Time always makes the mind change, and after a few days of excitement and complicated feelings, Liu Mang really has some special expectations for the beginning of next season.

On June 29th, the three eagles plus Muhammad Galatliff and Coach Kruger decided after discussions at a hotel in Los Angeles that they would not comment on the deal for the time being, and would see if this lineup could be completed after training camp began next season.

Now that the Eagles are at their peak, things can't change.

However, not to mention a person's life, the career is still long, there will always be strange things, Liu Mang and others are also professional players, although they have not experienced it, but they have also seen a lot of things, as a few days passed, this matter was temporarily put aside.

Coach Kruger organized this meeting of the core players, mainly to calm down the players, Glenn Robinson is notoriously loud-mouthed, and sure enough, he started to make bold statements the next day, so to appease the players.

Coupled with the fact that the team's old-timer Kukoc was traded, Coach Kruger is also worried that Liu Mang, who has a good relationship with Kukoc, will be angry about this trade.

Kukoc is definitely going to trade, a big contract with two years and a last-year team option, and has a wealth of playoff experience and accurate shooting, just because the Hawks want to ensure rebounding inside, they can't give Kukoc more playing time, so they are going to trade for some role players, so they were going to trade, but they didn't expect to trade such a guy back, although because of this, Prince and Boozer were selected early with draft picks at the end of the first round to avoid being cut off by others, But both coach and the boss are worried that Liu Mang will be unhappy.

And Liu Mang doesn't care too much about this, Kukoc's age, it is clear that he cares where to play in a big contract and change the right to travel in a city, it is indeed a pity to lose such a veteran who can give himself tactical analysis on the bench, but people also want playing time at the end of their careers, and they can't get it in the Hawks, so it's understandable to change teams.

Seeing that Liu Mang was not dissatisfied with this, Coach Kruger breathed a sigh of relief.

The main thing that needs to be appeased in this group of people is Liu Mang, everyone else has been playing for several years, Ratliff and Muhammad needless to say, they all climbed up from the bottom players, Jason Terry and Rahim have a good relationship with Liu Mang, in fact, the main thing is to appease Liu Mang.

The players are pacified, and Coach Kruger will have to go back to Atalanta to get busy.

Coach Kruger originally planned to hand over the summer league to Mike Woodson to coach and then go on vacation, but now he had to take Mike Woodson away and change the assistant coach in charge of scouting to coach the summer league.

Because Coach Kruger has already set the tone for next season, with the three eagles as the offensive core, Liu Mang, Rahim, and Ratlif as the defensive structure of the outside, mid-range, and inside, plus Muhammad, even if Jason Terry's defense is unlikely to improve much, the defense is still proper, almost predictably better than last season.

But now everything has been disrupted, and there is an additional player with a salary of 9.86 million US dollars and 10.73 million US dollars in the next two seasons, and the strength is not bad.

This completely broke the team's system, and Coach Kruger originally wanted to trade Kukoc's big contract for an outside pitcher, but who knew that the trade would happen suddenly and he was caught off guard.

But it can only be like this, the boss was praised by all the media after the transaction, and happily went to negotiate sponsorship projects with investors from China to make money, and left a bunch of things for the coaching staff.

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Liu Mang stayed in Los Angeles for a while, at least for a month, Raheem and Jason Terry both turned down the invitation of the Dream Five team, and also found a villa in Los Angeles to rent to stay in Los Angeles to train and have fun, but on the Hollywood side, there are many small stars there......

After devoting himself to strength training, Liu Mang was immersed in the soreness of building muscles, training in the morning, and in the afternoon if several women sometimes wanted to go out with him, they would go out together, occasionally taking Dinah to play, and most of the time driving Kobe's full pickup truck to the Lakers' training center, Toyota Center, to train.

In a flash, more than ten days have passed.

The free market has started on July 1st, the transfer of the transfer, the departure of the team, the trade of the transaction.

Only the Hawks are as immovable as a mountain, because the mountain can no longer be moved, and after the contracts of Alan Henderson, Jacqui Vaughn, Strickland and other players expired, the Hawks did not renew their contracts, but used the vacated positions to sign contracts with Prince, Barnes, and Boozer early.

