Time flashed to July 28, and Liu Mang’s promotional activities in China and other Asian countries and regions, a total of 12 days and 9 stops, finally came to an end.

The last stop was Shanghai Station on the 27th. After finishing the activities, Liu Mang took San Niu and others back to his hometown. He looked at the closed door of the breakfast room. When he arrived at his hometown, he saw that the door of his hometown house was also closed.

Liu Mang fell into deep thought...

"Dina, do you know where the key is?" Liu Mang asked.

Dinah shook her head and looked at Liu Mang with Levia, Alexia and the two cubs, as if asking what to do next.

Liu Mang originally wanted to surprise his parents with San Niu and the two cubs, but he didn't expect this.

"If I had known earlier, I would have made a call first. You guys wait..."

Liu Mang dialed his mother's phone, but after picking up the phone, his mother said a word and hung up.

"We are traveling in Switzerland and international roaming is very expensive and we are stuck."

I really went to Europe for a trip! I didn’t tell you where I was going, and I felt like I was afraid of being followed by Liu Mang...

But that's not what Liu Mang wants to ask, he just wants to know where the key is!

Seeing Liu Mang's confused face, Levia deeply felt the meaning of the word "mother".

Just before the driver left, he saw the closed door. Although the driver didn't like sports and didn't know who Liu Mang was, he knew that there might be another business waiting there.

Levia called Schwartz and asked him to book another night in a hotel in Shanghai, and then contacted the airline to charter a flight...

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Looking at the white clouds outside the window, Liu Mang felt so desolate. He felt abandoned by his parents. Even after a day and night, he still felt desolate.

The charter flight flew directly to Miami. This year, the training location that Liu Mang, Rondo, Tracy McGrady and others had agreed upon was not in Los Angeles.

When they win, or when the Lakers don't win, it's certainly good to go to Los Angeles, but now that the Eagles have lost, the opponent they lost to is still the Lakers. Liu Mang chose to train on the South Coast this time.

Of course, the little blacksmith is coming this time too.

On the 30th, at around five o'clock in the afternoon Eastern Time, Liu Mang's family arrived in Miami. They were exhausted from the long-distance flight. After the driver picked them up at the beach villa they had reserved, San Niu took the two children to bed. The bodyguards and maids

People still have things to be busy with.

Liu Mang flew from the dark night in China to the day on the plane. It was desolate and desolate, but he slept very well. People who love sports generally have good sleep quality.

Liu Mang asked Wade to help rent the private arena, sent text messages to James, McGrady, Rondo, Kobe, Paul and Durant to inform them of the training location, and then started to have nothing to do.

The jet lag was still a bit troublesome for Liu Mang, who slept like a pig after getting on the plane in China last night. It was almost night here in the United States, but Liu Mang was still full of energy.

"If I had known earlier, I would have stayed awake with Dinah..."

Liu Mangdan felt a little pain, but he didn't care too much. He has a strong ability to adjust himself. There are still one day and two nights before the scheduled start of training on the 1st, so there is enough time for adjustment.

The off-season has been almost a month, and the free market is still hot.

Liu Mang looked at the transactions that were refreshed almost every day on the website. Most of them were small transactions, but they also proved how popular this summer was.

Moreover, some experts and media predict that some teams want to abandon the stars who have played well in the past but failed to lead the team to achieve good results like the Pistons and Nets, and start over. Some teams want to form a star lineup.

, but that’s not a deal that can be completed overnight.

Teams as decisive as the Nets are too rare. Most of them will drag on for a long time like Liu Mang remembers Anthony changing teams, Paul George changing teams, Leonard changing teams, and Anthony Davis changing teams.

No, a month has passed, and the big deals are Billups, Randolph, and the two stars of the Nets.

Just when Liu Mang was about to check the news and wait to see if he felt sleepy, a new transaction was actually posted!

On the evening of July 30, 2007, the Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks reached a deal. The Bulls sent Thabo Sefolosha, Andres Nocioni, and Chris Duhon, who averaged three games per game last season.

Thomas Gardner, an efficient substitute pitcher who scored 5 points and 1 rebound in 9 minutes, and power forward Victor Kayapa, a second-round pick in 2004, got Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons from the Bucks.

Liu Mang was shocked when he saw this transaction!

The Bulls are too willing to give up!

In order to get Reid, he didn't hesitate to eat Bobby Simmons' garbage contract!

Chris Duhon was a second-round pick in 2004. At that time, he only signed a one-year contract. In his second year, he renewed his contract for 3 years and 12 million. Now he is in the last year of the contract. He is a very high-value backup point guard, Nocioni.

Last season, he averaged 13 points per game as a substitute. Sefolosha is only in his second year and is a tough guy that championship teams like.

For the Bucks, Reid averaged 26.7 points per game in the season that just ended, but it is no longer news that the Bucks were dissatisfied with his leadership ability. In addition to getting some high-quality contracts, there is another reason for sending Reid away.

Just to send Bobby Simmons away.

Bobby Simmons and Liu Mang have an impression. He was a second-round pick in the same class. He played very poorly at the beginning, but suddenly broke out while playing with the Clippers in the 2004-05 season, averaging 16 points and 4 rebounds per game. He was eliminated by the Bucks.

He was poached for 35 million in 5 years. He suffered a broken ankle last season and was sidelined without playing a single game. It is unlikely that he will be able to return to his peak form, but he still has 3 years left on the contract worth almost 20 million.

In order to equalize the salary space, the Bulls sent away both Duhon and Sefolosha...

However, Liu Mang saw the determination of the Bulls management. Reid and Ben were close to the maximum salary, plus Garnett...the total salary was almost catching up with the Mavericks!

This summer, the Bulls changed coaches and hired Tom Thibodeau from the Rockets as head coach.

