808. Big dog owners just want to show off

Yao Ming went back to the hotel to stay. On the one hand, it was to show "unity." Although it was just a formality, this kind of formality still had to exist.

There is also the documentary filming of the Imperial TV station. Liu Xiu and Yao Ming played against each other in the Christmas game for the first time in four years. Domestic fans are looking forward to it, and the official media also pays special attention to it.

However, after breakfast, Liu Xiu did not go to the Rose Garden Arena. Instead, he took the documentary shooting team to the address given by the former Tengu owner.

When the new training hall was put into use, Liu Xiu also had a little expectation, and it could even be said that he was a little nervous.

There is a dedicated gym for training, which is very fashionable!

Liu Xiu's family moved with a sense of ceremony, and Paul Allen's new training facility was put into use, and the sense of ceremony was also carefully considered.

On Christmas morning, there was an opening ceremony for the training hall with loud gongs, drums, and firecrackers.

However, after Liu Xiu arrived at the designated location, looking at the majestic building, his computer went down...

Liu Xiu looked at the big dog who was chatting with the mayor of Portland - this thing is as big as the Rose Garden Arena. You call it an ordinary training ground?

Also invited to attend the opening ceremony of the new training facility was the visiting Pistons.

Liu Xiu looked at his teammates and opponents who kept making exclamations, and he was sure that the big players just wanted to show off!

…

Liu Xiu's malicious speculation was indeed correct.

Paul Allen just wants to show off.

When he first looked at the design drawings, he felt dissatisfied, so he kept changing and changing, until finally, the size of the training hall was changed to the specifications of an NBA arena.

That's right. After the unveiling ceremony, Liu Xiu walked around the arena and found that the overall area division of the arena was the same as that of one of the most famous arenas in New York.

Who would believe that this was not intentional?

Liu Xiu secretly criticized the big dog's obsession with the Knicks.

The training facility is named Willamed Plaza Garden, and the title sponsor is Willamed Group, the largest agricultural group in Oregon.

Money should be earned or earned.

Willamette Square Gardens and Madison Square Garden are not the same, and the overall tone of the buildings is obviously different.

Compared to Madison Square Garden, Willamette Square Gardens has fewer shopping areas.

Also, there is no basketball court that can accommodate 20,000 people. It is useless to use it as a training hall that is not intended to hold events. However, it still retains the competition venue and the auditorium that can accommodate 2,000 to 3,000 people. This stadium,

The seats in the auditorium can be disassembled and used to create a large venue for holding some activities.

In addition, a lot of small indoor courts for rental have been repaired. This is the main revenue source of the Rose Garden Arena and the most stable business.

Relying on the achievements of the Trail Blazers in recent years, the basketball atmosphere in the Portland area and its surrounding cities is very strong.

The people of the United States also have a good reputation. It has become a fashion for wealthy basketball enthusiasts to rent an indoor court at the home court of the Trail Blazers to play. To put it another way, it is a petty bourgeoisie life.

Liu Xiu learned about it. Except for the home and away training fields that must be retained, the indoor training fields at the Rose Garden Arena will be gradually demolished and converted into commercial areas.

Again, money still needs to be earned...

After visiting the new training facility, Liu Xiu received the "No. 8 VIP training facility lifetime free use card" from Paul Allen under the witness of the media.

Liu Xiu doesn't know if this thing has any legal effect, but it doesn't matter if it does or not.

The 8th VIP training ground at the Rose Garden Arena is no different from his own. As long as it comes on training days and match days, the ticket office will directly mark the training ground as "sold" when it opens.

Today, the entire Trail Blazers team is very excited, including Liu Xiu.

He can understand why big dogs like to show off so much. Indeed, it feels very good.

But the Pistons, playing away from home, were sore.

Looking back on the team's history, in the 1980s, their boss spent more than 80 million US dollars to build the Auburn Hills Palace Arena for the Pistons, which had a market value of only more than 30 million US dollars at the time. They were also poor at that time!

But now, if Yao Ming hadn't joined the Pistons, the Davidson family would have sold the Pistons...

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Liu Xiu spent the whole morning getting familiar with the new training hall.

After lunch, he followed the team to the Rose Garden Arena, held a pre-game meeting, and then let the players rest by themselves until it was time to have a pre-game meal and warm up.

As in previous years, the Trail Blazers still have no preparations for this year's Christmas game.

From the 22nd to Christmas Eve, it will be just rest.

But Liu Xiu is not worried about the Pistons taking advantage. Yesterday, Yao Ming and Ye Li spent time at his house, and the day before yesterday, Yao Ming and Ye Li came to Portland in advance to attend a party... which means that the Pistons have spent the past three days.

The time is also purely for rest, and there is no time to prepare for the battle this morning. Everyone is about the same.

At 7:40 in the evening, Liu Xiu, who had finished warming up, led his teammates to the players' tunnel, and the entrance ceremony began.

"Detroit Pistons, 24 wins and 4 losses, averaging 104.5 points per game, conceding 92.6 points per game, shooting 46.2% from the field, limiting opponents to 42.9% from the field..."

Looking at the opponent's detailed information, Liu Xiu took a deep breath.

So terrifying!

The Pistons are currently ranked first in the league. They have only lost 4 games and have a margin of victory of more than 10 points.

Last season, their prison team didn't have such a high net rating in the early stages of the season.

To increase their point difference, they should wait until the mid-term wave of super-long winning streak.

"Yao Ming, 26 years old, 226 cm (wingspan 220 cm), weight 134 kg, C, ability evaluation 96, offense 98, defense 89... played 25 games, averaging 25.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.5 steals and 2 blocks...

The field goal percentage was 54.8% and the free throw percentage was 86.2%..."

"Vince Carter, 30 years old, 198 cm, 100 kg, SF/SG, ability evaluation 91... averaged 21.8 points, 6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game..."

"Chauncy Billups, 30 years old, 191 cm, 92 kg, PG/SG, ability evaluation 90...averaged 16.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game...shooting rate 40.3%, three-point shooting rate 41.6

%, free throw shooting rate 90%..."

"Ben Wallace, 32 years old, 206 cm (?), 110 kg, PF/C, ability evaluation 76, offense -, defense 94... averaged 5.8 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game..."

If the record is good, the statistics of the Pistons players will also be good.

Especially Yao Ming, who has entered his peak period and averaged 25+ per game...

Center players, even counting the little bully who insists on being regarded as a center by the league, and Duncan who calls himself a power forward and firmly refuses to consider himself a center, there are only three active centers who can average 25 points per game. The other one is a former center.

O'Neal.

If Yao Ming maintains this scoring average until the end this season, he will be the fourth center among active players!

The center position is no different than others. If a center with a strong playing style can average 20 points per game, his role is comparable to that of a perimeter player who averages 30 points per game, or even more powerful!
Chapter completed!