Guard With a Knife

After the Duke arrived in Chicago, he did not immediately choose to meet with Gary Forman or Reinsdorf. He went to Rose's residence the next morning.

He hoped to have an open and honest chat with Derek about this matter.

And his decision led to a series of dramatic and unreasonable development trajectories.

Because he had just arrived at Derek's luxurious manor, he bumped into Armstrong who was in a hurry. The well-known agent from the Wasserman Media Group, the second largest agency in the United States, is looking anxious. It can be seen that he is in great trouble.

He finally persuaded Derrick Rose to choose to leave, but in the end...he was directly rejected by the Bulls just before the transaction distance was officially closed. This made the Golden State Warriors fall into great anger, and they felt that they had been tricked.

Also angry are the sponsors, who have even prepared a new contract extension worth 200 million US dollars. As a result, now, Rose can't go to the Golden State. He continues to grow under the Duke's wings, and his commercial value will inevitably be greatly reduced.

And this guy Rose is actually relieved, it seems that he doesn't want the sponsorship contract worth 200 million US dollars at all.

Is Snoopy really worth your sacrifice?

Armstrong almost growled his question, but Ross responded with his usual silence.

And when he walked out of the room with the Adidas contract of more than 40 pages, he bumped into Duke Snoopy head-on.

Suddenly, his depression and anger, which had no place to rest, found an outlet.

Is this your latest masterpiece, Snoopy!!! In order to put your Duke brand above Adidas, you would rather kill Derek than let him look for better opportunities? You really do The most selfish player I've ever seen!

Armstrong questioned like a cannonball.

This made Duge confused and confused.

And Armstrong was still talking there: Do you know what Derek gave up for you? Chicago was his team, he was the pride of Illinois native. He used to have absolute authority here. But, After recruiting you, he gave up the possession of the ball, the right to speak in the locker room, and his core position...

Also, he rejected hundreds of millions of sponsors last year, you know? He doesn't want to leave here. But now, he was finally persuaded by us,

Willing to go to Golden State, why would you hold back? Just because you need a Pippen?

Armstrong became more and more angry, and even handed Adidas sponsorship contract to Doug.

Look at what you've done. Snoopy, this is a new contract that the sponsors will execute immediately after the original deal.

Armstrong handed Doug the lucrative contract.

Duge took a look, and his emotions became extremely silent from being unclear. In this contract, Adi's offer cannot but be called generous.

The 40-page contract shows that from the 2012-2013 season to the 2016-2017 season, the German brand needs to pay Rose an annual salary of approximately US$12 million. $10,000 appearance fee and the right to use a private jet. In other words, Rose's contract annual income exceeds 20 million US dollars.

What is even more shocking is that Rose's relatives and friends can benefit from this contract. The endorsement contract stipulates that Adidas needs to pay Rose's brother Reggie Ross an annual fee of 250,000 to 300,000 US dollars, and pay Rose's childhood friend Randall Hampton an annual salary of 50,000 to 75,000 US dollars. The identities of the two in the contract are Rose's consultant and assistant respectively, and Adidas' expenditure items are called consulting fees.

In addition, Adidas will provide sponsorship to the AAU team and high school league team that Rose once played for every year, spending $165,000 and $50,000 worth of sports equipment respectively. The full name of the American AAU League () is the American Amateur Athletic Union, which is aimed at primary and middle school students. Rose has said on numerous occasions that much of his development is due to his time in AAU and high school basketball.

Doug patiently read the main contract terms.

Then he looked up and looked at BJ Armstrong.

Armstrong was also an NBA player a long time ago, in fact, he was the previous owner of the Bulls' No. 10 jersey.

I need to talk to Derek.

Duge handed back the contract, and then walked into the room. Entering the living room, Derek's brother was scolding Derek excitedly, and when he saw Snoopy coming, he didn't show a good face.

He believes that if Snoopy hadn't been in the way, he would now have a job that symbolizes the wealthy class. With an annual salary of US$250,000, he can get more from his younger brother, which can already be compared with Wall Street elites.

Doug didn't pay attention to Reggie Rose's bad face, but said to Derek: Let's talk!

