The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 332 Eastern and Western Pattern
Mito Yohei had already found his presence at the end of December.

I originally wanted to find one near the Key Arena, but after looking around, I found that the rent is too expensive. After all, it is in the city center. A shop of about 200 square meters costs US$6 a month, and the contract is for one year. , you still have to pay a high deposit. Including decoration, declaration, etc., the scale needs to be at least 50 US dollars. However, Yohei sold all the assets in Japan and only managed to get 20 US dollars. Consider subsequent store maintenance and operations.

Lin Dong could invest, but Yang Ping didn't dare to do something so big right away, so he finally found a two-story building on the edge of the city, near the Flight Museum, with an area of ​​300 square meters and a rent of just over 3. It was considered more suitable. Even this, the money is still not enough.

Fortunately, after getting to know each other, Lin Dong invested 1/3 and Sakuragi invested 1/3. The two of them jointly held 49% of the equity in the new store, and the remaining 51% of the equity belonged to Yanghei. After all, it also counted as a technology stock.

The Sakuragi Legion has been busy with this recently, busy renovating and running stores. Apart from coming to watch the SuperSonics' home games, they can no longer go to away games.

And by mid-January, the first instance of the appeal case that was tied to Fuyao and my mother was also concluded.

The result was an unexpected defeat.

Lin Dong is not surprised by this. Judging from the trajectory of another world, Fuyao will have to spend four to five years to win this lawsuit. This will be a long saw-saw process.

When the SuperSonics went to Texas to play the Spurs, Mavericks, and Rockets games before, my mother went there. After all, the distance was close. As for the SuperSonics’ home court, I had only been there once in the past two months. It was at that time After losing the lawsuit.

He seems to have lost a lot of weight, and his mental state seems to be in a tense state. It seems that he is preparing materials for the second prosecution. However, his energy and expectation of winning seem to be no longer as good as the last time. How much? I feel a little discouraged.

Schultz was willing to give money, and compensating some money was just a trivial matter, but the problem was that he did not understand the national conditions of the Dragon Kingdom, and he paid too readily, and was eager to settle the matter, which led to a series of troubles.

After all, seeing the weak side of a strong woman is something that attracts your attention more. Rare things are more valuable.

Schultz is in big trouble in Dragon Country.

The ultimate reward of winning this lawsuit with Fuyao will be extremely generous, but the suffering of these past few years is destined to be difficult.

Unless I can reach the level of Jordan, then I can give my mother some public opinion and financial support.

It was a game against the Portland Trail Blazers. At the end of the second quarter, Payton led the team. Payton and Rasheed Wallace, who entered the paint, collided hard.

During the renovation process, there were more than a dozen accidents that occurred due to the acceleration of the progress, such as cutting off the chainsaw, falling from the second floor, etc. There were no fatalities, but the injured family members made quite a fuss.

After all, these days, everyone knows that foreigners have a lot of money, and they will always give it to them.

The result that made people panic was that the Sonics suffered a two-game losing streak for the first time since their 21-game winning streak.

These were just family matters, but by the beginning of February, a phone call from Long Guo had become a major event for the entire team.

I came to Seattle purely because I wanted to relax and draw some spiritual strength from my son.

The family members who had received the compensation continued to make trouble. The local government departments felt that the impact of the trouble was not good and were quite dissatisfied with Schultz, so the industrial and commercial departments came to choke you, and the fire department came to check your safety every day... and they had already started driving. The local profits of those stores were far less than Schultz expected. Not to mention compared with the two most successful stores in Yanjing and Lin'an, most of them were unable to make ends meet.

Regardless of their status as mothers and their kindness to themselves, independent and strong women exude endless domineering power at all times, making men afraid to approach them. However, when they are in trouble, they are always more likely than ordinary women to do it. Make men want to protect.

Frankly speaking, Lin Dong really felt sorry for this mother.

However, Schultz is indeed raising a large amount of funds. The money from ticket sales and peripherals on the SuperSonics team's books has almost been wiped out by him looking for excuses. In short, the funding gap must be large.

But in this matter, Lin Dong really has no ability to help.

What's even more depressing than these two consecutive losses is that Payton is injured.

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It couldn't wait to expand, with a total of 75 stores spread across more than cities in Dragon Kingdom. It started renovations almost at the same time, but one after another problems began to appear.

Lin Dong and the others had only heard about the specific situation. In addition to these minor issues, it seemed that Schulz wanted to be listed in Xiangjiang. Therefore, they had to rush to prepare profit reports when each store had just opened and was suffering a total loss. More questions about the class, I just don't know the details very well.

The team has been a bit panicked recently. Is this owner going bankrupt? MD, can you still pay next year’s salary?

Just like Tianzun's iron-clad body, which is still at its peak at the age of 28, Payton's old arms and legs are really unbearable. His right knee has a slight fracture. Although it is not to the extent of being reimbursed for the season, he will be absent for at least two years. Ten or more games will probably only be enough to catch up to the playoffs.

