From today on is the king

Chapter 772 771.2004 Draft Conference
On the afternoon of June 6, before the start of the draft, Liu Mang finally met with Schwartz in a hotel in New York who was busy signing rookies, taking them to various training camps, recommending rookies with teams, and meeting or failing to fulfill his draft promises.

"Ace, the Blue Association informed us that the latest report time is July 7th. We will go to BJ and the national team to gather. There are a total of 11 players in the big training camp list. The big training camp has already started on June 44th. At the beginning, there is a big list of more than 6 people. We will directly enter the second training session." Schwartz read about Liu Mang's planned summer national team arrangements.

"Oh." Liu Mang responded. With a roster of more than 80 people, Liu Mang felt a strong bureaucratic atmosphere... the atmosphere of someone who doesn't understand basketball commanding the national team.

Who the hell would come up with an 80-man roster with only two months left in the Olympics?The last ones selected were not just those few veteran players, they were all for the sake of face.

施瓦茨继续念道：“之后7月19号，决定出21人名单前往爱琴海的埃维亚岛集训，8月2号决定12人大名单，和3个候补名单……”

"...Aegean Sea... Are we going to play basketball, or to play ball?" Hearing this, Liu Mang felt that the public tour was coming again.

Schwartz didn't understand China's national conditions, and asked suspiciously: "What's the matter? The Aegean Sea is the island with the most characteristic climate in Greece. The United States, Argentina, Greece, and Spain, the champion favorites, all train there."

"Uh, I didn't mean that. By the way, I promised KING-James to take him to train." How could Liu Mang talk to foreigners about his own country's problems? It's normal for his own people to criticize his own country, but to the outside world, whoever says that his country is not good, the first to be anxious is the Chinese, and Liu Mang immediately changed the subject.

Schwartz looked at the timetable before and after the national team plan, and replied: "It is arranged. From July 7rd to July 3th, you have four cities in China to promote together. Nike wants you to help introduce James to Chinese fans. I have communicated with James' management team. From September 7nd to September 6th, I will train with James in Los Angeles. During the training camp, you will also be in Evia Island. If you have the opportunity, you can also train together."

After Schwartz read the general itinerary to Liu Mang, he gave Liu Mang a backup copy of the itinerary. Liu Mang looked at it. Really, from the draft preparations at the end of the playoffs to the next season's training camp, the whole summer's itinerary was full.

It’s all like this, what else can I do, these days Liu Mang has no time to care about the teammates who have left the team, the farewell party has long since ended, organized by Jason Terry and Muhammad, Liu Mang did not go back to participate.

"Jeff, how's Matt's mood?" Liu Mang was most concerned about Barnes, who was in the middle and lower classes of the NBA.

"Oh, Matt cried all night that night, only to find out the next day that there was a three-year contract extension of 3 million yuan in advance, and he was so happy that he was about to jump up." Schwartz shrugged helplessly.

"..." Liu Mang was speechless, "Congratulations to him."

"Haha, Ace, you don't know, Matt's girlfriend said, Matt cried all night and kept saying, 'Boss doesn't want me anymore'." Schwartz couldn't stop laughing at the thought.

"...Tell him to go away quickly." Liu Mang thought of a big old man crying and talking like that, and his skin got goosebumps.

Co-authored, this guy thought that the Eagles traded him because the company didn't want him anymore, and thought he was going to lose his job. When he saw the big contract, he felt lost and sad.

Barnes’s three-year base salary back then was not guaranteed in the last year. Now he has renewed his contract for 3 years with 900 million yuan, that is, adding the previous one-year base salary of 85 yuan, a total of 4 million yuan for 1005 years, which means that he can stay in the NBA for up to six years. The average career life of NBA second-round picks is less than two years. The average life expectancy of all rookies in the NBA is only 4.8 years. Barnes has the opportunity to play for six years. sure.

Ignoring his former bodyguard, this guy is really enough, Liu Mang asked: "By the way, how many rookies did our company sign today?"

"A total of 5 players have been signed, who can be confirmed to enter the NBA, and there are more than 10 players who can be brought by others in the company to have the opportunity to enter the NBA." Schwartz replied directly without looking.

"Five? Wow, this time the harvest is good. I remember I recommended Josh Smith and Andre Iguodala to get you ready to grab in advance. Did you get Howard? Or Okafor?" Liu Mang asked expectantly.

