From Today it is the King of the Basketball

On the afternoon of June 26, before the start of the draft conference, Liu Mang was finally busy with signing a rookie in a New York hotel, taking the rookie to various training camps, recommending rookies with the teams, and meeting or failing to meet the draft promise. Schwartz met.

"Ass, the Blue Association informed us that the latest reporting time is July 11th, go to Beijing to gather with the national team, a total of 44 people's congress training camp list, the big training has started on June 15th, there are more than 80 at the beginning The large list of people, we are directly into the second phase of training. "Schwartz thought about the planned national team arrangement for Liu Mang's summer.

"Oh." Liu Mang responded. With a roster of more than 80 people, Liu Mang felt a strong bureaucracy ... the people who don't understand basketball command the national team.

Who will be in the Olympics for only two months, and come up with a roster of 80 people? The last selected players are not those old players who are all face-saving projects.

Schwartz continued to read: "After July 19th, it was decided to send a list of 21 people to Evia Island for training in the Aegean Sea. On August 2, it decided to make a roster of 12 people and three waiting lists ..."

"... Aegean Sea ... Are we going to play basketball, or are we going to play ball?" After hearing this, Liu Mang felt that public travel was coming again.

Schwartz didn't understand China's national conditions, and asked in doubt: "What's wrong? The Aegean Sea is the most characteristic island in Greece's climate. The champions of the United States and Argentina, Greece, and Spain are all training there. . "

"Uh, I'm not saying this. By the way, I promised KING-James to take him to training." How could Liu Mang talk to foreigners about his country's problems, it is normal for him and his own people to scold for his own country, But to the outside world, who said that his country was not good, the first one who was anxious was the Chinese, Liu Mang immediately changed the subject.

Schwartz flipped through the timetable before and after the national team's plan and replied: "It's arranged. From July 3 to July 6, you have four cities in China to promote together. Nike wants to You helped introduce James to Chinese fans. I communicated with James ’s agent team. From September 2nd to September 10th, I trained with James in Los Angeles. During the training, you were also on Evia Island. Train together. "

After Schwartz read the general itinerary to Liu Mang, he gave a backup of the schedule to Liu Mang. Liu Mang looked at it. Really, from the preparation for the draft at the end of the playoffs to the training camp next season The entire summer trip was packed.

That ’s all, what else can I do? In these few days, Liu Mang did n’t have time to care about his teammates who left the team. The farewell party was long over. Organized by Jason Terry and Mohammed, Liu Mang Did not go back to participate.

"Jeff, what's the mood with Matt?" Liu Mang was most concerned about Barnes in the NBA.

"Oh, Matt cried all night that night, and the next day I learned that there were 3 years of 9 million early contract renewal, and I was so happy to jump." Schwartz shrugged helplessly.

"..." Liu Mang was speechless. "That's really congratulations to him."

"Haha, Ais, you don't know, Matt's girlfriend said, Matt cried all night and kept saying 'Boss doesn't need me anymore'." Schwartz laughed non-stop.

"... Let him get away quickly." Liu Mang thought of a big old man crying like that, goose bumps rose.

Co-authored, this article thought that the Hawks had traded him because the company didn't want him anymore, thinking that he was going to be unemployed. When he saw the big contract, he was lost and sad.

Barnes ’s three-year salary at the end of the year was not guaranteed in the last year. Now he has renewed the contract for 3 years at 9 million. That is to say, with the previous year ’s base salary of 850,000, a total of 4 years and 10.05 million contracts, that is The NBA stays for up to six years, and the average career life of NBA second-round picks is less than two years. The average career life of all rookies in the entire NBA is only 4.8 years. Barnes has the opportunity to play for six years and earn more than 10 million in income. There are more than 6 million US dollars in the hand, and they have already changed. The excitement is certain.

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

"A total of 5 players have been signed to determine the players who can enter the NBA, and there are more than 10 players who let other people in the company have the opportunity to enter the NBA." Schwartz replied directly without looking.

"5? Wow, this time it was a good harvest. I remember I recommended Josh Smith and Andre Iguodala to get you ready to grab in advance. Did you get Howard? Or Okafor? "Asked Liu Mang expecting.

