Chapter 270 Enjoy, LeBron

LeBron followed Diddy into the house and looked around curiously, wanting to see what was different between the rooms of the top bosses in the entertainment industry and his own normal rooms.

Diddy stood at the door, leaning against the door, just looking at him, and turned on the speaker at the door, and the room was instantly filled with his music.

LeBron nodded unconsciously to the music.

Diddy saw him walking towards the bed, so he followed him and closed the door.

LeBron didn’t notice Diddy’s move.

He had been completely seduced by the luxury of the diddy room.

At this moment, Diddy suddenly approached and asked LeBron in an ambiguous tone: “How is my room, LeBron? Does it not disappoint you?”

LeBron nodded, it was indeed luxurious enough.

And at this moment, he felt something strange.

The river crab beast passed by…

“what are you doing?”

LeBron was startled and pushed Diddy away.

Diddy spread out his hands very experiencedly: “Nothing, LeBron, don’t be nervous, I just want you to know how your idol usually communicates with his fans!”

fxxk!

LeBron looked very unhappy, but Diddy’s status in the entertainment industry made it difficult for him to get angry directly. He tried his best to force a smile: “Diddy, I’m sorry, my sexual orientation is normal, and this is something I cannot accept!”

As he said this he walked towards the door.

“3 million, LeBron, 3 million as long as you are willing!” Diddy’s voice sounded again.

Quote now!
“Sorry!” LeBron just wanted to leave now.

“5 million, LeBron, I can give you 5 million!”

The door opened and LeBron had already walked out. Diddy called out the price again, but LeBron still left in a hurry. Diddy watched him leave in a hurry, but continued to chase him and shouted:

“6 million, or even more, LeBron, I can give it to you as long as you are willing!”

His shout did not get a response from LeBron, but the door of another room opened. Kanye came out, glanced at Diddy, and then looked in the direction Diddy walked. He recognized the back; it was LeBron.

Diddy was not embarrassed at all. He even looked into Kanye’s bedroom. After confirming that there was a woman inside, he made a “have fun” gesture and returned to his room.

West looked at LeBron’s back again and cursed inwardly:
“Diddy is such a idiot. He is becoming more and more perverted!”

Even James wants to ride, this is crazy, what is this?
“Kanye, what are you doing?”

There came an urging voice from the room, it was none other than Kim Kardashian. At first, when she heard West open the door, she thought that the two of them were not satisfied with chatting and wanted to find someone to have a deeper communication.

This is what an American party is like!

She’s used to it.

But, I haven’t seen anyone for a long time.

She thought West had abandoned her and joined the others in a deep exchange.

He found it out angrily.

But he found West standing alone at the door.

“No, it’s okay…”

The door closed and the two of them began to have a deep conversation.

At the same time, Diddy in the master bedroom had turned on the cameras in each room, including West and Kim Kardashian’s rooms.

Watching these people having in-depth conversations, he then started communicating with himself.

This is his hobby.

Just looking at them, Diddy’s mind was full of LeBron twisting his body at the party. He called Jay-Z: “Man, please talk to LeBron for me…”

As for LeBron, he came out of Diddy’s room and left immediately without even saying hello to Jay-Z and Beyonce.

As soon as he got in the car, he asked Rich Paul to buy him the fastest flight ticket back to Miami. He wanted to escape the city as soon as possible.

Rich Paul looked at him in shock and asked curiously, “What’s wrong? Are you unhappy with Diddy?”

LeBron glared at him fiercely, daring him to say nothing.

But he was a little confused. LeBron and Diddy shouldn’t be unhappy.

What made him feel even more strange was…

While the car was driving, he accidentally touched LeBron, and LeBron almost jumped up as if he had received an electric shock: “What are you doing? Don’t touch me, damn it!”

Rich Paul never expected LeBron’s reaction to be so big.

Now he was even more curious about what LeBron had experienced at the party.

As soon as the car arrived at the airport, LeBron’s phone rang. When Rich Paul picked up the phone, he glanced at the display on the phone:
jay-z!

This is LeBron’s good brother.

In the past, LeBron would answer his calls quickly.

But this time, LeBron hesitated for a moment, and let everyone, including Rich Paul, get off the car before pressing the connect button.

“Hey?”

His voice was deep, and Jay-Z on the other end of the line couldn’t help but scratch his head.

He has persuaded many women to become prostitutes.

But persuading a man to be a gigolo, and to be a gigolo for another man, this was the first time…

Especially since this person is his nominal good brother.

“When did you leave, LeBron? How come I didn’t know you left?”

“It’s okay, I have something to take care of, so I’m leaving first.”

“Okay, diddy…”

“Don’t mention him to me, Jay, if we’re still brothers.” LeBron made a responsive sound.

Jay felt even more tingling on his scalp now, but he did think of what to say: “It seems that guy did the same to you!”

“He does this to others?” LeBron was a little surprised.

“Of course, Justin Bieber, and… let’s put it this way, LeBron, at least half of the West Coast rappers, have done this to him…”

“!!!” LeBron was stunned.

“And this is the rule of the game in this circle. This is what Diddy considers a bond. Therefore, the rappers under his protection must go through this, but I didn’t expect him to do this to you…”

“No one reported him?” LeBron still couldn’t believe it.

Jay-Z’s tone became a little serious at this time: “Don’t have this idea, LeBron, you may not know how dangerous Diddy is! And…”

“All the rappers who offered their words received substantial benefits from Diddy, and they followed him. You should know Diddy’s influence in the circle.”

“It seems to me that now that he has set his sights on you, he won’t give up so easily.”

Ok……

This is Jay-Z’s idea.

