On the evening of November 1, Madison Square Garden in New York, where the NBA 05-06 season opener will begin.

Because of the deep brotherhood, as early as the warm-up session, Anthony took the initiative to run in front of Doon.

"Brother, are you going to continue to play guard this season?"

Doon thought that Anthony had come to him to catch up, but he didn't expect to ask for no reason.

"Probably, maybe...... Should continue to play shooting guard this season.

But you know, with my skills, I can go from number one to number five, and no one can get me hard.

I can go head-to-head with you tonight if you need to. ”

Hearing Doon's answer, Anthony first breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand and said, "I won't fight with you alone."

I'm here to ask you for help. I need you, brother!

Bill told me that if I want to get the same big contract as you, I have to get your help.

In the next two years, he served as a two-time Eastern Conference All-Star starter! ”

Anthony told Doon about his intentions, and his agent, Bill Duffy, suggested that he brush up the stats and continue to have a good relationship with Doon, and then use Chinese fans to vote to help him meet the terms of Doon's terms.

It has to be said that after the collective agreement was formally established in the summer, the impact on the alliance was also quite significant.

The Doon clause alone has caused some players and agents to change their playing style and operation strategy for the next few seasons.

Bill Duffy, as Yao Ming and Anthony's agent, quickly realized a very critical issue after learning that there was a Doon clause!

That is, the first player to meet the Doon clause and be eligible to win the 30% salary cap with the team is not Doon but Yao Ming, who is also a Chinese player!

Yao Ming squeezed out O'Neal in his rookie season and served as the starting center of the Western Conference All-Star.

In the past few years, with the support of Chinese fans, he has been the starting center of the Western All-Star every year that cannot be shaken.

It is precisely because of this that Yao Ming has met the conditions of the Doon clause, a two-time All-Star starter, and is eligible to complete a contract extension with the Rockets on the Doane clause next summer.

Yao Ming has Yao's team to support and a family to support, so naturally he will not refuse a bigger contract.

Bill Duffy, as an agent, naturally wants his players to get bigger contracts.

At the same time, Bill Duffy discovers that Anthony, the boss of New York, is not without hope of meeting the terms of the Doon Terms.

New York, where the Knicks are located, is originally the largest city and the largest ball city in the entire NBA.

The Knicks' star naturally has a lot of popularity, and Anthony finished fourth in the Eastern Conference forward voting last year.

It's a pity that he was not recognized by the head coaches of other teams in the league and was selected as an All-Star as a substitute.

Well, this year, as soon as the Doon clause comes out, the plan has changed!

Anthony also has a family, and there is a group of brothers from a large black family to support, so he must want to get a few million more.

In order to be able to meet the Doon clause, the first big contract he gets after the rookie contract ends, like Doon, can get a big contract of 30% of the salary cap.

This also requires Anthony to brush up on statistics for two seasons in a row to attract fans from other parts of the country to become his fans.

At the same time, in order to be able to become an All-Star starter in the East more securely, Bill Duffy proposed to Anthony that Doon, the All-Star vote king, contribute.

Of course, as Yao Ming's agent, Bill Duffy has also negotiated some things with Yao Ming.

If it doesn't work, it's not impossible to spend some money to swipe tickets privately.

"Melon, we are brothers, I will definitely help you.

However, I don't think you should take Bill's word for it.

You're the Knicks boss, and you should run for winning!

You don't want your fans to think you can't give them a win, do you?

You should play happily, not for money.

If you're just here to make money, then playing is going to be your job through and through.

One day, you will get bored and disgusted with basketball, a sport that you love.

Only if you continue to play as your hobby, your life, and even your life, can you continue to maintain your combat effectiveness and competitiveness in the league! ”

As a good brother, Doon saw that Anthony, a melon, was about to change in the direction of bitter melon, so he still reminded him at the right time.

When Annidon heard this, he also nodded and said, "Brother, you are very right. ”

But soon, Anthony began to spit bitterness to Doon: "I don't want to do this either, but Alan Houston is retired!"

Oh Shet, Fake's mother, he's got 2 years left on his big contract! But he slapped his ass and left!

