The way of the center

Chapter 640 Greater Responsibility

A report reflecting the economic situation of athletes in the past 30 years shows that 60% of retired players in the NBA will face bankruptcy within five years, and even those active players with an average annual salary of 500 million US dollars are heavily in debt.

"Former NBA star XXX is on the verge of bankruptcy." Such reports will always appear in the public eye every now and then to create a sense of existence.

NBA players may be very good on the basketball court, but off the basketball court, they may not necessarily be equally elite.

For NBA players, it does not take a lifetime to lose a large sum of money. It takes no more than ten years at most, and only four or five years at least. In 1999, Antoine Walker signed a six-year $6 million maximum salary contract with the Celtics. Rick Pitino, then Celtics coach, told Walker at a press conference: "From then on In the future, you will never have to worry about running out of money.”

But in 2010, Walker declared bankruptcy. His total salary in the NBA reached 1.08 million U.S. dollars, but when he went bankrupt, his debt reached 1270 million U.S. dollars.

The average career career of an NBA player is 4.8 years. That is to say, most of these people who eat their youth have no source of income after the age of 30. They invest in business and let a virtuous circle like "money roll" happen. It seems to be the best solution to livelihood.But business investment is not as simple as imagined.

Among NBA players, only a very small number of them have stayed in college for four years and obtained a diploma, and the subjects chosen by this group of people are by no means extremely difficult financial management. No matter how high the IQ is, they are just laymen.

So, do you think guys like Anthony Walker and Pippen are really dumb?Do you think they can really spend all those hundreds of millions of assets just by endless squandering?
Before the financial crisis in 2008, American real estate attracted a lot of investment, and Walker was also moved. He cooperated with a number of banks to invest in real estate. When the financial crisis broke out, American real estate plummeted, and Walker's investment failed.He later admitted that his losses in real estate investment reached 2000 million US dollars.

In other words, once the investment of NBA players fails, coupled with high taxes, their salaries on the surface have already lost 65-70%.

Because of this, when Edward Mondes approached An Jie and wanted An Jie to invest in his own steakhouse, the first person An Jie thought of was Muslav.Because only Meslav can prevent Anjie from going down the same path as the "predecessors".

"NBA stars investing in catering can also be said to be the safest and easiest choice to get returns. Whether it is Jordan or LeBron, the business plans of these two guys start with running the catering industry. So, I think that cooperation with me , It’s a very good choice for An.” At Anjie’s home in Portland, Moslav, Mondes and Anjie himself were discussing the investment in detail.

Because of back-to-back, three consecutive games played in three days.After the New Year's Day battle, the Trail Blazers got a rare rest time at both ends.

And An Jie also planned to use these two days to finalize the business cooperation.

After listening to Mendez's proposal, Meslav began to think seriously.Investing in business is also a big challenge for Muslav, a sports manager.

For the conversation between Meslav and Mondès, An Jie can only understand half of it.After all, business is not his field yet.

But An Jie also knew that he had to learn about investing.Moslav may be able to handle endorsement and other activities for him, but with investment, it is impossible for Meslav to help him manage his life.

In the past, An Jie thought that all he had to do was play basketball well.But in the next year, his own child is about to be born, and An Jie must shoulder greater responsibilities.Basketball must still be played well, but An Jie must also start to get in touch with other things.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 smoothly, and Moslav proposed that Mondès Steak House must be renamed Anjie Steak House.All LOGO design, decoration style, etc. have to be overthrown and restarted.Only by maximizing Anjie's role can the business of this steakhouse be booming.

A series of discussions such as this indicated that An Jie's first investment in his life would be very likely to be successful, but when the time came to twelve o'clock at noon, An Jie politely refused to join Mondes. Invitation to lunch.

"I'd better go to the Moda Center to have a nutritious meal. After all, at two o'clock in the afternoon, I still have training?" An Jie smiled and said goodbye to Meng Desi and Moslav. The discussion is important, but at least in An Jie's life At this stage in the game, the importance of basketball is far above everything else.

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The Trail Blazers came from behind in the New Year's Day battle, and finally won the game with a 15-point difference, which made the morale of the Trail Blazers players continue to rise.

Especially Robin Lopez, this guy became extremely excited after scoring 15+14 in the last game.

During training today, An Jie could clearly feel that Robin's excitement hadn't passed yet.He was so serious in training that An Jie once thought he was playing an official game.

But that's good too, keep a high intensity during training, and it's easier for Anjie and Robin to perform during competitions.

As long as Robin doesn't make any moves that put Anjie at risk of injury, Ricard won't stop the increasingly fierce confrontation.With Robin forcing An Jie so much during training, it is difficult for An Jie to slip even if he wants to go down.

The active training status of the two centers has gradually infected the whole team, so the quality of the entire training this afternoon is very high.

A championship team isn't a championship team simply because they were better than their opponents for the 48 minutes they were on the court.

After the training, the atmosphere in the locker room and other things that cannot be seen by the outside world, there is also a big gap between the championship team and other teams.

Seeing the players' training so perfect this afternoon, Ricard couldn't help worrying in his heart.What are you worried about?He was worried about whether the Bobcats, who were going to play against the Blazers tomorrow, would be beaten badly.

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Al Jefferson once again received a pass from Kemba Walker, and Angie was once again clinging to Jefferson's back.

At the beginning of this season, people had great expectations for the combination of Jefferson and Walker.But the Bobcats' current record of 12 wins and 19 losses obviously did not meet expectations.

Today, Kemba Walker played very bravely from the very beginning.But when this guard who likes to hit the basket encountered Anjie's defense, what he got was 10 of 2 shots.

Walker was completely blocked on this point, and the Bobcats had to make a fuss about Al Jefferson.

However, when this guy who was born as a power forward met An Jie, a pure No. [-], he seemed very powerless.

Anjie can do whatever he wants on Al Jefferson, and Jefferson's performance is not bad, but every time he wants to score on Anjie, he has to pay a huge physical price.

This time, Jefferson missed the small hook after the back hit.The game is already in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, and the miss of this goal also indicates that Jefferson's physical strength is almost over.

The game that followed turned into a massacre.Just as Ricard was worried, the Blazers in excellent condition completely made the Bobcats feel ashamed.

Wesley Matthews made 5 of 6 three-pointers and scored 25 points. Lillard was even more exaggerated, making 6 of 6 three-pointers and scoring 24 points.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 Blazers once again staged a terrifying massacre with a huge gap of 104 to 134 and 30 points at home.

Now, the Blazers have become a nightmare for these not-so-strong teams.No one wants to be humiliated by such a big difference, but the Trail Blazers have no intention of showing mercy to anyone.

Over the remainder of January, Angie's Steakhouse began to move into implementation.The pace of the Trail Blazers has never stopped.As for Catherine, her stomach began to swell too.

Business, family, and countless victories.It seems that An Jie's 2014 will really become another turning point in his life.
(End of this chapter)