Chapter 537: It's Not That Simple
"Here, please!"
AT-T Center Arena, VIP Box.
"Hello, who is the reserved box?"
Several men talked all the way, talking in a friendly manner, and walked to the door of the box, where they were stopped by the staff in a friendly manner.
"Lanadivie."
A short, middle-aged man with a distinctive Asian face nodded at the staff and replied, "Vivek-Lanadivie." ”
"Lanadivie...... Ok, thank you for coming, Mr. Rana Divi, inside please. ”
Comparing it with the guest list in his hand, the staff smiled and nodded, and stretched out his hand to signal that the other party could enter the box.
"Yo, the name is so good now??"
The man who was traveling with the Asians smiled, stretched out his hand and patted the Asian on the shoulder and said, "It's hard to get a VIP box for this game, the Spurs vs. the Kings, the strongest offensive battle in the league, and the attendance rate is outrageously high." Didn't you decide to come and see it on the spur of the moment? How did you get a ticket?? ”
"I'm a quasi-boss, am I?"
The man named Lanadivi smiled mysteriously, stretched out his hand to straighten his suit, and quietly took the other party's hand off his body without a trace, and said with a smile: "The formalities have basically been completed, and the confirmation letter from the league is in place, just wait for the end of the season, the team's focus will return to the management level, everything ...... It's time to get started. ”
Here we go.
My live-action NBA boss game is about to begin!!
That man is Vivek Lanadivie, the man who is about to succeed the Ma'a'Rouf brothers as the new owner of the Kings.
As an avid basketball fan, Ranadivie had a lot of trade ideas in his head before he took down the Kings outright. For a fan, the temptation to be able to become a boss who can influence a team's reinforcements and even have absolute decision-making power is too big.
"How are you going to do it?"
When they came to the floor-to-ceiling windows and sat down, Rana Divi's friend asked curiously, "Do you have an idea?" It's rumored outside now, saying that the first thing you do after taking office is to change the coach?? ”
"And the manager."
Lanadivie's eyes are quite sharp, although he is not a big-eyed male god, and his appearance is quite ordinary, but the perseverance conveyed in these eyes that I don't know how many ups and downs I have experienced and how many ups and downs I have seen is unforgettable.
"Ah......?"
The friend was a little surprised and puzzled: "Petri??" Petri is also going to change? The evaluation of him is very good, and he has been successful from the draft to the recruitment over the years! ”
"It's just a small repair, a small repair, a small fuss, and it doesn't touch the fundamental problem, it's too bold."
Who is Rana Divie? The man who dared to come to America alone with $50! Petri's idea of getting rich and making progress slowly is, in his opinion, really old-fashioned enough.
"How can you succeed without taking some risks? Always guarding one's own one-acre and three-point land and not letting go, not doing a little loss-making deal, thinking about making a little cheap here and making a little cheap there, this is not the way to build a dynasty team. ”
Ranadivi stared at the pitch with blazing eyes, and on the pitch, players from both sides had already begun to warm up.
Fans with sharp eyes found that the Sacramento Kings players were also warming up, but there was something wrong with the state of the Sacramento Kings today.
It seems like...... It's a bit lazy and can't lift your spirits.
"To build a dynasty, you have to take risks, you need to be big. The Kings' current roster is congenitally flawed and can't keep up with the times. There is no way to go further without breaking your muscles and bones, and every year in the playoffs with the prince to study, it is better to rebuild the lotto, what do you say? ”
Faced with Lanadivie's train of thought, the friend seemed to be a little unsure of how to answer, and after being stunned for a long time, he still shrugged his shoulders and said: "I have never run a professional sports club, you have more experience than me, what you said is right!" ”
"Hmph, don't be unconvinced, it's really like this."
Lanadivi nostrils turned to the sky, and he smiled a little arrogantly: "I have already thought about the new candidates, and they have all docked, this combination will definitely scare you out of your glasses." When the time comes, you will be waiting for the birth of a new storm in Sacramento! ”
"Ha, of course I believe you! They're all businessmen, I know what you mean. ”
The friend didn't know whether he was talking on the back or telling the truth, and asked: "But what I'm more curious about is what you think of the players, before the game...... That wave of news had a super impact on the Kings players, even worse than yesterday's change of coach! If you don't make it, you will lose this game in terms of mentality! ”
Lanadivi looked at his friends beside him, a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, and said quietly: "I released the news." ”
“…… Yes? ”
The friend was startled, and the boss with his mouth open, slowly looked back at Lanadivi, his eyes seemed to be looking at a monster, and he was surprised: "What did you say......??" The message was put out by you?? ”
"That's right." Lanadivi nodded, "Isn't that weird?" ”
"No, it's not ......"
