After the lineup was complete, the Trail Blazers' moves in the free market did not stop.

On the contrary, they did something more eye-catching than previous deals, signing free agents, drafts, etc.

The Trail Blazers sent the 2005 second-round draft pick to the Nuggets, and the deal was given a contract with Nuggets head coach Jeff Buzderick with one year left, and included him in the coaching staff and became a defensive assistant.

George Carl, who had been unemployed for a year, was invited to become the new head coach of the Nuggets.

According to sources, the Trail Blazers promised Jeff Buzdrick that if they perform well, they will receive a three-year, $6 million contract renewal.

As soon as the Trail Blazers made this operation, many remarks were made, saying that the Trail Blazers were raising their coach's salary.

The contract for the new Nuggets coach George Carl is 3 years and $6 million, while Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy's salary is 4 years and $6 million.

The salaries of head coaches of each team are generally above 2 million US dollars, such as Rick Carlisle of the Pacers, and only 3 years and 3 years of Rick Carlisle.

There are also those who serve as the team's business operations president and head coach, with an annual salary of US$6 million, and those who rely on their strong honors to earn a salary of US$6 million last season.

But a few assistant coaches, except for Mavericks' Dell Harris, Pistons' Mike Woodson, Trail Blazers' Kevin Pritcha, etc., can get an annual salary of over one million US dollars.

The salary increase of assistant coaches means that the coach also needs to raise their salary, and the Trail Blazers were criticized for destroying the market.

But there are also comments that coaches’ salaries in the 1990s are like this now. More than ten years have passed, and how many times the overall salary of the players has increased?

In 1991, Pippen's "maximum salary" was only 20 million in 7 years. It's not that the Bulls were stingy. Jordan only earned $2.5 million in the previous season.

Now, the maximum salary of Bird Quan after the rookie contract is over has reached nearly 100 million in seven years.

But the coach's salary is still similar to that of ten years ago.

The two factions argued endlessly because the impact of the Trail Blazers' operation was immediate. The Jazz gave Jerry Sloan a four-year, $25 million contract renewal. It was originally $16 million in four years, and the salary increased by more than 50%.

The showman thought the Trail Blazers were really interesting. The last time they were on the "hot search" was the number one pick in the trading market, and the last time they were the warden who learned to drive excavators. This time they were trading the head coaches of other teams to raise their salaries for the coaches...

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The lineup is all-round, and the real professional defensive assistant coaches who are lacking in the coaching staff have already been in place. It has been a month since the free market started. The coaching staff’s summer vacation should have been finished, and the work of the Trail Blazers has begun to operate.

The head coach will not point fingers in unprofessional places, and the management will not ask for extra work... There is more money and less trouble. But Buzderick likes this job, and his enthusiasm for work is much higher than when he was a head coach in the Nuggets. In fact, the workload is not smaller than that at that time, but he is happy.

The first ten days after the Trail Blazers coaching team started working, the coaches communicated with the old players and new players.

Due to the huge changes in the rules, both offense and defense are bound to face earth-shaking changes, which reminds the Trail Blazers coaching staff of the shortening of the three-point line in the mid-1990s. In 2001, in order to limit O'Neal's frame protection ability to increase defense for three seconds, and in order to limit O'Neal's low post back widening three-second zone.

This summer requires a lot of communication with players repeatedly, and even players' defensive training needs to be adjusted.

Therefore, many players did not leave Portland, and the new players also moved to Portland under the reminder of their agents.

Of course, there are also people like Randolph who travel abroad, and those like Liu Xiu who participate in the Olympics, just call.

When Buzdrick heard that it was Liu Xiu who recommended him to join, he excitedly took on the task of communicating with Liu Xiu. The communication process went smoothly, but at the end, Buzdrick's emotions fluctuated violently.

Butzderick likes Liu Xiu's way of speaking very much, and he knows if he knows it, but he doesn't know if he doesn't know it.

Some players don’t know or have to make a few words. They know they don’t know, but after a few words, they don’t know whether they really convinced themselves or insisted on robbing them for the sake of face. They actually feel that they are right and it’s difficult to correct them.

There are many players like this!

But Liu Xiu is not. If Liu Xiu doesn't understand, he doesn't understand. If he has the confidence to do something well, he will say it if he can do it. If he can do it, he will say it is possible. If he can do it, he will say it clearly outside his ability or if he feels he can't do it.

Everything was so smooth and so satisfied.

But before Liu Xiu hung up the phone, he asked, "I called you this time. Are the international communication phone bills reimbursed?"

Finally, this happened to hit Buzderick's current emotional node, and the warden completed a very good healing for him.

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Due to the time difference, Liu Xiu and the coaching team communicated in the morning and the two time periods after dinner were all right.

