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Chapter 290 Sweeping the Western Conference Finals and Entering the Finals

The game continued. Although Dameng and Barkley really wanted to win the game, their strength was just a level behind the Suns, and they still failed to do so in the end.

92:121, the Suns won by 29 points, won the G4 game, completed the sweep of the Mosaic team, and played a jaw-dropping three sweeps in the Western Conference.

This is also the first team in the history of the league to truly complete a three-round sweep and reach the finals.

Dameng and Barkley carried the team's offense together, plus Kenny Smith counted as half, and the offense of two and a half people couldn't hold the firepower of the Suns.

Of the five starting players of the Suns, only Green scored 6 points when he was defended by Barkley. The others scored more than 15 points. Dan Marley scored 15 points, Kevin Johnson scored 23 points, Drexler scored 27 points, Wang Tiejun scored 31 points, and the five teamed up to score 102 points.

Barkley and Dameng teamed up to score 59 points. With the help of the Suns outside defense, their efficiency was not very high. The overall shooting percentage of the two was only 42%.

"Congratulations to the Suns, they have reached the finals with a three-round sweep." After the game, John Hanks sent his congratulations in the ABC commentary.

Bill Walton also sent himself congratulations on entering the 0 army, and then analyzed: "The reason why Mosaic was swept away was mainly because the outside line was exploded so badly.

Although Old K's offense on the inside is unstoppable, his defensive effect on Dameng and Barkley is also mediocre, and the inside line can be regarded as a mutual explosion.

The outside line can't defend the Suns on the defensive end, and the offensive end can't form an effective containment force, so that the Suns' outside line frequently double-teams the low post, which reduces the offensive efficiency of the low post Dameng and Barkley to a certain extent. "

John Hanks said: "So although Mosaic has two low-level superstars, it is not surprising that they were swept."

At this time, Bill Walton talked about another problem, he said: "From the mosaic, I think of the bull.

The Bulls are better than the Suns on both ends of the line, so when the two teams meet in the finals, will the Suns encounter the same situation as Mosaic, that is, they are overwhelmed by Jordan and Pippen on the defensive end, but unable to contain Jordan and Pippen on the offensive end, and then they go to help defend the old K? "

John Hanks immediately shook his head and said: "Impossible, no matter how strong Pippen and Jordan's defense is, they can't really strangle Glider and Lightning Thunder. They probably can't do what the Suns did to Mosaic tonight."

"It's hard to say, let's watch the finals." Bill Walton laughed.

At the scene, after the game, Lao Wang took the initiative to comfort Barkley and Dameng, saying: "Poor old guys, how does it feel to be swept away?"

"I wish you to enter the finals and be swept away by Jordan." Dameng said angrily.

Buckley nodded again and again, glared at Lao Wang and said, "Old K, don't be complacent, we will come back next year."

Upon hearing this, Dameng quickly found Drexler, pulled him aside, hugged him on the shoulder and whispered, "Clyde, next year will depend on you."

Drexler said helplessly: "The focus of the Suns during the offseason is to renew K's contract. They haven't negotiated a contract extension with me now. I will basically leave here next year.

But how much contract your team gave me, Hakim, it's very important, what are you going to do?This is probably my last contract. At least four years, the total amount of the contract will not be small. I will rely on it for the rest of my life. You know that my current contract is very low, only 7 million in 940 years, and only 158 million this year. "

Dameng nodded quickly and said, "Leave it to me, and I will immediately put pressure on the management."

At this time, Colangelo received the Western Conference championship trophy from the vice president of the league, Sharif, and the American West Arena fell into cheers.

The Suns began to celebrate with the Suns fans at the scene. Not to mention, as soon as Mosaic returned to the visiting team's locker room, Dream went crazy.

"boom!"

He kicked a wardrobe door into a hole, startling everyone.

"how?"

"Hakim, calm down."

Head coach Tomjanovich, assistant coach Carol Dawson, and general manager Steve Patterson heard the noise and hurried in from the outside.

Dameng roared: "I've had enough, I've decided, I'll leave after the next season."

The three of Patterson sighed secretly, knowing that this time they were in trouble.

If Dameng really chooses to leave next season, he will be completely free at that time, and the Mosaic team will not even have a hair left.

At this time, Dameng roared again: "Obviously we had the opportunity to bring Drexler to Houston, but you didn't do anything. If the glider is on our team this time, we will enter the finals now, not the Suns. I'm fed up with you, I want to leave, and I will do what I said."

"Hakim, calm down, we will operate." Patterson said quickly.

"Shut up, Mr. Patterson, you are always talking nonsense, can you get money from Alexander? He sent you like a beggar." Dameng said angrily.

Patterson was speechless, so what can I do, the team has encountered a stingy boss again, if he doesn't give money, I really can't get anyone.

"Go and tell him, if you don't bring the glider in, I'll leave and let his ball market go to hell." Dameng said angrily.

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, they had no choice but to force the boss to take out the money, otherwise the dream would really be gone, and there would be only one Barkley left on the team, so what competitiveness would there be?If you can't make it to the playoffs, the game market is really over.

