NBA Dynasty Sniper

At 9 o'clock on January 15, 1999, both parties formally reached all agreements and signed a new labor-management agreement.

The league officially introduced the concept of luxury tax and soft salary cap, which is a very important item in this agreement, involving some flexible operations of the team.

Simply put, when the team exceeds the hard salary cap, it is not allowed to sign free agents, but it is possible to renew the contract with the team's existing players and use some special terms to reinforce the lineup.

In other words, if the team's salary exceeds 55% of basketball-related income, then for every $1 in excess, a $1 luxury tax will be paid to the league.

And this luxury tax will be evenly distributed to teams that do not exceed the luxury tax after the end of the season.

As for special terms, such as Larry Bird terms, middle class terms, basic salary terms, etc., they are all special terms.

The new labor agreement was reached and the league announced the end of the suspension. The new season will start on February 5 and end on May 5, for a period of three months.

The new season has a total of 50 regular season games. Not only is there no preseason, but also 32 regular season games are missing, and the regular season season will be very tight.

From 9 am on the 15th, the trading window opens at the same time.

In less than ten minutes, Stern received dozens of transaction applications.

"The postman is going to Philadelphia?"

Seeing the first deal between the Jazz and the numbers team, he was startled.

If you think about it carefully, it's not bad. It increases the strength of the digital team, and the East will add a strong team.

"But young people today have their own problems."

He muttered and said to himself: "Flying dragon likes violence, Allen Iverson likes hip-hop, this is all wrong."

At ten o'clock, the alliance announced that it had passed a series of transaction applications.

The first transaction shocked the alliance.

"It's great, the postman has joined us. We in Philadelphia are fighting for the championship this season."

"The combination of the answer and the postman, why don't we call them the lightning postman combination? Or email combination? Yes, e-mail, the speed of light transmission, I think it's great."

After the deal was announced, Philadelphia was boiling, fans of the digital team were talking, and the e-mail combination began to become popular in Philadelphia.

"A new championship-level team is born!" The New York Times.

"Eastern powers are numerous, the Knicks and the Bulls are fighting for the first tier, and the Heat, Pacers, the numbers, and the Magic are fighting for the second tier." New York Sports News.

The media reacted immediately, and the evaluation of the Heat reached the same level as that of Hot Water and the Pacers.

However, this does not meet the expectations of the Postman and Iverson. They hope that the team will reach the level, the championship level.

So they immediately asked the management to reinforce the deal, especially the postman. He is the last year of his contract this season, with only six million dollars. The digital team traded Coleman, and there is still a lot of salary space left. Strongly request the management to trade another All-Star star to come in.

At 10 o'clock, the Knicks announced that they had bought out Larry Johnson's contract.

In this buyout contract, the Knicks lost tens of millions of dollars in blood, and they are almost the same as James Dawlan's purchase of the Knicks.

But in order to make room for salary and not pay too much luxury tax, I can only grit my teeth.

That is to say, Neil Grant signed Zhao Dong for the Knicks with a lottery show contract, otherwise James Dawlan would definitely have to change to a general manager.

After solving the salary space problem, it was Zhao Dong's turn to sign the contract. He and Wells sat in Grant's office at the headquarters.

The two have turned off their phones to avoid being disturbed by other teams.

In front of Zhao Dong, there is a so-called maximum salary contract, which is the result of discussions between Wells and the management.

6+1, the last year is a player option. The contract ended in the summer of 2005, which coincided with the end of the current round of labor agreements.

The first year's annual salary is 20 million US dollars, an annual increase of 10.5%, and the total amount is 1926.0 million US dollars.

This is by far the largest contract in the history of the league.

In addition, the boss James Dowlan also gave Zhao Dong a contract to endorse Madison Square Garden, which is also 7 years, and the total endorsement amount is as high as 82 million US dollars.

Together, the two contracts are already on par with Jordan.

Of course, Jordan has only signed a 30 million contract for three years, and this time he signed it for only one year. This is Zhao Dong's age advantage, so he can sign a longer contract.

