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Chapter 118 Afro's preseason victory!
While Ma Long was enjoying the life of his dad, the NBA circle experienced wave after wave of earthquakes.

The first is that Jordan officially signed with the Knicks.

The Knicks used the unlimited contract clause to sign Jordan for 3000 million a year.

Flyers take over the Big Apple!

The Knicks are very good at operating, and even organized a live broadcast event.

Jordan shook hands with Knicks owner and head coach Jeff Van Gundy, and all three smiled brightly.

Knicks fans also gave the loudest cheers.

There are also many enthusiastic female fans who excitedly said that they would give birth to monkeys for Jordan.

Only Ewing, who was next to him as the representative of the Knicks, had a forced smile on his bitter and bitter face.

He has never enjoyed such treatment.

Ewing: I should be under the car, not in the car~
It is dual-core in name, but as far as the Big Apple City welcomes Jordan, Ewing is determined to become a green leaf to set off Jordan.

Not only that, but interests are also affected.

Without Jordan, Ewing's new contract would be huge, as high as $97 million in the 98-2050 season.

By the 00-01 season, Ewing, who was 38 years old, could still get $1450 million.

Although the current contract is also large, the time limit and total salary have been affected and have not met expectations.

If it weren't for the formation of a super duo, the Knicks would become a strong contender for the championship next season. Ewing really didn't want to be there.

After the signing, this clause was also known as the 'Jordan exception'

After the Jordan drama, the drama of 'Where is Baby Shark Going' followed.

Orlando's foreplay is finally over, and the Magic gave O'Neal a five-year, $5 million contract.

If it was a few years ago, this contract looked pretty good.

But after Kidd's 9-year rookie contract of more than 8000 million, Glenn Robinson's 11-year contract of [-] million, and the Knicks driving up the B price in the summer. Bah, after the money stick offensive, the NBA's contracts are in a mess.

However, some basic prices are still there.

O'Neal's strength and potential are here, and 1000 million a year is a humiliation.

Of course, O'Neal, who couldn't be happy, refused and looked for his next home in the free market.

As soon as the news was released, except for the Magic, the other teams were very excited.

Especially those tyrants who aspire to win the championship.

O'Neill's performance in the Olympics is obvious to all.

Although Ma Long didn't have any advantage, he didn't have a big disadvantage either.

It can be said that since Ma Long's debut, he is the only super center who can go head-to-head and play back and forth.

It may be a bit strange to describe it this way, after all, Ma Long has only made his debut not long ago.

But sports competition speaks for itself with performance.

After Malone won the championship, Malone's status in the NBA is different. He has surpassed O'Neal and is tied for the strongest center with Olajuwon and David Robinson.

It's like O'Neal made the salaries of those blue-collar centers with poor skills and only bodies soar.

O'Neal got to Malone and his market value soared.

If you want to win the championship, you have to face the Titan-level gatekeepers of the Trail Blazers and Malone.

O'Neill seems to be able to make a deal with Malone, at least half of it, and that's enough.

It's a pity that they haven't contacted O'Neal before the Lakers released the news that they signed O'Neal with a total salary of 7 million US dollars in 1.3 years using the "Jordan exception"!
O'Neal's contract is more than the total salary of the original time and space, and the reason is naturally Malone's relationship.

Those teams were stunned, and then scolded their mothers.

The Magic were also stunned.

O'Neill is so popular?

They faintly felt that they seemed to have done a very mentally retarded thing.
Well, don't feel it, now the entire NBA, except the Magic themselves, all other teams know that the Magic's management is all stupid.

Without O'Neal, the super centers on the market were snapped up, but none of them were snapped up.

Olajuwon's four-year, $4 million contract was renewed in advance.

David Robinson signed a five-year, $5 million contract extension with the Spurs.

David Robinson recovered well in the summer and will be able to revive with full blood next season. The Spurs can wait.

After talking on the phone with the Admiral, Malone touched his chin: "It seems that Duncan and the Spurs have no fate."

David Robinson's mystery is guaranteed to win 50 wins, which is still competing for the No. [-] lottery.

Without the Spurs, I don't know where Duncan will go.
The free market is bustling, but the Trail Blazers are calm.

Barkley has already been traded, and his competitive state is very good.

Dominique Wilkins also arrived in Portland, and his physical examination showed that he was in good health, more than enough to be a super sixth man.

The winning lineup has not been injured and has been strengthened. Although there is no big deal, it is enough.

"It's the center position, and the reserve force is a bit insufficient."

Carlisle chatted with Malone on a daily basis: "Where is Sabonis' physical condition?"

"Although you can also play as a center forward, there is always a window of about 10 minutes and you need a qualified center forward."

