Chapter 1606 1605. The Eastern Tricks Are Deep

The boss of this new team is so arrogant that Artest is scared!

Artest just boasted that he wanted to have 80 wins and 2 losses, but Liu Mang said directly, "NBA is coming to an end."

"How can I be as pretentious as Ace?"

Artest felt that he had a lot to learn.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang asked for leave from the Basketball Association to take Artest for a walk. For the Chinese men's basketball team, the club affairs of several players playing in the NBA are also related to the Chinese men's basketball team. Some things need to be supported, such as Liu Mang taking his new teammates to watch the game and communicate with each other.

The better the career path of the best players, the smoother the progress of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The women's volleyball team lived up to expectations and defeated the Cuban team 3-1, winning the second medal in the three major balls for the Chinese Olympic team. The first medal, of course, is the men's basketball team, which has already secured at least a silver medal.

This is the second time that the Chinese Olympic team has won two medals in the three major balls since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics!

In 1996, the women's football team and the women's volleyball team both won silver medals. 12 years later, in this Olympics, the women's football team unfortunately stopped in the semi-finals, but the men's basketball team stood up!

After sending Artest back to the hotel and Levia home, Liu Mang simply ate some vegetables for dinner at home and returned to the Olympic Village.

Collective action is very important and helps to enhance cohesion. In this men's basketball team, except for Li Nan who is sure to retire completely after the Olympics and become the head coach, the oldest players are Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming and Du Feng. Players other than Li Nan may be members of the national team in the next four to six years, so it is good to stay together more. After all, these guys playing in the United States have few opportunities to contact domestic players.

When the news of the interview after Artest and Liu Mang met came out, there is no doubt that it triggered another wave of heated discussions during the two difficult days of waiting for the world's first place.

Will the Eagles restore the iron-blooded era after forming a meat grinder lineup?

Can the Eagles defend their title?

Or can a big man with a fragile mentality and a small forward with a problematic personality really be better than McGrady and Kwame Brown, two tactical cores who have worked together for many years?

And so on and so forth, the arguments became the topic of discussion among fans.

At this time, Liu Mang received a call from Schwartz and got a hot news, Mr. 58 has become rich! A long and smelly foot wrap in the NBA finally made his decision...

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The East is not fun!

Two years of Eastern career made Garnett feel this deeply.

It is obvious to the naked eye that the three giants of the Hawks, Magic, and Raptors will dominate the East for at least the next two years, and Garnett does not plan to stay in the East.

If Pierce is really seduced to the Bulls, Garnett still has a little idea of ​​renewing the contract for one year, even if Garnett is 33 years old in 2009, he is confident that he can sign a 4-year maximum salary.

After the trade of Milicic, Garnett and Pierce worked together as spies. Who would have thought that the Hawks would not be criticized for getting the league's top center, but Pierce, a veteran over 30, wanted to change teams, but everyone criticized him.

For the benefit of the entire owner group, the Celtics would never trade Pierce, who was about to enter the contract year. Garnett's dream of forming a Big Three with Reed and Pierce was shattered, and he chose to return to the West.

Except for those three teams in the East, other teams have no chance to get involved in the finals. Any team in the top nine in the West who gets Garnett has a chance to impact the finals. A team that can win 50 games in the West will undoubtedly transform in an instant if it gets a superstar like Garnett who has a defensive system.

Originally, Garnett planned to renew Pierce's contract for one year, or the Bulls would offer him a high salary of up to five years.

But the former has failed.

After three months of tug-of-war negotiations between Garnett and the Bulls, the negotiations finally failed!

The Bulls are only willing to offer 75 million for three years, which is the Bulls' final bottom line.

25 million a year, this is the highest salary except Kobe and McGrady, but Garnett wants a long-term contract, not a contract that expires at the age of 35.

After negotiation, 32-year-old Kevin Garnett signed and traded to join the New Orleans Hornets with a sky-high fat contract of 100 million for 5 years!

The Hornets sent David West and the first-round draft pick in 2009, and got Kevin Garnett from the Bulls!

The two core players of the Hornets, Paul and Durant, are both on rookie contracts. As long as David West's 10 million contract is sent out, whoever they want can be eaten!

The Hornets can give Chris Paul, the MVP-level teammate pursued by Garnett, and a 5-year 100 million contract, and successfully seduce the iron-blooded boy!

The Bulls have tried their best to stop the loss, insisting on a first-round pick, and disgusting Garnett, and then they will get David West, plus Reed, Hinrich, and Luol Deng. They will have no problem making the playoffs, but it is basically impossible to compete for the top four in the East like in the past two seasons.

After two seasons of dominance, the Bulls fell apart overnight!

The Bulls are just like those veterans of the Jordan era who did not renew their contracts after winning the championship in 1998. They don't want to wait until Garnett is 35 years old and support a veteran with a salary of 20 million to die slowly. They simply return to maintain the status of a first-class lineup and look forward to the opportunity to make a big deal.

Hinrich, Luol Deng, Reed, David West, Sefolosha... These are all very high-quality first- and second-rate trading chips.

Chris Paul, who failed to be selected for the Dream Team, finally has something to be happy about.

Like Deron Williams, he has multiple All-Star or former All-Star teammates!

Garnett left the Bulls and took away Big Z, a meat shield center who was very suitable for him. Big Z, whose contract expired, signed a two-year middle-class contract with the Hornets and continued to partner with Garnett.

Paul, Prince, Durant, Garnett, Big Z, although there is Durant who is too young, and Big Z who is too old, but Paul, Prince, Garnett are all at their peak. Paul could have led the team to the top four in the West. Now David West has been upgraded to Garnett, the best pick-and-roll inside player in the league, and Paul, the best pick-and-roll ball handler, is a perfect match!

This is a visible improvement!

In the already chaotic West, the Lakers' Big Four are still strong, the Spurs are at their peak again, the Suns' lineup has become more mature, the Rockets are rising against the trend, the double-gun Nuggets, the five-star Jazz, the Mavericks waiting to recover... Now the Hornets have also become the real troublemaker in the West!

The three major Western troublemakers in Liu Mang's mind, the Suns, Rockets, and Hornets, can all stir up the Western Conference!