On April 25, 2004, on the morning of the Knicks' fourth game of this season's playoffs against the Hawks at home, Knicks owner James Dolan held a press conference and announced that he would renew Steph's contract with the maximum salary.

Marbury, is negotiating with Marbury's agent.

When Liu Mang saw the news, he had two feelings about James Dolan.

One is that this boss is really a "hot-tempered person". In the game the day before yesterday, many Knicks fans were instantly moved by Marbury's "spending his last blood" style of play.

Some fans couldn't help but leave early. Marbury forcefully canceled out Liu Mang's King of Madison buff. After arriving at the back, no one booed the Eagles or the Knicks. There were many fans who chose

After leaving, there were not many cheers. Only James Dolan kept cheering Marbury on the sidelines, which led some fans to applaud Marbury.

From this perspective, Liu Mang feels that Marbury and James Dolan are really a pair of bastards when they come together...

But Liu Mang also has a feeling that this second-generation rich man named James Dolan is not as "stupid" as he thought. He is too good at buying people's hearts. It would be interesting if this thing was done deliberately.

And considering James Dolan’s identity, Liu Mang felt that it really seemed like something he did deliberately. Everyone said that James Dolan was stupid and a fool. He was a rich second generation and had a good life, but the American cable TV system under his control

The company thrives on the ever-present buzz surrounding the Knicks.

From a basketball point of view, James Dolan is as stupid as he is, but from a profit point of view, the Knicks, who are always talking about and are so bad that they are so bad, are not as marginal as the playoffs every year.

There are no less, and there are even more topics, which have brought unlimited attention to the Knicks. James Dolan's American Cable System and the surrounding industries of Madison Square Garden are prospering.

And James Dolan, apart from being criticized every day for his decision-making with the Knicks, his business affairs have not been attacked too much.

Especially when I saw James Dolan crying at the press conference this time when he said that he would build a championship team around Marbury, what did Liu Mang think about this kind of stupid rich guy?

The second generation, if he has not ruined the family business, he is really pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!

Because as far as Liu Mang can remember, in the original time and space, after Marbury led the team to the playoffs this season, James Dolan said the same thing, but the Knicks did not really use Marbury as their leader.

The core of the team did not regain its strength. For many years to come, it was still more about creating topics than building a good team.

Idiots are easy to fail, but they are also more likely to succeed, because they will always go the wrong way, but as long as they choose the right way, they are smart people.

And James Dolan is so fickle that he forgets what he said and continues to torment the team. He is constantly in the news every year. He does not look like a so-called "idiot" at all.

In contrast, Liu Mang felt that his boss was really a bit stupid... but fortunately he was good at listening to suggestions. Of course, Liu Mang felt that his boss was not the heir to the family, and the key reason was that he only had this industry...

After the news that the Knicks announced that they would renew Marbury's contract with a maximum salary, basketball fans in New York became enthusiastic for a while. More fans wanted to watch the last game, and ticket prices also soared. Of course,

It was a scalper ticket, and the tickets had already been sold out. Half an hour before the game, there were still scalpers selling tickets at a higher price, and there was no worry about not being able to sell them.

The Knicks did not make any money due to the increase in ticket prices, but they caught people's attention. The number of people buying the live TV broadcast of Game 4 soared significantly compared to Game 3.

Moreover, this also affects the Lakers on the other side of the mountain!

O'Neal, who had been clamoring for 80 million, saw that Marbury was about to get the maximum salary, so he immediately called reporters and shouted to Lakers owner Jerry Buss that he wanted 100 million.

Marbury's maximum salary is a minimum of 93 million in 5 years, a higher one of 114 million in 6 years, and a maximum of 136 million in 7 years. According to the 1998 labor agreement, the longest and the same are seven years, and he entered in 1996.

NBA players can now get maximum salary extensions from their home teams in these three situations.

Players often don't care about the average annual salary, especially a 32-year-old veteran like O'Neal. He cares more about the total salary of the contract. Seeing that Marbury can get at least more than 90 million, he immediately shouted to the Lakers boss

, 100 million in 4 years...

After these news came out, the happy team was naturally Liu Mang, Duncan, Garnett, Webber and others. Who is Jerry Buss?

A generation of NBA heroes!

Being humiliated by O'Neal in public like this, the Lakers are likely to have internal strife as a result!

And even if there was no internal strife, Liu Mang didn't think it was a big deal. It was just an unexpected surprise.

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The first round of this year's playoffs can be regarded as making NBA history!

Since the number of participating teams in the NBA playoffs has increased to 16, there has never been a situation where all teams have been swept. Especially now that it is a best-of-seven game system, the probability of this situation is even lower!

However, when the Hawks defeated the Knicks 111-75 on the road in Game 4 and swept the Knicks to advance to the second round, they really made history.

In the four games played on the 24th, the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets 104-89 without spending much effort and swept the promotion.

In 4 games in the first round, Garnett averaged 25 points, 14.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game. He deserved to be second in the MVP rankings.

However, after four games, Liu Mang averaged 38 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks per game, which is even more terrifying than Garnett!

From an objective point of view, the opponents Liu Mang encountered were much weaker than the opponents Garnett encountered, but the reality is cold. People only look at the results, which is that Liu Mang played better!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing that the voting for major awards has begun, Liu Mang’s MVP call is getting louder and louder.

