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Chapter 440 440. Nike wants to renew the contract

"Linda has been coming here a lot lately!" Liu Ren said to the chick curiously after seeing off Linda who was visiting again.

"Yes, half a month ago you had the momentum to compete for the All-Star ticket champion. Nike wanted us to sign a new contract in advance, but I didn't agree. If you get the MVP this year, Ren, we will have more chances. You can see that Durant won the MVP last year, and this year, Under Armor gave him such a big contract."

"Under Armor?" Liu Ren remembered, "The sneaker brand that put Curry's glass ankles on? It sounds good."

"That's right, it's them, they claim to be the most suitable brand of basketball shoes for defenders," Xiao Niu confirmed, "They also contacted us, but because we still have a year and a half contract with Nike, they just contacted us After a while, no substantive quotation was launched.”

"Then let's do this first. What if I win the MVP? Maybe I win the championship too?"

Fans were a little surprised that Liu Ren became the all-star vote leader, but some people guessed it.

Those jokes at the beginning not only did not make Liu Ren really lose fans, but added quite a lot of fans to Liu Ren afterwards.

Of course, those who like him will continue to like him, and those who hate him will continue to hate him. His out-of-the-ordinary character is destined to be hated by as many people as he loves him. Now he has more fans, and his Fans have also formed associations, but the "anti-Liu" alliance has also become stronger and stronger, and this is something that cannot be controlled.

Nike was very happy. The 300 million bonus was called immediately after the chick called. The launch of Liu Ren's second-generation boots at the weekend will be more confident, and the sales may also become better because of the title of All-Star Ticket King!
Now the pressure on Nike is also relatively high. In the past, only Adidas competed with them. They have always occupied the largest share in basketball shoes.

But now not only Adi has started to exert his strength and signed some popular new stars, but also Under Armour. On the one hand, a three-legged situation gradually emerged.

Thanks to Nike and the two super gods of Kobe and James, otherwise their life would be really difficult.

But even if James is already 30 years old, even if Durant stays at that time, he is not the kind of player who can sell sneakers. Now Liu Ren is their key training object.

However, Liu Ren only signed a three-year contract. Half of the contract period has passed in a flash, and Nike has begun to worry, because the chick has always had an attitude of not planning to talk about the renewal of the contract for the time being. Made Nike feel the way Durant made them feel after last season.

Durant is already very dissatisfied with the endorsement contract that Nike gave them. His contract was signed after the rookie season in 08. It was 7 million yuan in seven years, which included most of the bonus. In fact, if Durant If he doesn't play well, he can't get all the money. He didn't really get the 7000 million a year endorsement fee until he won the MVP last season.

Generally speaking, Durant's current endorsement contract is not much better than Liu Ren's, even after Liu Ren gets the full bonus, it is even higher than Durant's!

It is said that Under Armor has sent Durant a huge endorsement offer of more than 10 million in [-] years, just waiting for Durant's contract with Nike to expire this summer.

Now renewing Durant and signing a new contract with Liu Ren has become Nike's top priority.

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The three-day rest time passed quickly, the Lakers gathered for training on the 31st, and the Bulls challenged at home on the 1st.

This is a very interesting game, because the Lakers made it clear this year that they rushed to the regular season win record maintained by the Bulls.

Logically speaking, the Bulls should be the team that most wants to attack the Lakers, but they have more than enough heart but not enough power!
The enthusiasm of the young players is no longer there. The young people of the Lakers are determined to break the record this year. No matter how weak the opponent is, they will not let up, especially the Bulls, who are neither strong nor weak. , The Lakers players are afraid that they will accidentally capsize in the gutter, and they are all very focused.

Originally, people wanted to see if the Bulls would attack the Lakers for the team record. Then Liu Ren scored 22 points in the first quarter and 35 points in the half to lead the Lakers to a 63-33 halftime score. , People realized that they were thinking too much.

If the Bulls originally got Gasol, they could still last two years on the road to a strong team. The combination of Jimmy Butler and Gasol is still in the top four in the East.

But now that the Bulls don't get Gasol, Noah is still inexplicably strong, and Rose will never return to the top. With Butler alone, he is still in the seventh or eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

109 to 91, the Lakers easily defeated the visiting Bulls, and the Lakers got off to a good start in their first game in February.

After defeating the Bulls on the 1st, the Lakers faced consecutive challenges from the Nuggets and Bucks at home.

The Nuggets are weak but not too weak. Their overall talent is very strong. The five starters are all quasi-first-line players. If there is a good coach, they will soar into the sky and get 12 wins like they did in the 13-57 season. record.

If the coach is not good, the Nuggets will be like what they are now, with a winning rate of [-]% to [-]%. I can't climb up again.

He couldn't make it to the playoffs, and he couldn't compete for the No. [-] pick. It can only be described as having no future.

The only bright spot for the Nuggets this year is Lawson, who has already ranked second in the league in assists per game, surpassing Rondo, who was not acclimatized after going to the Mavericks, and is second only to Wall.

Liu Ren has always wondered about Lawson's inexplicable and explosive passing in the past two years. How could he suddenly change from a player with not top-notch organizational skills to a contender for the assist king?
For this kind of damn thing, Liu Ren thinks it's better for the Rockets to think about it. There are trade rumors that the Rockets are very interested in trading Lawson to strengthen the point guard.

129 to 115, the Lakers and the Nuggets came to a track and field competition. Recently, the acting head coach of the Nuggets began to let the players play the running and bombing style played when George Karl was there.

But George Karl's running and bombing is not only running and bombing, but also a defensive counterattack driven by high-speed defensive rotation. If it is so easy to learn, everyone will be the coach of Qiansheng. It's better to imitate D'Antoni.

The Nuggets, who can only run, were defeated by the authentic running and bombing of the Lakers in the track and field competition. D'Antoni used practical actions to tell the Nuggets what real running and bombing is like.

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"Giannis, what are you doing?" Liu Ren looked at Antetokounmpo curiously.

Antetokounmpo was taken aback: "Huh? Boss? What? Oh, it's okay. I'm a little excited to play the Bucks today!"

"What's so exciting about playing against the Bucks? It seems like they can't even beat the 76ers recently, right? Oh, yes, you were traded after being drafted by the Bucks, no wonder," Liu Ren said with a bad breath , "Giannis, should we play a game and add a little attention to the Bucks?"

(End of this chapter)