basketball king lunatic

Chapter 176 Signature Shoes

Adidas' representatives are in Chicago.

In fact, at the beginning, Wang Shipeng was inclined to choose Jordan.

After all, he's the Bulls' shooting guard, if he can play it.Naturally, he will get in touch with Jordan.Being part of the Nike Jordan brand is not unacceptable.

But Jordan set his sights on the man in Denver.

Yes, Jordan admired Anthony very much.This appreciation is even above James.Maybe it's because Anthony is the purest scorer of the 03 generation, maybe it's because he's a prospect like Michael.Who knows.

Seeing that Jordan didn't care about himself, Wang Shipeng chose Adi, who had a more sincere and challenging contract.

Since his rookie season, Wang Shipeng has been wearing Adidas shoes.Adi arranges staff to deliver shoes to Wang Shipeng every week.However, it was the first time after signing the contract that a representative was officially sent to see him.

"Welcome, Mr. Kevin, Mr. Wesley, please sit down."

Because Bill Duffy arrived in Chicago in advance, Wang Shipeng already knew the purpose of Adi's trip in advance.

Yes, signature shoes, Adi decided to give Wang Shipeng a signature shoe.

Although the previous contract also had some signature shoe clauses, it needs to be re-signed to switch to a signature shoe contract.So, today, the representative of Adidas came with the contract.

During this time, Bill Duffy has been taking the main members of the King's team to talk with Adidas' representatives to discuss the details of the new contract.

Originally, the two parties have always had a certain gap in the contract period and amount.

Bill Duffy insisted on 9000 million in seven years, and Adidas was willing to give 5000 million in seven years at most.

In fact, this is also the arrogance of Europeans. If Wang Shipeng was an American, then Adi would have agreed to this contract long ago.LeBron James, who is also the best rookie of the 03 generation like Wang Shipeng, received a sky-high contract of 300 million for seven years from Nike before entering the league.

And the contract that Adi offered to the proud son of heaven was 6000 million for seven years.

Sony Vaccaro, as the president of Adidas US company, missed LeBron James last year, which made him very dissatisfied with the arrogant European headquarters.

He knows that Adidas, which started out as a soccer shoe, is not too fancy about the NBA market.It can even be said that they do not pay enough attention to the entire basketball shoe market.

Adi's eyes are always on the top five European leagues, on football.One is because it doesn't pay enough attention, and the other is knowing that it can't compete with Nike.

It wasn't until Vaccaro became the president of Adidas USA that he set his sights on the high school league to compete with Nike, who had mastered the NCAA.

Just in time for Garnett, American high school students have emerged in large numbers within a few years.Garnett, Kobe, O'Neal, Stephen Jackson, Rashard Lewis, Al Harrington.Relying on these geniuses of high school students, Vaccaro has occupied a lot of basketball shoe markets.

However, as the overlord of the basketball shoe industry, Nike will naturally not allow Adidas to expand its territory.Digging Vaccaro's corner last year was a counterattack.In Wang Shipeng's impression, next year, Nike will use its influence in the headquarters of the American Basketball Association and the league.A draft ban for high school students was introduced.Suddenly dug up the foundation of Adi.Since then, Adidas has been in a slump, and Nike has almost unified the American basketball shoe market.

Having said that, after losing James last season, Vaccaro was annoyed and even planned to quit.Because he has been deeply involved in the field of American high schools for many years, he understands the future value of this 18-year-old boy better than anyone else.

But Adi succeeded in winning Wang Shipeng and made Vaccaro change his mind.In Vaccaro's view, although the 03 generation is full of talents.But only Wang Shipeng can compete with James in the business field.

He's not the Michael Jordan guy who drank shit as soon as he stepped out of the basketball court.Vaccaro is very clear that, relying on the Chinese market with the most potential for development in the next 20 years behind him, as long as Wang Shipeng plays at the level he has shown in the Chinese league, he will not be much worse than James.

certainly.This refers to business value.

However, what Vaccaro did not expect was that Wang Shipeng's competitive state after entering the NBA far surpassed that in China.Even more than LeBron James.

You know, to conquer the critical American sports media and be elected the best rookie with James.Wang Shipeng's strength is actually stronger than James.

Therefore, after the end of last season, Vaccaro fully urged Adidas to cancel the previous contract and re-sign a new signature shoe contract with Wang Shipeng's team.

Adidas headquarters agreed with Vaccaro's proposal.

However, what I didn't expect was that Wang Shipeng's team, which was easy to talk to, suddenly became very persistent.They bit the price of 9000 million for seven years and were unwilling to let go.

Vaccaro also heard about it, which seems to be Wang Shipeng's insistence.His reasons are very good. He is also the best rookie and the leader of the team. The Chicago ball market where Wang Shipeng is located is much larger than the Cleveland where James is located.

There's no reason Wang Shipeng couldn't get a sneaker deal comparable to James'.

To be honest, apart from his political stance, Vaccaro felt that Wang Shipeng's opinion was fine.Even he himself was inclined to accede to the request.

But Adidas headquarters is unwilling to accept.In the eyes of those arrogant Europeans, a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars for an Asian player is enough to express their sincerity.

If it was an average Asian player, maybe it would be accepted.Maybe even happy.Because this is the time of the day.

But this time, Adi met Wang Shipeng, a time traveler.

Familiar with the situation of future generations.Coming from China, which has been a big country and proud of the people for more than ten years, Wang Shipeng will naturally not be intimidated by a group of European guys who are self-styled.

Especially after learning of Adi's offer, he asked Bill Duffy to tell Adi's representative directly.Either accept.Either forget it.

What Wang Shipeng wants is not that little money. He is now worth more than 8000 million US dollars.In the future, the annual income will not be less than tens of millions of dollars.But what he wants is respect.

Although it may be unfair to Tracy McGrady and Garnett, it doesn't matter that much.Nike's last season, but Kobe Bryant's.

Wang Shipeng is ready to terminate the contract with Adidas once the contract expires next season once Adidas refuses.

(End of this chapter)