There was not much suspense in the other six-round series. After 3-0, the opponents almost gave up their struggle.

Before Gasol got the chest of an iron-clad man, he really struggled in the playoffs. Duncan gave him a good education in his first playoff game. He averaged 17 points per game in four games, which was okay, but every game

An average of 5 rebounds really made it impossible for the Grizzlies to play. Gasol couldn't grab rebounds, let alone others. The Grizzlies were swept.

As for the Rockets, the little blacksmith really had no solution in the Western Conference playoffs. In the last game, Kobe made 12 of 21 shots and scored 30 points and 11 assists. The Lakers limited the Rockets to less than 80 points three times in four games.

The start of Yao Ming's career was mixed. The good thing was that he made the playoffs for two consecutive years and started to experience the NBA playoffs early. The bad thing was that in the first year of the playoffs, he met the top double MVPs.

Duncan and David Robinson, and met Malone and O'Neal in the playoffs the next year.

The other Heat, Hornets, and Bucks, like the Nuggets and Knicks, were simply out of strength and were killed before they could even make waves.

These seven series were all swept, which is reasonable and people easily accept it.

But in the series between the Kings and the Mavericks, the Mavericks were swept, which was completely unexpected!

Last season, the Mavericks and the Kings reached a tiebreaker and won and entered the Western Conference Finals. This season, the Mavericks also introduced many powerful stars. Antawn Jamison can only play as a substitute. It seems that the Mavericks are much better than the Kings this year.

Already.

Who would have thought that Webber, who everyone thought was useless after gaining weight, beat Nowitzki to pieces...

A gorgeous 4-0 score in the first round ended this round of the series. The losers went fishing early, and the remaining eight teams each went to their destination cities to prepare for the next round of games.

Liu Mang returned to Atlanta with his teammates, and it felt great to have the home field advantage!

Set off home and wait for the visiting team players to challenge!

In the last two days in New York, Liu Mang accepted so many news interviews that his head felt heavy.

The main question is about his views on Marbury's contract, because Liu Mang is also about to renew his contract, but Liu Mang hasn't considered this aspect yet and will wait until the season is over.

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"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!"

The little Loli rubbed her red face and looked at Liu Mang angrily. If she had known better, she would not have helped this guy push his suitcase!

Liu Mang fell on the bed and rolled around. It was the most comfortable at home! Looking at the cute little loli, it was so cute. He had just eaten tofu from such a cute little loli. Liu Mang felt that he would be lucky now.

!

After seeing the little Loli being angry, she went to open the suitcase and take the laundry bag with dirty clothes to the laundry room. Liu Mang calmed down the joy of returning home. Now there is something big!

Liu Mang went to wash his body quickly, shaved off his stubble, brushed his teeth...washed his whole body, wiped it clean, and put on a clean white T-shirt and shorts.

The purification ceremony was ready. Liu Mang invited Mr. Guan out and offered incense sticks.

"Bless me, Mr. Guan, and give me good luck this time!"

After paying homage to Mr. Guan, Liu Mang opened the system panel.

Looking at the random Knicks star card with the word "peak" behind it, Liu Mang suddenly beamed.

They crushed the Knicks 4-0 and defeated Marbury in his peak year. The mission evaluation was perfect and the Knicks' revenge was completely crushed. Therefore, the star card level reached the highest level, Knicks 03.

-The peak version of random star cards for players in the 2004 season!

Originally, the best player of the Knicks was Marbury. I already had a Marbury star card. I also used Marbury’s 02-03 season star card before. As for last season, Marbury’s star card

, and Liu Mang's ability after breaking through 80 ability points is not much better. Last year, Marbury was a first-class star. Although Marbury is a top star this year, he is only at the edge of the top star. His strength

There are top stars, but their playing style is much less helpful to the team than many top stars. It can even be said that among the stars of the same level, they are the worst at adapting to each team.

When a top star joins any team, its strength will improve dramatically, but Marbury may cause the team to collapse.

So as far as the Knicks are concerned, whoever's star card Liu Mang draws doesn't think it's particularly useful.

But now it’s a random top star card of a current Knicks player! That’s different!

What Liu Mang wants is the star card of the Magic's last No. 1 player!

After making all preparations, Liu Mang closed his eyes and said to the system: "System boss, use the random top star card of the Knicks!"

"Ding... the host uses random star cards of New York Knicks players from the 2003-2004 season, and the randomly obtained star cards are the versions of the players with peak strength..."

A virtual image of a star that he had not seen for a long time appeared in front of Liu Mang, and the Knicks' players this season were flashing by one by one.

No. 1...No. 1...

Liu Mang muttered something in his mouth, looking at the rapidly switching player images. Slowly, the switching speed slowed down. It was so deadly. When he was about to stop, it happened to be the Knicks' No. 1!

"Hahahahaha..."

Liu Mang couldn't help but laugh out loud. Just when Liu Mang was almost laughing, the player image was about to stop. Suddenly, it moved again...

No. 1 became No. 42...

Vin-Baker!

Liu Mang's laughter paused for a second and turned into a scream...
Chapter completed!