"The trigger for the SuperSonics doomsday: The host needs to defeat the Sonics by more than 20 points in the next game against the Sonics. For every 1 point less, 3,000 superstar points will be deducted. Mission reward: Gary Payton defensive training card.

"

This mission came very suddenly. Liu Mang didn't expect such a mission to come, and the mission reward... happened to be what Liu Mang wanted to improve his defense!

After Liu Mang returned home, he checked the news about the Sonics on the Internet and wanted to know why the Sonics had come to an end.

It was easy to find it, it was almost like a gossip magazine, but Liu Mang didn’t pay much attention to the Sonics, and these news really didn’t appear in the basketball section, but in a section similar to miscellaneous talk.

SuperSonics owner Barry Arkley of the Arkley family intends to sell the Sonics.

The owner of the Sonics is dissatisfied with the fact that the team has no hope of winning the championship after investing a lot of money. The main reason is that it is losing money every year. This season, Francis's salary is more than 15 million, Ray Allen's 14 million, Lewis's 9 million, and Earl Watson.

, Damir Wilkins, Robert Swift, Danny Fortson and many other big contracts in the middle and above the middle class, which means they have fallen into the "middle class trap". The SuperSonics salary is as high as more than 81 million, and they have to pay almost

The luxury tax of US$17 million is an investment of close to US$100 million.

Last season, the Sonics' full-year income, including two rounds of the playoffs, tickets and live broadcast revenue, totaled 76 million U.S. dollars. Last season, the Sonics lost 12 million U.S. dollars including the luxury tax. It is estimated that this season

The performance in the playoffs is not much better, and may even be worse. There is not much hope of winning against the Suns, Mavericks, Lakers, and SuperSonics, and the losses will definitely be greater than last season.

For Barry Ackley, who is short of funds, he can no longer afford it, even though he loves basketball.

Barry Ackley is similar to Hawks owner Steven Price. They are both "abandoned sons" of the family. Originally, Price, like Barry Ackley, could only sell the team in the end and could not make ends meet every year.

, finally sold the team and lived a leisurely life with hundreds of millions of dollars.

The change of ownership of an NBA team is not the point. The point is that Howard Schultz, the operating executive of Starbucks who is interested in buying the Sonics, does not want an NBA team.

Howard Schultz wants to form a hockey team in Seattle, and the NHL has approved the application of the Seattle organizing committee headed by Howard Schultz.

But in Seattle, a place where land is at a premium, it is too difficult to apply for land to build a new ice hockey stadium in the city. Even Howard Schultz, with a net worth of 1 billion, cannot support the funds needed to build a new team.

From applying for land to planning to build a team, setting aside funds for the new team to suffer losses in the first few years...added together, 1 billion US dollars is enough. Not everyone is like Jordan, who can still get a share of sneakers every year after he retires.

Give him more than 100 million to squander.

But there are always ways. Clayton Bennett, a tycoon in the Seattle bar industry with a net worth of $600 million, wants to buy an NBA team, but the Sonics want to sell the arena and the team together for a total price of

He couldn't afford the $450 million SuperSonics even after buying it.

It just so happened that Oklahoma State wanted an NBA team, but the Hornets moved to the West. The 15 teams in the West have reached the limit, and the NBA has no idea of ​​adding more teams locally.

So the three parties negotiated, and the Oklahoma City government and local investors jointly contributed 80% to help Clayton Bennett build a new arena. Clayton Bennett and Howard Schultz

After buying the Sonics, Clayton Bennett wants the team, and Howard Schultz wants the arena. Anyway, it will take Howard Schultz at least 2007-08 to establish a hockey team, so there is no rush.

At this time, NBA teams were not as attractive as when the market value of NBA teams skyrocketed ten years later. These two were the only wealthy people who wanted to buy the SuperSonics, which was losing money every year.

