The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 331 - 186 The Turbulent Free Market_2

Chapter 331: Chapter 186 The Turbulent Free Market_2

He may be a hero in Indiana, but he couldn’t naturally create a "Su Wan fever" all over the United States.

To further enhance his influence in the United States, he must go to a larger city.

That’s the only way for international players to boost their influence in the States.

But for now, Su Wan had no plans to leave the Pacers, so he could only look for an agent skilled in commercial promotions to handle these matters.

When Tyrone heard that Su Wan wanted to sign him, he hurried over to Bolis and the two smoothly reached a three-year contract agreement.

With a mere 2% commission on player contracts far below the market rate and a 5% commission on commercial contracts...

Given Su Wan’s abilities, his next contract was definitely going to be a max contract starting at over 15 million US dollars. Even with just a 2% commission, Tyrone would get 300,000 dollars, which is the same commission an agent would get for signing a 6 million dollar contract at 5%.

And in this league, how many players on a team can land contracts worth over 6 million dollars?

Take the Pacers for example; next season, only little O’Neal, Artest, and Dior have contracts over 6 million.

What’s more important is...

Su Wan still had commercial contracts waiting to be explored.

In any case, Tyrone was very pleased with this.

Before parting ways with Su Wan, Bill Duffy organized all the matters Su Wan was dealing with, was in the process of fulfilling, or was waiting to handle, and Su Wan handed these documents over to Tyrone.

Looking at the detailed summary, Tyrone couldn’t help but say, "Bill is really a good guy!"

Praising a former agent in front of his current agent felt somewhat odd to Su Wan.

After signing Tyrone, Su Wan quickly saw the rewards; first, he became the face of KFC in China with an annual two million US dollars, roughly equivalent to 16 million RMB. The price was not much different from that of the top domestic celebrities in China, and it even exceeded some. After all, it was only 2006, two years away from the economic boom in China in 2008.

At that time, not many celebrities had endorsement fees of over 16 million a year.

While the target market was still China, the corporations were homegrown American businesses.

Then, Su Wan received two clothing brand endorsements, not for a large amount, 100,000 to 1.5 million US dollars a year, and both were signed for only one year.

In two days, Su Wan had successively signed three endorsements and felt the switch to this agent was quite valuable.

Whether this was Tyrone’s "pledge" or a proof of ability, time would tell.

In this period, Su Wan glanced at the results of the draft.

Barriani, as originally anticipated, became the "top pick" of the 2006 draft.

For this "No.1 Pick," Su Wan wasn’t sure how to evaluate him. He could be seen as a standard "Data Brush," peaking at an average of 20+ points per game. However, those points rarely came at moments when the game needed a "one-stroke decision."

But saying the Raptors shouldn’t have chosen him wouldn’t be quite fair either.

The players from 2006 who made a name for themselves had their respective issues:

"Yellow Mamba" Roy’s knees were even riskier than Wade’s; Rajon Rondo’s personality meant he couldn’t possibly become the Absolute Core of a team; Paul Millsap truly shone when the Small Ball Era arrived, and the Raptors couldn’t wait that long. Besides, who would use the No.1 pick for Millsap...

The rest, like JJ Redick, could be described in four words:

Not up for the task!

The only one who could truly be the "God of the 2006 class" would probably be Alridge, whom "Sky Hook" said "that kid reminds me of myself."

But his team leadership results were just so-so.

The "Small" in the "Small Ball Era" stands for all aspects.

This class wouldn’t yield great results for any team holding the No.1 pick.

Additionally, the Spurs ultimately acquired the 8th overall pick of the first round, selecting Rudy Gay with this pick.

He was a small forward with outstanding physical qualities and possessed an "unblockable jump shot," able to shoot from anywhere on the court. Jerry West thought he could be the next Kobe.

As for how much he resembled Kobe in other respects, Su Wan wasn’t too sure.

But he knew the kid was quite a ball hog.

In this regard, very much like Kobe.

Popovich was known for his ability to revamp players, which Su Wan didn’t deny.

But the media only reported his successful transformations, not the many failures.

For instance, the explosive small forward Richard on the Brooklyn Nets completely fell apart after moving to the Spurs.

In some ways, Gay was similar to him; both had explosive athleticism and could score easily in transition. However, Gay didn’t like to defend, and his passing and catch-and-shoot abilities were average—these were also key reasons why Jefferson didn’t make it with the Spurs.

The more Su Wan thought about it, the more he believed Popovich’s decision to pick Gay was going to be his Waterloo. Of course, he was looking forward to such a Waterloo.

The Pacers traded this year’s second-round pick to the Cavaliers and only had the 30th pick of the first round, which Larry Bird used to select Millsap.

Naturally, that was Su Wan’s recommendation after activating his "Heavenly Eye."

Mainly because Millsap was perfectly suited for the small-ball system; his presence could even compensate for little O’Neal’s lack of playmaking. Additionally, he had a very reliable three-point shot, and later against the Heat Team, he delivered what came to be known as "the Millsap moment."

Of course, this was the Millsap Su Wan remembered.

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