On July 23, the Basketball Management Center announced the last 12-man roster.

Center: Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battel.

Forward: Du Feng, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan,

Defenders: Liu Xiu, Liu Wei, Zhang Qingpeng, Zhang Yunsong, Zhang Jinsong.

Reserve: Chen Ke, Mo Ke, Guo Shiqiang.

After the list was announced, on the 24th, the Chinese men's basketball team returned to BJ, gathered with the Olympic team, held a oath-taking ceremony, and then set off for Europe.

The Olympics will begin in mid-August, with less than 20 days left.

In terms of men's basketball, adapt to time difference, adapt to the environment, adapt to the climate... and the final intensive training, with compact time.

But as soon as he arrived in Greece, the warden went to the news that the rest of the Olympic team were still in a difficult time. Liu Xiu dated Ivanka, who had a model worker, and stayed in the hotel for one night.

The next morning, the coaches and teammates saw Liu Xiu's energy-filled appearance than anyone else, and contributed a wave of healing value...

On the same day of training, people will make greater progress than you.

If you learn the same skills and tactics for a day, they will learn faster than you.

Even the time difference is better than yours.

The main reason is that people will have a date immediately when they go to Europe. When this matter is associated with basketball talent, the warden has gained a lot of healing value.

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It's August, and the offseason has passed.

This summer is quite lively, and by this time in previous years, it has already entered a long period of grass.

But this year, there are still no first-line free agents!

On August 1, a front-line player who was trying to go to a strong team got what he wanted.

The Wizards sent out Al Harrington, who protected the draft pick in the first round of the lottery zone in 2006, and obtained the first-class small forward Stephen Jackson, who averaged 18.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals from the Hawks trade.

Arenas, Larry Hughes, Stephen Jackson, Jamison, the Wizards, who had gathered four stars, became the upstart in the Eastern Conference!

Stephen Jackson got what he wanted, and Nash and the Mavericks had a complete breakdown.

After Yao Ming learned the news from Bill Duffy, he excitedly found Liu Xiu, who was correcting Zhu Fangyu's basic skills.

Nash's agent is also Bill Duffy. Bill Duffy revealed that the Mavericks provided Nash with a five-year contract renewal of $45 million. Nash has the intention to renew the contract, but Bill Duffy insists that the average annual salary should reach $10 million. Old Nelson recognized this.

But Cuban refused to sign the five-year, $50 million contract and said, "We have Terry."

Bill Duffy told Yao Ming that negotiations with the Mavericks have been stopped and contacted with multiple teams, including the Rockets.

"Brother Yao, your team has Frances, what should I do to introduce Nash?"

"To be honest, we have been selling Francis this summer. Although I am reluctant to leave, he is indeed not the core of the ball holding that can win. The transaction is almost done..."

Yao Ming is grateful for Francis's care, but in terms of winning, he must say that Francis is not suitable for a strong team in the playoff level.

Francis looked beautiful with an average of 16+5+5 per game, but Francis's playing style locked the team's upper limit. If the team can play at a higher level than his strength limit, he will still drag him down to a certain extent.

After several communications with management, he acknowledged the management's selling of Francis.

Looking at Yao Ming's excited look, Liu Xiu responded: "Brother Yao, Dan Ding! You are the top center in the best lineup."

I thought to myself: No wonder the Rockets have introduced so many point guards...

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A few more days have passed, and another big deal to enter the second offseason month is here!

The Rockets and the Bucks reached a deal.

The Rockets sent Steve Francis and the trade was given to the Bucks' Desmond Mason, Joe Smith and Mike James.

The cause of the transaction was that after the Bucks' genius point guard TJ Ford had minimally invasive surgery, he confirmed that the 2004-05 season was reimbursed and needed to supplement the point guard. Francis, a top-level point guard, the Bucks had a chance to win.

After Liu Xiu learned about this deal, he checked the NBA official website and felt that the Rockets had something to do with a contract of tens of millions of yuan.

The Rockets' highest salary player is Desmond Mason, with more than 8 million yuan, and the veteran player Morris Taylor is also the same price. Next is the middle-class salary of Mobri and Joe Smith.

After that, Yao Ming, the fifth highest salary of the Rockets, will be 4.44 million US dollars next season.

The Rockets' current salary is more than 11 million US dollars below the salary cap! It can even give a non-bird right maximum salary contract! For example, the kind of contract that the Jazz poached Boozer.

Then, the Rockets signed Yao Ming with a substitute center DiCampe Mutombo for US$4.5 million, with only less than 700 remaining salary space.

The next day, on August 8, Bill Duffy confirmed in an interview that Nash signed the Suns with a starting salary of $9 million, with a total of $65 million in five years.

Yao Ming, who learned this news, became autistic again... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!