Garnett and the Bulls had a good deal to renew their contract in January last season, but the playoffs ended without success. Garnett's contract was a player option in the summer of 2008. The Bulls tried every means to keep Garnett.

Reinforcement.

Last year, the Bulls lacked a strong attacker. Even though they played the strongest defense in history, they still failed to make it past the second round. So this year, they have to sell everything in exchange for a powerful perimeter player.

The Bucks had no choice in the trade. Australia's Duncan made a lively noise, but the result was that he was just an average player among the No. 1 picks. He was not good at all, but compared with the outstanding players in the No. 1 picks, he was completely incomparable.

Reid and Bogut really can't do anything big. The Bucks chose to collect a batch of immediate combat power and use it to trade draft picks later.

Before seeing the news of this trade, Liu Mang felt that he had not seen news about Reed for two years. Liu Mang remembered that Reed had a miserable career. He only played in the playoffs two or three times in 12 years. During his peak period,

He was selected for the Dream Eight Team, but his club performance was very poor, and he suffered from injuries at the end of his career. Mainly because he was not healthy again after playing in the Olympics.

Seeing Reed, Liu Mang still missed the memory of his duel with Reed during the two years of his rookie contract. However, the goals they pursued were far different. They only played against each other three or four times a year and had no other contact.

Chance.

But... Thibodeau... Liu Mang saw that Thibodeau became the head coach of the Bulls in the relevant news link below the news...

Can Reid hold up? The Bulls got Thibodeau, Garnett, Luol Deng, Ben Wallace, Hinrich, Big Z and others, but the defense may not be able to lose Sefolosha.

There are too many problems.

But that's Thibodeau!

Liu Mang could only silently wish Reed good luck.

But Liu Mang thought about it and realized that this was already 2007. In the original time and space, Reed had reached his final peak in the 2007-08 season, but the Bucks still seemed to be at the bottom of the Eastern Conference...

It seems that for Reid, he wants to play for a top team before his peak is over...

Liu Mang was still very excited at the thought of seeing Reed at his peak playing against Reed at his peak on a strong team.

Although it was indeed a headache to play against the Bulls, such a game made Liu Mang more interested. Sweeping and beating opponents was certainly satisfying, but an evenly matched opponent was even better.

As soon as the news came out, the focus of discussion among fans online became the Bulls.

This summer has a feeling of "the emperor is taking turns to come to my house this year". It is getting closer to the era of information explosion. The speed of news dissemination and the convenience of communication with fans are getting faster and faster.

The faster information changes, the more popular news becomes.

Liu Mang watched the news, watched TV, and played games. He felt sleepy late at night...

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The South Coast is still great. Liu Mang feels great every time he comes here. Although it is not as prosperous as Los Angeles, it is also the best city on the South Coast.

After a night's rest, Liu Mang also sat leisurely on the balcony the next morning and watched the scenery. In the afternoon, McGrady, the blacksmith, James, Paul, Durant, and Rondo, who had not seen each other for a long time, arrived in Miami one after another.

, we made an appointment and came to Liu Mang's place together.

The first place the six people came to was the villa where Liu Mang lived.

"Ah...ha..." Looking at the six people arriving, Liu Mang yawned.

It was a bit embarrassing. James thought that Kobe would not come this year. Unexpectedly, Liu Mang still invited Kobe. This actually changed James' perception of Liu Mang.

But I'm still embarrassed with you. McGrady was having fun and didn't say anything, and neither did Paul and Rondo, the two backpackers from the just-concluded Pan American Basketball Championship.

Durant's rookie...

In the Pan American Basketball Championship that ended in mid-July, these six people were selected for the US national team, helping the US team easily win three games in the Pan American Basketball Championship.

The Pan American Basketball Championship changes every year. The last champion, the United States, only played three games this time and started directly from the quarterfinals. This time, the United States team really got serious and invited a total of 24 Americans.

The NBA All-Stars and potential new stars randomly formed a lineup and won the championship by averaging more than 40 points in three games. There is a reason why they were not allowed to play in the group stage.

For the U.S. team, such games are not as good as their intra-team training games.

After the U.S. team won the championship on July 13, except for Durant and Rondo, the other four people went to participate in commercial activities in Asia. Whether it was Adidas or Nike in Europe, except for Liu Mang who had a European station to promote, Novi

Sky, Gasol, Milicic and others have European promotions, but they have not arranged for other NBA players to promote them.

Compared with Liu Mang's influence in Europe, both Kobe and Tracy McGrady are far behind. Liu Mang is an overseas player in the NBA just like the European players who play in the NBA. Although his skin color is different, he is more favored by European fans.

favorite.

As for Durant... the sneaker endorsement has not been negotiated yet, and the endorsement fee is different from the expected value. Liu Mang wants to get a commission. Of course, we have to negotiate slowly. Anyway, Durant cannot be as good as Liu Mang and Liu Mang.

James also had signature shoes from the beginning, and not many overseas fans knew them.

Rondo doesn't have any endorsements for the time being. He played well in his rookie season. After all, he is still a quasi-second-year player who has just finished his rookie season. Some sponsors are still waiting to see.

Liu Mang looked at where Rondo and Paul were sitting far apart, and sighed in his heart that these two people really didn't get along. During the Pan American Basketball Championship, it seemed that neither of them got a chance to play, but there seemed to be a gap.

Same.

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Kobe asked politely: "Where are we staying?"

"The hotel next door is at your own expense." Liu Mang pointed out the window, where was the sea...

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel if they disagreed, James quickly said: "When Ace sent me the address yesterday, I had already booked a hotel nearby. I will take you there..."

Looking at Kobe who was about to leave with a cold snort, Liu Mang thought of something and asked: "Kobe, do you know how to play triple threat?"
Chapter completed!