After returning to Atlanta from the imperial capital, Liu Mang rested at home for a day, adjusting his mentality of looking at the last day of the year that was about to collapse.

Since there were no games from December 30 to January 2, the Hawks had four days off, and the Hawks had a relaxed schedule in January, and like the first two, there were only two back-to-backs, and the opponents were not too strong, except for the Nets, most of the playoff teams were only on the fringes of the playoffs.

So the first two days off and the last two days planning and training for the 15 races in January.

Seeing that December 31st is coming, Liu Mang has a lot of things, but he really wants to fall asleep.

But there was no way, early in the morning of the 31st, Schwartz called him to the team.

What should come will come after all, and seeing that 2002 is about to pass, there are some things that cannot be done!

However, it's a bit unhappy to do this kind of thing alone!

It seems that my teammates like this dance, and they will be very happy if they let this group of guys who can't write a letter be "teachers" together!

Definitely!

Liu Mang has two things today, the first thing is to renew a contract, and the second thing is to ......

Liu Mang first sent a few text messages, asked a few well-connected teammates to the stadium, asked them for help, and then rode his retired bicycle to the stadium.

Looking at this bike, which has been in use for four years, it is indeed almost unbearable.

Liu Mang is reluctant to blame this bicycle, but it's probably time to buy a car!

If you move, if it is a villa, it will definitely be far away from the stadium, a few kilometers away from the stadium, or a school, or an apartment area, or a commercial area, there is no such thing as a villa area, within ten kilometers Liu Mang feels okay riding a bicycle, the right to exercise, if it is too far, you still have to drive.

When I arrived at the Phillips Arena, Liu Mang came to the general manager's office, Schwartz was already chatting with Steven Price and Coach Kruger, the lawyer brought by Schwartz and the team's lawyer were ready to get off work, and the specific contract renewal details were estimated to have been finalized.

"Haha, Ace, you're finally here, I'm waiting to get the contract delivered directly to your house." Steven Price hurried to catch up.

"......" looked at the more and more enthusiastic boss, Liu Mang was not comfortable, reached up and shook his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I overslept, it's rare to rest for two days." ”

After some pleasantries, it was done, and next to the big desk, Steven Price gave the contract to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang took a look, mainly those two.

1. The parent team's preferential renewal clause was extended until the 2003-2004 season.

2. The full middle-class contract will be renewed for one year, tentatively at 3.952 million US dollars, and the specific amount will be decided after the announcement of the salary cap for next season, and the total amount will not exceed 9.8% of the salary cap for next season.

A bunch of other miscellaneous things like jersey sharing, portrait rights sharing, etc. are all conventions, most of the ordinary players' jerseys can't be sold, and there is no sharing, Liu Mang's jerseys are sold in general, and the locals in Atlanta wear "Rogue League" T-shirts, but the jerseys can't be sold.

In these years, image rights are not worth much, there are not many NBA games, and unlike in the future, the sharing of jersey and image rights will become equal sharing among all players in the league, for many players, these two terms are temporarily useless.

Liu Mang looked at it and signed his big name, of course, the Chinese name signed, Ace is just a nickname, the passport is still Liu Mang, the passport of the Celestial Empire, you can't add the English name.

Seeing Liu Mang's thousand words, the big stone in Steven Price's heart fell, and it was finally renewed!

As for the 1-year contract, it's not a thing!

If Liu Mang signs a mid-class contract for two or three years, Steven Price will be even more panicked, obviously the middle class is not in line with Liu Mang's worth, but Liu Mang can only sign a middle-class contract after the rookie contract is completed, and now the renewal clause of the parent team will be extended, and when the mid-range is over in one year, you can have bird rights!

Signed, in the instructions of the cameraman, everyone smiled at the camera, showing the signed contract, Liu Mang and Steven Price shook hands, and the signing ceremony was over!

"Ace, I hope our cooperation in the future will be more pleasant." Steven Price is quite happy that the most important contract extension of the season has finally been resolved.

Jason Terry's side decided to negotiate a contract extension after this season, and now the data is too ugly, the price is not negotiable, the team is not good to reduce the price, and the player agent is not good to talk about the price increase.

However, Jason Terry will have bird rights and a parent team priority renewal clause at that time, so it doesn't matter, Jason Terry is not worth more than 10 million in the free market, and the Hawks are not under much pressure to renew his contract.

After another greeting, Steven Price began to work seriously and asked Liu Mang: "Ace, it's been two months since the season, do you have any suggestions for adjusting the lineup?" ”

This is the power of the team's core or focus on developing players, Steven Price has asked Raheem and Jason Terry before, neither of them is the kind of brain that is particularly easy to use, not stupid, but more business ability is definitely not enough, so they both said that they have no suggestions, they think it's good now, even if there are flaws, they can't say what's bad, or don't worry about it.

Liu Mang has ideas, but this season will definitely not be realized, the Eagles' current half-dead record is estimated to last for a long time, and the idea of needing a record cannot be realized, and some do not need a record, and the management of the object of the trade has a good face, so it can't be realized.

"Let's look at it in the summer, it's good now, we have a lot of depth in every position, we're making a playoff break, and if we make adjustments, it could affect the form we are in now." Liu Mang chose not to express his thoughts.

