Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 107 The end of the season [2 in 1, 5.2k]

Lian Feng had knee ligament reconstruction surgery.

A torn cruciate ligament is of course a big injury!But its operation is not as scary as many people imagine. Strictly speaking, it is just a minimally invasive operation.

The doctor said that the operation was of high quality and went very smoothly.About 20 days after the stitches are removed, simple rehabilitation training can begin.But it is best to set aside half a year to recuperate before basketball training.

In other words, Lian Feng will definitely miss the next playoff game.

But it's better than Lianfeng imagined, which means that his return to the game next season will not arouse doubts.

Lian Feng has a system, so of course he doesn't need half a year to recover.

In fact, two months is enough for Lian Feng to recover.

The biggest obstacle to the cruciate ligament injury for athletes is not physical, but after such a horrible experience, the psychological impact is fatal. It is like a nightmare, which makes him dare not try to run and jump with all his strength.

And that doesn't exist for Lian Feng.Even...he is starting to worry now, the left knee meniscus and cruciate ligament have suffered injuries, which means that he will become more resistant to exercise, so it will be much more difficult to obtain sports injuries.

Lian Feng couldn't help looking at his left ankle, right knee, ankle...

As for the recovery time of ordinary people, there are very few athletes who have only recovered for four or five months before starting competitive competitions again.

Therefore, even if Lian Feng stood on the court even a little earlier, it can be explained by his special physique.

However, in order not to arouse the suspicion of others, it is really not an easy thing.To do this at least have to pretend to be sick for a long time.

Now, Lian Feng has done what he can do, and he has given everything this season.So even if there is a high probability that the 76ers will be swept out in the first round, he will not regret it.

Next, just lay back and watch the game on TV.

……

While Lian Feng was lying on the hospital bed watching TV, the management of the 76ers was having a discussion about Lian Feng.

"I have to discuss the matter of Lian Feng's contract! Today, we must resolve this matter. First of all, how much do you think Lian Feng is worth our investment?" said the manager in suit and leather shoes.

"There is no doubt that, based on previous cases, it is difficult to recover from such a big knee injury ... I am talking more about psychological fear, which few players can overcome."

"so?"

"So, Lian Feng is no longer suitable as the core of the team. Since we have decided to rebuild... some time ago, there were still things that needed to be entangled. Iguodala and Lian Feng are equally good! But now it seems that it doesn't matter. Iguodala, there is no doubt about it!"

"So what do you think Lian Feng should do?"

"Lian Feng is of course valuable, but the value depends on how much strength he can recover. His contract has ended, and we have only two options now, using the team option to renew the contract, or directly making a qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent."

The manager thought for a while: "There is no doubt that the price of Lian Feng is very cheap. We can directly implement the team option and we can win Lian Feng smoothly."

"But doing that may make Lian Feng feel that his value has not been reflected, and leave Philadelphia after the short-term contract ends. So it's the opposite, sir! I think...we should not renew his contract directly, but give him a long-term contract."

"Huh? Go ahead."

"First of all, you have to understand our needs. We have decided to rebuild the team, so the cost is an inevitable thing to consider. Judging from Lian Feng's performance, even if he loses his peak level, he can still play in the rotation, and a qualified role player, I am afraid that it will take up our annual salary of several million dollars, and we may not be able to find a suitable person like Lian Feng. More importantly, the market behind him!"

The manager was moved and thought for a while: "Tell me your opinion."

"Simply put, that's it. We told Lian Feng that in order to maximize his interests, we decided to give up the team option, let him turn into a restricted free agent, give up the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the contract, and provide him with a three-year contract worth more than 1000 million U.S. dollars, and he will agree!"

"1000 million US dollars for three years? Will he agree? What if another team offers a higher price?"

"We have to thank Arenas. It was his appearance that gave us such room for manipulation: Arenas stipulated that for a two-year second-round pick like Lian Feng, the salary of the new contract could not exceed the middle class in the first year, and it could rise by 8% in the second year. That is to say, our middle class special case allows us to match the offer of any inviting team."

