Legendary Basketball Tycoon

The draft is finally over, but the real main course is on the first day of the draft, and there will be a lot of transactions, including some of the top players being traded!

Because Bruce drafted players through the expansion draft, players can't be traded in this window, and you can only wait for the trading window during the All-Star Game.

Originally, the Bruce expansion draft only selected 8 players into his roster, and the rest were crooked squads that Bruce couldn't look up to and couldn't trade.

Bruce let them all "laid off" with a swipe of a big pen. These people are now free agents, and they can go to any team to participate in the preseason trial.

Of course, Bruce is also preparing to arrange pre-season trial training. After all, there are still a few undrafted drafts in 1992. It is good to arrange to come in and supplement the team's lineup.

The next day, Bruce just called Mitch Kupchak to bring Alonzo Mourning and Hu Weidong to a signing ceremony.

The current NBA rookie contracts generally have 3+1 and 2+2.

Taking 3+1 as an example, players in the first 3 years are restricted players. If the team does not intend to exchange him, he must be in the team for 3 years. The last year after three years of playing is a restricted free agent, and the team has the priority to renew his contract. If the team wants to renew, he cannot leave, even if the player does not accept it. If the team doesn't renew his contract, he can leave, and he will be a free agent in the fifth year. You can make appointments with interested teams, negotiate, and sign contracts.

In the absence of a rookie salary cap at the time, the New York Hans actually signed an 8-year 35 million contract with Alonzo Mourning. (Compared to the Los Angeles Lakers signing a 25-year, $25 million contract with the Magician in 1980, it’s a lifetime contract.)

The main reason is that Alonzo Mourning is a “kidney fighter” who needs to be recuperating for a long time, so he dare not sign a big contract.

Then there is the New York Hans team and Hu Weidong also signed a four-year contract of 12 million US dollars.

They were tied to the boat of the New York Hans.

Beginning in early July after the end of the draft, during the offseason of the NBA, the summer league will start at this time.

Let’s put it this way, every summer is a vacation time for NBA big players and main players, but free agents, rookies, and even sophomores do not enjoy this privilege. They must prove their ability to play in the NBA through the summer league. League play.

So in order for them to gain the trust of the team's management, and even hit the team's starting 12-man roster, the summer league is their best platform to show themselves.

Of course not all rookies have to participate in the summer league.

Unless requested by the team management, high-ranked rookies like Shaq O’Neal and No. 2 Alonzo Mourning this year will basically not choose to participate, because these people no longer need to be in the summer league. Prove yourself.

On the one hand, the team spent a lot of money to take them down, but they weren't asked to sit on the bench as water dispenser administrators. It's not difficult to get into the team's starting lineup.

On the other hand, if these high-ranked players are injured in this kind of training game, the team's loss can be great.

With the exception of Alonzo Mourning's truce, Hu Weidong and the other "Four Tigers" had to return to China in advance to report because of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. As for other players, all players must participate, including players from the expansion draft.

There are many undrafted and free agents who come to participate in the New York Hans, but they are all unknown players. Because New York is a big city, they also come to try their luck.

Through the running-in of the summer league, the New York Hans also signed with several undrafted players.

They are: Darrell Armstrong, David Wesley, Sean Lukes, Brent Price, Popeye Jones.

Bruce was very satisfied with the attitude of the players in the summer league. He discussed with Mitch Kupchak and the head coach of KC Jones and prepared to let the players take a holiday for one or two months. After all, the new NBA regular season will not be until November 6th. It's starting now, it's only the end of July, so I can relax a little bit.

Bruce also hurriedly returned to China, and after another half a year, he would be beaten and swollen by his mother if he didn't go home.

After returning, Bruce completely played the role of a good baby, and the dual personality attributes were vividly presented.

In November, Bruce once again flew back to the United States with the "Five Tigers Admiral" to prepare for the journey of the new season.

It's really hard work. In fact, this year is the first year for the Blues team to play in the NBA. In the next few years, the Blues will not need to appear. They will be completely remotely directed in China, and the New York base camp will be handed over to Mitch Kupchak.

The team is assembled again, and Bruce is also preparing to arrange a player meeting.

In the Island Garden Arena, an alternative player meeting was held. To put it bluntly, it was Bruce's lecture.

On the stage, Bruce was sitting alone in the main seat, and the management and the players were also sitting below. The invited media reporters also stood on both sides of the video.

Bruce looked at these people sitting under the stage, and he didn't know how to describe it in his heart. He will be the owner of a team in the future. This was impossible in his previous life. Now his dream has come true.

"Hello, gentlemen. First of all, it's an honor for everyone to come to the New York Hans player meeting..."

"So here I announce the official establishment of the team. Hu Weidong will become the first acting captain of the New York Hans, and Alonzo Mourning will be the deputy captain."

Some of the players below are whispering, and some still disdain this kind of people who rely on relationships.

Why let Hu Weidong be the acting captain? In fact, Bruce also considers it. First, Hu Weidong has a certain leadership ability. Second, Bruce has no more suitable player to be the captain. Although the New York Hans are the team of the Chinese boss Bruce Also consider the ability of the United States to bear. You can be the captain of Hu Weidong without a game in the NBA. How convinced you are.

