the great gatsby

Chapter 264 Unusual Gatsby!

It’s no wonder that Stoudemire and the others were surprised. Don’t look at them as millionaires in the eyes of others. Their annual salary is at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the taxes in the United States are also high. Gone.

Stoudemire's salary is the highest here, but after deducting taxes and daily expenses, sometimes he has to spend some big money, such as buying a car or a house, and he has to support a group of brothers and relatives who share weal and woe. After the season, it is not easy to save 1000 million. What's more, most of these black people don't have any concept of financial management. It has avoided the tragedy of many people going bankrupt as soon as they retire.

Gatsby signed a two-year contract, and the total salary is only 200 million. He will have 1000 million US dollars for investment after this season. This is really surprising. They all know that Gatsby wants to Joining the NBA was completely out of character. His parents no longer cared about him. They didn't even show up when he made a name for himself in the NBA, so they probably wouldn't give him any more money.

The only possibility is the money earned from sneaker endorsements. Speaking of sneakers, other Knicks players are so envious that they are almost jealous. Gatsby’s generation has been sold as street shoes. You can see them on every basketball court. Seeing that many young people are wearing Gatsby's sneakers, you can imagine how much money Gatsby earned from them.

Gatsby smiled and sat down with his teammates to talk nonsense, and he didn't shy away from talking about money with his teammates. He didn't say this information, and he would probably report it in the media. Anyway, he could estimate his annual income if it was close.

The more they know about Gatsby, the more they admire Gatsby. Gatsby is not only extremely talented in basketball, but also in acting and business. Such a person is very good even if he goes to Wall Street yes.

If Gatsby knew what they were thinking, he would tell them honestly in his heart, yes, as the prophet of his rebirth, if he were to work on Wall Street, he would still be able to find a chance to stand out, but playing basketball depends on his own ability For sports, if there is no basic basketball training system, he really dare not step into it. The water is too deep.

The game between the Trail Blazers and the Knicks started at eight o'clock in the evening. Fans had already gathered at Madison Square Garden at seven o'clock. The game had not even started yet, and the atmosphere was already very lively.

Warming up before the game, Gatsby scored a few shots and the touch was very smooth. He keenly felt that he was in a very good state tonight, either because Uber’s rapid expansion inspired him, or the opponent It made him feel challenged, or because he returned to the home court, no matter what, he just felt that he was particularly excited tonight, and he felt that something different might happen tonight.

Dan D'Antoni felt a little strange. Gatsby jumped up and down tonight, looking very excited. Gatsby has always been steady and generous. He ran around like this tonight, shooting a super long three-pointer for a while, and After teasing Spike Lee, it feels like he just can't calm down.

He quietly informed his brother Mike D'Antoni. Coach D'Antoni observed it in surprise. Sure enough, he signaled his brother to keep quiet. He was really curious about how Gatsby would perform tonight.

Game start.

The starters arranged by Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan are: Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Mike Miller, Nicolas Batum, and Marcus Camby.

Regular starters for the Knicks: Gatsby, Kevin Martin, Danilo Gallinari, Amare Stoudemire, and Andrew Bogut.

Bogut and Camby jumped the ball in the center circle.

The Portland Trail Blazers traded Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake for Marcus Camby to the Clippers before last season's All-Star break An extremely empty restricted area.

After moving to the Trail Blazers, Camby secured his position as the team's starting center.In 23 games for the team, although his performance of 7 points per game was not outstanding, he also contributed 11.1 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, which set up a defensive barrier for the Blazers in the interior penalty area. , and it was precisely because of Camby's outstanding performance that the Trail Blazers entered the playoffs again.

Although the Trail Blazers did not reach the end in the playoffs, Camby's role in the Trail Blazers was obvious, so after the season ended, the Trail Blazers renewed the 2100-year-old veteran with a two-year $36 million contract.

Although Camby is 36 years old, his bullet speed is still not slow. He rushed the ball to Roy in front of Bogut.

Roy dribbled the ball quickly across half court. Gatsby felt Roy's speed carefully. Afterwards, he couldn't help but sigh. Compared with Roy last season, Roy's speed is really much slower now. Roy is considered His physical fitness and speed are average, but that is compared to those birds and beasts. When Gatsby and Roy met at the beginning of last season, Roy's speed seemed to Gatsby to be extremely fast. When he broke through him As simple as drinking water and eating, Gatsby could only rely on his teammates to restrict Roy a little.

However, from time to time, Gatsby was making rapid progress, while Roy was suffering from injuries. With the ebb and flow, Gatsby was very slow to visit Roy again.

Roy is ill, but Gatsby will not show mercy. Competitive sports are competitive sports, and giving way is not respecting the opponent, it is humiliating the opponent.

Gatsby went straight up to press/press Roy, and forced Roy to slow down with his footsteps. Roy tried to break through, but at the beginning of last season, he was able to easily break through the rookies, and now he is no longer able to break through casually. It took a few moments to know that there was no need to try again, and his sore knees told him that this was not allowed.

Roy waved Aldridge to come up to do a high pick-and-roll. Aldridge lifted up to block Gatsby, and then turned down. Roy took a sudden step and returned the ball to Aldridge as usual, but as soon as he took the shot, he immediately felt Secretly shouting bad - Gatsby rushed out of the diagonal stab and stole the ball he passed to Aldridge!
Gatsby immediately started the transition and surpassed Roy in two steps. It was already a smooth road ahead. Gatsby quickly rushed through the frontcourt. The Blazers players thought that Gatsby would go directly to the basket for a layup. Unexpectedly, Gatsby It's better to take a step from the three-point line and shoot directly - a chasing three-pointer!
In an instant, Madison Square Garden was like an exploding powder keg, with loud bangs, cheers, and applause as if the roof was about to be lifted!
　I've been very busy recently, and I don't have time to give a speech. Friday is the finals, so excited!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)