The God of Basketball

Time always moves forward at a constant speed.

But for the laid-back Bruce, it passed very quickly.

In a flash, it passed from May to June.

Although his agent Bill Duffy complained about his recent "doing nothing", Li Zhen knew... what this guy really complained about was: Why did he reject the olive branch thrown by Nike, Adidas and Reebok.

"If you reach a cooperation with these big sponsors, those basketball media will not treat you as a 'joke' like now. The sponsor's PR department will naturally take care of these things, even those basketball experts who focus on attacking you It will also change your tone."

Bill Duffy always put it this way: "Boy, this is a business alliance. You're playing with fire. You don't work with brands, and you're going to get killed in bad press soon, or... you won't even be on it." News. When it comes to the NBA, those award selections will not be up to you."

But Bruce is a person with a circle on the outside and a square on the inside. He has been familiar with the leader's quotations since he was a child, and he knows that forging iron requires his own hard truth.

Now, positive energy covers me to fight, what am I afraid of?

Li Zhen believes that he will reach the top sooner or later.

That being the case, why is it so early to passively come to an agreement with someone?

So, he always said to Bill Duffy: "Don't worry, old man, let the bullets fly for a while. Look at Dwyane now, don't you think he regrets signing the contract with Converse early?"

As we all know, Converse can only be regarded as a younger brother in the field of basketball shoes today, and it is impossible for it to give The Flash such good publicity resources. Moreover, for brand owners, they are basically only responsible for the 'first choice' players, even if you are a superstar who changes teams, the treatment will be greatly reduced. This is why Kobe's sponsorship contracts and signature shoes are far inferior to LeBron James.

Today, Dwyane Wade has played a super guard's shocking momentum. He killed the seasoned Detroit Pistons at a sharp speed in the Eastern Conference Finals. After the Finals, he played supernaturally and overturned Dallas calf.

He became the fastest player of the 2003 Platinum Generation to win the Finals MVP. Moreover, everyone believes that his performance in the six games of the Finals even surpassed that of Michael Jordan. The fortune teller Pat Riley was even more excited to crown him: the god of basketball who is 5 centimeters shorter.

As for his partner Shaquille O'Neal, he is even more touted: The Flash has surpassed the Black Mamba,

He's the strongest defender I've ever played with.

Everyone knows who he is referring to.

Interestingly, on the night of winning the championship in Miami, Kobe Bryant called Li Zhen, and he emphasized to Bruce: We must make a comeback next season.

What he said was swearing, but Li Zhen was at a loss: haven't you drafted yet? Is this already treating me as one of my own?

And, haven't you watched the news? Now all the basketball media are crazily making fun of my performance during the trial training, saying that I should go to Harvard to continue my studies instead of going to the NBA to give away my head.

"Are you so sure that your personal brand can be a big success, and then you can successfully bind with a certain big brand and make a lot of money?"

Bill Duffy is always worried about this: "It's not like your mother built you a good design team, plus you have a foundry in China to be successful. Do you have sales channels? You have built enough Sales network?"

"Oh! I told Ashley about it. She was willing to work with me. Not only did she want to co-brand with me. At the same time, her fashion brand has sales channels all over the United States. And, she said she could let me sneakers in Wal-Mart."

Bruce was always so confident.

Said Ashley.

Bill Duffy was even more annoyed.

The biggest news that Bruce made at the end of May was...he actually went to the summer new product launch event in Los Angeles with Ashley, and the two made their grand finale.

This made the fashion and entertainment circles extremely excited, because when Bruce combed his long hair up, his angular face and black pupils gave people a strong sense of fashion. Famous fashion magazines even spared no effort to praise him with an entire report, and the Devil of Fashion even praised him from the bottom of her heart: "He is naturally suitable for the runway."

At the same time, Ashley also announced: "The new album of the Olsen sisters will be officially released in the United States on July 1st together with Bruce Lee's first album. All the lyrics and music are written by Bruce alone."

Have to admit, this is a beautiful ad.

The advertising effect is out of the circle.

The basketball world is full of criticism: What is this? I was taught a lesson in Orlando just now, turned around and went to work as a model to release an album. Do you still want to play basketball?

"If I were Bruce Lee, I would be building muscle in the gym now, not showing off his handsome face and bad mermaid lines on the runway."

Reggie Miller's criticism was very pointed.

"I think this guy should have given up on the NBA. I don't understand why David Stern gave him a green house list in the draft. Is it because he can make those girls who only look at their faces scream? Or because he is Chinese? However, the NBA has never played on face. Moreover, there is only one Yao in China!"

The remarks of the famous commentator Charles actually represent the aspirations of the vast majority of rookies who have not entered the green house: Why? This guy has fallen to the second round now, why can he still enter the green house? This is cheating, this is partiality, this is a compromise to business.

For a while, the sour gas flourished.

Even many rookies declared in the media in an anonymous way: If he enters the NBA, I will definitely meet him and clean him up once.

In an instant, Bruce has become the biggest public enemy and biggest weakness among the 2006 rookies.

Regarding this, Li Zhen was extremely calm. Now he is not afraid of confrontation, he is not afraid of people coming to him with malice, what he is afraid of is that no one will hate him.

These days, he has actually been busy. After returning to Los Angeles from Orlando, he practiced with Kwame Brown almost every day, and then ... Nick Young joined.

However, it is a pity... despite the active training every day, the sweat does not stop. But the talent has not been irrigated, and more efforts are needed.

"Help me book a plane ticket. I will arrive in New York as soon as possible. Then, you can also make arrangements for the interview on the Chinese TV station you mentioned."

Bruce told Bill Duffy on the phone.

The draft is about to kick off, and it's time to go to Madison Garden Arena.

Although he now bears the promise of three teams, he still has no idea in his heart.

The whole world knows that the draft is full of accidents, and no one knows what will happen in the next second.

Especially this year, as this year is a small draft year, anything can happen.

"I hope there will be a good result."

Bruce shook his Italian custom suit, ready for a new journey.

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