Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 205 New Contract

Losing a bullfight isn't a big deal, and Kobe hasn't lost once.

It's just that it's a little uncomfortable to lose to someone who you think you can win.

There is a feeling of being slapped in the face, which is quite uncomfortable for Kobe, who has always been competitive.

Ever since, Kobe took Wang Hao to play a few more games.

The final result is that each wins and loses, which is about half and half.

This made Kobe have to admit that this is indeed an opponent.

Moreover, when facing Wang Hao, he was suddenly at a loss and didn't know how to let go.

Under normal circumstances, when it comes to bullfighting, everyone gives priority to defense against breakthroughs, and then long-range shots.

Again, the closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage.

But the problem is that Wang Hao is not in this range, and his three-point shooting percentage is too exaggerated.

If it's just that, that's okay, after all, there has never been a shortage of three-point shooters in the NBA.

However, this guy's range is still very long.

He can shoot one step, two steps, or even farther away from the three-point line. How can this be played?
Although the farther the distance is, the lower the shooting percentage will be.

But in the case of super long-distance, without defensive interference, this hit rate is really not necessarily low.

After all, after getting to the three-point line, the defense is everywhere, and you have to shoot against the defense.

In the next few days, in addition to the normal training, the three of them would have endless bullfights.

And the mutual victory and defeat gradually returned to normal.

Whether Wang Hao is against Kobe or Tracy McGrady, the outcome is [-]-[-], of course he is four.

No way, Wang Hao still has some shortcomings in round singles.

In just one month, his progress has indeed been very fast, but the comprehensiveness of his skills is still a bit lacking.

In addition, there is still a gap in athletic talent.

It has to be said that Wang Hao has a good sense of rhythm changes, and he can often deceive his opponents through rhythm changes.

There is also a European step layup, which is also very good.

Of course, as everyone became more familiar with each other, the choice of the two became more perfect in terms of defense against Wang Hao.

For supplementary defense shooting, you can make a breakthrough, then use the speed to recover, and then it is hard defense.

Needless to say, there are some effects.

As for the relationship between Kobe and McGrady, it's a [-]-[-] split. Of course, Kobe has a slight advantage.

After all, the current McGrady has just finished leveling and has a certain strength, but he is not close in mentality.

Today's McGrady has not yet won the scoring champion, the kind of domineering who is better than me!

On the other hand, Kobe, the baptism of the finals changed his mentality, which is the current gap between the two.

However, this is only the beginning, as the training progresses, Wang Hao is also making rapid progress.

At the end, even though it wasn't 55 yet, the game was getting more and more intense.

Seeing the end of August, the three-person team disbanded.

The new season is about to start, and they also have to make relevant preparations, it is impossible to stay together forever.

During the offseason, in addition to vacations, there must be various business activities.

That's right, in the next September, Wang Hao will have a lot of business activities, and it is estimated that it will take more than half a month.

Not just him, but Kobe too.

That is McGrady, and he hasn't achieved any results yet. Although he has some endorsements, the contract is not big.

In fact, during this offseason, many brands have approached Wang Hao, hoping to have him endorse them.

Including Coca-Cola and Nike, they have all been poached, and the prices given are not low.

However, Wang Hao did not agree.

There is indeed a lot of money, but it is not worth it to make him lose his reputation.

Of course, when the contract expires next year, it will be another matter, Wang Hao will not be polite.

Especially when dealing with these American brands, don't tell him what feelings you have, everyone still speaks in Franklin.

In addition to the four advertisements that had already been contracted, Wang Hao got six more benefits all of a sudden.

There is American Airlines, the car is Mercedes-Benz, there is a Motorola mobile phone endorsement, and a travel agency endorsement.

These four are all foreign brands, but they all have one characteristic, that is, they are vigorously developing the Chinese market.

In addition, Huaxia products also followed.

China Mobile, China Life Insurance, these are big brands, rich and willing to spend money.

In particular, Wang Hao also agreed with them to use RMB for settlement, which made Huaxia Company feel full of sincerity.

These 6 endorsement contracts can give Wang Hao about 1200 million US dollars in endorsement fees every year.

It has to be said that this income is not low.