Schwartz rolled his eyes: "How is it possible? Those two guys have long been targeted by large brokerage companies. In addition to Iguodala and Josh Smith, the other three are Ben Gordon, Tony Allen and JR-Smith."

"Who did you call the last one?"

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It was a risk, Schwartz actively recommended JR-Smith to the Hornets. After Jamal Mashburn retired, the Hornets were short of swingmen, small forwards and shooting guards. JR-Smith was indeed strong enough.

And Liu Mang didn't dare to choose. He wanted to defend his title. If he made it to the finals, JR-Smith's head would show off...

Liu Mang thinks that he should recommend JR-Smith to James as a friend in the future, so that they can love each other.

Unknowingly, counting the five confirmed rookies who can enter the NBA, Liu Mang's company already has 12 NBA players, which can already be regarded as a good-scale brokerage company. At first, it mainly relied on Liu Mang's vision to sign people. Later, slowly, it began to rely on Liu Mang's influence and Schwartz's own vision to sign many players.

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"Uncle, Uncle, tell Dinah who we are going to choose today, okay..."

Hearing Diao Chan's coquettish voice from the other end of the phone, Liu Mang replied decisively: "Dinah, watching the draft is to watch a suspense! Otherwise, it would be boring."

"Uncle..." Little Lolita continued acting coquettishly.

"Uh... No, otherwise your mother will beat me if she gets spoiled. Uncle can only tell you that we want to select a group of handsome guys to improve the team's appearance!" Liu Mang said sincerely.

"Liar! Uncle said to choose a group of handsome guys, hehe, it must be a group of guys like that Howard to set off myself." Little Lolita saw through Liu Mang's small thoughts at a glance.

What a witty little loli, she was actually seen through!How could Liu Mang admit such a thing?Just arrived at the place, and immediately said: "How is it possible, your uncle, am I that kind of person? Okay, okay, I'm at Madison Square Garden, I'll talk when I come back tomorrow."

Liu Mang hung up the phone, got out of the car and walked towards Madison Square Garden with Schwartz.

The NBA draft is just like a big show. Schwartz comes every year and is very used to it. It was the first time for Liu Mang to participate in it himself. When he got off the car, he got off on the side of the main road with traffic control. When he got off the car, he was on a red carpet. It looked like the red carpet at a film festival. It felt so special.

When Liu Mang and Schwartz walked on the red carpet, the reporters gathered on both sides of the red carpet, the flashes kept shooting, and they kept asking questions.

"Ace, look here, what do you think about the large-scale transaction of the team? Will it affect your choice of contract renewal this summer?"

"Ace, look this way, I heard that this large-scale transaction is due to the issue of the championship MVP, is this true?"

"Ace, which players are you going to pick this year? Can you tell me?"

"Ace, you have the title of God's Hand in the NBA draft world. You can play anyone you pick. What do you think of this title?"

"Mr. Schwartz, it is said that Ace's draft information is all obtained from you. Is it true?"

"Mr. Schwartz, you have signed a total of 5 rookies this year. Are you confident that they will all enter the NBA?"

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Both Liu Mang and Schwartz were interviewed by the media. Liu Mang's draft vision is inseparable from Schwartz in people's eyes. As an agent who entered the sports circle in the early 90s, although he used to be a tennis agent, he has a lot of contacts in the sports circle.

This year Schwartz has signed 5 rookies, including two lottery favorites and a quasi-lottery favorite. Although such a result is not as good as the agency that got Howard or Okafor, it can definitely be ranked in the top five of the major agencies this summer.

Liu Mang has long been instructed by Schwartz, just smile. Whoever tells him to look at the camera and smile, and leave a photo is enough. The management of other teams, even until the last moment before the draft, is staring at the intelligence of the teams with strong drafts. If they reveal something, they may be intercepted.

After Liu Mang and Schwartz entered the Madison Square Garden arena, they separated. Liu Mang went to the Eagles draft office to meet with the management team, and Schwartz went to the place where the rookies stayed to cheer up the nervous rookies.

This is a draft that changed the fate of a basketball boy who came out of a slum. Even the No. [-] pick is very nervous, and the difference between the first and second picks is still quite large.