He took 100 million in 6 years, and he only fought for 3 and a half years before it was over!

And I only got 16 million after 4 years, and then I have 2 years left on my contract!

I was going crazy when I got the news! He's lying at home, and he's making more money than I do!

The money he got was all the ticket money I earned by leading the team to win and attracting fans to the stadium!

Originally, I wanted to talk to Bill about any chance of escaping New York.

I want to win too, but playing here, I don't see any hope at all! ”

The New York Knicks were already rotten, and now they met the team's highest-paid player, who announced his retirement because he got a big contract and directly used injury as an excuse.

However, the big contract still needs to be executed, and the team not only has to pay the salary as usual, but also occupies the salary space, and there is no way to strengthen it.

When this kind of thing happens, Anthony, who holds a rookie contract and becomes the boss of the team, is indeed a little nervous mentally.

Thanks to the resumption of collective bargaining this year, the boss of the alliance discovered this problem and hurriedly formulated the Alan Houston clause in the collective bargaining agreement.

However, the salary space has been freed up, and the salary still has to be paid as usual.

It is worth mentioning that the Knicks had a salary margin of nearly 100 million before, while the salary cap was 50 million, and the luxury tax limit was 57 million.

In other words, even if Houston is amnestied, the Knicks still overpay taxes by twenty or thirty million.

It can only be said that the Knicks have been so bad over the years, it does make sense, and there are too many big contracts to give.

In this case, it is indeed a bit excessive to have Anthony, who has a rookie contract, lead the team to the playoffs.

This is equivalent to a newly recruited low-level employee, who shoulders seventy or eighty percent of the company's projects.

The old people in the company, including the boss, all rely on sucking the blood of new employees to get by, but they are all very nourished.

When new employees learn about the company's operating model, they definitely can't accept it.

Anthony's current situation is that there is really no way to do anything other than brush data and get big contracts.

"Originally, I thought that the team would definitely strengthen it when they saw that I had led the team to the playoffs for two years in a row.

However, after the team cut Alan Houston, there was no other action.

I waited a summer, not for helpers, for a group of teammates who got fatter and lazier.

Right now, my team is full of garbage players and garbage contracts!

Do you know? Last season I did my best and I was able to lead this team to the playoffs.

As a result, when it came to the playoffs, I found it difficult for the team to win in the playoffs, even if it was a win......

This season, my team has gotten weaker, and I don't know if I'll be able to make the playoffs.

I don't know what my goals are for this season or what I'm supposed to do.

Now only Bill tells me that I can still get the data, and I can still get the big contract!

Also, you can be an All-Star just like you!

You're all All-Star, only I don't!

Brother, you know what? Last season's All-Star Weekend, how much I envied you as I sat in the audience!

I swore at the time that next season I would play on the court like you, instead of sitting on pins and needles off the court and watching you perform!

I'm also a rookie in 2003, I'm the boss of the team, and I'm going to be like you!

I'm a role model! My stats, my record, what's worse than yours?

Well, you and Dwyane are both overall champions......

But I'm no worse than LeBron, am I? You're right?

But why does he have everything and I don't? ”

Don't persuade others to be kind without others suffering. Anthony's experience can only be described as "miserable" with a capital letter.

It stands to reason that no matter how bad the New York Knicks are, they are still much better than the Cleveland Cavaliers.

However, with similar data and a better record, Anthony had nothing, but James got the best rookie and was selected to the All-Star team.

This summer, the Cavaliers owner brandished a lot of money in favor of James, bringing in Larry Hughes to bolster the Cavaliers' roster.

Even if the Knicks cut Alan Houston, they still paid a bit too much in the luxury tax, and they couldn't get the right chips to trade the right stars from other teams.

In contrast, Anthony's mentality must have exploded even more.

At this time, Bill Duffy pointed out to Anthony that he would simply give up winning and concentrate on data, run for All-Star starters, and fight for a big contract.

Judging from Anthony's current situation, this is indeed a clear path.

After listening to what happened to Anidon, Doon suddenly found that the bull was still fine.

The team is full of talents, and they speak well...... How could this not make Doon's heart rejoice?

"Melon, I'll definitely help you!

