Chapter 1392 1391. Five-Star Jazz

"Advanced ways to use Kevin Durant's 2013-2014 star card:

The first step: Xiaoerlang carrying a schoolbag: gets the nickname "Schoolbag Liu";

Step Two: Bathwater Obsession: Choose a popular actress and publicly express your desire to drink her bathwater;

Step 3: The hardest path: Before using it, plan the hardest choice for yourself and make it known to the world. "

When Liu Mang saw this, he immediately didn't want to use the special way of using Durant's star card.

The first step was okay, at best a bit mid-range.

The second step... This is so simple. Liu Mang felt that if he did that, he would be hung up and beaten by two girls, and the little loli would dislike him to death.

The most important thing is the last one, choose the most difficult path...

What exactly is the hardest road?

The most difficult road for Durant was to embrace a team that was already the strongest team in the league. It was really difficult to win the championship...

"Boss of the system, are you serious about Durant's most difficult path? When you get here, do you really have to choose the most difficult path?"

Liu Mang couldn't help but complained wildly.

But the most difficult road...what is the most difficult road?

Liu Mang thought about it for a long time, and decided that it would be better to put aside the advanced use of this star card. It won't be used for the time being anyway.

With the special use method, Liu Mang is reluctant to use it directly with a 55% fit for normal use. So it would be too wasteful to use the Durant star card in the regular season with a special method to increase the fit to 100%. Well, it will definitely be used in the playoffs, so let’s talk about it then.

"The advanced usage methods are basically related to the special hobbies of the stars, and Durant's hobbies are too weird!"

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On February 1st, in the morning, Liu Mang and San Niu went to a private teacher's classroom. They hired several private teachers, but Liu Mang didn't care that much. They were left to fend for themselves, while he was responsible for driving.

Time flies by quickly and we are already entering the second half of the season.

The Hawks have played 48 games and have 34 games left. In February, 28 days will be spent, leaving aside the 7-day All-Star Weekend to temporarily interrupt the regular season, that is, 12 games in 21 days.

This year's All-Star Weekend games are from February 16th to 18th. This year's New Year's Eve is relatively late. It is February 17th, BJ time, which is the 16th here in the United States. It happens to be the day of the rookie game, so there is no delay. You can get together with Yao Ming.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang continued to practice shooting at the open-air court at home. His three-point shooting with his right hand has improved to 97, but it is not the end yet. Durant, who has not yet reached the point of being brave, has 98 three-pointers. Liu Mang is quite motivated.

And make yourself as strong as possible, even if you have a little time to train, mainly because the upcoming schedule will be more difficult.

Before training, Liu Mang looked at the schedule and really wanted to go to David Stern with a knife and ask him if he had stolen his rice!

After playing back-to-back home games with the Knicks, the Hawks had a day off and continued their home game on the 2nd.

If you include the last game against the Knicks, the Hawks are on a five-game homestand schedule.

The Hawks and Bulls have only met three times this season. The first two games were away games for the Hawks, and the last game in March was at home for the Hawks.

13 days, to be precise, from the 2nd to the 13th, 7 games in 12 days.

And after returning from the All-Star Weekend, the Eagles will soon face the Lakers... The first game after returning from the break, February 21st, the second time the Eagles and Lakers played against each other this season, and the remaining four games, 24 The Bucks and Nets are at home on the 24th and 24th, and the Magic and Celtics are away games on the 27th and 28th. The opponents in these four games are weaker and will be relatively easier, but they are 4 games in 5 days...

"Before the All-Star Weekend, I used you to stimulate the fans' passion, and after the All-Star Weekend, you used me to continue the fans' enthusiasm during the All-Star Weekend? Si Papi..."

Liu Mang complained while shooting...

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Finally, at around 5 pm on the 1st, Liu Mang received a call from Stockton with good news!

After entering February, the buyout negotiations between Grant Hill and the Magic finally reached a consensus.

Grant Hill can afford to delay, but he can't get the maximum salary until the end of the season. Anyway, he doesn't lose money, and money is also very important.

But the Magic can't afford it, they want to lower their salary.

In the end, the two sides reached a consensus, and the Magic paid a buyout fee of US$2.6 million to terminate Grant Hill's contract for the remaining half of the season.

Grant Hill was supposed to receive a salary of US$8.3 million for the remaining 34 games. After the buyout, the Magic only had to pay US$2.6 million, saving US$4.7 million in salary. Including luxury tax, the total savings $9.4 million.

9.4 million is still very important for a team. With the Magic’s average ticket price of $69, they have to sell more than ten home tickets to earn back. After buying out Grant Hill, the Magic can save almost this amount. A quarter of the season’s ticket sales.

Except for the Lakers, Knicks, and Hawks, the three teams whose ticket prices exceed 100, other teams cannot make money from ticket revenue alone. Most of them lose money and have to rely on broadcasting shares and advertising to survive.

