I'm a ball devil

Chapter 125 5 Million in 8 Years (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
It's always been a close race and the time will pass very quickly.

November has passed in the blink of an eye, and Ye Hao has gained quite a lot in the past month.

He won three of the four Western Conference Rookie of the Week awards, and the other was taken by teammate Durant.

The other rookies in the West didn't even get a taste of it. Like Mike Conley, who has always been considered to be able to grab such a grab in the West, he can only feel helpless.

His skills are not as good as others, and his performance is not as explosive as Ye Hao's.

Durant's performance is already strong enough, and he can still only grab a Rookie of the Week award through Ye Hao's fingers, let alone the others.

There is really no door.

Then, Ye Hao's performance naturally won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month Award in November.

This is beyond dispute.

Just over a month into the season, Ye Hao has already scored 40+ points in a single game twice.

You know, this is a super difficult thing for a rookie player.

In fact, even a long-established superstar rarely scores 40+ points in a season.

James, known as the little emperor, only scored 1+ points once in his rookie season.

In Ye Hao's previous life, Durant only once, Curry also once, as for Irving, Westbrook and others, none of them.

Now Ye Hao has done it twice in a month. This kind of performance is enough for media reporters and experts to boast in different ways.

Some people have begun to think that Ye Hao is another super rookie player after James.

What is the definition of this so-called super rookie player?
That is, Ye Hao is the only one, and everyone else can only be classified as another, even Durant.

Before that, Oden, who had been shining brightly before, was considered to be a dominant center forward in how many years. He was considered to be at the level of James. He was reimbursed for the season due to injury, and his brilliance was also covered by Ye Hao who turned out to be out of nowhere. .

However, there are also people who feel regretful. People imagine that if Oden can play and play as super as people think, then how strong this year's rookies will be.

If Oden can play, at least there will be someone who can match Ye Hao, so why let the Supersonics be proud and beautiful now?

The topic is far away, let's talk about scoring 40+ points in a single game in the rookie season.

Although Ye Hao scored 2+ twice in a single month, it is a great thing, and James can't compare, but counting forward, there is still a god that he needs to look up to.

That is Iverson. Iverson once scored 5 times 40+ in his rookie season, and he scored 5+ in 40 consecutive games. One of them scored 50 points, and he also scored close to 40 in many games.

What a terrifying scoring ability this is.

No wonder Coach Brown would say that if Iverson is placed in the small ball era, he can average 50 points per game.

But one thing is that Iverson is not as good as Ye Hao. The 40 games in which Iverson scored 5+ points all ended in losses, while Ye Hao won.

In November, Ye Hao averaged 11 points, 22.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

The average data in this game is also overwhelming for other rookies in the same class. The rookie's average score per game is closest to his teammate Durant. Durant averaged 18.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.

And Ye Hao's scoring average of 22.8 ranks among the top ten in the league, ranking eighth.

In front of him are James, Kobe, Iverson, Anthony, Stoudemire, Nowitzki and other league superstars.

While Ye Hao continued to harvest all kinds of awards for rookie players, his sneaker endorsement negotiations were also finalized.

In the end, there were two brands, Adidas and Nike, who followed up to the end.

Adidas offered the same 7-year 9000 million yuan as James' endorsement contract... 300 million dollars more, and a more symbolic offer was given to Ye Hao.

It is said that Adi has a tradition of collecting defenders for endorsement.

In Ye Hao's previous life, Adidas had spokespersons such as Rose Rose, Bearded Harden, and Lillard.

As long as Ye Hao nods and is willing to sign the contract, he can become the top card in the lineup of Adidas spokespersons.

Adi made up his mind to snatch Ye Hao.

They gave up Kobe before, were snatched by Nike, and missed James. In hindsight, it was a mistake.

In 03, they hinted that they would provide James with a 10-year contract of 1 million U.S. dollars, but in the end it was a guaranteed amount of 6000 million U.S. dollars plus incentive terms, which was really a bit worse than the contract offered by Nike.

It was flatly rejected by James.

They didn't want to miss Ye Hao this time.

