Chapter 290 Swept the Western Conference Finals and entered the finals

   The game is continuing. Although Da Meng and Barkley wanted to win this game, their strength was just one level behind the Suns, and in the end they failed to do so.

  92:121, the Suns won the game by 29 points, won the G4 game, completed the sweep of the Mosaic team, and played a staggering three sweeps in the Western Conference.

   This is also the first team in the history of the league to actually complete three rounds of sweeps and reach the finals.

  Dameng and Barkley carried the team's offense, plus Kenny Smith was half, two and a half people's offense couldn't carry the Suns' firepower.

Of the five starters of the Suns, only Green was guarded by Barkley and scored only 6 points. The others scored more than 15 points. Dan Marley scored 15 points, Kevin Johnson scored 23 points, and Drexler scored 23 points. He scored 27 points, Wang Tiejun scored 31 points, and the five teamed up to score 102 points.

   And Barkley and Big Dream teamed up to score 59 points. Under the help of the Suns on the outside, their efficiency was not very high. The overall shooting rate of the two was only 42%.

   "Congratulations to the Suns for reaching the finals with three sweeps." After the game, John Hanks sent his congratulations to the ABC commentary.

  Bill Walton also sent himself, congratulations on entering the 0 army, and then analyzed: "The reason why Mosaic was swept away is mainly because the outside line was exploded.

  Although old K's attack in the inside line is unstoppable, his defensive effect on Da Meng and Barkley is also average, and the inside line is considered to be exploding.

   The outside line cannot defend the Suns on the defensive end, and the offensive end cannot form an effective containment force, which makes the Suns’ outside line frequently double-team the low post, which reduces the low post Dream and Barkley’s offensive efficiency to a certain extent. "

  John Hanks said: "So although Mosaic has two low-ranking superstars, it is not surprising that they were swept."

   At this time, Bill Walton talked about another problem, he said: "From Mosaic, I think of the bull.

The Bulls are one level better than the Suns on both ends of the offense and defense, so if the two teams meet in the finals, will the Suns encounter the current situation with Mosaic, that is, they are blown up by Jordan and Pippen on the defensive end. Can't contain Jordan and Pippen on the offensive end, and then they go down to help defend old K? "

John Hanks immediately shook his head and said: "Impossible, no matter how strong Pippen and Jordan's defense is, they can't really strangle Glider and Lightning Thunder. They shouldn't be able to do what the Suns did to Mosaic tonight. ."

   "It's hard to say, let's watch the finals." Bill Walton laughed.

   At the scene, after the game, Pharaoh took the initiative to comfort Barkley and Da Meng, and said, "Poor old guys, how does it feel to be swept away?"

   "I wish you the finals and be swept by Jordan." Da Meng said angrily.

  Buckley nodded again and again, glared at Old Wang and said, "Old K, don't be complacent, we'll come back next year."

  Dameng heard this and quickly found Drexler, pulled him aside, hugged the other's shoulder and whispered, "Clyde, it's up to you next year."

   Drexler reluctantly said: "The Suns' offseason focus is on renewing the old K, and now they have not talked to me about a contract extension, and I will basically leave here next year.

   But how much contract your team gave me, Hakim, it's important, what do you do? This is probably my last contract. At least four years of the contract, the total contract value cannot be small. I will rely on it for the rest of my life. You know my current contract is very low. It is only 9.4 million in 7 years and 158 this year. Ten thousand U.S. dollars. "

  Da Meng nodded quickly and said, "Leave it to me, and I will immediately put pressure on the management."

   At this time, Colangelo received the Western Conference championship trophy from the vice president of the league, Sharif, and the West American Arena fell into cheers.

  The Suns began to celebrate with the Suns fans at the scene. Not to mention, as soon as Mosaic returned to the visiting team's locker room, the big dream went crazy.

"boom!"

   He kicked a closet door into a hole, startling everyone.

"how?"

   "Hakim, calm down."

