On April 27, the league officially announced that Sam Mitchell won the best coach award of the season.

Coach Sam Mitchell helped the Raptors buck the trend this season and achieve the best ranking in team history. They also performed well in the playoffs and tied with the Magic 2-2.

Although it is a regular season award, performance in the playoffs will more or less affect the intuitive feeling of voters.

Sam Mitchell received 39% of the votes, beating Avery Johnson, who received 35%, to win the Coach of the Year award for the 2006-07 season.

The Mavericks have just returned to Dallas and are preparing for Game 6.

If you lose, you go fishing, if you win... there's not much hope of winning three games in a row.

It happened that at this time, the best coach came out, and it was not the young general Johnson who was unanimously determined at the end of the regular season. This brought a big blow to the Mavericks.

When the media swarmed to Dallas, the entire Mavericks team was prohibited from accepting interviews and announced that they would be closed to think about ways to make a comeback.

Regardless of the record or awards, the Mavericks really don't have the face to accept interviews.

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Best coach is Sam Mitchell...

This surprised Liu Mang.

Seeing the news that the Mavericks refused to accept all interviews, Liu Mang felt that his great revenge had been avenged!

This season, the Hawks and 28 other teams have at least one win or a loss, and only the Mavericks have swept them.

The Bulls played 3-1 with the Nets. For the Wizards, they know the Cavaliers' weaknesses and they can't take advantage of them. But the Nets with Kidd and Carter can still take advantage of them. After all, the Bulls

The offensive problem is indeed a bit big.

Although it was not an upset counterattack, after being beaten 3-0, the Nets struggled a bit and were delayed until the fifth game.

The Nets defeated the Bulls, giving the Hawks a lot of "material" to learn and study.

The Raptors and Magic are going to play the Battle of Tianwangshan, so they have to play at least six games, that is, the two teams on the 27th and 29th must play. So in this way, the series between the Eagles and the Bulls will be 4 at the earliest.

It won’t start until the 30th of May, or it may even start on May 2nd.

Since the league adjusted the playoff format so that all games in each series cannot start more than two days apart, the playoff schedule has become much healthier, but occasionally a team will have to wait six or seven days.

Situations may occur, but at least there is no extreme situation like when the Lakers were 15 wins and 1 loss and the Hawks were 16 wins and 1 loss. After the last round, the opponent played a tiebreaker in the next round and waited ten days for the next round.

The Rockets were really resilient. On April 27, they unexpectedly played the Lakers 2-3 and dragged the game back to Houston, which made Alexander extremely happy.

For the game against the Lakers, the Rockets' home ticket prices were the highest among all series in the first round... In the first round, the average home ticket price for the Lakers was US$361, the cheapest ticket was US$150, and the average ticket price for the Eagles' home tickets was US$150.

The ticket price is 330 US dollars, the lowest ticket price is 106 US dollars, and the Rockets sold an average ticket price of 365 US dollars. Although the Rockets did not have many high-priced tickets, the courtside tickets of the Eagles and Lakers were 20,000 US dollars.

The starting price is quite different, but the lowest ticket price is 200 US dollars...

The Rockets' lowest ticket prices are higher than the average prices of the Magic and Raptors.

There is no need to pay wages in the playoffs. Although according to the new labor agreement that will be implemented this season, the league will pay 25% to 45% of the playoff tickets. Those below the luxury tax threshold

, it will be divided into 25%, and those above will be divided into 45%. Those who rent the arena, such as the Lakers, will also give a part to the Staples Center.

But the arena was built with funding from Toyota and the Houston government, and it belongs to the Rockets. There is no need to share this part of the money, let alone the luxury tax. Moreover, the Rockets' salary is far below the salary cap. Their three core players add up to less than 10 million.

If the Rockets play one more home game against the Lakers and the Rockets in the playoffs, they can make a net profit of millions of dollars, which is a nice profit.

Just relying on the afterglow left by Yao Ming, the Rockets dare to make money like this. The Rockets, which originally owned Yao Ming for eight years, can make Alexander soar from the bottom of the league in terms of net worth to the top in a few years. Yao Ming's commercial value is too terrifying.

However, what is even more terrifying is that the Eagles are not as stingy as Alexander, but the Eagles also make a lot of money.

This has made Liu Mang a little annoyed recently...

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"Ace, look, these are the design drawings for the summer renovation of our arena. Do you see anything you are dissatisfied with? I will ask the designer to change it right away..." Price held up a large design drawing and placed it on the

The writing board next to it was spread out for Liu Mang to see.

I returned to Atlanta in the early hours of yesterday morning. I took a long nap during the day and spent the afternoon watching cartoons with my little Lolita and Avril Lavigne in my arms. Today, in the early morning of April 28, Liu Mang received a call from his boss.

Invite Liu Mang's family to their family luncheon.

Of course Liu Mang is very happy. The team will have training tomorrow. The programs and other things have been recorded before. Now he can't find anything more that can be used as "material". His teammates also need to rest to prepare for the second round.

The Bulls were recuperating during the series, and Liu Mang had nothing to do except training. Coach Kruger also asked the little girl to pester Liu Mang all the time, so that Liu Mang would train less to avoid injuries at critical moments in the playoffs.

