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Chapter 179 [Two rulers competing for credit]

Su Xi's signature shoe logo is a special-shaped horizontal S, which looks a bit like half of the 'infinity symbol' and the horns of a goat.

On the evening of May 5, Eastern Time, all sports channels in the United States, including major platforms such as ESPN, ABC, TNT, and NBC, all broadcast Suzy's first Nike commercial.

The advertising film is very beautifully produced. Nike specially hired Hollywood's top photography team and top visual effects team. They spent millions of dollars on this advertisement alone.

Let James know, he will definitely be more jealous.He was already angry that Su Xi made it to the best team and received a bonus of tens of millions of dollars, and couldn't eat.If he knew that Nike was promoting it so hard this time, he would be even more sad.

However, there was no need for him to feel sad.He can share this year's Rookie of the Year with Su Xi, and Nike has invested a lot of resources.Otherwise, even if the league strongly praises James and calls him the chosen one, he also has a historic 20+5+5.However, Su Xi's 16+9+7+3+1 and second-best record in history can definitely overwhelm him.

Nike doesn't want James' trump card to be wasted. If he doesn't even win the Rookie of the Year in his rookie season, how can he be called the 'Chosen One'?

Moreover, in Nike's plan, James' audience is more sports.Their authoritative experts have done a data model, and their conclusion is: James has a huge talent advantage over Su Xi, and his future achievements on the court will definitely be higher than Su Xi.Moreover, James is very self-disciplined, very hard-working, relatively mature in dealing with the media, and most importantly, he is an American.Therefore, Nike's investment in James is currently much greater than Su Xi's.

But in many cases, just because a lot of resources are invested, it doesn’t mean that fame can definitely stabilize others.

At the beginning of the commercial, Suzy was sitting in the back seat of a car. Snoopy's classic rap song "The Next Episode" was playing in the car. The car was going very fast, and suddenly it made a sharp turn... and there was a billboard outside the car window. High school team posters of Reggie Weems, Susie and Scott hang up.

The screen suddenly went black, and the camera pulled away from a dark player tunnel. In the darkness, a pair of white and blue sneakers stepped into the light. The camera slowly pulled up, and Su Xi walked into the court wearing Syracuse University's No. 33 jersey. .

As he took steps, the surrounding scenes showed the wonderful shots of Su Xi at Syracuse University, and finally settled on lifting the MOP trophy.

Su Xi turned around on the court, and a beam of chasing light hit him.All his honors this season are floating around him: Super Quadruple-Double, Player of the Week, Rookie Game MVP, All-Star MVP, All-NBA Team, All-Defensive Team, Best Rookie, Stealing Champion... Suhi’s achievements this season Wonderful shots kept emerging in the surrounding darkness.

Su Xi kept her eyes closed until all the gorgeous pictures and noisy cheers around her stopped.

Su Xi's eyes opened, and he stared at the camera with a faint smile: "Do you think this is all I have?"

"The fun has just begun."

The screen turned and Su Xi's signature shoe logo appeared.

In 2003, this was a very trendy and creative advertisement.Su Xi only said two lines, and they were all neutral words, and her tone was not very exciting.

However, everyone can see the sharp murderous aura from this commercial.

This has always been Su Xi's character. Everyone knows that Su Xi is a ruthless person. Over the past year, he has been killing gods and Buddhas.And, never take any superstars seriously.He is the first super rookie in the history of the NBA to perfectly implement the 'do it if you don't accept it'.

Su Xi watched the commercial on TV.

He is satisfied.

And he expressed gratitude to Nike for preserving the opening scene, which was not originally in the commercial's script.

Su Xi added it specially.

This is Su Xi’s tribute to her friend.

This is his way of remembering Scott and Weems.

This commercial is not only broadcast in the United States, Nike has invested greater resources in Asia. This is their clear strategy. They hope to gain huge gains in the Asian region.

In fact, they succeeded.

As the commercial played, Su Xi's sneakers were also launched globally.

Its popularity in Asia exceeded Nike's expectations and it became the best-selling signature shoe ever.

It is not only hot-selling in mainland China, but also hard to find in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Some well-known celebrities have joined in the rush to buy it. Everyone is proud to get a pair of Su Xi's signature shoes.

Crazy buying has also been triggered in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other countries.

Su Xi's success in basketball also inspired fans in these areas, and everyone is proud of Su Xi's skin color.