The owner of the Sonics can only sell the team now. If the team has any hope of defeating a strong team and winning the championship, he will certainly choose not to sell it. If he reaches the finals and can barely break even, he can survive for another year. Maybe

Find another buyer willing to keep the Sonics in Seattle.

Barry Ackerley is a second-generation rich man born and raised in Seattle. He has been fond of basketball since he was a child, but he was unable to play in the NBA due to his physical fitness. Therefore, after his family invested money, he bought the team. It has been 18 years now.

Already.

But now, I have to sell it.

After reading a few reports, Liu Mang understood that he had to be the straw that broke the camel's back, so that the team that was supposed to move would definitely move.

If the Sonics were really lucky enough to reach the Western Conference Finals or the Finals, the owner of the Sonics team might not sell it.

In addition, Liu Mang also saw the news that the Sonics owner and Sonics players came to Atlanta together.

Tomorrow's game, the owner of the Sonics will also come to watch the game, hoping to give himself a sense of despair, or feel more comfortable after winning, and see if he has the motivation to last another year.

After seeing this news, as a basketball player, Liu Mang was quite sentimental.

But now that things are like this, Liu Mang thinks that it is better to give them a harsh punishment. The long-term pain will be worse than the short-term pain, so that the boss can make up his mind to sell the team.

If he doesn't sell, the Sonics owner's operational ability is just like that. Who will choose the Thunder's three young men in the future?

And if they don't beat this team to collapse and make their new owner have no hope for this team's lineup, the SuperSonics will not break up the team and won't mess with Oden. It's such a big deal.

Where to go?

If the three young men were not together and were abused, how could Durant make the most difficult choice?

Everything is for justice!

"I am so caring." Liu Mang found a reason to smooth over his sentimental mentality.

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On the SuperSonics side, the role players are fine and they will be the same no matter where they play, but Ray Allen, Francis, and Lewis are all obsessed with staying in Seattle.

Lewis is still thinking about renewing his contract with the Sonics and wants to stay in Seattle, a highly developed city.

For the first time, Francis had a lineup that suited him so well that he was reluctant to leave. Ray Allen had the same idea when Francis passed the ball to him.

But they came to Atlanta to watch the Hawks game on the 28th, and they came with their boss.

Rumors that the team was changing owners and changing cities had already spread wildly in Seattle since December, and of course they knew about it.

The three core members of the Sonics all want to get the boss to change his mind. They must at least help the boss buy time and achieve better results this season, so that the boss can spend more time to find a new owner who is willing to let the Sonics stay in Seattle.

The Eagles, as the strongest team in the league, and the three core members of the SuperSonics all regard defeating the Eagles as a key opponent to "continue their survival"! Defeating the Eagles, the Sonics have a heavy mentality of being continuously abused by strong teams this season.

It may be relieved and they will have more motivation and confidence to play the next game.

And it's not just the three of them. Although the role players go to play wherever they go, they definitely want to stay in one city for longer.

Ray Allen and Francis convened a player meeting with their teammates to fight for the next game!

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On the morning of the 30th, as before, Liu Mang sent the little Lolita, who was preparing for the 21-day winter vacation, to a place where she was learning to paint, and then came to the arena.

Teammates arrived very early today. When Liu Mang arrived, McGrady and Prince had already started practicing defense.

Liu Mang also joined in. He mainly practiced basic skills such as lateral movement, around pick-and-rolls, and small steps. In defense, in addition to physical fitness, talent, and awareness, the focus is on basic skills.

By nine-thirty, all the teammates were due.

At around ten o'clock, the coaching staff came.

What was unexpected was that the most advanced thing was not the team meeting, but a 15-minute full-court match between two groups.

Moreover, Stockton and Malone changed jerseys!

"Hey, Karl, John, are you preparing to make a comeback?" Liu Mang teased.

Stockton rolled his eyes at Liu Mang: "Today Karl and I are here to teach you what a real pick-and-roll is! Carlos is gone, and you have forgotten all about pick-and-rolls!"
Chapter completed!