At this time, Price invited his family to have lunch, and Liu Mang naturally thought that the coaching staff wanted him to train less.

Liu Mang was also happy to take advantage of the rich.

It's just...it doesn't look the same as I imagined.

Price's new girlfriend gave San Niu a lot of jewelry, including Dinah, a 12-year-old girl...

On Liu Mang's side, Price was insinuating and asked about the contract renewal.

But there is no need to force it. Price is a businessman. He naturally understands that the league relies on Liu Mang and Yao Ming. Starting from the 2002-2003 season, the salary cap has been increasing significantly in the past four years, although it has entered a growth period since last year.

Price himself has also felt the bottleneck period. This year's ticket prices and advertising fees cannot rise. They have reached the limits of fans and sponsors at this stage. The subprime mortgage crisis is spreading. He must keep last year's revenue from falling.

Thank God, but the salary cap has increased by 16 million in four years, and Price knows what it means.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Such a large amount of money, with Price’s understanding of Liu Mang, Liu Mang will definitely not give up, even for a year.

But Price doesn't worry about money. He accepts everything that money can solve. With Liu Mang here, making money is not a problem.

He just wanted to give Liu Mang a better impression, and it was best to get Liu Mang's promise that he would definitely renew the contract.

Liu Mang asked why the servant brought a writing board over at the end of lunch. It turned out to be to show the design drawings.

Liu Mang swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of the soup, rinsed his mouth, and spit it into the container that the servant brought in time.

In the boss's luxurious villa, you still have to maintain etiquette, otherwise the little brother will not be able to find his lair when he goes back, and the two girls will complain about him.

After pretending to look at it, Liu Mang said in Price's expectant eyes: "Is the arena going to be renovated? It's great, well, the designer hired by the boss is awesome!"

And Liu Mang's inner thoughts were... "Young Master knows how to handle a hammer!"

Price himself couldn't understand it. He went to college and spent millions to sponsor a library to study at Georgetown University. He felt that Liu Mang, who is regarded as the smartest player in the NBA, should be able to understand it.

Gotta understand.

Seeing Liu Mang's satisfied expression, Price felt very good.

Gifts were given and meals were invited, and the other party was very satisfied with the team's future plans. Price, who has been learning the Chinese way of getting along with each other in the past few years, felt that everything was moving in a good direction.

As long as Liu Mang agrees to renew his contract, even if it is a 4 1 1 contract, then at least until 2012, the Eagles will have Liu Mang.

The Bulls have owned Jordan for only 11 years. By 2012, the Eagles will have owned Liu Mang for 11 years.

Moreover, Liu Mang will be 30 years old by then, and Liu Mang will probably not have any intention of leaving by then.

This is the conclusion reached by Price after studying the psychology of Chinese people and their way of getting along with each other.

But Liu Mang would naturally not make promises easily.

The management cannot be left in a comfortable state. Liu Mang wants a positive team and a positive management team so that he can realize his ultimate dream.

After three consecutive championships, Liu Mang did not choose to retire and enjoy life for a dream that seems unrealistic now.

We had a sumptuous lunch at the boss's house, drank afternoon tea, and chatted about life. We avoided talking about contract renewal, but Liu Mang also gave a positive signal.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang had just returned home and received another call from Price. Liu Mang didn't know what the boss was up to, so he answered the phone speechlessly.

Unexpectedly, I heard unexpected news...

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"Congratulations Ace, this is already your third MVP trophy... No, it should be six, seven or eight. I forgot that you also have the Finals MVP and the All-Star MVP." Adam Xi

Erva held Liu Mang's hand and said.

"Thanks."

After shaking hands, Liu Mang took the trophy handed over by Adam Silva. The two held the MVP trophy together and smiled for a group photo in front of the photographer sent by the league official.

After taking the photo, Adam Silva and Price went to chat.

Looking at the future president of the league who thought he was very humorous with his beautiful hair, Liu Mang was curious, why is this guy not bald yet? Could it be that he has been waiting for David Stern to retire until David Stern is 72 years old?

Are you worried about your hair?

Just after arriving home in the afternoon, Liu Mang came to the arena immediately after receiving the call.

MVP!

The league official will make an announcement tomorrow, and the Eagles will also hold a press conference tomorrow, but the trophies are delivered a day in advance. This afternoon, Vice President Adam Silva delivered the MVP trophy!

Liu Mang does not have any extravagant expectations for the MVP this season. Although, he has won 11 Best of the Week this season, which is more than the 7 Best of the Week last season. However, he only has 1 Best of the Month this season, only in

In January, he won the Eastern Conference's Player of the Month award, and in other months it was taken away by Garnett, James, and Raheem.

Nowitzki has always been the favorite for MVP. Even though Liu Mang has been ranked first in the MVP rankings for more than ten weeks this season, in the predictions before the start of the playoffs, major media gave Nowitzki a win.

The predictions of MVP probability are all above 60%, with Sports Illustrated giving the highest prediction of 90%, and ESPN also giving Nowitzki a prediction of 60%.

Liu Mang's prediction probability is only 20% to 30%, and other James, Garnett, Kobe, Duncan, and others only have less than 10% prediction probability.
To be continued...