   Head coach Tomjanovich, assistant coach Carroll Dawson, and general manager Steve Patterson, the three heard the sound and rushed in from the outside.

  Dameng roared: "I've had enough, I've decided, I'll leave after the next season."

  The three of Paterson sighed secretly, knowing that this time it was troublesome.

   If Da Meng really chooses to leave next season, he will be a completely free man by then, and the Mosaic team will not be able to leave any hair behind.

At this time, Da Meng roared again: "It is clear that we have the opportunity to bring Drexler to Houston, but you have done nothing, if the glider is on our team this time, it will be us entering the finals now, not the Suns. I've had enough of you, I'm leaving, and I'll do what I say."

   "Hakim, calm down, we will operate." Patterson said quickly.

   "Shut up, Mr. Patterson, you always talk shit, can you get money from Alexander? He sent you like a beggar." Da Meng said angrily.

  Patterson is speechless, then what can I do? The team has encountered a stingy boss again. If he doesn't give money, I really can't get anyone.

   "Go tell him, if you don't bring the glider in, I'll leave and let his football market go to hell." Da Meng said angrily.

   The three of them looked at each other, and that was the only way to force the boss to take out the money, or else the big dream would really go away, and the team only had one Barkley left, what competitiveness would there be? If you can't make it to the playoffs, the market is really over.

   After they went out, Big Dream quieted down and whispered with Barkley.

   "Charles, do you think the boss will take the money?"

   "It should be. He just started the team not long ago. If the market collapses, the team's market value will plummet, and he definitely doesn't want that." Barkley said.

"hope so."

Da Meng murmured, thinking that the glider might come to him next season, he couldn't help but get excited, but when he thought of being swept away just now, his mood immediately dropped, and he said dissatisfiedly: "That bastard, old K, this time we must get the glider away. , break up his team so he can't even make the playoffs next season."

   Barkley said with a wry smile: "The Suns chose to trade me for reconstruction. I never thought that with a transitional lineup, they would actually be able to reach the finals."

  The big dream said angrily: "That's because the old K is too cheap, and they have enough salary space to accommodate AC Green and Drexler.

  Look at him getting a big contract this time, how much room does the Suns have to introduce other stars? Their strength is bound to plummet next season, and rebuilding will be difficult without a good rookie. "

   "Maybe Old K will be poached by the Lakers, and the Lakers are chasing them very closely." Barkley said suddenly.

   "Damn, he can't go to the Lakers, he should go to the New York Knicks. The Heat also have money, so can go to the Heat." Da Meng said irritably.

Barkley nodded, once the old K went to the Lakers, with the Lakers' financial resources, it would be easier than the Suns to build a team with championship competitiveness, and the threat to the Mosaic team would be great. Gliders, maybe they can't handle the Lakers.

  May 30th, the G5 match day of the Eastern Finals.

   This morning, at the New York Knicks headquarters, Ewing and his agent, David Frank, were negotiating a contract extension with the management.

  After being rejected by Hawksman, the Knicks were under pressure from David Frank, and finally chose to renew his contract with Ewing.

   The contract amount is still negotiated as originally agreed, at $21.72 million for two years, $18.72 million for the next season, the 95/96 season, and $3 million for the 96/97 season.

   After signing the contract, Ewing also officially became the first star in league history to receive an annual salary of 10 million yuan. At 10 a.m., the Knicks held a press conference to announce the renewal.

   As soon as the amount of this contract was announced, it immediately shocked everyone, and only some people who knew the inside story were not surprised.

For example, Jordan has long known about this contract from David Frank. Although he is a little envious, he is not jealous, because his own contract will only have one year left, and it will be at least 20 million by then. With this confidence, if the Bulls didn't give him a 20 million contract, he fired the Bulls.

  The reason why the Knicks gave Ewing this two-year contract with a big gap is for him. He also knew clearly from David Frank that the Knicks wanted to recruit him and were willing to offer a sky-high contract.

   "I X, more than eighteen million dollars a year?"

