While Lao Wang was doing his business, the NBA announced the most important honor of the season, the All-NBA Team.
In terms of the best defensive team, the five defensive players are Jordan, Rodman, Olajuwon, Joe Dumars, and Pippen.
The Bulls, who lost the championship, had two players selected to the first-team defense, while the Suns had no one selected, and only Barkley and Dan Marley were selected to the second-team defense.
The best team, the first team is Olajuwon, Barkley, Karl Malone, Jordan, Mark Price.
Wang Tiejun's regular season statistics are only 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds. Apart from the long-announced All-New Team, he is not eligible to be selected for any All-NBA Team this time.
At the same time, when the best lineups were announced, the media was starting to frantically hype the results of the NBA Finals.
"The blazing sun created the world's unparalleled aerial scorer Michael Jordan!" New York Times.
"The Chicago Bulls are about to rebuild, and Jordan will defect to New York!" New York Sports.
"Barkley won three major honors in a single season, becoming a true historical superstar and earning tens of millions a year!" New York Business News.
"Barkley and Old K compete for the core of the team, and the Suns are about to collapse!" Chicago Sports News.
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"Charles, are you having any conflict with Old K?"
In the morning, in Buckley's villa, his wife Maureen was reading the newspaper and suddenly said in surprise.
Buckley was stunned, took the newspaper and read it, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just media hype. Old K and I are brothers."
"He should be stronger next season, right?" Molin said.
"Of course, he said he will train more in the offseason to improve his athletic quality. I think he will definitely be stronger next season." Barkley smiled.
"You are ten years older than him. Although you are still in your prime, I think the Suns management will regard him as the core of the future, right?" Morin smiled.
Barkley nodded and said: "It has been decided a long time ago that Old K will be the core of the future. He has great potential, especially on the offensive end."
Having said this, he looked at his wife and suddenly understood what Molin meant by these words.
When Old K becomes stronger, in order to cultivate him, the Suns will definitely continue to increase his tactical status in the team.
Correspondingly, when Lao K's status rises, someone's status will inevitably drop. So who will this person be?
There is no doubt that as another insider, it can only be him.
In fact, in the second half of the season after the All-Star Game, his tactical status has declined, but for the sake of the championship, he has no objection.
However, now he is a historical superstar who has won four major honors in a single season. Can he still accept such an arrangement next season?
He himself didn't know this.
"well!"
He sighed, put down the newspaper in his hand, leaned on the back of the sofa, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
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None of these news could affect Lao Wang's serious business. At noon, with a sore back and weak legs, he said goodbye to the lingering beauty and rushed to the headquarters to join the city's celebration.
The entire Phoenix was plunged into enthusiastic championship celebrations, with countless fans pouring into the streets.
For three consecutive days, Lao Wang attended the celebrations during the day and stayed in the hotel at night. The beauties around him changed one after another. They were all arranged by Hawksman. They were all Hollywood starlets. Did they look good?
Fame, there are too many such beauties, there are even many beauties who are more beautiful than many first-line female stars.
But after playing for fun, he still insists on training every day, that is, speed training and flexibility training. The other two interrupted strength and physical training have not been resumed yet. He has to let his body recover first. Before fatigue, at least a month later.
Only then can you start these physically demanding training projects.
After winning the championship, the system awarded him 2,000 points. He now has 3,400 points, which should be enough to meet his training needs in the next few months.
In the past few days, he has been extremely happy, but Jordan has fallen into criticism from the media.
After the finals, he went to Las Vegas and gambled all night long. Then he was discovered by the media, and then he became the focus of media criticism.
Then the Bulls boss kept contacting him, but he never answered the phone, his cell phone was turned off, and his pager was thrown away.
On June 25, after four days in the casino, Jordan, under pressure from the media, left there accompanied by David Frank and returned to Chicago.
The first time he returned to Chicago, he was picked up by the Bulls boss at the airport, along with Bulls general manager Jerry Krause and Phil Jackson.
Several people came to the owner Reinsdorf's villa to discuss what the Bulls should do next.
Jordan said nothing and sat on the sofa in a daze.
Reinsdorf signaled Jerry Kraus to speak first, and the latter cleared his throat and said: "Michael, I plan to clean up the inside. What do you think?"
Jordan's eyes moved, and then David Frank said: "Michael, this is a good thing, you just need a good inside helper, otherwise you will never lose this time."
Jordan nodded slightly, and his action immediately made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.
Jerry Krause took a long breath and added: "The draft will begin soon, and our first-round pick has been given to the Suns..."
Having said this, everyone, including him, couldn't help but feel a bit toothache. Damn it, the Suns traded Mark West for their first-round pick. Although this pick is of little value, what if they can miss it?
"But we still have two second-round picks, one is the second-round pick, and the other is our own third-to-last pick. My plan is to pick two meat shields."
At this point, he paused and said: "If not, just choose two centers who can spread the distance. Old K can't defend him. He can't deal with this type of center."
Everyone nodded, and Phil Jackson said: "Not only do we not have a meat shield center this time, we don't even have a space center that can be pulled out."