He was born with the physical condition of an idol superstar, his handsome appearance, his cool and elegant playing posture, the best outside position for selling shoes, and China's huge market.

All these are brought together on Ye Hao, that is shining gold, can it not make people tempted?

Adidas experts value Ye Hao's brand even higher than LeBron James'.

First of all, Ye Hao is more handsome than James, and he is also more handsome than James when playing.

Just by comparing it like this, we know that Ye Hao will be extremely popular.

What's more, what about the madness of Huaxia fans?

So Adi offered a 9300-year endorsement contract worth 7 million US dollars.

Now it's up to Nike to take over.

However, Nike is also bold enough to offer 9800 million U.S. dollars as soon as they gritted their teeth.

This is the offer they made when they had to take James' feelings into consideration.

These two contracts are in line with what Ye Hao said at the beginning, which is higher than James's quotation requirements for sneakers.

So it depends on how Ye Hao chooses.

Pelinka was also happily comparing the pros and cons of the two to Ye Hao, waiting for Ye Hao to make a decision on which contract to sign.

It's just that the wait time is a bit long.

Adidas couldn't sit still at first, and took the initiative to raise the quotation further, directly mentioning 1 million.

Such an offer has never appeared in NBA history, and it never happened before Ye Hao crossed in 2020.

Nike also adjusted to 1 million accordingly.

The two sides reached a tie tacitly, and there was no more competition. Otherwise, you will be promoted, and I will be promoted, when will it end?

The price of the contract is the same, it depends on the sincerity and strength of the company, as well as the later promotion and operation plan.

However, neither Adidas nor Nike thought that Ye Haozhen was just busy with training, so he delayed thinking about which company to choose to sign.

As a result, the two companies took the initiative to increase the quotation for him.

What should I say?

Just a few days later, it has increased by several million dollars?If it is converted into RMB, the number will be even greater.

No one will believe it.

So don't be impatient, be steady,
Otherwise, he signed a multi-million endorsement contract with others in a hurry and became a cheap labor force.

A few million, in the eyes of many people, is already very high, worthy of satisfaction,
But compared to now, directly hundreds of millions, what kind of feeling is that?

We must know that the sneaker endorsement contract of over [-] million is rare now, and it will be relatively difficult to see for a long time in the future.

In the future, Harden was poached from Nike with a lot of money by Adidas, and the contract given was only 13 million in 2 years.

At that time, Harden was already the hottest superstar in the league.

Now, Ye Hao is just a rookie who has just entered the league, and he can already receive a 7-year 1 million endorsement contract.

Of course, it is impossible to hide such a thing from those media reporters who are sensitive to gossip.

As a result, various reports appeared on the headlines of major sports media.

"Beyond LeBron, the highest rookie endorsement contract in history is announced!"

"Nike and Adidas took out a contract of over [-] million yuan, waiting for Ye Hao to sign, but Ye Hao said he had to wait?"

"The largest rookie sneaker endorsement contract in history! It's jaw-dropping!"

"Ye Hao will do what he says, and he will exceed LeBron's contract. Nike and Adidas will offer it with both hands!"

"How did Ye Hao jump from more than 100 million to [-] million? The reporter will reveal the secret for you!"

"I didn't sign the contract immediately for [-] million, and Ye Hao is still waiting. What is the confidence of this Chinese rookie?"

"With a contract of [-] million yuan, are Nike and Adidas taking risks?"

"[-] million, is Ye Hao's potential and performance worthy of such a contract?"

……

But immediately afterwards, something that made people's eyeballs fall out of shock broke out again.

Ye Hao refused...rejected two endorsement contracts worth over [-] million yuan.

Is it so capricious?That was a contract worth over [-] million yuan, the largest endorsement contract for rookie sneakers in history.

Ye Hao just refused?

Ah.

The media likes to speculate.

In fact, to be precise, Ye Hao did not refuse, but felt that the 7-year contract was a bit long. He hoped that Nike and Adidas could shorten the contract period a bit.

7 years, the rookie contract period has passed, and the second contract is almost over.

