After returning to Atlanta from the imperial capital, Liu Mang took a day's rest at home to adjust his mentality as he was about to collapse as the last day of the year was approaching.

Since there are no games from December 30 to January 2, the Eagles have to rest for four days. The Eagles schedule in January is still easy, and like the previous two, there are only two back-to-back games, and the opponents are not too strong.

Most of the Nets' playoff teams are only on the fringes of the playoffs.

So I have the first two days off and the next two days to plan and train for the 15 games in January.

Seeing that December 31st was coming, Liu Mang had a lot of things to do, but he really wanted to stay awake for a while.

But there was nothing he could do. Early in the morning on the 31st, Schwartz called him and asked him to go to the team.

What is supposed to come will eventually come. Seeing that 2002 is about to pass, there are some things that cannot be done!

However, it’s a bit unhappy to do this kind of thing alone!

It seems that my teammates like this dance very much. If these guys who can't write letters are allowed to become "teachers" together, they will definitely be very happy!

Will!

Liu Mang has two things to do today. The first thing is to renew a contract, and the second thing is...

Liu Mang first sent a few text messages to invite some of his close teammates to the arena and asked them for help if he needed help. Then he rode his nearly retired bicycle to the arena.

Looking at this bicycle, which is already in its fourth year of use, it is indeed almost unsustainable.

Liu Mang is reluctant to part with this bicycle, but it’s probably time to buy one!

If you move to a villa, it will definitely be far away from the arena. Within a few kilometers of the arena, there is either a school, an apartment area, or a business district. There is no such thing as a villa area, within ten kilometers.

Liu Mang feels that riding a bicycle is okay and should be used as exercise. If it is too far, he still has to drive.

When they arrived at Phillips Arena, Liu Mang came to the general manager's office. Schwartz was already chatting with Steven Price and Coach Kruger. The lawyers brought by Schwartz and the team's lawyers were ready to

After work, the specific details of the contract renewal have probably been finalized. Just waiting for Liu Mang to sign, the cameramen are already in place. According to the custom, when signing the contract, a photo will be taken for news.

"Haha, Ace, you're finally here. I've been waiting so long that I want to deliver the contract directly to your home." Steven Price hurriedly came up to greet you.

"..." Looking at the boss who was getting more and more enthusiastic, Liu Mang couldn't adapt. He stretched out his hand to shake it and said, "I'm sorry, I overslept. It's rare for me to rest for two days."

After some pleasantries, it was over. Next to the big desk again, Steven Price handed the contract to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang took a look, and there were mainly two items.

1. The home team’s priority extension terms are extended to the 2003-2004 season.

2. The full mid-level contract is renewed for one year, tentatively set at US$3.952 million. The specific amount will be determined after the salary cap is announced next season. The total amount will not exceed 9.8% of next season's salary cap.

A bunch of other miscellaneous things like jersey sharing, image rights sharing, etc. are all customary. Most ordinary player jerseys cannot be sold, and there is no profit. Liu Mang’s jerseys sell only averagely, and the locals in Atlanta wear "hooligan league" jerseys.

T-shirts, but jerseys can no longer be sold.

Image rights are not worth much these days, there are not many NBA games, and unlike the future where the share of jersey and image rights will be shared equally among all players in the league, for many players these two clauses are temporarily useless.

Liu Mang looked at it and signed his name. Of course, the Chinese name Ace signed was just a nickname, and it was still Liu Mang on the passport. In the passport of the Chinese dynasty, the English name cannot be added.

After seeing Liu Mang's thousand words, Steven Price's heart dropped. He finally renewed his contract!

As for the one-year contract, that’s not a problem!

If Liu Mang signs a mid-level contract for two or three years, Steven Price will be even more panicked. Obviously, the mid-level level does not meet Liu Mang's worth, but Liu Mang can only sign a mid-level contract after finishing his rookie contract. Now,

If you extend the contract renewal terms with your parent team and wait until the mid-level period ends in one year, you can have the bird rights!

After signing, under the instructions of the cameraman, everyone faced the camera with a smile, showing the signed contract. Liu Mang and Steven Price shook hands, and the signing ceremony was over!

"Ace, I hope our future cooperation will be more pleasant." Steven Price is very happy to have finally resolved the most important contract extension of this season.

Jason Terry has decided to negotiate a contract extension after this season. The data is too ugly now, and it is difficult to negotiate the price. It is difficult for the team to lower the price, and it is difficult for the player's agent to talk about raising the price.

However, Jason Terry will have the Bird Rights and the parent team's priority to renew his contract when the time comes, so it doesn't matter. In terms of the free market, Jason Terry's worth is not more than 10 million, so the Hawks will not have much pressure to renew his contract.

After some more pleasantries, Steven Price got down to work and asked Liu Mang: "Ace, it's been two months since the season. Do you have any suggestions for adjustments to the lineup?"

This is the power that only the core of the team or the key players have. Steven Price has already asked Raheem and Jason Terry before. Neither of them has a particularly easy-to-use brain.

, not stupid, but I can't say that I have much business ability, so they all said that they had no suggestions. They thought it was pretty good now. Even if it had flaws, they couldn't say what was wrong with it, so they didn't worry about it.

Liu Mang does have ideas, but they will definitely not be realized this season. The Eagles' current half-dead record is expected to last for a long time. Ideas that require records cannot be realized, and some do not require records. The management of the transaction partner has a good reputation.

It can't be realized either.

