The Hawks defeated the Cavaliers 99-91. Liu Mang scored 33 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Liu Mang now stands up from the bench. Whether he is a real substitute or pretending to be a substitute, as long as the bench gangster is triggered, his ability value will be 79.

Although Liu Mang's ability value is only evaluated at 79, his 79 ability can be equivalent to the performance of other players with 83 and 84 ability values, because his ability value evaluation is different from others, it is a pure ability value evaluation.

, Defense will not be included in it. His value is a combination of pure ability values, rather than other players' ability value evaluation based on their current performance, because Liu Mang's defense cannot be evaluated. If he doesn't want to defend,

, it doesn’t matter how high the defensive rating is, and others only consider whether they are willing to defend and how effective the defense is.

Therefore, although Liu Mang's current ability value is only 75, compared with the end of last season, it only improved from 71 to 75, and after triggering the bench gangster, it only improved from 74 to 79, but his growth rate is actually not faster than most talented players with first-class talent.

It's just different from James, who improved to a top star in his second season at a historic level.

According to the media, Liu Mang's progress is in line with expectations and he is almost reaching the level of a first-class star. Scoring more than 30 points is a very common performance for him when he is in good condition.

It's just that the media, like Eagles fans, think Liu Mang's statistics are too weird!

When he plays, his assists are off the charts, and when he comes off the bench, he returns to be the king of free throws.

There is nothing Liu Mang can do about it. Even if his ability value of 79 is equivalent to others' ability value of 83 or 94, it is still only the strength of a quasi-first-class star. It's good to be able to do one thing well, but he has to take into account both scoring and assists?

It's really difficult.

Eight consecutive wins!

The Eagles are back as favorites!

With the Kings inexplicably declining this year, O'Neal of the Lakers missing two months due to injury, and the Eastern Conference's overall regular season record being sluggish, the Hawks, who bucked the trend, are on fire again!

The deal between the Bucks and the SuperSonics is indeed eye-catching, but it has little impact on the league. Not many people think that the current Bucks have the strength to compete with the Nets. Since they can't compete, no matter how they strengthen

None of it makes sense.

Payton's age is the key. He is almost 35 years old and is no longer expected to be the core of a championship team. Although the Bucks are regarded as a new team that will disrupt the Eastern Conference playoff situation

, but at most it will only disrupt the situation.

As for Carter's comeback, who knows what his condition will be. Even if the doctor said Carter is fully healthy, Carter's ability to lead the team is not very good even if he is fully healthy. The main reason is that his talent is too good, and his personal performance is better than the team's record.

I pay more attention to it and have been criticized.

Carter's overall talent may not be as strong as McGrady's, but Carter's skills have been very mature since he entered the NBA and he reached the peak earlier than McGrady. But now that McGrady has matured, his achievements in leading the team are much better than Carter's, and he is keen on personal dazzling.

After people experienced the amazing performance of Carter in the first two years, although people are not tired of aesthetics, they are no longer optimistic about how much Carter can achieve.

People's impression of Carter's dunker has gradually taken shape.

As for the Spurs, who are as ferocious as ever, they are so stable that no one is surprised that they finished first in the regular season. Even because of their overly stable and extremely ugly and even dirty style of play, many people choose to ignore them, except

Duncan's style of play is quite exciting, he is at his peak, and his popularity is high. Many people don't want to see the existence of the Spurs team other than watching Duncan.

If it weren't for Duncan, a superstar who is firmly the most popular power forward in the league, the league would probably want to kick the Spurs out of the league.

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Since the Hawks are in a hot state, the TV stations that had suffered huge losses during the previous live broadcast wanted to broadcast the popular game of the Hawks at the airport. This time the Wizards came to Atlanta as a guest, and T.N.T once again broadcast a Hawks game. By coincidence,

Coincidentally, it was his turn to commentate on the game between the two people that Barkley hated the most.