Think about the problem from LeBron James’ perspective and convey what Diddy wants to say.

I don’t know if LeBron will agree, but there is one thing Jay-Z is sure of:

LeBron will hear him out!

Instead of hanging up the phone directly.

Sure enough, LeBron was silent for a while and asked, “Joy, what should I do now?”

Jay-Z said: “You can avoid him, LeBron, it’s very simple, just don’t appear in the circle where he appears.”

This……

That’s indeed a solution!

But for LeBron, who is determined to squeeze into the core circle of America’s upper class, this is not a good solution.

Jay-Z also noticed LeBron’s reluctance, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, and his tone was still serious: “Or… LeBron, treat this as a deal, like I said, like those rappers, get some benefits from Diddy.”

“Money, public support… these are the things you look forward to, and Diddy can help you with that.”

“At least, from now on, the entire lower-class black community in America will support you and regard your words as God’s will!”

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could lead the lower class black people in America together?”

Jay-Z’s words were bewitching, and LeBron James’s eyes were complicated, changing again and again in a few seconds.

He needs to think about it carefully.

Jay-Z didn’t force him. After hanging up the phone, he found Diddy: “LeBron said he needs to think about it again.”

Diddy was very satisfied with the result: “OK, tell LeBron that I can agree to any request he makes. Even if he wants 1 million US dollars, I can give it to him. These are not a problem!”

“It seems your hunting plan is very successful!” West heard it again.

Diddy ignored him and gathered all the remaining people together, and asked the waiter to bring white powder and various tools.

Then he raped one of the waitresses.

He shouted excitedly to the others:
“Time’s up, ladies and gentlemen!”

“The real carnival has begun!”

Suwan was taken home by Kobe and Vanessa prepared dinner.

During the period, even Vanessa mentioned Ivanka and asked Suwan about the progress.

Su Wan said: “That’s right, Vanessa, this requires Kobe’s hard work!”

In order to show that Vanessa’s cooking was delicious, Kobe kept his head down to eat. When he saw Su Wan mention him, he looked up and glanced at Su Wan:
Do my condolences.
Su Wanshun said nonsense:

“I thought that after I was defeated by Kobe in the finals, I would pursue Ivanka, but unfortunately, Kobe was defeated by me three times. This must be God’s instruction. It’s not the right time yet!”

“Fuck you!”

Kobe suddenly lost his appetite, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and became angrier the more he thought about it. He pulled Su Wan to have a bullfight right away.

Su Wan refused:
“I don’t want my stomach to sag!”

“You are just scared!” Kobe said proudly.

Su Wan smiled without saying anything, and took out the championship rings from the bag he carried with him and put them on his hands one by one.

There are five in total.

There is also one that can be worn after the first game of the new season.

Kobe stopped laughing instantly, and after a long while he finally cursed:
“abnormal!”

What kind of good guy comes out with five championship rings?

Su Wan: I don’t wear it when I go to other places, but I definitely have to bring it with me when I come to Los Angeles.

What if we bump into each other?

Look, it’s installed!

On June 6, Su Wan returned to New York and met with Downey. After finishing “Su Wan’s Prediction” after this meeting, he will fly back to Wuhan to participate in this year’s Asian Championships. This battle is related to the ticket to next year’s Olympics. It is a game that cannot be lost. Therefore, after communicating with the Rotten Tomatoes Association, they were happy to make room for him.

Now the Rotten Association has come to its senses. If they want to achieve results, they still have to rely on Su Wan. If they make the relationship awkward, they will be the ones who get scolded. It is better to give Su Wan a “green pass”:
If you want to fight, fight. If you don’t want to fight, don’t fight.

If you want to pay, pay it; if you don’t want to pay, don’t pay it.

It’s okay if other players have opinions. As long as they can play at Su Wan’s level, they can be treated equally.

Did you see it?
In this world, the rules always give way to the strong.

Without exception.

There were two main things when Suwan met with Donnie Walsh. The first was to complete the contract renewal with Suwan; the second was to discuss the selection of players for this year’s draft.

Before doing these two things, Walsh signed his new contract:

3 million in 1500 years.

Among NBA general managers, this contract is already considered one of the top contracts.

Donnie Walsh was also very happy and saw Su Wan’s face beaming with joy.

The contract renewal discussion went very smoothly, and was basically carried out according to Su Wan’s wishes. Su Wan had the final say on how many years the contract would be signed and in which year to opt out of the contract.

As for the amount, Su Wan doesn’t need to say anything.

It’s the maximum salary directly.

After last season, it was Suwan’s 7th year in the NBA. Even without the “Rose Clause”, Suwan could sign a maximum salary contract of 30% of the salary cap.

Based on this year’s salary cap of about 5800 million, Suwan’s first-year salary will be 1740 million…

Su Wan signed a total of 7 years, 5+2 contract.

The contract started in 2011 and ended in the summer of 2018.

This includes a trade veto.

Suwan can choose to opt out of his contract in the summer of 2016.

If he remembered correctly, starting in 2016, the league’s salary cap would rise from 7300 million last year to 9 million.

The reason for signing a 7-year contract was naturally for the 12.5% ​​increase.

For players like Suwan who have not changed teams in the first six years of their career, their “Bird Clause” will follow the players. So even if Suwan only played for New York for one year, as long as he signs a 6-year contract, his salary increase can be as high as 1%!

In other words, Su Wan signed a 1740-year contract worth about 1957.5 million yuan, with a total of 2202.18 million yuan, 2477.4 million yuan in the second year, 2787 million yuan in the third year, 3135 million yuan in the fourth year, 3526.9 million yuan in the fifth year, 7 million yuan in the sixth year, and 1.8 million yuan in the seventh year… In total, he signed a -year contract worth about million yuan.

