This day's episode passed quickly, and Tang Qian returned to normal life.
This week's NBA Player of the Year has been announced. Kyrie Irving is from the Eastern Conference. His personal data this week are 26.7 points, 9.1 assists and 4.0 rebounds. The team has a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. What about the candidates for the Western Conference? There is no doubt.
It was obtained by Tang Qian. Other statistics are easy to say. This week, he averaged 41.4 rebounds per game and grabbed a total of 207 rebounds. The team has won 5 games. This is a hard data that no one can compete with. And
207 rebounds in 5 games, averaging 41.4 rebounds per game in a week, which has also been written into the history of the NBA.
NBA Player of the Week, the highest winner, Tang Qian remembers that he is the future James, with seemingly 50+ times. With his high school capital and ten years of stable performance, he may be able to reach the terrifying 60+ times before retiring. This
A record that is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented. Because the NBA no longer allows high school students to directly log into the league, this disadvantage is too obvious in terms of age. Future generations want to break James' best record of the week.
The possibilities are slim.
What? How many times have you asked God Qiao?
Well, in fact, Qiao Shen has not won the Best of the Week many times. He has "only" won 25 times in 2015.
Why are there so few, you ask?
This also has era and historical reasons, because before the 2001-2002 season, the NBA Player of the Week award did not distinguish between the East and the West. This means that the NBA Player of the Week before the 2001-2002 season was the entire
The league's Best of the Week, instead of the current Western Conference's Best of the Week and Eastern Conference's Best of the Week. From this point of view, Joe's record is quite terrifying. If in that era, there were two Best of the Week in the Eastern and Western Conferences,
Considering Jordan's status in the league and his personal statistics, doubling his numbers is the minimum. Even if it were not for aesthetic fatigue, it is not impossible for him to reach 70+.
Although it seems that the players before 2001-2002 suffered a loss, there is no doubt about the gold content of the Player of the Week at that time.
The Eastern Conference's Best of the Week and the Western Conference's Best of the Week are far inferior to the League's Best of the Week.
However, this is also the first time that Tang Qian has won this award, which means that his career is getting more and more on the right track.
And compared to last season's Rookie of the Month, this award is undoubtedly more weighty.
Because of this award, Tang Qian gained the right to "open the box" again.
Choose one of two bronze treasure chests.
Choose one of two? Not choose one of three? Why did it become one of two? Is this a system vulnerability in the "different space"?
Tang Qian looked at the two bronze boxes in front of him, feeling slightly startled.
But soon, he guessed the key to the problem, which was probably to give the level and difficulty of opening the box based on the difficulty of obtaining the award. In other words, the "different space" determines the NBA
The Best of the Week award is more valuable, or more difficult to obtain, than the Rookie of the Month award. So three bronze boxes become two.
This changes your probability of obtaining items from one-third to one-half.
It seems that my own understanding and exploration of "different spaces" are far from enough.
Tang Qian said heartily.
As for how to open the box, Tang Qian had already thought about it. He closed his eyes and relied on luck.
In this way, firstly, one will be decisive and will not hesitate, and secondly, one's concern about gains and losses will be reduced accordingly.
OK, come on!
Tang Qian opened a bronze box with his eyes closed. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly beamed and said, "As expected, my luck is pretty good~ Hehe~"
"Huh? Wait? A complete ability card was opened directly? Not fragments? Does this mean..."
"If you open the box, you can get the complete ability card at once?"
"Yeah, it's very possible! It seems like this 'different space', I'll have to 'dig deeper' when I have time~"
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"This is the contract of the sneaker manufacturer. You can use your computer to take a look at it now." Zhou Zhiru said in a serious voice on the other end of the phone.
"Okay, I'll take a look right now." Tang Qian opened his email to check. The first thing that caught his eye was the Reebok brand, which quoted a price of US$5 million over two years. Reebok is an old British brand, but its price and sincerity are...
Tang Qian looked at it and frowned. Five million US dollars in two years? If this was a reasonable price before his crazy week, but now, it is too cheap.
Not to mention that compared to James' first Nike contract, which was US$90 million over seven years, even some second-tier players received far more money than this. If you want to trap yourself with a third-tier player's contract, that's fine too.
It's so beautiful.
There is nothing to say, this contract was passed directly.
The next one is Puma, also commonly known as Puma. It is a sports brand company in Germany. The former NBA spokesperson is the famous "UFO" Vince Carter. The price they offer is relatively high, 2
15 million US dollars per year, judging from the current market situation, it is quite sincere. However, Tang Qian showed little interest in this company because Carter unilaterally terminated the contract with Puma. The reason was that the design of the sneakers did not fit the feet, was unscientific, and was easy to wear.
He was injured on the playing field. He would rather bear a liquidated damages of 15 million US dollars to break up with Puma, which is evident from this. Therefore, Tang Qian is absolutely unwilling to choose this company.
