From today on is the king

Chapter 876
"Ace, let's have dinner at my house tonight." Maddie didn't give an answer right away.

McGrady wanted to calm his head, but he didn't want Liu Mang to leave. He wanted to go back to the room to clear his head and think about some things.

It is not an easy task to increase the scoring average by one point. If it is 26 to 27, it is easy, but everyone's scoring has an upper limit. Like this season, Liu Mang has 10 games with 40+ points, including 3 times 50+ points, and 3 times 50+ points including 61 points once. It is too difficult to continue to improve!
If it were really that easy, there would be a lot of scorers averaging 30+ points per game, but in fact, players who can average more than 30 points per game in a single season, since the beginning of the new century, only Kobe, Iverson, McGrady, and Liu Mang. Among the scoring champions in the 90s, only Jordan averaged more than 30 points per game.

Stronger than O'Neal, he won two scoring titles, and the season with the highest scoring title was only 29.7 points. In the last dozen games, he made full efforts to score points. He still had a 65% shooting rate in the first 60.00 games, and only 50.00% at the end of the season.

Liu Mang's score has been hovering between 35.9 and 36.1 points recently, normally speaking, this is the limit.

If you want to wave again, except for the team that is weak like Jordan with 37.1 points.

But the Eagles are now number one in the league...

Liu Mang didn't refuse, and called Levia, asking her to pick up Dinah and Alexia from school and have dinner at Maddie's house tonight.

Liu Mang followed Mai Di into the villa.

"Ace, you're here, sorry, I'm taking care of the child, Tracy, you go make tea for Ace." Maddie's wife, Lerenda McGrady, was changing the child's diaper when she saw Liu Mang coming and said hello.

"Ace goes to the kitchen to make whatever he wants to drink. Ace is having dinner at our house tonight. Lerenda, call a chef to cook. I'll go back to the room." Maddy didn't greet Liu Mang either, they were so familiar.

Liu Mang didn't think it was wrong, neither did Leronda. The two families didn't visit each other once or twice. It was the same. The two of them took their children to Liu Mang's house and Liu Mang let them take care of themselves. Of course, Levia and Alexia were more enthusiastic than Liu Mang.

When I came to McGrady's house, because Lerenda had to take care of the children, Liu Mang really took care of himself. He took a bag of black tea, boiled it for a while, put some milk and half a cube of sugar, and went to the home theater to watch the Kings game video by himself.

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After McGrady returned to the room, he sat on the toilet in the bathroom. He heard that this is the best place for artists to get inspiration, so he came here to think about it.

McGrady was surprised by Liu Mang's "arrogance".

The last time McGrady was surprised was in February 1996. The two of them, a senior and a senior, participated in a high school basketball event. Kobe said he was stronger than Jordan...

Now, McGrady has encountered such a guy again.

This makes McGrady, who has become a bit "worldly" now, and reawakens the most innocent feelings for basketball that he had when he was a child.

McGrady leaned on the toilet seat, thinking about what he was playing for now?
more money?

McGrady feels that it is impossible for him to be short of money. As long as he is willing, he will be paid a maximum salary wherever he goes. With the endorsement fee, he can earn more money than he can spend in his life. He is not a luxury person.

More honors?
I have won it for a while, and I have won the scoring champion. As for the MVP, besides the individual, luck is the most important thing. There is a good team, and the team can play a good record without major injuries, followed by the individual.

With McGrady's personality, he is not obsessed with this either.

More champions?
McGrady is on the road now, as long as they play well, their lineup will be the favorite to win the championship in the next two or three years, and the championship is expected.

McGrady was recalled by Liu Mang's arrogance and became a little confused. Now what is he pursuing in playing basketball?
McGrady sat like that for an hour, always recalling what happened in high school before he entered the NBA, recalling the purest love for basketball...

In the end, McGrady felt that the reason he loves basketball is to keep surpassing!
Keep surpassing yourself?That's all for others to hear, surpassing oneself, how can there be a sense of accomplishment for surpassing the strongest person?Of course, if the strongest person is yourself, then it's another matter.