"We'll see in the summer. It's pretty good now. We have good depth in every position and are heading for the playoffs. If we make adjustments, it may affect our current good state." Liu Mang chose not to express his thoughts.

idea.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Steven Price is a little disappointed. Now he can be said to have blind trust in Liu Mang's vision. Liu Mang's vision of players is too accurate!

But thinking about the draft again in the summer, it is still a big draft year that only happens once every seven or eight years. By then, his team should have a pick in the middle of the first round. Steven Price thinks it is pretty good.

Let Liu Mang watch the trial training.

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…

The contract renewal is over, and a major event in 2002 has been completed.

But there is an even bigger thing, a huge thing!

"Punishment for failing to buckle the Little Giant: Go to the Six Nations Park Plaza in Atlanta and find at least ten Chinese aunts over 40 years old to teach them how to dance in the square. Please complete it by December 31, 2002. For each missing one, 10,000 superstar points will be deducted.

If the superstar value is insufficient, double the superstar value obtained in the future will be deducted."

Seeing that even after completing the daily tasks of the Pacers game, including the previous superstar value, which was only over 8,700, Liu Mang could only bring his teammates together with tears in his eyes.

Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, Prince, Boozer, Nubel, Ratliff, these are the ones Liu Mang has the best relationship with on the team, and Barnes has the best relationship with Liu Mang

I also respect them very much. Emmanuel and Liu Mang have a very good relationship, but they will only come back when they are still playing in the Development League in Orlando and playing against the Cavaliers.

"Ace, you said you have something important to talk to us about. What exactly is it?" Jason Terry asked with concern.

Others also looked at Liu Mang curiously. The tone of the text message Liu Mang sent them seemed to be a big deal.

Liu Mang has adjusted his condition and is about to show off his acting skills!

"Ahem, everyone, listen to me," Liu Mang said, as if someone was about to do something great. "Before, Tyshawn and I did a dance during the game against the Pacers, and now it's become popular.

, you should know it too!”

When a few people thought about it, it seemed like it! It was on the TV news, and it was also widely circulated in the forum.

"Ace, you want us to dance together before the game? Of course that's no problem!" Jason Terry said that he also wants to be popular!

"Wrong, wrong, wrong!" Liu Mang looked like you are so unambitious, "We all have our own characteristics, Jason, you already have your own unique moves, keep it up, it is your personal label! Sharif,

Nazir, the same goes for you, Tyshawn, in the future, if you are like this, you will discuss with the DJ before the game what song to play, and you can also figure out what dance to dance at home. This is our respective personal label. From now on

Even if we retire, people will not forget us easily! Carlos, Ira, don’t worry, I will think of one for you when you have the chance."

Liu Mang looked at Boozer and Newbel who were eager to try, and felt that he had to have a headache again to find some moves for them.

Prince nodded heavily. He felt that he often had no sense of existence. Although he had a low-key personality and a plain personality, he still wanted someone to remember him. Recently, he also started to be in the news, but not because of how good he played, but because

Danced a bit with Liu Mang.

Although the other people didn't know what was wrong, when Liu Mang said that, they really felt as if what Liu Mang said was right!

"Then Ace, what are we going to do?" Jason Terry was still confused.

"We have a great mission!" Liu Mang said and waved his fist again.

"We have opened up a new type of dance, NBA court dance! Many people want to learn it, but they can't learn the essence because no one teaches them. This makes me feel very sad! Although this is me and Tyshawn together

It’s invented, but we are a team, and people who love our dance just love our whole team!”

"So, while we have nothing to do during the holiday, I don't want you to waste all your energy on women's bellies. We should do something more meaningful."

"Seeing that there are many fans on the Internet who want to learn our dance, I hope you will join me in going to Six Nations Park to teach everyone how to dance and spread our NBA court dance to the Atlanta fans who love us!"

Liu Mang talked nonsense, but several teammates heard it with excitement!

"Ace, we support you!" Jason Terry, the guy who is most easily affected by emotions, was the first to follow suit and punched.

Someone took the lead, and everyone else excitedly expressed how proud they were...

"Ahem, okay, Tyshawn, you teach everyone the essence of dance, and then everyone chooses some songs they like. Let's rent a set of equipment and go to the Six Nations Park to find some songs between the ages of 40 and 60.

Aunts, ask them to dance our NBA court dance!"

"Okay...wait a minute, Ace, why is it a woman between 40 and 60 years old? Can't young women do it? Can't men do it?" Jason Terry had many questions.

"Well... young women are not good at it. As for men... how can you be as motivated to teach a man as to teach a woman? Do you like a bearded old man twisting around you?" Liu Mang continued to talk nonsense.

"Right……"

"The main thing is that we want to spread the NBA court dance we created, so that aunties aged 40 to 60 have free time to teach their husbands and children, so that it can spread!" Liu Mang himself felt that he said

That makes sense!

"Yes! Ace, you are indeed smarter than me!" Jason Terry completely believed what Liu Mang said.

"By the way, remember to find more Chinese aunties if you can find them." Liu Mang emphasized the most important thing.

"Why?" Jason Terry is always a question.

Liu Mang was so helpless, but he had to find someone to help him with this matter, otherwise he would be the only one to be embarrassed, so how could he do it!

Liu Mang suddenly had an idea again: "Of course it's because I'm Chinese! I also want my glory to spread to people in our country and let them know about the NBA streetball dance we pioneered. It's best to spread it to us."
Chapter completed!