unfinished glory

Chapter 150 Lively Summer ([-])
Just after the Rockets suspended the transaction, when the melon eaters were bored, a big deal happened in the league: Garnett went to the Celtics to form the Big Three, making the Celtics the biggest favorite for the championship.

The Lakers and Spurs are the most uncomfortable to get this news.

The former pursued Garnett and was even willing to offer Bynum, who was regarded by the team as the cornerstone of the future team.You must know that Kobe asked Bynum to replace Kidd before, but the team rejected them.

But the Timberwolves were interested, but Garnett was unwilling to stay in the West, and finally chose the Celtics.

As for the Spurs, they have failed to defend their title twice in a row. Next season will be a great opportunity for them to defend their title. Who knows there will be another Celtics.

Although the current lineup does not lose to opponents, they still want better players.When they learned that Kobe and the Lakers had a conflict, they submitted a trade application.The Lakers didn't even look at the trading chips, so they directly refused.

Although the old Buss did not meet Kobe's requirements for reinforcements and was abused by his own star, there is no doubt that he has true love for Kobe.The phrase "Son, I'm sorry that we can only give you so much according to the regulations, but I hope you understand that I really want to give you more" is the treatment that countless players dream of.

After being rejected by the Lakers, the Spurs basically had no goals, and they turned their goals to their neighbors.Fantastically submitted an application to the Rockets to trade Yao Ming, but unexpectedly received a response.

Popovich couldn't believe it, thinking that the smoke bombs released by the Rockets were just to paralyze himself and delay the Spurs' reinforcement rhythm.

He inquired a few times before he found out that the matter was true. Yao Ming's contract renewal negotiations were not successful, and the Rockets were also worried that the house would be empty. In order to maintain China's status as the number one home team for fans, they intended to replace Yao Ming with Li Chongxiao.

This made Popovich overjoyed, this is his dream player.

In fact, Popovich didn't know the real reason at all. The real news Li Chongxiao got from Yao Ming was that Morey, the newly appointed general manager of the Rockets, was interested in the position of mayor of Houston before and wanted Yao Ming, the darling of Houston, to help canvass votes. Was rejected by Yao Ming decisively, so some emotions.

The Spurs handed over Li Chongxiao's application for Yao Ming, which fell into Morey's arms.He tried every means to persuade his boss Alexander to allow the deal negotiations to continue.

He had already analyzed the commercial value of Li Chongxiao and Yao Ming. Although the former did not receive many endorsements, after a comprehensive analysis, his ability to attract money was more than twice that of the latter.

Don't look at other things, just the sneakers, Under Armour, a rising star, the Li Chongxiao series has already surpassed Reebok's Yao Ming series.In terms of other endorsements, the merchants quoted Li Chongxiao higher than Yao Ming.

Alexander has always regarded Yao Ming as a "cash cow" and has no feelings for him. Now he can't wait for a bigger "cash cow".

So the negotiations between the Spurs and the Rockets naturally started, and it was quickly spread.

The exchange of two All-Star starters was a big news that shocked the league and immediately attracted the attention of all fans.

Not only that, based on the identities of the two Chinese people, this news even broke out of the basketball circle and aroused extensive discussions in other fields.

Under the attention of the whole people, the two teams conducted number theory negotiations.The subject of the transaction remains unchanged, but the details of the transaction differ too much between the two teams.

The Rockets sent out a team of superstars, and naturally needed a certain amount of return. On the issue of salary balance, they not only wanted to send out garbage contracts, but also insisted on packing Parker and Ginobili.

Not to be outdone, the Spurs only agreed to have at most one, and asked for several draft picks.

One is greedy and the other is extremely stingy. When the negotiations between the two reached an impasse, a mistake overlooked by the Spurs and Rockets led to the abortion of the transaction.

Yao Ming and Li Chongxiao were very dissatisfied because they did not consult the players.After the two exchanged the internal situation of the two teams in private, they both believed that neither team was suitable for long-term stay.

Yao Ming might be able to win the championship in the past, but the team's status and statistics are sacrificed, which will lead to major commercial losses.Not only did Li Chongxiao go from a strong team to a weak team, but he also wanted to be a younger brother to the contradictory McGrady, so he naturally wouldn't want to.

