Chapter 387 Trading Begins

   On this day, Pharaoh only did recovery training and two system trainings. After training at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, he had dinner at the base.

   "The food is okay."

   took a look at the dishes. He was not as particular as before, mainly beef and chicken, and not much pork. He nodded.

  Liu Yumin also brought a plate and said with a smile: "This year, the national economy has improved a bit, and the above allocation has been a little more.

   But it’s still not enough. I ran up and down to sponsor, and I took some money from the CBA, and some of it was posted on the food. "

Gong Lumin said: "We originally planned to go to the United States to play a few warm-up games, but then we changed the plan. Our main opponent is not the United States team, but a country that plays international basketball rules, so we arranged to play in Europe last month. A few warm-up games. Played five games in total, lost two games, won three games, and the effect was OK.”

   "Is the opponent the national team?" Pharaoh asked casually.

   Gong Lumin said a little embarrassedly: "No, most of the players they send are the second team."

  Pharaoh is speechless, the second team has lost two games, is this okay? Coach Gong, can you be more sincere in your attitude?

   A group of people chatted while eating, and naturally talked about the Olympic Games and the Dream Team.

Gong Luming said: "According to US media reports, the members of the Dream Team include Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson, Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Barkley, Pippen, Grant Hill, Richmond, and Reggie Miller. , Anfernee Hardaway, John Stockton, Payton, coach Wilkens."

   "I X, they're all here?"

  Pharaoh opened his mouth wide, can such a strong lineup do it?

  Hu Weidong has talent and strength, yearning for the NBA, and then shouted: "Old K, tell us, what are these people so powerful?"

   Old Wang shook his head and said disdainfully: "It's just normal. These guys are the core and boss of each team. They must be disobedient to each other. When they are on the field, they will do their own things. We have a chance."

   Everyone's face twitched. They are the core and boss of the NBA team. Is this just normal?

Pharaoh introduced: "Let's talk about O'Neal first, he is a waste out of the paint area, don't worry about him. David Robinson, the efficiency is too low, the more he scores, the more the team loses. Olajuwon, don't look at him. Just won the championship and FMVP. I'm old. If I didn't hurt my finger this time, he might have continued to hug his thigh. Others..."

   "Cough! That iron army..."

   Liu Yumin hurriedly interrupted Pharaoh's words, and let him continue. Laozi is the best in the world, everyone will be fooled to death by him, and then he will go on the field and be blinded.

  The next time, Pharaoh began to practice with the national team to adapt to the rules of international basketball. He has played this before, but now he is only familiar with it, and the process is very fast.

   As for the tactics used by the men's basketball team, the whirlwind fast break mentioned earlier is the main style of play in the men's basketball team in this era. It is very distinctive and invincible in Asia.

   But now that Pharaoh has joined, when he is on the court, the tactics must be tilted toward him, reducing such fast breaks and playing more positional warfare.

But his speed is actually pretty good now, faster than Wang Zhizhi, faster than Bart, and he is the fastest among the three centers. Practice fast break tactics.

  …

   At 9 a.m. on July 5, the NBA officially announced that the salary cap for the 96/97 season was $25.28 million, an increase of nearly one million dollars over the previous season.

   At the same time, this also means that the trading freeze period has passed and the free market has officially opened.

   After 9:00, a flurry of free agency signings took place and made public.

  Olajuwon signed with the Lakers for five years and seventy million.

   Mutombo joined the Eagles for five years and 56 million.

   With the signing of free agency, a flurry of trade requests made their way to Stern's desk.

   He looked at it, Ewing going to the Pacers?

   Yes, the Magic don't know how to cherish anyway, Ewing went to the Pacers, just to add a strong opponent for the Knicks and the Bulls to fill the vacancy of the Magic, lest Jordan and O'Neal be too invincible in the East and affect the balance.

  Other transactions, nothing important, pass them one by one.

   Then, a series of transactions took place.

  The Suns also got Kidd and Rasheed Wallace, as well as Kobe.

  Ben Wallace knew it for a long time, he was notified after the draft, and he and Wang Tiejun also spoke on the phone, so there was no disappointment, packed up and moved.

Kidd was very disappointed after knowing that he was traded to the Suns. He didn't expect that he didn't win the position of the boss. Now he was thrown to the Suns. How can he fight for the boss in the Suns, he will be beaten to death by the old K. In the future, I'm afraid it's the main position to fight for there, right?

