Healing Basketball

Chapter 271.

After the lineup is complete, the Trail Blazers' actions in the free market have not stopped.

Instead, they did something more eye-catching than previous trades, free agency signings, drafts, etc.

The Trail Blazers sent the 2005 second-round pick to the Nuggets, and the deal got the Nuggets head coach Jeff Bzdelik with one year left on his contract, and included him in the coaching staff as a defensive assistant.

George Karl, who had been out for a year, was invited to be the new head coach of the Nuggets.

According to sources, the Trail Blazers promised Jeff Bzdelik that if he performed well, he would get a three-year, $3 million contract extension.

As soon as the Trail Blazers made this operation, there were a lot of comments, saying that the Trail Blazers were driving up the coach's salary.

The new Nuggets head coach George Karl's contract is $3 million for three years, and the Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy's salary is $600 million for four years.

The salary of the head coach of each team is generally in the early 200 million dollars, and Rick Carlisle of the Pacers is only 3 million dollars in 750 years.

There are also Popovich who is also the president of the team's business operations and the head coach, with a current annual salary of $600 million, and there are Zen masters who earned $600 million last season because of their excellent honors.

But assistant coaches, except for Del Harris of the Mavericks, Mike Woodson of the Pistons, and Kevin Pritchar of the Trail Blazers, can get an annual salary of more than one million dollars.

The assistant coach's salary increase means that the coach also has to raise his salary, and the Trail Blazers were criticized for destroying the market.

But there are also remarks that the salary of coaches in the 90s is what it is now. After more than ten years, how many times has the overall salary of the players doubled?

In 1991, Pippen's "maximum salary" was only 7 million for seven years. It's no wonder that the Bulls were stingy. Jordan's salary was only 2000 million US dollars the previous season.

Now after the end of the rookie contract, the maximum salary of Bird Rights is close to 7 million in [-] years.

But coach salaries are still about the same as they were a decade ago.

The two factions were arguing endlessly, because the impact of the Trail Blazers' operation was immediate. The Jazz gave Jerry Sloan a four-year contract extension of $4 million, which was originally $2500 million for four years, with a salary increase. More than 4%.

The theater party thinks the Trail Blazers are really interesting. The last time the "hot search" was traded back to the champion of parallel imports, the last time it was the warden learning to drive an excavator, and this time it was to trade the head coach of another team to serve the coaches. salary increase...

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The lineup is fully active, and the truly professional defensive assistants that the coaching staff lacks are already in place. It has been a month since the start of the free market.

The head coach will not point fingers in unprofessional places, and the management will not ask for extra work... More money, less work, this job, Bzdelik likes it, and the work enthusiasm is much higher than when he was the head coach of the Nuggets , in fact, the workload is not smaller than that time, but he is happy.

In the first ten or so days when the Trail Blazers coaching staff started working, the coaches communicated with the old players and the new players.

Due to the huge changes in the rules, both offense and defense are bound to face earth-shaking changes. This reminds the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers that the three-point line was shortened in the mid-90s. In order to limit O'Neal's low post play and widen the three-second zone.

This summer requires a lot of repeated communication with the players, and even the players' defensive training needs to be adjusted.

Therefore, many players did not leave Portland, and the newly joined players also moved to Portland under the reminder of their agents.

Of course, there are those like Randolph who travel abroad, and those like Liu Xiu who participate in the Olympics, just make a phone call.

Bzdelik heard that Liu Xiu had recommended him to join, and excitedly undertook the task of communicating with Liu Xiu. The communication process went smoothly, but at the end, Bzdelik's mood fluctuated violently.

Bzdelik likes Liu Xiu's way of speaking that he knows what he knows, and he doesn't know what he doesn't know.

For some players, he doesn’t know and he has to say a few words, and he clearly knows that he doesn’t know, but after talking a few words, he doesn’t know whether he really convinced himself or insists on fighting for face. Shit, I actually feel that I am right, and it is difficult to correct it.

There are not a few players like this!
But Liu Xiu is not. Liu Xiu doesn’t understand if he doesn’t understand. Ask him if he has the confidence to do a good job. If he can do it, he will say it is possible. If it is possible, he will say it is possible. say clearly.

Everything was so smooth and satisfying.

But Liu Xiu asked before hanging up the phone—"I called you this time, will the international communication fee be reimbursed?"

Finally, this time, it just hit Bzdelik's current emotional node, and the warden completed a very good cure for him.

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Due to the time difference, Liu Xiu communicated with the coaching staff in the two time periods of waking up in the morning and after dinner, which is not a waste of time.

On July 7, the basketball management center announced the final 23-man roster.

Center: Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battelle.

