In the icy and snowy Toronto, there are two completely different worlds inside and outside the house. Wear short-sleeves inside, eat Haagen-Dazs, and outside the house, snowplows are dispatched every hour.

Alonzo Mourning is discussing future matters with his agent David Falk. For Mourning, the road in life is still long, but the future of the NBA can already be seen.

"Alonzo, Pat Riley and Steven Price have all contacted me. They are the most suitable for you and the team most willing to put up chips." David Falcao said to Mourning.

Since Mourning's return, the Raptors have been open to trading Mourning, allowing other teams to contact Mourning's agent to obtain authoritative materials such as medical reports.

After experiencing kidney disease, comeback, misdiagnosis, confirmed viral kidney failure, kidney transplant... After four consecutive years of illness and trouble, Mourning finally recovered, but his beard has also turned white, and he will not turn 35 until February next year.

He is only 2 years old, and the injury brings not only the inability to play, but also the anxiety and despair about the future, which is the most difficult thing to endure.

But at least he recovered. In the 8 games after his comeback, Mourning averaged 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 23 minutes per game. He was quite eye-catching and attracted the attention of many teams, but he was really willing to take over.

There aren't many contracts.

Mourning asked: "David, do you think it's more suitable for me to go to the Heat or the Hawks?"

"From a probability perspective, the Hawks have a greater chance of winning the championship. They have two players who can win MVP." David Falk replied.

"Wow, David, I remember that kid refused to meet with you. Weren't you so angry that you threw your phone?" Mourning exclaimed, obviously David Falk's answer surprised him.

"Alonzo, you are not an agent. You don't know what business is. That guy knows better than you." David Falk didn't seem to care at all about Liu Mang's refusal to meet with him two years ago.

After all, this is all business. Now Liu Mang's agency is booming, with nearly 20 NBA players under his management, and it is almost catching up with David Falk's agency.

At that time, David Falk had more than 100 players under him, and the NBA was almost an "internal league" for David Falk's own agency. However, since the cooperation between Jordan and William Wesley broke David Falk's

-After Falk's monopoly, David Falk's influence in the NBA began to collapse, and by the 1990s it was no longer the only player in the NBA.

David Falk is now helping Sprewell and Eddie Curry look for big contracts, and not many teams are giving them face anymore. Juwan Howard's 100 million yuan contract back then was too impressive.

Building a good relationship with Liu Mang is a good thing for David Falk, who has been an NBA vampire for 20 years and is now disgusted by many managers.

"Fortunately, I don't understand. If I thought I knew everything and insisted on staying in the Hornets, I wouldn't have a salary of 100 million to allow me to pay for medical treatment when I get sick." Mourning said with a smile.

"So this is the reason why I like you the most, Alonzo. You won't interfere in things you don't understand." David Falk also smiled and continued: "In addition to having a higher chance of winning the championship, choosing the Eagles also has

Another factor is that the Hawks are not short of money and they are willing to accept the trade option. Steven Price does not require us to give up the remaining four months of salary. Pat Riley asked me to negotiate a buyout with the Raptors.

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"Pat Riley has always been like that, he won't spend a penny more." Mourning had already guessed the cost of choosing to go to the Heat.

"Alonzo, would you rather go to the Hawks or the Heat?" David Falk asked.

"I don't want to serve as a substitute for O'Neal. Anyone can, even a 19-year-old kid, but not O'Neal." Mourning replied decisively.

"Okay, I'll call Steven Price...wait, I'll answer the phone." David Falk just took out his cell phone, and it happened to ring.

David Falke went to the bathroom to make a phone call. Mourning was reading in the living room. After a while, Mourning saw David Falke walking out with a look of regret on his face.

"What's wrong, David, what happened?" Mourning asked strangely.

"OH, Alonzo, it seems I have to change my suggestion, let's go to the Heat!" David Falk rarely considered the players.

"Why?" Mourning was even more surprised, "The Hawks don't want to trade me?"

"No," David Falk took out his laptop from his briefcase, opened his mailbox, clicked it after receiving the email, faced Mourning with the screen, and said, "The Eagles are too young and unstable. You

check it out."

Mourning curiously looked at the screenshot of the news in the email and couldn't help laughing: "Kwame Brown? That parallel import number one pick? No, no, no, no, he is already the number one center in the Eastern Conference, hahahahaha...

David, just go to the Hawks and buy out the remaining few months of salary with the Raptors, hahahaha..."

"Huh?" David Falke didn't expect Mourning to react like this...

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At noon on November 19, 2004, an ESPN television interview was broadcast.

"I should be the center in this All-Star class because I am very strong, very strong!"

"Are you talking about O'Neal? Oh my god, I beat him 4-1 in the finals! You all saw it, without Kobe passing the ball to him, without Kobe deliberately shooting the ball to the basket and bouncing it into his hands, he couldn't do anything.

no."

"Ben Wallace? Didn't you see how I swept him in the playoffs last year?"

