On June 20, 2006, the final game of the NBA Finals of the season was completed.

The Miami Heat, under the leadership of the team's outside superstar Wade, completed a super comeback, and the menacing Dallas Mavericks were defeated in the future.

With the Heat's championship this time, several veterans who have worked hard in the NBA for many years, but have never missed the championship, were able to realize their dreams and get that precious ring.

Nine days after the finals, the 2006 NBA Draft began, and Italian Banjani became the top pick and the first Italian player to land in the NBA.

In this draft, there is no super-dominant talent in high school, college, or other leagues, and it is known at a glance that the genius who can become a superstar is called the "draft year" that is comparable to the 2000 draft.

And for the teams in the league, the draft is just the beginning of this summer, and more important things are yet to come.

"Hey! It's been a long time since I've seen you, Billy, my old buddy~! ”

Walking into the office of 76ers president Billy King, Duffy, the "familiar man", seemed to be in high spirits, said hello to the black man behind the desk, and then sat across the desk with Chen Mu.

"We're straight to the point."

After pouring a cup of coffee for Chen Mu and Duffy, Billy King returned to his desk, still looking like he was never satisfied, and said: "The two of you are here to meet today, it's just a preliminary discussion, and I want to know the psychological price of the two." To sign a contract, it is also necessary to have shareholder representatives and other people present. ”

"To put it bluntly, in the end, whether you can get the price you want, I don't have the right to decide life and death."

"Haha, we all know these processes~" Duffy waved his hand and said: "There is no need to say more polite words, everyone knows that no matter how the process goes, the final decision is still in your hands." ”

"Good."

Billikin nodded, seemingly satisfied with Duffy's Mali and Dry, and looked sideways at Chen Mudao: "First of all, I want to clarify whether Mr. Chen has any intention of staying in Philadelphia. ”

Chen Mu smiled slightly when he heard this, leaned back, and said as if he was in control of everything: "My intention to stay in Philadelphia depends on Mr. Jin's sincerity. ”

“……”

Billikin didn't answer, but his face twitched slightly, and Chen Mu was secretly refreshed in his heart, and he couldn't help but think that you were surprised when you had a poker face!

The tension between Billy King and Iverson is almost universally known among Philadelphia sports fans.

And Chen Mu, who has a good relationship with Iverson, is also a thorn in Billy King's eyes, especially the kind of strength that never admits defeat and refuses to say anything bad, which makes Billy King have a headache. If it weren't for the strong demand of the shareholders and the death order, with Billikin's character, I am afraid that Chen Mu would not necessarily be left.

In fact, this kind of thinking is not difficult to understand, Chen Mu and Iverson are players, the player's job is to win, as long as he plays, he must do his best, this is the ethics that a professional player should have.

Billikin, on the other hand, is the manager of the team, and the things he has to think about are obviously much more complicated.

The victory or defeat of two games is of little significance to a manager, and how to rise quickly when the team is at a low point and continue to improve at the peak is a problem that a manager should consider.

It's been an eventful summer in Philadelphia right now, and the relationship between Iverson and Billikin is not mentioned, and the team's declining record over the years is enough to bring the superstar to infamy.

As he gets older, Iverson's role on the court will gradually decrease, and his defensive disadvantage will increase. Taking advantage of his bright data, it is indeed the right choice to trade early.

And if Iverson is traded, the team is bound to get a lot of potential stocks, and without a striker, the record may decline further.

In this case, if the team's players are willing to swing a little bit and fight for the 2007 draft pick and get Oden or Durant, the rise of the 76ers will be just around the corner.

It's a pity that right now, the hardest bone in the team is sitting in front of Billikin.

"This soft nail, which looks harmless to humans and animals, is actually very tough. Hell, why should I renew my contract, it's always the kind of player I hate the most? ”

Although he thought so in his heart, Billikin still maintained basic respect and calmness on the surface, looked at Chen Mu and Duffy's expectant eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Full middle class, four years." ”

As soon as Billikin finished speaking, Duffy's face immediately turned dark, and without saying a word, he stood up and said loudly: "Chen, let's go!" ”

"yes, it's time to go."

Chen Mu also smiled disdainfully, got up and said, "It seems that Mr. Jin hasn't woken up yet, how many teams are waiting for us before he wakes up?" ”

"6." Duffy said without looking back: "Dallas, New York, Boston, Indiana, Golden State, New Jersey, a whole 6 teams, all waving checks waiting for us to meet!" Mr. Kuban also said that he had prepared Chinese food by air, and he would like to have dinner with you! ”

Although both sides are very clear, there are some elements of acting for each other in this scene at the moment. Any player who talks to a team about the amount of a contract extension goes through a bargaining process.

Chen Mu believes that what Billikin said about the full middle class is just a temptation, wanting to take the opportunity to understand the psychological price of him and Duffy.

It's just that with Chen Mu's current data performance and the role of the court, it is too insulting to only take more than 5 million yuan of the full middle class every year.

Even Chen Mu, who has never seen more than 200,000 soft girl coins in this life and in the "previous life", probably knows the mystery, and he became a nameless fire for a while.

So when Duffy got up from his seat and turned around to leave directly, Chen Mu also reacted quickly, simply did the trick to the end, and walked out pretending to be angry.

