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

Although Portland is small, it only ranks 19th in the United States in terms of total income, but there are not many people here. Portland’s urban population is only over 500,000 people. For a small city of over 500,000 people, the total income ranks 19th in the United States.

The top 20 in the United States, although they are usually 17, 18, 19 or even 20, this is an exaggeration on average. The per capita income of the Portland urban area has been ranked first in the United States for many years, but if it expands to

Portland's urban area is much lower, but it can often be ranked in the top ten.

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

For example, the owner of the Trail Blazers, former Microsoft second boss Paul Allen, left Silicon Valley after falling seriously ill in 1985, came to Portland to recuperate, and settled here. Later, he bought the Portland Trail Blazers in 1998.

Immediately spent 100 million on it, and in 1999 acquired Scottie Pippen, a member of the Dream Team, All-Star guard Steve Smith, Little Flying Squirrel Damon Stoudemire, and Brian Grant.

Waiting for a lot of high-paid players, and reached the Western Conference Finals in the 1999-2000 season.

A rich boss is willful. Take a look at the Trail Blazers' payroll. This season's salary expenditure is 89.72 million U.S. dollars. This year's salary cap is 42.58 million, and the luxury tax threshold is more than 51 million. That is what the Trail Blazers have to pay this season.

More than 30 million in luxury tax.

This is not the first year that after buying the Trail Blazers from Paul Allen, their salary is almost double the salary cap! Every year the Blazers' salary increases, because they use any special exceptions every year.

For example, the currently unrestricted mid-level clause will be used every year, and it is basically a four- to five-year long-term contract to recruit strong players.

People say Dolan of the Knicks is a prodigal son. In fact, the Knicks' salary has been 20 million lower than that of the Trail Blazers in recent years. It was not until 2005 that they got rid of the title of the league's highest-paying team.

But who made the Knicks have such a loud reputation for giving bad contracts? The Blazers finally reached the Western Conference Finals with those big contracts, which proved that the big contracts at that time were worth it. The stars were old and had nothing to do, and those big contracts given by the Knicks

The contract is simply a honey contract.

The Hawks are expected to hit 50 wins this season, and the Trail Blazers, currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference, also have a chance to hit 50 wins. Their record of 9 wins and 7 losses is actually not much worse than the Hawks.

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 even look at the Trail Blazers' roster once, and his balls hurt.

How many people did the Trail Blazers poach?

In 7 years, he paid 80 million to dig out the 1995 Rookie of the Year Damon Stoudemire from the Raptors. In 5 years, he paid 73 million to dig Pippen. Before the draft this past summer, he traded a second-round contract to the Spurs.

Former player Derek Anderson has renewed a five-year, $50 million contract...

"Damn! Rich people are perverts! Emmanuel, I will face Derek Anderson and Damon Stoudemire tonight, what about you?" Liu Mang asked while stretching before the game.

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"I'm going to face Ruben Patterson and Steve Kerr..." Emmanuel looked sad.

Liu Mang said it was equally sad. The Trail Blazers' back line looked too scary, but what was even more sad was the frontcourt. The Trail Blazers' frontcourt was equally impressive!

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The Trail Blazers lineup looks great, but the start of this year was not satisfactory. The reinforcements are not strong enough. The previous stars have begun to age and have faded out of the ranks of championship contenders. They can only compete for a playoff position in the Western Conference.

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

On December 4, at 6 p.m. Western Time, the Eagles' away game against the Trail Blazers started.

The Eagles finally have their full lineup back, with Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, and Ratliff all on the field.

Generally speaking, although the Eagles' lineup does not have many stars, it is practical enough in this era!

The three players in the frontcourt are very defensive, and there is also Raheem, a top player who can penetrate many team defenses in the inside. The back line also has Jason Terry, who can still keep up with the rhythm of the NBA even after more than ten years.

The artillery, which is almost 40 years old, is very practical.

Looking at the Trail Blazers, it can be described as bright stars, the little flying squirrel Stoudemire, the big stick Bunch Wells, Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, Dale David

Si, if you don’t look at anything else, this lineup with a combined salary of almost 60 million is the most expensive in the NBA!

However, according to the analysis of experts and media before the game, the Eagles have the upper hand!

