Chapter 551

The finals with the least sense of existence are probably the finals of the 2002-03 season. Except for the first game, the fans had a sense of expectation, but seeing the score of more than 70 more than 70, in the second game, from the first game The ratings of more than a dozen points dropped directly to less than 5 points, creating a new low in the ratings of the NBA since 1976. Probably except for New Jersey fans and Texas fans, there are a few games that like this kind of tune fans and basketball players, no one else watched this year's finals.

The attention of the fans is all on this year's draft training.

Although the Nets and Spurs are still playing in the finals, the NBA can only say sorry to them. The joint trial training for the draft is scheduled for June 22, the day of the fifth game of the finals between the Angels Spurs and the Nets. This year it's Chicago's turn to host the combine tryouts.

Out of the consideration that the Timberwolves had no draft picks for many years and the team's salary was exploding, David Stern held a vote in conjunction with NBA owners. It will not affect the overall situation of the draft. All the owners of the 28 teams agreed to revoke the sanctions against the Minnesota’s draft picks starting in 2003. After three years, the Timberwolves finally had a first-round pick. , Kings, Mavericks, Lakers, and Pistons, the Timberwolves got the 24th pick in the first round.

In addition to the joint trial training, each team's own trial training has also started, including the Spurs and the Nets. Although the head coach is busy, he also spares time to carry out one or two trial training.

Various rookies began to be active in people's sights, and even suppressed the limelight of the finals.

What surprised people the most was that it was not LeBron James who received the most lottery team trial invitations, but Carmelo Anthony, the mop winner of this year's NCAA Final Four, and the same agent as Liu Mang The company's Dwyane Wade has become the biggest favorite in the lottery team's trial training.

The words released by the Cavaliers that James must be selected made many teams have no luck in choosing James, but Anthony and Wade became popular.

But I don't know when it started, various gossip news began to spread rumors that Bosh and the European Milicic were the core of the team.

A wave of trolls began to emerge on the Internet. According to the model that Liu Mang used to promote Raheem back then, they began to hype that Bosh is the next Garnett, and Milicic is a healthy version of Sabonis. .

Slowly, Bosh, who was already popular, actually had the same enthusiasm for trial training as Anthony and Wade. Milicic, a 17-year-old genius from Yugoslavia, was already very sought after, and he also received former players including the Cavaliers. Invitations to tryouts for all teams with the 10th overall pick.

This year's draft resources really make the teams jealous, and it also makes the fans crazy. The influx of the 03 generation seems to indicate the future glory of the NBA.

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"Sharif, your salary next year will be more than 12.7 million, right?"

"Yeah, aren't you going to renew your contract too?"

"Not yet, I'm worried I'll be traded."

"oh."

"Sharif, you are so impersonal! I'm worried now!"

"oh."

"...I won't play with you anymore, I'll go find Ace."

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"Ace, I have already told my agent that I will reject invitations from other teams and wait for the finals to accept the qualification offer first, but are you sure I will not be sold by the team?"

"No, don't worry, you will have a big contract next year."

"Really?"

"real!"

"It won't be less than 8 million, right?"

"I don't think so, isn't there a team that wants to recruit you for 8 million..."

"That's great. The starting salary is no less than 8 million. In two or three years, the annual salary will be tens of millions. But Ace, are you sure the team will not trade me? Some people seem to say that they will trade me for Carter. I don't want to." Go to that cold place..."

"Won't."

"Really?"

"Jason, stay away! It's too annoying! Sharif, get this guy out!"

Liu Mang really couldn't take it anymore!

This Jason Terry is too worrying. The management contacted him and would renew his contract after the team's summer operations. They first provided him with a qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent. , to avoid occupying too much salary cap and delaying the team's summer plan, but he was worried that he would be traded, so he ran to his teammates to complain.

"Okay, okay, Jason, you don't have to worry, Ace said it's okay." Kevin Willis, who came over, came to reassure him.

As a veteran who has been in the NBA for nearly 20 years, Kevin Willis knows how much power Liu Mang has to say in the Eagles. At the age of 21, they are already so strong. The key is the market that Liu Mang brought to the Eagles. According to media reports, the increase in market value of the Eagles this past season ranked first in the league, beating the Rockets.

After the Rockets got Yao Ming in their first year, the market value increased from 120 million US dollars to 200 million US dollars, and the Eagles increased from 150 million US dollars to nearly 300 million US dollars. The team's plan was directly rejected by the consortium joined by the family behind the owner Price.

