Chapter 985: The Most Special Team in the NBA
Recently, as the president of the NBA, David Stern is very happy, this year's Finals came to a successful conclusion, although this year's Finals are only four, compared to last year's Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers' 4-2 drama, this year's 4-0 sweep does not seem to be so good.
And in fact, this is indeed the case, which is indeed a pity, for David Stern, it is a pity, it is a pity, originally the third game of this series, he has helped the New York Knicks to a certain extent.
The first game on the road would have been a tough one for any NBA team, and the New York Knicks ended up losing in the end, and the final sweep was no one's fault, although David Stern wanted to have more Finals games.
But he also knows what he should do when, he is not a dissatisfied person, for a person who has experienced the NBA's unpopular and dark eras, he wants to be stronger with the NBA than everyone else, as long as the NBA can be strong, he can do anything, but the same for people who have experienced the dark times of the NBA, he is also extremely easy to satisfy, and this year's Finals has made him very satisfied.
Although there are only four finals this year, the ratings of each game are not lower than the average ratings of last season, and they are much higher, last season the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics achieved a single Finals rating of more than 30% for the first time, and in the fourth game of this season, the New York Knicks and Lakers once again maintained such a record, also breaking 30%.
And even the first and third games of the Lakers and New York almost reached the 30% threshold. In this case. This year's finals were a sweep though. But it is more successful than last year, no doubt, in addition to the miracle reason of the Chinese and Lakers this year, and the reason why the two big cities of New York and Los Angeles collide.
It is precisely because the collision between New York and Los Angeles can produce such a spark, which also makes the recent David Stern wonder whether he should open up the basketball market in New York, now there is only one team in New York, and the New York Knicks are not enough, just like Los Angeles has two teams, the Lakers and the Clippers, and now the New York Knicks should also have two teams. Of course, this second New York team certainly can't be as columsy as the Clippers, who actually didn't do much to open up the basketball market in Los Angeles, and now David Stern actually hates the Clippers' slashing owner Sterling, wasting such a good market in vain.
So recently, the president of the league is contacting the owner of the newly built stadium and basketball park in Manhattan, which is known as the largest and most luxurious arena in the world, but in the end there is no result, and seeing that the basketball park is almost half completed, such a thing is naturally becoming more and more anxious.
It's just that. No matter how anxious he was, he couldn't help it. After all, that arena is not his, and he can't let a certain NBA owner or himself take the league's money and throw $6 billion into a stadium or basketball park in Manhattan in a place where every inch of land is valuable.
However, one thing worth consoling is that he is very clear, since the owner of the basketball park can spend $6 billion to build a basketball park, then it is naturally not a joke, it must be to enter the NBA market, although he has no way to contact the behind-the-scenes boss of this basketball park, but he just waits, that guy will appear sooner or later, but if it appears too late, David Stern feels that it will be a pity, in that place in New York, there is an extra team, which is a huge amount of money every year, David Stern really felt a pity.
Of course, David Stern seems to be in a good mood now, but in the same way, he has been a little troubled in recent times, and as for the source of this trouble, there is no doubt that it is from the damn new owner of the Boston Celtics, Adelson, for this Celtics owner, David Stern has no good feelings.
If it weren't for the fact that keeping him in the NBA can effectively reduce the NBA's gambling and gambling handicap, he would definitely not hesitate to remove the heir of the world's No. 1 gambling king family from the NBA, and this guy almost broke the relationship between him and Zhuang Fei when he bought the Boston Celtics last year, of course, this is David Stern's unilateral belief that Adelson has destroyed the relationship between him and Zhuang Fei. In fact, Zhuang Fei didn't think he was good before this year's All-Star, and this NBA president or godfather had anything to do with it.
At this time last year, Adelson had just acquired the Boston Celtics, and now at this time, the owner of the Boston Celtics actually wanted to sell the league's No. 1 giant, according to the current market valuation, the team should be worth about 8-1 billion, and the amount of the sale also made the president a little unbelievable in his eyes.
"$1, $1 to buy this team, is this guy crazy?"
David Stern frowned a little as he looked at the team trade request in front of him, if it weren't for the other name in the trade application that made it difficult for him, he would have rejected the trade application a long time ago, because the object that Adelson sold the team to is Zhuang Fei, one of the current NBA top names, maybe even one of them can be removed.