In particular, Su Xi's domineering style and off-field tidbits are also what attracted them.They have rarely seen yellow people be so arrogant and successful in front of their American fathers, and easily take away Hollywood female stars.

Another thing that Nike didn't expect is that the number of Sushi's signature shoes sold on the first day in North America exceeded that of LeBron James' first signature shoe, the Air Zoom Generation.

Especially in the Los Angeles and New York areas, Susie's sneaker sales exceed imagination.

This means that Su Xi has amazing appeal in these two huge markets.

In fact, LeBron's influence in these two megacities has not yet fully penetrated. Fans in these big cities are not so into the 'chosen son' thing.

How did Su Xi do it?

Nike's marketing department held a day-long meeting and concluded that Suzy was more popular among teenagers.Also, he is handsome and has a more rebellious personality.The most important thing is that he has obvious advantages in appearance, and he has benefited a lot from the gossip he received in Los Angeles.In New York, the same advantage exists.More importantly, he is Syracuse University's MOP.

In the United States, fanatical supporters of college basketball are far more die-hard than those of the NBA.

Nike was overjoyed by the continuously rising sales record, and they decided to invest more publicity resources in Su Xi.

...

When Su Xi came out of the training camp, Mike O'Connor told him about the sneaker sales situation. He acted very calmly, and those astronomical figures caused very little fluctuation in him.

O'Connor admired Susie.

Admiration from the bottom of my heart.

He felt that his pretense was somewhat deliberate, but Su Xi was completely natural.He doesn't seem to care about how much money he has, and he spends a lot of money in those messy companies.Tens of millions of dollars were invested in two Chinese Internet companies... This made O'Connor feel that Su Xi's head had been kicked by a donkey.

“Is Miami coming to Indiana?”

Su Xi suddenly asked.

"The game is the day after tomorrow. They should not arrive until tomorrow." O'Connor replied.

Su Xi nodded, he couldn't wait.

The Miami Heat defeated the Charlotte Hornets in Game [-] as Wade beat Baron Davis to a pulp.

In this series, Wade showed talent that far exceeded that of other young players on the team. Everyone believed that Wade was already the absolute leader of the Heat's youth army.

At the same time, Wade's prospects are also greatly optimistic.

Before this series, Wade was considered the weakest of the four Super Platinum players.But now, his future is widely optimistic.

Some basketball experts even say that Wade's ceiling will be higher than that of Susie and even Carmelo Anthony, second only to LeBron James.Su Xi has a strong interest in the Heat, and now he just hopes that the game will come soon.

He now feels like a young knight in a Chinese martial arts novel who fell off a cliff and received an ancient inheritance. He can't wait for a hearty battle to show his strength.

Magic Johnson and Bird were the two absolute rulers of the NBA before Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan. The passing skills they brought to Su Xi strengthened Su Xi's court strength in all aspects.Susie's passing level has been widely praised in team training. Reggie Miller smiles every day as if he was kissed by his first girlfriend.

In addition to Reggie Miller, other teammates also benefited.

As long as he is out of position, Su Xi can always pass the basketball. Compared with before, Su Xi's passing technique is so high that it is unimaginable.

Of course, the most important thing is that as Suhi's passing ability improves, his aggressiveness on the court has greatly increased.Just like the magician's theory, passing, cutting and shooting is an essential weapon for superstars. When your passing reaches a certain height, it will naturally feed back the other two items.

The Miami Heat are a rebuilding team.

Since Mourning left the court due to illness, they have begun to activate their youth program.

Pat Riley was not a head coach who believed in rookies, so he simply handed over the command of the team to his disciple Stan Van Gundy.

However, Wade's recent performance has him excited.

The coach, nicknamed the Magic Calculator, frequently builds momentum for Wade in the media, even saying, "Wade is a smaller version of Jordan," "Wade has all of Jordan's talents," and "the next super shooting guard in the NBA must be Wade."

Pat Riley rarely says something like this, just as Magic Johnson and Larry Bird rarely praise the same person in public.

Two days ago, Magic Johnson said in Indiana: "Suzy the Lamb is the most agile and intuitive player I have ever coached. He has improved rapidly under my teaching. I think you can use the second A magician would be the best way to describe him."

Some people may think that he is deliberately trying to please Pacers fans in Indiana.