Steven Price is a little lost, and now he can be said to have blind trust in Liu Mang's vision, Liu Mang's vision of the players is too accurate!

However, I thought that I could be drafted again in the summer, and it was still a draft year that only comes once in seven or eight years, and when the time came, my team should have a draft pick in the middle of the first round, and Steven Price felt that it was not bad, and then let Liu Mang go to the tryout.

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The renewal is over, and a major event in 2002 is complete.

But there's something bigger, big thing!

"Punishment for the failure of the little giant: Go to the Six Nations Park Plaza in Atlanta to find at least ten Chinese aunts over the age of 40 to teach them square dance, please complete it on December 31, 2002, for each one missing, deduct 10,000 superstar points, and when the superstar value is insufficient, double the superstar value obtained in the future."

Looking at the fact that even after completing the daily tasks of the Pacers' game, plus the previous superstar value of more than 8,700, Liu Mang could only gather his teammates together with tears.

Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, Prince, Boozer, Newbell, Ratliffe, these are Liu Mang's best relationship with the team, Barnes also has a lot of respect for Liu Mang, and Emmanuol and Liu Mang also have a good relationship, but they will only come back when they play in the Development League in Orlando and play against the Cavaliers.

"Ace, you said you had something important to look for us, what is it?" Jason Terry asked with concern.

Everyone else also looked at Liu Mang curiously, and the tone of the text message Liu Mang sent to them seemed to be a big deal.

Liu Mang has adjusted his state and is about to start showing off a wave of acting skills!

"Ahem, everyone listen to me," Liu Mang looked like a heavenly general, "Before, I danced with Taishawn during the game against the Pacers, and now it's popular, you should know too!" ”

A few people thought about it, it seemed to be! It's all on the TV news, and it's widely circulated in forums.

"Ace, you want us to dance together before the game? Of course that's fine! "Jason Terry says buddies want to be on fire too!

"Wrong, wrong, wrong!" Liu Mang had an expression of why you are so unambitious, "We all have our own characteristics, Jason, you already have an exclusive action, you have to keep it up, that's your personal label!" Sharif and Nazr are the same, Tyshawn, if you start in the future, you will go to the DJ before the game to discuss what song to play, and you yourself at home to figure out what kind of dance to dance, this is our respective personal label, even if we retire in the future, people will not easily forget us! Carlos, Ira, don't worry, when you have a chance to start, I'll think of one for you. ”

Liu Mang looked at Boozer and Newbell, who were eager to try, and felt that he had another headache to find a few actions for them.

Prince nodded heavily, he felt that he often had no sense of existence, although he was low-key and flat, but he also wanted someone to remember him, and he had also started to be on the news recently, but not because of how good he was, but because he danced with Liu Mang.

Although the other people didn't know what was wrong, Liu Mang said that, and they really felt as if what Liu Mang said was right!

"Ace, what are we going to do?" Jason Terry is still confused.

"We have a great mission!" Liu Mang said as he spoke, and his fist was waved again.

"We've opened up a new genre of dance, NBA court dance! A lot of people want to learn, but they can't learn the essence because there is no one to teach them, which makes me feel sad! Although I invented it with Tyshawn, we are a team and people love our dance, just like our whole team! ”

"So, while we're all fine on vacation, I don't want you to waste all your energy on women's stomachs, we should do something more meaningful."

"Seeing that there are so many fans on the Internet who want to learn our dance, I hope you will join me in teaching everyone dance at Six Nations Park, and spread our NBA court dance to the Atlanta fan team who loves us!"

Liu Mang talked nonsense, but several teammates listened to it with enthusiasm!

"Ace, we've got your back!" Jason Terry, the most emotionally driven guy, was the first to follow suit.

Some people took the lead, and everyone else excitedly expressed their honor......

"Ahem, okay, Tayshawn, you teach everyone the essence of dance, and then everyone chooses some of their favorite songs, let's rent a set of equipment, go to Six Nations Park to find some aunties between the ages of 40 and 60, and ask them to dance our NBA court dance!"

"Good...... Wait, Ace, why a woman between 40 and 60 years old? Can't a young woman? Can't men? "Jason Terry has a lot of questions.

"Uh...... Young women are not impossible, men's words...... How can teaching a man be as motivated as teaching a woman? Do you like a big bearded guy writhing around you? Liu Mang continued to talk nonsense.

"Also to ......"

"The main thing is that we want to spread the NBA court dance that we pioneered, so that aunties between the ages of 40 and 60 can have free time to teach their husbands and children, so that it can spread!" Liu Mang himself felt that what he said was so reasonable!

"That's right! Ace, you're smarter than me! Jason Terry fully believes Liu Mang's words.

"By the way, remember to find a few more Chinese aunts if you can find Chinese." Liu Mang emphasized the most important thing.

"Why?" Jason Terry will always be a problem baby.

Liu Mang is so powerless, but he must find someone to help in this matter, otherwise he is the only one who will lose face, so how can he do it!

Liu Mang had a flash of inspiration again: "Of course, it's because I'm a Chinese!" I also want my glory to spread to the people in our country, so that they can also know about the NBA street ball dance we started, and it is better to spread it to our country, and I hope that you will find one or two Chinese aunts to help me promote it......"