At 12 noon on the 15th, the Knicks held a press conference in Madison Square Garden to announce the signing of Zhao Dong.

This news greatly disappointed other teams and attracted all the media to attend the press conference.

At the beginning of the press conference, Neil Grant and James Dawlan announced two contracts, which immediately shocked all the media, but after the shock, they felt that this was very reasonable.

"Mr. Dawlan, can the endorsement contract be allowed by the league?" The team reporter Thomas was the first to get the right to ask questions.

"We have notified the league, and the league has no objections." James Dawlan smiled.

"Flying dragon, give up the higher-income professional boxing and return to the NBA to take such a small amount of money, do you think it is reasonable?" The second question was a New York Times reporter who asked a question that made the Knicks management a black face.

Zhao Dong laughed, shook his head and smiled: "If it’s for money, I don’t need to play basketball at all, let alone boxing. I have more and better ways to make big money. So I returned to nba, just because of me. Like this sport."

The third question was a New York TV reporter. This is the family business of James Dawlan. The reporter asked: "Flying Dragon, what are your goals for the new season?"

"Dynasty, only dynasty can become my goal this season, and it should be the only goal of our team."

Zhao Dong said seriously.

Next, the Knicks speeded up the transaction.

First, completed the John Starks and Madman deal with the Warriors, and completed the Alan Houston and Kevin Willis deal with Mosaic, and finally re-signed Larry Johnson with a basic salary and signed the free agent Barkley. , Plus a few marginal people, the construction of the team's main lineup was successfully completed in one afternoon.

After Ringer Wells handled Zhao Dong's signing, he rushed to Chicago to help deal with some problems.

That night, Zhao Dong called Dazhi.

"Da Zhi, have you met with Jordan?"

"Went to the team to report in the morning and met. He didn't say anything and didn't talk to me much."

"If someone bullies you, do you know by my name?" Zhao Dong exhorted.

"I see, Brother Dong." Da Zhi said hurriedly.

"In the NBA, you must take the initiative to communicate with the coaching staff. Don’t come to the domestic one. Don’t be too humble. You have to fight for everything yourself. For example, playing time, such as playing style, such as tactics that suit you, etc. Talk to the coaching staff, otherwise you will be marginalized. In addition, Oakley is my brother. You and him have also met. If you have anything to do with him, please tell him." Zhao Dong exhorted again.

After hanging up the phone, he was still not at ease about Dazhi's character, and called Oakley again.

"Charles, are you in Chicago?"

"I just arrived and haven't reported to the Bulls yet."

"There is something, my brother Wang Zhizhi is in the bull, you have seen it, show me a good idea, don't be bullied."

"Don't worry, your brother is my brother. With me, Jordan will give me face. Whoever wants to bully my brother, lick him with a big mouth."

"His personality is very introverted. If there is anything to pay attention to, please remind me."

"No problem, leave him to me, I'll come forward if anything happens."

"Okay, that's it."

When Dazhi was handed over to Oakley, Zhao Dong was relieved.

After hanging up the phone, he called back to the country with another call.

Hu Weidong is still staying in the country, it's time to come back.

"Brother Hu, how are you doing?"

"It's okay, hehe."

"Listening to your tone, I feel proud of the spring breeze. Is my girlfriend getting started?"

"It's ok, hehe."

"That's good, do you want to come together this time? The league is about to start. Will Wells inform you?"

"I have already booked a ticket, and I will come over tomorrow. My girlfriend will not come here for the time being. Anyway, this season is short, we have discussed it, and she will come with me next season."

"That's fine too."

After chatting for a few words, the two ended the call.

Zhao Dong hung up the phone, thought about it, and called Dayao again.

The regular season of the ncaa men's basketball championship has come to an end. This season, Duke University is very strong and has the strength to compete for the championship.

Dayao, Battier, Eltonbrand, Boozer and Corey Maggette are more mature rookies. This season they have played a big name, and everyone has won a lot. focus on.