Since you're like that, I think you might as well go for the scoring title.

I've researched before, and only two of the all-time scoring champions failed to make the best team.

The scoring champion in the past 20 years, the worst can get the best team second team.

In the first two years, Maddie played the bottom of the league and also had two teams, and with your ability, it should not be difficult to win the scoring title for two consecutive years. ”

Last season, Doon thought about scoring the top scorer and the All-Star team, but gave up halfway through for the sake of results.

Now, I also see that Anthony is too pitiful, so I will share the previous research results with Anthony.

Regardless of the ability to lead the team, Anthony is definitely fine when it comes to scoring.

Taking a step back, in the next two seasons, Doon is going to compete for the championship, and the scoring title is basically not considered.

But for the players of the 03 Platinum generation, who wouldn't want to meet the conditions of the Doon clause and get a big contract with a 30% salary cap like Doon?

It's easy to get the best team by brushing the scoring champion, and this kind of thing will definitely be discovered by other interested people.

Wade made the best team last season, and now he has a championship and FMVP, and he is basically in the best team this season, without brushing the data.

But for others, it's hard to say......

Closer to home, although tonight's opener attracted the attention of fans across the United States, the game was relatively uneventful.

From the first quarter, the Bulls showed the level of a strong team in the East.

On the Knicks' side, there is basically a group of old men who have nothing to do after eating, and only Anthony, who is full of fighting spirit, incarnates as Kobe Bryant, who leads the team alone, to play on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the score on the court came to 39-17.

Originally, Doon was not in a hurry to attack and wanted his teammates to fight more. But with such a disparity in scores, Doon could only take more penalties in the second quarter and brush up more points.

After playing more than 8 minutes in the third quarter and getting 20 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Doon took the initiative to foul and go to rest.

That's what Doon has been with in pre-season, giving the youngsters some chances.

What happened to Anthony made Doon realize that after the Doon clause was introduced, there was no small stimulation for the rookie and the agent behind the rookie.

Ben Gordon, Rohr Deng, Josh Smith and others will definitely want to brush up on the All-Star starters, or be named to the All-Star team.

This means that if you want to lead the Bulls to win more championships, you need to make the regular season cake bigger, and even take the initiative to give up some of the cake you have.

Only in this way will more potential rookies be willing to play with Doon and listen to Doon's words.

Byron Davis saw that Doon had left the court early and clocked in for the third quarter, so he followed Doon to the bench as well.

In the regular season debut of the Bulls in the new season, Byron Davis, as the second leader of the team, shot 9 of 14 in the third quarter, 1 of 3 three-point shots, and 3 of 4 free throws, and got 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, which is already very good.

It is worth mentioning that by the time the opening game was over, the Bulls still had one player who scored 20+, and that was Ben Gordon, who served as the team's sixth man.

Ben Gordon scored 29 points on the Bulls' game-high 18 shots, making him the Bulls' top scorer.

If the Bulls were able to finish first in the East before All-Star Weekend this season, then it is not particularly bizarre that three people were selected to the All-Star team.

139-81, and when the game was over, Doon realized that Ben Gordon and Rohr Deng were a bit heavy, and they had done some terrible things.

However, the state and fighting spirit of the Bulls youth army in the new season are quite good, and the next huge point difference to win the game is basically the norm for the Bulls.

On November 2, the Bulls faced Charlotte Bobcats back-to-back at home, and they won easily in the third quarter.

In order to be able to defend the regular season MVP, Doon could only take a little bit of statistics that other teammates didn't want, and finally cut a triple-double of 16 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

On November 5th, the Bulls visited Garden Island and finally encountered some strength.

Against the Nets' Big Three, Doon led the team to play the full fourth quarter, leading by 121-109, 12 points, and maintaining a winning streak.

In this game, Doon cut 32 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, which not only re-showed the fans the league's top scoring ability, but also increased the deterrent power of the first defense.

After the game, Kidd also called Doon one of the best players today, and only O'Neal, Duncan, and Garnett can be compared to Doon.

No, the show is happening right away.

On November 7, last season's Western Conference champion Spurs, also started with three consecutive wins, and drove to the Chicago Union Center.

(End of chapter)