From today on is the king

Chapter 551
The finals with the least sense of existence are probably the finals of the 02-03 season. Except for the first game, the fans had a sense of anticipation, but they saw a score of more than 70 to 70. In the second game, the ratings dropped from more than a dozen points in the first game to less than 5 points. This created a new low in the ratings of the NBA since 1976. Except for New Jersey fans, Texas fans, and a few fans and basketball players who like this tuned game, no one else watched it. This year's finals.

The attention of the fans is all on this year's draft training.

Although the Nets and Spurs are still playing in the finals, the NBA can only say sorry to them. The joint trial training for the draft is scheduled for June 6, which is the day of the fifth game of the finals between the Angels Spurs and the Nets. This year it is Chicago's turn to hold a joint trial training.

Out of the consideration that the Timberwolves had no draft picks for many years and the team's salary exploded, David Stern joined the NBA owners to hold a vote. Everyone gave a face, and the Timberwolves' record is so good, it will not affect the overall situation of the draft. The Timberwolves got the No.28 fourth pick in the first round.

In addition to the joint trial training, each team's own trial training has also started, including the Spurs and the Nets. Although the head coach is busy, he also spares time to carry out one or two trial training.

Various rookies began to be active in people's sights, and even suppressed the limelight of the finals.

What surprised people the most was that it was not LeBron James who received the most lottery team trial invitations, but Carmelo Anthony, the MOP winner of this year's NCAA Final Four, and Dwyane Wade, who belonged to the same agency as Liu Mang, became the most popular lottery team trial training.

The words released by the Cavaliers that James must be selected made many teams have no luck in choosing James, but Anthony and Wade became popular.

But I don't know when it started, various gossip news began to spread rumors that Bosh and the European Milicic were the core of the team.

A wave of trolls began to emerge on the Internet. According to the model that Liu Mang used to promote Raheem back then, they began to hype that Bosh is the next Garnett and that Milicic is a healthy version of Sabonis. The comments became more and more intense.

Slowly, Bosh, who was already popular, actually had the same enthusiasm for trial training as Anthony and Wade. Milicic, a 17-year-old genius from Yugoslavia, was already very popular, and he also received invitations for trial training from all the teams with the top ten picks, including the Cavaliers.

This year's draft resources really make the teams jealous, and it also makes the fans crazy. The influx of the 03 generation seems to indicate the future glory of the NBA.

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"Sharif, your salary next year will be more than 1270 million, right?"

"Yeah, aren't you going to renew your contract too?"

"Not yet, I'm worried I'll be traded."

"Oh."

"Sharif, you are so impersonal! I'm worried now!"

"Oh."

"...I won't play with you anymore, I'll go find Ace."

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"Ace, I have already told my agent that I will reject invitations from other teams and wait for the finals to accept the qualification offer first, but are you sure I will not be sold by the team?"

"No, don't worry, you will have a big contract next year."

"really?"

"real!"

"It won't be less than 800 million, right?"

"I don't think so, isn't there a team that wants to recruit you for 800 million..."

"That's great. The starting salary is no less than 800 million. In two or three years, the annual salary will be tens of millions. But Ace, are you sure the team won't trade me? Some people seem to say that they will trade me for Carter. I don't want to go to that cold place..."

"will not."

"really?"

"Jason, stay away! It's too annoying! Sharif, get this guy out!"

Liu Mang really couldn't take it anymore!
This Jason Terry is too worrying. The management contacted him to renew his contract after the team's summer operations. They first provided him with a qualification offer to make him a restricted free agent, avoiding occupying too much salary cap and delaying the team's summer plan.

"Okay, okay, Jason, you don't have to worry, Ace said it's okay." Kevin Willis, who came over, came to reassure him.

As a veteran who has been in the NBA for nearly 20 years, Kevin Willis knows how much power Liu Mang has to speak in the Eagles. If Liu Mang is just talented and not so influential, but Liu Mang is already so strong before he turns 21. The key is the market that Liu Mang brought to the Eagles. According to media reports, the increase in market value of the Eagles in the past season ranked first in the league, surpassing the Rockets.

After the first year of the Rockets’ acquisition of Yao Ming, the market capitalization increased from US$1.2 million to US$1.5 million, while the Eagles increased from US$3 million to close to US$[-] million. A consortium behind the Eagles proposed a plan to acquire the Eagles for US$[-] million, but the consortium joined by the family behind the owner, Price, directly rejected it.