This guy who almost single-handedly pushed the NBA to the third peak of the staff, and now David Stern cares about the most, if Jordan pushed the NBA to the second peak of development before, Jordan is the top name in this league, but Jordan is retired now, and Jordan is inferior to Zhuang Fei is that Jordan is a player, and Zhuang Fei is a coach, and the coach's career is not comparable to a player.
So because of this, David Stern's attention to Zhuang Fei is still above Jordan, as long as there is any problem involving Zhuang Fei, the president of the league will become extra careful, extremely worried about making Zhuang Fei unhappy, and then the NBA leader will return to the NCAA in a rage, then he will lose a lot.
"It's really hard to do," he said, looking at the trade application in his hand. The NBA president has a bit of a hard time. For him personally. He definitely doesn't want Zhuang Fei to change from a head coach to a team owner, after all, it's like Jordan's attraction has decreased greatly after he became a player and a boss, but it is obvious that without Zhuang Fei's participation, Adelson will not do this, if he refuses, Zhuang Fei really does something out of the ordinary, he will be a little difficult. In this case, he could only grit his teeth and agree to the transaction application.
Of course, for the NBA's team trade, in fact, as long as David Stern agrees, there is no problem, but there are still some passages, and most other teams need to agree, after all, David Stern can't make people say that he is a dictator, in fact, everyone knows that he is a dictator, and when David Stern agreed to this extremely bizarre trade plan, let his assistant league vice president Stuart take it for other teams to vote. The vice president of the alliance looked extremely embarrassed.
It is this Chinese again, and his impression of Zhuang Fei is extremely bad. Although he knew that the NBA could have the current scale because of Zhuang Fei, whether it was the largest transaction in the history of Zhuang Fei's organization that changed the pattern of the entire league, or the fact that he was disgraced because of the selection of the Dream Four team, it was because he didn't have a good impression of Zhuang Fei, but he was angry when he saw his old partner indulging Zhuang Fei so much with the vice president of the league. I also kept secretly scolding David Stern in my heart, you have already agreed, and you voted a fart, who the fuck dares to vote against your instructions?
Of course, scolding is scolding, and the NBA vice president still doesn't have the confidence to challenge David Stern, the hero who single-handedly created the NBA's glory.
However, although David Stern agreed to Adelson's trade request to transfer the Celtics to Zhuang Fei, the president of the league still called Zhuang Fei, and Zhuang Fei had just come out of Adelson's house and returned to his home in Boston.
Zhuang Fei didn't actually have anything to do with David Stern's 'Xingshi Questioning', but instead felt that this was a hint from David Stern, or a hint that Zhuang Fei could be pampered and arrogant, but there should also be a degree, and Zhuang Fei was also very clear about this.
"Mr. Stern, thank you for your support, but there are still things to trouble you in the future, please don't refuse"
When the two were about to hang up the phone, Zhuang Fei's words made David Stern on the other side of the phone not know how to describe his current mood, and in fact, David Stern would soon receive Zhuang Fei's request for help. At that time, the president of the alliance almost fainted after seeing Zhuang Fei's request for help.
Zhuang Fei's home in Boston is not sold, in fact, Green and Zhuang Fei's home in Boston are not sold, although Green and Zhuang Fei live in Los Angeles, but Green's family lives in Boston, so Zhuang Fei's home in Boston has always been handed over to Green's wife to take care of, and in the end, Zhuang Fei's home has also become a huge playground for Green's eldest son Jeff Green, this kid's naughty kung fu is not much worse than Zhuang Lin's original kung fu.
Now when Zhuang Fei returned home, he was naturally the only one, but the next day, it was lively again, because on this day, Zhuang Fei invited some of his colleagues and friends in Boston.
For example, the former Boston Celtics boss Grussbeck, the former Boston Celtics president Cardinal, cardinal, because Zhuang Fei asked him to 'retire' and stop meddling in the team's affairs, the legendary coach of the Boston Celtics did not look like Zhuang Fei was about to die in 2006 as Zhuang Fei is well known, and the old man who is now almost 90 years old still looks very healthy.
