ps: The pace has been sped up a bit, and the transactions in the article will also be quite different from reality. Not only the Magic but also other teams. As the title of the chapter says, the era of giants will come earlier than now.

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"Of course, why don't you believe it Wood?" Otis Smith said with a smile.

"Absolutely. It always feels like everything is going too fast. Could it be that our jet lag caused all this?"

"Maybe, Chauncey is a player who pursues honors. Obviously, a championship cannot satisfy him. Although Detroit is still competitive in the Eastern Conference, everyone knows that they have changed from a championship-level team to an Eastern Conference team.

We are a strong team in the playoffs, but are our strengths poor? Although we have not shown any big moves at the moment, I personally flew to his home in Denver to meet with him and his agent."

"Did you impress him?"

"Obviously yes, I described to him our bright future, Wood, Chauncey is a great player who is seriously underestimated, and I think there is a lot in him that you can learn from, and I told you

His arrival is not to replace your position, whether it is the position in the team or the position on the court, this will never change."

Otis Smith once again emphasized that many media in the United States have begun to provoke this, and he does not want Lin Sen to feel awkward because of that.

"Otis, don't worry, can't I understand this? To be honest, the offseason has just begun and I can't wait for the start of the new season."

"Me too, I can even imagine the surprised expressions of those guys when they knew we introduced Shane Battier and Ron Artest. In addition, the Pole performed very well in the summer league. If nothing else, he will

He started playing in the nbdl and then became Dwight's backup. As for Eddie Griffin, I'm still in contact and should have an accurate answer within a week."

"I understand." Lin Sen is naturally clear about Otis Smith's attitude towards him. He even dares to assert that even Kobe Bryant and Duncan may not be treated so favorably and politely by the uniform staff. Of course, Lin Sen also knows all this.

All because he can bring huge benefits to the team.

Just like when Forbes announced the team's market value last year, the Orlando Magic rose from 350 million the previous year to 450 million, ranking sixth in the league. Forbes even bluntly said that 80% of the Magic's increase in market value came from

Lin Sen joins, and Lin Sen will become another super cash cow besides Yao Ming.

"Why is there good news again?" David Falk looked at Lin Sen and asked.

"Yes, good news, Chauncey has joined us, but Otis didn't say how big the contract will be, but no matter how big it is, I feel it's worth it."

"Yes, you are right about this. His value cannot be measured by a contract. You can learn from him in the new season. He will be beneficial to your progress. In the afternoon you will have an Adidas promotion, and then there will be an interview on the show in the evening. Good job

Take a rest." David Falk patted Lin Sen on the shoulder and walked out of the super RV prepared by Disney for Lin Sen.

The American side did not stop as it entered the night. Detroit fans angrily attacked the Pistons official website. Obviously they were very angry that the team failed to keep Billups. Although the official news was not released at this time, Billups

News that Puth signed a five-year, $60 million contract to join the Orlando Magic has already spread.

Joe Dumas' villa was surrounded by hundreds of fans, and the fans' angry curses made it impossible for Dumas to sleep.

"Damn it, how can you blame me? I have shown my sincerity. I have increased it from 50 million to 60 million in 5 years. This is his own choice, he is a betrayer." Dumas looked out the window angrily.

said.

"Richard, I'm sorry, this is my choice, but I will always remember the days when we fought side by side, but unfortunately that has gone away, far away since Ben left." This is what Billups sent.

According to Hamilton’s text message, Hamilton’s phone was already turned off when he called Billups. As a teammate who has played alongside Billups for many years, he also understood Billups’ choice.

Lin Sen's Adidas promotional event in the afternoon was held at the Tokyo Stadium. The stadium, which can accommodate nearly 10,000 people, was packed with fans. This was a grand event that reporters couldn't believe in Japan, a country where basketball is not very popular.

While Lin Sen was participating in the promotional event, David Falk and the person in charge of Japan from Lin Sen's economic team were invited to Mount Fuji TV to discuss an exclusive interview that evening.

