NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

The All-Star Gala has come to an end, and after the carnival it’s time for everyone to go back to their homes, wherever they came from.

After returning to San Francisco, Yue Yi received a call from Yue Xiafei, who told him that because he won an MVP in the rookie game and was described as a supernova by the domestic media, the treatment given by domestic advertisers has become more generous. , Yue Xiafei picked two and waited for Yue Yi to come back and interview them in person.

Supernova, have you become a member of the extremely evil generation? Are you a supernova who was kicked one by one by Kizaru? Yue Yi wanted to laugh a little after hearing this.

The NBA's influence in China is huge, and Yao's name alone is far from enough. The emergence of Yue Yi has given media staff in the Chinese basketball field a powerful source of material.

Yue Yi is a defender, and in some respects is more marketable than a center. If he is a star at the same level, a defender's shoes will be more popular among fans than a center.

Coupled with Yue Yi's outstanding personal image, he didn't even know that he already had many fans in China.

The two endorsements Yue Xiafei made for him were shampoo and chewing gum, and they promised to give him a share of the sales.

This is what Yue Yi has always insisted on. Without the endorsement of sales share, there is no need to continue the negotiation.

People from the two teams came to Chinatown to contact Yue Yi. Yue Xiafei himself had almost reached an agreement with them, and they were just waiting for Yue Yi himself to finalize the deal.

Two endorsement contracts have been finalized. For the Yida chewing gum series, the contract is a two-year contract. The endorsement fee is 2 million Chinese dollars, and the sales share of the series products is 5%.

Head & Shoulders shampoo takes a fancy to Yue Yi's long flowing hair, and the endorsement fee is also 2 million, with a sales share of 8%.

The Head & Shoulders team originally wanted to add a clause in the contract that spokespeople were not allowed to cut their long hair without Head & Shoulders’ permission.

However, this was flatly rejected by Yue Yi. He didn't like being restricted by endorsing an advertisement.

If I'm in a bad mood one day and want to have my head shaved off, and I have to pay liquidated damages, wouldn't that make me feel even worse?

The current Yue Yi doesn't care much about endorsement fees and so on, and he is not in a hurry.

Yue Yi knew very well that after passing this village, the price would not be the same.

They didn't even know they were making a lot of money.

Seeing that Yue Yi was so tough, the Head & Shoulders team had no choice but to compromise. After all, the endorsement fee Yue Yi wanted was very low, and the sales share was tied to the company's interests. It was a win-win situation, so they had no choice but to agree.

In my heart, I just hope that Yue Yi will stop thinking about it and shave his head like the NBA.

Cooperating with the two teams to shoot commercials, Yue Yi devoted himself to the second half of the season.

After winning the Rookie Challenge MVP and gaining a considerable 20 attribute points, Yue Yi's breakthrough ability finally accumulated to a value that can be put on the table.

This will undoubtedly help him personally and the team significantly.

His personal offense is no longer so single, but has become diversified, and the combination of sudden shots has become more powerful.

As his ability improves, the team also has more options for offensive tactics. The Warriors are already short of breakthrough players. The whole team has high hopes for Yue Yi, who plays shooting guard. Now he can finally complete it better. Things the team needs him to do.

In the next month of competition, the Warriors achieved a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, and once rose to fourth place in the Western Conference.

Yue Yi also has good personal data. After the All-Star Game, in an average of 32 minutes of playing time, he averaged 20.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 59%, which is very efficient.

This also allowed him to win the Western Conference Rookie of the Month once and the Weekly Award three times.

Attribute points scored 25 points.

The US media also praised Yue Yi, believing that he will lock in the Rookie of the Season award in advance.

After all, compared to the second-place finisher from the Sonics, although the two scores are similar, their efficiency is vastly different.

One averaged 55% shooting per game, and the other only averaged 40%.

But just when the team was playing smoothly and rising steadily in the regular season, the team's engine, All-Star point guard Kidd, suffered a recurrence of his shoulder injury and was diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury. He is expected to be sidelined for four weeks.

Without the team's brains and soul, this season's new All-Star center, the Warriors' interior offensive core Viedrins' strength has been compromised. He takes more shots and his scoring average drops to less than 20 points per game..

Also greatly affected by Kidd's absence is Yue Yi. During Kidd's absence, Yue Yi's scoring dropped to 16 points, and he averaged 1.5 more key shots per game, while his shooting percentage also dropped to 45. %.

The US media described Yue Yi as showing his true colors. He was able to obtain good data only because of the organizational masters around him.

The Chinese media said that Yue Yi has hit the rookie wall. It is normal for a player to have ups and downs, let alone a rookie. Is it possible to blame the team's failure on a rookie who only got a contract of more than 800,000?

In fact, Yue Yi knew very well that he had revealed his true colors.

The reason why I was able to produce good statistics before was because I maximized my strengths. In fact, my overall strength was that of a qualified substitute.

His specialty relies heavily on the level of point guard. Without a master-level backcourt partner, the consequences can be imagined.

This is not bad. After more than half a season of hard work, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and his position in the team is relatively stable. If this were placed at the beginning of the season, his scoring would be cut in half, and it is likely to drop directly to single digits. number, and then completely reduced to a real substitute.

This is still good. If he hadn't played under Nelson, who advocated offense, and if he had played under a coach who focused on defense, Yue Yi might not have even gotten playing time at first.

Many rookies start on defense, and there are no opportunities for you to perform on the offensive end.

So no matter how the outside world belittles him, Yue Yi is always as calm as water. He is lucky to be like this.

In the nearly month since Kidd was absent, the Warriors lost all the wins they had saved previously.

There is no way, injuries are always part of the game, and many teams that are capable of winning the championship collapsed due to sudden injuries.

With 3 wins and 9 losses, the Warriors fell from fourth to eighth in the wild Western Conference, barely standing in the playoff bracket.

As soon as Kidd was injured, the Warriors' lack of thickness in the backcourt was exposed. However, the trade deadline passed, and the team also lost the opportunity to trade for reinforcements.

Backup point guard Watson can't make up for the vacancy in Kidd's absence. Azubuike, who has long served as a water cooler keeper, is a substitute. Naturally, he is even worse. And the entire team does not have a player with the ability to organize and support..

The Warriors rely too much on Kidd.