But when he returned to Los Angeles, he did not stop praising: "If Su Xi joins the Lakers, I think the Lakers will win 10 consecutive championships. He and Kobe are very compatible, both in terms of mental attributes and style of play. Moreover, He can pass the ball to O'Neal, you have to know, this is the super combination of Jordan + Magic + O'Neal."

At the same time, he also responded to Bird's recent remarks. "Bird must have remembered something wrong? I don't think he taught Jack anything during the training. He just provided me with two bottles of red wine and urged the trainers back and forth to wipe Jack's sweat during the training."

"I don't think Jack's improvement as a passer has anything to do with him. Jack is my student."

The reason why Magic said this is because after Magic left, Big Bird said in an interview with the media: "I gave Jack comprehensive training, and I did targeted training for his weaknesses. He learned a lot from me. His passing mentality and passing philosophy, he's improving very quickly. He reminds me of my passing days in Boston."

When the magician saw this interview, he was shocked: Is this the legendary thing about not recognizing people when you lift your pants?What did you say when you begged me?Now Jack has learned [-]% to [-]% of my skills, and you actually say you taught him?Take the credit!

He called Bird and the two had a candid exchange.

In the end, Magic refused to admit any help provided by Big Bird, and Bird also denied that Jack's improvement was the result of Magic alone.

Two rulers in the 80s quarreled over the 'belonging of their beloved disciple'.

They often quarreled.

Their careers are truly evenly matched, and neither one can do anything to the other.

But I didn’t expect that even after retiring, I could still fight.

Finally, Bird said harsh words: "You pass the ball, and I pass the ball too. You can't tell the difference. If you have the ability, you can practice Jack's post-up play, and I will admit that you are good."

This is the provocation method, this is all fishing with a straight hook.

However, the magician is really angry.

After teaching for so long, Big Bird, an unscrupulous person, jumped out to take the credit.While Bird did do some coaching and teach as a matchup, he was at most an assistant.

"Since your teaching ability is so strong, if you can train Jack's shooting to a level that's [-]-[-]% better than yours, I'll consider you to be great."

The magician confronted each other.

The two rulers of the 80s came to blows over Su Xi.

"Okay, let's compete! In one year, I will let you see Jack's superb shooting ability." Larry Bird said, patting his chest.In fact, he had no idea at all.He knows better than anyone that shooting is not the same as passing.Su Xi has a pair of big hands, and has excellent passing awareness and excellent vision and space. Under such circumstances, if someone gives guidance, he will naturally make great progress.

Shooting is a hard work and requires consistent training.And you must have super high shooting talent. Bird has watched Su Xi's shooting training. Su Xi's shooting talent is at a normal level, and his physical talent is quite serious, so his shooting is not elegant enough.

Most importantly, he has big hands.These big hands are of great benefit for passing, layups, blocking, and stealing.But it only does more harm than good to shooting. It is difficult for players with big hands to control the stability of shooting. Su Xi's hands are bigger than those of centers... How many centers can shoot well?

Although there are exceptions, Jordan's shooting is very stable, but there is only one Jordan.Moreover, Bird knew very well that Jordan didn't like Su Xi, so it was difficult to trick him into teaching.

He's as smart as a monkey.

He is not as easy to trick and excite as a magician.

Magic certainly knew what Bird knew, and he didn't think Susie's shooting could be practiced, let alone reach Bird's level of perfection.

However, it is very possible for Su Xi to practice his back.Because his strength is very strong and his lower body is very stable.Although the coordination ability is not top-notch, if he gets into the penalty area and attacks hard, and flies bricks with great force, not many defenders can handle it.

So, Magic said: "Okay, if one year later, Jack's post-up level is higher than his shooting level. Then Larry, I want you to publicly admit in front of the media that Magic Johnson is better than Bird."

Bird deliberately hesitated for a long time and said, "Okay, it's a deal! Jack will definitely practice shooting."

The magician concluded the contract and quickly hung up the phone.

Then, he went to find the video tape and called Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Olajuwon to explore the 'post-up' teaching.

When he was halfway through, he suddenly thought: Is this good for me?I'm not the Pacers president.

But on second thought, there is no harm in it.

Besides, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to slap that bastard Larry Bird in the face?

Hahahaha.

Larry Bird laughed so hard in the president's office that he almost burst into tears.

He is so happy.

But in the middle of being happy, he suddenly remembered: Jack's contract seems to have only one year left.

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(End of this chapter)