The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 96 Business Endorsement
The All-Star game is often more gimmicks than actual effects. Compared with the All-Star game itself, perhaps people are more concerned about who becomes the All-Star this year.

This is because the All-Star Game is a show, the players know it, the fans know it, the players know it, the fans know it, the fans know it, the players know it...

Therefore, when it comes to the real game, it is actually like a tasteless game. The game itself has no bright spots. Coupled with the loss of O'Neill, the attraction of the game has lost a lot.

Even with stars like Howard working hard to be funny, it is still difficult to attract the attention of the audience.

There is no way, the tastes of the audience have been spoiled, so how can they eat chaff?

Just a poor imitator.

In tonight's game, Li Pu originally thought that he would not have many chances to play.

Don't think I'm a starter, but I'm a first-year rookie after all. There are Duncan, Nowitzki, Gasol and other big shots behind him, and the head coach is Popovich. Hit for a while?
However, Popovich, a bad old man, was very bad. In the whole game, he let Duncan play only 11 minutes, but Li Pu played 23 minutes.

Such playing time can almost be ranked among the top five Western All-Star players.

Compared with the rookie team, Li Pu is simply the favorite of the Western All-Star team.

As the youngest members of the team, these big brothers in the team took good care of Li Pu. After careful inquiry, it turned out that most of them had a good relationship with the female Zhao Riyue, and they sold Li Pu's face to the big brother.

On the field, Li Pu didn't play as unrestrainedly as the rookie game. He did some dirty work conscientiously. Occasionally, when he had the opportunity, he played a game and gained a lot of praise.

Even in the second quarter, he dribbled the ball halfway, and then faced Howard's defense, and made a step-back three-pointer.

Although the last vote was a three-way stick, it caused a burst of laughter from the audience, and even the opponent, Howard, patted Li Pu on the back and said: "This is really funny!"

Funny your sister!
Li Pu's heart hurts!

Who would have known that this was the way Li Pu thought he should have played?
Blue-collar center?Who wants to do it!

Hey, I still have to practice!

Since Li Pu didn't make trouble this time, everyone happily played the first three quarters, and it was only in the fourth quarter that they started to get serious.

Originally, Li Pu took it seriously if he thought it was serious, anyway, didn't he never fight against them in the official arena?
However, when the game actually started, Li Pu found out that he was wrong.

Whether it's Stoudemire or Howard, the physical gifts of these two are really good.

Although Li Pu is not inferior to them in talent, but Li Pu's strength is not enough!
Being abused by these muscle sticks.

Front, side, top, two people together... In short, Li Pu really experienced what is black and rough?
Especially Howard, I have to say that Master Huo at his peak deserves to be able to claim the existence of James alone relying on his body alone.

At the basket, almost as long as Master Huo gave Li Pu a little more resistance, Li Pu flew out of the basket, and he couldn't stand it at all!

So in the last 5 minutes of the game, Popovich replaced Li Pu with Gasol for the final closing stage of the game.

And Gasol did not disappoint Popovich. His cooperation with Kobe finally helped the Western team defeat the Eastern team 148:143.

Kobe finally won the AMVP trophy with 37 points and 17 rebounds.

But seeing this scene, Durant on the side pouted.

Tonight, he took a lot of shots. He took 23 shots, which is only 3 times less than Kobe. He also scored 34 points. It is well known that he wants to win the AMVP.

It's a pity that it fell short in the end.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but gave Li Pu a hard look.

Although Durant didn't say a word, Li Pu understood his thoughts. He was clearly saying: Why did you end up at the last moment?If you and Westbrook stay on the court, the Western Conference team is usually my people, and AMVP will never run away!
In this regard, Li Pu just wanted to "bah" at Durant: You get the AMVP, what does it matter to me?No matter the food!
In this way, the All-Stars finally came to an end.

Although Li Pu only scored 8 points and 8 rebounds that night, he completely became the "Eight Sage Kings" and became a blue-collar worker who is so competent that he can no longer be competent. It seems that he has nothing to do with AMVP, but he definitely gained a lot.

In fact, long before the start of the All-Star Game, Li Pu's agent Montgomery's phone calls were about to explode, and all kinds of business cooperation calls at home and abroad came to ask prices.

In the end, Li Pu signed a total of 8 commercial cooperations with Mercedes-Benz, Pepsi, Green Arrow, China Mobile, Shining Eye Drops, etc., and the total contract revenue easily exceeded a small target.

This kind of gold-absorbing ability really calmed down the rest of the team, isn't this too beastly?
However, before they envied Li Pu, they discovered that a large number of Huaxia companies came to their door with money and found other Thunder players.

Happiness comes so suddenly!

Famous players like Durant and Westbrook, perhaps because the offer is too high, usually just ask a price, and then retreat.

For the rest of the Thunder's role players, it's a godsend.

After all, Oklahoma is not comparable to big cities like New York and Los Angeles, which can gain a lot of exposure and commercial endorsements. In Oklahoma, it is difficult to obtain commercial endorsements from other places.

This is also the reason why big cities are more attractive to players. In addition to the feasting life, it is also closely related to money.

But now, these players such as Harden, Ibaka, Green, and even Collison have received business cooperation calls.

What happened with the Houston Rockets is now happening again in Oklahoma.

Ibaka was signed by Pique, and Collison joined Anta. Just when Jeff Green was about to be taken down by Li Ning, a piece of news suddenly broke out, making this cooperation almost aborted.

Because at the moment when the trade deadline is getting closer, the rumors that Green will be traded are rampant. Some say that he will be traded to the Celtics, and some say that he will be traded to the Mavericks. But Green.

As a result, Li Ningfang naturally stopped the negotiation with Green.

After all, the reason why Li Ningfang wanted to sign Green was naturally because of the exposure of the Thunder team. If Green leaves, then he still has some exposure?
To be honest, with the rapid growth of Ibaka, Green's role in the team is becoming more and more embarrassing. He does not have Ibaka's physical talent and defensive ability, nor does he have Durant's super offensive ability. It is worth mentioning that the three-and-one ability that can be four, but now it has become a three-and-done ability.

For a while, such rumors naturally affected Green's state!
(End of this chapter)