From today on is the king

Chapter 105 105. The Big Stick of Rose City

Portland, what a place, Rose City, what a place.

Although Portland is small, it only ranks No.19 in terms of total income in the United States, but there are not many people here. Portland’s urban population is only more than 50. A small city with more than 50 people actually ranks in the top 78 in the United States.

Adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, Portland has a standard maritime climate and is rich in roses. The environment is very good and the tourism industry is developed. This is similar to Atlanta, and it is also a gathering place for the rich.

For example, Paul Allen, the owner of the Trail Blazers and the former second boss of Microsoft, left Silicon Valley after suffering a serious illness in 1985, came to Portland to recuperate, and settled here. Later, he bought the Portland Trail Blazers in 1998 and immediately invested 1999 million. The 1999-2000 season reached the Western Conference Finals at that time.

Having a rich boss is self-willed. Look at the Blazers’ payroll. This season’s salary is 8972 million dollars. This year’s salary cap is 4258 million. The luxury tax threshold is more than 5100 million, which means that the Blazers will pay more than 3000 million in luxury taxes this season.

This is not the first year that they bought the Blazers from Paul Allen, and their salaries are almost double the salary cap!The salary of the Blazers is rising every year, because they will use it every year no matter what special circumstances, such as the middle-class clause that has not been restricted yet, it will be used every year, and they basically use it for four or five years to find talented players.

It is said that Dolan of the Knicks is a prodigal son. In fact, the Knicks' salary is 05 million lower than that of the Trail Blazers in recent years. It was not until [-] that they got rid of the title of the league's highest-paid team.

But who made the Knicks have such a reputation for giving bad contracts? The Blazers gave those big contracts and made it to the Western Conference Finals, which proved that the big contracts at the time were worthwhile.

The Eagles are expected to hit 50 wins this season, and the Trail Blazers, who are only ranked seventh in the Western Conference, also have the opportunity to hit 50 wins. The record of 9 wins and 7 losses is actually no worse than the Eagles.

So the Eagles take this game very seriously.

The Eagles conducted an afternoon of game research and simulation training before the game, and conducted targeted tactical research on the Blazers.

Liu Mang didn't look at the Blazers' roster once, and it hurt his ass.

How many people did the pioneers dig up!
7年8000万从猛龙挖到1995年的最佳新秀达蒙-斯塔德迈尔，5年7300万挖皮蓬，刚刚过去的夏天选秀大会之前先用一个次轮交易到了马刺的合同到期的球员德里克-安德森，续约一份5年5000万的大合同……

"Fuck! Rich people are perverts! Emmanuel, I'm going to play against Derek Anderson and Damon Stoudemire tonight, how about you?" Liu Mang asked while stretching before the game.

"I'm going to play against Ruben Patterson and Steve Kerr..." Emmanuel said sadly.

Liu Mang expressed the same sadness, the Blazers' back line looks too scary, but what is even more sad is the frontcourt, the Blazers' frontcourt is also awesome!
……

The Trail Blazers lineup looks great, but this year's start was not satisfactory, the reinforcements did not appear to be strong, the former stars began to age, and have faded out of the ranks of championship contenders. They can only compete for the playoffs in the West.

So the Eagles still have a good chance of winning the game.

On December 12th, at 4 p.m. western time in the United States, the Eagles played an away game against the Trail Blazers.

The Eagles finally returned with a full lineup, with Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, and Ratliff all on the scene.

Generally speaking, although the Eagles don't have any stars in the lineup, they are practical enough in this era!
The three players in the frontcourt are very defensive. There is also Raheem, a top player who can penetrate the defense of many teams on the inside, and Jason Terry, who can still keep up with the rhythm of the NBA even after more than ten years.

Looking at the Blazers, it can be described as star-studded, the little flying mouse Stoudemire, the big stick Bunch Wells, Scott Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, Dale Davis, don't look at anything else, this lineup with a combined salary of almost 6000 million, there is no one, the most expensive starter in the NBA, none of them!

However, according to the analysis of experts and the media before the game, the Eagles' starting strength is dominant!
There are three reasons.