The team manager breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled: "In other words, choose to give up the team option and sign him at a lower price for several years? There is nothing to discuss, so let's do it!"

"Yes sir. When the trading day officially opens, we'll do it!"

……

Lian Feng accidentally looked at the NBA's player terms.He paused for a while at the Arenas clause, then smiled and looked away.

This clause, which will be abolished in the future, was originally intended to protect the interests of the home team, but as Morey later developed a poison contract, it became a pitfall for the original team.

Lian Feng thought, the management of the 76ers shouldn't think that the Arenas clause can help them keep people, right?That would be stupid.

But after all, they know the future development. I am afraid that there are not many team managers in the current league who have discovered the use of the Arenas clause to poach the wall.

The 76ers should use the team option.

Therefore, Lian Feng has already started thinking about next season.

Hmm... Iverson is leaving, Webber is leaving, how should the team be advised to strengthen?
……

Lian Feng only stayed in the United States until the day the stitches were removed, and he insisted on returning to China to recuperate despite the objections of the team doctor.

Considering Lian Feng's season reimbursement, the team finally agreed to Lian Feng's request.

Lian Feng considered this in order to avoid the impact of rapid recovery from injuries to a greater extent.In the United States, the team doctors will be very diligent and regularly conduct MRI examinations. If nothing can be seen in the short term, they may be surprised to find that Lian Feng has recovered from his injury in a month or two, which will bring a lot of unnecessary troubles.

Back in China, on the one hand, it is convenient to hide the truth of the recovery, and on the other hand, many things become easier to explain, such as a certain unknown Chinese medicine doctor... This kind of thing is not easy to be falsified, so it cannot be said to be unscientific.

But before leaving the United States, Lian Feng took a trip to Los Angeles...well, in a wheelchair.

Not to see Kobe, of course, but to watch Alison's pole vault.

After the game, Lian Feng spent some time in the hotel regardless of his knee injury.

But there was one thing that made Lian Feng a little overwhelmed.He didn't understand whether his liking for Alison was more physical or more for her in other aspects.

This has a very practical meaning, Lian Feng does not want to just treat Alison as a running friend.But he really felt that every time he saw Alison, he wanted to go to bed with her.

Indeed...it's so exciting.

But it can be seen that Alison's attitude towards Lian Feng is not just greedy for his body.Alison would lie on Lianfeng's chest and say seriously: "I like ball."

Afterwards, Alison was not able to follow Lian Feng back to China, because she also had her own career, and she wanted to hit a higher record, throwing herself into the training ground to sweat like rain every day.

Before Lian Feng returned home, the 76ers finally completed all the games of the season.

Because the 76ers replaced the Bucks in the game against the Heat and advanced to the playoffs in the eighth place in the Eastern Conference, they faced last season's overall runner-up Pistons in the first round!

The 76ers who lost Webber and Lianfeng had no resistance against this strong defensive team. The reason why the "Black Eight Miracle" was called a "miracle" was that too many of them were forged by the example of the 76ers against the Pistons this season: the 76ers were swept out 0-4.

Lian Feng returned to China in a low-key manner, and then bought several luxury houses and a piece of land in Beijing and Shanghai.In this era, house prices and land prices are not expensive, with Lian Feng's current financial resources, he can still spend a little bit of money.

Of course, the purpose of doing this is not to make a lot of money. On the one hand, he lives by himself, and on the other hand, he plans to use the two lands to build a private arena.

Afterwards, Lian Feng hired a nanny to take care of his daily life at his own home, and began a boring and leisurely life of recuperating from injuries, surfing the Internet and watching TV games in his spare time.

This year's playoffs are almost the same as in history. Although Lianfeng is a little butterfly, he didn't even affect the big score of the game except that the Bucks were swept out and Bogut was slapped in the face.

