Six Hundred and Nine: The War in the Sneaker Market

The Grizzlies' championship parade greatly changed everyone's impression of the city of Memphis.

It turns out that not everyone in Memphis lives in dire straits. It turns out that basketball also has a strong appeal in Memphis. It turns out that there is really no difference between there and most places.

Memphis fans used their enthusiasm to create a frenzied summer.

Of course, for everyone, this frenzied summer has only just begun.

The NBA finals are over, and a new NBA championship is born. Link, the new king, also took the crown from James's head.

But at the same time, a new round of journey is already surging.

Since the draft, the war has actually begun.

On June 27, 2013, the new round of the draft was held at the Barclays Center in New York.

Typically, championship teams don't have much of a draft appearance. After all, championship teams have never needed potential rookies to join, and there is no room for potential rookies to develop.

Add to that the fact that the Grizzlies don't have a first-round pick this year, so their presence in the draft is terribly low.

Now all the Grizzlies are still immersed in the joy of winning the championship, who cares about the draft.

Besides, in Link's view, this year's draft is a genuine draft year.

Among the top three players in the draft, Bennett, Oladipo and Otto Porter, in Link's view, only Oladipo lives up to his name.

Needless to say, Bennett probably didn't expect that he would be selected as the champion. After all, he was only ranked 610 in the pre-draft predictions.

The knights really have no one to choose, Noel, there are injuries. Oladipo, it overlaps with Waiters and Irving. It's embarrassing to have a No. 1 pick and no player to pick. In the end, because Bennett was very polite during the trial, then the Cavaliers signed the No. 1 pick to Huo Huo...

As for Otto Potter, his strength is actually not weak, but Link is very clear that he will not meet people's expectations of him in the future.

The real thing to watch in this year's draft is the 10th pick, when the Blazers selected C.J. McCollum. And the 15th pick, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was named by David Stern with the help of Link's manager Jeff Austin!

Austin has been really busy recently, because Antetokounmpo is his next heavyweight client, and he must have paid a lot of attention to the trial training for "Brother Antetokounmpo".

But now, I believe Austin must be breathing a sigh of relief.

The defending champion Grizzlies didn't show their face until the second round. In fact, before the draft, Robert Pera really asked Link if he had any suggestions or ideas for the draft. He did what he said and gave Link a great deal. permissions.

But Link didn't give any advice, because to be honest, the Grizzlies really didn't have any suitable candidates for this year's draft.

Link's suggestion must first be reasonable, and within a reasonable range, even if the Grizzlies trade, at most, they can only exchange for a draft pick in the middle and late stages of the first round. The only one worth taking in the middle and late stages of the first round was Frenchman Rudy Gobert.

But considering that the Grizzlies already have Gasol as the best defensive player, there is no need to pick Gobert. Therefore, Link simply did not give any advice.

This permission should be used until it is useful.

In the second round, the Grizzlies selected Jamal Franklin, a junior swingman from San Diego State University.

This Jun averaged 17 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in his junior year, which seems to be very powerful, but he did not play a dominant performance in college in his junior year, indicating that it is impossible for him to play the same level of data in the NBA. No wonder it fell to the second round.

And Link is not familiar with this person's name and appearance, no accident, which means that he may not survive in the NBA in the future...

Link thought,

I may not meet this rookie myself next season. Because it is very likely, he will go directly to the G-League to report.

It seems that some players who are selected are not necessarily better than those who are not drafted.

In this way, Link watched the live broadcast of this year's draft with Rachel on his sofa.

Rachel had already fallen asleep leaning on Link's shoulder. After all, she was a young talent in the draft, so it was really hard to be passionate about people's interests.

Less than ten minutes after the draft ended, Link's cell phone rang. The caller ID shows Jeff Austin's name.

Link smiled, this guy is quite efficient. Just after I was busy with the draft, I remembered myself.

"Congratulations, Jeff, I saw it. Giannis Antetokounmpo, he was selected with the 15th pick. I think you should be satisfied with the result." Link just picked up the phone and said Congratulations to Austin.

"As expected, expected. Compared with your victory, this is nothing to congratulate. By the way, Link, do you have time tomorrow?"

"Of course, what are the instructions?"

"Come on, I can't command the Kings of Memphis. If you have time tomorrow, let's finalize the shoe contract. There are a lot of things this summer, and we have to hurry up and solve it bit by bit."

Co-author Austin just finished his draft and planned to devote himself to Link's sneaker contract.

In the past few days, Link has encountered a mad rush in the sneaker contract market! According to the rules of the sneaker market, Link is now equivalent to a restricted free agent, and all sneaker manufacturers can offer Link. If Nike wants to prevent Link from being poached, it has to match the offer or make a higher price.

As a result, major manufacturers have started their money offensive.

The first attack on Link was naturally Nike's old rival Adidas. They offered an astronomical figure of 185 million in 10 years, which is full of sincerity.

You must know that Adidas and Ross signed a contract of 185 million, but Ross's term was 13 years, while Link's only 10 years!

After that, the Chinese brand Li Lin also made an offer to Link, 200 million in 10 years. And, it comes with some shares.

There is no doubt that China's local brands have also begun to go uphill during this time. And, I was willing to spend money to find a spokesperson. Li Lin's offer is already quite tempting. There are not many people in the entire league who can get such a price!

Just when people thought that Li Lin was going to win Link, Under Armour's strong participation directly hit Li Lin and Adidas with a dimensionality reduction blow!

Under Armour, a young company founded in 1996, has a history of less than 20 years, but it has grown quite rapidly in recent years.

After continuing the sports tights and American football gear, Under Armour also decided to enter the basketball field, intending to get a piece of the pie.

When a new brand enters the basketball field, in addition to its own products, it naturally needs a spokesperson with sufficient weight to support the brand value.

And Link, who just led the Grizzlies to the championship, is undoubtedly a spokesperson with enough weight.

So, Under Armour made a 10-year offer of $285 million to Link! This time, Adidas and Li Lin directly scolded and withdrew from the group chat.

Link has been at home for the past two days watching the hundreds of millions of offers at every turn, and he feels dreamy. This kind of thing, I never dared to think about it before!

The outside world almost unanimously believes that Nike has lost Link. Because in this era when most football shoes contracts do not exceed 200 million, Under Armour suddenly came up with an offer close to 300 million, which is really exaggerated.

However, even in the face of Under Armour's 285 million dimensional offer, Link was unmoved.

Because Nike has decided to renew Link's contract, they will not allow a future superstar player to be poached just like that.

Link led the team to win the championship alone in the third grade, and no one knows what else he can do in the future.

Therefore, the number Nike finally gave to Jeff Austin was 1 higher than Under Armour's 285 million!

In this way, Link's one-year light sneaker contract income is 30 million US dollars!

In order to express sincerity, Nike has even formed an ace R&D team for Link to design signature shoes for Link.

If this price is exposed, the whole world will be shocked.

Link feels proud when he thinks of the money wars that the major sneaker manufacturers have started to compete for themselves in the past few days.

In just one year, his sneaker contract has grown from a little more than 200 million at the beginning, to nearly 300 million, and now more than 300 million! This may be the bonus the championship brings to a player.

"Signing a contract with Nike tomorrow? Well, I'll make coffee at home and wait for you, Jeff."

Link is in a good mood, the championship is really a good thing.

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