   I was just about to compete for the top spot in the Mavericks, and in the blink of an eye, I was going to be a substitute for Lightning. The contrast was too great, and I wanted to hit the wall.

   Alas, I had known this earlier, why are you fighting for the boss, isn’t it bad for the Big Three? What kind of woman are you fighting for? Isn't it bad for everyone to drive a car together? Share it with everyone, the more drivers, the less tired it is.

  Rasheed Wallace was pleasantly surprised when he learned the news. He didn't have many chances with the Bullets. Now that he has gone to the Suns, he should have more chances, right? He also feels that he is a good match for the old K.

  Phoenix, Colangelo Jr. wrote the existing lineup on paper and began to calculate the space.

   Centers: Wang Tiejun, Holt Red Williams, Tisdale

   Forwards: Rasheed Wallace, Robert Horry

  Guards: Kevin Johnson, Kidd, Wilkins, Kobe, Rex Chapman

Traded Rasheed and Kidd, and brought in insider Holt Red Williams and guard Rex Chapman from free agency, plus Kobe, now a total of ten contract players, a few edge last season Everyone has been cleaned up.

   Veteran Tisdale originally had a one-year contract of 3.48 million, but there was not enough space, so he had to buy out his contract, and then signed it back with a basic salary of 250,000.

   This is also a regulation of the NBA. People who buy out the contract can only sign the basic salary when they sign again.

Holt Red Williams can play the 4-5 position. He is 34 years old. The Cavaliers' rotation main center last season. He averaged 26.6 minutes per game last season, and also got 12.6 points and 6 rebounds. There is still some fuel in the gas tank. , stronger than the current Tisdale, and can become the first backup at No. 4 and No. 5.

  Rykes Chapman, 29 years old, the No. 8 pick in the first round in 1988, averaged 14 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3 assists and 0.8 steals in 33.3 minutes per game with the Heat last season. He also has some strength, and it still has a role to play on the bench.

  The main lineup he created is center Wang Tiejun, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Robert Horry, shooting guard Wilkins, and point guard Kevin Johnson.

   In this main lineup, Horry has three points and can be pulled away.

  Rashid also has a one-point three-pointer with a 33% shooting rate, but a good two-point shooting rate at 40.3%, and a higher two-point shooting rate, reaching 45%, and also has a strong ability to pull off.

   However, the ability to pull the back line is insufficient, and neither the Lightning nor Wilkins has three points.

   Kobe will be the No. 2 first backup, focusing on training, strengthening the training of pull-up jumpers, as well as the training of mid-range and long-range shots.

However, in the position of shooting guard, we should discuss with Westphal in the new season to see if we should focus on cultivating Kobe in the regular season. Anyway, Wilkins does not match the old K, and Kobe's shooting is better. , first put Kobe in the main position to try.

   In addition, we still need to reinforce the small forward. There are substitutes in other positions, but this position has no substitutes.

  The inside line also has to find a marginal person to make up the number. There is no room, so we can only find a basic salary player to make up the head.

   Now he has to calculate the salary space of these 10 people and how much is left before he can continue to introduce players, otherwise there is no way to sign them.

  Old K, occupying $3.54 million of space, which is fixed.

   Holt Red Williams $4 million, Rasheed Wallace $2.06 million, Tisdale $250,000.

   Horry is the last year of the contract, 1.7 million, the Lightning just signed a new two-year contract, 7 million next season, 8 million next season, Kidd is still a rookie contract, 4.41 million.

  Wilkins 250,000, Rex Chapman also joined the base salary, 550,000 for two years and 250,000 next season.

   Kobe just signed the rookie contract, 3+1, the last year of the team option, the rookie season is 1.02 million US dollars.

   "24.48 million, the salary cap is 25.28 million, and there is only room for 800,000."

He is a little envious of the treatment of the Knicks and Los Angeles. He can make up for the lack of contracts in other ways, but the Suns can't. Now he can only use the last 800,000 to sign three basic salaries. The basic salary of 250,000 is just enough to sign With three, fifteen players, and two more, I can't even find a reliable backup small forward.

   Regarding Kobe's contract, he originally wanted to sign two more years, at least a six-year child labor contract, but Kobe and his agent did not agree.

Kobe and his agent thought very clearly that if K was still healthy after four years, Bryant would not be the boss of the Suns, nor would he be able to get a big contract. If K declined after four years, he could just finish playing. A rookie contract, a big contract, so I don’t want to be bound by a rookie contract, I’m only willing to sign a four-year contract.