"However, the value of centers in the free market is inflated, and many teams are not in contact with the Trail Blazers. The eagerness of the Suns and Mavericks to trade is not common."

"Center"

Ma Long looked at the roster in his hand, looked at the name of "Ben Wallace" on it, and thought to himself, isn't this a coincidence.

After the season ended, Malone pulled up a team of agents, mainly to discover those future stars who were not optimistic.

This is not for taking a commission, but mainly for the consideration of his own sneakers.

In Europe and the United States, he can't be the only one to stand up, there must be other stars.

So Ben Wallace, who lost the draft, was signed.

Ma Long said: "I have a good candidate here."

Carlisle froze for a moment: "Can you trade?"

"He's undrafted."

"Losing?"

Carlisle thought about it for a while: "Since you are optimistic about it, it's okay. When can I come for a trial training?"

"Three days later."

This kind of trivial matter does not need Malone to arrange.

After making a phone call to his subordinates, Ma Long didn't need to worry about it.

Three days later, Ben Wallace came for a tryout.

Malone glanced away.

How do you say the performance is a mess.

The current Ben Wallace is average in terms of physical fitness and fighting spirit, skills, experience, etc.

But the talent is really good. It gives Malone the feeling of the "little Malone" of the Jazz. He feels unstoppable when he rushes up, and his explosive power is amazing.

It's not enough to do rotation, and it's okay to go up to the garbage time for a few minutes occasionally.

This talent is enough to impress the Trail Blazers.

After watching the trial training, Malone went up to encourage him.

Originally about to leave, looking at Ben Wallace's bald head, Malone touched his chin: "Ben, do you want to go further in the center position?"

"miss you!"

Ben Wallace nodded excitedly.

He knew that Ma Long was his boss, and this opportunity was also given by the boss.

Now the boss wants to share the secret of success with him, and Ben Wallace is very excited.

Malone smiled and said, "You can try to have an afro."

"Afro?"

"It makes you appear taller, and it also blocks people's view."

Ma Long flickered seriously.

Big Ben without an Afro has no soul!
Ben Wallace was fooled and nodded seriously.

After explaining the meeting, Malone left.

On the team side, the 12-man roster is also complete.

As for who to sign for the remaining positions, Malone no longer cares.

Bob's ability is much stronger than him.

Moreover, the Trail Blazers are the defending champions, and their value is extremely high. Those veterans who hold their thighs are easy to sign, so don't worry too much.

In addition to his family, Ma Long has increased the proportion of training in his life.

He is not a training freak, but he still has the self-discipline that athletes should have.

After the end of the season, we will maintain about 3 hours of training every day.

After finishing the Olympic Games, I spent the daily life of my dad with Theron, and the 3-hour training was unshakable.

Anyway, there is a badge, and Ma Long's body can't bear it.

After several months of persistent persistence, Ma Long's basic skills have improved a lot.

On the attribute table, several related technical points related to the low position have been greatly improved.

In addition, Ma Long has fully adapted to the strengthening of flexibility.

Some face-to-face breakthrough skills are also practiced very skillfully, and can be used at NBA-level intensity.

The backside of the magical pen was extremely lucky, and gave Ma Long a very good experience.

Having a good ability to break through the frame can also greatly increase Malone's tactical adaptability.

Don't expect to be able to show several times in each game.

Malone will not forget what his greatest weapon is.

As long as his face-to-face breakthrough can form a deterrent, it can make the opponent at a loss for defense.

This can also make better use of his top-level vision and fairly good ability to support the ball.

Now the proportion of training has been increased, that is, from 3 hours to 6 hours.

In fact, the training content has not changed, it is still muscle endurance, functional training and basic skills.

The extra 3 hours were mainly to ponder the latest tactical manual of the coaching staff.

If you want to make a good response, you don't just need to be able to pass the ball.

The team's tactics, how teammates should move, and technical habits. These must be done well.

Passing is a simple and complex thing.

Fortunately, Ma Long has enough players, and there is also a replay function that can assist in improvement. This aspect is growing rapidly.

In mid-September, this year's free market signings, transactions, etc. have come to an end, the big fish have been caught, and the Trail Blazers have also started team training.

Just like last year, Malone made another shocked face.

After being shocked, Barkley was excited, thinking that he could fish as much as he wanted this season.

With Ma Long leading the way, his grandma can win the championship!
On September 9, the voting for a large-scale official NBA event began.

NBA 50th Anniversary 50 Greatest Star Vote!
In the past two years, the NBA wanted to select 50 top players on the 50th anniversary.

This topic has been very hot in the past two years.

When the NBA celebrated its 6th anniversary on June 6, although no event was held, the NBA officially announced at that time that it would select 50 superstars.

