Chapter 1478 1477. People of the Same Descent

The Heat are toxic...

Wade was out, and they brought back a glass-like Stoudemire. They had to rent a team doctor from the Hawks to help Stoudemire develop a training plan. Now they have chosen another glass man who was out for the season without playing a single game.

The Heat are like a breath of fresh air. Fans are still excited about the already crazy free market, but they came up with an alternative news, adding a different...laughing point to this crazy summer?

Indeed, the Heat have now become the object of people's ridicule.

Sympathy...Generally, teams that have such tragedies will definitely receive sympathy.

But Pat Riley's team is different. Since he planned to trade Magic for Jordan in the Lakers, he has established the title of "cold-blooded devil coach".

After leaving the Heat, Van Gundy also began to speak out and criticize Pat Riley for taking his head coach position.

Liu Mang is about to start his European trip. The three girls will also go to Europe together, but the three girls are going there for fun. They will return to China together after Liu Mang's European trip. They will not be together in the meantime because Liu Mang has his own work.

Coach Kruger simply settled down in Liu Mang's villa in Los Angeles on the west coast. It is more convenient to live there when there are trades to be negotiated with the western teams.

Sometimes, trades can be negotiated in a few days, just like the Nets are determined to rebuild and the Trail Blazers are determined to put aside the old history.

But if the other party is not in a hurry to trade, or the party that wants to trade more cannot expose its true goal too much, it will have to grind slowly.

Liu Mang's plan for the western strategy has two goals, which just meet these two aspects.

Liu Mang was not in a hurry. O'Neal was in hand, Wade would return in December, and Gasol was selected. Liu Mang himself, Wade, Jason Terry, and Rondo were the back line; McGrady, Grant Hill, and Battier were the front line; Marion, Kwame Brown, and O'Neal were not yet completed, but the goal was clear, and it didn't matter if the next two goals were slow.

Good things come to those who wait.

When Liu Mang took the three girls and prepared to take the charter flight booked by Levia to London, on July 10, the Cavaliers made trouble...

The Cavaliers sent a first-round pick and Scott Pollard's 6.27 million contract to expire, Eric Snow, and Shannon Brown, and signed and then traded for Chauncey Billups of the Pistons!

Billups' new contract has a starting salary of 11.39 million, a total of 61 million in 5 years.

This is the first time Billups has received a 10 million contract in his career.

The Pistons themselves were unwilling to give such a high contract, and of course, Billups was unwilling to stay.

Billups, who jumped out of the original last year of the 7.13 million contract, has been actively contacting the Cavaliers after the free market opened. Billups, now 31 years old... The Cavaliers are willing to spend money, and can only sign such a star who has passed his peak period.

Such a deal can be regarded as a contract. The Cavaliers spent 61 million to sign a 31-year-old veteran. The strength has definitely improved, but the five-year contract is still a player option, and the future salary space is hard to say.

Just like the three girls who were waiting for the plane at the airport with Liu Mang were all unanimously not optimistic about the Cavaliers' signing.

From the data, Billups, who averaged 17 points, 3.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.2 steals and only two turnovers per game last season, has a starting salary of more than 11 million, which is not excessive, but considering his age and the fact that the other party came from the Pistons, it is different.

The main reason is that the three girls used Liu Mang to compare with Billups...

This is a bit too much.

However, Liu Mang was quite surprised by Billups' choice. He originally thought that Billups would go to the West.

"It seems that he has not learned his lesson. He still wants to deal with me..."

Looking at the little loli who expressed the view that Billups would not be a match for his uncle even if he went to the Cavaliers, Liu Mang felt that the little loli was right...

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There is a saying that goes, if you lose something in the east, you will gain something in the west.

The Lakers are invincible in the interior, and even the Hawks were almost swept away, which brought endless pressure to other teams and also gave other teams opportunities.

If a team wants to strengthen, there will be a team that has the opportunity to exchange for better chips.

Like now, Popovich has the opportunity to bite the Hawks.

It is not easy to take advantage of the Hawks. Popovich is enjoying this feeling now.

Who told Popovich to have the signing rights of the South American players that the Hawks want?

The Spurs already have Oberto, who is also a power forward of Argentina's golden generation and can also play center. Popovich is not very interested in another Argentine power forward, but he just picked several Argentine players in the second round.

At this time, Coach Kruger was very worried, and Price, who came to Los Angeles to join Coach Kruger, was also very worried.

It seems that Liu Mang is determined to get these two goals. To be honest, if he changes teams, the owners of these two goals may not be so stubborn.

