Chapter 571 The future bully becomes a younger brother

   The next day, at 9 am, the league announced the national live broadcasts of each team in the new season.

In 2002, that is, in January of this year, the NBA League reached a new broadcast contract with several major TV broadcasters. The six-year 4.7 billion US dollar contract and the annual revenue of nearly 800 million US dollars are distributed to each team. There is also $27 million, the market value of the entire NBA league has skyrocketed, and the salary cap for the new season has also risen to $43.5 million.

  Ten years ago, when Pharaoh first entered the league, the salary cap at that time was only more than 12 million US dollars. Ten years later, it has soared three or four times, and the market value of each team has also skyrocketed several times.

  The number of live shows in the United States symbolizes huge benefits. The more shows, the easier it is to win the favor of big advertisers. Teams with few shows can only get some small profits from local small advertisers.

  This time the Lakers ranked first and got 51 national broadcasts, the Knicks second with 50 games, the Nets third with 42 games, and the Blazers fourth with 38 games.

   And the Suns will get 32 ​​live broadcasts in the United States in the new season. Compared with the 8 games last season, it has quadrupled directly. The effect of Pharaoh's comeback and return to the Suns is immediate.

   But compared to the previous Suns and Lakers, the 32 live broadcasts in the United States are really too few.

Although the league doesn't want to support the Suns, and Stern doesn't want to support Pharaoh now, but the league can't affect the major TV broadcasters. The reason why the major broadcasters only broadcast 32 national broadcasts to the Suns is for one reason. Pharaoh can't attract fans anymore.

Pharaoh's record and personal data are still the number one player in history, but that is history. He is a center again. After his state declined, he lost his previous violence and ferocity, and was no longer entertaining. Times, broadcasters also think he is a thing of the past.

   This live broadcast shows that several major TV broadcasters such as TNT are really not optimistic about the Suns in the new season, and they are not optimistic about the state of Pharaoh after his comeback.

   However, the Suns still won 32 games, which also shows that several major broadcasters believe that Pharaoh still has a certain influence, but it is far less than a year ago.

   At this time, Pharaoh's evaluation of the four quarterbacks in an interview with the media at the gate yesterday also made headlines in many media.

   "Kobe, old K said that you are the first of the four shooting guards, what do you think?" Many reporters found Kobe.

   "It's rare, he rarely praises me. Now I know that he will praise me only when I'm not by his side," Kobe said.

   There were also many reporters who interviewed the other three shooting guards.

   "Alan, Mr. K said that he most wanted to cooperate with you. Do you think this proposal is attractive to you?" the reporter asked.

"I think he can join Philly, and I'm looking forward to joining forces with him. He symbolizes an era, the '90s are his, and fighting with him will inspire me more. He's in the past, and I hope Under his inspiration, it becomes the present tense and the future tense." Iverson said with a little excitement.

   "Old K thinks Kobe is the strongest among the four shooting guards, do you have any opinion?" the reporter asked.

   Iverson shrugged and said, "That's old K's personal opinion, everyone has the right to say what they think, isn't it?

   Kobe would not have won four championships if he hadn't been by his side. Time will prove that I won't lose to him. "

   At noon, the Suns returned to Phoenix after the preseason.

   In the afternoon, Pharaoh received a guest at home, Patrick Ewing.

   It can be seen that King Kong, who has achieved nothing at the age of 40, has a miserable face, and just this face full of misery, Hollywood's first-class director can make a blockbuster disaster film with this.

Lao Wang wanted to make fun of him, but he couldn't say it. Forget it, he didn't attack King Kong. Instead, he comforted him with kind words: "King Kong, don't worry, you will be at most fifty years old in the Suns, and we will definitely do it. Championship."

  Ewing's old face collapsed, your grandma's, fifty years old, fifty years old, my coffin board is half covered, laying on the bed to play ball?

"Ha ha!"

   After teasing, Pharaoh said quickly: "I promised Reggie Miller, why doesn't he come?"

  Ewing shook his head and said, "He wants to persevere to the end, one person, one city, and not bow his head for the championship."

   Old Wang sighed: "Unfortunately, neither you nor I could persevere."

   After saying this, he said again: "But what about one person, one city? I play basketball, and chasing the highest honor is my first goal. I don't regret leaving the Suns."

  Ewing nodded and said, "I want to try what it's like to lift the O'Brien Cup."