This is the largest contract among active players.

But after signing the contract, it was Donnie Walsh who looked happy.

Such a contract means stability for New York for at least the next five years.

This is definitely a great achievement.

As for the fact that it cost 1.8 million to sign Su Wan…

Let me put it this way, the rules are now complete. If the NBA rules were not yet completely complete in 96, Su Wan would definitely have received a contract with an annual salary of 3 million!
It can only be said that the rules prevented Su Wan from making more money!

His dominance over the NBA cannot be reflected by just 1.8 million.

Then the second thing is the New York Knicks’ choices this summer.

This pick is quite crucial because the New York Knicks have already given away next year’s pick.

This means that the Knicks have only added new players this year in the past two years.

Although the Knicks are a team with many new players, they do not need new players for the time being.

But don’t forget!
Trading also requires chips.

Therefore, the more high-quality newcomers the better.

Su Wan took a look at this year’s draft list.

With the 25th pick in the first round of the New York Knicks, Suwan immediately saw a suitable name:

Jimmy Butler!
This is a very nice wing addition.

Although the New York Knicks have a lot of wing players now, Vince Carter and Artest still have one year left on their contracts.

Artest’s form declined significantly last season, and the new season is a “shortened season”, so he can’t be relied on even more.

Vince Carter is a bit stable, but his defense is terrible.

With no certainty over whether or not they can sign Battier in the summer, the Knicks currently only have Paul George on the wing bench.

In this case, it becomes extremely important to add a new wing player.

The main reason is that there are not many good second-round picks this year.

The only thing that came out was “I got the money, so what’s there to be afraid of?” This guy just lay down as soon as he got the big contract. He might as well have chosen the more determined Jimmy Butler.

This is a guy who can really fight tough battles.

As for the later “glass properties”…

That will be in 2024, and now it is only 2011.

And Su Wan is basically certain that Jimmy Butler will not be able to play in New York for so many years. He is likely to become a bargaining chip in a transaction and be traded by New York.

When Donnie Walsh heard Suwan talking about Jimmy Butler, there was a clear flash of confusion on his face, as if to say:
Is this guy among this year’s rookies?
But since Su Wan has already spoken, there is nothing to say, just choose him!
In the next few days, Su Wan stayed in New York, waiting for the recording of “Su Wan’s Prediction” to begin.

The studio size of the third episode of “Su Wan’s Prediction” has been upgraded.

The main reason is that the sponsorship fee this time is more than the previous two sessions, a full 5 million yuan in endorsement fees.

However, some of the endorsement fees include long-term contracts with Su Wan’s other programs and are paid in advance.

Suwan has reached further in-depth cooperation with ESPN.

According to Su Wan’s expectation, after his personal brand is officially launched next year, his new basketball variety show will also be officially launched. ESPN is his cooperation platform. These sponsors should have heard the news in advance.

It is worth mentioning that Su Wan has earned 1.1 million yuan in just one year since he came to New York.

Of this, around 5 million is from endorsement revenue earned from cooperation with ESPN, and the rest is from endorsement contracts with local New York brands.

About 10 days after winning the championship, Su Wan won an endorsement worth nearly 3 million in New York State.

At present, “Suwan Street” is about to be completed and is expected to be put into use by this time next year. Based on the benefits generated by his equity, it is expected that the first year will reach about 8 million.

Of course, the prosperity of “Suwan Street” should be closely related to his leadership performance.

If the Knicks win the championship again next year, the income he can get from “Suwan Street” will be no less than 8 million.

Plus his sneaker brand, the share of variety show revenue, and advertising endorsements…

Starting next year, his annual income is expected to reach 1.5 million yuan.

Oh, by the way, his game company has also been established, and the first project he is currently working on is a game similar to “Werewolf”. Since the project has just started, Su Wan did not leak too much information.

He believes that soon, the “gaming field” in his business empire will also be lit up by him.

In this way…

He had an extra income.

Of course, for Su Wan, this is his side job.

With his influence in the basketball field, he has generated direct revenue of 1.1 million yuan in the past year, and it is expected to rise to 1.5 million yuan starting next year. This is still a conservative estimate, mainly because many of the products he endorses are signed for two or three years, and it takes a period of two or three years before they can generate revenue again, so the increase next year seems not high.

However, compared with the speed at which he made money in Indiana in the past six years, he is now “printing US dollars”!
Except for Michael Jordan, no other basketball player in the world can match his “money-making ability”.

From this aspect, it can also be seen that Su Wan has indeed reached the standards of a “Basketball God”.

On June 6, the 25 draft officially arrived.

It is worth mentioning that the Cavaliers’ original No. 1 pick was obtained in a trade with the Clippers.

But last summer the Clippers acquired Stoudemire, which has led to the Clippers’ record always being in the Western Conference playoffs.

So this time the Cavaliers did not make a deal with the Clippers.

They sent the trade exception to the Jazz, helping the Jazz get rid of several junk contracts and getting their first-round pick.

At that time, the Jazz never expected that Jerry Sloan and Deron Williams would “explode”. Their first-round pick ranking continued to rise, and when the “No. 1 pick” was finally drawn, they became the final “No. 1 pick”.

It’s just that the Jazz can’t laugh.

The pick was taken by the Cavaliers.

Even though the transaction target was different, the Cavaliers still got the No. 1 pick in the end and used it to select the flamboyant Kevin Irving.

Erin looked at the Cavaliers’ choice and asked Suwan, “His model is Allen Iverson. Do you think Kevin Irving can become the next Allen Iverson?”