In this traditional center era, the second-year Dayao, with his height, increasingly advanced technique, and top-notch shooting touch, has won the recognition of the North American media, and his evaluation of him is no less than that of Brand.

You must know that after Brandt announced his participation in the NBA draft in 1999, a large number of media are optimistic about him becoming the No. 1 pick in this year's draft.

Many media predict that if Yao participates in this year's draft, his lottery will not be lower than the top five, or even the top three.

"Brother Dong."

"Dayao, have you slept yet?"

"No, Brother Dong, I'm talking to you."

"Haha...well, no kidding..."

I chatted with Dayao about the current situation. He gave Dayao peace of mind to play at Duke for another year, and then participate in the 2000 draft after the 99/00 season.

By next season, Dayao's body will reach the maturity of an adult, he will complete the first phase of strength training, and his skills will begin to mature.

At that time, I believe that the media's evaluation of him will not be the top five and the top three, but the evaluation of the top pick.

In Los Angeles, Lakers general manager Jerry West completed a deal to sell Fan Madman to the Nuggets in exchange for only two marginal men.

And these two marginal people were later dealt with by him, so in fact, Fan Madzi was given away for nothing, and nothing was exchanged. The advantage of Zhunyi was that it freed up some salary space.

He originally wanted to change to a good power forward, but he couldn't do it. If he wanted the Nuggets' pick, the Nuggets didn't agree and could only sell it cheaply.

Of course, he also wanted to sell to other weak teams and come back with a lottery sign, but he didn't get his wish.

The Hornets were willing to trade for Eddie Jones with two first-round picks, and later replaced Coleman with these two picks because the Hornets wanted to make the playoffs.

And the reason why he gave Fan Crazy to the Nuggets is because the Nuggets have Fan Crazy and will not become an opponent of the Lakers and can't threaten the Lakers.

On the morning of the 16th, Zhao Dong and Lindsay arrived at the headquarters of the Storm Fund, and then took a large number of people to the Nike headquarters.

Today is Nike’s shareholder meeting, and it is also the last opportunity for Philip Knight to struggle. If he can gather more than 40% of the equity, he can temporarily prevent the Storm Fund from becoming the owner of Nike.

"42%, enough."

At the same time, Philip Knight, who had worked hard all day and night, cheered up and began to prepare for the general meeting of shareholders.

He promised many conditions. Before the general meeting of shareholders began, he finally won some small shareholders who were not in his side, so as to prevent the Storm Fund from becoming the new Nike chairman and successfully save his Nike from being swallowed by the storm.

He only has this opportunity. He is well aware of the gameplay of the predators on Wall Street. They will definitely not run a physical enterprise. If the storm takes Nike, it will only immediately dismantle it and sell it for money.

When the storm demolished Nike, there is only one buyer most likely, Feilong Sports.

After an hour, voting began.

A total of 83% of equity holders participated in the general meeting, and the rest were small retail investors who did not participate in this meeting.

When the voting results came out, the Storm Fund won a 45% approval rate and successfully entered the board of directors.

"why?"

"Don't you know that the storm will tear down Nike?"

"Without Nike, what else can you get?"

Philip Knight questioned a few minority shareholders like crazy.

These people obviously agreed to support him, but now they have invested in the Storm Fund. He wanted to kill these guys in one shot.

"Philip, don't blame us, the Storm Fund has promised to accept our funds, and we will become investors in the Storm Fund."

A small shareholder was excited and authentic.

"Oh oh..."

Philip Knight was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. Just an opportunity to invest in the Storm Fund defeated him?

At this time, a director stood up, looked at Lindsay respectfully, and made a proposal: "Everyone, I propose to resign from the position of President Philip Knight and let Miss Lindsay take over as the president of Nike."

"agree."

Those who support the Storm Fund raised their hands.

"Miss Lindsay, Flying Dragon, this is endless." Philip Knight left the table angrily.

"It's endless."

Lindsay stared coldly at Philip Knight, who had left. The first thing after taking over as president, she must thoroughly understand everything Philip Knight did at Nike, especially the period before and after the supermarket shooting.