"I scored more points than Ben Wallace, rebounded more than O'Neal, had a better record than any center in the Eastern Conference, and there was no center with better statistics than me. My field goal percentage was 67 percent, first in the league.

, this is a shooting percentage that O'Neal and Ben Wallace will never achieve. I am the number one center in the East, and I should be the All-Star!"

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Kwame Brown made a lot of noise in the exclusive interview Liu Mang invited, and his main targets were O'Neal and Ben Wallace, two centers who are regarded as the first and second in the Eastern Conference. Ratliff's performance this year is also pretty good.

, averaging 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in 26 minutes per game, which is not much different from last season, but the attendance rate has become lower. There are no major injuries, but minor injuries continue. The Nets have played 25 games, and there are

After seven games of injury, mainly due to the departure of Liu Mang, Ratliff's popularity dropped significantly and there was no competitive threat.

Liu Mang’s hilarious answer to Kwame Brown’s interview was that in addition to Kwame Brown claiming to be the number one center in the Eastern Conference, he also roped in Kobe fans to play off Kobe’s popularity completely unreasonably.

ESPN Sports Channel’s midday news on the 19th aired an exclusive interview with Kwame Brown, and the afternoon newspaper also published the interview. After ESPN officially released the video and text report of the interview, Kwame Brown instantly became popular!

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"Kwame! Tell me what you think?"

"Ace asked me to do this..."

"Ace? Are you and Ace the same? How could you learn to behave like this with Ace? Do you really think you are the number one center in the Eastern Conference? You%#%￥%￥%...don't do anything in tonight's game.

Hit! Go call Nazir and Ace over!"

After Coach Kruger saw the news, he immediately called Kwame Brown to his office and cursed him.

Kwame Brown now feels like he has been tricked by Liu Mang!

He himself didn't know how he said those words to the reporter at that time. In fact, when he finished the interview and the reporter left, his legs became weak when he thought about what he said according to the script given by Liu Mang.

Now I regret it even more - the boss cheated me again!

Just when Kwame Brown was about to cry, the office door was pushed open.

Coach Kruger looked at the door angrily and found that it was the boss. He could only put away his anger and asked: "Boss, what's wrong? Do you want to teach Kwame a lesson?"

"Teach Kwame a lesson? No, no, no," Price said with a smile: "Lon, Mourning is willing to take the initiative to buy out his contract with the Raptors and join us with a minimum salary."

"Ah? Why? Boss, aren't you willing to buy out Falke?" Coach Kruger immediately put aside Kwame Brown's matter and asked curiously.

Price pointed at Kwame Brown and said: "Farke said that Mourning wanted to teach Kwame how to play. He admires Kwame very much."

"..." Coach Kruger glanced at poor Kwame Brown and didn't know what to say.

The scene was awkward for a while. After dozens of seconds, Coach Kruger said to Kwame Brown: "Kwame, go prepare for the game tonight. There is no need to call Nazir. Call Ace over. The boss and I will

I have something to discuss with him."

"Uh...ok..."

Kwame Brown didn't expect a turn of events! He thought he was going to be pushed on the bench by the coach. Although Muhammad did not have the peak performance of averaging a double-double in the 2001-02 season, he was at his peak at the age of 28.

As long as Liu Mang's "protection" is not troubled by minor injuries, he can be given enough playing time and average 10 rebounds per game. Many teams make offers to Muhammad every season. In 2006, Muhammad is now

He was only 29 years old when his contract ended. It would be easy to get another big contract. There would be no problem at all in using Muhammad as a blue-collar center.

But it seems that Coach Kruger doesn’t plan to put him on the bench anymore. It seems that Mourning is going to teach him free throws... Kwame Brown feels that the ups and downs in life are too exciting.

Walking out of the head coach's office, Kwame Brown jumped for joy!

That's Mourning!

Although Ratliff is great, he is not impressive compared to Mourning. Before Mourning fell ill, he was a superstar who won first team, first defense, best defensive player, and blocked shots in a single season!

"The boss is so awesome! Did he expect all this? Did he expect that Mourning would appreciate me firing at O'Neal like that?" Kwame Brown couldn't stop thinking like this, "Follow the boss and live a good life."

It’s awesome!”

Kwame Brown flew to the training ground: Dear boss, your most loyal little brother is here...

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After driving away Kwame Brown, who looked gayer than Iguodala, who was nicknamed "I'm gay", Liu Mang came to Kruger's coach's office and learned that Mourning was willing to take the initiative to buy out his contract to join.

Mang didn’t even think of it himself!

He remembered that Mourning probably liked the Heat more.

But after thinking about it carefully, Liu Mang felt that Mourning seemed to have no choice but to join the Heat.

After thinking about it carefully, Liu Mang can tell that the relationship between Mourning and O'Neal is not that good.

Originally, Mourning would be a substitute for O'Neal. Firstly, it was due to the impact of injuries. Secondly, he had a house in Miami. Thirdly, in the original 2004-05 season, the Heat were ranked No. 1 almost from the beginning of the season.
To be continued...