But there is only one strongest person—the god of basketball, Michael Jordan.

McGrady has also tried to lead the team by himself. He has a talent that may not be weaker than Jordan, but he is born with scoliosis, which leads to an upper limit of his physical fitness, and this upper limit also causes him to have physical restraint whether it is training or competition.

Although McGrady did not suffer from a back injury because of Liu Mang, the scoliosis is a natural one. There is no way to do surgery on the spine. Apart from the brain, it is another forbidden area of ​​life in the human body that cannot be greatly modified by modern medicine. There are many people with spinal problems and half-paralyzed people.

McGrady wants to fulfill his dream of surpassing Jordan by himself. Otherwise, the defense will be weak, unless the team has a strong inside and a strong outside defender. It is best to have someone to help share the pressure of organizing the offense, as well as pitchers and blue collars...

During his four years in the Magic, he felt despair again and again, and realized that it was almost impossible to have such teammates to help him. Not everyone has the "luck" like Liu Mang.

When McGrady came to the Eagles himself, he basically gave up waiting.

Liu Reck's wild words this time made McGrady see something in Liu Reck that he didn't have and would never have if he worked hard.

The arrogant personality, the execution ability that dares to say and do, is mainly shameless enough!This is what McGrady thinks is the most important thing. He actually has the nerve to tell a player who can win the scoring champion to let him help him score and surpass Jordan!

But this is what McGrady admires Liu Mang the most. Except for one thing in common, he and Liu Mang have nothing in common in most places. However, when people make friends, the friends who really make friends with each other are all friends with very different personalities, because they need things that they don’t have.

Mai Di saw something from Liu Mang that he could never learn anyway...

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At 06:30 in the evening, it was almost dark in Atlanta in winter, and the chef invited by Leronda had already prepared the meal. After setting the table, Leronda called Maddie: "Tracey, it's time to eat!"

"I'm here, thank you."

After McGrady responded, he washed up and came to the restaurant. Seeing that Liu Mang was teasing his son instead of waiting anxiously as he had expected, McGrady felt a group of crows croaking above his head: Really, are you not afraid that I will disagree?So confident?But even if I don't agree, this guy won't stop, it's 36.1 points... O'Neal dreamed of averaging 29.4 points per game when he scored 30 points.

"Ace, how much do you want me to renew the contract?" McGrady did not answer Liu Mang's question, but said this.

When Liu Mang heard this, a smile appeared on his face, it was done!
"Of course you can ask for as much as you want! The team is not short of money." Liu Mang replied casually while eating the steak, and he had to eat back the money for that barrel of oil tonight.

"Ace, you don't need me to cut your salary? Rashid dropped 1000 million to complete the contract renewal." McGrady was surprised.

"I'm currently getting the maximum salary. If you renew the contract with the maximum salary, I will still be at the maximum salary. If you cut the salary, you can at most save the team some money. We are already paying the luxury tax, and there will be no room to sign more people." Liu Mang doesn't mind that McGrady's salary will be higher than his. This season, McGrady's salary is 200 million more than his.

"I understand. I'll call my agent and ask him to talk to the team." McGrady didn't continue to ask, and quickly made a decision.

"Tracey, are we going to settle here? It's great!" Lerenda cheered excitedly after hearing McGrady's words: "This place is much better than Orlando, and I don't want to move anymore."

"Of course, your husband is going to earn another [-] million!" Mai Di said and stood up in front of Liu Mang with his wife, and had a kiss across the table.

Liu Mang let out a disgusted "Huh...", which made the two of them couldn't help laughing.

"By the way," Liu Mang thought of something, and asked casually, "Who is your manager? I haven't seen it yet."

"Charles Banks, you should have heard that both Duncan and Hill were players signed by him, and we were almost able to work together." McGrady responded.

So, Liu Mang probably knows why the Magic almost gathered the Big Three in 2000. If the three stars belong to the same agent, they are likely to be manipulated together.

Wait, Charles, Banks, this name...Liu Mang is so familiar!

