From today on is the king

Chapter 550 549. Please believe me
Time: May 2003, 6.

Location: General Manager's Office at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.

"Ace, are you sure you want to be teammates with Rasheed Wallace?" Price asked after a long silence after reading the trade plan submitted by Liu Mang.

Not only coach Kruger, but also boss Price doesn't think it would be a good thing to pick up cheap ones like this.

After seeing the bad consequences of Big Dog's greed for cheap, Price became a lot more cautious.

"That's right, I believe Rashid will be our best reinforcement inside." Liu Mang nodded in response.

"But his defense is a problem," Mike Woodson said. He was not so happy about another offensive player. Boozer is already a pit. Another Rasheed Wallace. He feels that his brain is not enough. How can he put these two people on the court at the same time? Consider..."

Mike Woodson signed a one-year extension with the Hawks after the season. Why?Isn't it just for the title of a champion assistant?But the deal Liu Mang proposed this time seems to be exactly the same as when the boss's head was in the sea last year, and he wanted to pick it up when he saw a bargain.

Price and coach Kruger also persuaded Liu Mang, try another person?

The management of the Eagles is relatively weak. Because the team didn’t make any money in the past, the team’s management was as streamlined as possible. The executive vice president and general manager were Price alone.

This year, Price took the initiative to share the power. The coaching staff has two voting rights, and the logistics team and the operation team also have one voting right.

Although the coaching staff now supports Price's idea of ​​being on the safe side, now, the initiative to recruit is on Liu Mang's side. Although Liu Mang has extended his rookie contract and the renewal terms of his home team, he will be a restricted free agent after the next season.

Liu Mang wanted too many things this summer, not only Price, but even coach Kruger felt a headache.

However, the trading plan proposed by Liu Mang is not impossible to implement, which makes the Eagles management feel helpless.

And if Liu Mang's well-designed signing plan is not satisfied, and Liu Mang doesn't renew his contract in advance, what should he do next season to test the free market?
Forcibly trying to keep Liu Mang, what if Liu Mang directly chooses to sign a qualification offer?
It can be seen from the fact that Liu Mang is ruthless, and even if he gets the Bird clause for a year's base salary, it can be seen that although Liu Mang looks gentle, he is as ruthless as he was when he was playing.

"Ace, although I understand your feelings, but if we can put Jason or Sharif in the trading chips, we will have a chance to get a better player than Rasheed Wallace. We have a chance to fight for Carter." Price continued to persuade.

"Boss, I understand your concerns, but if there is no addition of outsiders like McGrady or Bryant, I don't think anyone will make us stronger than before. And I want to try once, just once, in the last year. Regardless of the results of the next season, no matter who is traded after that, I have no opinion, even if you trade Shareef and Jason together." Liu Mang said seriously.

If Liu Mang wants to keep the core lineup and strengthen it, he has to bet. From the experience he knows of Rasheed Wallace, as long as he is on a team that emphasizes defense and has someone who can supervise him, he can play well.

Liu Mang felt that it was time for him to take on the responsibilities of a leader, let Rasheed Wallace play well like Sabonis did, or urge Rasheed Wallace like Ben Wallace who suppressed Rasheed Wallace's character in the future.

After Sabonis retired, Paul Allen finally began to make drastic changes to the team.

When Sabonis was there, Paul Allen didn't act badly or dismantle the team because he cared about the face of this great basketball star in the world. Paul Allen was a true basketball fan, similar to his colleague Ballmer, but Sabonis announced his retirement, and Paul Allen was about to clear out the team's bloated candidates.

Originally, after the Trail Blazers’ playoff tour, the Blazers’ management communicated with Rasheed Wallace, wanting him to partner with Zach Randolph, who only played 15 minutes this season but averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game and has great potential. However, Rasheed Wallace directly stated in an interview that he did not accept playing center.

But because of Rasheed Wallace's character, so many technical fouls, and this direct public choke with Paul Allen, other teams avoided Rasheed Wallace.

If it is the original history, Rasheed Wallace did not trade out all summer. It was not until the Eagles announced that they would push for reconstruction and traded Rasheed, who had lost his desire to play, before Rasheed Wallace was brought back.

Rasheed Wallace's trade value is very average, as long as a star forward is enough, the Eagles can operate, but now the Eagles management is very cautious after suffering from the Bucks' losses.

Price, Coach Kruger, and Mike Woodson looked at each other, seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.

Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang, who had his own ideas and was so determined, and felt that the child had grown up and his wings were hardened. Although he didn't know whether this firm idea would end well or not, he passed the stage of waiting for the team to make arrangements. Regardless of the team, Coach Kruger was very happy about it.

