these three years, with the big Chinese market behind him, the value of this endorsement is more than 3 million, even if it is tens of millions, it is not surprising.

"Heh." Ning Yi smiled, and said to Downey: "A three-year endorsement contract of 3 million yuan, as for making you so excited? Don't forget, we rejected the three-year 7 million offer from the Timberwolves."

"Um..." Downey opened his mouth.

This is a $3 million endorsement contract. Downey usually doesn't see a million-dollar contract in a year, let alone Adidas.

Seeing Ning Yi's relaxed look, Downey took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said, "Ning, what do you think of this Adidas contract?"

"not so good."

"Ah." Donnie asked, "Why?"

Ning Yi spread his hands together: "Because the money is too little, the average annual salary is only 1 million US dollars, which is not as high as my salary in the Timberwolves. This is completely funny. Do you really treat me like a draft pick?"

Hearing this, Donnie's expression darkened.

Indeed, the offer given by the other party is a bit low. Although it is higher than the average undrafted pick, Ning Yi is the most popular rookie this season, with 1 million US dollars a year. Is this to send beggars?

"Ning." Downey said, "Then how appropriate do you think it is?"

"What is more or less suitable, I will never sign a contract with Adidas. I don't think there is any need to talk about their attitude. You just refuse." Ning Yi doesn't want to waste time arguing with Adidas, and it can be seen from the other party's contract. Two, even if we continue to talk, it won't be much better, but it will appear that we have lost our identity.

So Ning Yi decided not to sign a contract with Adidas, even if Adidas raised the offer.

Downey frowned, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, and I'll call there later."

"Donnie, don't worry, Adidas is just the first one, and there will be a second and third endorsement contract soon." Ning Yi smiled. He has this kind of confidence because he has the "star support" Into a system", but this is hidden, so he doesn't expect Downey to have the same confidence as him.

Anyway, Donnie will understand when the time comes.

Downey quickly replied to Adidas, telling them that Ning Yi refused to sign with them.

Only at this time did Adidas understand a little bit. After a brief discussion, they raised the offer from 3 million in 3 years to 4.5 million in 3 years.

All of a sudden, it raised 1.5 million US dollars, but the final result was still rejected. Ning Yi had already sentenced Adidas to death, even if it was raised to tens of millions, he would not sign it.

As the news spread, some brands that had originally planned the same as Adidas had to adjust their plans.

Some brands directly dismissed the idea of ​​asking Ning Yi to speak for him, thinking that he was not worth the price, but some brands were reluctant to part with the Chinese market behind Ning Yi, and added additional offers.

In just one or two days, Downey received more than a dozen calls.

All these calls were to invite Ning Yi to speak for him, but Ning Yi was not in a hurry, so he simply let Downey let it go. Anyway, Ning Yi is confident that the better the call, the more favorable the contract will be.

On November 13, the Timberwolves ushered in a challenge from the Cavaliers at home.

This is the second time the two teams have played against each other in half a month. The last time was during the Timberwolves' three-game losing streak not long ago, when the Timberwolves lost to the Cavaliers and were beaten by the Cavaliers.

Now that they are facing each other again, the Timberwolves don't want to lose again.

In fact, everyone is bound to win this game, from the coach to the players. They have played against each other twice in half a month. If they lose once, it's fine. How embarrassing would it be if they lose the second time?

What's more, now that the Timberwolves have finally won a wave of three consecutive victories, how can they be terminated by the Cavaliers like this? In any case, they must win this game.

"Let me tell you something." Adelman spread out the tactical board and said to everyone: "It is very important to keep an eye on Irving. He is the starting point of the Cavaliers' offense. Restricting him is equivalent to restricting the entire Cavaliers. .”

"In terms of offense, I still play according to the tactics I arranged earlier. Love, Pekovic, you are in charge of the interior, Love, your task is mainly to score, and Pekovic pays attention to rebounds. Martin, Brewer, you guys The two can have more small cooperation with each other, and pay attention to helping Rubio defend."

After giving some instructions, Adelman put away the tactical board and said, "Let's go."

At this time, the whistle sounded and the game began.

Today the Timberwolves are still regular starters, and the Cavaliers' starters are Tristan Thompson, Anderson Varejao, Dion Waiters, Alonzo Key, and Kyrie Irving.

As soon as they came up to the Timberwolves side, they launched a fierce attack. With the power of three consecutive victories, the Timberwolves were so imposing that they beat the Cavaliers 9:3 at the beginning.

Then, Irving broke out and led the Cavaliers to counterattack, quickly narrowed the score, and quickly caught up.

Until more than four minutes into the first quarter, the Timberwolves only led by 2 points, and the score was very tight. The Cavaliers are also in good shape today, especially Irving.

"Substitution."

Adelman replaced Brewer with Ning Yi.

When Ning Yi came on stage with a mask, there was a huge cheer from the audience. Looking around, there were still many people wearing black masks, which were a bit like Ning Yi's, but not as delicate as Ning Yi's.

These people are obviously fans of Ning Yi, and there is a large black crowd.

On the field, the Timberwolves attacked.

Rubio advanced to the frontcourt, took a look at the situation on the field, passed the ball to Martin, Martin gave the ball to Love, and Ning Yi ran along the baseline, went around to the other side, and took the ball from Love.

Behind, Waiters caught up and saw Ning Yi jumping up with the ball, he jumped up immediately, reaching for the basketball. But before his hand was fully stretched out, Ning Yi had already shot.

"It's so fast." Waiters was taken aback. As soon as he landed, he looked back at the hoop, only to see that the basketball precisely pierced through the hoop and raised the net, which was completely white.