Prince was offered a four-year, $4.8 million rookie contract, and Boozer was given a four-year, $3.96 million rookie contract, both fully guaranteed.

After 1998 until the shutdown in 2011, the four-year rookie of the first-round pick was fully guaranteed, and the four-year contract of the first-round pick after 2011 became 2+1+1, with two team options.

Barnes got a two-year 1+1 team option contract totaling 960,000 yuan, which is a little higher than Liu Mang's base salary, because the salary cap in the new season has increased by more than 4 million, and the base salary has also increased slightly.

Liu Mang is 900,000 yuan for two years, and his salary for the next season is only 550,000 US dollars, and his income is in the "highest level" stipulated by the US tax law, and the Atlanta state tax and federal tax add up to 42 percent, plus three percent of the players' union dues, and only 55 percent of the players' hands go to the players, that is, Liu Mang will get a salary of 25,200 US dollars every two weeks next season.

For Liu Mang, who will buy a house and a car in the future, he said that he is very short of money, quite short of money, but the person who will help him make money will come soon!

Staying in Los Angeles to train, in addition to wanting to stay away from Atlanta, where there are now countless domestic media stationed, wanting to spend a quiet summer, and also getting the contact information left by many well-known agents from Coach Kruger, ready to meet them in Los Angeles.

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On July 8th, this day is the day when NBA free market transactions and signings can be officially reached, all the transactions and signings that have been agreed upon before have been settled, and the first busy period of the agent's busiest offseason has passed, Liu Mang began to meet with the agent in the afternoon after training.

Liu Mang is not very good at this kind of thing, so he called Jordan to consult, although Maddie and Kobe have also entered the NBA for a few years, they definitely can't compare their connections and knowledge with Mr. Joe.

Jordan gave Liu Mang a phone call and said that he would find someone named Uncle Weiss and he would help.

Liu Mang just hung up the phone with Jordan, and was about to call this guy named Willie's uncle, and asked this Uncle Weiss to help when the agent met a few days later.

Levia, who happened to hear Liu Mang having a meeting with his agent in the afternoon, asked, "Ace, do you want the agent you met to come in the afternoon?" An uncle I know who runs a business in the NBA is in Los Angeles, and he has a good set of things, so I asked him to help you take a look, don't be fooled by those third-rate agents. ”

Uncle again?

Liu Mang thinks that he won't trouble Jordan's friend for the time being, maybe the person is not in Los Angeles, so it is very likely that he will not be able to help in today's meeting, and it is okay to let someone Levia know take a look first.

"Okay, Levia, you can help me get in touch, by the way, what is your uncle doing in the NBA? Lawyer? Liu Mang asked curiously.

"It's not uncle, it's Uncle Weiss, his nickname is Uncle Weiss, and it's my father's propaganda advisor." Levia said and took out her phone, flipped through it, and went out to make a call.

Liu Mang listened to the name 'Uncle Weiss', and felt that it was too coincidental!

But what Liu Mang really wanted to complain about was that Jordan asked him to find Uncle Weiss, not to ask him to find an uncle named Willie to help, but to find a person named Uncle Weiss to help.

Who the hell is it? It's actually called a name that takes advantage of others!

And this Uncle Weiss seems to be quite powerful and famous, from the NBA to companies that don't know what it does, there are big guys you know.

Liu Mang was a little curious about this Uncle Weiss......

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The agent who met for the first time, Liu Mang gave his face to Wang Zhizhi's lewd middle-aged uncle's agent.

Make an appointment in a business club, meet this kind of thing, and before deciding who the agent chooses, it is better not to expose the news.

Liu Mang and Levia arrived at the agreed place an hour before the appointment time with the agent named Jeff Schwartz, because half an hour before the appointment time with Jeff Schwartz, they also made an appointment with Uncle Weiss to arrive early.

Liu Mang and Levia arrived at the club and chatted about what kind of person this Uncle Weiss is, Levia didn't know, only knew that this Uncle Weiss had strong social skills, and he had friends everywhere, especially like the NBA, and knew many big-name stars and team owners.

