From today on is the king

Chapter 787. 786. Maximum Salary Renewal
From August 8th to 29st, Liu Mang first went to the three European countries to promote. Taking advantage of the popularity in Europe brought by his just beating the American men's basketball team, Liu Mang's publicity was much more popular than last year. He saw many fans wearing Eagles jerseys, hooligan league jerseys, and even his No. 31 jersey of the Chinese team at the event.

When he was promoting, the three girls had a great time shopping. Hearing that Liu Mang had a bonus from the state, he immediately wanted to buy it.

Liu Mang said that the bonus is only 5 yuan, which is less than [-] US dollars. The three girls don't believe it...

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At noon on September 9st, when he returned to his home in Atlanta, he hadn't been back for a month. Liu Mang could finally relax his body and mind. Next, signing the contract and going to the capital to attend the celebration banquet were all relaxing and joyful things.

Unknowingly, this place has really been regarded as a home by Liu Mang. Although...it's a bit like eating soft rice...but this feeling is still a little exciting.

Before they came back, they had hired a cleaner to clean up the house. After arriving home, Liu Mang and San Niu immediately went back to their respective rooms and fell asleep...

The next morning, Liu Mang got up early, ready to continue training.

Just after waking up, the system prompt came.

"Ding... The upgrade of the basketball superstar section is complete..."

The system panel appeared in front of Liu Mang. He first looked at the lottery template, thinking that the system was going to mess with something else, but he didn't expect that the lottery system hadn't changed. After looking at all the panels, he found that it was the training system that had changed!
The training mode is divided into two types.

The previous training mode has not changed, and the task training system is still the same. It belongs to the kind that does not necessarily get special rewards after completing a thousand times. However, 100 superstar points for a primary training mission, 1000 superstar points for an intermediate mission, and 10000 superstar points for an advanced mission are still very attractive.

It’s just that Liu Mang hasn’t completed a few intermediate tasks so far. 200 shots in 100 seconds is not difficult, but the three-point ability evaluation of less than 90 is still a bit difficult. It’s no problem to hit 100 shots with a high shooting rate.

As for making 150 three-pointers in 100 seconds...Liu Mang felt that if he progressed to Curry's three-pointer, it would be possible to complete it. That was too difficult, and the task of making 150 three-pointers in 100 seconds was the end of the three-point training task. After completion, he could acquire the skill of dribbling and shooting quickly, that is, he might be able to hold the ball and shoot in [-] seconds like Curry.

The goal Liu Mang is trying to achieve is to be stronger than Curry...

Of course, Liu Mang doesn't think he will be worse than Curry, and his playing style is too far behind.

However, Liu Mang finds this new version of the training system very interesting, and it is more in line with his current needs. Speaking of it, it is closer to the inheritance mission he used to train with Jordan, Stockton, and Malone, but it is not for him to double the success rate of stealing, but for real learning skills!
It's just... This system is a "pit" superstar value with changing patterns!

"Superstar training mode: When the host learns a technique like a master-level figure of a certain basketball skill, the corresponding superstar value can be paid to speed up memory and comprehension. If you have used the star card of the player, you will have an additional comprehension bonus."

What a coincidence!Isn't there 15 superstar values ​​now!Learn to learn!Keep the 5 superstar points reserved at the beginning of the regular season, and learn the rest!
Before the Olympic Games, Liu Mang found McGrady and made an appointment to train together in September. McGrady said he wanted to find Kobe together...

Liu Mang counted, Kobe, Iverson, Jordan, Ginobili, Magician, it seems that he has used the star cards of these most powerful stars and they all fit his position and style of play, other O'Neal, O'Neal, Ben Wallace... forget it.

With the experience of superstar abilities, plus asking for advice from the stars, and training by himself, Liu Mang feels that this is really the best way for a top star, a player who is in the same position as a top star.

Top star is actually a very embarrassing position, unless it is the type like Kidd, who has an ability value of 94 but is better than a superstar when leading the team. Otherwise, most top stars will not have any honor after playing their entire career.