Of course, this is compared with players of the same generation, and Wang Hao is backed by the huge Chinese market.

If you compare it with the future, there is no comparison.

When James was the most exaggerated, he carried 1 or [-] endorsements alone, and the endorsement fee for this year was nearly [-] million US dollars.

This is no longer simply an exaggeration.

After accepting so many endorsements, it is natural to attend various events next.

It can be said that in the first week of September, Wang Hao was rushing around non-stop.

The time has come to September, and next month, the training camp will start, and everything must be finalized.

That's right, Wang Hao's agent, Jeff Schwartz, is already in final negotiations with the Supersonics.

However, before that, the Sonics officially announced their offseason results to the league.

In the offseason, the Sonics completed two trades, traded Wen Baker to PJ Brown, and then got the gorilla Ewing.

Using Wen Baker to trade Brown, this transaction can be described as mixed, forming two extremes.

PJ Brown is certainly good, he is a good defender, three times selected to the All-Defensive Second Team.

However, Wen Baker is definitely an All-Star player, provided that he is willing to play well.

Of course, Pat Riley also understands that if Wen Baker is okay, the Sonics would be stupid to make such a deal.

Therefore, he is very confident, and he has trained Wen Baker well. It can only be said that he is still very confident.

In this regard, the supersonic speed does not matter. It really makes Wen Baker break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, which is also a good thing.

However, for them, they have tried their best.

To be honest, Wang Hao is not optimistic about Pat Riley, it's not that he can't do it, but Wen Baker's own problem.

Without being able to abstain from alcohol, Wen Baker would never recover.

But the question is, can Pat Riley, or the Heat, force Wen Baker to hangover?
This is obviously impossible.

It is estimated that Pat Riley is still thinking about the dream of the Big Three.

That's right, in addition to Wen Baker, the Heat also got Eddie Jones by trading Mashburn.

Coupled with the head star Alonzo Mourning, this is not the Big Three, the Big Three full of future.

Sure enough, Pat Riley's move was not to dismantle the Heat, let alone to make it bad, but to go further.

As for Alonzo Mourning's injury, he may have expected it, but he didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

That's right, after all, this and Alonzo Mourning are preparing to play in the Olympics. Who would have thought that he would not even have a big ball in a month?

As for the Patrick Ewing deal.

To be honest, Wang Hao is not that satisfied, after all, this guy has an annual salary of 1500 million!

With the fuel in Ewing's current fuel tank, can he still achieve such a worth?Obviously impossible.

That is to say, there is currently no luxury tax on the salary cap, otherwise, this is a terrible deal.

Perhaps, Howard Schultz also wants to let Supersonic fans feel his wealth in this way.

After all, only if you have a good impression of him will you be willing to drink Starbucks.

In addition, in Wen Baker's trade, Chaoyin also got a backup point guard, Anthony Carter.

An undrafted pick suddenly gained a firm foothold in the Heat.

When he heard the news, Wang Hao almost regretted himself to death. He would have signed the contract if he had known about it.

In order to urge the Sonics to strengthen during the offseason, although he made a verbal promise, he deliberately did not sign the contract.

The purpose is to give Chaoyin a sense of urgency.

He is no longer a Supersonic player, so naturally it is not easy to get involved in it, after all, it is not suitable.

Whoever imagined it, it just happened.

If he knows this, he will definitely strongly request the Sonics to bring Bruce Bowen over together.

This is a defensive gate!

Although Bruce Bowen is quite black, the problem is that he blacked out his opponents, not his teammates.

For example, the Spurs, Duncan and Ginobili are clean, but will they not wait to see Bruce Bowen?
There is also the Warriors, Curry and Thompson are also recognized as clean, but they also don't hate Pachulia.

So what if the feet are black?
Anyway, they are the ones who do bad things, and they are also the ones who get sprayed. I just need to enjoy the results.

It's a pity, I regret it!

Today, the Supersonics are working on the last piece of the puzzle, yes, it is to confirm Wang Hao's contract.

Wang Hao has already promised to renew the contract, so naturally he will not break the contract.

In fact, in order not to break the contract and maintain his heart, he paid a huge price.