“They have similar technical characteristics, but it’s hard for this league to produce the next Allen Iverson!”

Although he once said that Allen Iverson was his idol, it was only to prevent LeBron from making the All-Star starting lineup, but Suwan recognized Allen Iverson’s abilities.

Many “cloud fans” only know how to focus on Allen Iverson’s inefficiency, saying that his “scoring champion” title was faked.

But in fact, among so many No. 76 players in the NBA, the number of those who can lead the Philadelphia ers to the finals can be counted on one hand.

And they are all regular season MVP level players.

No one else can really mess with Allen Iverson.

Including Kyrie Irving.

If he was put on the Philadelphia 01ers in 76, the best the team could do would be the second round.

Let’s not discuss whether Irving’s offensive skills are better than Allen Iverson’s.

But his personal offensive firepower is not at the level of Allen Iverson.

I won’t say anything else.

Under the same tactics, Thomas averaged 29.6 points per game for the Celtics, while Irving only scored around 24 points.

He is a player with “high-tech” skills, but his scoring ability is very “nervous”.

Then came the Timberwolves with the second pick in the first round, who originally chose Derrick Williams.

Before the draft, many experts considered him to be “Little LeBron”.

However, this time, it is not known whether it was because LeBron did not reach his own level, and the “Little LeBron” was also affected, and the Timberwolves finally chose Tristan Thompson.

The future “Eight Wise Kings” was selected by the Timberwolves this time.

From Su Wan’s perspective, this choice was like walking from one pit to another.

He can understand that the Timberwolves chose the “Eight Wise Kings” in order to reduce the burden on Kevin Love and help him reduce unnecessary confrontations under the basket.

But the problem is that for a white guy like Love who doesn’t have good physical fitness, the prerequisite for him to grab so many frontcourt rebounds is confrontation.

Therefore, he should be more suitable for the four-position who can open up space, rather than a “jumping man” like the “Eighth Wise King”.

But for the Timberwolves, whatever choice they make is normal…

Let’s say in the future they use five first-round picks to trade Gobert with the Jazz. This kind of operation is not something that an ordinary team can do.

Gobert probably didn’t expect his value to be so high.

Several rookies were selected one after another.

Su Wan looked at these somewhat familiar faces and their somewhat familiar names, and was sure that they had made some small names in the league, but had not become real stars.

Overall, the quality of the top ten picks in the 2011 draft was average.

Michael Jordan’s vision was right once, as the Bobcats took Kemba Walker with the ninth pick in the first round.

Putting aside other things, just talking about this draft, Jordan’s choice this time is not bad. If the 2011 class is re-ranked, Kenny Walker can definitely be ranked in the top 6.

Things get interesting starting with the 11th pick in the first round…

The Golden State Warriors did the same thing as before and took Klay Thompson.

This future top “3D” player in the league, who has a very “Buddha-like” face, probably didn’t expect that he would become the representative of “meritorious basketball” in the future.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Thompson having his own pride.

Four championships are indeed worthy of respect.

However, from the Warriors’ perspective, there is no problem in not giving him a maximum salary.

Because in the maximum salary contract they gave Thompson, two years were spent completely to support him, and one year was spent on a substitute with the maximum salary. From their perspective, they have also done their best for Klay Thompson and it is impossible for them to give him another maximum salary.

Both sides felt that there was nothing wrong with them, which led to their eventual separation.

The 15th pick in the first round originally belonged to the Pacers, but now…

Still belongs to the Pacers!

Thanks to the rich “legacy” left by Suwan for them, the Pacers gave two first-round picks to take the 15th pick from Washington.

Originally they sent this pick to the Spurs and got George Hill.

This time, they selected Kawhi Leonard themselves!

“Kawhi Leonard” went to the Pacers?
Su Wan was a little surprised.

But think about the current situation of the Pacers at each position. It is true that the only position lacking a good enough wing…

“Kawhi went to the Pacers?” Erin was also a little surprised.

In Suwan’s prediction for this year’s rookies, Leonard will be one of the rookies with the highest growth ceiling.

The Pacers already have very strong inside strength, and now they have a talented wing.

Irene looked at Su Wan and said, “The Pacers may become a strong rival that prevents the New York Knicks from winning three consecutive championships in the future!”

Her tone was not a question, but a statement.

Su Wan did not refute her point because Irene was not wrong.

The Pacers’ starting lineup for the next two to three years is:

“Jeremy Lin at No. 1, Afflalo at No. 2, Leonard at No. 3, Zach Randolph at No. 4, Marc Gasol at No. 5”

Also on the bench:

Millsap, O’Neal Jr. and Billups!
This is definitely a team capable of competing for the championship…

I didn’t expect the storyline to change like this!

Suwan is actually looking forward to the Pacers, the strong opponent he created.

As for the Heat…

I’m afraid I’m going to be in big trouble!

Then, Erin watched the Knicks pick Jimmy Butler according to Suwan’s idea, and was a little surprised. This name was not among the “high-quality newcomers” Suwan mentioned. She looked at Suwan, and Suwan smiled and said, “I have to keep some for myself!”

Can you tell them all?

It is worth mentioning that he specifically mentioned Chandler Parsons.

As a result, this guy was selected by the Mavericks with the 27th pick in the first round.

Mark Kuban…

It’s your turn to get rich!

Then the New York Knicks selected Isaiah Thomas with the 55th overall pick in the second round.

This caused boos in the New York home court. Not for Thomas, but for the name “Isaiah Thomas”.

This is very embarrassing for the future “strongest 175 on earth”.

However, facing the camera that interviewed him, Thomas was still very excited: “I am looking forward to becoming teammates with Suwan. He is the idol of our generation, there is no doubt about that!”

