Arenas Sells Shoes To East China Normal University

In July 3rd, Gilbert Arenas, agent 0, appeared in the basketball hall of East China Normal University.

On the left and right sides of the wall, the LCD screen is rolling to play the picture of Arenas dribbling in the wizard's cloak. Arenas is coming out of the middle of the screen after the deafening sound.

This time, he did not play basketball, but the microphone, nor the cloak, but the most common white sportswear, loosely hanging on his body.

Perhaps it was because of the infection of loud music that almost everyone in the stands screamed and kept waving inflatable sticks.

Arenas seemed frightened. In a subsequent press conference, he said, "while I was at University, I saw NBA players coming to school and screaming with excitement.

But I didn't expect there would be so many people today, as if I were more red in China than in the US.

When the screaming came down, a nearby student whispered, "there is no appearance of half a secret agent."

The name "agent" comes from Arenas's teammates in Washington Wizards.

"They saw me wearing the No. 0 Jersey. They often shoot slam dunk at the crucial time and scored the score, so they gave me such a title."

Arenas explained.

Arenas has been a member of the NBA players because of his independence.

He has an exclusive vocabularies: Gilbertology (Gilbert).

"This word was invented by one of my coaches.

I feel good because I have done many interesting things on the court.

Arenas quickly described to reporters what he did all kinds of interesting things, such as taking a shower in his jersey at halftime, and to hide one or more teammates in the dressing room before the game, so that they could rush to find it. Before each shot, he would say "Hibachi", which in Japanese is the meaning of "brazier". He hoped he could feel hot and throw himself in the middle. Besides talking like a secret agent, Arenas was far from the secret agent.

The purpose of Arenas's trip to Shanghai is, in name, to cheer for the Adidas summer basketball finals, in fact, to sell shoes.

After making a few polite remarks, Arenas offered his magic weapon -- eight pairs of colorful sports shoes.

He is one of the two players of all NBA players who will design sneakers, and the other is his idol Kobe Bryant.

In the eight pairs of sneakers, there are a pair of "black presidential shoes". When Arenas explained the meaning of these shoes, he opened a joke of American presidential candidate Obama: "before the emergence of presidential candidate Obama, the governor of Washington DC is me."

The whole audience laughed.

Arenas, who was born in 1982, is now in the limelight.

Before he left for Shanghai, he received a phone call from Abe Potter, the Washington Wizards boss. Abby Potter said on the phone, "Gil, you are my child.

Remember, no matter what happens, I will not let you leave me. "

Almost at the same time, Hua Sheng's local media broke the news that Washington Wizards left Arenas six years' 127 million dollar contract.

Prior to that, the Jinzhou Warriors also made a contract of five years and 101 million dollars to Arenas.

The two teams and Arenas have a lot of sources: the former is the team he played from the 2003-2008 season, because Michael Jordan is known to the world.

The latter is the team he played from the 2001-2003 season. Arenas left that year because the warriors did not perform well.

As soon as the news came out, the local sports commentator in Washington immediately questioned the voice. The media even played such a title. Is Arenas worth so much money?

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When the the Bund pictorial reporter told Arenas about the dispute, he smiled first, and then replied unhurried, "Oh, no one is worth such a high price, including me, but it's a common thing to make a profit by buying and selling players."

Ali is more aware of the importance of money than others.

In 1982, he was born in a slum area in the United States, and his father was a special actor.

At the age of three and a half years, Arenas was abandoned by his mother.

In order to support his son, Arenas's father gave up his unsuccessful performing arts career and found a low income job. Two people could only live on meager income.

Family life was improved until Arenas was elected to NBA and became famous.

As early as June 30th, when Arenas announced that he had jumped out of the contract and joined the free market, Arenas, the general general, wrote on his blog: "I have a lot of ideas in my mind. Really, I have a feeling that I am worth a lot of money. After consulting, I decided to jump out of the contract and see what would happen."

In the Washington Wizards who worked for 6 years, Arenas became a "soul" character and was called NBA's best shooting guard.

But his income is not directly proportional to his contribution, with an average annual salary of only $13 million.

At present, the fate of Arenas has already been settled: he will accept the new contract of 6 years and 111 million years of the wizards, and give up the 16 million dollars that the team has offered him for 6 years 1.27 billion, so as to help the team strengthen the lineup.

The reason why he is willing to earn less than 16 million dollars is: "as I have said before, many players renew their contracts at the top of their salaries, but at the same time, they also burden the team. It is difficult for the team to operate in three years, and I do not want to be such a player."

Although Arenas made less than $16 million, there was no doubt that he raised his price and proved his worth.

The 0 Chinese star who sat on 40 cold stools except the NBA fans, most of whom came to know Arenas from his advertisement, the 0 story.

In this series of advertisements, there are also more familiar athletes, such as Beckham and Ma Xiaoxu.

Arenas in the advertisement is a cartoon character. The lines and moustache are all exaggerated. All these paintings are from Arenas's own hand. The cartoon version of the little man sitting on the bench, practicing the ball, turning around and shooting the basket are all painted by Arenas under the guidance of the relevant personnel and painted on the huge white paper. Arenas answers the advertisement. He says, "Hey, I am Gilbert Arenas, this is my story.

I just entered the first 40 games of my NBA career and I spent it on the bench.

They said I was going to sit on the bench. I don't think they saw my talent at all.

They think I am a "0" and nothing good.

But I didn't sit there complaining, but I kept training and training.

When no one believes in you, you will score extra points for any effort you make.

This is not a question of whether I can play basketball well, but I want to prove that they are wrong.

Now I'm still wearing No. 0 Jersey, because I warn myself to work hard every day.

Less than 200 words can be Arenas's best summary of his career.

Before joining NBA, Arenas played basketball at University of Arizona basketball team.

When he first scored, he was mediocre. He was called useless. The coach said rudely that he was "0 on the ball."

Arenas kept this sentence firmly in mind and put on the jersey of "0" to remind himself of his disgrace.

In 2001, Arenas wore the No. 0 Jersey to the NBA draft. Due to various factors such as height, character and position, Arenas's draft fell to the poor 31 place.

That night, Arenas, who had no talent, burst into tears. He said, "I want to regret all those who despise me, and I will be the one who helps the team win."

Such words and deeds are ridiculed by the media as a model of arrogance.

After 40 cold stools, Arenas went on the court as a substitute, and his fate was reversed.

In the 2002-2003 season, he was named NBA's most progressive player. He was named the most valuable player in the all star game challenge in 2003. During the 2004-05 season, Arenas and his team-mates Larry Hughes helped the Wizards win the first playoff series in 23 years.

In December 17, 2006, Arenas set up a record of 60 points in his personal career in front of Kobe, a college idol. After 6 days, he finished the 15 consecutive victory of the Suns by 54 points of magic performance. He became the third player to get 60 + and 50 + in a week after Jordan and Kobe.

Arenas is a computer game lover outside the stadium.

He said, "a lot of NBA players don't play computer games and think they are growing up.

But I love playing games because I don't want to grow up.

In 2008, Arenas was chosen as the "cover boy" in the game "NBA Live 08". "Players like me are very concerned about who will cover the page every year," Arenas told the the Bund pictorial reporter excitedly. "When I knew I was on the cover, I was very happy and played for two months."

At this time, people will see a "0 agent" Gilbert Arenas, who is quite different from the basketball hall of China Normal University.