full court guidance

Chapter 128 For Endorsement
Milicic's biggest problem is his lack of self-confidence. The negative impact on him during his time in the Pistons was really too great.

What Late said is actually a great exaggeration. Even if it is only based on his physical talent, I believe there will still be many NBA teams willing to bet on his potential. After all, Milicic is only 21 years old and has 3 years old. It's just a month.

But the ridicule from the fans and the blame from the media made Milicic extremely unconfident. He immediately thought of his experience with the Magic last season.

The team manager kept saying that he believed in his potential. As a result, he averaged 20 minutes per game, but he had no tactical arrangements, and his performance was naturally not much better.

So Milicic believed the nonsense of being late, and instantly fell into extreme self-doubt.

"what should I do?"

Milicic said painfully: "I also want to perform better, but... whenever I take the ball on the offensive end and there is an opponent defending in front of me, I always hear Larry Brown's growl. , he is like a devil, no matter how hard I try, I can't get him out of my heart."

It's useless to just talk about Milicic. He has obviously made many attempts, but none of them succeeded.

Late shrugged: "This is your own problem, and I can't give you any advice, but maybe you can start with the defensive end."

Milicic shook his head: "I tried, it didn't work."

Late thought for a moment, and then suggested: "Then let's be more realistic, you think about your family more, and treat every game as the last contest in your life?"

Milicic still shook his head: "It's useless, I have tried it, it will only scare me more, I don't want to go back to Serbia, since I was a child, there has been a lot of war there, I love my country, but I'm afraid of her too."

"Then are you happy when you're playing basketball?"

Milicic was taken aback by the question of being late, and he thought for a long time before answering: "I used to be very happy, but now playing basketball is a kind of torture for me, but I can't live up to my family's expectations, so I have to keep going like this gone."

"When did you feel happy playing basketball?"

"Probably when I was still playing in Europe, because at that time I wanted to enter the NBA and earn a lot of money. Every time I saw the statistics rising, I was notified by my agent that there were NBA scouts paying attention to me. Will be very happy."

After a pause, Milicic added in another tone: "That's right, it was that time, very happy."

It is a real and irrefutable reason.

Late grew up in a peaceful age and has never experienced what war is like, so he will never understand Milicic's feeling of love and fear for his homeland.

Living under the cloud of war every day, and worrying about the lives of himself and his family at any time, Milicic is far from those youthful blood who chase their dreams fearlessly.

He just wants to make money so that his family can stay out of the war.

Late was silent for a moment, and apologized: "Sorry, I can't understand your feelings. After all, I have never experienced war. But I think, maybe you can consider the issue of money. You know, I have the entire Chinese market behind me." , and because of personal reasons, I don’t need to accept commercial endorsements. Many Chinese companies are waving checks and want me to endorse their products. Maybe I can match them and let you sign some endorsement contracts with Chinese companies. .”

Milicic's eyes lit up immediately: "Thank you, Chi, you are a good person."

Late said: "Dako, my help is not unconditional, I need you to work hard on the court and support me in the locker room."

"I... I only joined the team this year. Even if I want to support you, it should be useless, right?"

After an in-depth discussion with Milicic, Milicic finally accepted the late suggestion and promised to express his support clearly in the locker room.

Being late immediately made Sister Chen contact several Chinese companies, trying to match Milicic to get one or two endorsement contracts.

Doing so may not only motivate Milicic, but also stimulate the neutral players in the Warriors locker room to switch to late.

Sister Chen acted very quickly. The next day, a Chinese food company contacted Milicic's agent, and the offer was not bad—a two-year endorsement contract worth $150 million after tax.

Milicic really didn't expect that he could actually get an endorsement contract, and it was still a high salary of 75 US dollars after tax every year!

Milicic's contract value this year is 522 million US dollars, but that is before tax. The United States has many and complicated taxes. After paying taxes, he can earn about 270 million US dollars, which is not bad.

Both parties are very sincere, and the intention to sign the contract was reached quickly. The details of the contract need to be negotiated slowly, but the Chinese company has also revealed that it is willing to offer some incentive clauses in the contract. If Milicic performs better on the court Well, endorsement fees can continue to rise.

No one will have trouble with money, not to mention Milicic's reasons for playing basketball are very realistic.During the team's daily training in the past two days, Milicic was very active. He hardly communicated with his teammates before, and he also began to actively seek cooperation with his teammates. If there is anything he doesn't understand in tactics, he will immediately ask his boss Nelson asked.