The third offer is from New Balance in the United States, 20 million over three years. This should be to test the waters, because it was stated in the email sent by Zhou Zhiru that this sports company does not exist in the NBA. Maybe he signed himself,
Just to open up the basketball market.
The fourth one comes from Japan's Asics. There is nothing much to say about this one, so it will not be considered.
The fifth offer came from Converse, which offered 12 million for three years, plus a 1% to 3% dividend on total sneaker sales. Converse is considered an old brand in the United States, and even in the NBA for a long time, Converse was the dominant player in the basketball shoe industry.
In 1991, Ver was still the designated game shoe of the NBA. But unfortunately, due to the company's poor vision in the later period and its repeated failure to seize the opportunities of the times, it eventually went bankrupt in 2001. Ironically, Converse
The person who acquired it was none other than Nike, which had completely beaten it to death. As the saying goes, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and this sentence is perfectly suitable to be used here.
So now, Converse is a branch brand of Nike.
Zhou Zhiru noted next to the contract that this was a test move by Nike. If Tang Qian performed well, he would directly sign with Nike in the future. If he performed poorly, he would always be a subordinate of Converse.
Nike? You actually signed me with one of its brands? Or Converse? You must at least use Jordan shoes, right?
Tang Qian felt a little disappointed. After all, his original intention was to belong to the Nike brand, because the generation born in the 80s and 90s all have a special liking for this sports brand and a special affection.
They say that Nike has a vision and is willing to spend money. Jordan, Kobe, James, and the league's signature players are all yours, but why can't you see me? Tang Qian was a little unhappy, because this move by Nike made him
Very depressing.
The last one is the endorsement contract from AND1.
This is a non-mainstream sports brand that is not well-known in China but is very popular in the United States.
Of course, this non-mainstream is not non-mainstream as understood in China, but the literal meaning, not mainstream.
In fact, it is almost invisible in official basketball games, but on the streets, it is a unique existence. It can even be said that its status on the streets far exceeds that of Nike and Adidas. In addition, its founder
He is very young, only about 40 years old now. In the face of monsters like Converse, Nike, and Adidas with a heritage of fifty, sixty or even hundreds of years, AND1, which was only founded in 1993, is indeed no different from a little ant.
But 10 years ago, it was also a trendy brand. However, due to insufficient business philosophy and innovation, the brand almost disappeared in the East. In the United States, its life is not easy either. As the influence of professional basketball increases,
The bigger it gets, the more AND1, which implements street strategies, feels the decline in its "force." By 2012 and 2013, it has gone through many "marriages" and "remarriages", and the original group of key personnel has been ten years old.
Not one remains.
So now AND1 is affiliated to xy.Brands, which is the Galaxy brand. However, Galaxy Brands has been having a hard time recently and has frequently been involved in acquisition turmoil. AND1, which lives under its umbrella, is naturally in turmoil. Currently, the three parties of AND1
Of the original founders, only Seth Berger, the youngest, is left. Tom Austin and Jay Gilbert have all sold their shares in AND1 early and left the AND1 sports brand. The three of them have
Only Seth Berger is reluctant to part with the brand he founded, so he is still struggling to support it. But to be honest, he is also a normal person and needs life and career. If AND1 does not improve again, he
Really, I can only bear the pain and give up.
Re-signing NBA players was Seth Berger's first step. Although this business strategy was unanimously opposed by AND1 executives, saying that AND1 should focus on the streets and multi-tasking is an extremely stupid strategic approach. But it was immediately
Seth Berger, who was about to turn 40, still withstood the pressure and became "dictatorial".
The conditions given are also almost crazy.
25 million US dollars in 2 years plus... 10% profit share of global sneaker sales???!!!
This cost is already at the top level in the modern basketball world. You must know that Jordan's dividend ratio from Nike only fluctuates around 4% to 5%. For example, next year, 2013, the total sales of Jordan shoes in the United States will reach 2.25 billion US dollars. This is still
Calculated based on net profit, Jordan can share a total profit of about 80 million U.S. dollars. And do you know the total U.S. basketball shoe market? In 2013, it was about 4 billion U.S. dollars. This means that Jordan shoes have a U.S. market share
The rate exceeds 50%. To make a simple analogy, if there are two pairs of basketball shoes sold in the United States, Jordan shoes are one of them.
Extremely scary!
And Nike gave Jordan "only" dividends from the US market, but what about AND1? It directly gave dividends from the global market. Although the net profit sales of the two are far apart, they are not on the same level at all, but AND1's determination
, but it was beyond Tang Qian's expectations. But to be honest, he was not too cold about this brand, because AND1 was too small in terms of technology and market, not even a drop in the bucket of Nike and Adidas.
