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"John, you said that Michael's little tricks are very good. Once he became the president, he entered the role." Liu Mang said to Stockton.

"He's showing his courage and he's willing to offend the Clippers management." Stockton laughed. "He's trying to restore his image as a general manager of the Wizards, but it was Kwame's fight. Otherwise, I guess he has no face to accept the position of CEO. "

"... I don't necessarily think ..."

"Ok?"

"It's okay."

Liu Mang's mouth twitched, Jordan would be the boss because he was beaten? His skin is not so thin ...

Don't discuss this topic, lest these old men sell him when they meet in private, Liu Mang asked: "John, are you our coach next season?"

"Well, I said I would help you develop a qualified backup point guard." Stockton nodded. "When our summer operations are over, I will discuss the contract with the management."

"José?"

"Correct."

"..." Liu Mang recalled Calderon. In terms of shooting percentage, he is an enhanced version of Stockton. The real 180 club player is, according to statistics, a low-end version of Stoke. Dunton, from a defensive perspective, the peak is not as strong as Stockton in his 40s ...

However, there is Stockton's guidance, although the defense is not how good, at least in theory it will not be as black hole as he was. Right, as a substitute, Liu Mang think about it, Calderon as a substitute, there is a point Small luxury, but only the players of their own agency, even if they leave after playing, they will not lose, and the relationship is not bad.

At noon Liu Mang had dinner at home, and immediately came to the arena, and met Stockton in the parking lot.

Liu Mang and Stockton chatted and came to the conference room of the Phillips Arena. Most of the teammates have already come. There will be a team's season press conference for a while. Everyone is attending. While waiting, the players Discussing the Bobcats deal, discussing who will become the No. 1 pick this summer. Famous stars, especially those who are not the No. 1 picks. Every year when they meet the No. 1 pick, they will "care" them.

According to ESPN's news from sports columnist Adrian Wakinawowski of its Penguin Publishing Group, the Bobcats used the first round of the fourth overall pick in 2004, plus the first eight picks in 2006. The draft picks reached an agreement with the Clippers, and the deal got the Clippers' second pick in the first round of 2004.

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The news provided by Wakinawowski has been forwarded by many of his basketball article supporters. Fans of other teams than the Hawks were originally due to the end of the finals and are ready to relax on the NBA. Attention is waiting for the draft conference. In addition to the Lakers fans, the fans have been looking forward to the Lakers ’loss for two months. Every day, the nerves are tense, and finally I want to relax my nerves. Unexpectedly, the pre-draft deal was coming. Too.

But who does n’t like to watch it? The NBA, which has just cooled down, is on fire again.

Subsequently, the NBA official website confirmed the transaction and announced more specific transaction content. The transaction content of the draft right is consistent with the news disclosed by Google. However, there is a supplementary thing. In addition to sending two first-round upward transactions, the Bobcats Received the No. 2 pick and also gave up the right to get a player from the Clippers.

When Liu Mang and Stockton discussed this matter, they both believed that the Clippers' transaction was completely forced. They could have got better chips, but they had to deal with the Bobcats, as long as the Bobcats When they put forward this deal, they can only follow suit.

The Clippers were able to draw the No. 2 pick during the draw and broke the upset. The Clippers have a record of 26 wins and 56 losses, ranking fourth from the bottom. The Bobcats are the same as the Magic because they are new to the team. With the probability of winning the No. 1 pick, the Clippers can only be ranked in the bottom five, and the chances of the top three picks are not high.

But I didn't expect Jordan to be the back of the hand. He had a 25% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, and a 63% chance of getting the top three picks, but he only got the No. 4 pick; the Clippers have a hundred. Fourteenth of the time the chance to get the No. 2 pick, all get the No. 2 pick.

The Magic won the No. 1 pick, the Clippers 'No. 1 pick, the Bulls' flower pick, and the Bobcats ranked fourth.