The talent show came to an end and Su Wan returned to China immediately.

As he left, the league reported:

Labor and management have not yet reached an agreement, and the league is likely to be locked out again after the summer of 98.

This caused some panic.

On July 7, panic arrived.

David Stern announced that labor and management still had not reached an agreement before the contract expired, and the league officially entered an indefinite shutdown.

It is worth mentioning that before the NBA shutdown, the NFL, the most watched sports league in the United States, had already experienced a shutdown.

In the end, the suspension of the rugby league ended with a great victory for the management.

It’s just that their way cannot be learned by NBA bosses.

The NFL chose to recruit players from the secondary leagues to play, and the scene was still very exciting.

After all, rugby league is a team sport that tests team cooperation very much. The impact that individual ability can have in this sport is far less than that in basketball.

Therefore, even if the players are replaced, as long as the game is good, the ratings of the NFL will not be low.

The NBA is different. The 4 best players in the world are here. Without such extreme personal abilities, the viewing level will drop immediately.

Even if they create a “new NBA”, the NBA will suffer a severe blow.

Therefore, there is no other option but to negotiate.

During the lockout, NBA players will not receive salaries, NBA teams cannot negotiate with players, and cannot sign or trade players.

At the same time, players cannot use the team’s training facilities for any reason, and teams cannot hold any summer training camps, exhibitions, team meetings, and coaching gatherings.

In addition, NBA team websites can no longer use players’ images or use players as promotional representatives.

NBA Commissioner David Stern said, “Thanks to the fans who enjoy NBA games, the past year has been a great year. However, for the team owners, even with such a great season, they are still unprofitable. Those teams in small cities simply don’t enjoy this fun. Our goal is to make the league’s operations more cost-effective and make the league’s 30 teams competitive.”

NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said, “The labor agreement that just expired is not a win-win system. That agreement caused our teams to suffer huge financial losses. We need a sustainable business model that allows all 30 teams to have the opportunity to compete for the championship, pay players reasonable salaries and obtain considerable economic returns under good management.”

In response to the remarks of these two bigwigs, the players’ union said: “The league tampered with the financial statements. They worked hard to promote the team’s owner as a victim in order to gain public support, which made them successful in 98. But this time, the same thing can’t happen again!”

It can be seen that both sides are very tough.

The main offseason has just begun and there is still a lot of time, so they are not in a hurry to decide the winner immediately.

Although both sides acted tough in front of the media, they were very determined to hold rounds of negotiations.

Su Wan didn’t pay attention to these things. He knew very well that these would all end at some point in the future. He only needed to do two things. The first was to play in the Asian Championships and get tickets for next year’s Olympics. The other thing was to contact most of the confirmed New York Knicks players for the new season when he returned to New York, and take them for special training to prepare for the new season.

The “shortened season” in 98 was a “major reshuffle”. Countless veteran stars indulged themselves during the long offseason, and their form plummeted. The most famous one was “Rain Man” Kemp.

It is also the rise of new forces!

It was in that year that Tim Duncan created his “sophomore legend”.

Su Wan is very sure that the current players of the New York Knicks are all very reliable guys, except Artest… But just in case, he has to personally take a few of them for special training in the summer.

This is also to make New York more combat-ready in the new season!
All for defending the title!
Winning the Asian Championships gold medal was a smooth process.

Even without Yao Ming, Su Wan still led the team across Asia alone and successfully won the gold medal in the Asian Championships, ensuring that the Chinese men’s basketball team will enter the Olympics next year.

Then Su Wan went straight back to New York.

It was already late July, and the negotiations between labor and management were still in intense progress, just as Su Wan knew.

In order to increase the weight of the confrontation, Fisher, then the head of the players’ union, called Suwan and hoped that he could participate in the next round of negotiations.

Su Wan agreed.

The incident was soon reported by the media.

When LeBron saw the news, he immediately asked Rich Paul to call Fisher, hoping to participate in the negotiations.

Fisher politely declined: “The Cavaliers’ owner will also be present this time. In order not to intensify the conflict, it would be better for LeBron to avoid it!”

The main reason for this lockout is that the NBA owners cannot make any money.

But there is another problem, which also exists:

That is, the bosses in these small cities are very dissatisfied because they cannot retain superstars.

They specifically mentioned LeBron James’ “decision” on ESPN!
Gilbert said: “If every NBA player is like LeBron, betraying and being so arrogant, then I don’t know why we should pay such a high salary to train a city boy!”

Fisher had nothing to refute in this regard. He naturally did not want LeBron to appear at the negotiating table and become a “loophole” that would affect the negotiations.

But from LeBron’s perspective, he feels that his influence has declined. If he is still the “chosen one” he once was, would he not be able to attend this crappy meeting?
When he heard that Wade and Chris Bosh would also attend as representatives of “superstars”, his mentality collapsed.

It was already irritating that he couldn’t beat Suwan, and now he couldn’t beat Wade and Chris Bosh…

His eyes were full of unwillingness.

At this time, he saw another report about Su Wan, which roughly calculated the total amount of US dollars Su Wan had earned in New York in the past year.

The final figure of over 1 million blinded his eyes.

Comparing his past year, in which the only money-making assets he had were sneaker contracts and player contracts, Jay-Z’s words and the deal he mentioned suddenly flashed through his mind.

His eyes began to struggle.
He was not willing to give up his soul for this.

He considers himself a man of self-respect.

Can……

Looking at the current public opinion about himself and his commercial value, he feels like a has-been star.

