Case Study On Gerrell's Multi-Billion Dollar Contract

Bill Laimbeer, one of the “Bad Boys” of the Detroit Pistons, said “I’ll take Lebron James, absolutely. Runs like the wind, jumps out of the gym. LeBron can do anything. Michael couldn’t get all the

     It was not until the year 2002 that the NBA was able to find someone to

While James was in high school he excelled in two sports, football and his more known sport, basketball. LeBron excelled greatly in football, he was named All-State wide receiver in his sophmore year (Smithwick 10). His mom was worried about James and wanted him to quit football, so he wouldn’t get hurt. Later he broke his finger in a football game and his mother made him quit. When he was in high school, James made the rounds of the postseason all-star games, and he earned most valuable player of the year award at the McDonald’s High School All-American Game (Newsmakers B2). LeBron wanted to skip his senior year to enter into the NBA draft, but was against NBA rules, so he returned to high school now the most famous high school player. Even before James entered the NBA draft he had already signed a $90 million contract with the brand Nike (Contemporary C4). LeBron James entered the NBA draft in the summer of 2003, and was selected by the "struggling to make it in the NBA" Cleveland Cavaliers (Smithwick 14). The three year contract that James signed with the Cavaliers amounted to nothing beside the more than $100 million in endorsement contracts he has signed with Nike, Sprite, Powerade, Upper Deck Cards, and Bubblicious bubble gum. If it was anybody's guess, they would have said that James was going to play poorly in his first year, but he proved them wrong, everybody wrong. He was named rookie

Y'all know what Lebron is to the NBA? The King right. Well this young man right here is kind of like the Lebron James of the DMV when it comes to entrepreneurs.

In the last ten years many young and talented high school basketball players have chosen to enter the NBA draft. These 17 and 18 year olds decide to skip college, and instead they choose to take a big risk and enter the NBA, hoping to become stars and earn millions of dollars. In many cases, these youngsters’ careers are a failure because they don’t turn out as talented as they thought to be. They end up spending only a few seasons in the NBA because they are not good enough to compete at that level. Many of them have to move on to doing other things, such as playing basketball overseas, doing everyday jobs, or going back to college to earn a degree.

Wilt watched as the spokesman walked up to the front. “Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the NBA draft there are some good talents waiting to he called up so i say good luck to those that are here tonight , With the first pick of the 1960 NBA draft the Philadelphia 76ers select? Wilt Chamberlain from North Carolina University”.

In conclusion Allen Iverson inspired many put many in their places accomplished so many crazy things gave his whole heart to the game and changed it

Also, Lebron James had the desire to make his high school basketball team, however, he lacked the money to afford the bills that came with the sport of basketball.

Lebron James, the first pick taken in this year’s draft, may be the prototype for an athlete having immediate fame and wealth by jumping straight to the NBA. Almost undoubtedly, he has set the bar for years to come. Before he even played in an actual NBA game, he already had his own commercial and shoe deals. When he was a senior in high school, ESPN and ESPN2 were already publicizing his regular season games whenever they had the chance. Amazingly, as a junior in high school, he was already being considered the next Michael Jordan (Broussard).

Derrick Rose is at the center of the basketball universe. It's a few days before Christmas in 2011, and the shy, 23-year-old point guard finds himself in the middle of a suburban Chicago shopping mall as throngs of fans scream for his attention. A few hours earlier, the Chicago Bulls formally announced that they have signed the reigning MVP to a max extension worth close to $100 million. The future was bright for one of the NBA's most prominent

It's often been said that you don't bite the hand that feeds you. Most of us might carry that into not choking the neck of the person whose hand feeds you as well. Latrell Sprewell did not make that leap in logic. Today, that error and other lapses in judgement have taken him down a dark road.

In a lot of negotiations, it is generally expected that the two parties will stand in two different camps in terms of price or other conditions and that both parties will meet somewhere in the middle. This is not always the case but it is certainly a common

2. Wilt Chamberlain, a skilled basketball player who attracts home crowds, signs a contract where 0.25 is put apart for every home game for him

From LeBron’s outstanding high school career no one was surprised when he was drafted number one overall to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Just like in his first year in highschool he wasn't scared to show people how good he really was as rookie in the NBA. Which some people already knew how talented he

The movie “Moneyball”, released in 2011, contains several negotiations that exhibit techniques we discussed and practiced in class. To provide brief context, the movie is based on the Oakland Athletics baseball team. The film begins by showing a 2001 Playoff Series featuring the Athletics playing the Yankees, and highlights the difference between the salaries each team has. The Yankees boast a salary of $114 million, whereas the Athletics salary is $39 million. Despite the efforts of the Athletics, they eventually lose the series. This foreshadows the movie’s main plotline – that the Athletics suffer from a lack of funds, making it difficult for them to compete professionally.