From today on is the king

1587 Chapter 1586. Those things about the draft 2
It’s very simple. I don’t want to write a divine book in which the strength, mentality, and psychological thoughts of the main character of the supporting role have not changed at all after going through so many years.

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The Rockets, who are good at picking up small bargains, have made it again...

Using a pre-No. 20 and a No. 26 lottery to change to the No. 10 lottery, it would be tantamount to a robbery to change it alone!
The No. 8 pick of the Clippers was replaced by the No. 15 pick of the Nets and the No. 14 pick that the Nets got from the Trail Blazers. They also added the first-round pick protected by the Nets' top ten picks in 2010.

And from the perspective of the Raptors, Lewis is a garbage contract, but the Rockets are short of power forwards!

The Rockets have nothing else, that is, they can take advantage of the maximum salary contract when Bynum and Gay are still rookie contracts.

And also found a reliable substitute Jermaine O'Neal for Bynum.

Iguodala's 4-year 4400 million new contract will take effect next season, but even so, the Rockets' salary is only just filling the salary cap for the time being.

"Boss, do we still need to strengthen?" Morey wiped the cold sweat off his fat face. He felt that Alexander might be crazy to help the Raptors get a big contract!

"Of course, continue to strengthen, don't worry about money, our goal is to win the championship within three years..." Alexander said very proudly, but the last words are quite in line with his personal characteristics, "Be careful not to pay the luxury tax. You can only pay the luxury tax once in three years, only in 2011."

Morey felt that Alexander was really crazy!
Actually agreed to pay a luxury tax within three years!

Seeing Morey breaking out in a cold sweat, Alexander knew what Morey was thinking, but he didn't mind. There were too many people saying he was stingy, and he never cared about it.

How can Morey understand the Jewish business sense.

In many exchanges with the league vice president Adam Silva, Alexander learned that this business genius who has almost booked the future president position is very dissatisfied with the current income of the league. At this stage, the influence of the NBA is not directly proportional to the income, especially the income of TV broadcasting is too low.

In order to increase the value of the team before the league's broadcast fees soar in the future, make the team more concerned, get more broadcast fees, and make the team's market value higher, Alexander wants to fight in the 08-09 and 09-10 seasons before the salary explosion, eating Lewis, and Iguodala's starting salary of 3000 million is less than [-] million, and other players are very cheap.

The 09 and 10 seasons are the last years of Bynum Gay's rookie contract. In the 10 season, they only need to bear the two maximum salaries of Lewis and Bynum, which are less than the luxury tax threshold, which is acceptable to Alexander.

Gay still has a two-year rookie contract. Of course, the Rockets want to make good use of it. In the end, Alexander has to pay the luxury tax in the 10-11 season, so that the fans can feel their "change"...

Morey is a genius at picking up small bargains, and his trading methods are also good. After all, the boss only gives so much money and restricts so much, and Morey has done a good job in trading.

But Alexander is the real businessman...

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Looking at Liu Mang who was watching the news of the trade on TV with an unhappy expression on his face, McGrady, who was suddenly traded, comforted him in turn: "Back to the place where the dream started...Ace, don't feel sorry for me. I quite like Toronto. My wife likes snow very much, and I like the snow there too."

After failing to win the championship last year, McGrady got some wind from Schwartz that the team management was very dissatisfied with his performance in the 06-07 season.

Although it came suddenly and inexplicably, McGrady was not overwhelmed, but accepted it calmly like his character after the initial anger.

Liu Mang still didn't speak. McGrady smiled and said, "Ace, you don't have to blame the management. You are different from me. I'm just a passer-by on this team. You are like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. You are destined to become great."

The more McGrady said this, the more uncomfortable Liu Mang was.

"Besides, I also want to try the feeling of being an opponent against you. Maybe I will steal your MVP next year." McGrady thinks about the new team, the new teammates...it seems to be very strong...

This gave McGrady a new impetus.

There's one more thing McGrady didn't say.

If the Eagles don't trade him, he will implement the player option this summer, but there is a high probability that he will not renew his contract. The contract that the Eagles can give him will definitely be lower than the maximum contract he can get.

While comforting Liu Mang, McGrady was still unhappy with the unfeeling behavior of the Eagles management.

Of course, McGrady can understand this point, the Eagles management will only be humane to Liu Mang, Jason Terry may also have it, that is Liu Mang's final bottom line, others... McGrady knows that other people are just "tools" used by the Eagles management to help Liu Mang climb one peak after another.

However, this transaction may give McGrady, who has passed the rebellious age group, a new start.

He avoided the serious injury in the Magic and was injured by teammates in the Rockets. McGrady is in very good physical condition now. With Thomas Carter, the best team doctor in the league, McGrady has trained his back and waist very strong in recent years.

McGrady has a completely different motivation than before... He was very angry when he received a call from Schwartz and learned that he was traded, but when he saw Liu Mang came back from New York that night, saying that he would not renew his contract with the Eagles, McGrady’s anger quickly disappeared, and instead he comforted Liu Mang.