And according to Zhou Zhiru's explanation, this company is now on the verge of collapse. It seems completely uneconomical to involve yourself for immediate benefits.
Because any company can make cakes to satisfy its hunger, especially a company that is on the verge of collapse, in order to seize the last life-saving straw, it can ignore it. After thinking for a long time, Tang Qian called Zhou Zhiru again and said: "Just
Is that all there is? Didn't Nike and Adidas send contracts?" "No." Zhou Zhiru quickly replied: "Because it is now known to everyone that you have been banned from the Chinese market.
Without the potential support of Greater China, neither Nike nor Adidas will take risks." After finishing speaking, Zhou Zhiru added: "At least for now, they will definitely not take any action."
"Really?" Tang Qian thought for a while and asked Zhou Zhiru: "As an agent, do you have any good opinions?"
"You can choose to wait for the time being. Anyway, even if you sign the contract now and launch your exclusive basketball shoes, it will be next season, so you still have enough time to think about it slowly." Zhou Zhiru said: "Of course, improving
Your performance on the court is the most important thing. If you perform like last week a few times more, then I'm sure Nike and Adidas will not be able to help you even if you don't have the Greater China market." "You're right.
It's so light. That kind of performance makes me feel like I'm dreaming, okay?" Tang Qian replied with a wry smile.
"Really? Then go ahead and do your best. I will help you draw up a schedule for the shooting time of the commercial."
"Advertisement? Oh, I almost forgot about this, so I'll trouble you." Tang Qian said.
"It's okay, this is what I should do." Zhou Zhiru said in a business-like manner: "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. Goodbye." After saying that, the voice on the other end of the phone was lost.
"This Zhou Zhiru, does it have to change so much? I almost forgot what she was like back in China." Tang Qian shook his head and put down his phone.
Two days later, December 25, 2012, U.S. time, the annual Christmas in the West arrived.
After several days of rest for the Lakers, the physical condition of all members of the Lakers team has recovered a lot. At least Tang Qian himself feels much more relaxed physically. However, he has not completely rested, because according to D'Antoni, he needs to
I practice with Nash for two hours every day. The main things I practice together are pick-and-rolls, high-post pick-and-rolls, and pick-and-rolls on the line.
Originally, this is something that Howard should practice hard, but for some reason, this "happy beast" has always been superstitious that he is a big killer in the low post, so he has always had a mediocre attitude towards being brought up to do pick-and-rolls. It feels like he has to deal with it every time he practices.
attitude towards things.
This made Mike D'Antoni and Steve Nash secretly frown. After all, if you want to play a good "run and gun tactics", inside players' pick-and-rolls are an indispensable part, and it is also necessary for Nash to control the ball.
After gaining power, the most urgent method to solve the problem is positional warfare. However, the "Warcraft" always obeyed and acted unwillingly, which made it impossible for Mike D'Antoni's tactics and the organizational ability of "Son of the Wind" to be used to their fullest.
The effect comes.
As for why Pau Gasol is not used? First, because Gasol is older and frequently plays high pick-and-rolls with defenders, which is a huge drain on physical fitness and defense. Secondly, Gasol's athletic ability is poor.
, although he has a certain open mid-range ability, this is not the most important part in Mike D'Antoni's tactical system. Steve Nash also needs to be paired with an inside player with high athletic ability in order to maximize his potential.
The energy from position 1 comes.
Why is it that when he is in the Mavericks, he is clearly in his peak period as an athlete, but he always fails to exert his full strength? Instead, it is after he gets older and goes to the Suns that he becomes otherworldly? There are of course many other complicated reasons for this, but
Steve Nash's organizational style and playing style are more suitable for athletic inside players. This is also an indisputable fact. Otherwise, who would dare to say that Amar'e Stoudemire is better than "German Tank" Nowitz
Is the base more awesome?
Dwight Howard obviously matches up well with Steve Nash. If he is willing to give up his "low-post killer" style of play, he can even continue to maintain efficient scoring and defense while reducing the risk of injury. But at this time, the former
, his head is such an "axis", he would rather go to the low post and embarrass himself than become the core of the team "in name only" like during the Magic period.
In this case, Steve Nash and Mike D'Antoni can only choose the second overall pick from within the Lakers. Tang Qian has performed well during this period, and has a tough and positive style, as well as a playing style
, is extremely selfless and doesn’t occupy much of the ball, so he naturally becomes the first choice of the two.
The development of history is sometimes such a "coincidence". A small opportunity is enough to change the entire future world.
PS: In order to slightly improve the results, Xiao Zi decided to change the time of the outbreak. Try to place one chapter during the day or at 7 to 8 o'clock in the evening, and then keep the remaining chapter as it is, at the same time. In this way, the outbreak will happen.
, maybe the effect will be better.
A big chapter is delivered~ It broke out today~ The same update of 10,000 words, don’t miss it~~~