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

"He's showing his boldness, and he's not willing to offend Clippers management." Stockton smiled, "He is trying to save the image of failure as general manager of the Wizards, fortunately, Kwame played it, otherwise I don't think he would have the face to accept the position of executive president." ”

“…… I don't think it's necessarily ......."

"Huh?"

"It's fine."

The corners of Liu Mang's mouth twitched, Jordan will not be the boss because he was slapped in the face? He's not that thin-skinned......

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

"Well, I said I'm going to help you develop a good backup point guard." Stockton nodded, "I'll discuss the contract with management when our summer operation is over." ”

"José?"

"Yes."

"......" Liu Mang recalled Calderon, in terms of shooting percentage, he is a free-throw strengthened version of Stockton, a real 180 club player, in terms of data, it is a low-profile version of Stockton, and in terms of defense, the peak is not as strong as Stockton, who is now in his 40s......

However, with Stockton's guidance, although the defense does not say how good it has become, at least theoretically it will not be as black as the original him, as a substitute, Liu Mang thinks about it, Calderon is a substitute, and there is a little luxury, but he is a player from his own agency, even if he leaves after playing, he will not lose, and the relationship is not bad.

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

Liu Mang and Stockton chatted and came to the conference room of Phillips Arena, most of the teammates had already come, and there was a team season press conference for a while, all of them were attending, while waiting, the players were discussing the Bobcats trade, discussing who would become the champion show this summer, and the famous stars, especially the famous stars who are not the champions, will "care" them extra every year when they meet the champion show.

According to information obtained by ESPN from Adrian Wakwanawski, a sports columnist for Penguin Publishing Group, the Bobcats traded the 2004 first-round pick with the 4th pick in the 2004 first round and the 2006 top-8 picks protected to trade the Clippers for the 2004 2nd pick in the first round.

Wakki Nawski is a basketball expert who entered the sports world in 1997 and won the Best Newcomer Journalist Award from the North American Press Guild in 1998 and the Best North American Sports Columnist Award from the Associated Press in 2002.

The news provided by Wakki Nawski this time has been forwarded by many supporters of his basketball article, fans of other teams except the Hawks, originally because the finals are over, are ready to relax their attention to the NBA and wait for the draft, except for the Lakers fans, other fans have been looking forward to the Lakers losing for two months, and they are nervous every day, and they finally want to relax their nerves, but I didn't expect that the deal before the draft conference is coming.

But who doesn't like to watch it? The NBA, which has just cooled down a little, is on fire again.

Subsequently, the official NBA website confirmed the deal and announced more specific trade content, the content of the draft pick trade is consistent with the news revealed by Google, but there is one additional thing, the Bobcats in addition to sending two first-round upward trades to get the roster pick, but 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 were completely forced to trade this time, they could have gotten better chips, but they had to trade with the Bobcats, and as long as the Bobcats proposed this trade, they could only comply.

The Clippers were able to draw the list when they drew lots, and they were an upset, the Clippers' record was 26-56, ranking fourth from the bottom, counting the Bobcats because they were new to the team, with the same probability of signing as the Magic, the Clippers could only rank fifth from the bottom, and the chances of the top three picks were not high.

But I didn't expect Jordan to be the back of his hand, with a 25% chance of getting the champion sign, and a 63% chance of getting the top three picks, but he was stunned and only got the No. 4 pick; The Clippers have a 14 percent chance of getting the pick, and they all got the pick.

The Magic got the top pick, the Clippers pick, the Bulls slot, and the Bobcats were the fourth pick.

Since the Clippers got the roster pick, they have been peddling their draft picks, because there are already Brand and Carman, the top two picks this year are Dwight Howard and Emeka Okafor without suspense, the Clippers already have Elton Brand and Chris Carman, and one is a first-class power forward who enters the NBA on 20+10, and the other is Chris Carman, who shows All-Star potential, the Clippers don't want to bet on talent anymore, it is better to build a team around these two.

And there are teams interested in this list, Howard is very talented, Emeka Okafor has shown that he can become a first-class center when he enters the NBA, and other teams have made much more lucrative offers to the Clippers than the Bobcats.

However, the Clippers can only trade with the Bobcats, according to Liu Mang and Stockton's speculation, Jordan is definitely used to threaten the Clippers' selection, and the Clippers have to agree if they give up the selection after the trade.

The Clippers don't have anything, they just have a lot of potential players, they have moved to Los Angeles for 20 years, they have only made the playoffs twice, plus this season, they haven't made the playoffs for 7 years, and they have a bunch of high-pick players on the team.

Chris Carmangui was the No. 6 pick last season, ranking only tenth on the team in points per game in the Clippers, and even Bobby Simmons and Kenyon Doolin, who have the most "poor" potential, are all players who look like they can play in the NBA for seven or eight years.

In order to avoid being targeted by Jordan, the Clippers could only agree to the deal, which was originally a windfall, and also got a future draft pick, but Baylor chose to endure it.

……

As soon as the Bobcats were formed, they became the first team to complete a trade after the end of this season's Finals, igniting the trade market, and many teams that are not ready to be selected by the Bobcats have begun active trade negotiations.

After more than four hours of interviews in the afternoon, it was almost six o'clock, and finally ended the last announcement, Liu Mang could finally breathe a sigh of relief, waiting for the end of tomorrow's championship parade, and then close the door!