Just when the Hawks received a call from Grant Hill, who said that he would come to Atlanta tonight, do a physical examination and sign a contract tomorrow, and wanted to join the Hawks as soon as possible, a big deal came!

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"Is the new owner of the Supersonics crazy?" The little Lolita who knows the ball started to verbally attack the management of other teams again.

"They may really be crazy..." Liu Mang also felt incredible!

On January 23, the matter of the Supersonics changing the owner was submitted to the league. Today, that is, February 1, in yesterday's vote of the league owners, the meeting to change the owner was passed unanimously, and the Supersonics officially changed the new owner.

The friends of the Hawks owner Price in his youth, who were friends in his youth, can no longer hold on. He can only sell the team for 220 million US dollars. After paying off the debt, he has more than 100 million US dollars left, and he will continue to be a middle-aged dandy.

As soon as the new owner of the Supersonics took office, he did a big thing.

The SuperSonics sent Ray Allen, Danny Fortson and Mohammed Sini a total of 11 million US dollars in garbage contracts, and got the Jazz's Gordon Kirilek and Matt Harpring, Ronnie Brewer's three expiring contracts, as well as the Jazz's two unprotected first-round draft picks in 2007 and 2009, and the Jazz's two second-round unprotected draft picks in 2008 and 2009.

With the Jazz having four stars, Deron, Boozer, Kirilenko, and Okur, they are 100% sure to enter the playoffs, and their record is likely to be in the top ten of the league all year round. The Jazz's first-round pick is at most 18 or 19 picks.

The three second-round picks are probably in the 40s or 50s.

With such chips, plus the expiring contracts of Kirilek and Harpring, Ray Allen was taken!

Of course, the Jazz enjoyed the rookie bonus of Deron, as well as the bonus of Kirilenko and Boozer's not-so-high salary of just over 10 million US dollars. The total salary this season is only 49 million US dollars. After sending away three expiring contracts totaling 16 million US dollars, plus their own salary space, they took on the garbage contracts of Danny Fortson and Muhammad Sini, who still have more than three years left. This can be regarded as the bargaining chip paid by the Jazz.

"Maybe their new boss wants to save money." Liu Mang thought about it and there was only this reason.

Ray Allen will be 32 years old this summer, but compared with the past few years, Ray Allen's trading value has not decreased but increased!

Ray Allen could only be traded for the aging Payton, but now, because of Liu Mang, three-pointers are becoming more and more important. Ray Allen doesn't want to be like Peja, who gave up on himself in the Kings. Ray Allen's professional attitude has always been very good. He has not fallen to the point of being given away for free like Peja. On the contrary, because of Liu Mang, Ray Allen's trading value is extremely high.

Two first-round picks, plus helping the Sonics digest two 4-year, middle-class garbage contracts signed last summer, and three expiring contracts that can be used to clear salary space. Although this bargaining chip is already good compared to the Bulls getting Garnett and the Cavaliers getting Chandler and Peja last summer, the Jazz will definitely make a lot of money!

Ray Allen is the second best three-point shooter in the league after Liu Mang!

"Five-star Jazz, uncle, is it possible for Carlos to enter the finals and play against uncle this year?" Little Loli suddenly got a little excited.

Although Boozer looks fierce, he is a good person, and Little Loli has a good impression of him.

"Five-star Jazz?" Liu Mang opened the Jazz page on the NBA official website and looked at the lineup of Deron, Ray Allen, Kirilenko, Boozer, and Okur...

It's really a five-star Jazz!

Five big guys who are at least first-class stars, among whom Ray Allen and Boozer are top stars...

But if the Jazz really make it to the finals, Liu Mang will be happier. Playing the Jazz is easier than playing the Lakers, Ma, Niu and Japan.

However, they have to make it to the finals first, so Liu Mang can only respond: "Probably."

Also, even if the Jazz can make it to the Western Conference Finals, facing Kobe... the Jazz are a bit miserable...

Ray Allen is quite suitable for the Jazz. Ray Allen's shooting range is much wider than Kirilek and Harpring, and he has the ability to attack with the ball, which the two do not have. His defense is not as good as the two, but he is not the kind that drags them down.

With Ray Allen, Liu Mang feels that the Jazz may really have the possibility to compete with the four major teams in the West, including the Lakers, the Mavericks, the Bulls and Japan. The key problem is... Deron is too young. In Liu Mang's memory, Deron and Paul both started to explode in the 07-08 season. They were the Western Conference point guards who were rivals at the time. Deron's performance this season is okay, but not at the top level. Next season, Deron will have the strength of a double-double point guard of 18+10.

How much contribution Deron can make to the Jazz this season... It is definitely far less than the other four stars.

But it is hard to say in the future. Deron is a top point guard who can lead the team to the Western Conference Finals even without Ray Allen in the future!

"Dina, the NBA is getting more and more interesting, right!"