"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 Three: The Hardest Road: Before using it, plan the most difficult 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 is not bad, at most it's a little off.

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 crazily.

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

Liu Mang thought for a long time and decided 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%.

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

Time flies by so fast and we have entered the second half of the season.

The Hawks have played 48 games, with 34 left. In February, there will be 28 days, leaving aside the 7-day All-Star Weekend to temporarily interrupt the regular season, which means 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, Beijing 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 his 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 where he is a cosmic hero, has 98 three-pointers. Liu Mang is quite motivated.

And to make myself as strong as possible, I have to spare even a little time for training, 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 against the Knicks, the Hawks have a day off and will continue playing at home on the 2nd.

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

The Hawks and Bulls have only played against each other three times this season. The first two games were away games for the Hawks, and the last meeting was at home for the Hawks in March.

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 will be February 21st. The Eagles and Lakers will play against each other for the second time this season. The remaining four games will be on 24

The Bucks and Nets will play at home on the 27th and 24th, and the Magic and Celtics will play away from home on the 27th and 28th. The opponents in these four games will be weaker and relatively easy, but they will be four games in five days...

"Before the All-Star break, I used him to stimulate the fans' passion, and after the All-Star weekend, I used him to continue the fans' enthusiasm during the All-Star weekend? Si Papi..."

Liu Mang complained while shooting...

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

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

Grant Hill can afford to delay, but he can't play until the end of the season with a maximum salary. 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 were

$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 make money 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 Eagles received a call from Grant Hill, who said he would come to Atlanta tonight, take a physical examination and sign a contract tomorrow, and wanted to join the Eagles as soon as possible, a big deal came!

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"The new owner of the SuperSonics is crazy!" Little Lolita, who understands football, started to verbally attack the management of other teams again.

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

On January 23, the Sonics' change of ownership was submitted to the league. Today, February 1, in yesterday's vote of league owners, the meeting unanimously approved the change of ownership, and the SuperSonics officially changed its owner.

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Eagles owner Price’s friend when he was young is completely unable to survive now, so he can only sell the team for US$220 million.

After paying off the debt, I was left with more than $100 million, so I could continue my middle-aged life.

The new boss of the Sonics did a big thing as soon as he took office.

The Sonics sent out Ray Allen, Danny Fortson and Mohamed Sini on junk contracts totaling $11 million, and got Gordon Kirisek and Matt Halprin from the Jazz.

, Ronnie Brewer's three expiring contracts, as well as the Jazz's two unprotected first-round picks in 2007 and 2009, and the Jazz's two unprotected second-round picks in 2008 and 2009.

Given that the Jazz have four major stars in Deron, Boozer, Kirilenko, and Okur, they are 100% able to make the playoffs, and their record is very likely to be among the top ten in the league all year round, the Jazz's first-round pick is the top pick.

God is in the 18th or 19th position.

The three second rounds are all probably in the 40s and 50s.

With such a bargaining chip, plus the expiring contracts of Kirisek and Halprin, we can win over Ray Allen!

Of course, the Jazz are enjoying Deron's rookie bonus, as well as Kirilenko and Boozer's not-so-high salary bonuses of just over 10 million US dollars. This season's total salary is only 49 million US dollars, and they have sent away three

The total contract value of the first-term contract is 16 million U.S. dollars, plus the salary space of the Jazz, which can be regarded as the bargaining chip paid by the Jazz.

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"Maybe their new boss wants to save money." Liu Mang thought about it and came up with this only reason.

Ray Allen will turn 32 this summer, but compared to the past few years, Ray Allen's trade value has increased instead of falling!

Back then, Ray Allen could only trade for the aging Payton, but now, because of Liu Mang, three-pointers are getting more and more attention. Ray Allen doesn't want to give up on himself in the Kings like Peja did. Ray Allen's

His professional attitude has always been very good, and he has not reached the point where he was given away for free like Peja. On the contrary, because of Liu Mang's relationship, Ray Allen's trade value is extremely high.

Two first-rounders, plus two 4-year junk contracts signed last summer that are above the mid-level to help the Sonics digest, and three expiring contracts that can be used to clear salary space. Although compared to last summer when the Bulls got Garner

Special, the Cavaliers get Chandler and Peja, this bargaining chip is already very good, but the Jazz will definitely make a profit!

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 became excited.

Although Boozer looks ferocious, he is a very nice person, and the little girl also has a good impression of him.

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

He’s really a five-star knight!

Five big guys who are at least first-rate stars, among which Ray Allen and Boozer are still top stars...

But if the Jazz really made it to the finals, Liu Mang would be even happier. It would be easier to beat the Jazz than the Lakers, Mavericks, and Cowboys.

However, he had to reach the finals first, so Liu Mang could only respond: "Probably."

Moreover, even if the Jazz can reach the Western Conference Finals, facing Kobe... the Jazz will be a bit miserable...

On the other hand, Ray Allen is quite suitable for the Jazz. Ray Allen's shooting area is much wider than that of Kirisek and Halprin, and he also has the ability to attack with the ball that the two don't have. His defense is not as good as the two, but

It's not like holding back.

With Ray Allen, Liu Mang feels that the Jazz may really have the possibility to compete with the four major teams in the Western Conference, the Lakers, Horses, Cowboys, and Suns. The key problem is... Deron is too young, Liu Mang remembers

, Deron and Paul both started to break out in the 2007-08 season. They were the two star point guards in the Western Conference for a while. Deron's performance this season was okay, but not at the top level. Next season, Deron will only have an 18-10 double-double.

Guard strength.

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

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