Similarly, Alexander on the Rockets' side also found a golden job, and no one agreed to buy it.

Holding Liu Mang, a player who has increased the Eagles' market value by nearly [-] million US dollars in two years, Liu Mang's character is so stubborn. From the perspective of Kevin Willis, the boss of the Eagles management, who is not a tough character, cannot be defeated by Liu Mang.

Just like Jordan in the Bulls, the general manager cannot compete with Jordan for a more stable team position.

Jason Terry finally found someone who was willing to comfort him. After the end of the season, the news that the Eagles were going to dismantle the team was flying everywhere. Jason Terry, who was placed on the bench, was the most likely person to be traded, as well as Boozer, Prince and others who performed poorly in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Although Jason Terry took the initiative to go to the bench, he still felt uneasy when the media said that.

Today is June 6, and the Eagles players gave a farewell party to Dean Grove, Emmanuel, Murtola, Leon Smith, Danny Ferry, Chris Crawford, Newbell and others.

It was Raheem who held the farewell party. At Raheem’s home, as a native Georgian, Raheem moved here with his parents and siblings after he came to Atlanta to play.

Dean Grove, Emmanuel, Murtola, and Leon Smith have become free agents. Emmanuel will officially become the trainer of the Eagles in July. The other three will no longer be Eagles players whether they can find a new team to play in the future or stay away from the NBA.

Newbell got the news two days ago that the Eagles and the Cavaliers had reached a deal. The Cavaliers sent this year's second-round pick to get Newbell. The deal will be officially concluded after the finals.

The Cavaliers want to get Newbell to serve as the team's main small forward, and form an excellent outside line combination with James and Ricky Davis who are about to enter the NBA. The three have strong athletic ability, fast speed, and height. They look very good.

The point is that the Cavaliers really have nothing to do. They have lost too much in the past few years, and they need a player with winning experience to assist James.

Newbell's contract of more than 280 million has been sent out, and the Eagles still have Danny Ferry's contract of 300 million and Chris Crawford's contract of more than 260 million to be sent out.

Except for Danny Ferry and Chris Crawford, only Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Ratliff, Muhammad, Prince, Boozer, and Barnes are the Eagles who have received renewal offers and have contracts. Including Jason Terry's qualification offer, and Ratliff's forecast is a five-year contract extension. The current theoretical contract of these eight people is about 5 million US dollars.

According to the NBA's income predicted at the beginning of the season, the estimated salary cap for next season is about 4800 million, so Danny Ferry and Chris Crawford will definitely be cleared out, so that there is enough room to complete the plan.

These things have been prepared for a long time, so everyone's atmosphere at today's farewell party is pretty good. After more than a week, the negative emotions brought about by the loss in the playoffs have almost passed. They are all professional players and have to look forward.

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"Levia, Aida, are you still not ready?" Liu Mang urged.

"Right now, wait for me for 5 minutes, I'll put on some makeup!"

"Yeah, 5 minutes!"

The answers of two beautiful girls came from upstairs.

"5 minutes? Okay, then I'll wait a minute. We'll meet at the airport at ten o'clock, and there are still two hours left." Liu Mang replied leaning on the sofa.

"Uncle is so stupid," Dinah in Liu Mang's arms sighed helplessly, "Mom and the teacher said 5 minutes, at least half an hour, and you said there are two hours left, they will definitely spend an hour!"

"No way?" Liu Mang asked in disbelief.

"Hmph, wait and see if you don't believe me uncle!" Dinah said with an expression that you don't understand women.

On the morning of the second day of the farewell party, Liu Mang woke up the three girls at home.

Because of Liu Mang's excellent draft vision, he was selected by the team as one of the watching members of this joint draft trial training. He can also bring his family members. The team paid to live in the presidential suite and went on a trip at public expense. Liu Mang asked the three girls in the family, and they all nodded in unison to go to the fast-paced big city.

Although both are among the top ten cities in the United States, Atlanta has a slow pace and is more suitable for life, while Chicago is famous for its fast pace and the third largest city in the United States. It is a famous tourist city and has the largest airport in the United States, which proves how popular it is with tourists.