According to reports from the grapevine, after Barkley knew that the game would be broadcast extra, he went to a fast food restaurant and ordered a bunch of burgers, saying that he would eat himself up and did not want to broadcast the game live.

But maybe Barkley arrived too late. The burgers in the fast food restaurant had been sold out. After eating six or seven burgers, Barkley was only eighty full and could only go home in frustration.

Although Mr. Joe's performance this year is mediocre and old fans no longer recognize this Jordan, the ticket prices for the Hawks' home games have increased several times because Jordan came to Atlanta to play the regular season for the last time in his career. The average ticket price this season is $65.

Eagles game tickets, when Jordan came, the lowest ticket on the second floor cost $111, which meant that Jordan was retiring for the third time and was no longer planning to come back.

The most expensive courtside ticket sold for $23,232.30, which is 30 cents to be exact.

Although it is not as popular as Kobe after 20 years of accumulation, all the away games in the last year became home games, and people bought courtside tickets worth 60,000 to 70,000 US dollars, but this is the beginning of the century, and US dollars are definitely more valuable than they were a dozen years later.

One thing, the ticket price now is almost 20% cheaper than it was a dozen years ago. The average ticket price for the Lakers' season more than ten years later was more than 100 US dollars. The average ticket price for Kobe Bryant's retirement reached 110 US dollars.

Even though the Lakers have just won three consecutive championships, the average ticket price this season is only US$87, ranking second in the league. The first is the New York Knicks' US$91.

The Hawks' average ticket price of $65 ranks fifth. Except for the Lakers and Knicks, no team's average ticket price exceeds $70.

Therefore, the ticket revenue that Jordan brought to the Hawks game was already terrifying. In last year's finals, the highest courtside ticket price for the Lakers was only US$20,000, and the Nets' home ticket was only US$5,000.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Eagles management also held a farewell ceremony specially for Jordan. On the rest day after playing the Cavaliers, there was no training for the whole team, but Liu Mang was given a pass by Schwartz.

The call came to the arena.

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"You said, let me send a blessing to the 23rd?" Liu Mang was surprised.

"That's right, you have to be here Ace, this is your chance to pass on the torch of the basketball god!" Steven Price has regained his glory recently and has regained the high-spirited feeling he had before the season.

The Eagles are starting to move in a good direction. As the executive vice president and general manager of the club, he finally no longer has to bear the pressure of the head office. Now that the Eagles have good momentum and are expected to hit the playoffs, he is in a good mood and goes to nightclubs more often.

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"Boss, shouldn't Sharif go? He is the boss of the team." Liu Mang was very surprised. Although this was a good thing and he could speak on the national live broadcast, in terms of seniority, it was not his turn to go.

"No, Ace, it's more appropriate for you to go," Steven Price emphasized: "Sharif's character is too quiet. He can't speak as seductively as Ace... No, you can't speak as contagiously as Ace.

, you are the core of our future training. Sharif is great, but he has reached his peak and does not need to be trained. He can already be used as the face of our team. We need another face to take on the role, and that is you, Ace.

"

Steven Price wants to promote Liu Mang to the position of the team's main star. The reason is very simple.

In the past, the Eagles always lost money. For example, last season, the team's average ticket price was determined at the beginning of the season. The Eagles' average ticket price was only $29, ranking fourth from the bottom in the league.

Although it increased a bit in the later period, many fans planned which game they wanted to watch at the beginning of the season, so they bought tickets early. The law in the United States is very strict, and the price of unsold tickets can be increased.

The season tickets and game tickets you go to can only earn a small amount of money. If you come with the tickets, you have to show them the game, otherwise you will be sued.

The average ticket price for the Eagles' regular season tickets this season is $65. Excluding some friendly tickets and event tickets, the remaining ticket revenue is expected to reach $50 million, which is double that of last season, plus

Last year's playoffs, plus the league's average broadcast fee of about 8 million, the local live broadcast fee in Georgia of 5 million U.S. dollars, and some advertising fees, the total is about 15 million U.S. dollars.

