Portland, great place, Rose City, what a great place to be.

Don't look at Portland's small, the total income is only nineteenth in the United States, but there are not many people here, Portland's urban population is only more than 500,000 people, a small city of more than 500,000 people, the total income actually ranks in the top 20 in the United States, although it is usually seventeen, eighteen, nineteen or even just twenty, but this is an exaggeration on average, Portland's per capita income has been ranked first in the United States for many years, but if it is expanded to Portland's urban circle, it is much lower, but it can often be ranked in the top ten.

Portland's proximity to the Pacific Ocean, its standard oceanic climate, its abundance of roses, its environment is very good, and its tourism industry is well developed, which is similar to Atlanta, and it is also a gathering place for the rich.

For example, the owner of the Trail Blazers, former Microsoft second boss Paul Allen, left Silicon Valley after suffering from a serious illness in 1985, came to Portland to recuperate, and settled here, and later bought the Portland Trail Blazers in 1998, and immediately smashed 100 million, and in 1999, he got Scott Pippen, a member of the Dream II team, All-Star guard Steve Smith, flying squirrel Damon Stoudemire, Bryan Grant and other high-paid players. And in the 1999-2000 season, he reached the Western Conference Finals at that time.

There is a rich boss who is capricious, look at the salary list of the Trailblazers, the salary expenditure of 89.72 million US dollars this season, this year's salary cap is 42.58 million, and the luxury tax threshold is more than 51 million, that is, the Trailblazers will pay more than 30 million luxury taxes this season.

This isn't the first year that the Trail Blazers have been bought from Paul Allen, and they've all been paid almost double the salary cap! Every year, the Trail Blazers' salaries are rising, because they use them every year no matter what special circumstances, such as the middle-class clause that has no restrictions now, they will be used every year, and they are basically four or five years long contracts to poach quality players.

It is said that the Knicks' Dolan is a loser, in fact, in recent years, the Knicks' salary has been 20,000 million lower than that of the Trail Blazers, and it was not until 05 years later that they got rid of the name of the league's highest-paid team.

But who made the Knicks have too much reputation for giving bad contracts, the Trail Blazers gave those big contracts and made it to the Western Conference finals, proving that the big contracts at that time were worth it, the stars were old and couldn't do anything, and the big contracts given by the Knicks were simply honey contracts.

The Hawks have a chance to hit 50 wins this season, and the Trail Blazers, who are now only seventh in the West, also have a chance to hit 50 wins, with a 9-7 record that is actually not much worse than the Hawks.

So the Eagles take this game very seriously.

Before the game, the Eagles conducted an afternoon of game research and simulation training, and conducted tactical research on the Trail Blazers.

Liu Mang didn't look at the list of players of the Trailblazers once, and it hurt.

How many people did the pioneers dig!

7 years 80 million poached from the Raptors to 1995 best rookie Damon Stoudemire, 5 years 73 million poached Pippen, and before the summer draft just this past year, Derrick Anderson, a second-round round trade to the Spurs' contract expired, to renew a 5-year, 50 million contract......

"Damn! Rich people are perverts! Emmanuol, I'm playing against Derek Anderson and Damon Stoudemire tonight, how about you? Liu Mang asked while stretching before the game.

"I'm going to play against Ruben Patterson and Steve Cole......" Emmanuol said with a sad look on his face.

Liu Mang said that it is also sad, the Trailblazers' guard line looks too scary, but what is even more tragic is the frontcourt, and the Trailblazers' frontcourt is also a bull!

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The Trail Blazers roster looks awesome, but the start of the year is not satisfactory, the reinforcements are not as strong as they seem, the former stars are beginning to age, and they have faded out of the ranks of championship contenders, and can only compete for a playoff position in the West.

So the Eagles still have a good chance of winning the game.

On December 4, at 6 p.m. Western time, the Hawks' away game against the Trail Blazers began.

The Eagles finally returned with Dean Grove, Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed and Ratliff all on the lineup.

Overall, although the Eagles have no star in the lineup, the practicality is strong enough in this era!

The three players in the front court are very strong defensively, as well as Rahim, a top player who can chisel through the defense of many teams on the inside, and Jason Terry on the guard line, who can still keep up with the rhythm of the NBA even after more than ten years and play to the age of almost 40, which is very practical.

