Price rode away and returned in defeat......

Price's unhappiness was clearly written on his face.

"The pig-headed general manager of the Magic team, the bastard who doesn't know how to be satisfied......" Price cursed as he returned from the office.

Well, different bosses said more, Liu Mang understood.

The first negotiation, was rejected!

Price gave the general idea that the Magic were not happy with only Raheem, and wanted Prince and Jason Terry, and they also wanted to send Juwan Howard's contract to the Hawks to match the salary......

"Crazy, this guy is crazy." Liu Mang was frightened by the behavior of the general manager of the magic team, Lion.

How did this guy stay on the Magic team for so long? Liu Mang remembered that when this guy resigned in 2011 because he was not suitable for sitting for a long time due to a back injury, he was still criticized by Magic fans, that is, until 2011, the Magic team did not take the initiative to fire him, as if this guy had been promoted to executive vice president at that time.

What is the Magic boss drawing? The only acceptable reason for Liu Mang is that this guy's draft is really good, and none of the champions in the gambling have fallen into the water, and there is no parallel goods in the high ranks...... Otherwise, there will only be some ulterior motives.

However, even if I knew that the general manager of the Magic team had a bit of a different head than ordinary people, I didn't expect it to be so funny, Raheem, Prince, Jason Terry, a player whose value plummeted because he refused to renew his contract after the trade, and other teams were unwilling to give decent chips, which could be used to exchange Kobe.

Change Kobe?

Liu Mang immediately said: "Boss, ignore that guy first, they can't find a better bargaining chip than what we gave, in this way, let's not act so urgent, do something else, and discuss by the way what to do in the future if the deal is completed." ”

"Do something else?" Coach Krueger and Price asked at the same time.

"Yes, other things, boss, we can't change Maddie, can we change someone else......" Liu Mang smiled sneeringly.

"For whom?" Price didn't think that anyone else could make a fortune in exchange for Rahim, and the exchange for Maddie was obviously earning, and the rest, either the salary was too low like Ron Artest, and the other party would not agree, or it overlapped with the rest of the team and was not necessarily as good as the person he was used to now.

Liu Mang smiled and whispered to Price...... Price looked strange and went to call again, and called several ......

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An hour later, inside a villa somewhere in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

"Bastard!" Kobe turned off the TV, and he was a little reluctant to smash the TV, so Kobe stepped on the remote control, and then took out his mobile phone to call Liu Mang, the American version of "Hello, the user you dialed has been turned off......" passed into Kobe's ears, Kobe was so angry that he almost smashed the phone, but he finally bought a mobile phone that his fingers could press, and it was difficult to find, so he chose to rush into the training ground at home and began training to vent his anger......

This morning, suddenly the media exposed that the Hawks applied for a trade from the Lakers, and the specific transaction details were not announced, but the trade object that the Hawks wanted was announced, and it was precisely because of this trade object that this matter became popular all of a sudden, and the news that the 76ers were preparing to exchange half of the team for Webber to form a two-champion combination was suppressed.

The whole world knows that Liu Mang and Kobe Bryant don't deal with each other, OK is going to disband, it's already a sure thing, and the Lakers have also reported news of contact with many teams, but the Lakers are not in a hurry, they except for Kobe and O'Neal, others want to take whatever they want, it was supposed to be demolished and rebuilt, the Hawks want to trade with the Lakers, it is not surprising, the Hawks have enough chips to exchange for anyone on the Lakers, but the Hawks want not O'Neal, but Kobe, which is very surprising.

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Time went back to an hour ago, after Price's phone call, he asked with some worry but some expectation: "Ace, I've asked ESPN to release the news, and I have also proposed a trade to the Lakers, but what if the Lakers really agree?" ”

To have the opportunity to get Kobe Bryant and Maddie, no matter which owner will be very excited, to get the first person in any position, the owner of any team, will want to try as much as possible, a superstar, no matter how bad the game is, as long as it is not affected by the decline in age, injuries and other aspects of strength, even if it is not bad with the team, it will definitely play a greater role than ordinary starters.

Even if you can get a superstar who is over 30 years old, many team owners don't hesitate to do it.

Of course, Price wants to get Kobe or Maddy, of course, when he joined the Magic before, Maddie, who was selected to be Hill's Pippen, is of course a better choice, and Kobe has already fought with O'Neal for the boss and the Lakers have collapsed.

Liu Mang hasn't answered yet, Coach Kruger was very curious about what Liu Mang said just now, and now when he heard that he had applied for a trade with the Lakers, he hurriedly asked, "Propose a trade to the Lakers?" Who to trade? ”

"Ace suggested I trade Kobe." Price replied honestly.

"Change Kobe? Ace, you're so angry, why don't we talk to Sharif and don't leave? "Coach Kruger thinks he can send Liu Mang to the hospital for a check-up.

"Kobe Bryant is the best scoring guard in the world! With him joining, our defense will not be much worse, and with him and Tyshawn, we can change defenses infinitely on the outside, and he will also help our interior practice to grab rebounds. Liu Mang smiled even more sinisterly.