Moreover, even if such a veteran recovers, how much fighting power he will have left when he returns to the game is a huge question mark.

The internal atmosphere of the team is already a bit panicky, but without Payton...

The eyes of the entire league began to focus on the Sonics again. Does the young man who now firmly occupies the regular season scoring title as a rookie still have the ability to lead the Sonics to continue to be a dark horse?

Judging from the fact that the SuperSonics are now second in the Western Conference, it will definitely be no problem to enter the playoffs, but in the remaining 30 games of this season, what kind of results can Lin Dong deliver?

All aspects of the alliance are looking forward to this...

Of course, the teams hope that Lin Dong will go shopping.

Young people are full of blood and energy. It's their rookie season and they have a lot of hard work. Now that they have the opportunity to lead the team alone, why should they work hard to express themselves?

By the time they enter the playoffs, this troublesome Sonics will definitely be a tired team.

For the league, he is a popular rookie that is attracting attention across the United States. Leading the team alone is more eye-catching. As long as it can capture the audience and expand the influence of the NBA, then any method will work.

It's a pity that Lin Dong did not show the "chicken blood" state they expected.

He still has a tepid attitude, averaging thirty points and a dozen assists per game. Although his playing time has improved to a certain extent compared to before, it only averages about 30 minutes per game.

The Sonics' overall winning rate is pretty good. Their run-and-gun characteristics mean that they rarely get upset when playing against weak teams. However, when playing against strong teams, they have one less main player in rotation and Lin Dong doesn't work very hard. Naturally, you lose when you should lose.

The winning rate has dropped to about 65%, but the competition in the Western Conference itself is relatively fierce. The first few teams have similar wins, and the Sonics only dropped one place to third in the Western Conference.

The teams are a little confused.

Is this guy really a young man? Doesn't this kid have any passion?
But in fact...

On the one hand, Lin Dong was really tired.

Stephen's new physical training plan is very strict and intense. This level of training should have been reserved for the offseason, but Lin Dong doesn't plan to wait any longer.

The playoffs are around the corner. After experiencing the Pistons' defensive intensity in the playoffs, Lin Dong knows very well that if he wants to make a name for himself in this year's playoffs, he must first train his body, otherwise he will not be able to play against the Pistons. I'm afraid this scene will happen again in the playoffs.

This also resulted in the physical fitness and energy during the game being a bit unable to keep up. The normal 80% combat power is a balance that Lin Dong can barely maintain now.

Judging from the current number of wins of the Sonics and the opponent arrangements for the remaining 20 or 30 games, there are relatively many weak teams. Even if the Sonics relax a little and let go of some tough battles, they can still finish among the top four in the Western Conference. Lin Dong feels that as long as he keeps his performance in this range and makes the first round of the playoffs easier, Lin Dong feels that it is enough.

On the other hand, the main purpose is to train other newcomers in the team.

Sakuragi Hanamichi has made very rapid progress recently. After playing against the Cavaliers, it seems that his two connections have been opened up. Not only has he started to cooperate well with the team, but his rebounding ability is increasing day by day. The only thing missing is a large number of high-level players. Just practical experience.

In addition to him, Chandler, Iguodala, Watson and others also need a lot of playing time to hone their abilities.

The Sonics' current tactics, personal abilities, and other aspects are actually quite good. However, the team is too young and may not have the ability to fight tough battles. If they don't take advantage of the regular season to train, they will need high-intensity training in the playoffs. During the rotation, this group of people couldn't fight, and it would be too late to regret it by then...

In late March, this year's regular season was coming to an end, and Lin Dong also stopped physical training and began to keep a low profile and recover.

Now each team in the East and West has only seven or eight games left, and the overall situation is basically decided.

The competition for the top two spots in the Eastern Conference is quite fierce, and the Pistons and Cavaliers don't want to give in to each other.

After that battle with the SuperSonics, under the strong appeal of Ohio State fans, LeBron finally settled into the Cavaliers' starting lineup. After a few short adjustments, the Janeway line completely replaced the previous lineup of Davis and Wade. Cooperation has become the most popular and popular brand of the Cavaliers.

The two averaged 45 points per game during the entire regular season, which has surpassed the OK combination and brought the Cavaliers back to first place in the Eastern Conference.

The Pistons relied on their excellent defense to surpass the Cavaliers twice, but were overtaken twice and are currently ranked second in the Eastern Conference.

The Wizards, the biggest favorite before the game, were ranked third, and were 5 games behind the second-placed Pistons.

Jordan played healthy basketball, and his average of 21 points per game was overshadowed by Dayao's gorgeous statistics of 26.6 points and 15 rebounds per game. He was once the leader of the Wizards, and was ridiculed by Barkley on TV to become the second leader of the Wizards.

But ridicule is ridicule, for those who really know Jordan, they can fully feel the storm brewing under the "sparse" performance of this basketball god.

This old guy is holding back... After all, he is getting older, and it is no longer cost-effective for him to compete in the regular season, especially when he has great intentions and ambitions for this year's playoffs.

(End of this chapter)