From today on is the king

Chapter 1597 1596. First battle victory!

The Eagles' ability to get Artest has a lot to do with the fact that the Rockets and Mike Bibby negotiated a sign first and then a trade.

The Rockets formed the strongest lineup since the two consecutive championships, which made some old fans very excited, but there were more complaints.

At that time, the 30-year-old Nash was not given an annual salary of 1000 million, but only wanted to give 900 million. At that time, the Rockets still had some big contracts, and only trade exceptions could be used, and there was only 900 million space away from the luxury tax threshold. The Rockets refused to pay the 100 million luxury tax.

But now I have given Mike Bibby, who is also 30 years old, a fat contract of 2200 million for two years... At the moment when the subprime mortgage crisis broke out, the current 1000 million dollars may be more valuable than four years ago, and it is still 1100 million a year...

With the new salary cap announced on July 7, the salary cap for next season only increased by $10 million to reach $113 million. The salary cap that grew wildly in the seven or eight years at the beginning of the century has basically reached its end. It used to be a yearly increase of $6479 million. This has a lot to do with the subprime mortgage crisis.

The luxury tax threshold is 7591 million dollars. By using the Eagles' special deal, they can get Mike Bibby, Iguodala's new contract, and Lewis... The Rockets' salary reached 7096 million dollars.

Fortunately, Morey is getting some so-called "basic salary high-powered" substitutes every year. After they traded Artest for two and signed rookie Joe Alexander, they now have a 15-man roster. Don't worry about paying the luxury tax this season.

But even if the luxury tax is not paid, the salary of more than 7000 million also broke the salary record in the history of the Rockets!
Looking at the boss's excitement, Morey felt that the boss must have been dropped by aliens!

So excited to spend so much money!
Originally, the Rockets could get Mike Bibby by trading other people. The reason for making this deal was not only the good relationship with the Eagles, but also Gay’s agent was dissatisfied with Gay’s role as a substitute, forcing the Rockets to make a decision. Either trade or give Gay his rookie year starting position.

This agent is Schwartz... Of course, Schwartz did not only do this because he has a good relationship with the Eagles. Gay continues to play as a substitute, which is not a good thing for Schwartz as an agent, and it will affect the future big contract too much.

Everything was planned by Coach Kruger, even though he lost dozens of precious hairs...

Maybe Artest is much better than Gay at this stage, and his role is stronger than Iguodala's, and his role on the court is second only to Bynum.

But Artest is strong, and it is indeed because of Artest that the Rockets won 50+ games last season. But it is also because of Artest that the Rockets have been unfavorable in signing more than a month. Mike Bibby is very concerned about Artest's personality. The Rockets face two problems.

But now, being able to sell another favor to the Eagles, in addition to getting a former Eagles star, can make the Rockets maintain their popularity in China. The popularity of Iguodala has been extended well, and Gortat, who is dubbed by Chinese fans as a "professional pig farmer", will have even stronger continuity!
Originally, the Rockets wanted to poach Wang Zhizhi from the Lakers, but the importance of the time-space three-pointer was much stronger than the original time-space. After the Lakers sent away the skier with many problems, they refused to let Wang Zhizhi go.

A three-party trade may activate the potential that the Rockets have accumulated over the years. At the same time, it may allow the Eagles to enter another peak after the decline in the strength of the big deal. The 76ers also avoided losing Mike Bibby in vain.

The media commented that this is a rare three-win deal this summer.

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Rarely, Yao Ming's face was full of ferocity at the beginning of the game.

That expression seemed to say, "How do you want to die?"

Forget it, there is still a world basketball superstar who is undoubtedly the best player in the world today and can even hit the top three in history, performing a dunk.

Even though Kirilenko has played in the NBA for so many years, he rarely sees such an excited Liu Mang.

"Why! Why are we the ones who got hurt?"

Kirilenko wants to cry!
He could understand Yao Ming's feeling of wanting to vent after feeling a huge threat, and he could also understand Liu Mang's excitement about getting the best defensive small forward in the league after losing the top three small forward in the league.

But Kirilenko was even more desperate. This miserable situation actually fell on him!

He just won the European Championship last year and became the king of Europe... As a result, in the opening game of the men's basketball tournament of the most grand Olympic Games in history, he faced the excited Liu Mang and the angry Yao Ming...

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At 04:30 in the afternoon, the Imperial Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, a standard Olympic venue that can accommodate 6500 spectators.

There are fewer seats in the auditorium, but this arena is of great significance to Chinese basketball players. This is the first gymnasium in Chinese history that has modern basketball equipment at that time.

In fact, there are fewer seats, which is more enjoyable for the fans. The cheapest tickets are also on the second floor. There are no stands tickets, so you can clearly see the players in the stadium.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, players from the two teams entered the field and prepared for the match.

Sometimes it is really impossible to judge the opponent's true strength only by looking at the ability evaluation of the opponent's players.

Compared with the lineup, the Russian team is not inferior to the Chinese team except for the lack of superstars like Liu Mang and Yao Ming. But after the game started...

15 to 4 in the first quarter...

The Russian team only scored 4 points in a single quarter!
Although, the international arena often has single-digit points in a single quarter. Last year's European Championships, as strong as Serbia, was beaten by Lithuania in a single quarter with a score of 11 to 0 in the group stage.

But when I really encountered an opponent who scored single digits in a single quarter, it was last year's king of Europe who scored single digits in a single quarter...

The Chinese team, which made the opponent 4 points in a single quarter, was scared!
Liu Mang knew that the other party was extremely prosperous, but he didn't expect the other party to be so rotten!

If there is anything else to watch for the Russian team, it is probably defense, a very tough style of play, and an excellent defense.

In the second quarter, the Russian team showed signs of improvement, scoring 14 points in a single quarter, and defended the slightly careless Chinese team to only 12 points in a single quarter, narrowing the point difference to single digits in the first half.

However, in the third quarter...Yao Ming, who had been preparing for halftime, started to go berserk.

Hit with the ball, dunk when you hit the opponent's inside line, double-teaming doesn't work!
Yao Ming, the most ferocious weapon in basketball in the world today, with Liu Mang, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, and Yi Jianlian on the outside to open up space, he beat the opponent 13 to 10 in a single quarter, and the Chinese team scored 22 to 10 in the third quarter!
After three quarters, the Chinese team opened the score to 49 to 28, leading by 21 points!
最终，在刘莽16分7板4助攻4盖帽、姚明20分6板，易建联7分14板、王仕鹏12分的带领下，中国队以70比43的巨大优势击败俄罗斯！

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27 points difference!

The countries in Group A who are watching the confrontation between the two strongest teams in Group B are terrified!
Russia was last year's European Championship champion!I was beaten by the Chinese team so badly that I didn't even have the strength to fight back!
This is simply too exaggerated, so exaggerated that it is unimaginable!
Liu Mang began to be grateful to the other party. Last year, the Russian team was the first to kill Serbia in the semi-finals. In the qualifying match, Serbia lost to Croatia. As a result, Serbia finally ranked seventh in Europe and lost its qualification for the Olympic Games.

And the mysterious collapse of the Russian team this year is exactly the same as the original trend of the collapse in time and space, and it collapsed in the first game.

Liu Mang knew that Russia would collapse, but the rest of the Chinese team didn't know, maybe the Russian team didn't even expect it.

confidence!Such an easy defeat of the Russian team gave the Chinese players more confidence!
At the same time, Liu Wei felt that this might be able to put pressure on the strong teams in Group A.

(End of this chapter)