Similarly, Alexander on the Rockets' side also found a golden job, and no one agreed to buy it.

Holding Liu Mang, a player who has increased the market value of the Eagles by nearly 200 million US dollars in two years, the key point is that Liu Mang's character is so stubborn. From the perspective of Kevin Willis, the old fritters, the character of the Eagles management is not good. The tough boss couldn't beat Liu Mang.

Just like Jordan in the Bulls, the general manager cannot compete with Jordan for a more stable team position.

Jason Terry finally found someone who was willing to comfort him. After the season ended, the news that the Eagles were going to dismantle the team was flying everywhere. Jason Terry, who was put on the bench, was the last player to be traded. There are people who are possible, as well as Boozer, Prince and others who performed poorly in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Although Jason Terry took the initiative to go to the bench, he still felt uneasy when the media said that.

Today is June 19th, the Eagles players gave Dean Grove, Emmanuel, Murtola, Leon Smith, Danny Ferry, Chris Crawford, Newbell, etc. The day when people hold a farewell party.

It was Raheem who held the farewell party. At Raheem’s home, as a native of Georgia, Raheem moved here with his parents and siblings after he came to Atlanta to play. There are two big villas next to each other, one for myself, one for my parents, brothers and sisters, and the adult brothers and sisters have all moved out. Americans are very particular about independence, and Rahim’s family is a religious believer, so this aspect is especially strict.

Dean Grove, Emmanuel, Murtola, and Leon Smith have become free agents. Emmanuel will officially become the trainer of the Eagles in July. The other three will be Can find a new team to play, or stay away from the NBA, will no longer be an Eagles player.

Newbell got the news two days ago that the Eagles and the Cavaliers had reached a deal. The Cavaliers sent this year's second-round pick to get Newbell. The deal will be officially concluded after the finals.

The Cavaliers want Newbell to serve as the team's main small forward, and form an excellent outside line combination with James and Ricky Davis who are about to enter the NBA. The three have strong athletic ability, fast speed, and height. Tall and looks great.

The point is that the Cavaliers really have nothing to do. They have lost too much in the past few years, and they need a player with winning experience to assist James.

Newbell's contract of more than 2.8 million has been sent out, and the Eagles still have Danny Ferry's contract of 3 million and Chris Crawford's contract of more than 2.6 million to be sent out.

Apart from Danny Ferry and Chris Crawford, only Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Ratliff, and Mohammed are the Eagles who have received renewal offers and contracts. Mulder, Prince, Boozer, and Barnes are eight people, including Jason Terry's qualification offer, and Ratliff's forecast is a five-year contract extension. The theoretical contract of these eight people is now Probably around 32 million US dollars.

According to the NBA's income predicted at the beginning of the season, the estimated salary cap for next season is about 48 million, so Danny Ferry and Chris Crawford will definitely be cleared out, so that there will be enough space complete the plan.

These things have been prepared for a long time, so everyone's atmosphere at today's farewell party is not bad. After more than a week, the negative emotions brought about by the loss of the playoffs have almost passed. They are all professional players. look ahead.

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"Levia, Aida, are you still not ready?" Liu Mang urged.

"Right now, wait for me for five minutes, I'll put on some makeup!"

"Yeah, five minutes!"

The answers of two beautiful girls came from upstairs.

"Five minutes? Okay, then I'll wait a minute. We'll meet at the airport at ten o'clock, and there's still two hours left." Liu Mang replied, leaning on the sofa.

"Uncle is so stupid," Dinah in Liu Mang's arms sighed helplessly, "Mom and the teacher said 5 minutes, at least half an hour, and you said there are two hours left, and they will definitely spend an hour!"

"No way?" Liu Mang asked in disbelief.

"Hmph, wait and see if you don't believe me uncle!" Dinah said with an expression that you don't understand women.

On the morning of the second day of the farewell party, Liu Mang woke up the three girls at home.

Because of Liu Mang's excellent draft vision, he was selected by the team as one of the watching members of the joint draft trial training. He can also bring his family members. The team paid for the presidential suite and went on a trip at public expense. Liu Mang asked about it The three girls in the family all nodded in unison to go shopping in the fast-paced big city.

Although they are also among the top ten cities in the United States, Atlanta has a slow pace and is more suitable for life, while Chicago is a famous fast-paced third largest city in the United States, a famous tourist city, and the largest airport in the United States, which proves how popular it is with tourists. like.

