Chapter 94 93. Secret Madness

Lore!

Lore!

Lore!

The moment the ball fell into the basket, the fans at the scene cheered wildly!

The 17-year-old first-round 13th pick from the West missed three consecutive buzzer-beaters.

Their 17-year-old first-round 13th pick made the shot!

The teammates rushed towards Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang also rushed towards his teammates, forming a circle to celebrate the victory.

Jordan was still sitting on the bench when Zhang Yang jumped up and shot. He was prepared for Zhang Yang to miss the shot and lose the victory.

I didn’t expect the ball to go in!

The God of Basketball jumped up and pumped his fist to celebrate!
He scored the winning goal in the first game of his career. He is worthy of being his junior. He is really tough!
After getting excited, Jordan realized that he was a little too unreserved and tried to control his expression... but he couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth at all!
He stopped pretending and laughed out loud, wildly!

Yao Ming felt terrible when he saw Zhang Yang celebrating with his teammates.

首节前半段12分的他，首节单节14分，半场打完22分、三节打完28分……全场打了45分钟，20投12中，加上14中12的罚球，拿到36分13板2助攻3盖帽。

He played very hard in this game. On the offensive end, he had to maintain scoring. His points accounted for more than 40% of the team.

On the defensive end, he had to be careful all the time. Even when they were in control of the initiative, they were unable to completely widen the score gap. There was no one on the outside and they were always worried about being overturned by the opponent.

With more than 40 seconds left in the game, he thought he had finally gotten through the game. Felton made a three-pointer and he fought hard and made the key shot, thinking he could hold on...but in the end, the opponent beat him 8 to 2!

That 17-year-old kid came and scored a buzzer-beater!

This was the first time that Yao Ming led a team alone. He felt that it was too difficult. He played against a weak team and actually lost!
In the first three years of his career, he had someone supporting him.

In the first and second grades, his two outside partners were both iron-man-level players.

Before Francis was abandoned by the Rockets and let go of himself, he didn't take drugs that heavily and was in very good health. He played 02 games in the 03-81 season and 03 games in the 04-79 season. He missed 4 games, all of which were due to suspension.

Old Cat Mobley, one of the most self-disciplined players in the NBA, has always been in good health. In the season when he retired due to injury at the age of 33, he still averaged 13.7 points per game.

In those two years, there were players such as Maurice Taylor, Kevin Cato, Jim Jackson, Clarence Witherspoon, Eric Piatowski, Kenny Thomas, James Posey, etc. Yao Ming actually had an easy time playing in his first and second years.

In the summer of 04, the Rockets sent away three main players, Francis, Mobley and Cato, and also sent away other high-paid players to make room. Although they got McGrady back and the upper limit of strength was greatly improved compared to before, the Rockets also became a "two-man team".

Fortunately, Yao and McGrady stayed healthy last season, and both played almost every game, achieving a much better record than Yao Ming's first two years of his career, winning 51 games.

The last time the Rockets got a record of 50+ wins was during the "Old Man Happy Combination" era of Barkley, Olajuwon and Drexler. The 34-year-old "young man" Feizhu dragged two stumbling blocks, the Dream who was one month older than him and the Glider who was one year older than him, and won 57 games and made it to the Western Conference Finals... Then Feizhu exhausted himself. He had an MVP-level performance in the 96-97 season, but he collapsed in the 97-98 season and did not even make the All-Star team.

Just when Yao Ming was looking forward to continued success in the new season, McGrady was injured before the regular season even started.

He was dumbfounded in the first game of the new season - what kind of people are his teammates?

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"I didn't play a big role in this game. If I could have made one or two shots before, maybe we wouldn't have needed this buzzer-beater, and our offensive space would have been much better. Emeka got 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, Gerrard got 19 points, Blevins got 9 assists, Kareem made two important three-pointers, and Raymond worked hard to score and defend, and even made a three-pointer that set off a reversal wave... It was because of them that we were able to hold on to the end and had this buzzer-beater opportunity.

I just went up there and made the shot at the last minute when I needed it.”

Zhang Yang made headlines in his first career appearance.

His post-match interview also became a topic of discussion among fans.

Some people said that he was so humble at such a young age, some people said that he was not humble at all, and the last sentence exposed his arrogance hidden under his humble appearance.

But whether he is humble or secretly arrogant, in this game, Zhang Yang let people see his talent!
Originally, Zhang Yang missed all his shots in the positional battle, and scored 5 points by making 4 of 8 shots in counterattacks, which only showed his talent for speed and awareness of counterattacks, which could only prevent him from being scolded so badly.

5 out of 0 in positional warfare, this performance is really poor.

Are the rest of the team equally bad at mid-range shooting? Are Yao Ming the only player on both teams who can consistently make mid-range shots, and are the others also bad?

That doesn't matter. He took the most mid-range shots on the Bobcats team, and missed all four of them.

But this decisive goal made up for everything!
Zhang Yang's first battle broke many records.

The youngest player to appear in a game was 17 years and 146 days old. The youngest player to score in double figures in a game was also 17 years and 146 days old.