Jerry Krause's face twitched, feeling that Phil Jackson was targeting him, but the most important thing at this time was to appease Jordan. He didn't say much, and said: "If we can't choose, we will proceed.
In the transaction, except for Grant, all insiders will become bargaining chips in this transaction."
At this time, Jordan glanced at David Frank, who nodded slightly and said: "Mr. Reinsdorf, Mr. Krause, I hope the Bulls' draft picks in the next few years can become bargaining chips for this transaction.
"
As soon as these words were said, the expressions of Reinsdorf and Klaus changed.
They glanced at Jordan at the same time. Jordan's face was expressionless, as if he was still in a daze. They looked at each other, with a trace of helplessness flashing in their eyes.
The meaning of this statement is very clear. Jordan hopes that the Bulls will use up all the potential of the Bulls in the next few years and build a good enough inside lineup this offseason.
The two of them thought for a while and quickly nodded.
The reason is also very good. Jordan is now at his peak, and so is Pippen. With such a good outside lineup, it is indeed the time to build a better lineup.
Failure to win the championship once is not enough to explain the problem. Jordan still has at least several years of his peak period, and Jordan is too important to the Bulls. If Jordan leaves the Bulls if he refuses to agree, it will definitely be more gain than loss.
While several people were discussing, the lawsuit between Wang Tiejun and Rob Lundgren came to an end. As expected, the result was irrefutable and the lawsuit was won.
"I'm done!"
Rob Lundgren's compensation amounted to more than three million U.S. dollars, which immediately caused him to collapse on the spot. Apart from bankruptcy and becoming a homeless man, he had no second outcome. Before paying off this huge debt, the street was his destination.
land.
Another person who collapsed was Will Houston. His second trial was the next day, and the outcome was probably no different.
The next day, the second lawsuit was also concluded, and the result was no surprise.
Will Houston's compensation amount was even higher, more than five million U.S. dollars, and he would never be able to pay it back in his next life.
"cheers!"
A party was going on at Wang Tiejun's house. He invited all his teammates, his agent Hawksman, Barrister Winks who helped him with the lawsuit, Zhang Lili and Sun Zhenping, and they all toasted to celebrate the lawsuit.
of victory.
The next day, he saw off Zhang Li and others at the airport.
At noon, he signed endorsement contracts with several sponsors in a hotel.
These sponsors are local companies and brands, and the sponsorship contracts are not large. There are eight in total. In total, they can get two million US dollars a year, which is much higher than before.
In terms of local popularity and popularity, he is now considered one of the best in the Suns, not inferior to Barkley at all, and even more popular than Barkley. After all, Barkley has just arrived here, and the Suns are his.
The parent team, the obvious future core of the team, is inherently more popular.
"Old K, we are still negotiating with other brands. We will get it done in the next few days. Just wait." After signing the contract, Hoxman warned at the reception: "During the offseason, don't do any dangerous things.
For example, don’t drink motorcycles, be alone, or drink alcohol.”
"It's not that you don't touch it less, it's that you don't touch it." Lao Wang immediately corrected him.
Hawksman laughed and nodded.
At this time, he had some worries in his heart, because his immediate boss, Jay Maloney, who was also Lao K's real manager, was addicted to independence. If this matter was exposed, it would be a huge blow to both him and CAA.
In the afternoon, Lao Wang came to Buckley's house, and the fat man also held a party at his house.
"Old K, I got you the Cuban cigar you wanted. I got it through my connections. It's at least twice as cheap as the ones on the market. It's guaranteed to be high quality and genuine."
Kevin Johnson had already arrived. After seeing him, he pointed to a medium-sized cardboard box next to him and said.
"How much is this?"
Lao Wang opened it and saw that it was all exquisite small wooden boxes, full of cardboard boxes.
"Ten sticks in a box, twenty boxes in total."
"How much?"
"Thirteen hundred dollars a box."
"hiss!"
Lao Wang took a breath, is it so expensive?
"Kevin, you smoke this thing all the time, so you are so rich?" he said in surprise.
"Old K, how many do you think I can smoke? At most two a day, sometimes one." Kevin Johnson said.
"So few?"
"Of course, it's not okay to smoke too much of this thing. Just enjoy it and you don't want to smoke too much."
"Of course. I'll write you a check."
"Twenty-six thousand dollars, thank you for your patronage." Kevin Johnson said with a smile.
Just because he likes this thing, he has found a way to do it, so he spends a little money to earn some pocket money.
However, most people don't know how to do it, for fear of being discovered by the tax bureau and customs, so only trustworthy people can do it.
Lao Wang chuckled, wrote the check and handed it over, saying: "Anyway, I'm going to get a lot of sponsorship fees this time, so it doesn't matter if you make some."
"Old K, let me ask, is there still someone signed by CAA?"
"Xie Te, old K, get me to CAA quickly."
"Old K, tell me quickly, how much did you earn this time?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately gathered around, everyone looked envious, including Buckley.