No, he absolutely couldn’t let that end up like that!
His eyes suddenly became determined, and then he called Jay-Z: “Man, I’ve thought about it…”

Jay-Z was so excited when he heard this: “It should have been done a long time ago, LeBron, believe me, after this, you and Diddy will become a real family. No matter what problems you have in the future, you can ask him for help!”

LeBron directly said what he needed: “I want the media to support my voice. I want to become the ‘chosen one’ again!”

Jay-Z said he would convey these requests to Diddy, and then hung up the phone.

In less than 5 minutes, Diddy called back, and his tone was very excited: “You finally figured it out, LeBron. Don’t worry, I will definitely let you return to your former media position, believe me! No one knows how to get support better than those in the entertainment industry… Let’s talk about the specific operation when we meet!”

LeBron didn’t say a word throughout the whole process, but his expression when he hung up the phone at the end was a bit crazy.

At the end of July, Su Wan participated in the latest round of labor-management negotiations.

Some big shots from the capital side also came. Michael Jordan, as the boss’ representative, slammed the table and said, “How much more do you want to earn?”

Interestingly, he said the same thing 13 years ago.

It’s just that at that time he was just a player who slammed the table at his boss.

In 13 years, Jordan is still the same Jordan, his personality is still the same, even his words…

Everything is exactly the same as it was then.

Just the identity has changed!

Su Wan also slammed the table at him: “The league is so profitable, is it because we make it through one game after another? If you think it’s not profitable, you can quit now. I believe there are many bosses waiting to join the game outside!”

“Why would you play NBA if you don’t have money!”

“Fuck you!” Michael Jordan cursed out directly.

It scared the bosses next to them.

Su Wan simply overturned the table.

Let’s stop talking about it!

This round of negotiations ends here…

After leaving the conference room, Michael Jordan and Su Wan, who had the most heated argument, walked out of the room, talking and laughing, as if nothing had happened. Everyone around them was stunned.

“You should know that I’m going to train with Tim next? How many days will you stay in New York? Would you like to come to the training hall?” Su Wan took the initiative to invite Jordan before parting.

Jordan looked at Su Wan’s seemingly indifferent expression and guessed in his mind what this guy was trying to do, but in the end he didn’t give any definite answer.

He always felt that this kid was not holding back his fart.

Su Wan did not continue to invite.

This is how fishing works, you have to loosen and release to catch the fish.

Michael Jordan left, and Su Wan made a phone call: “Jimmy, it’s me, Su Wan. We’re going to start training in the next two days. Have you shaved your head as I asked you to? OK, see you then! What? Why did I ask you to shave your head? Haven’t you seen One Punch Man? If you haven’t, then go and see it!”

Su Wan’s training with Knicks Kindergarten is about to officially begin.

LeBron James also arrived in Los Angeles at this time, and Diddy came to pick him up in person, very enthusiastic:
“LeBron, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

On the way from the airport to the villa, Diddy negotiated the terms with LeBron:
agree.

LeBron can get 100 million afterwards.

Their future media resources will also be shared.

Diddy discussed with his agent these days and felt that LeBron could focus on the black compatriots in the slums and turn them into his base:

“I believe you will become the leader of black America together with Jay-Z and others.”

“The new generation of black youth has only ** on their minds.”

“As long as you often post some comments on the Internet about black people helping black people, I believe they will definitely regard you as a savior. Of course, I will also use my power to promote these things!”

“Anyway, don’t worry, LeBron, from now on…”

“We are a family!”

At the end of the conversation, Diddy put his hand on LeBron’s.

LeBron tried to control himself and think about the bright future.

The car also arrived at diddy’s villa at this time.

Thinking about what he was about to face, LeBron took a deep breath and comforted himself in his heart:

This is the darkness before dawn. As long as we can get through it, everything will be fine.

At this time, Diddy suddenly threw a set of clothes over. LeBron caught it with both hands and looked at Diddy in confusion.

Diddy looked at LeBron like a seasoned prostitute and said to him, “Open it and take a look!”

LeBron unfolded his clothes, and suddenly his eyes went dark. This is…

Maid outfit?
“Put it on and try it out, LeBron, I believe this will be very interesting!” Diddy couldn’t hold back any longer.

Change, change?

I?
Should I change?
Diddy continued: “Right in front of me!”

“!!!”

LeBron took a few deep breaths.

He felt sick in his chest. Especially when he met Diddy’s eyes:
How could someone in this world be so perverted?

He couldn’t figure it out.

But he convinced himself again and changed into a maid outfit in front of Diddy.

During this process, Diddy felt a great sense of satisfaction deep in his heart.

The former “chosen one” was about to become his toy, and he felt like the god who created everything. But he resisted the urge and said to LeBron: “You should take a selfie as a souvenir!”

LeBron’s expression finally changed.

Diddy, who noticed this, immediately comforted them, saying that they had already signed a confidentiality agreement and there would be no accidents.

LeBron compromised again.

He wanted to end it all now.

Then it was time for them to have an in-depth exchange.

……

The day after LeBron made the deal with the Devils, Suwan and several New York Knicks players officially began their holiday special training under the leadership of Tim Grover.

The members who participated in the special training are:

Stephen Curry, Paul George, Gallinari, Jimmy Butler and Isaiah Thomas.

Suwan was the first to arrive, followed by Stephen Curry.

When Suwan was chatting with Grover, Curry suddenly shouted at the entrance of the stadium: “Wow, Michael? Why is he… so young?”

Su Wan looked in the direction of the voice and saw none other than Jimmy Butler with a shaved head.

Grover was also stunned for a moment. When Jimmy Butler came to him, he seemed to be back to 21 years ago, when he first met Michael Jordan. Jordan seemed to be like this.

