One Year Left to Play

Iverson rejected the endorsement contract with 58 Technology.

But this was only his refusal. He got the person in charge from 58 Technology through his agent and called to inform them himself. However, the business staff in his agent team immediately called back to say negotiations could continue.

Just like Zhang Hao, besides his agent Henry Thomas, responsible for NBA team dealings, he also has staff dedicated to endorsements and media promotion.

Iverson’s agent team also consists of many people.

The one Iverson respects most is Gary Moore, whom he calls "Old Dad."

Although Iverson’s college performance wasn’t as dazzling as Duncan’s, he is undoubtedly one of the most popular genius stars in recent years.

During the offseason, Gary Moore helped Iverson connect with Reebok, rejecting Adidas and Nike because the latter two only offered mediocre endorsement contracts.

Before training camp started, on September 28th, Gary Moore helped Iverson sign a 10-year, 50 million US Dollar blockbuster endorsement contract with Reebok. To prevent Iverson from spending all the money on friends, Gary Moore used his resignation as leverage to get Iverson to sign a trust fund contract. Out of the 5 million US Dollars per year, 3.2 million must be accessed only post-retirement.

Moreover, it’s not accessible immediately after retirement. Starting in 2016, Iverson can receive 800,000 US Dollars in dividends from the trust fund each year, and he’ll only be able to withdraw the entire 32 million US Dollars when he turns 55.

Once the trust terms are established, they cannot be altered.

This means unless Iverson racks up so much debt that the bank takes the fund, he can’t sell it even if he wants to.

In theory, this ensures he won’t go bankrupt before the age of 60, and by 55, he might not be as reckless as in his youth, possibly being retired for 10-20 years by then and understanding the need to save.

Initially, Iverson resisted, wanting to live freely, but ultimately he accepted.

He’s not foolish.

But this time, Iverson didn’t want to listen to Gary Moore!

Iverson roared, "Gary, they just want to use the fact I lost by 58 points to hype it up! They don’t actually think I’m that great..."

"Yes, they want to use it for hype, but you’re wrong about one thing, they definitely don’t think you’re bad. Why didn’t they look for Coleman or Starkhouse but came to you?"

"But..."

"Allen, there’s no ’but.’ You refused, and they still reached their goal without spending a dime. Do you get my point? We can’t let them reap benefits at our expense for free."

Iverson was silent for a long time, finally showing a gritted-teeth expression and said, "Gary, you can only use half of this endorsement fee to buy the trust fund!"

Gary Moore didn’t meddle in how Iverson spent his salary, but regarding endorsement fees, the only condition for Gary Moore to remain working with Iverson’s team was that a portion of the endorsement fee must be used to purchase a trust fund, preventing Iverson from going bankrupt after retirement.

Initially, Gary Moore wanted 80% of Iverson’s endorsement contracts to go into the fund, but they settled on 64% after negotiations.

Seeing Iverson finally agree, Gary Moore reverted to his shameless, nagging fatherly role: "No, we agreed on 64%, and 64% it is. If you don’t agree, I’ll tell your mom to hit you..."

"Can you stop running to my mom with complaints for nothing!"

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"The Answer uses the Butterfly Step + Penny’s post-up and turn-around fadeaway + Hill’s quickest first step, all these flashy movements..."

Zhang Hao kept silently complaining while looking at the system prompt.

"Digital imprint:

Host successfully ensures fans associate Iverson with the 58-point difference at any time.

Congratulations to the host: Reward – Top-level Training Enhancement Card for crossover dribble."

When the system prompt arrived, Zhang Hao had already received the first message from Pelinka.

Ultimately, Iverson agreed to sign the endorsement contract.

Zhang Hao had expected this; the other side might refuse the contract out of emotion, but in the end...Mr. Zhang offered quite a lot!

If Iverson wanted to refuse, his agent team would definitely talk him into it on behalf of Mr. Zhang.

Looking at the two training cards, one is an elite training card that can enhance post-up, turn-around fadeaway up to 80, and the other is a top-level training card that can enhance crossover dribble to 90.

The post-up, turn-around fadeaway has no skill bonus.

But just like learning the fadeaway jumper from Jordan, it enhances scoring ability.

While the crossover dribble enhances the ability to initiate offense.

The key is that the crossover dribble requires six cycles, each cycle lasting six days, with six-hour daily training.

The training can be split, the cycles prolonged, but during the season, having 36 days to complete such training without affecting regular practice is quite difficult.

In contrast, the elite training card is much easier, still requiring six cycles, but each only taking three days and three hours of training daily. With more effort, it might be done in a month, slower in two, and no later than three months, definitely catching up for the playoffs.

Decision-making in such matters is straightforward. Zhang Hao decided to enhance his scoring ability first, given the presence of Kenny Anderson, the Magician, and Brian Shaw. Enhancing scoring ability outweighs improving the ability to initiate offense.

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