Legendary star

Chapter 640 The Bloody Offseason
Because there were no intercontinental competitions during the offseason of the 04-05 season, and the Palace of Auburn Hills, apart from participating in some charity activities, Meng Xu spent the whole summer in Indianapolis, An Anxin was a summer nerd, hoping to play down the negative impact of the Auburn Hills palace incident on him.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps blowing, people sit at home, and the pot comes from the sky. Meng Xu and the Pacers renew their contract as you like, but it caused a great uproar. Originally based on the salary cap of the 05-06 season, Meng Xu As a veteran who has been in the league for 6 seasons, with the addition of the Larry Bird clause, Meng Xu can sign a contract with the Pacers at a maximum of 7 million U.S. dollars for 1.391 years. I believe that with Meng Xu's current ability and status, the entire The 30 teams in the league are willing to pay so much money for Meng Xu, but in the end, Meng Xu rejected many suitors and signed a 6-year 1 million US dollar contract with the Pacers. Jumping out of the last year of the contract is actually equivalent to the Pacers renewing Meng Xu's contract with 5 million in five years.

In this era when the Lions open their mouths and can ask for 1 million but definitely not 9900 million, in Tim Duncan, Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and other league super giants all signed the maximum salary In this era when he got an annual salary of 2000 million, Meng Xu, the No. Salary!
Therefore, Meng Xu's behavior of harming others, benefiting himself, and lowering his self-worth has been unanimously condemned by countless media, especially the New York Knicks who were brutally rejected by Meng Xu. Under the leadership of Lao Daolan, he personally visited Meng Xu and invited him to join Madison. The tax is all decided by Meng Xu, but Meng Xu finally rejected the Knicks, so the New York media, headed by the New York Times, once again raised the banner of Meng Hei, preparing to continue to complete the previous seasons Unfinished business.

A superstar who is at his peak, voluntarily cutting his salary and renewing his contract, can easily become a target of public criticism. Perhaps in the eyes of his supporters, it is their freedom to sign a contract with the team and how much annual salary they get. No one cares about it, and the star's salary cut and contract extension are also of great benefit to the team, because a few million dollars can sign a very good role player, but for his competitors, and For stars who are at the same level as him, this is a bit embarrassing. Two players with equal strength, the one with the higher salary, especially if it is a bit higher, is easy to recruit. With such strength and status, there is no way to get rid of the ridicule of "Mr. 2000 million", let alone other people.

In addition to Meng Xu's contract renewal, there are also many dog-blood bridges in this offseason. The most influential one is the tear-up between Vince Carter and the Raptors management. One of the defenders, this nicknamed "half man, half god", a genius swingman who once won the All-Star votes, with the Raptors' record of no improvement for many years, his popularity and spirit began to decline, and finally he couldn't bear it Vince Carter chose the same path as his cousin McGrady, either to strengthen or send me away. Canadians who have no ambitions at all chose the dollar in front of the dollar and Carter.

There is no shortage of shrewd management in the NBA, nor is there a lack of self-righteous to stupid management. The management of the current 30 teams in the NBA, if you want to say which team has the most NC management, it is definitely none other than the Magic. After the Magic, it must be the Toronto Raptors. With Vince Carter's superior strength, comprehensive style of play, and countless fans, the Raptors' uniform team is not thinking about Vince Carter. To build a championship lineup, instead of thinking about rebuilding, this is very inexplicable. After the Raptors selected potential power forward Bosh, they didn't think about how to make Bosh and Carter have a chemical reaction. A super combination of one inside and one outside, but trying to support Bosh and marginalize Carter. I really don’t know if Carter has put some hat on the Raptors general manager Thorne, and he was retaliated by Thorne like this. In short, Wen Skater is sure to leave Toronto.

After a bloody tear, the Toronto Raptors sent Vince Carter to the New Jersey Nets without consulting Carter or notifying Carter, and the New Jersey Nets paid only three chips. A fringe man and two first-round picks were sent to the Nets by the Raptors. For Vince Carter, it was undoubtedly the worst trade choice, because Vince Carter had conflicts with the management. For the sake of the championship, after the conflict between Vince Carter and the Raptors management was exposed, a large number of powerful teams such as the Timberwolves, Mavericks, Heat, and Lakers all submitted trade applications to the Raptors and contacted the Raptors. Vince Carter, and Vince Carter also has a team he wants to go to, but the Raptors management directly tore their faces, and traded Vince Carter without saying anything, and they still gave it away for nothing. The way Vince Carter was traded.

In addition to Vince Carter and the Raptors' B-tearing battle, Ron Artest and the Pistons management also staged a B-tearing battle. Tester became a complete laughingstock this summer. First, he was KO'd by Meng Xu at the Palace of Auburn Hills, and then invited by WWE to have a PK with Meng Xu at Madison Square Garden. It only took 22 seconds to win He was KO'd again by Meng Xu's combined punch. Since then, Ron Artest has become a typical example of self-control.

Ron Artest, who felt that he had been greatly wronged, wanted to get some comfort and compensation from the club. After all, Artest's original intention of attacking Meng Xu was also for the Pistons, but the Pistons management did not show any sympathy. Not to mention, not only did not give Artest any consolation, but also added a 20-game suspension to Artest in the team. These 20-game suspensions did not have any salary, so the penalty decision of the Pistons management immediately came to an end. Annoyed Artest, after some scolding, the Pistons simply sent Ron Artest away.

The Pistons sent Ron Artest and Darko Milicic, and got the King's All-Star small forward Peja Stojakovic. Through such a deal, the Pistons and the Kings completed a stabbing exchange In exchange, Peja Stojakovic and Kersley Webber competed for control of the team, which not only caused the king's locker room to fly, but also caused the king's record to plummet. One, it was time to struggle repeatedly for tickets to the playoffs. As for Ron Artest, not to mention, after going through the Auburn Hills Palace gang fight and inviting Meng Xu to participate in WWE, the people on earth will We all know that this guy is a ticking time bomb, which will detonate at any time. As for whether this thorn exchange is a win-win or a lose-lose, it will take time to test.

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