Hell?
He rubbed his eyes subconsciously, and then he noticed some differences.

But a bold idea came into his mind.

Su Wan had been observing Grover’s expression and seeing that he was dumbfounded, he became even more certain that he could play a prank on Michael Jordan.

Later, when Gallinari and Thomas came, they were also surprised to see Jimmy Butler.

Jimmy Butler himself was actually a little embarrassed.

He had never noticed before that he was so similar to the “God of Basketball”.

Or after he finished cutting his hair, the barber exclaimed in surprise: “Isn’t this Michael Jordan?”

He just noticed.

Grover said: “Man, I believe you can become a star!”

“Well, Tim, you can have the say on what to do next!”

With all members present, the training officially begins.

Grover first tested everyone’s physical fitness, especially Stephen Curry’s training was more detailed. He needed to observe Stephen Curry’s force movements and what aspects could be changed.

Stephen Curry is no longer resisting changing his approach. Given the current relationship between labor and management, many media outlets believe that the new season cannot start as scheduled.

For this reason, he has plenty of time to change the way he exerts force.

In his heart, he actually prefers to change the way he exerts force, because he doesn’t want to sprain his ankle easily.

Two days later, the Knicks players began to conduct intensive training according to Grover’s arrangements.

Michael Jordan came once during this period. When he saw Jimmy Butler, he was stunned. His lips moved but he didn’t say anything.

He turned his head to look at Su Wan, who was about to lose control of his anger, and cursed viciously: “You bitch!”

When the two of them were face to face, Su Wan suddenly said, “Jimmy was born in Houston. Think carefully about whether you made any mistakes there!”

“Did I offend you, you bitch!” Michael Jordan walked away angrily.

Su Wan showed a satisfied smile.

The prank was a great success!
The month of August was basically spent in special training.

During this period, Su Wan attended the press conference for his own “Su Wan 7th Generation” and then spent all his time in the training hall.

The main thing is that he called all these players to training, and then he went out to do business, which is somewhat unreasonable.

No matter what, as the boss of the team, he should lead by example!

After one month of training, everyone’s progress is quite obvious.

Especially the two rookies Jimmy Butler and Thomas, their confrontation ability has now reached the NBA level, and with Su Wan and others accompanying them in intensive training all day, their personal abilities are also constantly improving.

If the NBA held a summer league now, they would definitely be the most eye-catching ones!

In September, labor and management still failed to reach an agreement.

At present, labor and management still have huge differences on major issues such as the “hard salary cap” system and “benefits distribution”.

The players are willing to agree to a proposal to reduce the total salary by $5 million over five years, but they refused to accept the $5 million hard salary cap proposed by the management.

The management hopes to reach a 10-year agreement at the same time to ensure that annual salary expenditure does not exceed 20 billion US dollars. This figure has reached 21.7 billion this season. The 10-year labor-management agreement is unacceptable to the players.

Next, labor and management will continue to negotiate on these major differences.

David Stern announced the cancellation of the closed training camps and preseason games of each team in September: “We hope to end the negotiations at the end of November, but if the situation is not optimistic, the lockout will last until the end of 9!”

As this news came out, many NBA players became anxious.

Especially those players who rely on the minimum salary to support their families. They are not like those stars. Even compared with the players with middle-class contracts, they are far inferior. Without games, their survival is a problem.

They began to go to major overseas leagues to seek gold.

Among them, China’s CBA has become the choice of many NBA players.

Wilson Chandler, Brooks, JR Smith, Patrick Mills and others have even signed contracts with CBA teams.

Domestic media called on more NBA stars to play in the CBA.

In particular, the call for Su Wan was the loudest.

But Su Wan doesn’t want any domestic CBA club to earn his traffic.

There is really no need to do that since we are not related.

unless……

He created his own team.

Su Wan immediately announced this to the media: “If the CBA is willing to let me have my own team, I will consider returning to play.”

These words aroused the eager expectations of domestic fans.

Then the CBA chairman actually contacted Su Wan and said that he could sell a CBA seat to Su Wan.

After all, for a top star like Su Wan, even if there was no such thing as now, they would be happy to see him own a CBA team.

This can bring additional exposure.

Even with a nod from Su Wan, the CBA Association made special arrangements and directly completed all the procedures for Su Wan.

As for the team’s home stadium…

Su Wan said: “I can handle this myself!”

In less than 3 days, Su Wan had his own CBA team:

Magic City Dreamers.

The new CBA season will start on October 10th.

This means that Su Wan still has one and a half months to recruit players.

Su Wan first asked his team to find a few players in China, and then called Kobe and asked, “You don’t have any plans to play in other leagues, right?”

Kobe asked directly: “What do you want to do?”

“I have formed my own team in the CBA. Man, the NBA is closed now anyway, why don’t you come with me to the CBA to play? When the NBA resumes, we will come back.”

Kobe was somewhat tempted.

He didn’t want to go to other leagues before because he looked down on those leagues.

But he is still very interested in teaming up with Su Wan to “bully the weak”.

Su Wan then called Wade again: “Hey man, I’ve formed a CBA team. If you have nothing to do, come with me to China to play for two days!”

Wade agreed without hesitation.

Then there are Zach Randolph, O’Neal Jr., Marc Gasol…

Of course, there is also Artest, the dogecoin.

Among the others, Jimmy Butler and Thomas actually wanted to go, but Suwan thought they were too weak and did not take them.

Stephen Curry was still in the stage of adjusting his strength and was not suitable for playing in the game. Suwan did not take him with him and asked him to follow Grover and make adjustments as soon as possible.