When Lin Sen returned to the hotel after a busy day, he fell asleep early. Early the next morning, Lin Sen devoted himself to Armani's advertising shooting. Lin Sen was also surprised to see that his advertising partner turned out to be Kitagawa Keiko. However,

The content of the advertisement is not complicated. Keiko Kitagawa is a professional actor, and although Lin Sen is not, his acting ability was praised by the director.

It only took Lin Sen less than three hours in the morning to complete the exclusive advertising shoot for Armani Japan. Before leaving, Kitagawa Keiko took the initiative to ask Lin Sen for her phone number, and of course Lin Sen did not refuse.

In the afternoon, Lin Sen, together with senior executives from Disney and the person in charge of Toei Animation Yoshiko, visited Takehiko Inoue, the father of Slam Dunk.

What was unexpected was that the cooperation that had never been possible before turned out to be particularly smooth this time. Takehiko Inoue agreed to authorize Toei Animation to create a Slam Dunk theme park, and even responded to Disney's request to recreate a basketball comic with Lin Sen as the background.

He also gave a clear answer, but Takehiko Inoue did not give a 100% answer but promised that he would try basketball again if he has good inspiration.

"Really, this is a supreme honor for me. Thank you very much!" Lin Sen bowed to Takehiko Inoue.

The translator immediately translated his words, and Inoue Takehiko laughed: "As I said before, although we are not of the same nationality, we have the same skin color. Just like Liu Xiang of China, he is not only the pride of China but also the pride of Asia.

People are proud of you, and you are the same. What’s more, I didn’t expect that my work would be the driving force behind your success. This is also a supreme honor for me, and it also makes me see that the basketball dream of yellow people will not

It ended because of racial surprise. There is no doubt that your success will inspire more yellow people to fight for their dreams."

Having just left Takehiko Inoue's residence, the person in charge of Toei Animation could no longer hide his excitement. Lin Sen was also the same when he saw the excited conversation with the person in charge of Disney, not only because of a possible promise made by Takehiko Inoue, but also because of himself as an instigator.

Basketball fans can see the birth of the Slam Dunk theme park.

Toei Animation and Disney reached an agreement before coming here, and if they can really convince Takehiko Inoue to authorize it, the two parties will jointly fund the construction.

Naturally, David Falk is not willing to give up this opportunity to make money. In addition to Lin Sen's endorsement, Lin Sen will also participate in investment in the name of Wood Company. The specific amount cannot be decided now, Lin Sen

Nor does he really care that he believes David Falk can help him get everything done.

At 8 pm on July 4th, US time, during Lin Sen’s show, the Orlando Magic officially announced the signing of former Houston Rockets chief assistant Tom Thibodeau and the signing of Thibodeau’s colleague Steve Clifford.

Both of them are major contributors to the Houston Rockets' defensive rankings in the league in recent years.

Just after announcing the signing of the two, the Orlando Magic once again announced the signing of Patrick Ewing as the team's assistant coach. Although the signing of three assistant coaches in a row was not as good as the signed players, it still caused a great sensation.

In particular, Tom Thibodeau is recognized as a super defensive coach in the league. Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers have also been pursuing Thibodeau, hoping that he can become the Celtics' chief assistant coach. Both of them believe that Thibodeau

Du will improve the Celtics' defense.

The signing of Ewing is undoubtedly for the growth of Dwight Howard and Milicic. These three targeted signings also make Orlando Magic fans look forward to the performance of the coaching staff next season. After all, a good coaching staff can turn the ball around.

The team's abilities are stimulated and even amplified several times.

However, this does not prevent some media from ridiculing the Orlando Magic. ESPN's Magic Black Mike Lewis even said on his Twitter: "Yes. They defeated many opponents and signed an enviable coaching staff.

But does Orlando expect that a good coach can turn defensive holes into super defensive champions?"

Otis Smith has no time to respond to this, and Orlando Magic fans don't care. The new season has not yet begun and the Magic have just announced that they will accept ticket reservations for next season, setting a Magic ticket sales record in just one day.

Looking at the hot football market, Otis Smith was full of confidence, and Lin Sen, who was far away in Japan, flew to Seoul overnight one day later to start the second leg of his Asia trip.

