The Way of the Center

A report reflecting the economic situation of athletes in the past 30 years shows that 60% of NBA retired players face bankruptcy within five years, and even those active players with an average annual salary of $5 million have many people in debt.

"Former NBA star XXX is on the verge of bankruptcy." Such reports will always appear in the public eye with a wave of existence.

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

For NBA players, losing a large sum of money does not take a lifetime. It takes only ten years or more than four to five years. In 1999, Antoine Walker signed a six-year $71 million maximum salary contract with the Celtics. The Celtics coach Rick Pitino told Walker at a press conference: "From then on In the future, you never have to worry about running out of money."

But in 2010, Walker declared bankruptcy, his total salary in the NBA reached 108 million US dollars, but when he went bankrupt, his debt reached 12.7 million US dollars.

The average career life of NBA players is 4.8 years. That is to say, most of these youth eaters have no source of income after the age of 30. They invest in business and let the virtuous cycle of "money roll money" happen. It seems to be the best solution to livelihood. But business investment is not as simple as imagined.

Among the NBA players, only a very small number of players have spent four years in college and got their graduation certificates. The subjects chosen by these people are by no means extremely difficult financial management. Therefore, in terms of financial management, regardless of the players’ golf quotient, How high their IQ is, they are just laymen.

So, do you think guys like Anthony Walker and Pippen are really stupid? Do you think they really can spend their hundreds of millions of assets just relying on endless squandering?

Before the 2008 financial crisis, American real estate attracted a lot of investment, and Walker was also excited. He cooperated with many banks to invest in real estate. The financial crisis broke out, American real estate plummeted, and Walker's investment failed. Later he admitted that his loss in real estate investment reached 20 million US dollars.

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

Because of this, when Edward Mundis found An Jie and hoped that An Jie would invest in his own steak shop, the first person An Jie thought of was Meslav. Because only Meslav can make Anjie avoid taking the same path as the "predecessors".

"NBA stars investing in catering can also be said to be the safest and most rewarding option. Whether it is Jordan or LeBron, the business plans of these two guys start with the catering industry. So, I think I will cooperate with me. , Is a very good choice for Ann." At the home of Angel Portland, Messlav, Mundis and Angel himself are beginning to discuss the matter of investment in detail.

As a result of back-to-back, playing three consecutive games in three days. After the New Year's Day battle, the Trail Blazers got a rare break for both ends.

And Anjie also plans to use two days to finalize the business cooperation.

After listening to Mondez's proposal, Meslav thought about it seriously. Investing in business is also a big challenge for Meslav, a sports manager.

Most of the conversations between Meslav and Mondace could only be understood by Anjie. After all, business, this is not his field.

But Anjie also knew that he had to learn to invest in this matter. Meslav may be able to handle endorsements and other activities for him, but it is impossible for Meslav to help himself manage his life for investment.

In the past, An Jie felt that he just had to play basketball wholeheartedly. But in the next year, when his child is about to be born, Anjie must take on 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.

The discussion went smoothly, and Meslav proposed that the Mondez Steak House must be renamed An Jie Steak House. All LOGO designs, decoration styles, etc. have to be overthrown. Only by maximizing Anjie's role can the steak house's business flourish.

A series of discussions like this indicates that An Jie’s first investment in his life will most likely be successful, but when the time came to 12 o’clock noon, An Jie politely refused to go forward with Mondès. Invitation to lunch.

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

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The 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 Blazers players continue to rise.

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

When training today, Anjie could obviously feel that Robin's excitement hadn't passed. The seriousness of his devotion in training made An Jie think that he was playing a formal game.

But this is also good, keep high intensity during training, and Anjie and Robin can play easily during the game.

As long as Robin doesn't make any moves that will put An Jie at risk of injury, Ricard will not stop and fight more and more fiercely. Robin is pushing An Jie so much during training, and An Jie’s state is difficult to slip.

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

The champion team is a champion team not just because they performed better than their opponents in the 48 minutes on the court.

Training after coming down, the atmosphere in the dressing room and so on are things that are invisible to 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 is worried about whether the Bobcats, who will play against the Trail Blazers tomorrow, will be beaten up.

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

At the beginning of the season, people had great expectations for the combination of Jefferson and Walker. But the Bobcats' current record of 12 wins and 19 losses is obviously not up to expectations~www.NovelMTL.com~ Today, Kemba Walker played quite bravely from the start. But when this defender who likes to hit the basket met An Jie's defense, he got a horrible data like 2 of 10 shots.

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

However, when this guy born as a power forward met An Jie, who was a pure No. 5 position, he looked very weak.

An Jie does whatever he wants on Al Jefferson, and Jefferson's performance is not bad, but every time he wants to score on An Jie, he has to pay a great physical price.

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

The subsequent game completely turned into a slaughter. Just as Ricard was worried, the Trail Blazers in excellent form completely made the Bobcats feel ashamed.

Wesley Matthews made 6 of 5 three-pointers and scored 25 points. Lillard was even more exaggerated. He made 6 of 6 three-pointers and scored 24 points. On the bench, Batum also scored a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists. Coupled with Anjie's 26 points and 11 rebounds, the Trail Blazers once again staged a terrible 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 do not intend to show mercy to anyone.

In the following days in January, Anjie's steak house began to enter the implementation phase. And the pace of the Trail Blazers has never stopped. As for Catherine, her belly also began to swell.

Business, family, and countless victories. It seems that Anjie's 2014 will really become another turning point in his life...