For example, Carter and Raheem have good statistics, but if you look at their honors at their peak, they are a third team and an All-Star at the top.

It’s okay if they are top-notch players. Like Francis, the style of play and strength are all there. Not many people expect them to be a first-time MVP, but the strength of top stars has exceeded that level, and people’s expectations for them are already high.

It's not the same after crossing the hurdle of superstars. Even if Tracy McGrady and Kobe were in a bad team at their peak, at least the statistics can fly, and top stars can't accomplish that performance.

So the top star is an awkward position. The key is that their skills have already formed, and they don’t know which training direction to develop. It’s okay to be the second-in-command on a strong team.

Not reconciled to being the second child, but wanting to be the leader of a championship-level team is not qualified enough, being the leader of a bad team but dislikes the record, and can't let go of forming a team of first-class star teammates to play in a civilian lineup... Most of the top stars are like this.

Liu Mang is different. He can experience what abilities of those superstars are most suitable for him, and then learn, and then train hard on his own. Of course, he must be willing to teach. Not everyone can open a training camp just like Dameng.

The best high post technique before Liu Mang's eyes is Kobe. Mr. Joe has no way to learn it now. He is busy preparing for the opening game of the new team. In the first season, Liu Mang didn't bother.

On Iverson's side, it can be regarded as a friend of gentlemen, magicians have almost no intersection, and Ginobili is almost a sworn enemy.

Therefore, the target is Kobe.

Liu Mang didn't know how McGrady and Kobe, two people with completely different personalities, got together, but this time, I really appreciate McGrady's "assist", but how can I get Kobe to teach skills? This is a difficult question, and the relationship with the little blacksmith is not very harmonious...

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Yesterday, the system upgrade was completed. After a brief training session, I had a good rest at home. In the evening, I discussed with Alexia several times how life is born. This morning, Liu Mang and Schwartz, who came to pick him up, came to the Phillips Arena. Coach Kruger and owner Steven Price had been waiting for a long time. They were already waiting before dawn.

Fortunately, Liu Mang hadn't contacted any other teams before, otherwise they would definitely not be able to sit still.

After trading Boozer and Raheem away, they can be sure that Liu Mang must be the most injured one.

"Ace, congratulations, you defeated the Dream Team." Price saw Liu Mang, and came up to give him a hug.

"Thank you." Liu Mang felt a little weird, the boss seemed quite happy after beating their US team.

Seeing Liu Mang's expression was a little confused, Price didn't explain...Of course he was happy!Liu Mang's positive comments in China have surged, and the ones who have benefited the most, besides Liu Mang himself, are the Eagles and the NBA. The same is true for the Rockets facing Yao Ming.

The Lakers couldn’t wait to renew the contract with Wang Zhizhi. O’Neal left, and the Lakers had no one inside. In addition, Wang Zhizhi now has a good evaluation in the country. The Lakers, who are worried about the decline in the team’s popularity without O’Neal, after Kobe’s contract renewal, O’Neal’s transaction, and after the Olympics, the first goal is to renew the contract with Wang Zhizhi.

"Ace, congratulations." Coach Kruger came up and patted Liu Mang on the shoulder.

Coach Kruger still has the image of a strict teacher.

Back to the team, Liu Mang's reluctance to be separated from his teammates from the national team has been washed away a lot. After leaving a group of teammates, he has new teammates. This is Liu Mang's biggest growth after Raheem and Boozer left.

After exchanging pleasantries, Price couldn't wait to bring Liu Mang to the office, and took out the contract that he had discussed with Schwartz long ago.

Liu Mang and the lawyers brought by Schwartz looked at it, and there was nothing wrong with it.

A 5-year contract with a maximum salary of 7883 million US dollars, the last year is a player option, a [-]% portrait fee, and the sales share of the peripheral products that the Eagles and the Rogue League cooperate with are the same as before, all of which are the best conditions that Liu Mang can get.

The starting salary of the contract is $1253 million, which is 20.00% of the salary cap.