  “…”

   There was deep sadness in his words, and Lao Wang couldn't help but fall silent.

  With 6 crowns in 9 years, he can't understand Ewing's 17 years without a championship. In terms of honor, they are too different and have no common language. If you want to comfort him, you can't even talk about it.

   After thinking about it, he still comforted: "King Kong, you have been in the limelight recently. The case of the Gold Club has attracted more attention than winning the championship. I think it is not bad."

  “…”

  Ewing stared at Pharaoh, like an impending attack, with both fists clenched.

"Ha ha…"

  Pharaoh laughed slumped on the sofa.

  On the 22nd, the official training camp starts, which also symbolizes the beginning of the new season.

   It was a quarter to 9 in the morning, and Pharaoh had already arrived at the headquarters.

  I walked to the training hall along the familiar road, and greeted the staff I met from time to time. Some people I didn’t know, and some were old people from before.

   But he was earlier, and his teammates were earlier. When they came to the locker room of the training hall, even Ewing had already arrived.

   pushed the door open and saw him coming, even Ewing stood up.

Pharaoh walked into the familiar locker room and looked at his teammates. Except for Ewing and Randy Brown who entered the league earlier than him, Tom Gugliotta was the same year as him, and everyone else was junior, which gave him a sense of A feeling of being old.

   He was looking at others, and others were looking at him.

Nash was very emotional. When he participated in the draft, the old K was already famous. Later, he dominated an era, created a dynasty, surpassed Jordan, and became the first person in history. If it wasn't for a sudden accident and serious injury, Now the old K, I don't know how great it will be.

  Penny Anfernee Hardaway, the Jordan successor who was at the core of the Magic and O'Neal competition, is now full of injuries and has long lost the pride and spirit of the year. He looked at the old K, and his heart was even stronger.

   is also seriously injured, but Old K has already climbed to the top of the league before the serious injury, and it is the highest in history, but he has achieved nothing so far.

   It's just that no matter how great a person is, he has fallen into the mortal world like him now. He simply can't understand why a rich and honored person like Old K should come back?

  Marion, Joe Johnson, including Stoudemire, looked at the old K, and they all had their own ideas at this moment.

   But it doesn't matter what they think, because no matter what they are now, in front of Pharaoh, they don't have the right to speak.

  This has nothing to do with strength, just based on their qualifications, even if they become the most powerful people in the Suns in the future, they have to be under Pharaoh and obey Pharaoh's management when they enter the locker room.

  From the moment Pharaoh stepped into the locker room, he was the leader of the locker room.

   "From now on, I decide everything here."

   Lao Wang said this sentence with a smile, and his tone was light. After he finished speaking, he sat down beside himself, also under the first wardrobe by the door, and put the sports backpack under his feet.

   He didn't even check whether the name of the wardrobe was his, because he believed that it must be his name, and there was no second possibility.

   But his words, Marion and the others felt the domineering and mighty force blowing towards them, making them a little breathless.

   It is the boss who decides everything. What is the boss? He is the leader of the locker room and the core of the court. In the team, he is the boss.

   "Call me the boss?"

   At this moment, Ewing, who couldn't hit a fart with three punches, actually spoke.

   This change surprised Old Wang, raised his head and glanced at Ewing, this old man has changed, and he is actually flattering?

   "Boss."

   Only then did a group of Suns players react and shouted.

"Um."

   Old Wang Lao Shen was sitting on the ground and nodded, raised his hand and hooked his finger at Stoudemire, and said, "Rookie, come and help me organize the wardrobe."

"what?"

  Stoudemire didn't react.

   "Come on, rookie, the boss is calling you." The smart Marion pushed the high school student.

Only then did Stoudemire react, and he stepped forward quickly. Nie opened the closet door behind Pharaoh, glanced at it, and said, "Boss, it's empty inside, what, how to organize it? I'll go get it, Take a towel and wipe it?"

  Pharaoh was speechless, threw his bag at the feet of the high school student and said, "Put it away for me."

"oh oh."

  Stoudemire hurriedly acted and finished it clumsily. The temperature at the end of October made him sweat profusely.

He is 9 years younger than the old K. When the old K was famous in the NBA, he was still a child. He has been watching the old K blow up the entire NBA league. Now he is playing by the old K's side. For him , is an honor, so very nervous.

   "Boss, it's sorted." After finishing, he said nervously to Pharaoh.