  …

  Los Angeles, Lakers general manager Jerry West is also calculating cap space.

  Although he has a big dream, the five-year contract of 70 million also occupies a considerable space.

  Dameng's contract for next season is 15 million, and there is only 10 million room left, so he has cleared a lot of marginal people before signing the big dream before freeing up the space.

   Anyway, next season is going to be bad. This job is not difficult, but the real difficulty is how to form a team that can hit the championship if Duncan is selected next year.

   Such a lineup must not have only Da Meng and Duncan. All other positions need a reasonable configuration, which requires salary space.

   Of course, this is under the condition that he can draw the No. 1 lottery. If he can't draw it, he will never believe in God again.

   The contract he estimated for Duncan was 300 in the first season, plus Da Meng's 14 million, which is 17 million according to the standard of the No. 1 pick inside.

   Fortunately, Eddie Jones' child labor contract is up to 6 years, and there are four years left. The 97/98 season is only 2 million, which is 19 million.

  Van Exel also has a two-year child labor contract, only 1.9 million.

  These four main players have a total of 20.9 million, and the salary cap should have some increase, so the space should be no problem.

   In order to be successful, he now plans to let Campbell go. Campbell's second contract has ended, and he is now a free agent. He has been waiting to renew his contract with the Lakers.

   In fact, with the current Lakers lineup, he joined the big dream, and he is already very strong, and even has the strength to hit the championship, but he is not satisfied, because the big dream is old, who knows how long it will last? So he insisted on playing bad next season.

   Soon, after the Lakers notified Campbell's agent, Campbell's agent immediately announced that Campbell entered the free market. If you are interested, please contact him immediately, if you are the one.

  …

   "Damn Lakers! These **** big teams, **** league!"

  Spurs, Popovich saw that the Lakers gave up Campbell, a 28-year-old center, and immediately scolded.

  Campbell was the main center of the Lakers last season. First he traded Divac, and now he is given up. What do the Lakers want to do?

   A big dream that is getting old will definitely not be able to support the Lakers' inside line. He immediately knows what the Lakers are thinking.

   is very clear, and it has already been executed, and it is the same as his idea, that is, it is bad, and he did not hesitate to clean up two good centers.

   This is what makes him annoyed, the Lakers have big dreams, what are you doing, aren't you going to rob Duncan with me?

   "Damn, next season we're going to lose every game we can, and if anyone dares to win, I'm not done with him," he vowed.

   He dreamed of grabbing Duncan, and imagining David Robinson and Duncan teaming up was enough to make him drool, but now that dream is under threat.

  …

   "Campbell?"

Sir   , general manager John Morris saw Campbell enter free agency, and it was a good deal.

   The Jazz have always been short of a good center. The contract of the main center Spencer is over and has already left. The Jazz have no plans to renew the contract and are ready to put Greg Ostertagh in the main position.

   But Greg doesn't have much talent either. He was the No. 28 pick in the first round of the Jazz last year. It was purely because of his youth that he wanted him to replace Spencer.

  Although Campbell is not a first-class center, but the second-class is definitely on the higher side. Last season, he scored 15 points and 8 rebounds, and he is not too old. He is two grades stronger than Greg. It is worth having.

However, the space needs to be cleared. Campbell doesn't have an annual salary of several million. Don't even think about signing in. A better insider is worth a lot of money. This requires clearing up several role players, and can only sign a few more marginal people with a basic salary. The thickness is about to be reduced, but there is no way to do this. Strengthening the main lineup is the most important thing.

   Soon, after making a decision, he began to contact Campbell's agent while cleaning up the contract

  In the end, Campbell joined the Jazz with a four-year contract of $30 million. The contract next season is $7 million, which is also the Jazz's first highest salary. John Stockton is only six million.

   With his addition, the Jazz got a second-class center and reinforced the worst No. 5 position. The entire lineup is much stronger than last season, and it officially has the confidence to hit the championship.

  …

Houston, Barkley signed a two-year contract with Mosaic. His popularity has always been good. He sold more tickets than Da Meng. Da Meng ran away, so the team did not want him to run away again. Not bad.

  Mosaic's boss Alexander had no idea of ​​winning the championship at all. This championship was forced out by the big dream. Now that the big dream has run away, he just wants to rely on Barkley and the glider to sell tickets.

As for Barkley, now that he has two championships in his hands, he belongs to the psychological realm of no desire and no desire. It was already planned.