Both Liu Mang and the Eagles were blamed this time. Since the finals ended in just five games, the total revenue of the league was "less" by tens of millions of dollars. In addition, the Eagles played the entire Eastern Conference playoffs, adding up to only 12 games, and a part of the income was lost. Originally, before the start of last season, the salary cap for the 04-05 season was expected to be around 5200 million dollars, but now it is only a little over 5000 million dollars. million dollars is expected.

Therefore, Liu Mang's maximum salary is also a little lower than originally expected. The maximum salary expected before the start of last season was 5 million for five years, but it is not bad. In the last year, Liu Mang originally planned to jump out of the contract. After 8000, the contract can be renegotiated.

The Hawks management is not surprised that Liu Mang signed a 4+1 contract. Who doesn’t want to get more money? After Liu Mang finishes the first four years of this contract, theoretically speaking, he still has the opportunity to get two six-year maximum salaries.

The Eagles had no reason to refuse the ball's maximum salary, and Liu Mang should have received the maximum salary in the first place.

Moreover, the Eagles are more eager than Liu Mang to renew the contract quickly. The contract is not a problem at all. They can give as much as they can. They are much more anxious than Liu Mang, but when Liu Mang is playing in the Olympics, they can't distract Liu Mang.

Seeing Ace happily signing the contract in quadruplicate, Price and Coach Kruger finally let go of their worries and smiled at each other.

"Ace, I believe our cooperation for the next many years will be very pleasant." Price stretched out his hand and shook hands with Liu Mang, and then held one of the contracts with Liu Mang, facing the cameraman next to him who had already prepared to take pictures, which was to be used as a promotional photo.

Price said many years, not the next five years. The meaning is obvious. He wants Liu Mang to stay with the Eagles, so he emphasized this matter.

Liu Mang didn't break anything, so let's take a group photo first...

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After Liu Mang completed his contract extension with the Eagles, he held a press conference in the afternoon to announce the matter.

Eagles fans finally felt relieved. Liu Mang won the scoring title in the Olympics and killed the United States. In fact, it didn’t have much impact on American basketball fans. Few people hated Liu Mang because of it. They blamed the group of players and coaches more.

Larry Brown was about to be sprayed to death. First, he "drove off" the Pistons' scarce and powerful small forwards, ruined the Pistons' long-term team building plan, and made him sprayed wildly by Pistons fans, pretending to be Pistons fans, and fans who watched the excitement.

Originally, after the disastrous defeat in the 2002 World Championships, the American Basketball Association wanted to find Larry Brown, who was famous at the time, to change the situation. Unexpectedly, it was even worse. At that time, the director of the American Basketball Association Colangelo planned to let Larry Brown lead the US team for four years.

But now, because of the pressure from the media and the fans, Colangelo can only announce that the national team and Larry Brown have broken up, and will decide on the new head coach of the US men's basketball team before the start of the next Pan American Basketball Championship.

When he saw the news, Liu Mang thought it was too normal. Originally, the U.S. team only got third place, and Larry Brown packed up and left. If he hadn’t won the NBA championship by relying on the Pistons in the original history, his reputation would have been rotten. It didn’t have to wait until 2006 when he called Nate Robinson a “dwarf”.

On the second day after signing the contract, Liu Mang, who had only rested for two days, returned to China and participated in the celebration banquet.

Mainly under the leadership of head Li Nanli, I got to know some officials of the Blue Association.

It has become one of the representative tasks in the Chinese sports world. This is what Liu Mang has to go through. Schwartz also emphasized that Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi both gave advice, so Liu Mang started to "smile" again, and everyone smiled and shook hands when he saw it...

After the Olympics, Liu Mang, together with Liu Xiang and Liu Yanan, the two Olympic champions, became the "Big Three of the Liu family" of the Chinese Olympic team...

Time passed quickly, and in a flash, it was September 9th. Liu Mang had already arrived at his vacation home in Los Angeles, and the three girls had already asked the housekeeper to tidy up the place in advance.

James has already rented the training hall, and he is waiting for Liu Mang to call Kobe and McGrady to train together.

James is eager to enter the circle of top players. This is his career plan...

(End of this chapter)