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

"Who are you talking about last?"

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It ’s dangerous, Schwartz actively recommended JR Smith to the Hornets. After the retirement of Jamal Marshburn, the Hornets were short of forward guards, small forwards and shooting guards, and JR. -Smith is indeed strong enough. Although he is a rookie for high school students, with the previous successful examples of Kobe, McGrady, etc., entering the NBA may become the focus of starting player training, but his personality is very poor, and the lottery area dare not choose he.

Liu Mang didn't dare to choose, but he wanted to defend his title. If he reached the finals, JR-Smith's head was amused ...

Liu Mang thinks that he will recommend JR Smith to James as a friend in the future, let them fall in love with each other.

Unconsciously, Liu Mang's company already has 12 NBA players, and can already be regarded as a good-sized brokerage company. At first, he mainly signed people with Liu Mang's vision. Later, slowly, he began to rely on Liu Mang's Influence and Schwartz's own vision have signed in many players.

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"Uncle, uncle, tell Dina who we want to choose today, okay ..."

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

"Uncle ..." Little Loli's continued coquetry.

"Uh ... No, otherwise your mother will be beaten by spoilers. Uncle can only tell you that we have to choose a group of handsome guys to improve the value of the team!" Liu Mang said sincerely.

"Fool! Uncle said he chose a group of handsome guys, hum, it must be a group of guys like Howard to set themselves off." Little Loli saw Liu Mang's careful thought at a glance.

The witty little loli was actually seen through! How could Liu Mang admit such a thing? Just arrived at the place, immediately said: "How is it possible, your uncle I am the kind of person? Well, okay, I went to Madison Square Garden, come back tomorrow and talk."

Liu Mang hung up the phone, got off the bus and walked to the Madison Square Garden Arena with Schwartz.

The NBA draft is just like a big show. Schwartz has come every year. It ’s a habit. If Liu Mang himself participates in it, this is the first time. The car is a red carpet. It looks like the red carpet at the film festival. This feels so special.

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

"Ais, look here. What do you think about the team's large-scale trade? Will it affect your renewal options this summer?"

"Ais, look here. I heard that this large-scale transaction was due to the championship MVP. Is this true?"

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

"Aisi, you have the title of God's hand in the NBA draft. You can play anyone who chooses. 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 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 chased by the media for interviews. Liu Mang's draft eyes seemed to be inseparable from Schwartz. As a manager who entered the sports circle in the early 1990s, although he was a tennis agent before, But there are many contacts in the sports world.

This year Schwartz signed 5 rookies, including two lottery hots, and one quasi-lotto hot. This kind of result, although not comparable to the brokerage company that got Howard or Okafor, can definitely be ranked. The top five harvested by major brokerage companies this summer.

Liu Mang got Schwarz ’s instructions long ago, and he just laughed. Whoever asked him to look at his camera smiled and left a photo. The management of other teams even stared at the last minute before the draft. According to the intelligence of the team with a strong draft, a little disclosure may be cut off.

After Liu Mang and Schwartz entered the Madison Square Garden Arena, they separated. Liu Mang went to the Eagles draft office and met with the management. Schwartz went to the rookies to stay and gave nervous rookies. Cheer up.

This is a draft that changes the fate of basketball teenagers coming out of a slum. Even if the top picks are very popular, the difference between the first and second picks is still quite big.

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From the completion of the big deal, the Hawks have been quiet here. There is not much operation. After the draft is over, we will see if there is a chance to strengthen.

The Hawks did not immediately continue to trade, anyway, the team has 10 people left, Kevin Willis and Calderon, they are not worried about being selected by the Bobcats, because the Bobcats have 1 first round sign, There are only 14 contract places left, and it is impossible to rely on the players who are currently on the other team ’s eight-man protection list to fill the lineup, so the Hawks are not worried at all.

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

Call Liu Mang simply to cope with special emergencies. The sixth pick is okay and the 13th pick is okay. If the next round of the main election and the candidates are selected, but the next one is to be selected The difference between the draft picks and the draft picks in hand is very far, and you have to decide a new candidate in a few minutes. Some drafts that seem completely unreasonable appear at this time, and they are very common. ,

At seven o'clock in New York time, after a long hour of pre-draft activities, the draft convention finally began.