Over the past three months, the NBA has solicited a lot of opinions.

About the medal design collection, ranking method, awarding time and place of the 50 superstars, etc.

It was finally determined that the award would be awarded during the 1997 Cleveland All-Star Weekend.

There is also no ranking, and the selected superstars are sorted according to the time they entered the NBA.

The activity has been heated up. Yesterday, September 9, a total of 23 people, including retired players, radio announcers, TV hosts, professional reporters, experts, and columnists selected by the league officials, arrived at the hotel in New York officially contracted by the NBA and began to vote.

Voting is complicated.

It is necessary to integrate popularity, number of championships, contributions to the NBA, and contributions to the development of basketball.

It is also necessary to integrate the data, that is, the five comprehensive data of total points + rebounds + assists + steals + blocks and so on.

Each aspect is voted separately.

Because steals and blocks were officially included in the statistics in the summer of 1973, there is still a very complicated weight value to calculate the data difference before and after 1973.

Finally, the comprehensive weight value is used for scoring, and 50 superstars are selected from multiple perspectives.

All in all, the event was very formal and eye-catching.

Malone knows that David Stern is creating the cultural label of the NBA.

The '50 Greatest Stars' is full of gold, so it has enough credibility and this culture can attract fans.

From the perspective of future development, David Stern is successful.

The media naturally noticed this enthusiasm.

The results haven't come out yet, and the popular news media have given out many versions of the '50 Superstar Predictions'

Barkley has steadily entered it, ranking among the top power forwards in history.

What is unexpected is that Ma Long, who has only played for one season, has also been ranked among the 'Big 50' by many big media!
Although unexpected, many fans think it is quite reasonable.

Last year's championship was too shocking.

Fans have a good memory these days. They still remember that Malone led the team and nailed the Bulls and Jordan to the stigma of the 71-win championship.

Jordan is definitely a big 50.

So it makes sense that Malone, who stepped on Jordan to win the championship, was also selected into the top 50.

Malone knew it was not that easy.

If the fans vote, then he will definitely win.

Although the gold badge of "Sports Glamor" does not improve Ma Long's actual combat ability, it is really a god-level support.

A star can only be called a star if it is followed by fans.

Malone suspects that the reason why so many international friends want to have in-depth exchanges with him at the end of the Olympics is because of the badge.

It's a pity that this time the votes were made by insiders, so it's hard to say if something will happen.

After all, Malone is too young.

Although David Stern is in charge, the result is hard to say.

Malone didn't pay much attention either.

He has never forgotten that the purpose of his playing is to make money.

As long as they can continue to win the championship and continue to attract the attention of fans, the top 50 is nothing but clouds.

Time passed day by day, September ended, and a new month came.

On October 10st, the day the training camp started, the Super Trail Blazers also made their official debut.

The media rushed over excitedly, and then found that the most important one was missing.

"Where's Marlon?" "

Ma Long went to accept an exclusive interview with China TV.

It's all about dealing with the media. On this special day, it's better to deal with our own people in China.

The atmosphere was very friendly, and after the interview, Malone also sent his best wishes.

After finishing the long interview, I started busy shooting new posters.

A few days later, the Trail Blazers put on the latest poster.

In the center of the picture is wearing the No. 11 jersey, which is a circle stronger than last year's poster, looking at the Titan-like Malone with open arms.

On the left are Sabonis and Tim Hardaway.

On the right are Clifford and Hawkins.

In front of Malone, there is Barkley.

The two people's 'cutest height difference' looked quite harmonious.

Fortunately, Ma Long is tall enough, otherwise the poster would not fit six people.

If it were a girl with blonde hair and long legs, Ma Long's posture would be like 'you are all my wings'.

Here is the headline from the media: Super Blazers

Neither the fans nor the media can complain.

With the lineup of the Trail Blazers, others don't want to play at a glance.

Some people say that the game will be less enjoyable in the new season because the Trail Blazers are too strong.

As a result, the local newspaper in Portland released the news the next day, and the Blazers' tickets were sold like crazy.

Suspected of integrity.

On October 10th, the training camp ended, and the Trail Blazers started their preseason tour at home.

Holding the mentality that mosquitoes are small but fleshy, Ma Long played all the preseason games without mercy.

After playing a few games in the preseason, several teams were brutalized.

The strong performance made the Trail Blazers fans ecstatic.

The new players traded are also performing very well, Barkley and Dominic are both still alive.

On October 10, the Trail Blazers finished the preseason and achieved a 27-game winning streak.

After a few days of rest, Malone followed the team to New York at the end of October.

The opening game between the Super Trail Blazers and the Super Knicks is about to start!
(End of this chapter)