Chapter 897 897. America’s best player applies to play!

After the training camp was completely over, Kobe stayed at the training ground at his home, thinking hard about how to practice the "essence of post-up play" he learned from Olajuwon.

Liu Xiu went to see Kobe twice and felt that Kobe might be going from Mediterranean to bald, and he wouldn't even need to shave his hair.

You no longer need Vanessa to help you shave your hair before going out every day like now.

He feels that he has gained a lot from studying in the past few weeks.

As planned, there are clear improvement plans in several directions for improvement.

What's a little pity is that at the end, Iverson was not asked to learn two moves.

On September 13th, Liu Xiu left Los Angeles and returned to China aboard the Rose Bay Prison for this year's four-stop domestic promotional activities.

Due to family matters and training, Liu Xiu has put all commercial activities this summer aside, leaving only the promotional activities for the "Warden 3 Dynasty Edition" boots in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Arriving in the Imperial Capital on the morning of the 14th, Liu Xiu saw the news that the United States defeated Argentina 104-88 and won the America's Cup.

But the Copa America MVP was won by Scola of Argentina.

In the press conference after winning the championship, Jerry Colangelo, chairman of the United States Blue Association, announced a piece of news that had nothing to do with the players participating in the America's Cup this time -

Kobe Bryant has promised to represent the United States in next year's BJ Olympics.

The news intensity during this period was much higher than the United States team winning the America's Cup.

All major basketball websites put this matter directly on the headlines.

Sports Illustrated's headline is - The best basketball players in the world will compete in the BJ Olympics.

ESPN headlines are - America's best basketball players will compete in the BJ Olympics.

When domestic mainstream media reprint news, they all choose the latter.

Liu Xiu learned about this from Kobe during the training camp, so he didn’t pay too much attention and worked hard.

If you postpone all promotional activities at the beginning, then you don’t need to worry about it, but now that you have decided on the promotion you want to do, you have to invest in it so that the fans who come to participate in the promotional activities are worth their money and energy.

During the earliest publicity activities, he did not have such an "awareness". It was the feelings gained from publicity activities again and again that gave him his current work attitude.

A few more days passed, and on September 19th, the long and smelly soap opera that had begun to bore fans was finally over!

Nets reach deal with Knicks.

The Knicks used David Lee, Steve Francis, and the top three protected draft picks in the 2008 first round as bargaining chips to sign and then trade for McGrady from the Nets, signing a contract with a starting salary of US$19.61 million.

Knife, a new contract worth a total of 84 million U.S. dollars over 4 years!

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Just do it yourself!

Liu Xiu saw that Tracy McGrady ended up in the Big Apple and didn't know where to complain.

At the beginning, many teams pursued McGrady, and even the Mavericks were ready to clear space or trade to get McGrady.

But McGrady seems to be holding people back because there are too many choices to make.

As for why I hang it, there is a possibility that it is fun.

But as time went by, people gave up and implemented other plans.

Two teams withdrew their offers, but McGrady didn't care.

But one day, McGrady found that no team had any room left, and no team was willing to make room for him or give him chips.

The Lakers, who had been waiting the longest, couldn't hold back and offered Joe Smith a two-year contract of US$10.62 million, blocking the freed salary space of US$18 million.

Only the Knicks, who were obsessed with super giants, were left. They sent the young talent that the Nets wanted, a big expiring contract, and a first-round pick that might not be low in the draft. He had no choice but to go to the Knicks.

Staying with the Nets becomes a bargaining chip for the other party? He doesn't want to lose face.

Liu Xiu estimated that McGrady is still confused and angry - why did those teams stop chasing him halfway? If he persisted, he agreed!

After the sign-and-exchange deal was completed, Liu Xiu saw the news that the Nets were starting to rebuild. After sending away McGrady, they began to sell Kidd and Richard Jefferson.

Soon the first offer came to light.

Popovich wanted to get Kidd, but when he got another chance, he made a decisive move again.

But the Nets refused, and exposed what they wanted to get in return for trading Kidd - a young talented point guard or swingman, and the other party was willing to take some junk contracts, and at least two more

First round pick.

Popovich is willing to give the 30-year-old Kidd such a bargaining chip.

But the 34-year-old Kidd still wanted such a bargaining chip. Even Popovich, who had coveted Kidd for a long time, chose to give up.

It's okay to have a talented point guard and a first-round pick, but it's okay to get a garbage contract. If the exchange is for a 34-year-old veteran who is at the end of his prime, it will be impossible for the Spurs, and the boss will jump on it.

This is the closest Popovich has come to bringing in a super giant in his life, but he refuses more decisively than ever.

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The four-station promotional event a week ended quickly. At first, Liu Xiu regarded it as a job, but later on, he also enjoyed this time.

But the song finally came to an end. On September 21st, he took the "Rose Bay Prison" to Los Angeles and took a rest. On the 23rd, the whole family returned to Portland. Compared with when they went there,

, one more person.

His aunt's due date is coming soon, next month.

The family is prosperous and every day is extremely lively. He is in a better mood every time he comes home.

On the 24th, one week before the official training camp begins, the Trail Blazers' gathering day arrives.

Liu Xiu came to the Wellamadi Gardens Training Center early, not because he was so active as the new season was approaching, but because the coaching staff informed him to go early because there was a small meeting to be held.

Without saying anything special, I introduced the four new players to him in advance and talked about some things.

Grant Hill, Vaughn Weaver, LaFrentz, and Juwan Howard, who was just signed two days ago.

Juwan Howard averaged 6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game for the Nets last season. After Tracy McGrady left the Nets a while ago, the Nets, in addition to selling two other perimeter players, were also trying to get rid of those junk contracts.

The Nets flipped the draft pick and sent Juwan Howard to the Kings. The Kings later waived him and he was signed by the Trail Blazers.

What I'm talking about is related to this season's plan.

The boss didn't insist on retaining many players this season, but last season's winning team retained more than a dozen players, this time 11.

Of these 11 people, it is certainly impossible for everyone to play well in the new season. If there is an opportunity for adjustment, the management will inevitably make changes.

Who doesn’t want to be greater…

Liu Xiu did not object, Raheem retired, Eddie Jones, Osela Hanington, and Mourning did not get their contracts renewed and all chose to retire.

If they retain the 11 players from last season, it means that they will be able to gather 15 players to win the championship this year.

The vice president who complained all the time last season about not having operational authority did nothing after he had the authority this year. Just for this, in this business alliance, the 'human touch' has been achieved to the extreme.
Chapter completed!