Chapter 116 Sneak Attack

In the week that followed, the Pelicans, besides losing to the Grizzlies, successively defeated the Suns, Pacers, and Jazz, achieving a record of 3 wins and 1 loss.

Tang Tian's personal statistics also improved significantly compared to the beginning of the season.

He averaged 34.6 minutes per game, scoring 26.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.2 blocks, with a 50% shooting percentage and a 45% three-point shooting percentage.

Because of the emergence of the Pelicans' inside players, his rebound data rose, and his data had become LeBron-esque.

It was also at this time that Fagan and Nike had negotiated an early contract renewal.

The two sides reached an early renewal agreement for a 7-year, $217 million contract!

This also meant that Tang Tian would be an endorser for Nike until at least 2024!

At that time, Tang Tian would be 32 years old, which was still a peak age for a superstar.

Tang Tian would still have the opportunity to sign a larger endorsement contract with Nike at that time!

This signing also sparked a frenzy of discussion among fans on social media.

"Nike is really willing to spend big, it's easy to think of Rose back then!"

"The Fengcheng Rose is not what it used to be, but the grand occasion of being elected MVP and signing a $250 million contract with Adidas is still vivid in my mind."

"Yes, yes, Rose was high-spirited at that time, and that contract shocked everyone. It was the biggest endorsement contract in history!"

"No, Tang is actually more powerful than Rose. Rose was $250 million for 13 years, averaging 19 million a year, but Tang is 31 million a year!"

"I didn't even notice the term until you mentioned it. The annual salary comparison is simply a nuclear signing!"

"Yes, the annual salary of this contract is just 1 million more than Durant. You can understand the meaning and price behind it."

"Damn, I just noticed that Durant signed a 10-year, $300 million contract before. Nike is going to promote Tang Tian instead!"

"Nike is also betting this time. You have to know that Durant had already played in the league for 7 years when he signed that contract, but Tang has only played for 4 years!"

"You don't know how well the Godfather generation sells. Nike won't do a losing business. As long as Tang doesn't suffer injuries like Rose, Nike will definitely make money!"

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The contract that Fagan negotiated was the biggest and most successful deal of his career.

When he told Tang Tian the news in the video, he was beaming with joy. With this contract, he would get a lot of commission.

Agreeing to become Tang Tian's agent was definitely the best decision he had ever made in his life!

Tang Tian was also very satisfied with Fagan's operation, especially the 1 million odd that made his annual salary more than Durant's, which made him feel very comfortable.

Moreover, after discussion, Nike allowed Tang Tian to pre-draw his salary for the next three years.

Two years of the old contract, plus one year of the new contract, totaled $51 million.

After deducting taxes and Fagan's commission, Tang Tian could get about 30 million at once.

Including his previous 22 million krypton gold value, his krypton gold value exceeded 50 million, reaching 52 million.

He could finally exchange Kobe's fadeaway, this red skill, after this wave of early renewal operations!

When the text message reminded him of the income of his bank card, he opened the system interface on his phone.

He was a little excited.

When the krypton gold value met the exchange requirements, he could see the specific content of the corresponding skill.

So this was the first time he fully understood the red skill.

Compared to blue, purple, and even orange skills, there were significantly fewer red skills.

But each one was earth-shattering.

Chosen One (James): Increases physical confrontation by 40%, gains the passive skill "Stern's Blessing," reduces the risk of injury by 10%, condition: Must exchange Beast (Artest).

Death Wrap (Leonard): Increases perimeter defense ability by 40%, gains the passive skill "Expressionless Stare," increases the success rate of steals by 10% when the opponent launches an attack, condition: Must exchange One-on-One Defense (Tony Allen).

Unlimited Range (Curry): Increases the stability of ultra-long three-pointers by 40% (from the three-point line to the backcourt is the ultra-long range), gains the passive skill "Elementary School Student's Carnival," after an ultra-long three-pointer is made, the whole team's attributes are increased by 5% for one minute, condition: Must exchange General (Arenas).

Lord of the Rings (Bill Russell): Increases low post defense ability by 40%, gains the passive skill "Lord of the Rings Deterrence," after a successful low post defense, the opponent's attributes are reduced by 10% for one minute, condition: Must exchange Iron Man (Mourning).

Magic (Earvin Johnson): Increases passing vision and passing stability by 40%, gains the passive skill "Magic's Blessing," increases the receiver's shooting stability by 10% after a pass, condition: Must exchange Court Commander (Rondo).

Fadeaway Shot (Kobe): Increases fadeaway stability by 40%, increases waist and abdomen strength by 10 points, gains the passive skill "Four Attempts, Three Misses," when three consecutive shots are missed, the fourth shot will definitely go in.

Stone Buddha (Duncan): Increases performance stability by 40%, gains the passive skill "Head Pat," increases the performance stability of the person being patted by 10%, the patted object can include oneself, condition: Must exchange Low Post Master (Al Jefferson).

Legend (Iverson): Increases stamina recovery speed by 40%, gains the passive skill "Court Fighter," when encountering an injury that requires playing, greatly reduces the impact of the injury, condition: Must exchange Masked Man (Hamilton).

Iron Man (A.C. Green): Reduces the risk of injury by 50%, condition: Must exchange Wall (Ben Wallace).

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Compared to the previous purple skills, the attribute increase brought by the red skills directly crossed a level.

And the biggest difference was that basically every one had its own passive skill.

The usefulness of these passive skills was very great, the kind that could bring qualitative change.

But like purple skills, exchanging them mostly required pre-skills.

And these pre-skills were not cheap, they were all purple skills.

This was also expected, these advanced skills could not be used at all without a certain foundation.

But, they were all very tempting.

Stone Buddha's skill was simply tailored for him now.

There was also Iron Man's skill, which was the skill he had thought about before to avoid injury.

Unlimited Range was also very tempting, it must be cool to shoot the sun's three-pointers.

But it was a bit of a pity that his krypton gold value was only 52 million now, and he was still a bit short of exchanging purple skills.

More importantly, the season was already halfway through, and he didn't have time to adapt to those new skills.

Forcing an exchange and dragging it out, he might not be able to exert the power of the skills by the time the playoffs arrived.

In other words, he could only exchange three now, Death Wrap, Legend, and Kobe Fadeaway.

Death Wrap had One-on-One Defense as the foundation, so he could exchange it directly, and basically he could adapt quickly.

However, because he had evolved from a 3D player into the core of the team, this kind of icing-on-the-cake skill was not within his consideration.

Then the remaining Legend and Kobe Fadeaway.

The former's help to him was obvious, he would never have to worry about physical problems after exchanging it.

And the latter was the target skill he had been preparing for.