There are three reasons.

The first is the rationality of the lineup.

The Eagles' lineup is mainly dominated by Jason Terry and Raheem, and there is no competition for the ball.

At the same time, the Hawks have absolute strengths, and there are two of them. Jason Terry is 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.

Raheem is another absolute strong point, and at his peak, there are few small forwards in the entire NBA who are better than him. A small forward who averages 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game is hard to match.

As for the Trail Blazers, in addition to Dale Davis, a hard-working center, the other four, whether they are Stoudemire, Bunchy Wells, Pippen or even Rasheed Wallace, need to maintain their position.

ball.

Especially Pippen. In the past few years, when Pippen was still relatively young, he was actually fine. He could still rely on his excellent impact and movement without the ball to maintain efficiency. However, at the age of 35, he has declined very seriously and cannot play without the ball.

Nothing works anymore.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The second is that the Trail Blazers lineup is aging. This point can be combined with the third point. Someone in the Trail Blazers is dissatisfied with his salary. This person is Bunch Weir.

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Watching Pippen and Dale Davis, two thirty-four or five-year-old men, receive contracts worth more than 10 million, and the little flying squirrel, who started to seriously degenerate when he was almost 30 due to his short stature, also received more than 80 million in seven years.

After the rookie contract ended, he only received a two-year, 8 million contract extension. In the new season, Bunch Wells, who averaged 20.3 points per game and led the team in scoring, almost asked Paul Allen for a salary increase.

This has to mention Bunch Wells’ cheating agent, Harmon Anthony, who will be the one who nudged Bunch Wells into not giving up the Kings’ 4-year, 32 million contract and letting him pursue tens of millions of annual salary in the future.

There is no cheating agent that the team wants.

Liu Mang was fully expecting his big brother to go up and just kill the Trail Blazers, and then he came up to show off his glory. After all, the few pre-game news about this game before the game all said that the Eagles had the advantage.

, it will not be a problem to defeat the Trail Blazers with an aging core lineup, so he is very confident.

However, as the saying goes, the soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the arrogant ones, and the arrogant ones are afraid of the idiots.

Why is Bunch Wells known as "Bunch" at home and abroad? Not only because his name is Bunch, but also a very important reason is that he is a fool!

The fact that he was deceived by his agent is one proof, and the other is that when he beat Bowen, he was not afraid of anything! To step on his feet? I will step on you to death, and you are called a bastard when playing!

With a height of 1.96 meters, he plays like a power forward, and everyone pulls him apart to attack him!

This year Bonzi Wells has averaged over 20 points per game in the first dozen games. This is because he seems to be the best scorer on the team. Why did he only renew his contract for 2 years and 8 million in the summer? He needs to take practical actions.

To prove that he is worthy of a big contract!

One advantage of the Trail Blazers' lineup is that, except for Dale Davis, the other four players have three-pointers! Especially the power forward Rasheed Wallace is actually the most accurate three-pointer for the Trail Blazers, having made three-pointers last season.

As many three-pointers as Reggie Miller!

The Trail Blazers opened up a lot of space, and Bunchy Wells slowly dug in inside. His body was strong enough to be compared with the inside, especially that huge butt. Every time he hit him, he would get it!

The Trail Blazers played the tempo very slowly, and the Eagles' defensive counterattack was impossible! The offensive power was at least reduced by half! In the past, they could only rely on Raheem to drill inside or Jason Terry's singles, which was too inefficient.

!You must know that the Hawks are one of the fastest teams in the NBA this season. During the 9-1 start, the number of offensive rounds ranked among the top five in the league!

Liu Mang was dumbfounded as he watched the Trail Blazers grind out the pace, and his own team was having a hard time.

If you don't do your best, how can we, the little substitutes, have fun?

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Muscles, that stick, it’s actually a banned word!! It took me a long time to change it, really, I don’t know what else I haven’t changed, this website is so dirty, I can actually associate it with that, vulgarity, contempt. Happy weekend

It's holiday, please vote for recommendations and click more. The new book will be published in the last week. If it is released, I will definitely stay up late one day to write a game and finish the whole game and publish it together. It will not be updated slowly like now.
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