McGrady doesn't want Liu Mang to ruin his bright future because of this. The Eagles have been playing outside for so many years, and other teams are becoming more and more targeted. After getting Milicic, there will be some changes. McGrady thinks Liu Mang is very good.

And now, after being angry, McGrady has new expectations for the future!
If he stays with the Eagles... McGrady himself feels that he has no motivation. With the championship, he has already won the scoring champion.

Starting a new challenge now is not a bad thing for McGrady...

Liu Mang looked at McGrady, who was more optimistic than him, and didn't know what he wanted to do when he came back...

After a quarrel with the management at [-] o'clock in the afternoon, he immediately went to the airport and flew back to Atlanta. At that time, he was still angry, but now... besides the open-mindedness of the "indisputable" McGrady, Liu Mang also felt something else.

"This buddy is playing for real! He wants to snipe the young master!"

Liu Mang felt the fighting spirit revealed by McGrady from McGrady.

At this time, Liu Mang didn't even want to talk to McGrady. He thought that McGrady would "share the same hatred" with him, but who knew that he actually had the feeling of being persuaded by the "victim" of McGrady...

After the trade news was interrupted on TV, it soon returned to the live broadcast of the draft.

Originally, Liu Mang was supposed to watch the draft on the spot today, but now he can only watch it at McGrady's house.

Mai Di looked at the angry Liu Mang, didn't continue talking, and sat next to Liu Mang to watch the draft together...

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The shocking deal between the Eagles and the Raptors caused the draft to lose attention for a while, but who would not make troubles!
After hesitating for more than a month, Larry Bird, who held the No. [-] pick, bit the bullet and believed the Eagles' nonsense, and handed the envelope to the league staff with trembling hands.

David Stern's eyebrows twitched when he saw the name in the envelope.

The Pacers did not choose OJ-Mayo, nor Beasley, but chose Russell Westbrook from UCLA with the No. [-] pick!
After the Pacers made such a choice, the draft that would have been ignored in the first place won a lot of attention... The selection of Westbrook instantly detonated the draft that no one paid attention to!

This is more explosive than the Bulls in the original time and space when they selected Derrick Rose, who was ranked fifth or sixth in the draft predictions at the time.

Anyway, Rose has a list to predict the fifth pick, which can be regarded as the top five picks. There is a limit to being upset, and Rose is a native of Chicago. He won the Illinois State Championship twice in high school. Rose and their fans can barely accept it.

But Big Bird's choice seems to be infatuated...

After the selection, Da Bird was paralyzed on the chair in the draft office, and he also felt that he really believed the mouth of the Eagles boss, and he didn't dare to go to the scene...

Fearing that Larry Bird would snatch Pat Riley from Beasley, he was so excited that he was about to jump up, so he quickly selected Beasley with the second pick.

Oden's injury is almost healed. Although he was reimbursed without playing a game in his rookie season, Oden's performance in the recovery training period was amazing. Pat Riley had no doubts about Oden's strength after he recovered, except that he could not be healthy... But this kind of thing always requires a gamble. Wade returned to health after Thomas Carter's treatment in the Eagles. Pat Riley still has confidence in Oden and continues to strengthen other positions.

The shooting guard has Korver, the power forward has Stoudemire, the center has Oden, and the small forward has selected the talented Beasley. His goal is to attract an excellent point guard to join in the free market in the summer, and the lineup will be fully active.

The Grizzlies didn't expect that OJ-Mayo was still there, and quickly took down the former No. [-] high school student in the United States.

The Timberwolves took their coveted new talented power forward Kevin Love with the fourth pick, and the Celtics took Eric Gordon with the fifth pick.

The Supersonics selected Derrick Rose, who was predicted to be the sixth overall pick, in the sixth pick. The Supersonics wanted to choose a weakened version of Gary Payton. Judging from their college performance, both Rose and Westbrook are like a weakened version of Payton. They have strong defense, breakthroughs, low-post singles, and good passes...

The Knicks selected Danilo Gallinari with the seventh overall pick, and the Nets selected DJ Augustin with the eighth overall pick.

The ninth pick still belongs to the Celtics. They exchanged a bunch of draft picks for this pick and selected Brook Lopez.

Liu Mang saw the two players selected by the Celtics, plus Conley... felt that Angie was also very good, and failed to form the Big Three, turning those bargaining chips used to trade Garnett and Ray Allen into a group of potential stocks...

Conley, Gordon, Al Jefferson, Brook Lopez, the Celtics still formed a super talented core lineup under Angie's operation!And veteran Pierce.

Liu Mang feels that the Celtics are really difficult to deal with, but the future may be very interesting...

Watching the draft, Liu Mang's mood gradually calmed down.

Liu Mang also listened to what McGrady said, but he was upset that McGrady also helped the management who sold him to speak.

After calming down, Liu Mang felt the separation that NBA players often experience, and that feeling came again...

(End of this chapter)