Since the Clippers have gotten into the top spot, they have been peddling their draft picks. Since there are already Brand and Kaman, the top two picks this year are Dwight- Howard and Emeka Okafor, the Clippers already have Elton Brand and Chris Kaman, and one is a 20 + 10 first-class power forward in the NBA, and one is to show the All-Star. Potential Chris Kaman, the Clippers do n’t want to bet on talent anymore, it ’s better to build a team around these two.

And there are teams that are very interested in this list. Howard is talented and attractive. Emeka Okafor has shown that he can become a first-class center in the NBA. Other teams offer the Clippers more than the Bobcats. Richer.

However, the Clippers still can only trade with the Bobcats. According to Liu Mang and Stockton's guess, Jordan is definitely used as a threat to the Clippers' selection. The trader will give up the selection and the Clippers have to agree. .

The Clippers have nothing, but there are many potential players. They have moved to Los Angeles for 20 years. They have only scored twice in the playoffs. Plus this season, they have not made the playoffs in 7 years. Inside a bunch of high-ranked players.

Chris Kamangui was the sixth pick last season and ranked only 10th in the Clippers' scoring average per game. Even the most "poor" Bobby Simmons and Kenyon Durin Are all players who seem to be able to play in the NBA for seven or eight years or ten years. You know, even if you choose a lottery show, the average career length is only five or six seasons.

In order to avoid being targeted by Jordan, the Clippers can only agree to this transaction, which was originally a surprise, and also got a future draft pick, Lord Belle chose to endure.

...

The Bobcats just built the team and became the first team to complete the trade after the finals of this season, igniting the trading market. Many teams that are not yet ready to be selected by the Bobcats have begun active trade negotiations. .

In the afternoon, I received more than four hours of interviews. It was almost six o'clock, and finally ended the last announcement. Liu Mang was finally relieved. Waiting for the championship parade to end tomorrow, the next door will be closed to thank you!

After finally hanging out, Liu Mang took a look and strolled in the arena. After winning the championship, the more he looked at it, the more pleasing to the eye, especially when he went to the stadium, seeing the sky above the stadium and the position above the technical table in the game. In the lifting lock of the championship banner, Liu Mang's mind popped up with a name around the edge of the championship banner. Will there be his own ... Will this group of Americans use their own English name or the original pinyin?

Liu Mang is very curious about this matter, but since they are all in English letters, Liu Mang doesn't mind which one to use, the simple thing is curiosity.

After shopping for a while, Liu Mang found that the air conditioner in the conference room was still on, and there were people in the meeting, knowing that the team management was busy now. Prepare for the sudden outbreak of the trading market ...

Everyone was very tired, and Liu Mang didn't complain.

After going around for a while, Liu Mang was going to take a good night's rest. It is estimated that after the championship parade, there is not much rest time. Helping the team to participate in large-scale trial training is one of his jobs.

When Liu Mang came to the parking lot, he saw someone smoking in the dustbin. Look closely, it is Rahim!

"Sharif, what are you doing here?" Liu Mang asked strangely, and Rahim's interview seemed to end at more than three o'clock.

Seeing Liu Mang coming, Rahim threw the cigarette butts into the place where the cigarette butts were thrown, and responded: "Ace, I am waiting for you."

"wait for me?"

"Yes, let's find a place to talk for a while."

...

Looking for a place that is actually the team's training ground ... It's just right that no one is here.

Liu Mang took a ball and threw it out of the corner of the bottom corner. He was lucky enough to hit the hollow. Liu Mang ran over to pick up the ball and continued to throw it to play. Said somewhere? "

Seeing Liu Mang shooting, Rahim hesitated for a while and finally spoke: "Ais, I am ready to jump out of the contract."

Rahim ’s six-year 70 million contract, the first five years have ended, immediately enter the player option, Liu Mang knows this thing, Liu Mang immediately responded: "Of course, Sharif, you can get a new one It's a big contract. This year's league income is definitely higher than last year. It is estimated that you can get a starting salary of more than 15 million. "

Rahim ’s one-year player option contract is 14.5 million. This season ’s salary cap has reached more than 49 million. Rahim ’s contract has been renewed according to this season ’s salary cap. He has been playing for 8 years. Triggering the veteran clause, the maximum starting salary can reach 30% of the salary cap, which is at least the starting salary of 14.8 million. If Liu Mang is replaced, he will also jump out of the contract.