In fact, the NBA free agent market has not yet opened, and other teams have not yet made direct contact with Chen Mu and Duffy.

"Wait, wait!"

Seeing that Chen Mu and Duffy were really leaving, Billikin finally became a little anxious, and hurriedly got up and said, "I just wanted to test your bottom line just now, let's talk about it, tell me what you think!" I will also show my sincerity! ”

"Hmmm......"

Finally heard a fairly sincere word, Duffy stopped, and when he saw Chen Mu, he deliberately pretended to persuade Chen Mu not to be too angry and patted the latter's shoulder, and then said, "Double it." ”

“…… What did you say?? ”

Billikin couldn't believe his ears, his eyes widened, and he frowned, "Mr. Bill Duffy, did I hear it wrong?" I just seem to hear you say 'double'? ”

"That's right, you're good hearing, Mr. Kim."

Duffy laughed playfully: "I'm talking about double, DOUBLE, it's like drinking B52 in a bar, it's only exciting to double at a time, isn't it?" Haha~"

"I said it very clearly, and I believe you heard it very clearly, double, that's right, my customer, Mr. Chen Mu, deserves double the treatment!"

On Duffy's side, Chen Mu also slowly turned around, with a slightly impatient look on his face.

"Young, amazing physical fitness, good basketball skills, extraordinary basketball IQ, feel, court vision, hard work...... You can't fault it, can you? ”

Duffy spared no effort to praise Chen Mu, but after thinking about it carefully, he was indeed right.

It's just that he doesn't mention the shortcomings.

"This year's full middle class is $5.215 million a year, before tax. My client, what he needs is double the treatment, zero erased, the average salary of 10 million US dollars, before tax, excluding individual and collective awards BONUS~"

As he spoke, Duffy opened the notebook he was carrying, flipped through a few pages, and then stretched out his hand and said, "I have already calculated it for you, Mr. Jin, 40 million for 4 years, 9.3677 million in starting salary, the highest increase of 4.5%, salary once every two weeks, check payment." ”

"Of course, Chan is a restricted free agent, and under the Arenas clause, other teams can only offer poison contracts. However, for local tyrants with checks flying all over the sky, and teams with a lot of space, the average salary of 10 million a year is not a problem. ”

"And if you stay in Philadelphia, according to the current salary structure, I'm afraid that no matter how clever Mr. Jin is, he will not be able to completely clear out tens of millions of space. Fortunately, the poison contract has its own advantages and disadvantages for both parties, the first two years are full of middle class, the third year starts to pay the maximum salary, and the parent team is calculated according to the actual payment amount. ”

"This leaves you enough time to process the contract at hand, as long as you can guarantee a maximum salary after two years, then Chen will not bring you a penny of luxury tax for the entire contract period."

"Oh yes, I haven't told you yet, our plan is to sign a 2+2 or 3+1 contract, with a player option after the plus sign."

Duffy raised his eyes to look at Billikin, who was already a little stunned, and continued: "Don't get excited when you hear this, there is a reason why we arranged it this way. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, Chris's contract will expire at the end of the 07-08 season, and the final year is a salary of 19 million, and after it is cleared, it is just enough to renew Chen's third year of maximum salary, and there is still some surplus."

"If nothing else, Chen will have become one of the top superstars in the league by then, and the team can also take advantage of the space to find a partner as soon as possible to lead the Philadelphia revival with Chen."

"In another year's time, Chen will be able to sign a long-term contract with a 10.5% increase under the Bird clause, and we won't have to worry about the salary cap caused by the signings last season, killing two birds with one stone."

After finishing his calculations in one breath, Duffy closed the notebook with a snap, and said with a glint in his eyes: "PERFECT~"

“…… I understand. ”

Billikin was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Your meaning is very clear, for me, the best thing to do is to wait for the invitation contract of the other team, and then match it with all my might." ”

"That's right." Duffy smiled: "Before that, you better hurry up and make an offer contract, otherwise it will be even more difficult to keep this genius when Chen becomes a completely free agent~"

After saying this, Duffy turned around and pulled Chen Mu out of Billikin's office.

Chen Mu was confused, and he didn't know the difference between this contract and that offer, but he still didn't forget to put on a confident expression and say goodbye to the helpless Billikin.

"Duffy, what do we do now? Waiting for a new offer from Billikin? ”

As soon as he left Billkin's office, Chen Mu immediately asked: "Your calculation just now will definitely increase my worth!" ”

"Ascension? No, it won't improve anytime soon. ”

Duffy waved his hand and said, "Billikin has made up his mind to only give the middle class at most, and according to the regulations, it is indeed difficult for you to get a higher price in this situation." But I showed him the way, and that was the way we were going to face several times in the next few days. If my analysis is correct, the day after tomorrow, after the free market opens on July 1st, my phone will be blown up! ”

"Uh, I still don't quite understand......"

Chen Mu shook his head and said, "You mean, I can only get the middle class in the first two years, and I can only get the top salary in the third year?" ”

"You can only get middle-class ......??"

Duffy was stunned when he heard this, then reached out and patted Chen Mu on the back, laughing and said, "Do you know what the concept of a middle-class contract is for a fledgling kid like you?" ”

"You kid, you're going to become a Monopoly!"