Nike officially changed ownership and founder Philip Knight was expelled, symbolizing that the sporting goods market will usher in a major reshuffle.

Also on this day, Feilong Sports announced the official release of the Silver Devil II.

The Silver Devil II has some improvements in performance, some changes in style, and the addition of some Chinese elements, but it is not obvious.

The introduction of the second generation of Silver Devil benefited from the excellent performance of the first generation of Silver Devil, and immediately received the approval of the fans.

At the same time, after more than a year of technical research and development, Feilong Sports announced its entry into the field of football shoes and other sports shoes.

On the 17th, the Knicks team assembled and began preparations for the new season.

At 9 o'clock this morning, Zhao Dong came to the training base.

When he came out of the parking lot, he met Zhang Lifang and his photography team (two people).

This season, Lao Zhang has now become a reporter with CCTV in the Knicks. There is no restriction on entry and exit, he can enter the training hall for interviews, and can shoot internal training after obtaining permission.

"Zhao Dong, over there, what kind of performance do you think he will have this year?" Zhang Yangliang asked.

Zhao Dong pondered for a moment and said: "Dazhi's offense is nothing to say. Let me quantify his offensive ability. If he passes 60 points, he now has 70 points."

"Is it NBA level?" Zhang Yangyi asked quickly.

"certainly."

Zhao Dong nodded and said: "Passing the level, you can play the bench, 70 points, even in a strong team like ours, a rotation is still qualified."

"marvelous!"

Zhang Yangliang didn't expect that Zhao Dong's evaluation of Dazhi was so high, and he was very excited.

Zhao Dong shook his head and said: "Director Zhang, don't be happy too early, you should know the weakness of Dazhi. He has also played cba for three years."

Zhang Yangliang was taken aback and blurted out: "Defense?"

Zhao Dong nodded, a little regrettably: "He doesn't like defense very much, especially resisting strong confrontation in hand-to-hand combat. For the past two years, I have been letting the trainer teach him defense and let him increase his defensive ability in hand-to-hand combat, but he has always been To avoid this kind of training, the confrontation on the offensive end is okay."

Zhang Yangfang hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Dongdao: "The offensive and defensive is not balanced. This will definitely affect his development here. In this era, it is difficult to survive without defense."

"That's it!"

Zhang Yangliang knows NBA too well and is very disappointed in his heart.

Zhao Dong added: "But fortunately, his offensive talent is good. In the past two years, he has improved a lot, with a 70-point level. After one or two seasons in the league, he has risen to the 80-point level, and even further. Great opportunity."

"What level can I reach with 80 points?" Zhang Lili asked quickly.

"All-star level."

Zhao Dongdao: "But don't be happy, just offensive and not defending. Lost more points than scored. Note that there is no future. My assumption is that he is unwilling to defend. Then in the NBA, use the competitive environment here. Push him and let him know that if you don’t defend, you may not even have a chance to play."

Zhang Yangliang nodded thoughtfully.

"Hello everyone!"

As soon as he entered the training hall, Zhao Dong called out loudly.

"Good boss."

Seeing Zhao Dong coming in, everyone said one after another.

"Zhao Dong."

Hu Weidong greeted with a smile.

"Flying Dragon."

Barkley greeted with a grin~www.novelmt.com~Flying Dragon. "

Old Nelson and several other coaches also came over.

Zhao Dong glanced, everyone was there.

Ben Wallace, Danny Fordson, Barkley, Kevin Willis, Larry Johnson, Billups, Lattles Prewell, Hu Weidong, Mobley, Charlie Ward, plus Rick Bronson and a few marginal people, including himself, exactly fifteen people.

Among these people, only Larry Johnson and Charlie Ward are old teammates. The two of them were there when he came the year before last, and the others just came in last year or this year.

He specifically glanced at the madman, this guy heard that he was not good at controlling.

The unruly madman was glanced at by Zhao Dong. The sharp, aggressive gaze made his eyes shrink, and he couldn't help lowering his head, avoiding Zhao Dong's sight.

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