But who made them the Hawks?

It is also a good choice to grind slowly. Liu Mang is not in a hurry at all, but the two management members are a little anxious.

There are only a few people in the team! At most, there are only ten or so.

This year, Liu Mang led the team building, and both of them admired Liu Mang's team building ideas, but they also wanted to operate. If they got these two players, they could go to the free market.

Many veterans and talented players who want to win the championship have contacted the Hawks, but without the inside line, they can't negotiate with other players first.

The inside line is very important, especially since the season that just ended, the inside line has become very important.

Originally, after three consecutive championships, Coach Kruger and Price thought the same as Liu Mang, thinking that the league's rule changes would lead to the arrival of the outside line era, but the Lakers made a big move and forcibly delayed the arrival of the inside line era.

It is true that the Hawks further strengthened the team's outside line in the middle of the season last year, but the inside line cannot be relaxed, at least not too much behind the Lakers, Ma Niu.

After discussing countermeasures with Price, Coach Kruger got a plan.

"Boss, is this okay?" Coach Kruger felt strange.

"It doesn't matter. Sean will go to a team that is also capable of competing for the championship and will have more playing time. We have done a good job." Price explained forcefully.

"I'm not talking about this. I'm talking about whether the same method will work?" Coach Kruger is not as indecisive as Liu Mang in this regard.

"That drunkard doesn't know how we talked to Bird before..."

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It's still a very good red wine, the taste is still so mellow, the brand of the red wine has not changed, it is still the same brand and year of red wine taken out from Price's wine cellar...

The light is still so bright...

The wine taster is the same, still so handsome...

However, the location of the restaurant has changed from New York to a seaside restaurant in Los Angeles. Of course, if you want to drink red wine, you naturally won't pair it with seafood. Although the steak in Los Angeles has a high iron content, it is still very good.

No one would have thought that the owner of the Hawks and the executive president of the Spurs would have a dinner in Los Angeles.

Compared with the last time when the target Larry Bird was used in the same routine, Popovich did not have so many dissatisfactions, but felt... that his luck had turned?

"A 2002 second-round pick with the 27th pick plus a 2009 first-round pick can get Battier?" Popovich felt like he had gotten a piece of cake.

Popovich just wanted to whet the appetite of the Hawks. It would be good to get a first-round pick. Originally, Popovich wanted one or two second-round picks, but who knew that such a good thing would fall on him.

Price proposed to give Battier to Popovich, just a 2002 second-round pick and the 2009 Spurs' first-round pick.

The 2002 second-round pick... Popovich himself almost forgot it. He just had the habit of using the second-round pick to select some international players who performed well in the World Series. If the Hawks hadn't mentioned it, he might have given it away as a bonus for the deal.

In the original time and space, Popovich gave the rookie to the Rockets for free.

For Popovich, the current situation is equivalent to using the first-round pick in 2009 to trade for Battier, which is surreal for Popovich.

Even if it is the first-round pick of the Spurs in 2009, Popovich is confident that his team will not have a high pick. In 2009, the best pick is in the 20s.

To select a player of Battier's strength with a pick in the 20s... Popovich is not saying that he has never done it, but he can only select it once in a while. To ensure that a player like Battier can be selected in the 20s, no one dares to guarantee it.

The more this is the case, the more Popovich feels that there is a conspiracy.

"Greg, if I say I want to help you deal with the Lakers, do you believe it?" Price asked.

Popovich took a sip of wine. With his many years of experience in drinking, this is really a good wine. After savoring it, Popovich replied: "I believe you."

When Price asked the question "Do you believe it?", he was nervous. He didn't expect Popovich to actually believe it! And it doesn't seem like he was being sarcastic!

Why don't you believe it? The Hawks just lost to the Lakers, and they will definitely try to trip up the Lakers. Popovich feels that if he faces the same situation, he will do the same or even crazier things.

For example, if Parker applies for a trade, he will definitely pretend to trade Parker to the Lakers, lure the Lakers to distraction, and then send Parker to the Lakers' rival team, even if it means suffering a loss.

Originally, Popovich didn't like the Hawks that much, including the management, but now he feels that they are kindred spirits.

As for whether the Hawks will become stronger because of this... Popovich has a headache in the West, the Suns, Lakers, and Mavericks are there, how can he give up the opportunity to strengthen the small forward.

"BEAT-LA!" Popovich showed a cunning smile.

"BEAT-LA." Price was stunned for a moment, and also raised his glass. This was what he wanted to say...