Bruce talked to Mitch Kupchak for a long time on this matter, and then talked to Hu Weidong and Alonzo Mourning respectively, and the latter agreed to be the deputy captain and can **** Hu Weidong when necessary.

"Everyone knows that this year is the first time for the New York Hans to play in the NBA."

"So I need the following management and players to do the following points. If they can't, please look over there... Players can ask General Manager Mitch Kupchak to submit a trade application."

Bruce pointed to Mickey Kupchak and said.

Bruce has laid down the "rules" for the team. Many teams follow these rules and they are definitely a "good medicine" for managing the team.

"I don't care who it is, even if it is a team's senior management or a superstar player, who committed the following, I'm sorry you can leave the team. If you can't do it or don't want to do it, you can also find Mickey. Kupchak."

"1. In the New York Hans, neither the management nor the players are allowed to talk about politics. I know that the United States is a country with free speech. What I mean is that no political speech is allowed in the name of the team. Once discovered, the management will be expelled directly. Players will be assigned the injury list, and no player matches will be arranged during the contract period."

The Rockets' fat man incident has always been a thorn in Bruce, and it has not been resolved before the rebirth of the previous life, so Bruce will not let this happen again.

At this time, many voices were whispering, as did the media reporters next to him, but they were told not to interrupt before Bruce spoke, so these media reporters were also holding back.

Bruce doesn't care about this. Today is here to give the management and team players a stab at it. These messy things in the past life will always happen in the NBA, so Bruce also wants to purify his team.

"2. In the New York Hans team, neither the management nor the players allow racial discrimination, and people who verbally abuse their family members appear. Once discovered, the management directly fired, the players officially announced criticisms and then traded. I would rather lose the value of the player. Don’t let this kind of player show up to other people again.”

"3. In the New York Hans, neither the management nor the players allow alcohol, drugs, or playing with women to happen. You are professional players. Would you please respect your sports life? If you want to play these, you can retired. You can play whatever you want. As long as you are still a New York Hans player, you must abide by this rule. Once you find it, the same as above."

Hu Weidong has a bad habit of drinking, otherwise Hu Weidong can play in the CBA for a few more years, and there are still players in the NBA who take drugs or play with women in private. Just the "Eagle County" incident, which almost ruined Kobe.

"4. Regardless of the management or the players, the Hans in New York are not allowed to show up, friends, wives, or jealous fights with teammates for women. Once discovered, the same as above."

Kidd and his teammates fought jealously for an actress. In the end, no one got it, and these players who were originally united fell apart. Bruce didn't want to do it again.

"Okay, the above 4 rules are the rules I have set. If someone breaks them, they will act according to the rules."

After Bruce finished speaking, he sat down and started drinking Coke. After talking for a long time, he blushed with a thick neck and was very tiring. He needed to catch his breath.

However, the following players or media reporters will not give Bruce a chance to rest.

"Boss, I want to ask, if we are verbally insulted while playing on the court, can we fight back?"

Bruce looked up at the speaker, Alonzo Mourning, and only this tough guy dared to talk to him like this.

"I repeat here again. I do not approve of using violence to control violence, nor do I want my team's players to insult the opponent's players. I know that many people in the NBA are like talking trash to disturb the opponent's emotions. Of course, I don’t object to people’s trash talk, but I don’t allow anyone to racially discriminate against their opponents or abuse their family members. You must know that some players in the NBA are single-parent families, and their mothers or fathers have been working hard to raise him. You say so You can only make the other person work hard with you. If you exchange roles with the other person and someone abuses your family like this, what would you think?"

"Alonzo just said that since we won't take the initiative to speak, what if the other side takes the initiative to say what to do? Everyone look around the arena. As early as October, I had arranged 16 audio cameras around the arena to shoot the ball. The game scene in the hall."

"Whether you are playing at home or away, I will arrange no less than 10 such cameras to shoot the whole process. If the opposing player or fan insults your family or racially discriminates against your family, I suggest you go to the head referee on duty to clarify the situation and let the head referee Decided, if the other party does not act and sees no, the lawyer team of our Tianhan Empire Foundation will have prepared for everyone. I will ask the best lip language experts in the United States to translate the other party's language."

All the players and media reporters looked around. They were all cameras. Bruce's lawyers had already waited aside and waved in greeting.

...

In fact, many players still want to keep the New York Hans, but there are too many rules here. Some people are not so enlightened and want to leave. Since the boss said that they can be traded, please sign up first. The general manager arranges the coach to make the data look better.

Bruce doesn't know that today's player conference has already been broadcast live on NBC TV in the United States, which means that almost all families in the United States now know about it.

There was an uproar. Although Bruce’s four rules were tailor-made for the team, there are always many evil elements who depress words and make random comments.

After Stern heard Bruce’s remarks, he only said, "This stinky boy, who has nothing to do all day, makes trouble everywhere, and he wants me to wipe his ass". Congratulations to Bruce for being punished by the NBA for 200,000 for improper speech. A fine of US dollars.

However, there are still many players or coaches who agree with Bruce's rules, but to be governed by so many rules, some people will inevitably disdain them.