After finally being idle, Liu Mang looked and walked around the stadium, and after winning the championship, the more he looked here, the more pleasing it was to the eye, especially when he went to the stadium, he saw the lifting lock of the championship flag installed above the court and above the technical table in the game...... Will this group of Americans use their English names or the pinyin of their original names?

Liu Mang was very curious about this matter, but since they all used English letters, Liu Mang didn't mind which one to use, just curious.

After walking around for a while, Liu Mang found that the air conditioner in the conference room was still on, and there were still people in a meeting, knowing that the team management was also busy now, not only to organize interviews, communicate with all parties about tomorrow's championship parade, but also prepare for the sudden outbreak of the trading market......

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

After walking around, Liu Mang is ready to go back and have a good night's rest, it is estimated that after the championship parade, there is not much time to rest, and it is one of his jobs to help the team participate in large-scale trials in various places.

When Liu Mang came to the parking lot, he saw a person smoking in the garbage can, and when he looked closely, it was Rahim!

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

Seeing Liu Mang coming, Rahim threw the cigarette butt into the place where the cigarette butt was thrown in the garbage can, and responded: "Ace, I'm waiting for you." ”

"Wait for me?"

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

……

Find a place that is actually the team's training ground...... It just so happens that there is no one here, which is quite suitable.

Liu Mang took a ball, stood outside the bottom corner and threw it, very lucky hollow hit, Liu Mang ran over to pick up the ball, continued to throw and play, and asked casually: "Sharif, what do you have to find a place to talk?" ”

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

Raheem's six-year contract of 70 million, the first five years have ended, and he will immediately enter the player option, Liu Mang knows this, and when he heard this, Liu Mang immediately responded: "Of course, Sharif, you can get a new big contract, this year's league income will definitely be higher than last year, and it is estimated that you can get a starting salary of more than 15 million." ”

Raheem's contract with one year left as a player option is 14.5 million, and the salary cap has reached more than 49 million this season, even if Raheem jumps out of the contract even if he renews it according to this season's salary cap, he has been playing for 8 years, which can trigger the veteran clause, and the maximum starting salary can reach 30% of the salary cap, that is, at least a starting salary of 14.8 million, and if he is replaced by Liu Mang, he will also jump out of the contract.

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

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

"It's because I won the championship, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made up my mind," Rahim didn't look at Liu Mang's eyes, looked up at the ceiling and said: "Ace, when I entered the NBA, I was about the same age as you entered the NBA, but time passed too quickly, it was eight years, and by December this year, I would have been 28 years old."

When I came to the Eagles, I didn't want to play anymore, and if it weren't for you, I would have lost my love for basketball.

Ace you may not understand, I've never played in the playoffs, before I met you, I had been playing for five years, but I didn't make the playoffs once, I didn't even win more than 25 games in a season, and to meet you and win a championship with you is the luckiest thing in my life.

However, it is precisely because of this that I want to try, can I still win on my own? I'm going to be 28 years old and I don't have much time to wait, I want to try it myself.

I'd love to keep winning together, but I want to prove myself and I think I can. ”

Rahim's words, in the two days after winning the championship, have been thinking about it for a long time, and when he said it all, the uneasiness in his heart was released, no matter whether Liu Mang would hate him or understand him, he accepted it.

When Liu Mang first heard Rahim say that he was leaving, his whole body exploded, and crazy anger poured into his mind, and he felt betrayed, but when he heard Rahim's words, Liu Mang was silent.

After a long while, Liu Mang took a deep breath, spit it out at once, and asked, "Have you decided?" ”

"Well, I'm ready, I'm going to have my agent inform management, I'm going to jump out of the contract, but I'm going to let the team use me as a trade chip to sign and trade." Rahim finally lowered his head and looked at Liu Mang, although he was ready to accept Liu Mang's anger, but he still wanted Liu Mang's approval.

"Sign before you change?" This time it was Liu Mang's turn to be surprised.

"Yes." Rahim replied.

Something has to be left for Liu Mang, Rahim knows that if he leaves directly, the team's salary space will be limited by the renewal of Jason Terry and the acquisition of Rashid Wallace, and there will be no room to directly sign a star who can make up for the position he left.

As Liu Mang's big brother, Rahim is not the kind of character who can be ruthless and leave directly.

Seeing that Rahim had made his future plans clear, Liu Mang didn't try to persuade anything.

If Raheem wants to leave after playing last season, he still has a lot of initiative, after all, he can jump out of his contract and become a complete free agent after playing this season.

If Raheem finished playing last season and saw his stats decline, he would immediately apply for a trade, and when he was determined to leave, the Hawks could only choose to trade, but he did not go, but stayed, sacrificing data, in order to help Liu Mang and help the Eagles win the championship.

Last season, Raheem's average points per game was already a career-low 17 points, and this year it has become even lower.

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

And now, when Rahim helps the team win the championship and completes the mission he gave him, he still wants to leave something for Liu Mang.

Of course, Liu Mang feels guilty but will not blame himself, nor will he blame Rahim for deciding to leave, this is the NBA, isn't the rule of the salary cap for this.

Liu Mang went up and hugged Rahim...... Belch...... When he was hugging, Liu Mang found ...... Misguided...... Raheem is much taller than him, and has a bit of a "hug-and-go" feeling.

hugged Liu Mang and immediately retreated, and said to Rahim: "Sharif, I understand, no matter what, we are all brothers, don't think so much, leave the future to the future, call Jason, let's go have a drink, don't think about these things first, tomorrow, we will happily participate in the championship parade together, this is the first championship of our three brothers!" ”