The youngest player to score a buzzer beater was 17 years and 146 days old.

In ESPN's "record" reporting style, there are also the youngest dunk, the youngest goal...

Unless the NBA resumes accepting high school students to participate in the draft one day in the future, these records will never be broken!

This buzzer-beater helped Zhang Yang's reputation, which had been declining during the preseason, to rise again, and alleviated his public pressure.

This helped Jordan save face. In the past few months, the media has been criticizing him for selecting a 17-year-old Chinese high school student and saying that he was crazy about getting Kobe.

However, these did not matter to Zhang Yang. The pressure from public opinion was great, so he just ignored the news. Jordan was badly criticized and lost face, but it was not him who lost face... This buzzer-beater brought the most direct benefit!
The next morning, Tellem ran excitedly to Zhang Yang's house and brought good news - several sneaker sponsors he had been in contact with finally gave him a satisfactory offer.

Zhang Yang called out "Dad" towards the kitchen.

Tactical tool dad Zhang Chen took off his apron and came to the living room to join the discussion. After learning about the situation, he asked, "What is their specific offer?"

Tellem: "Adidas' average annual price is the highest, but the contract period is also the longest. They want to sign a 10-year contract, a total of 8000 million. Reebok is the most active. They want to monopolize the sports brand commercial value brought by Chinese basketball players. The contract period and price are very suitable, 3 million for 2000 years. Nike said they will give as much as Reebok. Jordan also called me this morning..."

Zhang Chen: "Adidas' price is very attractive. I think most players would choose them if they were offered this price."

Tellem: "Yes, if it was any other player under my command, I would have rejected other offers by now. Even if they are All-Stars, the commercial value of most All-Stars will not last for 10 years. It is a sure win. Choosing a short-term contract is very risky. Just like Steve Francis, no one would have thought that he was a darling of capital in 03, but now he is about to lose all sponsors."

Zhang Chen: "Do you think there is still room for Jack's sneaker endorsement fee to increase?"

Tellem: "At least in terms of shoe endorsements, I believe his value will be higher than Yao's in the future. Now Jack has just shown his talent, and they are so positive. As long as he can play well, it will definitely be higher."

Zhang Chen: "Then don't consider Adidas. Reebok is also placed at the back of the list. I remember Yao Ming signed with Reebok. The two Chinese players will definitely be treated differently. Jack will definitely be ranked at the back."

Tellem: "I think so too. Between Nike and AJ, I suggest giving priority to AJ. Jack's boss Jordan is a small shareholder of AJ, which will help promote their relationship and give Jack a better team environment."

Zhang Chen nodded in approval of the choice, then turned to his son and asked, "Yang Yang, this matter is mainly up to you. Which company do you want to choose?"

Zhang Yang: "You guys have said what you want to say... As long as AJ offers the right price and the right number of years, they are indeed a good choice, but I have a request."

Tellem: "What do you want? I'll try my best to help you get it."

Zhang Yang: "Make the sneakers more handsome and cooler!"

Tellem: “Huh?”

Zhang Chen, Yang Jing: "..."

After hearing the request from their eldest son, the couple looked at their youngest son who was sleeping on the 'somersault cloud', wearing a 'four-star dragon ball hat' and holding a 'golden hoop stick', and fell silent again.

...

Zhang Yang's family made their choice, and Tellem started to get busy, with greater enthusiasm.

The commission rate for endorsement fees is much higher than that of team contracts.

He started a tug-of-war in negotiations with Jordan, AJ's North American head, and the Asia-Pacific head.

This matter will take some time. The intensity of publicity and promotion, whether there are signature shoes, the speed of production of signature shoes, the size of the signing press conference... and so on, all involve interests. Zhang Yang has obtained more resources, which will inevitably occupy the resources of other stars under AJ. This is also the reason why Zhang Yang's family and Tellem are unwilling to choose Reebok. Reebok's operational investment in Yao Ming has lasted for three years. If Zhang Yang joins, although he can benefit from the exposure brought by Yao Ming, he may always be overshadowed by Yao Ming's brilliance.

But Zhang Yang didn't need to worry about this. It was his father who contacted Tellem later on. He was under 18 years old and was not eligible to sign a contract independently.

His parents also went back to Yinshan in advance for this matter, saying that they wanted to discuss the sneaker endorsement with a lawyer to avoid pitfalls and to be cautious in everything.

But Zhang Yang thought there were other reasons why his parents left early - he saw the golden hoop, somersault cloud, and dragon ball hat thrown on the top shelf of the guest room closet...

He sneered, humph, he had anticipated this situation a long time ago. When he ordered these things before, he made two extra copies. Before his parents came, they had already been sent to the restaurant and villa in Yinshan.

Now that my parents go back, it’s just in time for them to receive the gift he gave to his younger brother!

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I slept too late last night and overslept and was late for work today o(╥﹏╥)o. I managed to write 3000 words before 12 o'clock. I will make it short and concise. I will update one chapter with at least 7000 words before o'clock in the evening. Please vote!

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