739. It was the best of times

In a flash, the thrilling battle for the top spot in the group stage has ended for half a month.

Although there are only 5 days, the Chinese team's world ranking is above the American team, only 5 days, the Chinese team is the world's first, but for Liu Ren, who knows how many catties his national team has, he is already very satisfied, he hopes that before he retires a World Cup or Olympic Games, he can lead the team to stand on top of the world, but that is all after that, even if it is only a third now, you must enjoy this unprecedented victory!

Taking advantage of the excellent performance of leading the national team to the third place in the world, Linda released the latest combat boots for Liu Ren, the third generation of air-boss, and by the way, called the second generation of Curry's air-boss-curry to go to China together with the "third place parade of the Chinese team" In fact, most of the national team has signed endorsements for some brands in China, and they have begun to "go to the hole" and "commercial performance", and it is impossible for Nike to miss this opportunity, Liu Ren has just finished the Olympic Games, After returning to China to accept the 100,000 yuan prize from the General Administration of Sports and then donating it to the Yao Foundation, he began to promote domestic sneakers.

As for foreign countries, this year is not to take care of, domestic Liu Ren's popularity has exploded, China is Nike's largest market in addition to the United States, and air-boss is the banner of the Chinese brand, the United States has Nike with no worries about selling, China will rely on Liu Ren himself to develop, at this time not to come a few more publicity when?

After 12 days and 10 stations of publicity, Liu Ren and Curry almost fainted without making a plane.

However, taking advantage of the world's third wave of popularity, Liu Ren's new brand, which is not low in China, has become completely popular! There is a momentum like air-jordan at the beginning, but it will definitely take time to have that kind of sales, mainly because there are too few signature shoes, and Liu Ren and Curry only have a total of five pairs.

Just before Liu Ren advertised last night and returned to Los Angeles to prepare for the training camp that would start in more than 20 days, he made an announcement.

Liu Ren is also a, for fear that others will not know, first sent a text message with friends he knew and asked them to forward it on social media later, and then on Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, and Buckle Space...... and a series of real-name registered social media announced: My old Liu is getting married......

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In addition to the Olympics, a lot of big things happened in basketball this summer.

Both No. 21s have experienced glory, experienced troughs, experienced the last struggle, one finally won the fifth championship, and the other returned to the place where the dream began, and finally began to end their long careers, both retired on August 21, and neither held a press conference, both of which were announced by the management of the two teams to negotiate with the two to buy out their last year of contract, and the two retired with a decent buyout fee of 10 million.

The Cavaliers and the Celtics make a deal, and Irving joins the Celtics!

To say that the Celtics and the Cavaliers are similar to mortal enemies, but the Cavaliers are not Lakers, and the Celtics trade is still very happy.

You can get Owen! The Celtics are not stupid!

The Celtics sent Brandon Ingram and Dragic, Jared Sallinger, Jay Crowder, the Celtics' own 2019 first-round lottery protected draft picks, plus the 2018 Nets first-round unprotected draft picks in exchange to the Cavaliers, and got Kyrie Irving!

The Cavaliers sent Irving to a slew of immediate power and future potential, as well as future rebuilding resources while guaranteeing James the ability to reach the Finals.

It's just that whether it is Brandon Ingram or the Nets' 2018 first-round pick, whether one can reach the level of Irving, it's really hard to say, and it's actually unlikely.

The Celtics who got Irving haven't been happy for too long, they were also poached, the Trail Blazers offered Evan Turner for 70 million for 4 years, and Evan Turner played at a good level, but 70 million for 4 years...... The Celtics think it's better to give it to the Trail Blazers.

This time, the Celtics started half of last season, but Angie is not a vegetarian, and he was stunned to dig Tobias Harris from the Magic team to the floor flow of a first-class small forward! 80 million in 4 years, the premium is a little premium, but people don't come if they don't give so much money!

And the Celtics lack everything now, that is, they don't lack salary space, except for Irving, they don't have a 10-million-level contract.

Just after signing Tobias Harris, the Celtics were attracted enough!

Irving, Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris, Olynyk...... It's just a big center!

There was a boy who played happy basketball, and he said he was willing to join the Celtics against the Lakers!

Howard hates the Lakers, and Irving is hostile to Liu Ren, which is also equivalent to hostility to the Lakers, and the two hit it off!

Anji immediately signed Howard, 4 years and 96 million, Howard joined the Celtics!

Celtic rise in an instant!

Stopping the Lakers from winning three consecutive championships and winning their 18th crown, the Celtics are about to set sail!

Fans are finally relieved that the East may not be dominated by the Cavaliers anymore...... Perhaps, James was dismissive of this......

But with the Celtics, the stars in the East are even more panicked, whether it is the Cavaliers or the Celtics or the scary-looking Knicks, all of them make the free agents in the East panic.

The pace of Journey to the West has been further accelerated!

