Chapter 812 [Fight to the End, All Expectations Return]
Griffin is the top pick in the 09 draft, Curry is only seventh, and now the media says that Curry is better than him, and even Yang Rui said in an interview that MVP is willing to vote for Curry, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.
Griffin admits that when facing the media, Curry can speak better than himself, has higher emotional intelligence, and Curry's popularity is higher than him, but he doesn't think he is worse than Curry compared to his personal ability.
Jealousy affects a person's mentality, Griffin wants to be the boss of the Clippers, he's an All-Star, a guy who won the FMVP in his second season of his career, and Curry was just the team's best sixth man at the time. Since he won the MVP honor earlier than Curry, how can he be willing to be the second child for the rest of his life?
Now, Griffin is also a little dissatisfied with the coaching staff, feeling that the coach didn't give him more tactics and focus on him, otherwise he could have played better.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Paul and Griffin did not have a good relationship, Glenn Davis joined the Clippers in the 14-15 season, and expressed his dissatisfaction with the Clippers after leaving: "The Clippers don't deserve a championship, they are not a whole, not even like a team, they will form gangs and make small groups, Jordan Jr. and Griffin are together, Paul is at odds with them, I have never seen a team with such a bad atmosphere!" ”
Griffin's friend once broke the news that Griffin and Jordan Jr. were reluctant to play with Paul, Jordan Jr. had a relationship with Paul when he almost joined the Mavericks, and Paul, who was extremely eager for victory, had a very bad temper and often criticized his teammates in public, and his attitude made the other two stars very dissatisfied.
Although Curry has no temper now, big-name stars are ambitious, Maddy and Carter parted ways because of core problems, and inside and outside stars are more likely to have problems, such as Kobe Bryant and star centers.
This is called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless James and Wade.
Yang Rui had already seen Griffin's thoughts, but he didn't pick it out, let alone reduce Curry's ball control, because Curry's three-point shooting to attract defense was more important than Griffin's two-point play.
Griffin can't get more balls, it's just that he didn't practice his three-point shot, and if he can shoot 40% from the outside and average two goals per game, he must be the league's No. 1 forward.
There is no infighting in the locker room, Yang Rui will not talk to Griffin alone to mention these things, he will observe Griffin to see if he can make greater progress in the future. If he only wants to compete for the boss position, but has no dominance, Yang Rui will not let him replace Curry, and will only consider trading him out in exchange for other star players.
Griffin is not irreplaceable, there are many stars in the league who don't have rings, and there must be those who want to change teams to join the Clippers. There are more stars like that who are talented, haven't reached their peak yet, and are easy to exchange.
The next stretch of the schedule was easier for the Clippers, with no strong teams, and only the Nuggets caused a little trouble for the Clippers.
Although the lineup has changed a bit, the Nuggets have a good strength, and Iguodala, Gallinari, and Tylawson form the outside trident.
Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson are not weak on the bench. The Nuggets lost on defense, with both JJ Hickson and Mozgov on the inside having average defensive ability, and Robinson and Tylawson at the No. 1 position lack height and are not good at interfering with shots.
Soon it was Christmas, and on this day, the Clippers players and fans all got the good news that the Clippers will change owners.
Donald Sterling refuted the league's accusations against him last week in a 32-page response, and repeatedly declared that no one has the right to force themselves to sell the team, and if the league is strong, they will fight to the end!
However, the sale of the Clippers is already underway, as the owners voted for Sterling to sell the team, and Sterling's family agreed that his wife, Shelly, would act as a proxy for the sale.
Then, a funny thing happened, a group of people formed a consortium, went to Los Angeles in a hurry, wanted to participate in the bid to buy the Clippers, Sterling immediately broke a big news, when he signed a contract with Yang Rui, the contract between the two clearly stated that Yang Rui and Thomas had the right of first refusal to buy Clippers shares.
The bidding team was dumbfounded, and the letter of intent to buy the Clippers was ready.
Sterling saw that these people couldn't wait to take away the Clippers, and the seven holes of anger smoked, and Yang Rui and Thomas became more and more pleasing to the eye. At least Facebook has never coerced him, and the two have always been very polite to him, like juniors, discussing everything with him.
He compared Yang Rui with the old men of these consortiums, and the gap was too big. If those people have the strength of Facebook, they are afraid that they will not have any bones left to eat, and they will not tell any feelings. He felt that handing over the team to Yang Rui now was much better than giving it to these people who fell into the ground.
Stern was scheming, but he didn't expect Yang Rui to come to such a clever trick as early as 10 years, and if there was no other consortium bidding, the Clippers might not be able to sell at a particularly high price.
However, the alliance could not stand up and say that the agreement signed by Yang Rui before had no legal effect, in order to get more people involved.
If it weren't for the attraction of shares, how could Yang Rui join a bottom-of-the-line team like the Clippers? If Yang Rui doesn't join, the Clippers will not be strong now, and the price will be much lower.
Fight a lawsuit with Facebook, cancel that agreement, don't say whether the lawsuit can be won or not, offending Facebook is certain, the NBA will definitely not be able to eat good fruit, they will not do such stupid things, it is unprofitable.
As for other consortia, they will not make a bird to question Facebook's contract, and even Steve Ballmer, the former CEO and president of Microsoft, does not like the Clippers to the point of having a bad relationship with other giants.
Many friends have many roads, many enemies have many walls, no matter which country's business circles, they all talk about harmony and wealth, and when they see that the clippers are not easy to fight, everyone will not fight.
In an interview, Shelly said that she has no problem with the Clippers selling Jerry Young, and that she will negotiate with Facebook representatives in the near future as long as the price is right.
The media expects that the offer will definitely exceed $1 billion, which is still the premise that Yang Rui won 30% of the shares in 10 years, and the two-crown Clippers and the Clippers who could not enter the West in their previous life are not the same concept.
Yang Rui and Thomas estimate that the amount they want to negotiate must be more than $1.5 billion, but the Clippers are not short of stars and popularity now, and they can buy it in one step, and it will be cost-effective for any amount of money.
Fans like and support Yang Rui as the owner, because he is the "Pope of Basketball", understands the ball, understands the rules of the NBA, and will definitely run this team very well, much better than Sterling.
The players are also very happy, because Yang Rui has money, as long as he plays well with the Clippers, he will definitely not treat them badly in terms of salary.
Yang Rui is the boss, which can be regarded as expected.
Raheem Sterling is only in his death throes, and even if he sues the League, the chances of success are slim. Because he has signed the NBA Charter, the president's ruling and the boss's vote are both arbitral awards implemented in accordance with the statute, and even the U.S. Constitution is difficult to contest an arbitral award.
Yang Rui knew that the old man was angry, so he didn't contact him, and let the Facebook brokerage team help operate, and he just led the team to win.
This year, the league has five Christmas games scheduled, with the Clippers hosting the Spurs as the highlight of the day.
After a month, the players are still wearing their clothes against Raheem Sterling, they are in a much better mood, they are able to play better, and they are confident that they can beat Spurs on this special day.
The Spurs won't sit still, and they are now 23-6 in the league, second only to the Clippers, who have lost three games.