NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

After Gasol beat the team in Game 7, all members of the Warriors took a special flight back to San Francisco that night.

On the plane, the players had different mentality.

Yue Yiyun is calm and gentle, if he loses, he loses.

Young players such as Jordan felt regretful and were in low spirits.

There is sadness, but it's not deep.

Maybe I could go home and take a nap, and that would be over.

If this series can be played like this, relatives and friends around them will praise them: It's a pity, but they did a good job.

The two veterans, Rasheed Wallace and captain Jackson, were in a calm mood. After all, they had championship rings in their hands.

Kidd found a corner seat by the window on the plane, looked at the night sky outside the window, and remained silent.

He was born in 1973 and is over 36 years old.

He entered the league in 1994 and has now completed his 15th season.

There is still no championship in hand, but he is on the verge of retirement.

The competitive state is declining day by day, and the feeling on the court can never be regained.

When the contract is fulfilled next season, he will be 37 years old. Where will he go then?

Taking a veteran's minimum salary to support a championship team?

It was an option, but not one Kidd wanted.

The veteran's basic salary doesn't matter. His competitive status has already passed the time when he got a big contract. This is not a question of money.

Who can guarantee which team will win the championship? Will the championship team want an old man like himself?

These are all things that cannot be said for sure.

Kidd looked away from the window and looked at the position of the team's new boss.

This young man is growing rapidly. Will he be even stronger next year?

Can he lead the team to win the championship?

Can I wait until he leads the team to win the championship?

There really isn’t much time left for yourself.

The teams in the Western Conference are too strong and it is too difficult to break out of the Western Conference.

But in my heart, I really want to play with this young man and witness his further growth as a teammate.

If possible, win a championship together.

Just one will do.

After getting off the plane, there were many fans coming to pick him up, more than last year.

This year's Warriors also performed better than last year.

We got on the team bus and returned to the arena together. In the parking lot, the players said goodbye to each other and left for the time being.

The season is over.

Yue Yi drove back to the apartment, fell asleep, and fell into a deep sleep.

He has the most playing time on the team, playing almost every game.

He faced the greatest defensive pressure. Kobe and Artest took turns guarding him, and in some rounds they would flank him. After breaking into the paint, Gasol and Yao Ming would never let him get an easy layup.

And the defensive tasks he undertakes are also very heavy, because he is guarding Kobe.

When I woke up the next day, it was already noon, and there were dozens of missed calls on my silent cell phone.

After the game was over, things changed for him even more.

Yue Yi looked at who had called him, and then only called one to his uncle and manager.

"Uncle, I will start working tomorrow. I want to relax today and stay alone for a day."Then he turned off his phone.

After getting himself some food, Yue Yi opened a bottle of red wine, leaned on the sofa with disheveled hair, and quietly summarized his season in his mind.

The most difficult starting period has passed. He is no longer the useless material that no team wants, but has grown into a hot supernova in the league. He has a solid foundation in the league.

At the end of the season, the one-year $5 million contract signed with the Warriors last year will also expire. I believe that the team with salary space in the league will offer him a maximum salary contract.

Two years ago, I was struggling to find a contract just to seek the opportunity to play for an NBA team.

Two years later, I will be lying at home and a maximum salary will be delivered to my door, begging to sign me.

The ups and downs of life come too fast, so we must cherish them.

Don't be careless or wasteful.

There is still a lot of room for improvement, and there are still many abilities waiting for me to add in the extended attributes.

Although the game with the Lakers went to a game seven, it does not actually mean that my team has the strength comparable to the championship. On the one hand, the Warriors performed very well on the spot, and on the other hand, the Lakers' tacit understanding and running-in have not been completely formed. The

Lakers, who were beaten so badly in this round of the series, must have become stronger.

After successfully breaking through the shackles, the team's mental outlook and overall strength will naturally rise to a higher level. As for the future direction, Yue Yi is more inclined to stay with the Warriors.

San Francisco is very suitable for him. After changing teams, variables are likely to appear. If there are no benefits that are tempting enough, Yue Yi will stay with the Warriors 99%.

Money alone cannot tempt Yue Yi.

Yue Yi can also get honors in the Warriors, and it is more convenient.

The team is based on He is the absolute core, and after the baptism of the high-intensity playoffs, his cooperation with his teammates has gradually improved.

Without the extraordinary performance of his teammates, it would be impossible to play a game seven with the Lakers.

The money in the account is growing faster and faster.

The share from the Anta Group is getting more and more every month, and now the monthly income is close to 30 million Chinese yuan.

This is also the reason why Yue Yi wants a share of the profits even if he doesn't sign. As a veteran, he knows how much Michael Jordan can get from the Jordan brand. In the United States, he insisted on dividend endorsements, and those sports brands would sneer at him.

What makes you think you can do that? It's a fantasy.

Yue Yi has more influence in China than in the United States, but after many domestic sports brands saw his requirements, the endorsement negotiations were terminated.

Only after the Anta Group was over, the Olympics Accepted Yue Yi's conditions.

If Anta wanted to succeed in the contract signed with Yue Yi, it would rely more on Yue Yi.

Anta guarantees the quality of the shoes, the design appearance, publicity and other things. This is also what a sports brand must do, no matter who it cooperates with.

But if the spokesperson is very bad, has no influence, no attention, no exposure, and is mediocre, then Anta Group's operation can only be in vain.

But the facts prove that the core senior management of Anta Group has a unique vision.

The Chinese market is in great need of a star guard who can enter the NBA.

As long as this guard can play in the NBA, he can occupy a large market.

At that time, Yue Yi won the best rookie and the best sixth man, and was one of the core players of the team.

The most important thing is that he is only 20 years old and has huge room for growth in the future.

After signing the contract, Yue Yi's growth rate in the NBA greatly exceeded the expectations of Anta's senior management.

He immediately entered the All-Stars, and gradually became the team's first core. He led the team to the playoffs smoothly, and even led the team to play seven games with the Lakers, the most popular team in the league, in the focus battle.

Moreover, in this round of the series, Yue Yi is the brightest star among the bright stars.

It can be predicted that the second generation of Yue Marshal, which will be launched next, will set off another wave of sales in the market.

Since signing Yue Yi to launch the Yue Marshal series, Anta's monthly sales have surpassed the Pique Group and are likely to surpass the Lining Group.

The endorsement of the Anta Group is the main source of income. Yue Yi still has eight endorsement contracts in China.

Last month, the domestic endorsements added up to more than 44 million yuan.

There are also 5 endorsements in the United States, which earned 3.3 million US dollars last month.

The domestic and American endorsements add up to nearly 10 million US dollars a month, and are still showing a rapid growth trend.

The maximum salary contract income of the NBA team is nothing to Yue Yi.

Although he has only played in the second year, his ability to attract money has long surpassed the league's top superstars. The income of Yue Marshal Anta alone has left those superstars' sneaker endorsement contracts far behind.