Liu Mang slapped for a while, and was then awakened by coach Kruger. He immediately patted his face and focused on the draft conference in the office with direct communication on the large LED screen.

In the first place, the Magic did not choose Emmeka Okafor, the second mature center named Tim Duncan, but chose Dwight Howard, who became the second high school center pick.

Due to Kwame Brown's performance of moving the dead and moving alive, it is now possible to become the starting center of the Hawks. Howard is now more optimistic than the original. When the Magic did not choose the "second Duncan" Okafor, the live Magic fans booed for a long time, but this time, cheers dominated.

Although there are still fans who are dissatisfied with the performance of Duncan during Okafor University, Howard does indeed play, maybe it will be the next David Robinson, at least the second Kwame Brown, anyway. It would be too bad ...

Teammate Magic chose Howard, Liu Mang was really surprised by the Magic ’s vision in this respect. This choice is great, too courageous!

After more and more draft news in the past few months, almost from March, Okafor has dominated the draft news section. Okafor entered the NBA after finishing third grade, not because he wanted to make money early, he It is the record among NBA players. When he graduated from high school, the best player with Sat scores did not finish his sophomore year, he had already completed enough credits, and he could graduate in four years, and enough to get the finance department. For the credits of a bachelor's degree, he didn't enter the NBA to make money early, but the NCAA hasn't challenged him anymore. In March of this year, in March, he led the University of Conegdi to crush all the way in the top 64. Six games. They averaged 15 points, and generally won the championship. They averaged 19 points, 16 boards and 4.5 blocks per game. The finals got 24 points, 15 boards and 2 blocks. They won the MOP in the semifinals without suspense.

In the face of a college-level Duncan player who did not choose, he chose Howard, a high school student, with a unique vision. Liu Mang really served. Without opening his eyes, Liu Mang would choose Okafor. After all, Duncan was too successful.

The Magic's sharp vision chose Howard. The most happy, of course, is Joe Joe, and the second pick, Joe Joe, can't wait to choose "Next Duncan".

The third pick, the Bulls chose Ben Gordon, is also expected, because he is Okafor's college teammates, together created the most glorious year in the history of Conegi Di team, entered the people It is worth mentioning that he is also British.

In the fourth overall pick, the first three potential players, the combatants, were selected. The Clippers also bet on the potential, choosing contemporary magician Sean Livingston, and the fifth overall Wizards selected Devin. Harris.

Seeing that Harris was selected, Liu Mang was helpless. In fact, this was his first substitute, but because Harris was almost impossible to fall out of the top five picks, there was no way.

Before the end of the finals, Liu Mang didn't even think that his team would have the sixth pick. He never thought that the team would be the current situation. The whole season was fighting for the championship. There was no time to plan these things in advance.

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

Seeing Price can't wait to put the prepared letterhead into the envelope and hand it to the Union staff, Liu Mang snapped his fingers ... No one in the universe was half dead, but Bodyguard No. 1 came.

The Hawks selected Andre Iguodala in the sixth pick.

This is a small upset. The sixth pick is Rohr Deng of Duke University and Josh Childress of Stanford University. Iguodala University has played well for two years. University has n’t played crazy in March. If the resources in 2004 were too bad, he would have trouble entering the lottery.

However, the Eagles are extremely lacking in forwards and guards. It is no problem to choose Iguodala. Roll Deng and Childress are also small forwards. Which three of these three picks is actually the same. It is just the two. With more competition experience, Iguodala didn't stop.

The Hawks didn't choose Roll Deng or Childress, the team behind was happy, the seventh-placed Bulls chose England's Jordan Roll-Deng, and the Sixers chose the eighth-placed Josh- Childress, the ninth overall pick of the Raptors, selected a Raphael Aruyu who was not impressed by Liu Mang.

At the tenth pick, the Warriors chose Andris Bedlins. At the eleventh pick, the Cavaliers selected Ohio native Luke Jackson.