  …

   On July 10th, in the capital, the atmosphere of the Olympic Games was already very strong. It was either intense preparations or intense preparations. The training bases of various sports were hung with long Olympic banners, urging the athletes to make final preparations.

The men's basketball team achieved the best result in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 10th, then 11th in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and the last 12th in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 Poor. Fortunately, the eighth place in the World Championships in 1994 can be regarded as a rebound, but the results of the Olympic Games really need to be improved.

   This time, the Sports Commission issued a target for the basketball department. If there is a breakthrough, the top eight in the Olympic Games must be out of the group stage and enter the knockout stage.

   This is the lowest goal, but the sports committee did not dare to set a higher goal. Although Wang Tiejun was recruited, one’s strength is always limited. The men’s basketball team was drawn in the group of death, and it was not easy to get out of the group stage.

  On the 13th day, the TOEFL test scores of Da Ya Erya came out. They were excellent, and the language for studying abroad was closed.

  This time, the two sisters wanted to go to the same university, and they applied to many American universities, including Stanford University, MIT, Harvard, and Princeton. Whichever university admits them at the same time will go to which one.

   As for whether or not they can be admitted, the two sisters are not worried at all. After three years of university life, they do not have to worry about food and clothing. Under the circumstance of a superior family, they study wholeheartedly, and their talent in learning has exploded, giving them full self-confidence.

   In addition, they also completed the credits ahead of time, and obtained the graduation certificate and degree certificate of Tsinghua University and Jiaotong University. The two of them each obtained three degree certificates.

  15th, the men's basketball team set off for the Atlanta Olympics and left for the United States.

   Of course, there are many national teams, basketball teams, table tennis teams, diving teams, weightlifting teams and so on.

  The basketball teams are all big guys, and it was a little slow to get on the plane. When they got up, the other teams were already seated, and they were waiting for them.

   "It's a lot of pressure, it's all about our country's dream team."

   As soon as Pharaoh entered the cabin with his head lowered, he felt the pressure when he saw the table tennis team, diving team, and weightlifting team, because at a glance, he saw at least five Olympic champions.

   "Liu Chu, why don't we change planes. Sitting with these champions, we feel very humble." He shouted to Liu Yumin in front.

   "Puchi, haha..." The cabin burst into laughter.

"hurry up."

   Liu Yumin couldn't help laughing and laughing, and he kept calling the team members to move forward. They were big and they were all arranged in the front, that is, the business class of the passenger plane. Wang Tiejun and several other insiders were arranged in the first class, which was more spacious.

   "Hello everyone, I'm Wang Tiejun, a rookie in the Olympics. You can just call me Lao Wang, or Lao K. Please take care of me in the future." Lao Wang greeted the other team members as he walked forward.

  Nantong's Liu Yueban shouted: "Old K, you are in the United States, and you went there, please take care of you!"

   "Say hello if you have something."

   "Yes, you are half a landlord over there, how are you going to entertain us?" Fu Minxia of the diving team stood up and leaned on the back of the chair and asked with a smile.

   "I didn't say it, Beauty Fu, I will entertain you as you said."

   "Old K, how about asking you to exchange some U.S. dollars? We want to buy something to bring back to China, but the foreign exchange is not enough." Zhan Zhugang of the weightlifting team asked with a smile.

   "Small things, dollars are enough."

   "What did you say? There are hundreds of people in our Olympic team." Deng Yaping shouted.

   "Who's talking? Who? You stand up and let me see?" Pharaoh looked around.

   "Old K, don't go too far and bully us short." Deng Yaping, who had been standing, laughed.

   "Haha..." There was another big laugh in the cabin.

   Lao Wang greeted Deng Yaping with a smile, and said to everyone, "Everyone wants to exchange dollars. Just look for me when you get off the plane. There are hundreds of Olympic delegations, and if you don't pull one, the official exchange rate will be guaranteed."

   "Oh, that's great!"

  The cabin immediately cheered.

In fact, the domestic foreign exchange situation has improved in the past two years. It was less than 20 billion in 1992, 50 billion in 1994, and 70 billion last year. The situation is better this year, but the country is too big, so foreign exchange control is still very strict. Yes, the amount that can be exchanged when going abroad is not much. An Olympic athlete can have a maximum of one thousand dollars in one's pocket.

   When he said this, not only the athletes, but also the coaches and managers were moved.

   (end of this chapter)