After they went out, Dameng quieted down and talked with Barkley in a low voice.

"Charles, do you think the boss will take the money?"

"It should be. He just joined the team not long ago. If the ball market collapses, the team's market value will also plummet. He certainly doesn't want that." Barkley said.

"hope so."

Dameng muttered something, thinking that the glider might come to him next season, he couldn't help being excited, but when he thought of being swept just now, his mood immediately became depressed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "That bastard old K must take the glider away this time, break up his team, so that he can't even make it to the playoffs next season."

Barkley smiled wryly: "The Suns chose to trade me for reconstruction. I didn't even expect that with a transitional lineup, they could reach the finals."

Dameng said angrily: "That's because old K is too cheap, they have enough salary space to accommodate AC Green and Drexler.

Look at him getting a big contract this time, how much room does the Suns have to introduce other stars?Their strength next season will definitely decline sharply, and if they can't select good rookies, it will be very difficult to rebuild. "

"Maybe Old K will be poached by the Lakers, and the Lakers will chase him very closely." Barkley said suddenly.

"Damn it, he can't go to the Lakers, he should go to the New York Knicks. The Heat also have money, so he can go to the Heat." Dameng said irritably.

Barkley nodded. Once old K goes to the Lakers, with the financial resources of the Lakers, it will be easier than the Suns to build a team that can compete for the championship. The threat to the Mosaic team will be greater. Even if they get a glider, they may not be able to handle the Lakers.

On May 5th, the Eastern Conference Finals G30 match day.

This morning, at the Knicks headquarters in New York, Ewing and his agent, David Frank, were negotiating with the management to renew the contract.

After being rejected by Hawksman, the Knicks received pressure from David Frank, and finally chose to complete the contract extension with Ewing.

The amount of the contract is still the same as originally negotiated, 2172 million US dollars for two years, 95 million US dollars for the next season, that is, the 96/1872 season, and 96 million US dollars for the 97/300 season.

After signing the contract, Ewing officially became the first star in league history to receive an annual salary of tens of millions. At ten o'clock in the morning, the Knicks held a press conference to announce the contract extension.

Once the amount of this contract was announced, it immediately shocked everyone, only some people who knew the inside story were not surprised.

For example, Jordan has known about this contract from David Frank for a long time. Although he is a little envious, he is not jealous, because his own contract has only one year left, and it will be at least 2000 million at that time.

The reason why the Knicks gave Ewing this two-year contract with a big gap was for him. He also knew clearly from David Frank that the Knicks wanted to recruit him and were willing to offer a sky-high contract.

"My X, more than 800 million dollars a year?"

When Lao Wang saw the news, his saliva flowed out.

He ignored the 300 million in the second year and just stared at the 1872 million in the first year to drool.

"Over eighteen million dollars?"

After Pippen saw the news, he was completely stunned.

In 91, he signed a 7-year $2000 million contract. At that time, he was so happy that he was crazy. Jordan suggested that he should not sign for such a long time, because the salary cap of the league will increase every year, but he ignored it. Now seeing this contract, he is almost crazy in pain.

His salary next season is 293 million, the next season is 225 million, and the last year is 278 million. He will have to work for three years before he can end that damn labor contract.

As a superstar, why is he so miserable?
But the worst was yet to come. Some media immediately picked up his contract, compared it with Ewing's, and said, "Pippen is worth 300 million next season, so Ewing's annual salary is equivalent to 6 Pippen. I can only say, Bulls, you are so lucky, you are using a superstar for free."

"Ewing is equivalent to six Pippen, that's great, you know I will only be equivalent to [-] skins next season." Barkley accepted an interview outside the K Martial Arts Hall in Phoenix that day.

"One point five skins?" The reporter's face twitched.

"I will be equivalent to [-] skins next season." Dameng said.

The two created a fad, and many players cited the salary unit of "skin" when they accepted it.

Wang Tiejun also kept up with the trend and said to the media: "I just got one skin this year. I hope I can get an annual salary of ten skins in the future, haha!"

"I am [-] skins, which is not bad." AC Green said.

"I will play [-] skins next season," O'Neill said.

"I am the worst. If one skin is 300 million, this season I am only equivalent to [-] skins. My expectation for the next contract is at least four skins per year, at least four or five years." Drexler said with a sad face.

"These bastards!"

After seeing the news, Pippen was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Jordan knew that Pippen would not be in a good mood, so he walked up to the latter, intending to comfort him.

"Hey, buddy, don't take those guys' words to heart, some of them are not as good as you, look at that guy Drexler, just halfway through, he also has the face to laugh at you?"

"Michael?"

Pippen glared at Jordan angrily.

Jordan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and when he was about to apologize, he heard Pippen yelling at him angrily: "After this contract is finished, I must sign a big contract with a total amount of at least [-] skins."

"..."

Jordan was stunned, but you said it yourself, not me.

In the evening, Pippen, who was stunned, showed his power and scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals, leading the team to defeat the opponent.

So far, the Bulls have eliminated the Magic with a big score of [-] to [-] and reached the finals.

