After continuous transfer rumors broke, on September 25, the Trail Blazers once again became the center of news and public opinion.

However, this time, the Trail Blazers made headlines in major newspapers not because of new players, but because the Trail Blazers' home court, the former Rose Garden, was officially renamed.

Paul Allen, who once teamed up with Bill Gates to create the legend of the Microsoft Empire, is a complete businessman.

Since he is a businessman, he cannot make the Trail Blazers lose. This does not mean that Allen will reduce the Trail Blazers' expenses, but that he intends to use other methods to increase the Trail Blazers' income.

Now, the naming rights of the NBA team's competition venues have long been a hot topic. All companies and institutions will fight for the naming rights of a famous gymnasium.

This summer, Moda Health Association also joined the war for the naming rights of the arena.

Fortunately, the new arrival of Moda Health Association hit it off with Paul Allen, a business giant. Moda Health won the naming rights of the Rose Garden stadium for $4.2 million a year. Starting today, the Trail Blazers' home court will no longer be called Rose Garden, but will be officially renamed Moda Center.

Many insiders in the circle have complained about the new name of the Trail Blazers at home. Matt, an expert at cbs, said: "What a perfect name, now it has become the Moda Center, and it feels like a pharmacy name."

Indeed, Moda Center is indeed not as good as the name Rose Garden. However, the team's economic strength has increased, but it may not be a bad thing for the Trail Blazers.

Afterwards, Paul Allen also personally stated that the funds obtained from cooperation with Moda Health Association will be invested in the construction of the team's training facilities.

The Trail Blazers are a champion team. The champion team must be the money tree in the hands of businessmen. Paul Allen is not stupid. Only when he invests more money in the Trail Blazers can the Trail Blazers give him greater rewards.

Now, after selling the naming rights of the Rose Garden, Allen will earn $4.2 million every year to increase team building. Don’t underestimate the number of 4.2 million. Perhaps for Anjie and others who earn tens of millions of dollars annuity, 4.2 million is not a big deal. But if this fund is placed on upgrading the team’s facilities, it is already very abundant.

Paul Allen started to make money, and Anjie had to keep up with the times and keep up with the team boss.

Since Anjie had a lot of things to be busy with this summer, Meslav did not arrange too many commercial activities for him. But now, there is a series of activities that Anjie has to participate, that is, the promotion of the second generation of the Center Way.

Nike worked overtime and finally made the second generation of Center Way before Anjie's popularity to win the championship dissipated.

With the release of the new football boot, Anjie first had to do to shoot advertisements. Later, he also opened on-site signing and sales in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Beijing, Shanghai and other cities.

An Jie, who has not participated in a commercial event for a long time, was a little caught off guard by this series of events, but the design of the new sneakers still made An Jie very satisfied.

The second-generation sneakers have surpassed one generation in all aspects, and Nike has also successfully surpassed Adidas, endorsed by Howard, with Anjie's center-forward series, and has become the largest inside shoe manufacturer.

The advertisements of the Second Generation of Center's Way are continuously broadcast on TV stations in various countries and regions, and the shoes are also sold as Nike expected.

Nike has invested a lot in Anjie in recent years. If Anjie has achieved some success, the reward terms signed by both parties will take effect, and the contract prompts Nike to pay Anjie a considerable reward fee.

Meslav is indeed very exquisite. His existence has increased Anjie's annual income by at least three or four times. But this does not mean that Nike is stupid. If it weren't for Anjie's making them profitable, they wouldn't have given Anjie such preferential treatment.

The second generation of the Center Way has been selling well all over the world. Even in Asia, which is not very purchasing power on weekdays, has been buying a large number of sneakers this time.

Back then, not many people probably knew that Yao Ming was the spokesperson of Reebok. Moreover, the sales of Yao Ming's sneakers were also very unoptimistic.

But now, Anjie's center-way strategy series is selling well around the world. The "tradition" of center-way failure to produce shoes has also been broken by Anjie.

Facts have proved that strength is always the standard for determining the situation. When Anjie has stronger strength than Yao Ming, and when Nike has stronger strength than Reebok, the ending of global sales is simply expected.

Anjie's series of business activities have made him warm up his new season. Even though the Trail Blazers have no major operations this summer, they have still become one of the most anticipated teams in the new season.

Everyone is looking forward to the Trail Blazers, whose championship team is retained, can defend their title successfully in the new season, even if Westbrook will return from injury next season, even if the combination of Warcraft and Harden will cause a huge change in the situation in the West, even if the Nets form a quick championship, and even if the Heat Big Three regrouped.

