On April 25, 2004, on the morning of the Knicks' fourth game of the playoffs this season when they hosted the Hawks, Knicks owner James Dolan held a press conference to announce that he would renew Stephen Marbury with the maximum salary and was in talks with Marbury's agent.

When Liu Mang saw the news, he had two feelings about James Dolan.

One is that this boss is really a "man of temperament", in the game the day before yesterday, in Marbury's kind of "swaying his last blood" style of play, many Knicks fans were moved for a moment, and some fans couldn't help but leave the court early, Marbury forced Liu Mang's Madison King buff to cancel, to the back, no one on the scene booed the Hawks, no one booed the Knicks, many fans chose to leave, and there were not too many cheers, only James Dolan kept cheering for Marbury on the sidelines, Led some fans to give Marbury a round of applause.

From this point of view, Liu Mang feels that Marbury and James Dolan are really a pair of mung beans when they get together......

But Liu Mang still has a feeling that this rich second generation named James Dolan is not as "stupid" as he imagined, he is too good at buying people's hearts, if this thing is done deliberately, then the city is really not ordinarily deep!

And in terms of James Dolan's identity, Liu Mang feels that it really seems to be something deliberately done, saying that James Dolan is stupid, a fool and a rich second generation, and has a good fate, but the American cable TV system company under his hand has developed thriving with a large number of topics that will always exist on the Knicks.

From a basketball point of view, James Dolan is stupid and stupid, but from a profit point of view, the Knicks, who are always talking about various topics and are so rotten that they cry ghosts, are more topical than the annual playoffs that are not up and down, and they have brought unlimited attention to the Knicks, and James Dolan's American Cable TV System and the surrounding industries of Madison Square Garden are thriving.

And apart from James Dolan's decision-making on the Knicks, he hasn't been attacked too much on the business side.

Especially when I saw James Dolan crying at the press conference this time when he said that he would build a championship team around Marbury, how does Liu Mang think that this kind of rich second generation who looks stupid, if he doesn't lose his family business, then he is really pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!

Because in Liu Mang's memory, in the original time and space, after Marbury led the team to the playoffs this season, James Dolan said the same thing, but the Knicks did not really use Marbury as the core of the team after that, nor did they reinvigorate themselves.

Fools are easy to fail, but they are also more likely to succeed because they will always go one way to the dark, but as long as they choose the right path, they are smart people.

And James Dolan is so fickle, he turns his head and forgets what he says, continues to toss the team, and the news is constant every year, and it looks like he is not a so-called "idiot" at all.

In contrast, Liu Mang felt that his boss was really a bit stupid...... But fortunately, he is good at listening to advice, of course, Liu Mang feels that his boss is not the heir of the family, and only this industry is also the key reason......

After the Knicks announced that they were going to renew Marbury's contract with a maximum salary, basketball fans in New York were enthusiastic for a while, and the number of fans who wanted to watch the last game became more and more, and the price of tickets was soaring.

The Knicks didn't make any money because of the ticket price increase, but they did catch the eye, and the number of live TV buyers in Game 4 spiked over Game 3.

Moreover, this also affects the Lakers on the other side of the mountain!

O'Neal, who was already making a fuss about asking for 80 million, saw that Marbury was going to get the top salary, so he immediately called a reporter and shouted to Lakers owner Jerry Buss to ask for 100 million.

Marbury's maximum salary, the lowest is 93 million for 5 years, the higher is 114 million for 6 years, and the highest can be 136 million for 7 years, which is stipulated in the 98-year collective bargaining agreement, the longest and the same seven years, 96 years of players who entered the NBA, and now can get the parent team maximum salary renewal, these are the three situations.

Players often don't care about the average annual salary, especially a 32-year-old veteran like O'Neal, he cares more about the total salary of the contract, seeing that Marbury can get at least more than 90 million, he immediately shouted to the Lakers owner to ask for 100 million in 4 years......

After these news came out, the happy team was naturally Liu Mang, Duncan, Garnett, Webb and others, who is Jerry Buss?

A generation of NBA heroes!

was swept away in public by O'Neal, and the Lakers are likely to have infighting because of this!

And even if there was no infighting, Liu Mang didn't feel anything, it was an unexpected joy.

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The first round of this year's playoffs can be regarded as creating NBA history!

Since the NBA playoffs have been played by 16 teams, there has never been a full sweep, especially now that it is a best-of-seven system, which is even more likely!

But when the Hawks beat the Knicks 111-75 on the road in Game 4 and swept the Knicks to advance to the second round, they really made history.

In the four games played on the 24th, the Timberwolves almost didn't spend much effort to defeat the Nuggets 104-89 and swept the promotion.

Garnett averaged 25 points, 14.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game in 4 games in the first round, and deservedly ranked second on the MVP list.

However, Liu Mang's side played four games, averaging 38 points, 3.5 boards, 7.5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks per game, which is more terrifying than Garnett!

From an objective point of view, the opponent Liu Mang met was much weaker than the opponent Garnett encountered, but the reality is cold, people only look at the result, that is, Liu Mang played better!

Seeing that the voting for the major awards has begun, Liu Mang's MVP call is getting higher and higher.

The other six series didn't have much suspense, and the opponents almost gave up struggling after 3-0.