Lian Feng found that as long as he didn't directly participate, history would still be brought back on track, as if there was a force in the dark.

This game brought back too many memories of Lian Feng.

In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, LeBron led the Cavaliers to eliminate the Wizards 4-2, and then lost to the Pistons 3-4.But this is only LeBron's first year in the playoffs, and the future is indeed his.However, he lost to Nash in the regular season MVP competition.

And Nash, just like in history, met the most terrifying Kobe in his career who had just won the scoring champion of the year in the first round of the Western Conference!

Lian Feng knew what happened next.Kobe was overturned. He played the most brilliant season and dragged several CBA-level teammates into the playoffs, but was reversed and eliminated in the first round.

Next, Nash met his old club Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive year, and was bloodbathed by the driver 4-2.

In the end, it was the Heat and the Mavericks who stood in the finals.

Lian Feng watched the whole game.

The Mavericks and the Heat fought 6 games, except for the controversial whistle, I have to say that Wade's performance in the finals has been called the king!He was only in the third grade and led the team to win the championship and won the MVP of the finals.

For a time, Wade became the most popular star, and countless praises poured out.

Lian Feng looked at Wade under the spotlight, and couldn't help feeling envious...and longing!
Since someone must win, why not me?

After the finals, it has been two months since the injury, and Lian Feng has actually recovered with the help of the system.And his private basketball stadium is also under construction in full swing.

He needs such a private space. In China, he will not be disturbed during training. Such an arena is a must.

The planned area of ​​the arena is not large, only the size of two standard courts, and a standard basketball court is planned inside, and other spaces have various special training facilities and equipment.

At the same time, the arena is also equipped with five-star accommodation rooms, entertainment facilities, and so on.These expenses have cost Lian Feng a lot of money. He currently only has an endorsement fee of 800 million US dollars for the Fengying series.The expenses during this period have been spent, and a lot has been spent.

Fortunately, Fengying brought good news at the moment when he was a little nervous.The sales dividend of Fengying 1 last year has arrived.

At the beginning, Jordan and AJ had similar contracts, both of which were divided into sales dividends.This is different from equity dividends. Some people think that sales dividends are a deceptive thing. Those who say this obviously confuse the concepts of "sales dividends" and equity dividends.

Equity dividends involve decision-making at the general meeting of shareholders, operating losses in the company's accounts, etc. It is indeed possible that the money will not be distributed throughout the year, but it is impossible to cheat sales dividends. Jordan relies on this mechanism to collect nearly [-] million US dollars in AJ's sales dividends every year.

Lian Feng was shocked when he knew how much Fengying 1 brought him.

In the first half of the year alone, Lian Feng earned $800 million!
Of course, there is still a big gap between this and the hundreds of millions of income that AJ brought to Jordan, but Lian Feng is not in a hurry, he believes that one day he will be able to make Fengying famous all over the world!

With the money, Lian Feng accelerated the progress of the arena.

At the same time, with the start of the offseason, the selection of the season's grand awards has also officially begun.At the same time, the trading market has also opened up, and it's time for those outstanding team managers to show their talents.

Ordinary fans have never studied the trading market, thinking that trading is just a game of back and forth in the game. In fact, it involves the game after comprehensive consideration of the application of league rules, relationships between parties, player psychology and other factors.

It can be said that the ability of a team's management depends largely on his level in the trading market.

However, at this time, players tend to hand over these matters to their agents, and they just need to enjoy life comfortably.

Two things came to Lian Feng.

One thing is that ESPN announced the results of the major awards.

After the end of the long season, apart from the championship title, of course the individual awards of the season are the most concerned.

With his outstanding performance in the last game, Lian Feng became the key for the 76ers to enter the playoffs. He narrowly suppressed Paul and won the best rookie. He and Paul were also selected to the best rookie team.

In addition, when fans voted to determine the NBA's best shot of the year award, Lian Feng had two on the list!They are the best blocks: the ball that blocks Wade.