Liu Mang doesn't think the Lakers will choose to ask the 32-year-old O'Neal to not Kobe Bryant, who will only turn 26 in August, and if Jerry Buss has a problem with his head, the odds of this deal being reached are basically equal to zero.

Liu Mang asked Price to go to the Lakers to apply for a trade for Kobe, and also contacted the media to disclose the trade application, first, to put pressure on the Magic team, to show that he is not on Maddy's side, and secondly, since the general manager of the Magic team makes himself unhappy, then let Kobe Bryant not be happy......

If you can't trade Maddie, it's all Kobe Bryant's fault, it's so principled.

......Seeing Liu Mang's smile, Price and Coach Kruger glanced at each other, and suddenly felt a trace of sympathy for Kobe......

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Ignoring the scheming boy Liu's shameless trading tactics, Coach Kruger probably knew that the boss and his own disciples were determined to get a superstar back, so there would be a lot of problems.

Whether to trade or not to get Maddie, let's not talk about this matter first, Coach Krueger didn't sleep all night last night, he kept thinking about it, and came to the conclusion that without Rahim, the team's defense in the top two in the league is basically impossible to have anymore, and Liu Mang's style of playing of shooting the whole team and grabbing rebounds by one person is also difficult to reproduce.

It's okay to supplement Raheem's defense, you can always get something similar, but it's certainly not as tacit on the defensive end as it has been for three years, and next season is the defending season, and other teams won't give the Hawks a chance to run in, and the Hawks will not be able to win the league on defense in a year or two like the season just ended.

The main reason is that there is one less rebounding king, Liu Mang's style of play is about to start to be reshaped, and the offense has to start diversifying.

Coach Kruger told Liu Mang and the boss about this matter, if it is not handled well, it may be doomed.

Too many championship teams collapsed the following year, and the 76ers' Moses Malone, who won the championship the second year, immediately got the No. 5 pick in the lottery and selected Barkley in the lottery.

Hearing this, since Rahim was leaving, Liu Mang said: "Boss, coach, I heard that NO-HandCheck is about to start being implemented, right?" ”

"Yes, the NBA Board of Directors on the 30th is going to vote on this." Price replied that as the boss, he was also very busy, and any major decision in the alliance needed the consent of the bosses.

"Boss, will you agree?"

"Of course, this is a big help for Ace's style of play." Price teased without hesitation.

Master's style of play? The master's style of play has provoked you! Liu Mang heard what Price meant, rolled his eyes, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw the few people next to him.

Liu Mang ignored this group of guys who still had the heart to joke and said: "But this new rule will also make it difficult to defend outside, and we should ...... like this."

Liu Mang said his "prediction" for the development of the NBA in the next few years, and Price and the coaching staff were stunned.

It's not that Coach Price and Kruger don't have vision, but at this stage, almost no team could have imagined that a NO-HandCheck could have such a big impact on the NBA and make the future of the entire NBA go in a direction they couldn't have imagined.

“…… Of course, defense is what wins a championship, even if it's offensive basketball, Mike, our defense might be of great use now......"

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On the Magic team's side, General Manager Martins was originally waiting for another round of offers from the Hawks, he was ready to sell at the price, he lost O'Neal for nothing, and now he regrets it so much, he finally cultivated a Maddie, and he is ready to earn back what he lost before.

But wait, wait, wait, wait for a long time, and he didn't receive any more calls from the Hawks, and the situation that caught him off guard appeared, and the Hawks applied for a trade from the Lakers!

Kobe Bryant, Maddy, Iverson, Kidd, now almost everyone thinks that these four are the best outside players in the league, although Liu Mang won the MVP, but similar to the youngest regular season MVP Derrick Rose in the future, Rose won the MVP in the second season, the major power lists, and only ranked him in seven or eight, and now winning the MVP is the best player of the best team, most people think that Liu Mang is stained with the light of the rest of the Hawks.

After knowing the news, Martins hesitated for a while, and when it was noon, he still didn't wait for the second call from the Eagles, and couldn't help but take the initiative to call Price, and then ...... Busy ......

Played several times, but all of them were in the middle of the line......

Martins didn't get through to Price all afternoon.

Originally, if there was no Liu Mang, Maddie would not have said that he would never renew his contract in advance after being traded to reduce the value of his transaction, because of this matter, other teams almost did not give too high value chips, and they were afraid that they could only use Maddie for a year, including the Rockets, who were originally the most active in wanting to get Maddy, were unwilling to give too much chips, Francis and Yao Ming were unwilling to give either, and the other Martins looked down on it.

In the evening, something happened that made Martins even bigger!

The Nets requested a trade from the Hawks to trade Richard Jefferson for Ratliffe and Boozer!