In this way, Liu Mang became even more curious about this Uncle Weiss!

Finally, in Liu Mang's anticipation, the waiter walked in with a bald uncle.

Liu Mang looked at the round head, wearing a long-sleeved suit with a shirt but not tucked into the trousers, a pair of sneakers on the soles of his feet, and a large diamond watch studded with diamonds on his hand, which made him feel like an upstart on a hot day.

But this person, Liu Mang has an impression! And it's the kind of impression that can't be taken lightly!

This guy's name is William Wesley, a well-known image promotion master in the NBA, and his most successful image promotion is LeBron James, who signed a 7-year 90 million endorsement contract before he graduated from high school and entered the NBA, and later a lifetime endorsement contract with a total value of nearly 1 billion US dollars, which this guy helped promote.

Not only that, but the NBA is said to have met this guy who looks like a rich man in the NBA, and 80% of the people know him, but they don't know why he can have such a happy chat with a superstar, because it is basically impossible for young players to pay attention to this look alone.

Liu Mang finally remembered why the name Uncle Weiss made him so curious, and he felt a little impressed, because James also called him Uncle Weiss!

Old man Joe, a great man! Levia is amazing, too!

Liu Mang looked at William Wesley, and there was almost a little star in his eyes, this guy was like a pile of money to the NBA players he helped promote! The amount of money is directly proportional to his size!

When William Wesley entered the meeting room, he was observing Liu Mang's performance, and seeing Liu Mang's expectant look, William Wesley was very satisfied.

Dressed like this, William Wesley, in addition to pursuing relaxed comfort, also wanted to observe what kind of person he wanted to work with potential work partners was.

Sometimes, genius has quirks, and William Wesley has a quirk.

If he showed the slightest disgust at his dress when they first met, he refused to help.

When it comes to money, William Wesley doesn't care so much, he's a social maniac, he knows too many big stars, many people ask him for help, he doesn't necessarily help, and he doesn't necessarily collect money if he helps, but sometimes, because he has ten percent of Nike's airjordan brand......

Anyway, in nightclubs everywhere, as long as there is trouble, William Wesley can settle it......

"Hey, Levia, long time no see, this is Ace, nice to meet you, my name is William Wesley, you can call me Uncle Wesley, I'm 42 years old, Ace, it's okay for you to call me uncle, right?" It is said that fat people are self-cooked, and William Wesley was very satisfied with Liu Mang's reaction after he came in, and he was cooked all of a sudden.

"Uncle Weiss, I'm also very happy to meet you, with your help, I'm not afraid of being deceived by a third-rate agent." Liu Mang said enthusiastically.

Suddenly, William Wesley's expression became very serious: "Before this, Ace, you tell me, what are you looking for an agent for?" ”

What is the purpose of looking for a broker? When Liu Mang heard this, his heart suddenly struck.

Is this a test?

How would you answer the test?

I heard that this big fat man loves basketball very much, especially likes that kind of pure basketball player, and has proposed countless opportunities with Nowitzki to help him build a European basketball boot brand, Nowitzki refused, but this big fat man likes Nowitzki even more, even more than Jordan and James.

Liu Mang thought for a while and said: "There is an agent who can help me solve all the things off the court, and I can devote myself to basketball!" ”

"Is that so? Ace, if you don't tell the truth, I won't help you! William Wesley snorted.

Liu Mang was stunned, isn't this answer enough to reflect how "pure" he loves basketball?

Wait, Liu Mang felt that something was wrong, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, I want money, I want a lot of money, there is a powerful agent, relying on my strength and popularity, I can make more money!" ”

"Haha, I just like people like Ace who dare to speak, don't worry, Uncle Weiss, I will definitely help you!" William Wesley laughed.

Liu Mang also likes William Wesley's character, Liu Mang and William Wesley are like Wang Ba meeting mung beans, and they meet each other!

The two of them feel that each other is too much to their own liking, and they are so shameless!

One pretends to be a gentleman, the other pretends to be deep......

"Ace, you tell me which brokers you have made an appointment to meet, I'll help you screen it, and if you don't have the ability, you can cancel it directly, and I'll help you suppress the commission if it's a good agent!"