   When Lao Wang saw this news, his saliva flowed out.

   He ignored the 3 million in the second year and drooled at the 18.72 million in the first year.

   "More than eighteen million dollars?"

  Pippen was completely stunned after seeing the news.

In 1991, he signed a 7-year, $20 million contract. He was crazy with joy at the time. Jordan advised him not to sign for that long, because the salary cap of the league was raised every year, but he ignored it. Now I see This contract is directly insane.

His salary is 2.93 million next season, 2.25 million next season, and 2.78 million in the last year. He still has to play white labor for three years before he can end that **** labor contract. These three years add up to only 8 million. Less than halfway through next season for Ewing.

   The same superstar, why is he so miserable?

But the worst is yet to come. Some media immediately picked up his contract, compared it with Ewing's, and said: "Pippen counts 3 million next season, so Ewing's salary is equivalent to 6 per year. All I can say is, Pippen, you're so lucky, Bulls, that you're getting access to a superstar for free."

   "Ewing is equivalent to six Pippen, that's great, you know I'll only be equivalent to 1.5 skins next season." Barkley was interviewed outside the K martial arts gym in Phoenix this day.

   "1.5 skin?" The reporter's face twitched.

   "I will be equivalent to 1.8 skins next season." Da Meng said.

   The two have created a wave, and many players have quoted the "skin" as a wage measurement unit when they accepted it.

  Wang Tiejun also kept up with the trend and said to the media: "I have just one skin this year. I hope I can get ten skins in the future, haha!"

   "I'm 2.4, not bad." AC Green said.

   "I'll be 1.8 for next season." O'Neal said.

"I am the worst. If one skin is three million yuan, this season I am only equivalent to 0.539 skins. My expectation for the next contract is at least four skins a year and at least four or five years." Rexler said sadly.

   "These bastards!"

  Pippen was so angry that he almost vomited blood after seeing the news.

  Jordan knew that Pippen was not in a good mood, so he walked over to the latter and planned to comfort him.

   "Hey, man, don't take the words of those guys to heart, some of them are not as good as you, you see that Drexler guy, just half skinned, he also has the face to laugh at you?"

   "Michael?"

  Pippen glared at Jordan angrily.

  Jordan realized that he had made a mistake, and when he was about to apologize, he heard Pippen yell at him angrily: "After this contract is finished, I must sign a large contract with a total amount of at least 20 skins."

  “…”

  Jordan was stunned, you said it yourself, not me.

   In the evening, Pippen, who was stunned by anger, scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals, leading his team to defeat the opponent.

   So far, the Bulls eliminated the Magic with a big score of 4 to 1 and reached the finals.

   "Hey, Big Sewer, congratulations, you can go fishing."

   After the game, it is estimated that O'Neal returned to the locker room, and Pharaoh made a condolence call.

   "You bastard, old K, we can't beat the bulls, and you certainly can't beat them." O'Neal said weakly, not in the mood to care about the nickname of the Big Sewer, which was eliminated by him.

   "Go to Chicago and wait and see how I kick Jordan's ass." Pharaoh laughed.

   "Old K, if you win the Bulls and win this year's championship, I won't compete with you for the fourth super center." O'Neal hummed.

   "Really?"

   "Really."

   "OK, it's a deal." Pharaoh laughed and hung up the phone.

O'Neal had some regrets over there, but he immediately let go of his regrets, because he knew that if Old K could really kill this mighty Bulls team and win this year's championship, he couldn't compete even if he wanted to, the fourth-biggest super center It must be the old K.

   Even in the selection of the top 50 superstars in 1996, his chances are very small, and Lao K has a bigger chance than him.

  …

  The finals will start on June 5th, with a few days of rest, seven best-of-four games, two-three-two schedule, and the Bulls have home-court advantage.

   In addition, this year's finals will be broadcast live in the United States by TNT TV station. There are also more than 200 large and small TV stations around the world that have purchased satellite real-time broadcast signals, and more than ten TV stations will broadcast live in real time.