Su Wan did not sign a contract with them. When they arrived in Shanghai, he rented a presidential suite for them in a five-star hotel near the stadium for two months, and this was considered their expenses.

When the domestic media first learned that the CBA had made special arrangements to set up a new team for Suwan, they all praised the CBA’s top management for finally finding a workaround.

And when they learned that Su Wan brought a car full of league all-stars back to China to play in the CBA, not only the fans went crazy, the media went crazy, but even the CBA leaders went crazy.

What kind of storm will this cause in the country?

Domestic fans have never been so excited for the arrival of the new CBA season as they are now.

After this news was released, without Su Wan even having to contact them, a stadium automatically contacted Su Wan and signed a two-year contract, becoming the venue for Su Wan’s home team to use in the new season.

After much anticipation, the schedule for the new CBA season has been released.

The first game is between Shanghai Dreamers and last season’s champion Guangdong Hongyuan.

This is Guangdong’s “four consecutive championships”.

As the “defending champion” of the CBA, he felt a tingling sensation on his scalp when he saw the newly formed team on the opposite side.

But for the fans standing by the stadium, it was no different from the Chinese New Year.

Suwan, Kobe, Wade, Zach Randolph…

This is a lineup that even NBA teams cannot put together, and now it appears in the CBA arena. What else can we say?

“Brother Su” is awesome!
There is no need to say much about this game, it was a pure crushing defeat.

The Dreamers didn’t have any tactics at all, all of them were 1-on-1 singles, but Guangdong Hongyuan was defeated just relying on the personal abilities of these stars.

In the end, if Su Wan and others had not sat on the bench early, the final score difference would have been more than 50 points.

The game attracted huge coverage the next day and became a hot search on Weibo with various terms.

Let’s put it this way:
The popularity of one game is equal to the popularity of an entire season of this league.

This level of popularity lasted for three or four games, and it was already November.

The representatives of both labor and management finally became anxious.

They each made concessions, and on November 11, after 26 hours of negotiations, labor and management finally announced that they had reached an agreement, ending the long shutdown that lasted 15 days.

The new season will officially kick off on December 12th, and the free market and training camp will open at the same time on December 25th.

After seeing this news, Su Wan and others immediately left the country and returned to their respective cities.

Domestic fans are extremely regretful, but for the CBA teams that have played against the Dreamers or those that are about to play against the Dreamers, the nightmare time is finally over.

When Suwan returned to New York, he met with Stephen Curry first and asked about his situation.

I was relieved to know that he was making good progress.

This time…

Stephen Curry won’t be out for the season again due to an ankle injury, right?

Well, Suwan knew very well that he had done everything he could. If Stephen Curry was out for the season again, it was fate and there was nothing he could do.

12 month 9 day.

The league officially opened the free trade market.

Donnie Walsh immediately offered a contract of about 8 million and planned to sign Battier.

But Battier chose to sign with the Heat for 5 million.

When Su Wan learned the news, he called Battier and asked, “Hey, can you tell me what you think?”

Battier said: “The New York Knicks are not short of wings. I want to go to a team that can guarantee me more playing time, and… I don’t want others to think that I betrayed the Spurs because I wanted to join New York. I just really can’t stand it!”

What else can Su Wan say?
“Good luck Sean!”

But it seems that Battier is really out of tune with this league.

He is such a righteous person!

Donnie Walsh is sorry he didn’t make the deal.

Then he began his performance moment.

First, he brought Suwan’s former teammate Dio to New York with a three-year, $3 million contract.

Next, he made a deal that shocked the outside world:
Ray Allen’s contract this season is a player option. He originally chose to exercise the player option and continue to stay in Boston. But this time he chose to jump out of the contract and enter the free market.

As soon as the news came out, Donnie Walsh contacted Ray Allen and successfully brought Ray Allen to the New York Knicks with a 3-year, $1800 million contract! ——When Ray Allen was signed, there was no enough salary, so New York sent Felton.

In the last deal, Walsh signed Kwame Brown from the free market at a minimum salary.

As a result, the New York Knicks’ lineup for the new season becomes:
“Point guard: Stephen Curry, Thomas;

Second position: Suwan, Ray Allen, Jimmy Butler;
Position 3: Artest, Vince Carter, Paul George;

Four position: Gallinari, Boris Diaw;

Five position: Tyson Chandler, Kwame Brown”

There are 12 players in the roster, and the lineup is very reasonable this time.

Every position has good combat effectiveness.

The New York media is looking forward to the new season.

Outside media ranked the New York Knicks in the top three of the new season’s strength list.

And at this time, the Hornets management made a move, and they put “Queen Bee” Chris Paul on the shelf.

When the news spread around the league, the entire league went crazy.

As the undisputed “best active point guard” in the league, Chris Paul is definitely a cornerstone in the eyes of all major general managers, and everyone is eyeing this “sweet commodity.”

At this time, the media suddenly broke the news that Chris Paul was very close to Los Angeles.

As to whether it was the Clippers or the Lakers, the whistleblower did not give accurate information.

The Los Angeles media was extremely excited. They felt…

It will be the Lakers!
In Kobe’s last season, Buss wants to make one last effort and form a luxurious “battleship”!
This kind of thing is not without precedent. Take 04 for example…

While the outside world was speculating and discussing, explosive news came out from Los Angeles:

The Lakers sent Pau Gasol and a first-round pick to the Hornets in exchange for Chris Paul.

In other words, the Lakers in the new season will have a lineup of Chris Paul, Yao Ming and Kobe.

After this deal, the Lakers quickly made another move, signing Odom back with a $2 million contract…

This lineup has returned to 07, only this time there are Chris Paul and Ariza!
(End of this chapter)