From today on is the king

Chapter 1606 1605. Eastern Routine Deep

The boss of this new team can be as arrogant as he wants, so arrogant that Artest feels scared!
Artest was just bragging that he wanted 80 wins and 2 losses, and Liu Mang said directly, "The NBA is going to end".

"How can I act like Ace?"

Artest feels he has a lot to learn.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang asked for leave from the Basketball Association to take Artest around. For the Chinese men's basketball team, several players who play in the NBA, their club affairs are also related to the Chinese men's basketball team. Some things need to be supported. For example, Liu Mang took his new teammates to watch the game this time and communicate with him.

The best players have a smoother career path, and the progress of the Chinese men's basketball team will be smoother.

The women's volleyball team lived up to expectations and defeated the Cuban team 3-1, and won the second medal for the Chinese Olympic team in the three major goals. The first, of course, is the men's basketball that has locked at least a silver medal.

This is the second time since the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 that the Chinese Olympic team won two medals in the three major goals!
In 1996, both the women's football team and women's volleyball team won silver medals. In the Olympic Games 12 years later, the women's football team regrettably stopped in the top four, but the men's basketball team stood up!
After sending Artest back to the hotel and Levia home, Liu Mang returned to the Olympic Village after simply eating some vegetables from dinner at home.

Collective action is very important and helps to strengthen cohesion. In this men's basketball team, apart from Li Nan who is sure that he will retire completely after the Olympics to become the head coach, the oldest remaining members are Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, and Du Feng. Players other than Li Nan may be members of the national team in the next four to six years, so it is good to stay together more.

When the news of the interview after the meeting between Artest and Liu Mang came out, there was no doubt that during the difficult two days of waiting for the world number one to be determined, another wave of heated discussions arose.

After the Eagles form a meat grinder lineup, will the era of iron and blood be restored?

Can the Eagles defend their title?
Or is a big man with a fragile mentality and a small forward with a questionable personality really better than Tracy McGrady and Kwame Brown, two tactical cores who have worked together for many years?
The blah blah blah argument became a topic of discussion among fans.

At this time, Liu Mang received a call from Schwartz and got the breaking news that Mr. 58 has developed! A long, smelly footwrap from the NBA finally made his decision...

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East is no fun!
During his two-year career in the Eastern Conference, Garnett deeply felt this.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the three giants of the Eagles, Magic, and Raptors will dominate the Eastern Conference for at least two years in the next two years, and Garnett does not intend to stay in the Eastern Conference.

If Pierce is really lured to the Bulls, Garnett still has a little idea of ​​renewing his contract for another year. Even if Garnett is 2009 years old in 33, he is confident that he can sign a 4-year maximum salary.

After Milicic's trade, Garnett and Pierce spied cooperation. Who knew that the Eagles won the league's No. [-] center and no one scolded him.

For the benefit of the entire owner group, the Celtics could not trade Pierce, who is about to enter the contract year. Garnett's dream of forming a Big Three with Reed and Pierce was shattered, and he chose to go back to the West.

Except for those three teams in the East, the other teams have no chance of getting involved in the Finals. Any of the top nine teams in the West will have a chance to reach the Finals if they get Garnett.

Originally, Garnett planned to hook Pierce and renew his contract for one year, or the Bulls would provide him with a maximum five-year high salary.

But the former has failed.

After three months of tug-of-war negotiations between Garnett and the Bulls, the negotiations finally failed!
The Bulls are only willing to offer 3 million for three years, which is the Bulls' final bottom line.

2500 million a year, which is already the highest salary except for Kobe and McGrady, but Garnett wants a long-term contract, not a contract that expires at the age of 35.

After negotiation, the 32-year-old Kevin Garnett signed and then traded to join the New Orleans Hornets with a five-year, 5 million fat contract!
The Hornets sent David West, the 2009 first-round pick, and got Kevin Garnett from the Bulls!

The two cores of the Hornets, Paul and Durant, both have rookie contracts. As long as David West's tens of millions of contracts are sent out, he can eat whoever he wants!
The Hornets can give Garnett's MVP-level teammate Chris Paul and a 5-year 1 million contract, and successfully seduce Jagged Boy!

The Bulls have stopped losses as much as possible, and they must have a first round to kill. They also disgusted Garnett. In exchange for David West, plus Reed, Hinrich, and Luol Deng, the playoffs are no problem, but it is basically impossible to compete for the top four in the Eastern Conference as they did in the past two seasons.

After the Bulls were tyrannical for two seasons, they were shattered overnight!
The Bulls are like those veterans who did not renew their contracts in the Jordan era after winning the championship in 1998. They didn't want to drag a veteran with a salary of 35 million to die slowly after Garnett was 2000 years old.

Hinrich, Luol Deng, Reid, David West, Sefulosa...these are all high-quality first- and second-tier trading chips.

Chris Paul, who was not selected for the Dream Team, finally had a happy event.

Like Deron Williams, he has multiple All-Star or former All-Star teammates!

Garnett left the Bulls, and by the way, he also took away the tank-type center Big Z who was very suitable for him. The big Z signed a two-year mid-level contract with the Hornets after the contract expired, and continued to partner with Garnett.

Paul, Prince, Durant, Garnett, Big Z, although there is a young Durant who is too young, and a center who is too old to be big Z, but Paul, Prince, and Garnett are all at their peak. Originally, Paul could lead the team to the top four in the Western Conference. Now David West has been upgraded to Garnett.
This is an improvement visible to the naked eye!
In the already chaotic West, the Big Four of the Lakers are still strong, the Spurs have reached their peak, the Suns lineup has become menopausal, the Rockets are rising against the trend, the Nuggets with two guns, the five-star Jazz, the Mavericks waiting for recovery... Now the Hornets have become the real spoilers in the West!
In Liu Mang's mind, the three big Western shit sticks, the Sun, the Rockets, and the Hornets, can all stir up the situation in the West!

(End of this chapter)