Isn't that the guy who cheated Duncan of 3000 million?
Liu Mang looked at McGrady, thought for a while and then said: "Tracey, I've heard of this guy, I think you should pay attention to your account, he is helping you manage your money!"

Liu Mang said it very euphemistically, but the meaning was very clear. Mai Di stared at Liu Mang: "Ace, you mean..."

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"Tracy, let's just treat it as a disaster!" Liu Mang comforted.

Came to the arena in the morning to prepare for the game against the Bobcats in the evening, Liu Mang saw Maddie's expression that no stranger should enter, it was rare, the stingy cousin lost so much money.

"Burn money and avoid disaster? Do you have a Chinese proverb? It's very interesting." McGrady smiled, what else can I do.

"We call it idioms, read it after me, eat encheng, idiom... Forget it, you can just treat it as a dialect or a proverb." Liu Mang thought it was troublesome, so he taught himself and gave up.

After receiving a reminder from Liu Mang last night, McGrady invited a financial lawyer to investigate his account, only to find out that his account had been in deficit of more than 300 million dollars in the past seven years, which was almost all the money earned by McGrady's rookie contract. Of course, it was a little short every year for the past seven years.

The reason Banks gave was a financial mistake, but he didn’t give details of the investment. At the beginning, he lost 10,000+ a year, and later he signed a big contract with the Magic and lost hundreds of thousands a year. McGrady didn’t pay much attention to it, but now the lawyer looked at the existing investment channels. Almost all of them are treasury bonds and funds, and they are all value-preserving financial products. This deficit cannot be justified. The lawyer said that McGrady was cheated.

McGrady was about to sue Banks, but the lawyer's opinion was that there was no way to complete the lawsuit quickly. This kind of lawsuit usually takes one or two years, and it is certain that all the money will not be recovered in the end.

After McGrady called Liu Mang overnight to tell him about the incident, Liu Mang could only comfort him to change his agent and deal with the matter later. Liu Mang remembered that it took Duncan a whole year to retire and focus on litigation, and he only wanted a quarter of the money back, 3000 million changed to 750 million.

Liu Mang remembered that McGrady was about to change his agent, but it was not about this, but his agent and the company that sold the plane sold him an airplane, which caused him to be attacked by public opinion. The media also broke the news that his agent took a kickback of 100 million dollars and was fired by McGrady.

It seems that it happened in the summer of 04, but this time McGrady came to Atlanta, which was too far away from the space city, and he didn't agree to renew his contract, and his agent couldn't sell the plane to him.

Liu Mang thinks that McGrady is really lucky sometimes. He bought a plane and fired the vampire. He didn't lose 20 million US dollars in his 3000-year career like Duncan did. It was only because his wife cheated on him that he had to divide the money, so he found out that he was cheated of 3000 million US dollars.

"I fired Banks. Fagan, Pelinka, and Falk all called me. Who should I meet with first?" McGrady also put the matter aside and asked Liu Mang's opinion. These three agents are the three most powerful agents in the NBA.

"They? Tracy, why don't you meet with Jeff Schwartz, this is his phone number." Liu Mang was already ready to earn money from McGrady, and he was excited just thinking about it. He had already contacted Schwartz last night and gave his business card to McGrady.

"Schwartz? From your agency?" McGrady immediately understood Liu Mang's thoughts.

"He's great." Liu Mang said directly.

Not to cheat McGrady, he is telling the truth, Schwartz is such a great agent, and he still has a long haircut. Even if he has not met him, ten years later, Schwartz will still become the most powerful agent in the NBA. It is not ordinary to have 2018 players under his hands in 40. It is said that there are more than 20 players with an annual salary of at least 10 million yuan and more than 1.5 All-Star agents. Bill Duffy, who won a [-] million contract, can barely be compared.

"Okay, Ace, let him come to my house tomorrow morning, let's not mention this, I feel sad when I think about it, Banks and I have known each other for eight years, and he lied to me," McGrady didn't agree directly, but had to decide for himself, he changed the subject and said, "Ace, don't you want to surpass Jordan? Let's start tonight, just to play against Jordan's team."

"Of course, starting tonight!"

(End of this chapter)