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After the completion of the big deal, the Eagles have been quiet and have not done much operations. Wait until the draft is over to see if there is any chance for reinforcement.

The Eagles didn’t immediately proceed with the trade either. Anyway, there were only 10 players left in the team, Kevin Willis and Calderon. They didn’t worry about being picked by the Bobcats at all. Since the Bobcats had one first-round pick, they only had 1 contracts left.

After Liu Mang arrived at the draft office, the management and coaching staff greeted him, then ignored him, nervously waiting for the draft to start.

Calling Liu Mang is purely for special emergencies. The No. 13 pick is okay, and the No. [-] pick is okay. If the main pick and backup pick of the next pick are selected, but the next pick is far from the pick in hand, then a new candidate must be decided immediately in a few minutes. Some drafts that seem completely unreasonable appear at this time, and they are very common. ,

At [-]:[-] p.m. New York time, after more than an hour of various activities before the draft, the draft finally began.

Liu Mang dozed off for a while, and was woken up by Coach Kruger at this time, and immediately patted his face, concentrating on watching the talent show on the super large LED screen in the office with direct communication.

With the first pick, the Magic did not choose the mature center Emeka Okafor, who is known as the second Tim Duncan, but chose Dwight Howard. Howard became the second high school student center No. [-] pick.

Due to the performance of Kwame Brown, he may now become the starting center of the Eagles. Howard is now more optimistic than before. When the Magic did not choose "Second Duncan" Okafor, the Magic fans booed for a long time, but this time, the cheers were the majority.

Although there are still fans who are dissatisfied with Okafor's performance comparable to Duncan's performance in college, if Howard does play out, maybe he will be the next David Robinson, or at least the second Kwame Brown. Anyway, it won't be too bad...

Teammate Magic chose Howard, Liu Mang was really surprised by the vision of the Magic in this regard, this choice is great, too bold!
After more and more draft news in the past few months, Okafor has dominated the draft news section almost since March. Okafor entered the NBA after finishing his third grade, not because he wanted to make money early. He is the player with the best Sat score when he graduated from high school. Yes, in March Madness this year, the University of Connecticut led by him crushed all the way in the top 64. He averaged 15 points per game in six games.

Faced with a Duncan-level player who was not selected in college, he chose Howard, a high school student with a unique vision. Liu Mang was really convinced. If he didn't open his eyes, Liu Mang would choose Okafor. After all, Duncan was too successful.

The magic team chose Howard with a sharp eye. The happiest person is of course Mr. Joe. The second pick, Mr. Joe, couldn't wait to choose "the next Duncan".

With the third overall pick, the Bulls selected Ben Gordon, which was also expected, because he was Okafor's college teammate, and they created the most glorious year in the history of the University of Connecticut team together.

With the fourth pick, the first three players with potential and combat power were selected. The Clippers also gambled on their potential and selected the contemporary magician Sean Livingston. The Wizards selected Devin Harris with the fifth pick.

Seeing Harris being selected, Liu Mang was helpless. In fact, this was his first backup candidate, but since it was almost impossible for Harris to fall out of the top five, there was no other way.

Before the finals ended, Liu Mang never thought that his team would have the No. [-] pick. He never thought that the team would be in the current situation. They had been fighting for the championship throughout the season and had no time to plan these things in advance.

However, it's not bad, choose a swingman.

Seeing that Price couldn't wait to put the prepared letter paper with his name on it into the envelope and hand it over to the alliance staff, Liu Mang snapped his fingers... Half of the universe is not dead, but the No. [-] bodyguard came.

The Hawks selected Andre Iguodala with the sixth overall pick.

This is a small upset. The favorites for the sixth pick are Luol Deng of Duke University and Josh Childress of Stanford University. Iguodala's performance in University is mediocre. He has not played in March Madness in college for two years. If it is not for the poor resources in 04, it will be difficult for him to enter the lottery.

However, the Eagles are currently extremely short of forwards and guards, so Iguodala is no problem. Luol Deng and Childress are also small forwards. The three players are actually similar, but those two have more experience in major competitions, and Iguodala does not.

The Hawks did not select Luol Deng or Childress, and the teams behind were happy. The Bulls chose Jordan Luol Deng of the United Kingdom with the seventh pick, and the 76ers picked Josh Childress with the eighth pick.