It's not that no team contacted Wang Hao, but Wang Hao refused all the time, or didn't even dare to contact him.

He had Jeff Schwartz turn it down.

Mainly, he was worried that after hearing the contract offered by others, he would not be able to refuse, so he could only be more straightforward.

Today's negotiation is the same, Wang Hao did not come forward, but let Jeff Schwartz plenipotentiary.

After all, he just helped Wang Hao win 6 commercial endorsements, so he deserves more power.

Although this negotiation was about money, but if Wang Hao really wanted to talk about money, he really couldn't save face.

At this time, wouldn't the role of the agent come out?
Of course, I have to say something here, in fact, the effect of indisputable is not great, the important thing is the attitude.

A few years ago, what kind of contract a player could sign with the team actually depended on the result of the negotiation.

Seek an outcome that is acceptable to both parties.

It's just that the NBA has always been a perfect league, and the same is true in terms of contracts.

The Glenn Robinson Lions opened their mouths and asked for a sky-high contract. As a result, the NBA standardized rookie contracts.

Then there was Garnett. After the rookie contract ended, he directly signed a 6-year 1.2 million contract, with an average of 2000 million per year.

I'm so envious of people.

As a result, the later rookies can only earn the salary stipulated by the league honestly.

These two guys are really not human.

Of course, the Timberwolves are even worse, because this big contract, as well as the subsequent salary cap and luxury tax rules, completely locked the salary space.

That's not bad.

In the end, he was also burdened with the infamy that the small ball market could not attract superstars and delay the championship.

Speaking of time, all this is because of Garnett, he chose to ask for money, not the championship.

Of course, they didn't suffer a loss, but instead made a lot of money.

As far as he and Duncan are concerned, as power forwards of the same era, the two have often been compared.

Although Garnett has fewer championships than Duncan, he earns more money and has more contracts.

Garnett earned a salary of 3.4 million in his career. This salary level even exceeds Kobe's 20-year career.

As for Duncan, it's only 2.4 million, and another power forward, Dirk Nowitzki, is only 2.5 million.

So, everything is your choice.

The Timberwolves have actually done a very good job, paid a huge price and got nothing, and are willing to send you to win the championship.

In the end, Jeff Schwartz and the Sonics reached a contract with a starting salary of 900 million and a total value of 4831 million.

Why is the price of the total contract not high?

Naturally, it is because the contract period is not long, only 4 years, which makes the Sonics very satisfied.

It's okay for a team to pay a little more, as long as your performance is worth it.

What they are most worried about is often that they have just signed a big contract, and their performance immediately declines, or even gets injured.

Although the NBA still has injury insurance, it's just that players can't perform as they should and occupy salary space, which is the most deadly.

Of course, short-term contracts are not the best choice for the team, after all, the uncertainty is too high.

Medium and long-term contracts, such as this 4 to 5-year contract, are the most satisfactory contracts for NBA teams.

Of course, for players, it is natural that the longer the contract, the higher the salary of the big contract is the best.

After all, for them, what professional athletes eat is youth food, who knows what will happen in the future?
Then you have to take advantage of the opportunity to make money first!
With a starting salary of 900 million, according to the annual increase of up to 20%, Wang Hao is quite satisfied with this price.

Now, after all, it is not 20 years later, and any price of 4000 million or 5000 million can be obtained.

Not only Wang Hao, but Kobe and Tracy McGrady actually have contracts of this level.

The difference is that the two signed one for 6 years and the other for 7 years. Does it look like a contract?It is bigger than Wang Hao's.

It doesn't matter to Wang Hao, who knows what it will be like in four years?

What's more, if Wang Hao really wanted to make money, he didn't need to make hard-earned money here, playing basketball was the most important thing.

After Wang Hao and the Supersonics reached a contract extension, there was almost no delay, and an announcement was made immediately.

This is what matters most to the Sonics.

There is a baby in the family who is always missed by others. No matter who it is, it is estimated that they will not sleep too peacefully.

The Supersonic's brand-new lineup also attracted all eyes instantly. This is definitely a championship lineup.

Especially the two-gun combination of the back line is definitely the top combination in the league, and they are both offensive and defensive.

(End of this chapter)