Give him a hand!If you succeed, you are successful, if you fail, a big fall is also a kind of growth.

Coach Kruger asked seriously: "Ace, are you sure you want to be teammates with Rasheed Wallace?"

"Of course, trust my coach, I know him, you will be very satisfied with such an insider, Mike, you don't have to worry about his defense, he will do a good job, trust me." Liu Mang is also very serious, unknowingly, Liu Mang's tone is full of deception: "We have the best defensive coach, the most enlightened head coach and owner, we will succeed, I will definitely lead my teammates to success next season, we will not fail!"

Coach Kruger pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I agree with this proposal, Mike, what about you?"

Mike Woodson looked at the guy who changed his mind and didn't accept the invitation of his mentor Larry Brown but stayed with the Eagles, that is Liu Mang's firm expression, and smiled helplessly: "Okay, Ace, let's go crazy with you for a while, and I agree."

"...You really don't take money for money! Well, I agree, Ace, if the deal is completed, you have to renew the contract in advance!" Price put forward a condition weakly.

Since Price's wrong signing last offseason, his authority has been greatly damaged. If he fails to renew his contract with Liu Mang this time, and let Liu Mang run away due to dissatisfaction after the next season, he estimates that he will not be far from being transferred to a position with little real power.

Liu Mang wanted to keep the core lineup of Raheem, Jason Terry, Muhammad, and Ratliff. Price and the coaching staff were a little helpless. If one or two of these people can be used as bargaining chips, it is not impossible to impress the management of some teams with unstable superstars.

Like Carter, although he is not a superstar because of his defense and playing attitude, his strength is not inferior to that of a superstar, but his desire to win is a little lower, especially because he has fully recovered from his injury.

In addition, he was forced to participate in the slam dunk contest, and Carter and the Raptors management had a bad relationship. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Carter will not stay in the Raptors for long, and it is not impossible to give a suitable bargaining chip.

But Liu Mang clenched his teeth and wanted to fight with these people for another year, so there was no other way but a roundabout way of trading.

This difficulty is not small, only in terms of draft picks.

As for Prince and Boozer, they don’t consider trading for the time being. They still have a three-year rookie contract with a salary of one million yuan. Such a cheap contract with starting-level strength is very important for a championship team. The first three years are not in the trade plan of the Eagles management...Of course, if you can get a superstar, it doesn’t matter so much.

But having a cheap contract is the key to every championship team. The OK combination can win the championship because Kobe’s contract extension is only 900 million starting salary at the beginning, and the Lakers only have dual cores, so they can have enough money for role players.

Of course, after three years of playing, the group of role players of the Lakers have all drained their abilities.

Since the introduction of the salary cap in 1984, the rookie bonus has become the key to winning the championship!

The Lakers won the last three championships in the 80s, relying on a free No. [-] pick to select Jordan's senior James Worthy.

The Bulls' two three-peat championships relied on the salary cap increase, plus Pippen's cheap contract and Jordan's four-year, 4 million contract during his first three-peat championship.

The Rockets' two consecutive championships depended on Olajuwon's salary of more than 300 million, which gave them room to introduce the glider Drexler with an annual salary of up to 900 million.

The Spurs' 99 championship relied on the bonus of Duncan's three-year rookie contract.

When there are starting forwards like Prince with a salary of only 102 million next season or the first substitute for forward guards, and Boozer who will be the first insider with a salary of 97 next season, the Eagles can undoubtedly spend more money on the starting lineup.

In particular, Liu Mang's one-year rookie bonus extended next season, with a salary of $72, will give the Eagles more money to spend on other players.

On Liu Mang's side, he sacrificed so much to extend the right to renew his rookie contract with his home team for more than one year to get a base salary, not just to have the bird rights, but also to directly exceed the salary cap to get a maximum salary.

More importantly, because of these teammates!

If he can't win the first championship with these teammates who have grown up together from the beginning, he feels that he will definitely leave regrets that cannot be erased in his life.

Extending the rookie contract for one year can start to get more money in the fourth year, and at the same time give Jason Terry and others room to renew the contract. For Liu Mang, this wave is not a loss.

"Okay, now that we have set our goals, let's start to act, and we can't let other people get ahead of us." Price is also a person who does what he says, otherwise he wouldn't be so hard-headed and fooled by the Bucks last year. "Lang, I now appoint you as the team's head coach and deputy general manager. You have the right to discuss trades with other teams. I will communicate with the Blazers. Lang, you will communicate with the Celtics..."

(End of this chapter)