Chapter 396 10 Million Krypton Gold Value! (Fourth More)

Kobe: "Don didn't stay in the Spurs because the Spurs didn't match the contract. Are you serious about criticizing him?"

When Kobe opened his mouth, the situation changed instantly.

Who is Kobe, as long as he has not retired, he is the number one player in the league. Although Durant has improved significantly, his popularity is obviously not on the same level as Kobe.

"Boss is right!"

"What the boss said is the truth!"

"The boss is the one who really understands the ball, you guys are a ball!"

...

Although 6 billion Komi is an imaginary number, Kobe's popularity is definitely not covered.

The tide on Twitter was reversed almost instantly.

And this is not the most explosive, after that, the league president Stern even tweeted.

It is simply an unprecedented thing!

Stern: "Comments on a restricted free agent should be based on his status. Players' stay in this status is not solely determined by their own wishes. The league must protect these players."

Protect restricted free agents?

Shit!

It's not just restricted free agents this year!

And this year, Tang Tian is not the only restricted free agent!

But Stern's remarks are easy to understand after a little thought.

Tang Tian has just heated up the Chinese market again. If this is suddenly turned from white to black by the fans, he will probably be so angry that he vomits blood.

There is another reason that only experienced fans know.

When the Pelicans were still called the Hornets, it was Stern who pushed for the Hornets to relocate to post-disaster New Orleans, even hosting the All-Star Game there.

This is an image of the alliance, and now Tang Tian is willing to rebuild the city, which is a great thing.

Before he had time to boast, someone came out to hack, isn't this purely for trouble!

Kobe represents popularity, and Stern represents officialdom.

Both popularity and officials sided with Tang Tian.

Tang Tian didn't want to argue with these trolls, but it seemed that he didn't need to take action at all...

Durant got angry after seeing Kobe and Stern's tweets, and was about to send another tweet, but found that he was restricted from speaking.

The prehistoric power from the official...

He was so angry that he smashed another mobile phone.

Kobe and Stern's team finally stopped the rhythm on Twitter.

But it could be felt that those who had sprayed before just didn't dare to speak anymore, they were lurking, and waited for Tang Tian's new season to fail before spraying.

Tang Tian didn't bother with them, he was sitting in a coffee shop in New York right now, having a lengthy negotiation with the people from Nike.

The two-year 2.6 million contract he signed with Nike has expired, and the two sides are negotiating a new contract.

Fagan is trying his best to negotiate the annual salary of the new contract with Nike people.

This is Tang Tian's first major endorsement contract in his career.

Nike people are also trying to lower the price as much as possible.

The income that Tang Tian brought to Nike in the past two years is quite considerable, and they also attach great importance to Tang Tian.

This can be seen from Tang Tian's previous Nike China tour.

But because Tang Tian chose to leave the Spurs, it was tantamount to leaving the championship team and going to a new city to develop. The future is full of many unknowns.

Unknowns represent risks, which will make them cautious when negotiating contracts.

Tang Tian was just listening from the sidelines at this time, and now he also needs the money for this contract more.

When it came to the end, there was no result after one round. The two sides went back to rest and continued to talk the next day.

"Tang, what is your psychologically expected price?"

After leaving the coffee shop, Fei Gen turned to Tang Tian and asked.

His current negotiation is based on Nike's bid and has been raised, but the specific number mentioned is not counted.

"10 million a year, don't be too long."

Tang Tian replied.

Although he didn't participate in the negotiations before, he also heard them talking about 8 million a year.

Ten million endorsement contracts are rare in the league, and they are basically superstars.

But endorsement depends on popularity. Tang Tian's current popularity is there, and he is a swingman who can sell shoes, so the price can't be low.

You must know that when Nike wanted to sign the peak Yao Ming, it was a contract worth hundreds of millions.

Of course, Tang Tian said that the biggest consideration for this price is the krypton value.

The endorsement contracts of those domestic brands have been renewed for another year or two, and the endorsement fee has increased slightly, plus BMW's second-year contract.

These add up to almost give him an extra krypton gold value of about 2 million US dollars.

And when he signed with the Pelicans before, he also negotiated with Demps, and he will advance the salary of the first year of the contract in advance.

The advance salary of NBA players is up to 80% of the total contract, but that is when the contract is large enough, and the general contract requires the player to negotiate privately with the team.

Like Tang Tian's one-year advance payment, it was written in the contract after the negotiation.

In this way, he basically already has a krypton gold value of about 5 million US dollars.

The 10 million endorsement fee deducts Feigen's commission and tax payment, plus some tax avoidance methods, and can get about 6 million.

Adding up, his krypton gold value exceeded tens of millions.

And ten million is the price required to buy a purple skill.

Now that there are so many doubts from the outside world, buying purple skills is basically imperative.

"That could last a few days."

Fegan thought for a while and said.

8 million to 10 million is a level, and it is not so easy to negotiate.

Even if Tang Tian is very popular, the alliance has tens of millions of endorsement contracts, and both hands can count them.

If Tang Tian was still in the Spurs before, he would be more confident, but now that he is in the Pelicans, it is really hard to say.

Tang Tian nodded to signal him to talk first.

If it really doesn't work, just find a new spokesperson.

Endorsement contracts are too few to be too many. Durant won more than 30 endorsement contracts a year at his peak.

In the next few days, Tang Tian went directly to training by himself, leaving Fagen behind to talk with Nike's people.

After waiting a week, Fagan sent him to the scene.

The contract has been negotiated, 40 million in 4 years.

Tang Tian didn't want to sign a long-term contract, and neither did Nike. After all, Tang Tian was considered a half-risk player now.

The number of years finally negotiated is more suitable for both parties.

After officially signing the contract, Tang Tian can be considered to have won the first ten million contract in his career.

Compared to going to Twitter to argue with fans, is this obviously a more powerful response?

You Durant called me a traitor, but your current contract is 60 million for 7 years, and my annual salary is higher than yours!

Are you angry?

Very angry, but there is no way, the reality is sometimes cruel.

On the second day after the contract was signed, Tang Tian received his first endorsement fee from Nike.

Almost $6 million or so.

The effect of his team's tax avoidance for him is still obvious, which is more than 1 million more than normal.

In this way, his krypton gold value will add up to 11 million, exceeding 10 million, which has already met the requirements for exchanging purple skills!