Gasol was really picked in the playoffs before he got the chest of the ironclad old man, and he was educated by Duncan for the first time in the playoffs, and the average of 17 points per game in the four games was okay, but the average of 5 points per game did make it impossible for the Grizzlies to play, Gasol couldn't grab rebounds, not to mention others, and the Grizzlies were swept.

On the Rockets' side, the Little Blacksmiths did not have a solution in the Western Conference playoffs, with Kobe Bryant scoring 30 points and 11 assists on 12-of-21 shooting in the last game, and the Lakers limited the Rockets to 80 points three times in four games.

Yao Ming's career start was mixed, the good thing was that he made the playoffs for two consecutive years and started to experience the NBA early, but the miserable part was that he met Duncanga guard Robinson, the peak double MVP, in the playoffs in the first year, and Marlon Gao'Neal in the playoffs in the second year.

The other Heat, Hornets, and Bucks, like the Nuggets and Knicks, were purely weak in strength, and they were killed before the waves could be turned.

All seven series were sweeps, which made sense, and people easily accepted them.

But in the series between the Kings and the Mavericks, the Mavericks were swept away, which was completely unexpected!

Last season, the Mavericks and the Kings played a tiebreaker, and also won to enter the Western Conference finals, this season the Mavericks also brought in a lot of powerful stars, Antoine Jamison can only play on the bench, it seems that the Mavericks are much better than the Kings this year.

Who would have thought that Weber, who was scrapped after people were fat, blew Nowitzki out......

The gorgeous 8 4-0 in the first round ended the series, and the losers went fishing early, and the remaining eight teams went to their destination cities to prepare for the next round of games.

Liu Mang followed his teammates back to Atlanta, and sure enough, the feeling of having a home advantage is cool!

Leave home and wait for the away players to take on the challenge!

In the last two days in New York, Liu Mang received a lot of news interviews and everything, and his head was big.

The main question is about the opinion on Marbury's contract, because Liu Mang is also going to renew his contract, but Liu Mang has not considered this aspect of the matter yet, and will talk about it after the season is over.

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"Hmm...... Uncle Badass! Little Lori hurriedly ran away, "Damn uncle, pinch Dinah's face when you come back!" ”

Little Lori rubbed her red little face and looked at Liu Mang angrily, she knew that she wouldn't help this guy carry the suitcase!

Liu Mang rolled around on the bed, it was still the most comfortable at home! Looking at the cute little Lori, it's so cute, just ate such a cute little Lori's tofu, Liu Mang thinks that his luck should be good now!

After seeing that little Lori was angry, she went to open the suitcase and take the laundry bag with dirty clothes to the laundry room, Liu Mang cooled down the joy of going home first, now there is a big event!

Liu Mang went to rinse his body quickly, shaved the stubble, and brushed his teeth...... Wash your whole body, wipe it clean, and change into a white white T-shirt and shorts.

The cleansing ceremony was ready, and Liu Mang invited the second master Guan out and put on the pillar incense.

"Second Master Guan bless, give my little brother a good luck this time!"

After bowing to Guan Erye, Liu Mang opened the system panel.

Looking at the random star card of the Knicks, with the word "peak" behind it, Liu Mang suddenly smiled.

4-0 strong crushing of the Knicks, but also defeated Marbury's peak year, the mission evaluation is perfect, the Knicks' revenge was completely shattered, so, the level of the star card reached the highest, the Knicks 03-04 season player random star card pinnacle version!

Originally, the best player on the Knicks team was Marbury, and there was already a Marbury star card, and he had used Marbury's 02-03 season star card before, as far as last season was concerned, Marbury's star card, and Liu Mang's own strength after breaking through 80 ability points, was not much stronger, Marbury was also a first-class star last year, although Marbury is a top star this year, but only the most marginal of the top star, his strength has a top star, but the style of play is much lower than the help that many top stars bring to the team, It can even be said that among the stars of the same level, they are the worst to adapt to each team.

Any team with a top star will make a leap of difference, but Marbury has the potential to collapse the team.

So as far as the current Knicks are concerned, Liu Mang doesn't think it's particularly useful to draw anyone's star card.

But now it's the pinnacle star card for the players of the Knicks right now! That's different!

What Liu Mang wants is the star card of the last No. 1 player of the Magic team!

After making all the preparations, Liu Mang closed his eyes and said to the system: "System boss, use the Knicks random pinnacle star card!" ”

"Ding...... The host uses the New York Knicks' 2003-2004 season player random star card, and the randomly obtained star card is the version of the player's peak strength drawn ......"

A virtual image of a star that he hadn't seen for a long time appeared in front of Liu Mang, and the Knicks' players this season were flashing one by one.

No. 1 ...... No. 1 ......

Liu Mang's mouth was fragmented, looking at the image of the player who was switching quickly, slowly, the switching speed slowed down, so he couldn't die, and when he was about to stop, it happened to be the No. 1 of the Knicks!

"Hahaha......"

Liu Mang couldn't help laughing, and just when Liu Mang was about to twitch with laughter, the player's image was about to stop, and suddenly, it moved again......

No. 1 became No. 42......

Wen Baker!

Liu Mang's laughter paused for a second and turned into a scream......

Little Lori, who was watching a soap opera in the living room, heard Liu Mang's screams and was used to it: "Uncle is having nightmares again, let's comfort Uncle in a while, it's better to watch TV......"