El Jefferson of the Hornets joined the Warriors for 4 years and 44 million, and Roel Deng of the Heat joined the Warriors for 60 million in 4 years! David West continued to hug his thighs and joined the Warriors for 1 year and 1.5 million, for which the Warriors posted a first-round pick to send Bogut to the Mavericks to make room, and it was also thanks to McCollum's big contract that the 17-18 season began, and they directly ate the three, Steve Kerr is going to beat the fast-paced offense to death!

Chris Middleton of the Bucks did not want to stay with the Bucks after the Bucks had Markieff Morris, and joined the Thunder for 80 million in 4 years, saying that he would go to assist Westbrook, but money is estimated to be the most important thing.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to enter the playoffs, the Thunder team can only throw out an absolutely premium contract, Middleton was 15+6 last season, and he can't get 20 million a year, but what can be done.

The Rockets who lost Howard were not discouraged, they never thought of keeping Howard, after Howard left, the salary cap had risen by nearly 30 million, and they got rid of Howard's more than 20 million contract, Morey threw a huge 4-year 98 million contract to Al Horford, and a 3-year 80 million contract to Paul Millsap, directly poaching the Hawks interior duo!

The Hawks rejected the team options of Millsap and Horford this summer, and the two went straight to free agency, and the Hawks announced that they had begun a rebuild!

The Hawks are always so decisive, they can't win the championship and rebuild directly, when Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, and Horford era, they were also a strong team in the East, and they entered the second round properly every year, and the Eastern Conference Finals could also be impacted, but they couldn't win the championship, just when these players were at their peak, their boss directly disbanded the lineup, and nothing was replaced, it was so decisive and simple, and it was rebuilt when it was said to be rebuilt.

D'Antoni has really been lucky in the past few years, when he met Liu Ren in the Lakers and came to the Rockets, the Rockets had excellent luck to form the Big Three of Harden, Millsap, and Horford, plus Beverley and Ariza, this starter can also be ranked in fourth gear in the West!

The first block is of course the Lakers, and the Lakers have reached the point where their talents overflow and they sell their talents, not counting Ben Simmons, who just joined, the Lakers' five starters can be the core of five playoff teams......

The second pot is the Warriors, Curry, McCollum, Durant, Randle, Jefferson...... With the exception of McCollum, the Warriors were All-Star players for almost their entire starters, and Al Jefferson was also on the All-NBA team in 2015......

Then there is an empty gear in the middle.

The Warriors didn't even offer a contract to Barnes, Barnes said that the Lakers were hateful, the Warriors were hateful, and then joined the Thunder, the common enemy of the two teams, 88 million in 4 years, and the Thunder was basically equivalent to replacing Barnes and Middleton with Durant.

With Middleton and Barnes, the Thunder sent the declining Ibaka and Dion Waiters plus an unprotected first-round pick in 2017 to the Heat, traded back Justis Winslow and Josh McRoberts, formed a lineup of Westbrook, Winslow, Barnes, Middleton, Adams, and then extended the contract early with a five-year, $120 million contract and 2013 rookie Adams.

The Thunder said that if they don't succeed, they will be benevolent! Do everything to make up for the loophole of Durant's departure, and prepare to fight to the death with the Warriors!

The Magic team has Okafor, and they don't want Ucevic, the Pelicans sent the 2017 and 2019 first-round picks plus Ryan Anderson, made a deal with the Magic, got Ucevic, and then renewed Tyrek Evans for 124 million for 5 years, and Zhu Holiday for 100 million for 4 years.

The Spurs also shot, 1 year and 20 million were thrown to last season's assist Wang Rondo, Popovich looked at the terrifying situation in the West, and he could only helplessly throw money, anyway, just one year, if Rondo can let him integrate into the Spurs, it is definitely better than poaching any scorer, but the key is that he needs to give up the style of play that has been holding the ball, this Popovich is also gambling, but not betting!

There are a lot of headaches for the Clippers owner, Jeff Green and Crawford said that they would not renew the contract if they did not give a big contract, and finally Jeff Green got a new contract of 2 years and 30 million, and Crawford got a 3-year contract extension of 42 million, and the two went to the Clippers' small forward and no one on the bench, although Rivers gave his son Rivers Jr. a weirdly big 3-year 33 million contract extension, but it is estimated that even he himself does not think that his son can support it.

The good news for the Clippers is that they have finally escaped the shadow of the Lakers, and the owner has spent half a year to get everything ready for the new arena and move to the small town next door to Los Angeles.

But Paul said he wanted to leave, and Griffin said he wanted to ask for a trade, otherwise he would jump out of his contract in 2017.

In fact, the biggest reason why these people stay with the Clippers is because the Clippers are in Los Angeles, they move away and have no record and no future, and they are eliminated in the first round every year, no matter how good the record is, at most it is the second round, if they don't even have the advantage of being in Los Angeles, they don't have much interest in the Clippers.

