"The fuse of the supersonic apocalypse: the host needs to beat the supersonic by more than 20 points in the next game against the supersonics. For every 1 point missing, 3000 superstar points will be deducted. Mission Reward: Gary Payton Defensive Training Card. ”

This task came very suddenly, Liu Mang didn't expect such a task to come, and the task reward was ...... It's just something that Liu Mang wants to improve his defense now!

After Liu Mang returned home, he checked the news of the supersonic team on the Internet, wanting to know why the supersonic team was doomed.

It's easy to find out, and it's almost a gossip magazine, but Liu Mang doesn't pay much attention to the supersonic team, and these news really don't appear in the basketball sector, but in a section similar to miscellaneous conversations.

Barry Ackley of the Akeley family, the owner of the SuperSonics, is interested in selling the SuperSonics.

The owner of the supersonic team is dissatisfied with the team's lack of hope of winning the championship after investing a lot of money, mainly because of the loss every year, this season Francis's salary of more than 15 million, Ray Allen's salary of 14 million, Lewis 9 million, and Earl Watson, Damir Wilkins, Robert Swift, Danny Fortson and several other middle-class and over-middle-class big contracts, that is, caught in the "middle-class trap", supersonic salary is as high as more than 81 million, and they have to pay a luxury tax of almost 17 million US dollars, That is, close to 100 million US dollars invested.

And last season's annual income of the supersonic plus two rounds of the playoffs, tickets plus the share of the live broadcast, a total of 76 million US dollars, last season's superSonics plus luxury tax, a loss of 12 million, this season is estimated that the playoff performance is not much better, it may be worse, playing the Suns, Mavericks, Lakers, the SuperSonics team has little hope of winning, and the loss is definitely more than last season.

This is no longer a burden for the cash-strapped Barry Ackley, even though he loves basketball.

Barry Ackley is similar to Hawks owner Steven Price, both of whom are the "outcasts" of the family, originally Price, like Barry Ackley, could only sell the team in the end, making ends meet every year, and finally sold the team, honestly living with hundreds of millions of dollars.

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

Howard Schultz wants to form a Seattle-based hockey team, and the NHL has agreed to the Seattle Preparatory Committee, headed by Howard Schultz.

But Seattle, a place where every inch of land is at a premium, it is too difficult to apply for land to build a new ice hockey arena in the urban area, even if Howard Schultz's net worth of 1 billion cannot support the funds needed for the new team, from applying for land to preparing for the team, and setting aside funds for the first few years of the new team...... Together, 1 billion US dollars is enough, not everyone is like Jordan, and after retiring, he can still have more than 100 million dollars per year for him to squander.

But there is always a way, Clayton Bennett, the big man in the Seattle bar industry with a net worth of 600 million US dollars, wants to buy an NBA team, but the SuperSonics team wants to sell the arena with the team, and the supersonic with a total price of 450 million US dollars cannot afford it after he buys it.

It just so happened that Oklahoma wanted an NBA team, but the Hornets moved to the West, and the 15 teams in the West had reached their limit, and the NBA had no idea of adding teams on home soil.

So the three parties negotiated, the Oklahoma City government and local investors jointly contributed 80% to help Clayton Bennett repair the new arena, Clayton Bennett and Howard Schultz bought the SuperSonics together, Clayton Bennett wanted the team, Howard Schultz wanted the arena, anyway, Howard Schultz built an ice hockey team at least 07 years 08 years, and there was no hurry.

At this time, the NBA team was not as tempting as it was when the market value of the NBA team skyrocketed ten years later, and these two rich people who wanted to buy the superSonics that were losing money every year.

The owner of the SuperSonics can only sell the team now, and if the team has any hope of beating the strong team to win the championship, of course he will choose not to sell, and until the finals, he can barely break even, and he can hold on for another year, and maybe find other buyers who are willing to keep the SuperSonics in Seattle.

Barry Ackley is a rich second generation born and raised in Seattle, and has loved basketball since he was a child, but he can't play in the NBA due to physical fitness, so he bought the team after the family invested money, and it has been 18 years now.

But now, it had to be sold.

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

If the SuperSonics really make it to the Western Conference Finals or the Finals, the SuperSonics boss may not be sold.

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

In tomorrow's game, the owner of the SuperSonics team will also come to the scene to watch the game, wanting to give himself a sense of despair, or feel more comfortable after winning, to see if there is any motivation to last another year.

Seeing this news, as a basketball person, Liu Mang was quite sentimental.

But since it's all like this, Liu Mang feels that it is better to give them a ruthless one, and the long-term pain is better than the short-term pain, so that the boss can make up his mind to sell the team.

If it is not sold, the operation ability of the boss of the supersonic team will be like that, who will choose the future Thunder three less?

And if they don't beat this team to the point of collapse, and don't play so that their new owners don't have hope for this team's lineup, the SuperSonics won't break up the team, they won't fight Oden, so where does the big loop go?

If the three young people are not abused together, how can Durant make the most difficult choice?

Everything is for justice!

"I'm so loving." Liu Mang found a reason to smooth out that sentimental mentality.

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On the SuperSonics' side, the role players are fine, and they play the same wherever they go, but Ray Allen, Francis, and Lewis are all obsessed with staying in Seattle.

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

It was the first time Francis had such a suitable lineup for him, and he was reluctant to go, and Ray Allen had Francis pass to him, and the idea was the same.

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

The rumor that the team is going to change owners and cities has gone viral in Seattle since December, and of course they know it.

The three cores of the SuperSonics all want to make the boss change his mind, at least they have to help the boss buy time and play better this season, so that the boss can hold on for more time to find a new boss who is willing to let the SuperSonics stay in Seattle.

The Eagles, as the strongest team in the league, the three cores of the supersonic team, all regard defeating the Eagles as a key opponent for "continuing their lives"! By beating the Hawks, the SuperSonics' heavy mentality of being abused by strong teams this season is likely to be alleviated, and they will have more motivation and confidence to play in the next games.

And it's not just the three of them, the role players, while playing the same everywhere, definitely want to stay in one city longer.

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

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On the morning of the 30th, Liu Mang, as before, sent Xiao Lori, who was on a 21-day winter vacation, to the place where she learned to paint, and then came to the stadium.

The teammates arrived early today, and when Liu Mang arrived, Maddie and Prince were already practicing defense.

Liu Mang also joined in it, mainly practicing basic skills such as lateral movement and blocking, small broken steps, etc., defending this thing, in addition to physical fitness, talent, and awareness, the focus is on basic skills.

By half-past nine, all of my teammates were due.

At ten o'clock, the coaching staff came.

Unexpectedly, it was not the team meeting that was advanced, but the two sets of 15-minute full-time matches.

Moreover, Stockton and Malone changed into jerseys!

"Yo, Carl and John, are you guys going to make a comeback?" Liu Mang teased.

Stockton glanced at Liu Mang: "Today Carl and I will teach you what a real blockade is!" Carlos is gone, you've forgotten all about the pick-and-roll! ”

"Ding...... The inheritance path of the twin evils has begun, has the host started the peak training mode? ”