It is true that I enjoy the slow pace of life in Atlanta, but it is also great to travel occasionally.

Especially for women, when they arrive in a big city, of course they want to buy, buy, buy...

After 5 minutes, sure enough, the two women upstairs did not come down. Seeing Dinah's proud expression, Liu Mang couldn't help but ravage Dinah's face as if it were a steamed stuffed bun.

Then half an hour later... Liu Reck looked at Dinah who was rubbing her red face angrily but still had a proud expression, Liu Reck finally understood that no matter which country a woman is from, they all look the same!
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Finally, at nine o'clock, Liu Mang drove a pickup truck with four large empty boxes and a small box containing Liu Mang's clothes, and a group of four went to the airport.

"Don't you bring any clothes? The boxes seem to be empty?" Liu Mang asked curiously while starting the engine.

"Bring it! Here!"

Alexia and Levia showed the backpacks at their feet.

"What can these two small schoolbags hold?"

"I can't buy anything else when I get to Chicago! GOGOGO, let's go, go to Chicago! I haven't traveled since I came back from Los Angeles last year. Ace, you are amazing, and you don't need to pay for air tickets and hotels!"

Looking at the excited two beauties in the rearview mirror, Liu Mang let go of the clutch and stepped on the accelerator, and set off!

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After rounding with Price, Coach Kruger, Mike Woodson, Chip Engelland and others at the airport, except for the newcomer Chip Engelland, everyone else was familiar with Liu Mang's "family".

This time I only booked the first class cabin, because it would be too extravagant to charter a flight with only such a small number of people.

After a nearly 70-minute flight, Liu Mang and his team arrived in Chicago, and then it took an hour to arrive at the Chicago Marriott Union Hotel in Medical Park, which is only [-] miles away from the United Center.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel room, before he settled down, Liu Wei received a notification from the staff of the team that the boss had something to discuss with Liu Wei.

"I have something to leave, you guys..."

Before Liu Mang finished speaking, Dinah said disgustedly: "Uncle, go and do your work. I will go shopping with my mother and teacher later. It is useless for you to follow. You will be tired after a while."

"..."

Excessive!

Liu Mang left the room angrily, who brought the three of you here!And I just sat so tired for four hours on the plane and car, and went shopping, you are exhausted!
Liu Mang followed the staff to Price's single suite downstairs. Unlike Liu Mang's three-bedroom family suite, Price's single suite has a living room, a bedroom, a swimming pool, and a bathroom. It is located in the innermost part of the hotel on the first floor.

Came to Price's room, the members of the coaching staff also arrived.

Coach Kruger went straight to the point: "I just received a call from Angie, and he is very interested in our draft pick..."

Before Coach Kruger finished speaking, the phone rang again. He looked at it and said, "It's Angie's call again."

Price motioned for Coach Kruger to pick it up, and Coach Kruger switched on the speakerphone.

Coach Kruger said directly: "Hey, Danny, how about it, have you considered it? We can send two first rounds in 04 and 06."

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "Oh, Lang, we have considered it and are happy to trade with you, but only these two picks are not enough. The value of these two picks is too low, what do you think? Your record will definitely be good. Antoine is an All-Star player. After getting him, I think you will be stronger. In this case, the value of these two picks is too low. We want enough return."

Enough return?Coach Kruger glanced at Price, who motioned for Coach Kruger to continue asking.

Coach Kruger nodded: "What do you mean?"

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "You guys can think about the first round of this year..."

Before finishing the conversation on the other end of the phone, Liu Mang directly hung up the phone.

Everyone in the room was dumbfounded. Looking at Liu Mang, they didn't know what it meant.

Watching Liu Mang hang up the phone, Coach Kruger asked strangely: "Ace, don't you want to use Antoine Walker as a bargaining chip to trade Rasheed Wallace? Why did you hang up the phone?"

"That's right! Or did you change your mind?" Price was also surprised.

Liu Mang looked at this group of people who had never done business, especially Price, who was a team owner after all. No wonder his management was so poor before. Liu Mang frowned, with a profiteer expression: "Don't worry, he will call again. Do you want to talk about business? Of course, we have to talk slowly. He asks for a lot of money. Of course, we have to bargain on the spot. Besides, we can't look like we are too anxious..."

(End of this chapter)