Winner of the Year: Facing Wade's game-winning shot that snapped a knee ligament.

And the No.2 vote was also Lian Feng's, the classic goal that beat the Rockets.

Wade was listed on the background board of Lianfeng twice, and the "most valuable background board" has become a stalk that fans talk about.

For Lian Feng, his first rookie season in the NBA has come to a successful conclusion. Although the honors he has won cannot be said to be against the sky, they are definitely not bad.

Selected as an All-Star.

Rookies for a while.

Rookie of the Year.

Two best shots.

Of course, there is also this injury, which can be regarded as a harvest of changing direction.

Another thing is that the 76ers made a wave of operations that he couldn't understand at all.

CAA called, "Lianfeng, the 76ers negotiated with us. They are going to give up the team option, but they will give you a qualification offer and sign you with a contract for at least 3 years."

Lian Feng was shocked on the spot, this... what kind of operation is this?
Don't they know that they are restricted by the Arenas clause, and the first two years of the contract they offer can only reach the middle class?They did this, and it was fine that other teams didn't react. Once a smart person discovered the loopholes in the Arenas clause, it was almost certain that he would be poached.

For the 76ers next season, Lian Feng has no loyalty at all.

Suddenly, Lian Feng understood.

It's 2006!It's only been a year since the Arenas clause came out!The original intention of the league to introduce this clause is also to protect the interests of the home team, so many people don't realize that the Arenas clause will give birth to a poison contract!
What is a poison contract?

To put it bluntly, it is a disgusting home team contract offered by other teams taking advantage of the third-year unlimited salary loophole in the Arenas clause.It was because of the poison contract that the Rockets were able to poach Jeremy Lin from the Knicks.

The Arenas clause stipulates that eligible players will be given a mid-level contract in the first year, with an increase of 8% in the second year and unlimited in the third year.So there will be a loophole in it, that is, the invitation contract can be in the form of middle class + middle class + maximum salary.

For example, this year’s salary cap has been released, and the middle class is 500 million. Other teams can offer a three-year contract of 500+500+1500 to invite Lianfeng. The 2500ers have a space of 76 million. You must know that the salary cap in this era is only about 800 million, and the annual salary of top stars is only around 76 million. It is obviously impossible for 3 to match him with such a deformed contract. Either lock up the salary space for three years, or pay a huge luxury tax in the third year!
If he is healthy, the 76ers may still take a gamble, but now that he is injured, expectations are uncertain, and there are too many uncertainties, the 76ers may have to let him go.

In order to maximize the interests of Lianfeng, CAA immediately started to operate after the 76ers proposed it. It not only played games with the 76ers to increase the amount of qualification contracts, but also secretly contacted those teams that were capable of offering poison contracts.

Lian Feng couldn't help but sigh, the Americans cheating the Americans, the hands are really not soft!
Lian Feng originally planned to choose skills, but these two incidents made him decide to wait and see first, and then choose skills according to the situation...

Next, under the secret operation of CAA, the 76ers cheerfully offered Lian Feng a mid-level contract of 500 in the first year, and then unexpectedly, on the second day, several teams offered Lian Feng an invitation contract.

The 76ers were suddenly stunned, and only then did they realize that they had made a fatal mistake!Previously, because of the middle-class special case, I felt confident that I could match all the invitations, but only now did I realize what kind of hidden dangers would be brought to the team by matching the contracts of those teams!
Damn, isn't the Arenas clause used to protect the mother team!Can you still play like this?
Morey smiled at Jiuquan.

Lian Feng looked at these invitations and fell into deep thought.Even the forwards of the previous teams can still think about it, because they all have ample salary space, especially the Hornets and Bobcats, which exceed 2000 million, and they can even make a wave of reinforcements after signing the contract!But the Cavaliers also made an invitation, which surprised him.

James lacks a second master?
(Let’s talk about which team to choose?)

(End of this chapter)