In front of the powerful Trail Blazers, these opponents seem less terrifying.

With everyone's expectations, time has come to October, and the Trail Blazers' pre-match training camp for the new season has officially begun.

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Allen Crab was excited to practice shooting in the Rose Garden, no, now it should be called Moda Center's training ground.

As a second round pick, Crab's biggest dream now is not to be a person like Kobe and Jordan, but to try to survive in the NBA.

Fortunately, this little guard, who is 1.98 meters tall, successfully passed the summer league training and successfully signed with the Trail Blazers.

But he knew that he had a long way to go in the NBA. This is a league where the strong prey on the weak, not to mention that the Trail Blazers are a champion team. Champions usually don’t have much time to train rookies, so if Crab wants to survive, he must immediately show satisfactory strength.

Basketball hits one by one, and it seems that Crabbi is already used to the NBA's three-point line. On the first day of the NBA's formal training, you must not mess it up!

Just as Crab was about to take another shot, the door to the training ground was suddenly pushed open. The sound of incoming scared Crab, and his three-point shot failed to hit.

Crab looked at the audience and suddenly felt that something was wrong. Anjie was standing at the entrance of the training ground, and he had just performed a shot and shot in front of the leading star of the Trail Blazers.

"You are... Crabbi? Allen. Crabbi?" Anjie found that the guy in front of him was a little unfamiliar. Since the Trail Blazers are the champion team, they did not have a high pick in the draft. Therefore, this year, Anjie did not care much about the Trail Blazers' draft. He just vaguely remembered that it seemed that it was this guy who successfully signed with the team through the experience of the summer league.

"Crab, Allen Crab!" The rookie guard stood nervously in front of An Jie. Everyone knew that An Jie's requirements for training were notoriously strict. Perhaps his missed shot just now had left a bad impression on An Jie.

"Welcome to join the Trail Blazers, man." However, unexpectedly, Anjie was not dissatisfied, but instead shook hands with a smile.

"Just the moment I opened the door, I saw that your shooting movement seemed a little out of touch." Anjie started to shoot on his own while talking to Crab.

"Uh..." Kra was sweating profusely, and Anjie saw it!

"I'll talk to the coach later and ask them to arrange more training for you to interfere with the mid-range shooting. You should know that in the NBA game, the noise around you is thousands of times louder than the door opening just now. I've seen your scout report and game video. Come on, guys, the Trail Blazers lack pure three-point shooters. And if you can play your strength, it will be a perfect addition to our vacancy."

Crab didn't expect that Anjie, a double-profile MVP, would specifically watch a second-round pick scout report and game video. Everyone hopes to be valued, even if this person is just a second-round pick.

When Crab received the due attention and respect, he would devote all his energy to training and competitions.

Anjie knew this, so he said this to Crab.

After a while, more and more people gathered in the training ground. Andre Miller brought small gifts to everyone. This veteran who had been involved in many teams knew how to get closer to his new teammates.

Robin Lopez still looked rebellious, and when he got along with his new teammates, there seemed to be no problem. As for how he and Anjie should coexist, it might have to be adjusted slowly through time.

The rest are basically old faces. Of course, there are also some people who were still having fun in the locker room a few months ago and did not appear in this familiar venue again. For example, Fischer and Jeffries, who chose to retire at the Trail Blazers, and Hickson who left for a better future...

But this is the case with NBA, and the players always come and go. Angel has long been accustomed to this. He also thought that he and Westbrook and Durant could create glory together, but he did not expect Portland to reach the top.

Looking at his energetic teammates, An Jie couldn't help but giggle.

"What's wrong with you? I'm smiling at a group of big men." Ricard's joke made everyone below relax a lot.

"Hehe, I just feel that our defending title is stable!" An Jie answered confidently.

The training camp has begun and every team has been re-entered in preparation.

Whether it is a champion or a bottom, whether it is a traditional giant or a rising dark horse. From now on, everything has been returned to zero.

27 consecutive victories, double MVP, championship... all these honors have become a thing of the past.

Now, glory needs to be created step by step again!

In the 2013-2014 season, Anjie's sixth year of working hard in the NBA. The legend of the giant is far from over!

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Attached: Portland Trail Blazers 2013-2014 season player list:

Center: Angel, Robin Lopez, Meyers Leonard

Power forward: Lamarcus Aldridge, Thomas Robinson

Small forwards: Andre Iguodala, Nicholas Batum, Dorell White, Victor Clavel

Scoring guards: Wesley Matthews, Contney Lee, Allen Crabb
Chapter completed!