ebonymovies Chapter 647 647.2 Big Funny Team Meets
Chapter 647 647.2 Big Funny Team Meets
Chapter 647
Lakers and Spurs.
NBA two funny than the team.
The Spurs have been called a rock band delayed by basketball in recent years, and the Lakers have been called a group of comedians delayed by basketball in recent years.
From time to time, the two teams will intentionally or unintentionally bring some interesting jokes to the fans.
The Lakers have a high degree of attention, and sometimes it is normal to do something casually and become the focus of discussion among fans.
The Spurs were regarded by fans as the most disgusting team ten years ago, keeping pace with the Pistons, because their way of playing back then was so disgusting. Can a team with an average of more than 80 points per game be disgusting? what.
It is said that a team with good offense attracts fans. This is not false at all. Since the Spurs successfully transformed in the 2010-2011 season, the number of their fans has skyrocketed all over the world.
This made the elderly Duncan's attention reach the peak of his career. Since 2010, his popularity has skyrocketed. Since his miss in the 2013 finals, Duncan's popularity has reached its peak, and the number of endorsements has reached a level that has never been seen in his career.
Among active players, James ranks first in the league with 169 commercial endorsement contracts. It is estimated that the total endorsement income in the 2015-2016 season will exceed 5000 million US dollars. Kobe ranks second with 151 commercial endorsement contracts. Curry, who has been extremely popular in recent years, has 2015 endorsement contracts. After signing a super sneaker contract with Nike, the total endorsement income for the 2016-4500 season will exceed 144 million dollars.
Next is Duncan. Although his sneaker contract is not as big as James, Kobe, Curry and others, but the number is more than Curry and Kobe. There are 2015 endorsements in the 2016-160 season. It is estimated that the total number of endorsements in the 2015-2016 season The income will reach a career high of more than 3000 million US dollars.
This is related to the fact that Duncan is almost certain that this is the last year of his career, because all the endorsement contracts he signed are only one year old, and he personally has no intention of renewing his contract, which has made many sponsors seize the last year of Duncan's career. This is the best moment to sell feelings.
In the past two years, Duncan's endorsement income has exceeded 2000 million US dollars, which surprised even himself.
You must know that Duncan’s endorsement income at his peak did not exceed 1000 million. Who knew that when he was old, he would enter the peak from another aspect. This is also one of the key reasons why he has repeatedly cut his salary since 2010. With a salary of one million, endorsement income is the bulk.
Looking at Duncan's 1200 million sneaker endorsement, Kobe's sneaker endorsement is 2000 million... Liu Ren feels sad when he sees his 600 million endorsement contract this season...
Of course, there will be a sales share at the end of the year, but that is a long-term meal ticket, and there may not be any major income increase in a year or two.
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The records of the Lakers and the Spurs are getting closer and closer recently, especially the Spurs' recent 15-game winning streak is really dazzling, second only to the Warriors.
Although the Lakers now have two more wins than the Spurs, this is why the Spurs are getting more and more attention.
When the second team is only two points ahead of the third team, people actually expect more from the third team, thinking that they will soon surpass the second team, and that the second team will soon be unstable Fall to third.
This kind of psychology is very common. For example, during long-distance running or racing, people always feel that the guy closest to No.1 will soon pass.
However, the gap between the Warriors and all other teams in the league is relatively large, so this mentality has been placed on the second and third Lakers and Spurs.
The news in the media always loves to exaggerate. This kind of mentality among fans has been infinitely exaggerated, and it has turned the Spurs upside down.
Popovich saw that his family was described as second only to the Warriors or even no weaker than the Warriors. How could this work? He still wanted to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, although this "pig" was not much smaller than a tiger... …
Popovich wants to lose two games and widen the gap with the Lakers. Anyway, no team in the Southwest Division is likely to catch up with their record. The fourth Thunder has lost 15 games, and the gap is big. If you go, you don't have to worry about being caught up by the Thunder. The third place in the Western Conference is very stable.
However, Popovich felt very desperate, because the last two games happened to be against the Grizzlies and the Lakers.
Although the Grizzlies couldn't make it to the top four, they still made it to the playoffs. They were hovering in the sixth or seventh place, and they were still working hard, desperately trying to get to the sixth place.
The thinking of the Grizzlies is obvious, just like playing against the Spurs in the playoffs, the "wolf ambition" is there, just to fight the Spurs.
What can Popovich do? He is also very desperate. He can only win the game against the Grizzlies in the last game. He doesn't want to be given a psychological advantage by the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are terribly difficult. The team, and the lineup is very good against the Spurs, which can always bring a huge threat to the Spurs. It was black once, and Popovich didn't want to lose to them at all.
Next is to play the Lakers, this is another game that cannot be lost.
This game is the last time the two teams will meet before the All-Star Weekend. It is different from the last time the two teams did not send superstars. The last time the two teams were still in the running-in period and looking for a way to arrange the lineup, and the season just started. , It doesn't matter if you win or lose one or two games, just play casually.
But this time, the two teams have gotten along very well. After the All-Star Weekend in one month, it will be time to use all their strength to hit the playoff rankings, and to defeat those strong teams in the playoffs and occupy the psychological advantage. At the moment, Popovich does not want to lose to the Lakers.
only!
From a strategic point of view, Popovich refused to directly defeat the Lakers for his team!
If the Spurs beat the Lakers, then the record gap between the two teams will be only one game, and if the Spurs personally beat the Lakers, the record gap will be directly ignored by the fans, and most importantly, by other teams in the league. The Spurs' position in the psychology of other opponents is estimated to be directly mentioned at the same level as the Warriors.
In this regard, D'Antoni has an advantage, because they are the defending champions. From the perspective of the playoffs, there is an inherent factor of being underestimated by their opponents, because the defending champions generally do not play well in the playoffs. Some of the defending champions had a good record in the regular season, but they knelt in the first round of the playoffs. This has happened four or five times since the beginning of the new century, and the probability is extremely high.
Popovich was helpless and desperate, but the game still had to win, just like they didn't dare to let the Grizzlies play a psychological advantage. They wanted to win the game against the Lakers and occupy their own psychological advantage.
But, there is a great man who said it well, before doing something, you have to lower your posture, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort.
So, it was time for Popovich to show his weakness before the game: "The Lakers are very strong. They have the best lineup in the world and are the strongest team. I think it is very difficult for us to win this game. But we'll do our best."
D'Antoni doesn't like this at all. He and Popovich have played against each other more than once or twice in the playoffs. How can he not know what this guy is thinking?
D'Antoni responded decisively: "Greg is right. They really have no chance to beat us. They are so old, or they should retire directly. I remember Duncan and Ginobili are both 40 years old? I think They might play better with Leonard and Aldridge at the core."
Popovich almost fell off the chair when he heard this. What kind of operation is this?
(End of this chapter)