In fact, it's mainly him and Kevin Johnson. Only superstars and first-class players like them can be noticed by CAA. How can other people have the chance to sign with the largest agency in Hollywood.
He also has millions of dollars in commercial income this year. This time, he has won four major honors with the addition of the best team. He should have more commercial income in the next season, possibly tens of millions of dollars, but if
He signed a CAA, so there must be more.
"I don't know about this. CAA doesn't seem to have any plans to enter the sports world on a large scale right now," Wang Tiejun said.
"Old K, you got me wrong." Buckley and others couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Lao Wang laughed heartily, he was always the first to eat the crabs to get the greatest benefits. He believed that CAA would not give so many resources if it signed another person in the future.
"By the way, Charles, Kevin, how about we go hunting? My gun is almost rusty." He suddenly shouted.
"I think it's okay."
"Then let's do it, just relax."
After everyone discussed it, they decided immediately to organize a hunting team to hunt wolves.
There isn't much in the desert outside Phoenix, except for rattlesnakes and cacti, but there are a lot of wolves.
Kevin Johnson said: "I am responsible for hunting applications, hiring guides and bodyguards."
Buckley said: "Then I will be responsible for providing pickup trucks, about five of them."
Lao Wang thought for a while and smiled: "I am responsible for providing gasoline and ammunition."
Dan Malli smiled and said: "Then I will provide food."
Ninianji said: "I'm in charge of the walkie-talkie."
The next day, Wang Tiejun got up early. After breakfast, he put on jeans and a denim shirt, put several prepared guns in the trunk, moved several boxes of various bullets, and a dozen full guns.
magazine, put on the prepared desert sunglasses and cowboy hat, and bit the remaining half of yesterday's cigar in his mouth. Then he drove to a gas station in eastern Phoenix as agreed and met here.
When he arrived, Buckley had already arrived, and the five pickup trucks he had prepared were already parked here, along with several other people.
"Old K, change cars." Buckley shouted.
"help."
Lao Wang opened the trunk and shouted.
"Old K, are you preparing for war?"
Buckley and others came over and saw that in addition to several boxes of bullets, there were five or six rifles and shotguns. They were shocked.
"You should prepare more for this kind of thing." He chuckled.
By this time everyone else had arrived, and a group of people had changed cars, including the guide and a few bodyguards' cars, for a total of nine pickup trucks.
Guide Harris warned: "Everyone should act as a group and do not leave the convoy. In addition, the barrel of the gun should not be pointed at people, but pointed at the sky, and remember to turn off the safety. Also, cacti cannot be cut down in the wild. According to Arizona state law,
You'll go to jail."
"F*ck, what kind of law is this?" Lao Wang said in surprise.
"But that's not the law," Barkley spat.
So everyone filled up the tank with oil, prepared some spare oil barrels, gathered friends, and roared away.
"boom!"
After getting off the highway, Lao Wang stepped on the accelerator and reached the front. The car jumped forward crazily on the Gobi Desert, with smoke and dust billowing behind it, like a giant dragon.
Knight, who was sitting in the back with him in the car, was so scared that he closed his eyes and shouted: "Old K, are you driving so fast?"
"Haha, Nate, do you feel good?" What answered him was Lao Wang's crazy laughter.
Behind his car were guide Harris's car and a bodyguard's car, speeding up and following him.
The convoy headed east for less than an hour. After crossing a small hillside, they found their target. About a mile away, a small wolf pack of seven wolves was attacking a puma.
"There, hurry up."
Lao Wang was still at the front, with sharp eyes. After seeing the target, he turned the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator, and rushed over.
The four cars behind heard his voice from the walkie-talkie and followed him immediately.
"Old K, don't get too close, don't get out of the car yet, and close the windows tightly." At this time, the bodyguard reminded loudly on the walkie-talkie.
"Got it." Lao Wang responded loudly.
In just a few seconds, the convoy rushed a hundred meters away from the wolves and stopped.
The pack of wolves and pumas seemed to have sensed the crisis, and stopped hunting each other, staring at the convoy with bright red and cold eyes.
"Kevin, can you kill that lion?"
Lao Wang leaned behind the windshield and stared at the ferocious puma. The beast was drooling, and he seemed to have the urge to drool.
"Okay, we have hunting quotas for two cougars this time. Old K, don't waste it, I spent a lot of money to get the quota." Kevin Johnson's voice sounded on the walkie-talkie.
"Great, leave this to me." Lao Wang said excitedly.
In the United States, upon application, it is allowed to hunt these animals, including some animals that are rare in other regions and countries, such as mountain lions.
"Nate, you drive."
Lao Wang took an AK from the back seat, loaded the bullet, turned on the safety, and then opened the car door and said.
"You're crazy. There are seven wolves and a lion down there. Those are not pet dogs." Knight cursed.
He didn't dare to go down, not even with a gun, so he just moved over.
"What are you afraid of?"
Lao Wang got out of the car, slammed the door, and pointed his gun at the wolves and cougars.
His actions immediately caused the wolves and pumas to feel uneasy. They made deep roars and made preparations for attack.