At a glance at the Trail Blazers, it can be described as star-studded, the little flying squirrel Stoudemire, the big stick Bunch Wells, Scott Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, Dale Davis, if you don't look at anything else, this adds up to a lineup with a salary of almost 60 million, and there is no one, the most expensive starter in the NBA, there is no one!

However, according to the analysis of experts and the media before the game, it was the Eagles who had the advantage in starting strength!

There are three reasons for this.

The first is the rationality of the lineup.

The Hawks' lineup is dominated by Jason Terry and Raheem, and there is no contention for the ball.

At the same time, the Eagles have absolute strengths, and they are two, Jason Terry is close to the comprehensive strength of a first-class star, in terms of scoring alone, he is already a first-class star, but the defense is too inferior.

And Raheem is another absolute strong point, and he is at his peak in the entire NBA small forward is rarely stronger than him, averaging 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game, small forwards are difficult to match.

On the Trail Blazers' side, in addition to Dale Davis, a dedicated coolie center, the other four, whether it is Stoudemire, Bunch Wells, Pippen or even Rasheed Wallace, need to carry the ball.

Especially Pippen, when Pippen was still young a few years ago, he was actually fine, he could still rely on excellent impact and off-ball movement to maintain efficiency, but he is already 35 years old, he has declined very seriously, and there is basically no use without the ball.

The second is the aging of the Trail Blazers, which can be combined with the third point, the Trail Blazers have someone who is not satisfied with their salary, and that person is Bunch Wells.

Looking at Pippen and Dale Davis, two thirty-four or five-year-old men with a contract of more than 10 million, the flying squirrel who began to seriously degrade due to his short stature and almost 30 years old also got a fat contract of more than 80 million for seven years, and only got a two-year 8 million contract extension after the rookie contract, and Bunch Wells, who averaged 20.3 points per game in the new season, and the team's highest scoring score, almost asked Paul Allen for a salary increase.

This has to mention Bombon Anthony, the cheating agent of Bunch Wells, who is the pit agent who pampered Bunch Wells in the future and asked him to pursue a 10 million annual salary and finally had no team to ask for it.

Liu Mang is full of expectations that the big brothers who start can go up and die to the Trail Blazers, and then he comes up to show his might, after all, the few pre-game news about this game before the game all say that the Eagles are more dominant, and it is not a problem to beat the aging core lineup of the Trail Blazers, so he is very confident.

However, as the saying goes, the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal is afraid of the second stunned.

Why is Bunch Wells the Stick at home and abroad? Not only because his name is Bunch, but also because he is a dumbfounder!

Being fooled and lame by the agent is one proof, and another is that he was not afraid of anything when he beat Bowen! Stepping? Lao Tzu trampled you to death, and playing ball is called a bastard!

With a height of 1.96 meters, he plays like a big forward, and everyone pulls him away to chisel!

This year, Bunch-Wells has averaged more than 20 points per game in the first dozen games, just because he found that he seems to be the team's most scoring one, why did he renew his contract for only 2 years and 8 million in the summer? He wants to prove with practical actions that he deserves a big contract!

There's a plus to the Trail Blazers' lineup, except for Dale Davis, the other four have three-pointers! In particular, Rasheed Wallace, a power forward, is actually the most accurate three-point point for the Trail Blazers, and he made as many three-pointers as Reggie Miller last season!

The Trail Blazers space is wide open, and Bunch Wells is slowly chiseling on the inside, and his body is strong enough to be compared to the inside, especially that huge ass, a dozen and a lot!

The Trail Blazers played the tempo very slowly, and the Hawks' defensive counterattack couldn't be played! The power on the offensive end is reduced by at least half! Coming over can only rely on Raheem's inside chisel or Jason Terry's singles, the efficiency is too low! Keep in mind that the Hawks are one of the fastest-paced teams in the NBA this season, with a 9-1 opening period and a top-five offensive overthrow in the league!

Liu Mang watched the pioneers grinding the rhythm and grinding their skins, and they were all dumbfounded when they were playing their side.

You guys don't give a good starter, how can we play on these little substitutes!