Forwards: Du Feng, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan,

Defenders: Liu Xiu, Liu Wei, Zhang Qingpeng, Zhang Yunsong, Zhang Jinsong.

Reserves: Chen Ke, Mo Ke, Guo Shiqiang.

After the list was announced, on the 24th, the Chinese men's basketball team returned to BJ, gathered with the Olympic team, held a pledge meeting, and then left for Europe.

The Olympic Games will begin in mid-August, and there are less than 8 days left.

For the men's basketball team, adapting to jet lag, adapting to the environment, adapting to the climate...and the final intensive training, the time is tight.

Just after arriving in Greece, the warden made the news—while the rest of the Olympic team was struggling with jet lag, Liu Xiu dated Ivanka, who came to Athens with a modeling job, and stayed in the hotel for one night.

The next morning, the coaches and teammates saw that Liu Xiu was more energetic than anyone else, and contributed a wave of healing value...

In the same day of training, others have made greater progress than you.

In the same way of learning skills and tactics for a day, people can learn faster than you.

They even have better jet lag and resilience than you.

The main reason is that people have dates immediately when they go to Europe. When this matter is connected with basketball talent, the warden's healing value is full.

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The time has come to August, and one month has passed since the offseason.

This summer is quite lively, and it has already entered the long grass period in previous years.

But this year, there are still first-line free agents that have not been found!
On August 8st, a first-line player who clamored to go to a strong team got his wish.

奇才队送出了艾尔-哈灵顿、2006年首轮乐透区保护选秀权，从老鹰队交易得到了上赛季场均18.1分4.6板3.1助攻1.8抢断的一流小前锋斯蒂芬-杰克逊。

Arenas, Larry Hughes, Stephen Jackson, Jamison, the Wizards team with four stars has become an upstart in the Eastern Conference!
Stephen Jackson got his wish, and Nash and the Mavericks completely fell apart.

After Yao Ming learned the news from Bill Duffy, he excitedly found Liu Xiu who was correcting the details of Zhu Fangyu's basic skills.

Nash’s agent is also Bill Duffy. Bill Duffy revealed that the Mavericks offered Nash a five-year contract extension worth $5 million. Nash has the intention to renew the contract, but Bill Duffy insists that the average annual salary should be Reaching 4500 million US dollars, the old Nelson agreed.

But Cuban refused to sign the five-year, $5 million deal, saying 'we've got John Terry'.

Bill Duffy told Yao Ming that he had stopped negotiating with the Mavericks and was in contact with many teams, including the Rockets.

"Brother Yao, you already have Francis in your team, why bring in Nash?"

"To tell you the truth, we have been selling Francis this summer. Although I am very reluctant, he is indeed not the ball-handling core who can win the ball. The deal is almost done..."

Yao Ming is very grateful to Francis for taking care of him all the time, but in terms of winning, he must say that Francis is not suitable for a strong team in the playoffs.

Francis looks good with an average of 16+5+5 per game, but Francis' style of play has locked the upper limit of the team. If the team can play at a level higher than his upper limit of strength, he will still hold back to a certain extent.

After communicating with the management many times, he admitted that the management peddled Francis.

Seeing Yao Ming's excitement, Liu Xiu responded, "Brother Yao, calm down! You are the top center of the best team."

I thought to myself: No wonder the Rockets have brought in so many point guards...

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Another few days passed, and another big deal entered the second offseason month!

The Rockets reached a deal with the Bucks.

The Rockets sent Steve Francis to the Bucks for Desmond Mason, Joe Smith and Mike James.

The reason for the transaction was that the talented point guard TJ-Ford of the Bucks underwent minimally invasive surgery. He was determined to be reimbursed for the 04-05 season and needed to be supplemented with point guards. The Bucks have a chance to win a point guard with top statistics like Francis. Of course we have to take it.

After Liu Xiu learned of the deal, she checked the official NBA website, and felt that the Rockets had something - a player with a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions was gone.

Now the Rockets' highest paid player is Desmond Mason, more than 800 million, and the old player Maurice Taylor is also at the same price, followed by the middle-level salaries of Mobley and Joe Smith.

After that, Yao Ming, the Rockets' fifth highest salary, will earn $5 million next season.

The current salary of the Rockets is more than 1100 million dollars below the salary cap!It can even give a non-bird rights maximum salary contract!For example, the kind of contract that the Jazz dug Boozer.

Then, the Rockets signed Yao Ming with a backup center—Dicambe Mutombo—for $1 million a year, and the remaining salary space is less than 450.

The next day, August 8, Bill Duffy confirmed in an interview that Nash signed with the Suns with a starting salary of $8 million and a total of $900 million over five years.

After hearing the news, Yao Ming shut himself up again...

(End of this chapter)