Chapter 618: The New Season Begins

"Tie Hammer, I will make a detailed plan first, and then give it to you for review." Mrs. Liz said excitedly.

"I won't sign with you until the alliance agrees." Li Ba laughed.

"Of course. Everything is left to us to solve, and our WMA will lobby the NBA."

Although it would require an upfront investment of resources and most likely would not pay off, Liz still decided to do it.

Liu Yifei's mother and daughter looked at each other, going to fight professional boxing, can it work?

But Li Ba's character is too domineering, and they have no room to dissuade them, they are just worried.

The next day, Li Ba called the Kobes and his wife and asked them to accompany them around several major avenues in Beverly Hills for a day.

The Dayao bus did not come, fearing that they would not be able to go shopping.

Li Ba invites you to dinner. When we parted, Kobe whispered, "Tie Hammer, don't call me next time!"

"What do you mean?" Li Ba narrowed his eyes.

"You spent 800,000 dollars, and I also spent 500,000 dollars. If you ask me to come here a few times, I will go bankrupt!"

Kobe gritted his teeth authentically.

"Haha!" Li Ba laughed and said, "Don't worry, Kobe, I will call you again next time, because Vanessa will thank me."

"You bastard!" Kobe shook his head and scolded with a smile.

At this time in the hotel, Liu Xiaoli looked at the bags delivered all over the room and felt a headache.

"What a prodigal! You can't spend money like this, right?"

She took a look and found that the clothes, jewelry, shoes, and bags were all top-notch brands, probably costing hundreds of thousands of dollars?

She decided to educate Sissy well, learn how to manage the house, and stop letting Hammer buy things for her like this, it's crazy!

On October 15th, Li Ba and his party returned to Phoenix.

Liu Yifei's mother and daughter lived in Li Ba's house, and did not look for another house.

Speaking of the house, they have their own house in a small town on Long Island, New York. It is a very quiet place, which suits Liu Yifei's quiet personality.

Li Ba gave them the Bentley, drove a Porsche off-road, and had the original pickup, three cars were enough.

The next day, Li Ba reported to the team to start a new season.

The preseason has started 10 days, there are 10 more days to end, and then the start of the regular season.

When Li Ba arrived at the team, there was no game and the teammates were training.

I went to the locker room to change my equipment before coming to the training ground.

"Look who's coming?" he shouted as soon as he entered.

"Oh, our boss has finally appeared?" Barbossa yelled strangely.

"Brazilian boy, you may start this season!" Li Ba laughed.

"Wow, that's awesome!" Barbossa jumped up excitedly.

"Hey, Hammer, I haven't seen you for several months, and you haven't changed your girlfriend yet?" Marion asked in surprise.

"I'm going to build my family. I hope that when I win the championship next time, I can celebrate with my closest people instead of just being alone in a daze." Li Ba laughed.

"That must be good, as it should be." Marion laughed.

"Hey, Hammer!"

"Hey, Frank, Ron, Tarot..."

At this time Frank waited for the coach to come over, and other players also gathered around, exchanging warm greetings.

"Let me see, who do we have this season?" Li Ba laughed.

"Boss!"

David Lee, who was new to the team, immediately shouted respectfully.

"Hey, Hammer!"

"Hey, boss."

Several new players also greeted.

Inside players, a total of 5 people, Li Ba, Dazhi, David Lee, Kurt Thomas, Antonio McDyess.

Outside players, a total of 7 people, Marion, Battier, Tony Allen, David Wesley, Payton, Barbosa, Lagabel.

These are the 12 players who currently have contracts. Apart from them, there are some marginal players who do not have contracts. Let's see who will stay in the end.

The team has gone a few times this year, such as the guard Casey Jacobson who had no chance to play, was traded away, the inside substitute Jahidi White was traded, and the newly signed rookie Salim Stoudemire was also sent away .

Kurt Thomas, David Wesley, and Lagabel were traded in.

Kurt Thomas, one of the Knicks' double Thomas last season, was beaten by the Suns. D'Antoni despised their poor scoring ability and traded them during the offseason.

However, the Suns were not traded directly from the Knicks, but through a three-way transaction made by other teams.

In addition, Colangelo did not trade for a good point guard. In the new season, David Wesley has to be the main point guard.

Fortunately, Payton's physical fitness is still good, and there is no problem in averaging 25 minutes per game. Of course, his condition will definitely deteriorate year after year.

Frank called Li Ba over at this time and said, "Hammer, what do you think of our starters this season, you, Kurt Thomas, Marion, Battier, and Wesley?"

"OK." Li Ba said.

"This lineup has reached the luxury line. Jerry talked with the boss, and the boss supports your ambition to defend the title. He agreed, and he can spend 10 million to pay the luxury tax. That is to say, we can still sign a good one. The star came in. Jerry is still looking for, hoping to trade a main point guard to come in."

Frank said.

"The current lineup is actually not bad." Li Ba laughed.

This 12-man lineup is really good, only the number one player is a little too old, but he has more experience. In fact, he is not dissatisfied.

If he was really given a luxurious all-star lineup, what would he do?

However, the Suns boss Savor is still very generous. The luxury tax plus salary is 20 million, which is a lot.

And this is still one season. If we do this every year after four or five seasons, it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

In his opinion, if the owner of the Mosaic team was generous with Savor, Dayao would never go to the Lakers.

At this time, Colangelo came in with a group of managers. After greeting everyone, Colangelo asked Li Ba for his opinion on the lineup, and Li Ba expressed his satisfaction.

Colangelo said very happily again: "In the new season, we are still favored by the broadcasters. As the defending champion, we have won 43 live broadcasts across the United States, which can bring huge profits to the team."

Then he said: "Tie Hammer, because you are back, the media is asking for interviews outside, so I will arrange a press conference right away."

An hour later, the Suns' press conference for the new season was held.

The size of the media, from reporters to photographers, is a rule of at least 200 people. It can be seen that the Suns in the new season are still very attractive.

"Hammer, what is your positioning for the Suns' goals for the new season?" an ESPN reporter asked.

"There is no other goal. Our goal for the new season is still the same as last season. There is only one goal, and that is the championship." Li Ba said.

"But your lineup is obviously not as good as last season? Especially the No. 1 position is too old."

"That's just your understanding, I don't think so. We still have very strong strength and competitiveness." Li Ba laughed.