It is true that I enjoy the slow pace of life in Atlanta, but it is also great to travel occasionally.

Especially for women, when they arrive in a big city, of course they want to buy, buy, buy...

After five minutes, sure enough, the two women upstairs did not come down. Seeing Dinah's proud expression, Liu Mang couldn't help but ravage Dinah's face like a steamed stuffed bun.

Then half an hour later... Liu Reck looked at Dinah who was rubbing her red face angrily but still had a proud expression, Liu Reck finally understood that no matter which country a woman is from, they all look the same!

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Finally, at nine o'clock, Liu Mang drove a pickup truck with four large empty boxes and a small box containing Liu Mang's clothes, and a group of four went to the airport.

"Don't you bring any clothes? The boxes seem to be empty?" Liu Mang asked curiously while starting the engine.

"Bring it! Here!"

Alexia and Levia showed the backpacks at their feet.

"What can these two small schoolbags hold?"

"I can't buy anything else when I get to Chicago! GOGOGO, let's go, go to Chicago! I haven't traveled since I came back from Los Angeles last year. Ace, you are amazing, and you don't need to pay for air tickets and hotels!"

Looking at the excited two beauties in the rearview mirror, Liu Mang let go of the clutch and stepped on the accelerator, and set off!

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After the round with Price, Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson, Chip Engelland and others at the airport, except for the newcomer Chip Engelland, everyone else is no stranger to Liu Mang's "family" After a long time no see, we took the 10:30 flight to Chicago together.

This time I only booked the first class cabin, because it would be too extravagant to charter a flight with only such a small number of people.

After a nearly 70-minute flight, Liu Mang and his team arrived in Chicago, and then it took an hour to arrive at the Chicago Marriott Union Hotel in Medical Park, which is only 0.6 miles away from the United Center.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel room, before he settled down, Liu Wei received a notification from the staff of the team that the boss had something to discuss with Liu Wei.

"I have something to leave, you guys..."

Before Liu Mang finished speaking, Dinah said disgustedly: "Uncle, go and do your work. I will go shopping with my mother and teacher later. It is useless for you to follow. You will be tired after a while."

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Excessive!

Liu Mang left the room angrily, who brought the three of you here! And I just sat so tired for four hours on the plane and car, and went shopping, you are exhausted!

Liu Mang followed the staff to Price's single suite downstairs. Unlike Liu Mang's three-bedroom family suite, Price's one has a living room, a bedroom, a swimming pool and a bathroom. The single suite is located in the innermost part of the hotel on the first floor.

Came to Price's room, the members of the coaching staff also arrived.

Coach Kruger went straight to the point: "I just received a call from Angie, and he is very interested in our draft pick..."

Before Coach Kruger finished speaking, the phone rang again. He looked at it and said, "It's Angie's call again."

Price motioned for Coach Kruger to pick it up, and Coach Kruger switched on the speakerphone.

Coach Kruger said directly: "Hey, Danny, how about it, have you considered it? We can send two first rounds in 2004 and 2006."

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "Oh, Lang, we have considered it and are happy to trade with you, but only these two picks are not enough, the value of these two picks is too low, what do you think? Your record will definitely be very good. Antoine is an All-Star player. After getting him, I think you will be stronger. In this case, the value of these two draft picks is too low, and we want enough returns."

Enough return? Coach Kruger glanced at Price, who motioned for Coach Kruger to continue asking.

Coach Kruger nodded: "What do you mean?"

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "You guys can think about the first round of this year..."

Before finishing the conversation on the other end of the phone, Liu Mang directly hung up the phone.

Everyone in the room was dumbfounded. Looking at Liu Mang, they didn't know what it meant.

Watching Liu Mang hang up the phone, Coach Kruger asked strangely: "Ace, don't you want to use Antoine Walker as a bargaining chip to trade Rasheed Wallace? Why did you hang up the phone?" ?”

"That's right! Or did you change your mind?" Price was also surprised.

Liu Reck looked at this group of people who had never done business, especially Price, who was a team owner after all, no wonder the management was so poor before, Liu Reck frowned, with a profiteer's expression: "Don't worry, he will still Calling, do you want to talk about business, of course we have to talk slowly, he asks for a lot of money, of course we have to bargain on the spot, and we can't seem to be too anxious..."