Seeing that Liu Mang didn't understand what he meant, Rahim hesitated again, but said firmly: "No, Ace, I am going to leave."

"Huh ?!" Liu Mang didn't hold the ball in his hand, fell to the floor, and looked at Rahim in surprise: "Sharif, are you kidding me, we just won the championship."

"Just because I won the championship, otherwise I can't make up my mind," Raheem didn't look at Liu Mang's eyes, looked up at the ceiling and said, "Ais, when I entered the NBA, I was about the same age as you entered the NBA. But time has passed so fast, it's been eight years, and by December this year, I was already 28 years old.

When I came to the Eagles, I didn't want to play anymore. If it were not for you, I might have lost my love for basketball.

Ace, you may not understand the feeling that you have never played in the playoffs. I have played for five years before meeting you, but I have not played in a playoff, even in a season. Having won more than 25 games, meeting you and winning the championship with you is the luckiest thing in my life.

However, because of this, I want to give it a try. Can I win by myself? I am 28 years old and I do n’t have much time to wait. I want to try it myself.

I really want us to continue to win the championship together, but I want to prove myself, I think, I can. "

Rahim's words have been considered for a long time in the two days after winning the championship. All of them were spoken. The uneasiness in his heart was released instead. Whether Liu Mang would hate him or understand him, he accepted it.

When Liu Mang just heard Rahim said he was going to leave, the whole person was blown up, and crazy anger poured into his mind, a feeling of betrayal, but when he heard what was behind Rahim, Liu Mang was silent Too.

After a while, Liu Mang took a deep breath and spit it out at once, and asked, "Did you decide?"

"Well, I'm ready, and then I will let my agent inform the management, I will jump out of the contract, but I will let the team treat me as a trading chip, sign and then change." Rahim finally said He lowered his head and looked at Liu Mang. Although he was ready to accept Liu Mang's anger, he still wanted Liu Mang's approval.

"Sign first and then change?" Liu Mang's turn was surprised this time.

"Yes," Rahim responded.

Something has to be left for Liu Mang. Rahim knows that if he leaves directly, the team ’s salary space has no direct sign because of the renewal of Jason Terry and Rashid Wallace. Make room for the star who can make up for where he left off.

As the oldest brother of Liu Mang, Raheem is not the kind of character who can squander his heart and walk away. Www.readwn.com Too.

Rahim wanted to leave if he finished playing last season. He still has a lot of initiative. After all, he can jump out of the contract after this season and become a free agent.

If Rahim finished playing last season and saw his data decline, he immediately applied for a deal. When he was determined to go, the Hawks could only choose to trade, but he did not go, but stayed and sacrificed data to help Liu Mang, help the Eagles win the championship.

Last season, Rahim's scoring average was a career low of 17 points, and this year has become even lower. If you continue to play for one or two years, it is estimated that this year's scoring ability will remain. After two years, he will degenerate.

Liu Mang looked at the guilt in Rahim's eyes, and suddenly felt that he was the most guilty person. He helped Rahim find the confidence to become a superstar, but his progress made Rahim have to sacrifice himself.

And now, when Rahim helps the team to complete the mission he gave himself after leaving, he still wants to leave something to Liu Mang.

Of course, Liu Mang was guilty but he did n’t blame himself, nor did he blame Rahim for deciding to leave. This is the NBA. Is n’t the salary cap rule for this?

Liu Mang went up and hugged a drop of Heem ... erm ... When he was hugging, Liu Mang found that ... he was wrong ... Rahim was much taller than him, a bit of "throwing a hug" feeling.

With a hug, Liu Mang immediately retreated and said to Rahim: "Sharif, I understand that no matter what, we are brothers, don't think so much, let the future be given to the future, call Jason, we Go for a drink and do n’t want to do these things first. Tomorrow, we will happily participate in the championship parade. This is the first championship of our three brothers! "