The Nets want to supplement the interior line, Carter and Kidd are getting better and better, with Carter, Richard Jefferson seems to be redundant, and it is about to reach the contract year, if you don't renew the contract, it will definitely affect the team's salary space, and the Nets finally let the salary drop to 40 million US dollars after the end of this season, leaving only Kidd and Carter two big contracts.

Therefore, digging into the corners of the Hawks and strengthening themselves has become the goal of the Nets.

The management of the Nets has been operating very well in the past few years at the beginning of the century, otherwise they would not have reached the Finals for two consecutive years.

Of course, the news that the Nets applied for a trade was also revealed by the Hawks.

For a team that has just won a championship, there are always people who want to dig into the wall, especially those opponents, almost every year, so the media and fans don't find it strange.

But in Martins' opinion, he seems to be "out"! It's clear that he's the one who has the initiative with Maddie, but he has a feeling that he's going to be out!

Obviously, if the Hawks get Richard Jefferson, then Maddie won't be needed! The main thing is that he didn't know that Rahim was going to leave on his own initiative, so suddenly he didn't have any psychological initiative!

In the same way that the Hawks felt that Maddie was the best trade partner they could choose, getting Raheem, a superstar of his playing years, although there was a gap between him and a superstar, was already the best reward Martins felt he could get, and he just wanted something more.

The next morning, something happened that made Martins even more unable to sit still! He really started to panic!

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At 8 a.m. on June 20, the Hawks and Jazz announced a deal in which the Hawks traded Carlos Boozer, a 2005 first-round pick protected by the 2005 first-round pick, for the Jazz's 2004 first-round pick with the sixth pick, a 2005 second-round pick, a 2006 first-round lottery pick, and the signing rights to Bobby Keita, the 165th pick selected by the Jazz in 1981 who must have players in order to match the trade.

Since the Hawks do not have a 2006 first-round pick, if they accidentally fall outside the top five in 2005, then the 2005 protected draft pick will automatically become the 2006 and 2007 second-round picks.

When the Hawks sent Boozer to the Jazz as agreed with Sloan late last year, Sloan was relieved, even if he was reluctant to pick No. 6 and the 2006 first-rounder, but he had been planning for it three years ago.

Of course, there was no Boozer at that time, and his plan was about a former wrestler who joined Illinois State University two years ago, a little fat man who was famous for blocking and dismantling in high school, and in the 02-03 season, the little fat man was already selected to the Associated Press's All-American Team after his freshman year, so Sloan saw Boozer, a rookie who shined with the Hawks in the same year, and immediately associated the two together.

Helping the Eagles mess up and sending Ostertag to the Eagles was all about getting Boozer.

At four o'clock this morning, when Sloan was woken up by the phone, the old man was very impatient, he had a hot temper, and he was most particular about what to do at what time, but when he saw the name of the caller on the phone, he immediately picked up the phone, and a few minutes later, Sloan ran to the boss's house in the early morning, and quickly confirmed the transaction.

The Jazz are celebrating with champagne, and Martins is feeling terrible on the Magic's side!

Originally, the trade was supposed to be negotiated slowly, but because all teams were in a hurry this year, the Bobcats and Clippers traded draft picks before, which only made other teams start to be active, and after the Hawks sent a big forward with All-Star potential to the Jazz, the fuse ignited by the Bobcats and the Clippers in the trade market finally came to detonate the explosive keg!

Throughout the morning of the 20th, there were more than a dozen small transactions, mainly because the strong lineup sent away the players who were out of the eight-man list to avoid losing in vain, and the weak team was actively taking over these players, sending some veterans with a base salary or something to the strong team......

Martins saw that the teams that originally approached him to apply for a trade withdrew the trade applications one by one, and the teams that wanted to bet on Maddie had no chips, and those who had chips were unwilling to give, and he was completely panicked.

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Finally, after two nights of not sleeping much, two busy nights and two days, at nine o'clock in the evening of the 20th, Price's side finally began to shout loudly to the secretary to open champagne to celebrate.

From yesterday afternoon to evening, Liu Mang discussed his "predictions" for the next two or three years with the coaching staff and the boss for a long time, and today, when the team traded, he did not interfere in anything related to the transaction.

He knew that if he participated in those transactions, he would definitely be affected by emotional factors, so as long as it wasn't his teammates' next home was particularly miserable, like Minnesota or Tennessee, Liu Mang didn't interject, and when Price asked him, he nodded.

When Rahim said that he was leaving, Liu Mang was already heartbroken once, and when Boozer was traded away, Liu Mang's heart was already dripping blood.

After drinking a bottle of champagne with more than 20,000 US dollars for Price's hemorrhage, Liu Mang came to the lounge of the stadium, and did not contact Rahim, nor Boozer, nor did he find Jason Terry to hug and cry with the two brothers...... It seems a little inappropriate to say that he is leaving, but it is a meaning, but he dialed Maddie's phone.

After connecting, Liu Mang didn't wait for the other party to speak, and asked directly: "Tracy, I'm ready to surpass Jordan, are you still willing to be Pippen?" ”