The two walked upstairs to the video hall, then closed the door and started chatting secretly.

No one knew what they were talking about, although both Armstrong and Reg Ross were curious to know what was going on inside. They were very worried that Derek would be seduced again, and what they had to do now was: desperately instigate Derek to break free from the bull's current situation.

Rose is a person who can be a leader in any team, why should he be inferior to Snoopy? His energy in every way should not be suppressed.

About an hour later, the two came out of the room.

Derrick Rose looked very depressed, but Snoopy had a sense of relief.

He even hugged Derek and patted him on the shoulder as he left.

This caused both Armstrong and Reggie Ross to fall into a huge panic. They worried that Snoopy could easily handle Derek again.

When the Duke left, they hurried to do Derrick Rose's ideological work, trying to persuade him not to be bewitched.

But Ross raised his hand impatiently: Don't use your selfish thoughts to speculate on Snoopy. The relationship between me and him is definitely not something that can be washed away by so-called money.

He almost growled.

Both of them froze in place.

After a while, Ross sat down on the sofa, and he said leisurely: Now you have your wish. Snoopy will leave Chicago soon. You can get everything you want.

What? ? ?

Both Reg Ross and Armstrong were in great shock.

This is something they didn't expect.

After all, everyone knows that the Chicago Bulls are now the hottest team in the NBA. They are the center of the league and symbolize royal power. As the absolute leader of this team, Snoopy enjoys unprecedented glory and attention. As long as he continues to win a championship and achieve three consecutive championships, he can become the active Jordan.

But... he actually wants to give up?

What a benefit this is.

Why?

Regiroth and Armstrong looked at each other, unable to understand this mode of thinking. How could someone spit out the delicacies in their mouths?

Was Snoopy kicked in the head?

Even Regiroth couldn't help muttering that.

Who told Snoopy that I gave up the endorsement contract of hundreds of millions of sponsors?? Derrick Rose raised his head and asked.

Armstrong panicked for a moment, he faltered and couldn't speak for a while.

Now, you know that my relationship with him is not mixed with any interests. I can give up hundreds of millions of contracts for him, but now for me, what he gave up is a dynasty...

Derrick Rose shook his head helplessly, tears flickering in his eyes.

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In the end, Doug didn't visit Gary Foreman, he didn't know how to face Foreman.

When Armstrong took out the sponsorship contract and told him about the silent sacrifice Rose made for himself in the past two years. He suddenly felt that he had exploited Derek, and when the team was preparing to trade Rose behind his back, he felt even more guilty.

He is not a person who likes to owe others things, especially if he doesn't want to owe favors.

A large part of the reason for joining the Bulls at the beginning was because of Rose's sincerity. But now, he became the one who directly forced Ross away, and he couldn't accept this setting.

This thinks that this will dust his career, even if he wins ten championship trophies, it can't cover up his inner incompleteness.

Moreover, he really felt a situation: Chicago's lineup is too strong. Derrick Rose leads the team alone, can also break into the finals, and even win the championship. Although I can sometimes draw conclusions, it is still icing on the cake overall.

That being the case, why not go to a team that can challenge yourself more?

Therefore, the text message he sent to Gary Foreman clearly stated: Sorry, Mr. Foreman. I think it's time for me to leave. I will always remember the good times we had together, we faced the difficulties and climbed to the top, but when I found that I was inevitably a huge beast standing in front of Derek, I had no choice but to walk away.

Here's Derek's team, he's a native Chicagoan, and I'm just a bum. I'm so thankful...you guys brought me here three years ago. I am also very grateful to all the Bulls fans for their love and support over the past three years. But now, it's time to say goodbye.

From this second, you can negotiate a deal. I believe that my departure can get you all the bargaining chips you want, and the Chicago Bulls will definitely become stronger under the leadership of Derrick Rose.

And I will return to the United Center with a new identity, just hope that at that time, the boos will not be too loud. You know, I'm a very emotional person.

Trade me to the West Coast if you can, I can't stand the pain of playing the Chicago Bulls four times a season in the regular season.

Finally, good luck to you all.

From Bulls No. 10, Doug!

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