Besides these high-profile trades, teams like the Wizards, Celtics, and Heat made some smaller deals to clear up salary cap space.

Just like the rumors suggested, they're starting to prepare for next summer.

The trade deadline has come to an end, but there are still one or two days before the teams start playing again.

On this day of training, the Pelicans said goodbye to Morrow.

However, because Stephenson still needs to undergo a physical, they won't be able to see him until after tomorrow night's game.

When this day's training ended, Tang Tian had three new messages on his phone.

All of them were related to money.

One was the final year's endorsement fee from burts.bees, nearly 1.2 million after taxes from a 2 million endorsement.

Another was from durex, nearly 4.2 million after taxes from a 7 million endorsement.

And the last one was the revenue share from Nike shoes, 15 million after taxes from 25 million.

Last summer, Nike had already released the second generation of the Godfather series shoes, with better quality and materials than before, and the price was almost double.

But the sales volume of the shoes only increased.

The Pelicans' league-leading record this season, coupled with Tang Tian's MVP-level performance that suppressed Curry, was just like the All-Star vote results. Tang Tian's global influence had reached a phenomenal level.

After receiving these two sums of money, Tang Tian opened the system interface.

In August of last year, he spent 10 million recharge points to get the Triple Threat, leaving him with 1.5 million in the system.

But then he received a $3.6 million endorsement fee from Coca-Cola and a 10 million endorsement fee from BMW, totaling about $8.2 million after taxes.

Adding it all up, it came to about $30 million in recharge points.

And that was just enough to exchange for an orange skill.

It was also the target skill in Tang Tian's plan.

Theoretically, Tang Tian's best plan now was to save up 50 million and then exchange for a legendary skill.

But at his current rate of earning recharge points, he wouldn't be able to reach that goal before the playoffs started.

This year was the Pelicans' best chance to win the championship, and Tang Tian needed to ensure he was foolproof, so he had to make himself stronger.

And to do that, he had to improve himself.

He set his sights on the orange skill section.

Chuan Hua Hu Die Bu (Iverson): Increases dribbling stability and crossover success rate by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Wu Chu Qi You" (Unmatched), which further increases crossover success rate by 10% when breaking through from the right side. Requires exchange of Low Dribble (Kemba Walker).

Lan Ban Wei Wang (Rodman): Increases boxing out stability and rebound judgment accuracy by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Da Chong Zhi Bian" (The Worm's Whip), which reduces opponent's foul tricks recording by 10%. Requires exchange of Lan Ban Chi Han (Reggie Evans).

Si Shen Yan She (Durant): Increases stability of face-up shooting by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Xiao Shuai Yin Li" (Little Handsome Attraction), which increases opponent's shooting foul chance by 10%. Requires exchange of Steady Mid-Range Shot (DeRozan).

Feng Zhi Zi (Nash): Increases passing vision and passing stability by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Feng Zhi Zi De Ji Ban" (Wind Son's Bond), which increases receiver's shooting stability by 10% after passing. Condition: Must exchange Finger Art (Divac).

Hou Che Bu San Fen (Harden): Increases stability of step-back shooting by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Ha Deng Bu" (Harden Step), which prevents being called for traveling on step-back shot. Requires exchange of Step-Back Master (Luka Dončić).

Shou Tao (Payton): Increases defensive success rate by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Ci Li Shou Tao" (Magnetic Glove), which increases steal success chance by 15%. Requires exchange of Perimeter Lockdown (Danny Green).

Jin Ji Du Li (Nowitzki): Increases stability of single-leg fadeaway shooting by 30%. Gains the passive skill "Lao Si Ji" (Old Driver), which reduces chance of being blocked on high-difficulty shots by 10%. Requires exchange of Single-Leg Shot (Iguodala).

Wu Jie Da Ban (Duncan): Increases stability of bank shot by 30%. Gains the passive skill "45 Du Jiao" (45 Degree Angle), which further increases shooting stability by 10% when shooting from a 45-degree angle about 4 meters from the basket. Requires exchange of Bank Shot (Aldridge).

Meng Huan Wu Bu (O'lajuwon): Increases proficiency and deception of low-post footwork by 30%. Must exchange Sigma Step (Jack Sikma).

Tian Gou (Jabbar): Increases stability of long-range hook shot by 30%. Must exchange Hook Shot Old Man (Boris Diaw).

Meng Ma Xiang (Mark Eaton): Increases blocking success rate by 30%. Must exchange Forbidden Zone (Mutombo).

Tian Long Ba Bu (James): Reduces chance of being called for traveling by 30%.

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Orange skills require 30 million recharge points, which is between purple and red skills in value, and its ability is basically between the two.

And there are two very obvious distinguishing points from the red skills.

Not all of its skills have passive skills, and not all skills require prerequisite skills.

And even the prerequisite skills required are mostly blue skills.

In other words, its ability span is relatively large, but the difficulty of exchange is also easier.

After carefully reading the skill descriptions, Tang Tian focused his attention on Chuan Hua Hu Die Bu and Feng Zhi Zi.

These two skills had something in common: he already possessed the prerequisite skills and could exchange them directly, and they could also quickly improve his personal ability.

His Triple Threat was already purple, but his dribbling was still blue, which was like using the worst engine in the highest-end Mercedes-Benz, prone to oil leaks.

Passing was the same. His current passing was limited to being usable, and far from being able to connect the team.

After moving his eyes back and forth between the two skills, he finally locked his eyes on Feng Zhi Zi.

His current personal strength was already strong enough.

Before exchanging for a legendary skill, improving personal strength further wouldn't bring as much benefit as imagined.

On the contrary, under Stevens, his teammates were all in very good condition.

At this time, if there was a team skill, it would be a huge help.

Feng Zhi Zi was such a skill, and compared with the red skill Magic, the ability was only 10% different, which was completely enough.

After thinking everything through, Tang Tian chose to exchange.

30 million recharge points disappeared in an instant.

He pulled it out to look, and his passing skill soared from 70 to 90, which was definitely enough for him.

The next day, on the day of the game, Tang Tian arrived at the training hall early for passing practice.

He could clearly feel that his control of the ball had improved qualitatively.

He also tried some fancy passes, but failed several times.

It wasn't that he didn't have the ability, but that he hadn't tried these aspects before. Like the other skills he had exchanged before, it took time to adapt.

However, the effect of improving passing stability alone was enough to excite him.

As for passing vision, it would only be possible to feel it specifically in the game.

ps: Because of work needs, my wife bought a set of Hanfu today. I bet with her that if I ask for rewards, more than 100 people will reward tomorrow. The winner will manage the money. If I win and get the financial power, I will send everyone a Hanfu selfie to the book review section!