After signing the contract, Adidas did not immediately announce the deal. They planned to shoot a special set of joining videos for Woody and hold a press conference to announce that Woody has become the spokesperson of Adidas.
This specification level is quite high.
At least when Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan joined, Adidas did not arrange such treatment.
But this has something to do with the fact that they are all insiders.
It also has something to do with the fact that their "first time" was not given to Adi.
Tim Duncan initially signed with Nike, and Kevin Garnett initially signed with AND1.
Under such circumstances, it would be great if Adidas did not arrange a "shock transfer". How could it possibly arrange a special press conference?
Woody was different. Not to mention the upstart basketball player, his momentum was frightening. More importantly, he rejected Nike and chose Adidas.
The reason for the choice itself is not important. The key is that he rejected Nike and then fell into the arms of Adidas. This is very important!
Originally, because LeBron rejected Adidas and chose Nike, it seemed that Adidas was not as good as Nike.
But now Woody has rejected Nike and joined Adidas, making them even with Nike!
Even for this reason, they still have to promote Woody in a big way.
However, although there has not been an official announcement, Adidas' financial transfer speed is still very fast. In less than two days after signing the contract, the first year's 12.2 million has been received.
Woody has become a "multimillionaire" before he becomes an NBA player.
Of course, not all of this money belongs to Woody, 610,000 of it belongs to "Magic" Johnson, and then you have to pay various taxes in the United States, which is about 50% of the income, although this money will not be paid until April next year. It was just paid, but after subtracting this amount, Woody instantly became a "five millionaire".
Woody's vision is not so shallow. With such a small amount of money, he has no motivation.
But from a pauper to a "millionaire", Woody suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. This year's hard work was not in vain. At the same time, he was also glad that he decisively chose the path of basketball after getting the system. Otherwise, given his situation, no matter what he does, it is probably difficult to make so much money in just one year!
As soon as Woody got the money, he asked his second uncle to transfer 50,000 U.S. dollars home. According to the current exchange rate, 50,000 U.S. dollars can be converted into 400,000 RMB. The family owes about 10 RMB, which is enough money for his parents to pay If you pay back the money, you will still have hundreds of thousands left.
Then Woody took his second uncle on a ruthless "revenge spending" spree.
First, Wu Erzhuang was given a new set of clothes from head to toe, and then Wu Erzhuang was fully equipped with a mobile phone, a big gold chain and a Rolex.
In one afternoon, I spent about 70,000 dollars just on Wu Erzhuang!
Woody himself is not stingy, although he is not as extravagant as Wu Erzhuang. ——Mainly Woody himself doesn’t like to show off.
He customized two sets of famous brand suits for himself, which were prepared for the draft, and bought himself a mobile phone for easy communication.
Everything Woody needs next.
Looking at it this way, Woody finds that he is a pragmatist.
Of course, it could also be that he has just become rich and has little experience in "spreading money". The first thing he can think of is buying luxury goods. Need to learn slowly.
But his two suits were not cheap, costing Woody $10,000 in total.
After all, Woody spent nearly $80,000 in one afternoon.
But based on the 8-digit number on his bank card, this amount of money is obviously nothing.
What a forbidden flower!
Wu Erzhuang’s feeling is: It’s so cool to have money!
In the evening, Woody and Wu Erzhuang, accompanied by "Magic" Johnson, went to a nightclub.
During his time in Los Angeles, Woody has been busy with training and various announcements, but "Magic" Johnson's arrangements for Wu Erzhuang are still in place. Not only did he find someone to accompany him to appreciate the humanities and history of Los Angeles, he also brought him Following his "five-day high, three-day high", Wu Erzhuang has basically visited several famous nightclubs in Los Angeles.
It's just that I spent other people's money before, so I wasn't too tough to order a girl, and even less tough to open a drink. This time, when Woody swiped his card, Wu Erzhuang's voice was louder than usual.
Excited, he burst into the crowded dance floor with a bottle of Romanee-Conti in his left hand, a bottle of Lafite in his right hand, and an unknown brand of expensive cigar in his mouth.
This is a bit crazy, and if you are an ordinary person, you will definitely avoid it. But Wu Erzhuang was wearing the brand-name suit he just bought in the afternoon, with a big gold chain around his neck, and a shiny Rolex in his hand. Instead of avoiding the surging group of girls, they approached each other intentionally or unintentionally. Some of them have hot bodies and bold personalities, and they are already close to Wu Erzhuang.
This "sense of sexual happiness" that hit his face made Wu Erzhuang even more excited, and he laughed a little arrogantly.
Smiling and laughing, he suddenly lost control and squatted on the ground and burst into tears.