   On the morning of the 1st, Hawksman called Wang Tiejun to inform Wang Tiejun that Mammoth Company contacted him again and asked for a contract renewal negotiation, and he agreed.

Hawksman said: "Mammoth's situation is not good, you are their only big star, the others are not very good, although your shoes are selling well, but other sales are not good, the market competition pressure is too high , now the company has been unable to invest more R&D funds for the laboratory, so my opinion is, if possible, we switch to other brands.”

  Pharaoh asked suspiciously: "If Mammoth can't keep up, what are they doing to renew my contract?"

  Hoxman explained: "You are their last hope now. If you don't renew the contract, they will go bankrupt in a short time, so now they can only hold you and don't let go, and let go and sink directly.

  Old K, several companies like Nike, Adidas, and Puma have been contacting me for the past two years. They are willing to offer you a top-level contract worth tens of millions of dollars. What is your opinion? "

   "Top-level contracts worth tens of millions?" Pharaoh was shocked.

"Yes, this is your second shoe contract. With your current status and future development, it's not surprising that they gave such a contract. The point is, in general, centers don't sell shoes, but you With the exception of O'Neal, you are completely different from the previous centers, your style of play is very popular, the shoes are selling well, so they are willing to give a contract like this." Hoxman explained.

  Pharaoh suddenly thought of Jordan's MJ brand, and asked out of curiosity, "What contract did Jordan get?"

   "Uh, old K, Jordan is the only one with a lifetime contract. In the history of the league, he was the only one who got a lifetime contract from Nike, and there is a kind of sales share." Hoxman said.

   "Lifetime contract? As soon as you hear it, it's a high-end atmosphere!" Lao Wang said with envy and hatred.

   "Yes, a lifetime contract is Jordan's status symbol." Hoxman laughed.

   "Lance, I am nostalgic, you should talk to Mammoth first and see the conditions they gave." He said at this time.

"Of course, but before the finals are over, I won't reach any agreement with them. Old K, you try to show a good performance in the finals, so that my side will have more confidence. In addition, old K, except for Mammoth, I have prepared many endorsements for the world's top and first-tier brands for you, if you can win the championship and FMVP this time, those endorsements will be yours." Hoxman urged.

   Old Wang was very excited when he heard it, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will take care of the bull."

  Hawksman pondered for a while and said, "Old K, I told you about the operation of Mammoth just now, and their influence is limited, do you really not consider changing the brand?"

   "Not for now, don't you say it, other brands are all big-name players, am I the only one in Mammoth?" he said.

   "That's true," Hawksman said.

  Pharaoh actually thought very clearly that with the mountain behind CAA, as long as he performs well, there is no shortage of resources at all, so the big brands of Adi are no different from Mammoth, but his significance to Mammoth is even greater.

   At noon on this day, TNT announced a program about the finals, which will be broadcast at 8 pm on June 4th. The guests are Magic Johnson, Bird Bird, and the recently retired Moses Malone, as well as Rick Barry.

   In the afternoon, Wang Tiejun made arrangements and took a group of brothers to the shooting range of a gun shop in the suburbs.

   Over the past two or three years, he has already owned many kinds of guns in his home. As long as he can buy any guns that can be bought in the market, there are all kinds of guns.

  In the basement below the villa, he renovated a gun room with a hundred square meters, specially for these guys.

  Before the finals, I went to target with my brothers. I also wanted to relax and prepare for the upcoming finals.

   Since the martial arts gym opened, target shooting has become his and his brothers’ favorite entertainment and leisure program. He shoots at least twice a month, and he is ready to build a shooting range in the suburbs of Phoenix.

   Wang Tielong's group of brothers who were soldiers helped him. With a lot of bullet consumption, his marksmanship is now quite good.

   The target of 200 meters for an assault rifle is generally not lower than 95 for ten shots. The best record is 103, and it will be worse if it is farther away.

   (end of this chapter)