Yeah, I think he did. Landry getting a Chinese shoe contract is something no other NBA team can offer, so when a team offers Landry the full MLE, Morey can go 'Hey Carl, here's 2.5 million of our MLE. Oh and by the way, Anta wants to sign a 5 million shoe dollar deal with you only if you sign with us. Anyway, how's that 2.5 contract looking?'
Yep, http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/tag/SteveFrancis/ Last time we checked in on the contagious nature of Chinese endorsement deals among domestic teammates of Yao Ming, it was third-string point guard Steve Francis getting paid. Chinese sneaker/apparel company Anta has a new face on the roster though, as reported by the Houston Business Journal: Rockets coach Rick Adelman. Adelman, former head coach of the Sacramento Kings, has signed on as a consultant to Chinese athletic apparel manufacturer Anta Sports Products Ltd., while guard Bonzi Wells has become the third Houston player to sign an endorsement deal with Anta, joining teammates Steve Francis and Luis Scola on the Anta team. ... Adelman will work with Chinese basketball players and coaching personnel at a basketball camp to be held at Toyota Center next summer.
BTW,Rockets traded bonzi at its will. If Bonzi want to extend that deal, he will miss Rockets so much
Hell yeah, we can promise every MLE level player, a chinese shoe deal to go over the MLE. That's the way to beat the system. Too bad, we can't do the same with the big name free agents.
im sure a shoe contract will be unofficially part of a new contract offer in order to lower his actual salary.