The arms war in the west is getting more and more intense, and even the Warriors have to give Rohr Deng an average annual contract of 15 million, and the premium contract is simply flying all over the sky!

But what can be done, don't give money, there are teams willing to give money, and the Grizzlies have completely speculated the market price.

The Lakers said that they ran fast, completed the contract extension early, and there are two rookies, and even Antetokounmpo and Whiteside's new contracts have not yet come into effect, and next season's salary plus Liu Ren's 24.93 million has just exceeded the luxury tax threshold.

As for the 17-18 season, that's when the time comes, and now, it's okay to laugh at the Western Armaments War......

To build a dynasty, you have to be the enemy of the whole world!

Just like the Lakers in 2002, the Lakers are not afraid of any challenge! They have been prepared for a long time! From the beginning of winning two consecutive championships, they knew that they would definitely face the crazy reinforcements of the Western giants next, they poached Thompson early, left the strongest lineup, drafted reinforcements for the bench defense, cleaned up overlapping players, and got everything ready.

Triple Crown! The Lakers are on their way!

There's no doubt that this is the best of times for a lot of teams that make up a big team, they have the best teammates, and it's also the best time for some role players who have got big contracts that they couldn't have imagined three years ago.

But this is also the worst of times, there will be countless "giants", drowning under the invincible strength of a very small number of one or two teams.

For many fans, this is also the best of times, to see the big matchups that have never happened before, not in the entire history of the NBA, but for many fans this is also the worst era, because some teams may be slumped for many years.

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On September 9, Liu Ren got married.

Liu Ren saw his parents for the first time in his life, not to mention, his mother was beautiful and his father was also handsome, and it was not unreasonable for Liu Ren to see the two of them feel that they were so handsome.

If you get married, just allow this guy to be shameless.

As in the impression, my father ignored Liu Renai, but he called the pregnant chick well, and even wanted to buy the chick's brokerage company at several times the market price, and then directly ordered Liu Ren's money to go to the chick...... The child in the belly......

Don't give Liu Ren a chance to speak at all.

Liu Ren's body seemed to have a natural reaction, and he was naturally cowardly in front of his father......

The chick politely refused, she wanted to have her own career.

The wedding took place in a private villa in China, and Liu Ren and Xiaoniu got married in the presence of relatives and friends of both parties.

Liuren's friends are the ones he knows in the league, and Liu Ren invited all his teammates and management, as well as James, Harden, Wade, Anthony, Porzingis, Paul George, Griffin, D'Anthony, LaVine, Booker, McCollum, Curry...... And so on, and the chick invited the people who had helped her when she was down, as well as some friends from the game to come to the wedding.

The wedding was very ordinary, very ordinary, the chick thought about it for a month, and finally decided to be an ordinary bride, the most ordinary wedding, to complete their marriage as an unusual couple.

The only special thing about this wedding is that no one is allowed to bring in anything like a cell phone or camera, not even watches and metal instruments.

The only photographer hired by the chick can bring photographic and video equipment, and it turns out that the strict secrecy that the chick said has been kept secret to this extent.

Those guests in the United States don't have any feelings about this, protect privacy, don't bring it.

And most of the friends and relatives in China accept it, especially those who are chicks, but some relatives feel that they are relatives who are unwilling to leave things such as mobile phones outside, and they want to take pictures.

Because the chick keeps the marriage very secret, the outside world can't even get a photo, and this very few people want to take pictures and sell them, for this kind of people, Liu Ren directly bought a first-class cabin and sent them home, so as not to affect the mood of marriage, this is learned from Wade and James, when a person is developed, there will always be people who think that you should be taken advantage of if you are developed, mainly because of the relatives on the chick's side, who have long wanted to take advantage of it.

In order to avoid embarrassment, directly cut off the source of embarrassment.

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After drinking a little wine, I didn't sin too much, I knew that the cave room spent candle nights, but there was no marriage or drinking.

But Liu Ren wants to drink it!

I went into the cave room, but my wife already had a big belly! I can't do it!

said so, but Liu Ren still entered the cave room as soon as he got rid of his relatives and friends, he couldn't do anything, but thinking that his belly was his own daughter or son, Liu Ren's whole person instantly warmed.

Entering the room, Liu Ren saw a pink light.

What for? Liu Ren was speechless for a while, I don't know if this kind of light can easily make men "irritable"!

Liu Ren walked in speechlessly......

I saw the two mountains of light lying on the bed......

Big Lori closed her eyes, her body trembled a little, as if she heard the sound of Liu Ren coming in, and her face was instantly covered with red......

And the other one is actually Agari, this woman is much bolder...... I just got up......

At this time, there was a trotting sound from the toilet behind him, and Liu Ren turned around just in time to see Monica and the chick running out of the room and closing the door......

(End of book)