When the twelfth pick came, an accident appeared and broke the Hawks' plan!

The Celtics used the twelfth pick in the first round and selected high school student rookie Al Jefferson!

Originally, Liu Mang wanted to pick Al Jefferson with the 13th pick. See what the Celtics will use as the main bargaining chip to trade Garnett in the future, but forget that the Celtics are the first in the East. Nine, but the record is only 34 wins, the third-best supersonic record in the West before 35 wins ...

If the Celtics enter the playoffs, it is better to be the 15th pick, which is the highest in the playoffs, but if they do not enter the playoffs, they will directly drop several picks!

Within a few days, Liu Mang also made mistakes in the draft decision in a hurry!

The Hawks had a tough spot inside, especially after Rahim and Boozer had left. The characteristics of Al Jefferson's traditional inside can just make up for the Hawks' problem, but the Celtics Cut off!

There was no choice but to choose the alternative. The Hawks used the 13th pick in the first round and chose another high school student, Josh Smith.

This year, three high school students have been selected in the lottery area, setting a record again.

Afterwards, the self-willed Jazz team saw that the legendary contemporary white center's "Hope" Robert Swift was unselected, and decisively took Robert Swift in the last place in the lottery ...

This year, the Jazz have a total of three first rounds. The Sixth was signed to the Hawks. There is still a 14th pick from the Trail Blazers and a 16th pick from the Grizzlies. This year's draft picks are given to the Hawks, but the Hawks have too many draft picks, so they chose future draft picks.

After the lottery selection, the following picks many fans have not much interest in the next draft. It seems that talents and potentials are basically selected. The only one left is JR-Smith. The team took away this suspense.

But for the Hawks, the lottery picks are actually not much suspense. Except for Al Jefferson being robbed, it is a little unexpected that the most fierce bodyguard Liu Mang is missing, but it is not bad to choose Josh Smith. Where to go, really, Josh Smith is much more talented than Al Jefferson.

The point is behind!

Finally, after waiting for a long time, I waited for the Hawks to choose, Tony Allen and Derondi West, two candidates given by Liu Mang, one is a good physical defensive attitude, and the other is a high-quality control. Wei can be a substitute.

In the end, the Hawks selected the 23rd overall pick in the first round and selected Tony Allen from the University of Oklahoma instead of Dronte West, mainly because of the personality problems that Liu Mang suggested later.

The Hawks didn't choose Drondi West, and the Celtics took home the situation ...

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

Since Al Jefferson was not selected, the draft plan behind the Hawks has actually been broken ~ www.readwn.com ~ You must find a chance to select a backup center, and you must have the kind of immediate combat, no Al -Jefferson, no one else is worth training.

Originally, Liu Mang wanted to pick Chris Duhon as the substitute in the second round, but without Al Jefferson, he could only choose Anderson Valejo in the first round of the second round. Liu Mang was very worried about this. How could a black man be a bodyguard ...

In the second round of the 41st pick, the Hawks selected Trevor Ariza from the Lakers. The Lakers have already bought the second round of the 42nd pick. Local players, they also want, but the Hawks are in the lead. Then the Lakers had no alternatives, mainly because this rookie was too bad. The Lakers management reached the second half of the second round. They could n’t even remember their names. After being snatched by the Eagles, they panicked. After a long time, I didn't find anything that I could choose. I chose not to sign a contract and wasted. I signed a distress and hesitated for a few minutes. I didn't write the name and passed the time to submit the envelope.

As a result, the Lakers spent $ 600,000 on draft picks, and Stu Jackson announced that the 42nd overall pick in the current draft ... flowed ...

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

But here, the draft is basically over. The remaining dozens of picks, except for the Mavericks who selected the Spanish vulture as the ill-fated man, the only thing worth watching is another Asian player entering the NBA, Trail Blazers. In the second round 46, he selected the center of the baseball country, He Shengzhen.

For this man who claims to be hitting Yao Ming, Liu Mang feels that Yao Ming should leave it to him to play, not to deprive others of the fun.

Liu Mang is now eager to return to Atlanta to pick a new bodyguard ... no, it's already in contact with the new teammates!

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