With the tenth pick, the Warriors selected Andris Biedrins, and with the No. 11 pick, the Cavaliers selected Ohio's local star, Luke Jackson.

When it came to the No.12 pick, an accident happened and broke the plan of the Eagles!

The Celtics used the No.12 pick in the first round to select high school rookie Al Jefferson!
Originally, Liu Mang wanted to select Al Jefferson with the 13th overall pick, to see what the Celtics would use as the main bargaining chip to trade Garnett in the future, but he forgot that although the Celtics are the ninth in the Eastern Conference, they only have 34 wins, which is not as good as the Supersonics, who are third from the bottom in the Western Conference with 35 wins...

If the Celtics make it to the playoffs, it's best to be the [-]th pick, which means the team with the highest pick in the playoffs, but if they don't make the playoffs, they will drop several picks directly!
In a few days, he made a hasty decision on the candidates for the draft, and Liu Mang also made a mistake!

The Eagles lacked a strong point inside, especially after Raheem and Boozer left. Al Jefferson's traditional inside characteristics can just make up for this problem of the Eagles, but they were cut off by the Celtics!
There was no choice but to choose an alternative. The Eagles used the [-]th pick in the first round to select another high school student, Josh Smith.

Three high school seniors have already been drafted in the lottery this year, another record.

Then the willful Jazz, seeing that the legendary contemporary white center "Hope" Robert Swift was not selected, decisively took the last pick in the lottery and took Robert Swift...

The Jazz have three first rounds this year. The No. 14 pick went to the Eagles. There is also a No. 16 pick from the Trail Blazers and a No. [-] pick from the Grizzlies.

After the lottery selection, many fans are not interested in the next draft. Those who seem to have talent and potential have basically been selected. The only thing left is which team will take away JR-Smith.

However, for the Eagles, there is not much suspense about the lottery pick, except that Al Jefferson was robbed, and Liu Mang, the most vicious bodyguard, was a little surprised, but the selection of Josh Smith is not much worse. To be honest, Josh Smith is much more talented than Al Jefferson.

The focus is on the back!
Finally, after waiting for a long time, the Eagles selected candidates. Tony Allen and Delonte West were the two candidates given by Liu Mang. One was a man with physical fitness and a good defensive attitude, and the other was a high-quality point guard who could serve as a substitute.

In the end, the Eagles selected Tony Allen from the University of Oklahoma with the No.20 third overall pick in the first round, but did not select Delonte West, mainly because of Liu Mang's later hints about his character.

The Eagles didn't draft Delonte West, and the Celtics immediately took advantage of the trend...

After the first round of selection, the second round is not only the fans, but also the teams are not very interested.

Since Al Jefferson was not selected, the draft plan behind the Eagles has actually been broken. It is necessary to find an opportunity to select a backup center, and the one with immediate combat power. Without Al Jefferson, others are not worth training.

Originally, Liu Mang wanted to choose Chris Duhon as the first pick in the second round as his substitute, but without Al Jefferson, he could only choose Anderson Varejao as the first pick in the second round.

With the 41st pick in the second round, the Eagles selected Trevor Ariza from UCLA. The Lakers already bought the No. 42 pick in the second round. It was a waste of time to sign the contract, and I felt distressed when I signed it. I hesitated for a few minutes, did not write my name, and passed the time for handing in the envelope.

Originally, the Lakers bought the No. 56 pick, but Ariza was snatched by the Knicks at the 43rd pick.

So, the Lakers spent $60 to buy the draft right, and Stu Jackson announced that the 42nd overall pick in this draft... was passed over...

Liu Mang saw that the Lakers were actually drafted!And it's a draft pick that I just bought, so I can't pass it on with laughter.

But here, the draft is basically over, and the remaining dozen picks, except for the Mavericks who picked the Spanish Condor at the bottom, the only thing to watch is that another Asian player entered the NBA. The Blazers selected baseball center He Shengzhen with the 46th pick in the second round.

For this man who claims to blow up Yao Ming, Liu Mang thinks it's better to let Yao Ming play by himself, don't deprive him of the fun.

Liu Mang can't wait to go back to Atlanta to pick a new bodyguard... no, to get in touch with his new teammates!
As for the possibility of a follow-up transaction with a high probability, this kind of thing will be discussed later.

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Ask for a monthly ticket~ask for a recommendation ticket~
(End of this chapter)