In 2004, he finally appeared.


    Since Grant Hill joined Orlando Magic, he has hardly played well. It was during this time that another all-around forward, LeBron James, entered the league. Hill''s injury over and over again has made him no longer the most popular player in the league.


    But in 2004, he came back.


    "I belong to the city, but I have been away from it for too long. This city has given me too much tolerance, and I will give my last and greatest efforts. " That''s what Grant Hill told reporters and fans at a press conference before his comeback.


    Then it was found that Grant Hill, 33, seemed to be able to recreate the glory of the number 33.


    He is still able to steadily contribute 20 points per game, his shooting accuracy is too much than before, and his free throw percentage has even reached a career high. Although he won less than half of his free throws at the peak, and although his breakthrough is no longer so lethal, his defense is more mature, his position is more agile, and his distribution of the ball is more intelligent.


    That year, Hill played 67 games for the magic, more than the last three years combined. Fans can''t wait to put him into the eastern all star starting, his average 19.7 points + 4.7 assists + 3.3 rebounds per game is also worthy of this popularity.


    But at the beginning, the guy who often smashed on the head of the other center has become an old player who plays with his head.


    At that time, it was said that Grant Hill was alive, but the descendant of Jordan was dead.


    For hill that season, link was impressed. After all, it''s believed to be the season in which he will rise again.


    Hill''s athletic ability at that time was not as good as his peak, but he was definitely not a shooter who could only rely on shooting. Hill''s versatility is still there, and at the age of 33, his athletic ability has not yet degenerated as it did during the solar period.


    After link''s promotion, he couldn''t wait to call in Jimmy Butler and fight him for a few rounds. Because he practiced alone, link didn''t know where he was getting stronger.


    But after playing with Jimmy Butler, link found out that his strength this time is not a single aspect, but all-round!


    Breakthrough, link''s change direction is faster, and the ability to accelerate is also stronger.


    Shooting, link is more handy, the shooting rate is more terrible than before.


    Dunk, if link wants to, he can even make some more complex dunk action. Like buckles, like windmills.


    In the aspect of lateral movement, because Hill''s knee has not completely aged in this period, so the speed of traversing is also very fast, which further strengthens link''s defensive ability!


    Indeed, this time link did not have a certain ability suddenly become very prominent as before. But the overall ability has been improved to a certain extent.


    Link''s ability is originally superimposed, which is equivalent to that hill''s advantages in various periods are converged. In addition, with the progress of his own sports ability and confrontation ability, link''s current strength is actually far more than that of hill in 2004!


    Ten balls down, link hit Butler 10-2!


    Butler, panting on his knees, was beaten to the point of disbelief. He tried so hard this summer, but he still couldn''t see link''s tail light.


    Obviously, the last time I played link, he was not so strong. In addition, Butler and link have been training together all summer...


    "are you still training on your back?" Butler sat on the edge of the court, looking helplessly at link.


    Just that big windmill dunk is how to return a responsibility? When will link still have this?


    "No, it''s just that the season is about to start and I want to be serious." Link patted Butler on the shoulder, every year off-season, his most expected thing is to upgrade his ability.


    This summer, after training the ability of three-point shooting in dribble, now the ability of all aspects has been improved to a certain extent, which undoubtedly makes link very excited.


    From the team strength to the individual strength has been significantly improved, next season, how the Grizzlies should go further.


    Regional champion, Western champion, maybe... Further?


    As he said to igordala, it''s time for the FedEx stadium to put on some flags of honor.


    Just as link''s strength continues to improve, the commercial value of link is soaring.


    The rumor that Lin Kexiu defeated the first team of dream during the competition period made him famous. Especially after the dream team won the championship in the Olympic Games, "link is the only man who defeated the dream 10 team" is extremely popular.


    With his fame rising, the commercial value of link made Austin laugh.


    Now link has a high popularity all over the world, not to mention in China.


    As a result, Nike wants to sign a signature shoe contract with link, so that he can have his own series of basketball shoes at Nike.


    But since the first contract between the two parties is not over, link has to wait another year to come up with signature shoes.Before that, Nike decided to launch some "link special edition" of sneakers to test how much purchasing power link''s popularity can be converted into.


    Most of the players in the league can get the cash payment of the shoe brand every quarter. In addition, about 50 players can also get their customized shoe models. Some of the "personal special edition" of the shoes will be marked with the unique logo or logo of the player.


    Now, link is one of the 50 players. Although they don''t have their own exclusive shoe series, they have left their own personality and imprint in this sports brand.


    Austin knew that the most important role of this kind of shoes is to pave the way for the future launch of signature shoes, in addition to giving link more incentive terms.


    And once link gets a signed shoe contract, that''s great.


    For example, Nike''s Kobe series, James series and Durant series, Adidas''s Howard series, rose series, and even China peak''s Parker series and Battier series are all special signature shoes.


    The latest market of signature shoe contract is that rose signed with Adidas in 11 years with a price of 185 million in 13 years!


    It can be said that as long as you can sign a signed shoe contract with the shoe manufacturer, you will be an athlete worth hundreds of millions!


    This shows how much Jeff Austin attaches importance to this. It was Jeff Austen''s job to make link''s business value soar.


    So this time to get the "special edition shoes" water test opportunity, Austin is very interested.


    As soon as he was invited by Nike, Austin called link and asked him what he thought of shoe design and color matching.


    But where does link know this? He is not an artist at all, and his art germs are not very developed since he was a child.


    What''s more, link, who is addicted to eating, sleeping and playing Jimi these two days, doesn''t pay much attention to shoe design.


    So he thought about it and finally gave Austin only one suggestion.


    "All my special edition shoes have to have a small line on the side of the sole - rest, Zick. You can do the rest yourself. "


    Link laughed to himself, and he would never have to write this sentence with a marker every time he got a new pair of sneakers.


    These simple words are engraved on the soles of all link''s special edition shoes.


    Walking on the way to become Mr. billion yuan, you can''t forget the people who accompanied him all the way.


    Shoes, strength, popularity and partners... Now everything is ready for the start of the new season!


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