Sports clubs have tax exemptions. Even if the tax of nearly 20 million is deducted, the Eagles' regular season income this season is enough to pay players' salaries and pay taxes, and there is still a surplus, which means they are finally making a profit!

This does not include income from playoff tickets, advertising, live broadcast sharing, etc. Last year, we almost turned a profit because we reached the Eastern Conference Finals, but we are still a little short of it. Ticket prices have increased this year, and there are sponsors from China.

The Eagles' stadium advertising fees have increased from US$3 million last season to US$15 million. Now, even if the playoffs are not included, the Eagles are already making money.

Including the potential revenue of tens of millions of dollars in the playoffs, the Eagles will make a lot of money this year because of Liu Mang!

You must know that even if the Kings are predicted to be stronger than the Hawks, they can only maintain a breakeven, and the income from the playoffs must be included.

Just like the Rockets lost more than 6 million last year and made it back before the season even started this year, they got the Hawks, one of the two stars with the most marketability in China, to make a comeback!

Although there is a huge gap between the Knicks' annual income of 150 million, even if the Knicks have a poor record and have to pay tens of millions in luxury tax, they are still making profits every year.

But the Hawks have not made a profit for many seasons. The last time they made a profit was from 1988 to 1994, when NBA revenue skyrocketed for the first time and player salaries had not yet started to skyrocket.

Therefore, the more angry Liu Mang became, the better he played. Even if he was a little willful, even if his playing style was unpredictable, and even if he proposed unreasonable interference in team personnel matters, Steven Price immediately agreed without hesitation.

More than two-thirds of the 29 NBA teams lose money every year. The Cavaliers, for example, lose money every year. But because their boss is a local nightclub tycoon and there are more than 10 nightclubs in Cleveland, overall they are still doing well.

It can make up for the team's losses, but they still want to get a super popular superstar to completely turn losses into profits.

It’s incredible that the Hawks can make a profit just by selling tickets and advertising revenue! Except for big city teams like the Knicks and Lakers, it’s hard to find another team that relies on selling tickets and advertising like the Hawks and Rockets.

A team that can make money from advertising.

Therefore, Steven Price will not miss any opportunity to increase Liu Mang's popularity.

Liu Mang saw that Steven Price was making such a strong request, so okay! He agreed.

Seeing Liu Mang nodding in agreement, Steven Price was very happy. He also wanted Liu Mang to agree to deliver a speech, but he was also worried that Liu Mang would not agree due to his weird temper and that Liu Mang would be unhappy, so he was very worried.

Liu Mang agreed, and the big stone in his heart was finally relieved.

"Ace, this is the content of the speech..." Steven Price handed Liu Mang the copy he had already written by the team's press officer.

However, Liu Mang refused!

When Liu Mang agreed, he had a fun idea in his head: "Boss, I will write the speech myself! Even though I am a basketball player, I am a genius who completed my credits in my sophomore year!"

The strength is shameless.

"Uh..." Steven Price was a little surprised. He knew that Chinese people are very good at reading, but he didn't expect Liu Mang to write it himself. However, seeing the eagerness in it, he had no objection: "Then Ai

Si, write it yourself, your appeal will definitely be better than that of the press officer."

Having said that, Steven Price felt that something was wrong, especially when he saw Liu Mang smiling a little weirdly, it felt even more wrong...

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After Liu Mang received the job from the team, he had nothing else to do. He left the arena to buy some new game discs. It was so early in the morning that he had already gone out. It would be boring to go back right away. Dinah and Alexi

During Ya's review and guided review before the final exam, the importance of physical education in American schools is very high, especially for primary school students like Dinah, whose physical education scores actually account for one-third of the final grade of the entire semester!

Even important scientific practice and manual classes are not as important as physical education.

So although Alexia's salary is low, she is one of the hardest working teachers.
To be continued...