The friend was about to go crazy, shook his head and said with a puzzled face: "Grab the seven battles, when life and death are at stake, what do you mean by deliberately putting that kind of news outside??" Does it affect the player's competitive state? Are you going to use this method to control the outcome of the game and make the Kings lose??? ”
What's in it for you?!
The second half of the sentence was not spoken by the friend, because he felt that it was an obvious problem.
Although Lanadivi is a die-hard fan, the biggest purpose of taking over the Kings is to build a championship division, for such a long-term goal, the economic gains in the first few years are not a big problem, and they can be tolerated.
But the problem is, the rest of the board is not necessarily a fan!
The NBA team is said to be a professional sports team, but its essence is still a business.
As long as it is a business, the first purpose must be to make money, which is the last word in the world, and the shareholders of the Kings will definitely agree.
Winning one more game and playing one more round in the playoffs means a lot of tickets, merchandise, broadcasts, and advertising revenue. You have a lot of money to spend, but also the world's top software companies in hand, and you have to pay a lot of dividends every year, so you don't care. But other shareholders can't not care!
The series of news before the game simply shocked everyone's eyes, and the moment the news was released, almost everyone in the world decided that the Sacramento Kings, in the tiebreaker, had lost before the battle.
But now, friends know that this series of news was actually released by Lanadivi.
And if nothing else, the news about the team's upcoming change of coach the day earlier must have come out of this opening in Lanadivie.
Why is that?
is about to take over a team, and any new owner in the world will hope that before this team is handed over to him, the more honors the better, and the greater the market value, the better, so that he can become his own cash cow and keep making money.
But Rana Divi did such an incomprehensible thing, why on earth??
"That's why I said, you people, you don't see the problem long enough."
Hearing his friend's question, Lanadivi smiled disdainfully: "Yes, that's right, this series of news is indeed very likely to make the king lose." But I'm asking you a question......"
"Even if there are no these rumors, the Kings are stealing seven away from home, and a group of half of them are even in the playoffs as a first-time recruit team, against the Spurs, a super strong team that has never missed the playoffs in the past ten years and has the highest winning percentage in the league in ten years, or on the road, the Kings ...... Is it guaranteed to win? ”
"This ......"
Ranadivie's question left the friend speechless, thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Ninety percent is losing, no, maybe five out of nine is losing." ”
"That's right."
Lanadivi nodded and said proudly: "Basketball is also a business, everything is a business. Doing business, only thinking about the next game, I sell more tickets, broadcast a few more games, and make more small profits, how can I succeed? ? ”
"Even if you're right, without these rumors, the king's dark horse posture has been promoted and a miracle has been created. So, then what? Everyone recognizes that this Kings team is very talented, and there is no problem with the overall framework, as long as they continue to make small repairs, they can win the championship one day. What are the consequences of this realization, can't you imagine? ”
"Hmm...... If everybody thinks that, especially the players......"
Faced with Ranadivi's question, the friend thought for a moment and nodded: "That is, in recent years, it is impossible for the king to exchange blood. ”
"That's it! If I can't change blood and can't build a super team in the new era according to my ideas, what am I trying to do when I come to the king to be the boss? What else does it mean? Did I pay almost $600 million just to see the team repeat the mistakes of the past and continue on the same path? Of course not! ”
Rana Divi was a little excited, watching Gu Yu hit a mid-range shot on the field, he was secretly surprised in his heart, Gu Yu's movements looked smooth and relaxed, and he didn't feel affected by rumors at all.
"I'm here to rebuild the team, and I spent $600 million to realize my new basketball concept, but I'm not here to be a babysitter and grow up with these giant babies! And only when they lose, public opinion will be reversed, and they will realize that it is impossible to win the championship with this lineup. My thoughts, my team building ideas......"
Ranadivi leaned back and picked up a glass of wine from the tray in the hands of the staff.
“…… Only then can it really run unimpeded! Do you understand......? ”
Tilt your head and drink it all.
At the same time, on the field.
"Give me a little spirit! Grab seven battles, whoever doesn't play well will get out! ”
At the end of the warm-up, Gu Yu's heart was extremely stable.
But the rest of the Kings' players are on the verge of collapse.