As for buying the Warriors, Yang Rui also gave up.

In the previous life, in 2010, Joey Lacob bought the Warriors for only $450 million, and after the Warriors won the championship twice, the valuation reached $2.6 billion.

Every time people talk about the Warriors, they naturally think of San Francisco, and in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, few people talk about Oakland, where the Warriors are at home.

But if you're a resident of Oakland, you'll know that these areas are just too far away, even if it's just across the bridge from San Francisco.

Yang Rui asked his agent John to investigate, and found that Oakland is also one of the cities with the highest crime rate in the United States, which is notorious for residents in other places.

Oakland's downtown area is a bit better, the suburbs are chaotic, and the farther away from the city center, blacks and Mexicans become more widely distributed, making it a haven for Mexican stowaways.

Even though injuries are rare, thefts and car thefts are endless. If you dare to leave something like GPS or a mobile phone in a place where you can see it in the car, the window will definitely be broken the next day.

It is a miracle that the warriors can rise in this place.

Excluding those two teams, the only candidates left are the Kings and Clippers.

In a few years, the Ma'louf brothers, the owners of the Kings, would also sell the team, but the Kings chose Tabit...... God could not save them.

Yang Rui asked, "Tom, what do you think of buying a clipper?" ”

The Clippers are in Los Angeles, sharing the Staples arena with the Lakers, and Thomas, of course, raises his hands and feet and raises his limbs in favor. "Of course it's best if you can buy it, but will Sterling sell it?"

"Not at the moment, but Sterling is older and no one at home works on the team, so I can buy some of it and then buy the Clippers all when he's gone. The question now is how to make him willing to sell some of them, or to get other minority shareholders to be willing to sell their shares. ”

He knows that there will be an opportunity for acquisitions in the future, that is, Sterling's "racial discrimination gate", and the league will force him to sell the team, otherwise it will be difficult to see the Los Angeles team change owners.

In April 2014, TMZ's website exposed a recording of what appeared to be a conversation between Sterling and his girlfriend. During the conversation, Sterling accused his girlfriend of posting a photo with "Magic" Johnson on social networks, and angrily scolded his girlfriend for "Don't bring black people to my game!" ”

As soon as the news came out, it set off a huge wave in the NBA, and Sterling became the target of everyone's criticism. Subsequently, the new commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silva, announced the penalty decision: a fine of $2.5 million for Sterling, a lifetime ban, and will do everything to force him to sell the Clippers.

Sterling said the racist gate was a conspiracy and that he was set up by the woman.

Immediately afterwards, the media broke out that "Magic" Johnson wanted to buy the Clippers, and for a while, conspiracy theories were flying all over the sky.

As a direct victim of Sterling's racial discrimination, Johnson entered the Clippers' home court in May under the watchful eye of NBA commissioner Shaw, senior official Vandewich and Disney CEO Bob Iger, and their whispers were seen as negotiating a Clippers takeover.

Finally, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer bought the Clippers from Donald Sterling for $2 billion.

The Clippers, who have never entered the Western Conference Finals, can sell at a sky-high price because they are located in Los Angeles, and Sterling really doesn't want to sell it, so he will file a lawsuit for this, and this price is not shouted out by him, but the competition of several major consortia has soared the price.

At that time, some media broke the news that Yao Mingdu wanted to form a Chinese consortium to buy the Clippers.

The commercial potential of the Clippers was obvious, and in '16, Ballmer signed a six-year, $300 million broadcast deal with Fox Sports, double the previous price.

It is worth mentioning that Ballmer is also ready to invest in his own live broadcast network, and the Clippers' games may be broadcast on the platform under his name in the future, so that he can earn more, but Yang Rui did not see that day in his previous life.

Facebook is now streaming NBA games, and it is easier for Yang than Ballmer to have his own OTT (a variety of application services provided to users over the Internet) streaming network system. As long as Yang Rui can lead the team to suppress the Lakers, the Clippers will be a super cash cow in the future.

Yang Rui explained his thoughts, and Thomas also thought that this cake was too big to be missed, and it was worth long-term layout. As long as they can buy the Clippers in 5 years, they will make a lot of money.

Owning an NBA team to make a direct profit is only one aspect, the biggest role is advertising, just like Alexander, the owner of the Rockets in his previous life.

He is often hailed as the archetype of poor NBA bosses, but Yao Ming was chosen, and his net worth skyrocketed from the "vice president" of 30 NBA team owners to joint ninth.

Alexander said: "You all know, I want to thank Yao Ming and Maddie, especially after Yao Ming came, he brought me a fortune of 1.2 billion. Because the development of the Chinese market is my biggest business opportunity. My boss has gone from being the bottom of the NBA to being the ninth in the NBA, and my current goal is to increase my assets to more than the Chinese population. ”

Later, Alexander really did it and became one of the richest team owners in the United States, and in 17 years, the Rockets were valued at 1.65 billion, and the final transaction price is expected to exceed 3 billion.

Sterling is also an example, if he is not the owner of the Clippers and is purely in the real estate business, not many people will be willing to work with him because everyone does not know him. With the advertisement of the clipper, other people are much more bold in commercial cooperation with him, and the monk can't run the temple.

Thomas smiled: "I'll look for someone to set up a project and study how to make Sterling willing to hire you to coach the Clippers and buy shares." There is a question, the Clippers have always been a bad team, can you lead the team to overthrow the Lakers? ”

"It's easy." Yang Rui smiled, his self-confidence exploded.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and the acquisition of the team requires professionals to bargain and lead the team to win, and Yang Rui is the best.

Now the Clippers have Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon, two potential newcomers, and DeAndre Jordan is also a potential player, with room for improvement on the defensive end, a style of play that attracts fans, and all scoring depends on dunks.

The Clippers also have a second-rate star on the inside, Chris Carman, who can block and dismantle mid-range shots when pulled out, and can attack in the low post, as a trade chip, and can also exchange for a good player.

The rest is a bunch of unruly players, and the big good news is that the Clippers don't have a high-paying long-term contract with Byron Davis, and the team is missing a super bad contract.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Clippers traded with the Cavaliers in order to clean up Davis' rotten contract, and packaged an unprotected draft pick in exchange for Mo Williams. Then, the Cavaliers used that 11-year pick to pick the top pick, and they drafted Kyrie Irving, and the Clippers lost miserably.

The Clippers' role players, while not very useful, at least don't have too bad contracts, and they can still be traded if they want to.

In addition, the Clippers have salary space, and there are a lot of "big fish" in the 10-year free market, and it will work to catch one.

As long as Griffin is reimbursed next season, the Clippers will rot, and the 10-year draft pick will not be low, and Yang Rui will be able to select another potential rookie at that time.

The only thing that makes Yang Rui feel a headache is how to get along with Clippers owner Sterling, there is too much negative news about this thing, slamming the door, sexual harassment, racial discrimination and so on. Yang Rui was afraid that he would have a big difference in personality and an unhappy life.

Fortunately, he has a strong economic team behind him, and someone will give advice.

He can now relax and wait for his time to join, and next year, coach Dunleavy's contract expires.