So on the same day, the two spoke out one after another that they would never renew their contract with the new team after the transaction.

This statement is just a pity for the Spurs, but it is not that important. Anyway, it will take a year, and it will be earned if it can be changed to a championship.

But this suddenly hit the Rockets' weakness. A long-term cash cow was replaced by a one-year cash cow. The owner Alexander naturally refused to do it. He personally stopped the transaction and appeased Yao Ming. Find him a good helper.

The final result was thunder and rain, Yao Ming and Li Chongxiao did not switch to the club, the Rockets only hastily used Spanoulis to get the signing rights of Luis Scola, who was selected in 2002, from the Spurs.

After carefully understanding Scola's technical characteristics, Yao Ming was also speechless in the face of such a "good helper".It's not that Argentina can't throw well, it's just that what he wants is to defend the blue-collar. Now that he finds a European player as a power forward, who will protect whom?
After a series of coquettish manipulations, Yao Ming completely gave up on the Rockets.

At the end of August, he came to San Antonio and conspired with Li Chongxiao for a long time. If the two meet next summer, if they don't have a good time, they will jump out of the contract and seek a chance to join forces.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Ming hid in the study for a long time with Li Guoqiang who came after him, and then left under Li Chongxiao's puzzled and probing eyes.

Under Li Chongxiao's repeated questioning, Li Guoqiang remained silent and only asked him to pay attention to the news.

Soon the answer was revealed, Yao Ming held a press conference, announced the payment of compensation and the termination of Reebok's contract, and then switched to the embrace of Under Armour.

Yao Ming left Reebok for two reasons.

One is that Reebok's sneaker technology is not good. Yao Ming's signature shoes always have various minor problems, which caused him to be injured.

His foot was fractured before, and the doctor analyzed that it might be the factor of the sneakers.In addition, Iverson, who is also the spokesperson, also suffered minor injuries, which made him want to leave.

Another point is that Reebok's business development is not satisfactory. Not to mention the US market, even in China's natural market, which is so easy to develop, Reebok seems to be a bit aggressive.

They are unwilling to invest more, thinking that using Yao Ming's fame can make the fans pay for it, which seems a bit whimsical.

Not to mention that the center doesn't sell shoes much, let alone Li Chongxiao, a strong competitor.

In just two years, Under Armor has surpassed Reebok in the market that has been deeply cultivated for more than ten years, and the gap is getting wider and wider.

After Li Guoqiang took charge of Under Armor's board of directors, he started a series of reforms. He absorbed the partner system of CAA and proposed to give top star players the qualifications of partners to attract spokespersons.

Li Chongxiao became the first partner of the company, followed by top stars from the other three major American sports leagues.

The latest one is Yao Ming, who lowered his endorsement fee just to share the dividends of Under Armor's growth.

For visionary players, they are willing to reduce short-term benefits in exchange for a long-term meal ticket.It's like a player will choose the latter without hesitation between the two-year 1000 million and 5-year 2000 million contracts.

After Yao Ming joined, Under Armor continued to attack, and they won the Supersonics star Durant.

Under Armor's seven-year 7000 million is only 6000 million more than Nike's seven-year 1000 million, and the average is less than 150 million per year.But they promised that they would arrange for Durant and his idol Li Chongxiao to train together this summer, which made Durant willing to sign.

Li Chongxiao was not dissatisfied with training with a rookie, he just invited an extra partner.

While strengthening his offensive skills, he patiently explained to Durant what he should pay attention to in the new season, taught him some offensive skills, and told him what methods to use to quickly stand out.

Throughout the summer, Li Chongxiao thought he had nothing else to do, but when the regular season approached, another news came:
Under Armor became the main sponsor of Huaxia Basketball Team in 2008!

It wasn't until this time that he realized that his father was playing a big game of chess a long time ago.

No wonder Li Guoqiang prevented the company from going public, split the shares, and introduced Huaxia Capital. There were no reports of any objections to these major actions.

Cooperating with the bigger cake, everyone can earn more money!
　It was not sent out on time. . .

　　
　
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