This somewhat crazy change of mood finally scared these bold girls. Woody also noticed the strangeness of his second uncle, and quickly went up to pull Wu Erzhuang back to the booth.
Woody knew that his second uncle was holding it back.
For so many years, I have lived like a mouse in a foreign country in the dark for the sake of the "American Dream". Now I can be considered a "sudden success", and my suppressed emotions can no longer be suppressed.
No, when Wu Erzhuang saw Woody coming to help him, Wu Erzhuang's face became a little bit more relieved. He nodded and said: "Uncle is okay, uncle is okay, uncle is just too happy, Xiaodi, second uncle saw you right." Ah, I saw you right!”
After another two days of fun and spending a small 200,000 yuan, Wu Erzhuang regained his "sanity" and began to persuade Woody to save money: "If you just use it like this, you will have to move away the gold and silver mountains."
Woody actually regained his rationality after consuming a handful that day. But seeing how happy Wu Erzhuang was, he didn't want to dampen Wu Erzhuang's interest, so he played with him for two more days.
I thought it would take at least a week for Wu Erzhuang to recover from this excitement. Unexpectedly, it only took three days...
He underestimated his second uncle!
There was a phone call at home. It was from Wu's father. He told Woody that the money had been paid off. In order to express his apology, he gave the other party an extra thousand yuan. Woody thought it was nothing, and he was willing to lend him money. I'm still overdue, so it's not too much to pay more.
On April 27, Woody bought another piece of "Green Water Ghost" and, accompanied by "Magic" Johnson, set off for Detroit. This "Green Water Ghost" was given to Ben Wallace to thank him. Taking care of myself in training camp last year.
He also bought courtside tickets for the "Battle of Heavenly Kings Mountain" between the Pistons and the Magic at home on April 28.
During this period of time, he was "proud". During the McDonald's High School All-Star Weekend, he once again defeated LeBron James to win the MVP trophy, and then signed a contract with Adidas that was comparable to LeBron James.
Ben Wallace's life with the Pistons was somewhat unsatisfactory.
They entered the playoffs first in the Eastern Conference. When facing the Orlando Magic, eighth in the Eastern Conference, they should have a 4-0 sweep or a 4-1 gentleman sweep.
But after 4 games, the score was 3-1...
But it's the Magic 3, them 1!
Thanks to the reform of the NBA competition system, starting from this year, the first round of the playoffs must also play seven games, otherwise the third "black eight" in NBA history has been born.
Tracy McGrady also said enthusiastically after the fourth game: "If it was last year, I would have been studying my opponents in the second round!"
Now in the fifth game of the series, back at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit is facing a "life and death battle."
Therefore, Woody did not contact Ben Wallace before the game so as not to affect his preparation for the game.
Ben Wallace was very surprised and surprised to see Woody before the game. When he received Woody's gift, he smiled from ear to ear: "Man, at that time I felt that you are not a normal person!"
Woody:…
When Woody worried about the upcoming game for him, he looked nonchalant: "Man, this is the playoffs. You have to be prepared for such a situation. It's not over yet. Just wait and see." , a rookie who is about to enter the NBA, I’m going to teach you another lesson called ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Believe’!”
After saying that, he turned around and returned to the Pistons' bench.
Woody looked at his back and really thought about Ben Wallace's words seriously.
But Ben Wallace's first words when he returned to the bench were:
"Brothers, tonight, we must, must, must win!"
He accidentally pretended to be big, but it unexpectedly gave him another motivation to win the game.
As for the motivation at the beginning, need we say more?
Of course it was what McGrady said after the last game!
Are you already studying your opponents for the second round?
Then we’ll just let you go home and study next year’s regular season!
Pistons head coach Rick Carlisle made changes to tonight's game. First, he put this year's rookie Prince into the starting lineup. Then the Pistons began to chase and intercept McGrady's offense. The effect is still very obvious. McGrady, who averaged more than 30 points per game in the previous games, had a stumbling start to the game. He only scored 10 points at the end of the half. His shooting percentage was as high as 40%, and he hit a three-pointer. The rate is only 20%!
Without his restraint, it became increasingly difficult for the rest of the Magic to score. At halftime, they only scored 31 points.
The Pistons became more and more courageous as they fought, and in the end they completed a 21-point victory 98-67!
Ben Wallace scored 14 points, 21 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks in this game. His performance was extremely versatile.
A commentator looked at Woody on the sidelines at this time and said: "I believe that in this game, Woody will definitely see what he will look like after entering the NBA!"
Um……
One of Woody's many templates also includes his "mentor" Ben Wallace!