In Japan, Lin Sen only had a little scandal with Keiko Kitagawa, which made many Lin Sen fans very disappointed. Especially Lin Sen fans in China also expected Lin Sen to kill all the people in Japan and promote China's national prestige, and then go to South Korea.

They showed off their glory, but they were disappointed at the first stop in Japan.

As a result, fans no longer look forward to Lin Sen going to South Korea.

In the United States, with the opening of the trading market, rumors in the trading market have suddenly evaporated in the past few days. Compared with the previous crazy rumors, they are almost in the sky.

What's disappointing is that the rumors of a transfer seemed to have suddenly died down. Kobe Bryant, who had directly attacked the management before, also publicly told the management at a press conference at the opening of the training camp that he held.

The apology was even more shocking to everyone.

Then on the morning of July 6th, US time, Vince Carter, a super-big name on the free market who was once linked to the Orlando Magic, announced that he had reached a five-year contract extension with the New Jersey Nets.

Shortly after Vince Carter announced that he was staying with the team, a reporter from the Chicago media "Chicago Tribune" revealed that the Bulls had reached an agreement to renew their contract with Argentinian Andres Noccioni, a free agent who was pursued by many teams.

The two parties will sign a five-year contract with a total value of approximately US$38 million.

In the free market, in addition to Rashard Lewis, who was signed by the Houston Rockets, and Chauncey Billups, who was signed by the Magic, two consecutive players chose to stay with the team, which also made people's hopes that the free market will boil down again.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who then reached the Eastern Conference finals, also started negotiations with Varejao after losing the pursuit of Milicic. Finally, after the Bulls announced the extension of Nochioni, they announced to keep the Brazilian Anderson, who had performed well in the team.

Varejao, and the two parties will sign a five-year contract worth almost 40 million.

The continuous retention of big-name players on the team and the fact that the big-name players who were originally clamoring for transfer have basically not been traded have led experts to estimate that this year's free market will be far less crazy than imagined.

However, at this time, the "Orlando Sentinel" and "Sacramento Bee" simultaneously revealed that the Kings and the Magic had reached a multi-player deal.

The release of this news also aroused the interest of many people. After all, the media from both sides revealed at the same time, people could not help but guess who was involved in the multi-person deal.

"Orlando, here I come!"

This is the latest news posted by Ron Artest on Twitter on the afternoon of July 5th. The appearance of this Twitter message immediately made people exclaim.

"What kind of beast Artest went to Orlando? God, Orlando is going crazy!" This was the first thought of many people when they heard the news.

If we say that the shortcomings of the Orlando Magic last season besides offense, the most obvious one was the defense of the forwards. The defense of this position is also the transition point between the internal and external defense of the team. The lack of defense of this position will directly lead to the Magic's defense.

We can only rely more on the players' personal abilities.

This also caused Milicic and Howard inside to face a lot of pressure from the outside. Once Artest joins, this problem will be solved. Although Artest is not favored by others off the court, no one will.

Denies Artest's ability on the court.

Especially the ability on the defensive end. Magic fans think of the horror that Artest, who was wearing a Pacers jersey two or three years ago, only averaged less than 9 points per game against his opponents throughout the season. No one does not feel for the Magic next season.

excited.

Turkoglu also wrote on his Twitter: "Thank you to Orlando, thank you to the fans here, thank you to my teammates. Thank you to my bosses and coaches, without you there would be no growth for me."

Turkoglu's Twitter message directly confirmed that the deal between the Orlando Magic and the Sacramento Kings was true. Now the teams and players who had been quiet all of a sudden couldn't sit still. No one wanted to watch their opponents continue to strengthen.

And he did nothing.

Kobe Bryant, who had just apologized to the team, tactfully expressed his hope for the team to strengthen again after just one morning: "I know Mitch will make the right choice. Orlando has become stronger. I think that

Everyone knows that. But I believe Mitch can also bring a bright future to Los Angeles."

In the evening, the official websites of the Orlando Magic and the Sacramento Kings simultaneously announced that they had reached a deal.

The Kings will send Ron Artest plus next year's top-five protected first-round picks and next year's second-round picks to the Magic for Hedo Turkoglu and Kelana Azubuike and next year's

The second round and the first round in 2009.
To be continued...