Chapter 643: Greater Responsibility
A report on the state of the athletes' economy over the past 30 years shows that 60% of retired players in the NBA face bankruptcy within five years, and even those active players with an average annual salary of $5 million are in debt. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Former NBA star XXX is on the verge of bankruptcy. Such reports will always appear in the public eye every once in a while to brush a wave of presence.
NBA players may be great on the basketball court, but off the court, they don't necessarily belong to the same elite.
For NBA players, it doesn't take a lifetime to lose a lot of money, no more than ten years, or as little as four or five years. In 1999, Antoine Walker signed a six-year, $71 million contract with the Celtics, and Rick Pitino, then Celtics coach, told Walker at a press conference: "From now on, you don't have to worry about running out of money to spend." ”
But in 2010, Walker declared bankruptcy, and his total salary in the NBA reached $108 million, but at the time of bankruptcy, his liabilities reached $12.7 million.
The average career of NBA players is 4.8 years, that is to say, most of these people who eat youth have no source of income after the age of 30, and investing in business and letting the virtuous cycle of "money rolling money" happen seems to be the best way to solve their livelihoods. But business investment is not as simple as imagined.
Only a handful of NBA players spend four years in college and get their diplomas, and the subjects they choose are by no means extremely difficult financial management, so when it comes to financial management, no matter how high the player's ball IQ and IQ are, they are just laymen.
So, do you think the likes of Anthony Walker and Pippen are really stupid? Do you think they can really spend hundreds of millions of dollars just by squandering endlessly?
Before the 2008 financial crisis, American real estate attracted a lot of investment, Walker was also moved, he cooperated with a number of banks to invest in real estate, the financial crisis broke out, the United States real estate plummeted, and Walker's investment failed. He later admitted that his loss in real estate investment amounted to $20 million.
In other words, once an NBA player fails to invest, coupled with high taxes, they have already lost 65-70% of their salary.
Because of this, when Edward Mundès approached Anjie and wanted Anjie to invest in his steakhouse, the first person that came to Anjie's mind was Muslav. Because only Moslav can prevent Anjie from following the same path as his predecessors.
"NBA star investment in catering is arguably the safest and most rewarding option. Whether it's Jordan or LeBron, both guys' business plans start with running a restaurant business. So, I think working with me is a very good choice for Ann. At Angel's Portland home, Moslav, Mundès and Angel himself were discussing the investment in detail.
Because of back-to-back, three consecutive games in three days. The Trail Blazers got a rare two-headed break after the New Year's Day game.
And Anjie also plans to use these two days to preliminarily finalize the business cooperation.
After listening to Mundès's proposal, Muslav thought about it seriously. Investing in business is also a challenge for Moslav, a sports manager.
As for the conversation between Moslav and Mondeis, Anjie can only listen to half of it. After all, business, this is not his field.
But Anjie also knows that he must learn about investment. Moslav may be able to handle endorsements and other activities for him, but with investment, Moslav will not be able to help him run it for a lifetime.
In the past, An Jie felt that he only needed to play basketball wholeheartedly. But in the following year, his child is about to be born, and An Jie must shoulder greater responsibility. Basketball must still be played well, but for other things, An Jie must also start to get in touch. He has to think about his life after his basketball career, after all, after having his own family, An Jie can't just think about himself.
Negotiations went well, and Moslav suggested that the Mundès Steakhouse must be renamed Anjie Steakhouse. All the logo design, decoration style, etc., have to be torn down and rebuilt. Only by maximizing Anjie's role will this steakhouse business flourish.
A series of negotiations like this indicated that Anjie's first investment in his life would be very likely to be successful, but when the time came to 12 o'clock in the afternoon, Anjie politely declined Mondais's invitation to lunch.
"I'd better go to the Moda Center for a nutritious meal, after all, at two o'clock in the afternoon, I still have training?" An Jie smiled and said goodbye to Mundice and Moslav, the discussion is important, but at least at this stage of An Jie's life, the importance of basketball is far above all else.
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The Trail Blazers came from behind on New Year's Day and finally won the game by 15 points, which kept the morale of the Trail Blazers players high.
Robin Lopez, in particular, was very excited after scoring 15+14 stats in the last game.
When training today, An Jie could clearly feel Robin's excitement yet. The level of seriousness he put into training made An Jie think that he was playing an official match.
But it's okay to maintain a high level of intensity in training, and when competing, Anjie and Robin can play easily.
As long as Robin doesn't make any moves that put Anjie at risk of injury, Ricard won't stop the increasingly fierce confrontation. Robin forced An Jie so much during training, and An Jie's state was difficult to slip down.
The positive training of the two center forwards has gradually infected the whole team, so this afternoon, the quality of the whole training is very high.
The champions are champions not just because they played better than their opponents in those 48 minutes on the pitch.
There is a big gap between the championship team and other teams that cannot be seen by the outside world, such as the training after coming down, the atmosphere in the locker room, etc.
Seeing how perfectly the players trained this afternoon, Ricard couldn't help but start worrying in his mind. What are you worried about? He's worried about whether the Bobcats, who are going to play the Trail Blazers tomorrow, will be beaten out of shape.
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Al Jefferson received a pass from Kemba Walker again, and Anjie was once again close to Jefferson's back.
At the start of the season, there were high expectations for the combination of Jefferson and Walker. But with the Bobcats' current 12-19 record, it's clear that they're not living up to expectations.
Today, Kemba Walker started the game with a brave start. But when this guard who likes to impact the basket meets An Jie's defense, he gets such a miserable statistic as 2 of 10 shots.
Walker was completely shut down, and the Bobcats had no choice but to make a fuss about Al Jefferson.
However, when this guy born as a big forward met An Jie, a pure No. 5 position, he was very powerless.
Anjie did whatever he wanted on Al Jefferson's head, and Jefferson didn't perform badly, but every time he wanted to score on Anjie's head, he had to pay a great physical price.
This time, Jefferson's small hook after his backhand missed. The game was already in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, and the miss of this ball also indicated that Jefferson's physical strength was almost over.
After that, the game turned into a complete slaughter. Just as Rickard feared, the in-form Trail Blazers were completely embarrassed by the Bobcats.
Wesley Matthews scored 25 points on 6-of-5 three-point shooting, and Lillard was even more exaggerated, scoring 24 points on 6-of-6 three-pointers. On the bench, Batum also scored a double-double of 15 points and 10 assists. Coupled with Anjie's 26 points and 11 rebounds, the Trail Blazers staged another horrific massacre with a huge gap of 104 to 134, 30 points at home.
Now, the Trail Blazers have become a nightmare for these less-than-strong teams. No one wants to be humiliated by such a big point difference, but the Trail Blazers have no intention of showing mercy to anyone.
In the rest of January, Anjie's steakhouse began to enter the implementation phase. And the pace of the Trail Blazers has never stopped. As for Catherine, her belly began to swell as well.
Business, family, and countless victories. It seems that An Jie's 2014 will really become another turning point in his life......