On the day he arrived in the United States, he went to the UCLA basketball gym to practice with Westbrook for a pre-draft practice.

At this time, Nike also provided him with professional trainers and nutritionists, and brought him a full set of training equipment.

"Long time no see, Snoopy!"

Westbrook greets Dugg on the massage table in the arena.

Westbrook is surrounded by Jordan apparel and recently entered into a partnership agreement with the Jordan brand. But Jordan's price is not very high, and it is not much different from Dugg's full coverage contract.

As far as sneaker contracts are concerned, not all lotto shows get cash endorsement contracts, and even if they do, they can get between $200,000 and $700,000.

After all, there are only about 10 superstars in the NBA league who have their own signature shoes. The vast majority of players are still at the level of commodity contracts: they mean that sneakers provide you with sneakers for free, or give you some equipment purchase vouchers to buy sneakers and other products. In addition, it will probably mean that it will give you 5,000 to 10,000 US dollars in 'endorsement fees'.

However, now NBA rookies are actually 'laughing' at Dugg, believing that his five-year, $88.88 million contract is the biggest joke in basketball.

"Last week, your single made it to the top 10 in the U.S., which is amazing." Westbrook fiddled with his Walkman and said, "Did you see yesterday's news?" O.J. Mayo is laughing at you, saying your endorsement contract is a joke. ”

When Duge was in China, he learned that the content of his contract had been exposed. At that time, Nike apologized to him, but his attitude was indifferent, because he had no intention of hiding the content of the clause.

"Is this a joke?" Dugg raised his eyebrows, and he said strangely, "Isn't this a great victory at the negotiating table?" ”

Westbrook nodded: "It's a great win for a potential rookie. Because you've got a good guarantee, but you've also got plenty of room to rise. ”

"But those who don't get endorsement contracts don't see it that way. All they know is that your contract has suddenly dropped from $88.88 million to less than $5 million. Thus, they have decided that you are a vain person. ”

Dugg turned around and asked Nike's trainer to relax his back.

"What about Kevin? Did Kevin get an endorsement contract? Dugg asked suddenly.

"He only got a merchandise contract from Nike. But I've heard that he's been in contact with a Chinese manufacturer lately, and maybe he'll get hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Chinese sports brand. Westbrook said, "By the way, I'll be going to Orlando the day after tomorrow. But my agent no longer allowed me to participate in confrontation training, and he was worried that I would get injured because of it. What about you? Does your agent allow you to compete against each other at the gym camp? ”

"I don't have an agent, I only have a partner who will help me with some business things."

Dugg laughed and said, "However, I will definitely participate in confrontational competitions. You know that, too. I looked like nothing in static tests, and I was only able to show my strengths in competitions. ”

Westbrook looked up, and he told Dugg very seriously, "Then you have to be careful. A lot of rookies are looking at you right now. Anthony Randolph and Javier McGee have already said that if you dare to participate in confrontational training, they will definitely complete the violent dunk on your head!! ”

"ESPN recently did a special data count. Their data experts modeled you were the most efficient and basket-protected interior player in the NCAA last season, and you've never been dunked in the front...... This report has the super bouncing experts who haven't played against you jumping in the air, and their agents are also behind it. After all, if the news comes out of the training camp that you've been violently deducted, then their order will move up quickly. ”

Dugg raised an eyebrow when he heard this, thinking that he was trying to use me as a stepping stone.

"OK, I accept their challenge! If they want to detain me, just come and detain me. ”

Dugg turned to the Nike staff and said, "You can get out there and say that Snoopy is willing to go full-court with any interior player." All teams are welcome to focus on the inspection! ”

Westbrook looked at Dugg in surprise and thought... Aren't you a little too pushy, Javier McGee and Anthony Randolph are super spring people.

Then, Westbrook saw Dugg's dunk with the ball in the gym.

He was stunned.

Snoopy's breakthrough was still broken, but he let out an exclamation as he lifted the ball into the air with one hand and shoved the basketball into the basket with a slight reluctance.

"Oh my God, you can grab a basketball and jump now??"

Westbrook was shocked, in his previous realization. The only job Snoopy can do with the basketball is stand at the free throw line and shoot on the spot, and the pace is slow.

But now, he was able to break through and dunk with one hand. Although the bounce height has dropped a lot as a result, it seems a little reluctant. But this... After all, it was a great victory.

Before he could finish speaking, Dugg grabbed the basketball under the basket and soared into the sky...... Rumble!

He slammed the basketball into the hoop.

This time, the power, bounce, and speed were much faster.

"There's no problem with a one-handed dunk." Dugg told Westbrook, "But it's not okay to clasp your hands violently."

He still couldn't hold the basketball with both hands and complete the jump and dunk at the same time...... Even if it's in place.

His coordination did not allow him to do such a difficult thing.

"It's amazing." Westbrook said from the bottom of his heart: "Even if I don't pass you the ball in the future, you can still grab and dunk under the basket." ”

Du Ge smiled slightly, there are so many slots in this sentence.

Westbrook then added, "When your coordination returns to the level you used to do when you jumped up and down and beat Collison, you're not really going to be a point guard, are you?" ”

To be honest, he's a little worried, even though the outside world is now laughing at Snoopy's 'Actually, I'm a point guard.'" But Westbrook knows that if this guy does become a point guard, it will be an absolutely devastating blow to the point guard position. It's as if LeBron James redefined the small forward.

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[Next shift, ten o'clock.] 】