The first is the rationality of the lineup.

The Hawks' lineup is mainly Jason Terry and Raheem, and there is no scrimmage.

At the same time, the Eagles have absolute strengths, and there are two. Jason Terry is already close to the overall strength of a first-class star. In terms of scoring alone, he is already a first-class star, but his defense is too weak.

And Raheem is another absolute strength, and at his peak, he is rarely stronger than him among small forwards in the entire NBA. A small forward with an average of 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game is hard to match.

On the Trail Blazers side, except for Dale Davis, a dedicated coolie center, the other four, whether it is Stoudemire, Bunch Wells, Pippen or even Rasheed Wallace, all need to hold the ball.

Especially Pippen, a few years ago when Pippen was still young, he was actually fine. He could still maintain his efficiency by relying on his excellent impact and off-ball movement, but at the age of 35, his decline was very serious, and he was basically useless without the ball.

The second is the aging of the Blazers lineup, which can be combined with the third point. Someone in the Blazers is dissatisfied with his salary, and this person is Bunch Wells.

看着皮蓬和戴尔-戴维斯两个34五岁的老头子拿着1000多万大合同，由于个子矮、快到30岁就开始严重退化的小飞鼠也拿七年8000多万的肥约，新秀合同结束后只拿到一份两年800万续约、新赛季打出场均20.3分队内得分最高的邦奇-威尔斯就差直接找保罗-艾伦涨工资了。

This is why I have to mention Bunch Wells' cheating agent Harmon Anthony, who is the one who will trick Bunch Wells from not wanting the Kings' 4-year 3200 million contract and let him pursue tens of millions of annual salary.

Liu Mang was full of expectations that the starting big brothers would go up and kill the Blazers, and then he would come up to show his glory. After all, the few pre-match news about this game before the game all said that the Eagles were more powerful. It would not be a problem to defeat the Blazers with an aging core lineup, so he was very confident.

However, as the saying goes, the soft is afraid of the hard, the hard is afraid of the tyrannical, and the tyrannical is afraid of the idiot.

Why is Bunche Wells famous at home and abroad?Not only because his name is Bunch, but also because he is a fool!
Being limped by his agent is a proof, and another is that he was not afraid of anything when he beat Bowen!Footsteps?I trampled you to death, playing ball is called a bastard!

With a height of 1.9 meters [-], he played like a power forward, and everyone pulled him away to chisel him!
This year, Bunch Wells averaged more than 20 points per game in the first dozen games, because he found that he seemed to be the team's best scorer. Why did he only renew his contract for 2 years and 800 million in the summer?He wants to prove with practical actions that he deserves a big contract!
The Blazers' lineup has an advantage, except for Dell Davis, the other four have three points!Especially Rasheed Wallace, a power forward, is actually the most accurate three-pointer for the Blazers. Last season, he made as many three-pointers as Reggie Miller!

The Blazers opened up a lot of space, and Bunche Wells slowly chiseled inside. His body was strong enough to be compared with the inside, especially the huge butt, and he got one by one!

The Blazers played the rhythm very slowly, and the Eagles couldn't make a defensive counterattack!The offensive power has been reduced by at least half!In the past, you can only rely on Raheem to dig inside or Jason Terry singles, the efficiency is too low!You must know that the Eagles are one of the fastest-paced teams in the NBA this season. During the opening period of 9 wins and 1 loss, the number of offensive rounds ranked among the top five in the league!
Liu Mang was dumbfounded to see the Blazers grinding their rhythm and playing hard, and his team was playing hard.

Your starters are not strong, how can we small substitutes come up and play!

　What kind of stick is muscle, it's actually a forbidden word! !It took me a long time to change it, really, I don’t know what else I haven’t changed, this website is too dirty, I can actually associate it with that, wretched and contemptuous.Happy weekend holiday, let’s vote for the recommendation, click more, the new book issue of the last week, if it is on the shelves, it will definitely be a day if I write a game and stay up all night and Xiaofeng writes the whole game and post it together, it will not be updated slowly like now~ By the way, wait for Monday to ask when it will be on the shelves~
　　


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