What he hopes is a contract of about 5 years. He believes that after five years, with his performance, he can get a bigger contract extension.

Or even a lifetime contract?
In other words, as a player, as a top player, who didn't want to use his name as an independent brand like Jordan, and then not only get endorsement fees, but also get a share from it.

After the old hooligan retired, didn't he earn more than [-] million U.S. dollars every year from his sneaker brand.

That's a lot more than he earned when he was playing.

Ye Hao also had such an idea.

The shortened contract period is actually beneficial to Adidas and Nike.

No one knows what the future will hold, but now that Ye Hao has come out, he has all the conditions to become popular, which makes people optimistic about his future prospects.

However, if he can be popular for a year or two, can he continue to be popular for 7 years?
There has never been a shortage of short-lived players in the NBA, and there are also examples of peak seasons in their debut seasons.

Even if Ye Hao can play well in the future and show his talents, no one can guarantee that he will not be injured.

For an athlete, injuries can ruin a person's career.

Didn't the future Rose of the Windy City, and Roy, known as the "Yellow Mamba", fall due to injuries?

This doesn't even mention the great Oden who just became the No. [-] pick this year and was reimbursed for the season due to injuries.

Therefore, if a player has a shortened career due to injury or even has to leave the court with regret, then signing a long-term contract may be a rubbish contract for both the team and the brand.

So after reconsidering, Nike and Adidas each offered a new contract.

Adidas quoted a five-year endorsement price of 5 million US dollars.

Nike quoted a five-year endorsement price of 5 million US dollars.

Adi’s quotation is actually based on the quotation of 7 million in 1 years, after converting it, and then giving a rough conversion, but the annual average price is higher than the average annual price of 7 million in 1 years.

But Nike was even more ruthless. At the last moment, he gritted his teeth and raised the price up.

It can also be said that Adi was secretly prodded, breaking the tacit balance reached between him and Adi, and quoted a higher price to Ye Hao.

In fact, why didn’t Adidas think so? It’s just that it’s still not as ruthless as Nike, and the intensity of increasing the weight is not as strong as Nike.

For Nike, Ye Hao asked to shorten the contract period, and they have another advantage, which means that the total contract amount will be reduced accordingly, and the total amount will be less than James' 7-year 9000 million.

This can be regarded as saving some face for James. Judging from the total amount of the contract, most people will still think that James has a larger amount. It seems that the record for the largest rookie sneaker endorsement contract in history should still be James.

现在他们报出的5年8000万就比詹姆斯的7年9000万少了1000万。

If you don't look at the length of the cooperation time, James is still better...

After receiving these two offers, Ye Hao naturally chose to sign with Nike.

Not only because Nike's offer is 500 million more than Adidas, but also because he knows that Nike's influence in the league far exceeds that of Adidas.

Like the selection of MVP players, under the same performance conditions, there is a high probability that the players in the Nike camp will win the award.

So when Ye Hao signed the contract, he also considered that he could get more help from Nike.

After the signing is completed, there will be a press conference and various public relations procedures.

Signing such a large sum of money is not just a few words.

In the follow-up, Nike customized his shoes for Ye Hao, arranged for production, and delivered them in time so that he could wear them and appear on the field.

For all of this, Nike has a set of standardized procedures, and Ye Hao just cooperates with it.

When he was done, Nike sent him a truckload of shoes directly.

It’s really a truckload of shoes, sneakers, casual shoes, semi-casual shoes, all kinds of them,

He changed clothes and didn't know when he would finish wearing them.

Of course, it is common for basketball players to waste a pair of shoes after playing a few games.

However, with so many shoes, it's really cool to look at.

In his previous life, He never imagined that he could have so many Nike sneakers all at once. He went in and out of Nike stores, and he never imagined that he could own a whole house of Nike shoes. He bought them in pairs.

The sneakers delivered now, in the room where he put them, are all piled up from the ground to the height of the wall.

(Ask for a monthly ticket at the end of the month. It’s the last two or three days. Should I vote for two monthly tickets?)
(End of this chapter)