   "Yes, there is potential."

   Old Wang, who was chatting with Ewing, nodded and praised him.

   "Thank you boss for the compliment."

  Stoudemire entered the role of the younger brother very quickly, thank you immediately.

He is very talented, very proud, and will not easily convince people, but Old K is the first person in the history of the league. Even if he knows that Old K is not as strong as before, his status in the league is still higher than his rookie level 108. , to be able to get a compliment from the old K is a reward for him, and he is very proud.

  After changing the equipment, under the leadership of Pharaoh, the Suns players came to the training ground.

  The management and the coaching staff are waiting for them. After the staff arrives, the management will speak first.

   Mrs. John trusted Colangelo Jr. not only as the general manager, but also as the vice-chairman of the team, actually in charge of the team, so he made the speech.

After the players lined up, he stood at the front, that is, in front of Pharaoh, and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, the new season has begun, and our Phoenix Suns will also have a new and hopeful team. season, because we brought back the Sun King that belongs to Phoenix."

   "Clap clap clap..."

   A group of people from the management team clapped their hands excitedly, and then the players applauded enthusiastically, without the excitement of the management team.

   None of these players were players when K was in the Suns, so they didn't have any emotions about the return of the Sun King at all, and they couldn't get excited at all.

After    Little Colangelo, head coach D'Antoni also said a few words, and finally Pharaoh also said a few words, which is a complete process.

   Then the management left and the coaching staff started to arrange training.

   First, exercise the body for 15 minutes, and then take a physical test. The purpose of this physical test is to let the coaching staff fully understand the physical state of the players after an offseason.

   "Why didn't Mr. K take a physical test?"

   "He's the boss, so he still needs a physical test?"

   Seeing that Pharaoh was practicing hooking, he didn't mean to come to the physical examination, and the players began to talk in a low voice.

  Xiao Fan heard the explanation: "Old K's physical test data has been obtained by the coaching staff, so there is no need to carry out the physical test."

  Marion and others also wanted to see the current state of the first person in history, old K, from the physical test data.

  The physical test was conducted at ten o'clock. It was almost noon after the end. The training continued in the afternoon. All the players ate at the headquarters.

  Old K took a look at Ewing's physical test data. The old guy is really not good. At 40 years old, it is estimated that he will have to retire next year.

   The management only gave Ewing a one-year contract, and should not give Ewing another contract, so if he can't win the championship this season, Ewing has a high probability of winning no championship in his life. If so, he can't do anything about it.

  It's just that Ewing signed a big four-year contract with the Pacers himself. If he signed two less years, he would have won the championship with the Lakers hugging his thighs.

   "Old K, is there any hope for this season?" While eating lunch, Ewing suddenly stopped and asked in a heavy tone.

   Old Wang secretly sighed, are you annoying? Yesterday I asked at least ten times at my house, and now it's here again?

   "Don't worry, King Kong, I won't let you down, you haven't played in the Western Finals, right, this time I will definitely let you play in the Western Finals, I'll keep my word." He said.

The veins on Ewing's forehead jumped. I've been in the East all the time. Of course, I can't play in the Western Conference Finals. Also, I'm in the Western Finals. What I want is the finals, the championship. Don't lower my standards for me !

Marion next to    glanced at Pharaoh, then at Ewing, lowered his head and smiled.

   Old Wang glanced at Marion and felt that this guy and King Kong should be close relatives.

   "Sean..." he said.

   "Ah, boss, is there anything you ordered, whether you want soup or salad, I'll go get it for you." Marion said slyly.

   "How's your offensive ability with the ball?" Pharaoh asked.

"this?"

  Marion said awkwardly: "It's okay."

  Pharaoh looked at Marion, nodded and said, "I'm also a man. I understand that men don't want to say that I can't, but you really can't do this, so don't hold on."

"what?"

  Marion is stunned, boss, what are you saying about me, don't mislead others!

   "Puff!"

   The others laughed.

D'Antoni was at another table. After hearing the conversation here, he put down his knife and fork and said, "Sean does have the ability to set up three-pointers. Defensively, he can even play as a four."

   "A little shorter, right?" Old Wang said.

   "At 201 cm, it is indeed a little short, and it is too thin to carry people." Little Van Gundy said.

   Everyone chatted and ate while eating. After eating, they rested for an hour. When it was almost two o’clock, they returned to the training ground to continue training.

   (end of this chapter)