"It's Jeff Schwartz who meets today, I don't know if you know Uncle Weiss or not......"

looked at Liu Mang, who shamelessly said that he loved money, and then looked at the fat uncle who looked obscene after pretending to be deep, and then began to despicably want to take advantage of the two people, Levia said that she didn't know these two guys!

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Jeff Schwartz came to the clubhouse where he had made an appointment, and he had a bad year!

Odom's early contract extension didn't work out, and the Clippers probably intend to waive Odom after his rookie contract ends, which is hell off.

On Wang Zhizhi's side, Jeff Schwartz wanted to let Wang Zhizhi report to the national team later, first play the summer league and try to find a good team, after all, the World Championship is still early, who knows that it will be blocked directly, and finally rely on Liu Mang and Yao Ming to help find a suitable team for Wang Zhizhi, otherwise he can only stay in the NBA and accept some teams that have no room for development at all just for Wang Zhizhi's Chinese identity to sign.

Jeff Schwartz mixed very poorly in his early years, belonging to the kind of accumulation, in his early years, he was digging out some buried talents, until he signed Little Jordan in 2007 after falling from a small green house to the second round, and signed Lefu in 2008, he became a popular agent and began to make money, and now he is still living a very hard time.

If only I could sign Liu Mang!

Jeff Schwartz stood at the door of the meeting room for a long time, waiting until three o'clock before knocking.

The three inside, who were chatting happily, stopped, and together they opened the door and welcomed Jeff Schwartz in.

Basic politeness is to be present.

"Hello, Jeff, long time no see." Liu Mang took the lead in greeting Jeff Schwartz and stretched out his hand.

"Hi Ace, long time no see...... Is this Mr. Wesley? Jeff Schwartz was greeting and suddenly exclaimed.

Others don't know how much energy William Wesley has in helping players promote popularity, can he, the agent, not know? I didn't expect to come to meet with a player, but this famous promotion master actually came!

At this stage, William Wesley's most successful promotion case is to help Jordan negotiate with Nike to get the ultimate operation of a sub-brand, so he also got 10% of the shares, and Jordan only took 3% of the dividends, and by 2015, the dividends would be 100 million.

Although the company usually does not pay dividends and cannot get as much money every year as Jordan, William Wesley's value is rising, and when the contract period is up, he can sell Airjordan's shares.

At this time, William Wesley came up and greeted Jeff Schwartz warmly: "Mr. Schwartz? Long time no see, Ace, why didn't you tell me it was Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Schwartz is a very powerful agent, he has a better eye than a scout, and he can always dig out those buried newcomers. ”

"I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you before......" Liu Mang showed an embarrassed expression very cooperatively.

"Let's go in and sit and talk, I'll ask the waiter to bring drinks and snacks, what does Mr. Schwartz want to drink?" Levia wants to flash people, so she starts making excuses, these two shameless guys are too shameless!

After getting the response, Levia flashed, and the waiter was in the pantry next door, and there was a special waiter in each meeting room, and it would cost hundreds of dollars in an afternoon.

Levia couldn't help but flee because these two shameless guys were still talking about how to lower the price with Jeff Schwartz just now, and they pretended not to know when they came out, they really graduated from Georgia Drama Academy!

William Wesley knows Jeff Schwartz's ability, and after looking at Liu Mang's meeting list for the next week, William Wesley found that most of them seem to be famous, but they can basically only rely on the personal value of the star to sign contracts, and they are not very good at improving the value of players.

On the contrary, Jeff Schwartz, who has not been in the NBA for a few years now, is the most powerful one in it, and some players are completely unwanted, and he can find a way to cram them into the NBA or other sports to play, and then sign a new contract for a lot of money.

If it weren't for the Wang Zhizhi incident, Jeff Schwartz would have ruined the good reputation he had accumulated over the past few years, and he wouldn't have become a popular agent until Love and Jordan Jr. came out.

Jeff Schwartz entered the meeting room with a nervous mood, he felt that whether his agent career could continue depends on this meeting!

If you fail, you will probably have a hard time in the future......

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