"Hey, big sewer, congratulations, you can go fishing."

After the game, it was estimated that O'Neal returned to the locker room, and Lao Wang made a condolence call.

"You bastard, old K, we can't beat the Bulls, and you certainly can't beat them." O'Neill said weakly, not in the mood to think about the nickname he eliminated, the sewer.

"Go to Chicago and wait to see how I kick Jordan's ass." Old Wang laughed.

"Old K, if you win the Bulls and win this year's championship, I won't compete with you as the fourth super center." O'Neill snorted.

"really?"

"really."

"OK, it's a deal." Old Wang laughed and hung up the phone.

Over there, O'Neill had some regrets, but he immediately let go of this regret, because he knew that if old K could really kill this powerful Bulls team and win this year's championship, he would not be able to compete even if he wanted to. The fourth super center must belong to old K.

Even in the selection of the top 96 superstars in [-], his chance was very small, and the old K had a greater chance than him.

……

The finals will start on June 6, and there are still a few days of rest. Seven games and four wins, the schedule of two, three, two, the Bulls have home court advantage.

In addition, this year's finals will be broadcast live by TNT TV station in the United States. More than [-] large and small TV stations around the world have purchased satellite real-time broadcast signals, and more than ten TV stations will broadcast live in real time.

On the morning of the 1st, Hawksman called Wang Tiejun, and Mammoth contacted him again, asking for contract renewal negotiations, and he agreed.

Hawksman said: "The situation of Mammoth is not good. You are their only big-name star. Others are not so good. Although your shoes sell well, other sales are not good. The pressure of market competition is too great. Now the company can no longer invest more research and development funds in the laboratory, so my opinion is that if possible, we should switch to other brands."

Old Wang asked suspiciously: "If Mammoth can't keep going, why do they still renew my contract?"

Hawksman explained: "You are their last hope now. If you don't renew your contract, they will go bankrupt in a short time, so now they can only hold you and don't let go. If you let go, they will sink directly.

Old K, Nike, Adidas, and Puma have been contacting me for the past two years. They are willing to offer you a top contract worth tens of millions of dollars. What's your opinion? "

"Tens of millions of top contracts?" Old Wang was shocked.

"Yes, this is your second sneaker contract. Given your current status and future development, it's not surprising that they offer such a contract. The point is, generally speaking, centers don't sell shoes, but you and O'Neal are exceptions. You are completely different from previous centers. Your style of play is very popular and your sneakers sell well, so they are willing to give such a contract." Hawksman explained.

Lao Wang suddenly thought of Jordan's MJ brand, and asked out of curiosity, "What kind of contract did Jordan get?"

"Uh, old K, Jordan is the only lifetime contract. He is the only one in the history of the league who got a lifetime contract from Nike, and there is a kind of sales share." Hawksman said.

"Lifetime contract? It sounds high-end when you hear it!" Lao Wang said enviously and bitterly.

"Yes, the lifetime contract is Jordan's status symbol." Hawksman laughed.

"Lance, I'm nostalgic, you can talk to Mammoth first, and see what they offer." He said at this time.

"Of course, but before the finals are over, I will not reach any agreement with them. Old K, you strive to perform brilliantly in the finals, so that I will have more confidence. In addition, old K, besides Mammoth, I have prepared many world-class and first-line brand endorsements for you. If you can win the championship and FMVP this time, those endorsements will be yours." Hawksman urged.

Lao Wang was very excited when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will take care of the bull."

Hawksman pondered over there for a while, and said: "Old K, I told you about the operation of Mammoth just now, and their influence is limited. Are you really not considering changing the brand?"

"Not for the time being, don't you also say that other brands are all big-name players, am I the only Mammoth?" He said.

"That's true," Hawksman said.

Lao Wang actually thinks very clearly, backed by the mountain of CAA, as long as he plays well, he will not lack resources at all, so the big brands of Adidas are no different from Mammoth, and his significance to Mammoth is even greater.

At noon on this day, TNT announced a program about the finals, which will start at [-]:[-] p.m. on June [-]th. The guests will be Magic Johnson, Bird Bird, and the recently retired Moses Malone, as well as Rick Barry.

In the afternoon, Wang Tiejun made some arrangements and took a group of brothers to the shooting range of a gun shop in the suburbs.

Over the past two or three years, his family already has a lot of guns of all kinds. There are guns that can be bought on the market, as long as he can buy them.

In the basement under the villa, he decorated a gun room of hundreds of square meters, specially for these guys.

Before the finals, I went shooting with my brothers to relax and prepare for the upcoming finals.

After opening the martial arts gym, target shooting has become his and his brothers' favorite entertainment and leisure program. He plays at least twice a month, and he is planning to build a shooting range in the outskirts of Phoenix by himself.

With the help of Wang Tielong and his brothers who had served in the army, his marksmanship is already pretty good now that he consumes a lot of bullets.

Assault rifle 200-meter target, generally ten shots will not be lower than 95 rings, the best record is 103 rings, and it will be worse if it is farther away.

(End of this chapter)