Ispravka, nije još

It started as an anecdote in Adrian Wojnarowski’s piece about how Michael Jordan’s shadow hangs over the new NBA season, and now looks like it’s about to become a reality. A week after Derrick Rose signed a five-year, $94.8 million contract extension with the Bulls, adidas looks like they’re about to pay the 23-year-old MVP a ridiculous $250 million over 10 years.

From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein:

One industry source insisted to ESPN.com this week that Rose’s new shoe deal with adidas will easily crack nine figures and could legitimately approach the $250 million range – as in $25 million annually over a 10-year span – in what is known in the shoe game as a “lifetime” deal.

How can the reigning MVP possibly command those kind of dollars as a shoe endorser? Here’s how: Rose, as it was explained to me, is adidas’ only counter to Kobe Bryant in China. I’m told Rose already outsells LeBron James there.

Wow. If this deal goes down, Rose would most likely become the highest-paid shoe endorser in the NBA. I say most likely, because no one technically knows how much LeBron re-upped with Nike for in 2010 after his seven-year, $93 million deal from May 2003 expired.

Last year, I was told by an industry insider that Nike had Rose’s contract expiration with adidas circled on their calendar ever since he spurned them in the summer of 2008. Props to adidas for doing whatever it takes to keep their guy.

Prije početka sezone sam na ovoj temi sa nekim komentirao Orlando, i taj mi je rekao da je Orlando slab, i da su napravili glupost sa tradom sa Bostonom, no onda sam rekao da je Orlando ekipa koja svakome može zabiti 20 trica, i da ce opet biti u vrhu zapada.

No jedno nisam očekivao, ovakvu igru. Prošle sezone sam imao, više se ne sječam je li tekst ili kolumna, gdje sam napisao kojih su 5 najpodcjenjenijih igraca u NBA i tamo sam uvrstio i Ryan Andersona. I on pokazuje ove sezone da sam bio apsolutno u pravu, jer dečko je za sada priča sezone ako se mene pita...

No, jeste primijetili što je Van Gundy složio? Ovo je igra kakva im je trebala, i protiv koje se neće biti lako braniti? Na pozicijama 3 i 4 ima u startnoj dva visoka igraca, Turkoglua i Andersona, oba su sjajni tricaši, i u napadu izvlace svoje visoke cuvare van sa sobom na sut, te u tom slucaju na Dwightu u skoku ostaje samo jedan visoki igrac. Zato ima dosta skokova u napadu, a i prostora za ulaze Richardsona, i to jako dobro pali. Vidjeti cemo kako ce to zaustavljati ekipe kasnije, ali kao što sam i očekivao Magic ce opet biti u top 4 istoka, a sa ovakvom igrom mogu i puno više...Moje osobno mišljenje je da, ako Hedo malo sredi skok, i vrati se barem djelomicno na formu iz play-offa 2009. vjerujem da mogu i do kraja na istoku...

Izuzetno mi je drago da sam bio i u pravu za Clipse, biti ce oni velika ekipa, ali dok se uigraju, i još uvijek tvrdim da ih ove sezone vidim u borbi za cca 7. mjesto na zapadu, uz score cca 38-28...

A Rocketsi...hm, nije mi jasno...Nakon prekrasne partije dan ranije protiv Spursa, biti ce da nisu dobro putovali ili da su nešto loše jeli, totalno dva različita lica...

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