Sensitively aware of Milicic's changes, Old Nelson asked Late curiously, "What magic did you cast on him?"

Late briefly explained the content of his conversation with Milicic: "Everyone has a different attitude towards life. Milicic is very different from us. He grew up in the flames of war and was extremely insecure. Coupled with those experiences in the Pistons, he was very unconfident and unwilling to believe that others were willing to help him. I just gave him a reason to fight."

The old Nelson was very satisfied with this, and immediately adjusted the team's tactics, and arranged several special tactics for Milicic.

On November 11, the Warriors will play an away game against the Nuggets, and it is time to verify whether Milicic can continue to stay in this league.

At [-] o'clock that night, the game started on time at the Pepsi Center Arena.

Nuggets starting: Marcus Camby, Edon Donajura, Carmelo Anthony, JR Smith, Andre Miller.

Warriors starters: Troy Murphy, Milicic, Grant Hill, Brandon Roy, Late.

Harrington and Jackson have fallen out of favor, and Nelson Sr. will basically no longer arrange for them to start the game. In addition, Foye, who is currently the team's second-highest salary, is also sitting on the bench.

Camby's excellent jumping ability easily defeated Murphy in the competition and won the jump ball victory.

Steady old guard Andre Miller took the ball and quickly dribbled the ball across the half.

George Karl has coached the Nuggets for two seasons, tinkering with the lineup, and Anthony has always been the core of the team.

Today George Karl obviously wanted to bully Murphy's slow movement speed, so he played a wave of fast breaks at the beginning.

As the leader of the team, Anthony completed the Nuggets' first attack of the game. He faced the veteran Hill in the middle distance and put on a three-threat posture, and suddenly shot a basketball.

This kind of ball is very unreasonable, and it is all about the feel.

The Warriors' offense was also a fast break. Roy was late for the baseline serve and immediately rushed towards the Nuggets halfcourt.

Late dribbled the ball just over the center line, and Andre Miller was close.

He is now slightly shorter than Late, but his weight has an advantage, and he is not afraid to fight Late.

Late doesn't like to do thankless things, so he calls Murphy to come out to pick and roll.

Murphy is not a big man who likes to go inside. Let him split the ball after the pick-and-roll, and he can also score with a good mid-range shot.

Camby still defended the basket, and Najera gave up on Milicic's defense and followed.

Milicic moved to the corner, evacuated the basket, and left room for the late to break through.

He was late and immediately started. Although his speed was not top-notch, he still rushed to the basket with the cover of his teammates.

Najera is 203cm tall and weighs 109KG. His speed is not fast, and he can't keep up with the late breakthrough speed.

Late took three big steps in one step within the three-point line, and made a European breakthrough for a layup.

Camby jumped up at the right time-he won the block leader last year, but his defensive efficiency is actually not high. In order to pursue block data, he likes to jump too much.

The center's stupidity to jump early means he has no other options.

Late and early, he expected Camby to jump wildly, and immediately passed the ball without looking behind his back.

Milicic received the ball from the horns, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and chose to shoot.

It's a pity that the goal was missed, maybe Milicic was too nervous.

Milicic immediately smiled apologetically for being late.

But late didn't say anything, just patted his ass.

Nuggets JR Smith missed a shot, Milicic grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it to Roy to instigate a counterattack!

Roy quickly rushed into the Nuggets half with the ball, and Milicic muttered "for endorsement, for endorsement", and quickly rushed to the basket of the Nuggets - at this time Murphy was still slow in the Warriors' half. Jogging.

Milicic is very versatile, can play center, power forward and small forward, and his movement speed is not slow at all.

Camby obviously looked down on this parallel importer of the super-platinum generation. When he saw Roy rushing in, he jumped up recklessly again.

Roy is an excellent immediate combat player. He has a mature style of play and will not mess around. Knowing that he has a bad chance, he jumps up and passes the ball to the inside.

Milicic is empty!

With a roar, he took off with all his strength and dunked the basketball with both hands.

Milicic showed a good fighting spirit today, at least much better than the previous few games.

The Nuggets did not press the rhythm, played fast with the Warriors, quickly passed the half court, and Camby asked for the ball inside.

Anthony hesitated for a moment, seeing that Hill's defense was not a display, and passed the ball.

Camby wants to return Milicic!
(End of this chapter)