all that trip tagging along with lin to asia this summer is paying off, it looks like. still can't get him any chinese all-star votes but that will come.
Doubt it's $5m. Zheng Jie, the #1 tennis player in China and one of the most popular athletes in the country only gets $3M/year from Anta. http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/chinese_tennis_star_lands_us3_million_endorsement/ Kevin Garnett's shoe deal at Addidas was believed to only be about $2M/year before he switched to Anta shoes. http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/kevin_garnett_signs_endorsement_contract_with_anta/ A handful of legitimate superstars command multi-million dollar annual deals. Parsons is nowhere near that level in terms of endorsement contracts. I would expect his endorsement contract to fall into the sub $1M range, possibly even in the low to mid $100k's.
Son of b****. On the main page it's just says Chandler Parsons is leaving.... I was about to be very mad at the Rockets.
All I'm saying is Anta was here before Lin, you dummy worshiper. And don't worry, Jeremy and chandler have sleepovers, and you're not invited. Don't be jelly.
More than one way to skin a cat... Les found a way to pay Chandler through one of Alexander's investments...
According to the bloomberg article Les invested in $30 million in a company that earns $1.6 billion a year. Les is part owner of Anta like Jayz was part owner of the Nets.
I have a feeling that even if Lin averages 1.3 points/game for the rest of his career, Les will still retire his jersey for all the Asian money he brings.
Parsons is still a nobody in the mainstream here despite his good looks, race & talent. Let's not kid ourselves Yao and Lin played a huge part in getting him this deal.
According to the bloomberg article he'd be something like 8% of the IPO; a very significant investor for a company that size.
Just saw "leaving" and almost had a heart attack. Could you ease up on the provocative thread titles?
So this is why he pretended to be friends with Lin but has now dumped him for Harden and Bev! Parsons applying Moreyball to friendships.