Of course, in addition to these two people, the former representatives of the real power of the Celtics, Russell, the Lord of the Rings, the team's deputy general manager Danny Angie, and the team's director Carl, these people were basically eliminated from the team by Adelson for various reasons, or thrown aside after Adelson took over the Celtics.
For these Celtics veterans, they are not short of money or fame, but leaving their beloved team makes them extremely uncomfortable, and this is why Zhuang Fei wanted to get back the Boston Celtics, this team does not belong to Adelson, nor does it belong to Zhuang Fei, but to all the fans of the Boston Celtics, all the people who love this team, undoubtedly. The team was full of all sorts of connections and all sorts of bureaucracy back then. But this team has definitely been one of the most distinctive teams in the past.
"Zhuang. I didn't expect you to actually get the Boston Celtics back, it's amazing."
When the former boss of the Boston Celtics, the former major shareholder of Highland Investments, has long been kicked out of Highland Investment by Adelson, with his ability and IQ to play with Adelson is indeed not very qualified, when Adelson forcibly acquired Highland Investments, which had a market value of only $1.8 billion at the time, it cost three billion dollars, and now, it is only one year. Even if the investment firm took the Boston Celtics out of its assets, it is now worth $2.5 billion.
Undoubtedly, this investment company Glens Baker is very attentive and does a good job, but in the end it was picked up by Adelson ready-made fruits, the former boss of the Boston Celtics is very capable of doing business, but he can't play yin.
But Zhuang Fei also knows that he was also heavily compensated when Adelson kicked him out of the high-low investment last year, and the former Boston Celtics owner has now formed a new investment group with his own Celtics fans. It seems that this group of dick bosses are ready to fuck Adelson's handsome and rich again, and the perseverance of these Celtics' former dick bosses is really a bit of the style of those dicks in the Chinese online world in the later generations. And they're doing a pretty good job.
Of course, Grusebeck was surprised that Zhuang Fei was able to take back the Boston Celtics from Adelson, and even he thought he was dreaming, but he saw the team transfer book written in black and white in his hand, he knew that it was true, Zhuang Fei really defeated your 'big devil' who almost cornered them, and at this time, the former Boston Celtics owner thought of everything he was forced by Adelson last year, and he couldn't control his emotions, and then he cried directly.
Didn't he and his friends re-form a new investment firm last year so that they could one day get the Boston Celtics back? Now the dream has come true so early, although the team is not taken back by them, but it is finally no longer in the hands of the devil.
"Thank you, Zhuang, thank you so much, on behalf of all the Boston Celtics fans, thank you for everything you have done for this team" At the end, the former Boston Celtics owner also said to Zhuang Fei with some forgetfulness, and at this time, other Celtics celebrities on the side, such as Cardinals, or Russell and Danny Angie and Karl, they are also in the same mood as the former owner of the Celtics.
This year was too dark for them, the team that had been in their hands was suddenly taken away by a Boston Celtics enemy, the kind of torment they suffered more than those ordinary Boston Celtics fans, and now that Zhuang Fei can get the team back, how can they not be excited.
"Zhuang, now what are you going to do with the Boston Celtics, I know that the league will not allow you to be the owner of this team, and you also know that the Boston Celtics will not allow any non-Bostonian to own this team, although you are not an outsider, but with your identity it is better to sell the team, I think Mr. Grusebaker will buy this team at a very good price"
At this time, these Celtic celebrities in Zhuang Fei's family were very happy, and Zhuang Fei was very happy to see these people at this time, and he himself was extremely happy, but soon the cardinal asked this thing that made these Celtic celebrities sound a little out of place, but it must also be said, although Zhuang Fei helped them get the Celtics back, but it was really not suitable to be the owner of this team. It's just that at this time, the only person who can say such things is the cardinal, and no one else has such qualifications.
So the cardinal, who knows very well what he should do, must break this point, originally in the eyes of these Celtic celebrities around him, Zhuang Fei should be unhappy at this time, but when they looked at Zhuang Fei, the former Celtic head coach did not have any displeasure. On the contrary, there was a smile on his face, which also made these people stunned.
"If you were the owner of the Celtics, would you use the Celtics as a tool to make money?"
These Celtic celebrities were surprised at this time, but for Zhuang Fei's question, whether it was Glensbeck or others, they all shook their heads resolutely.
"If it was for money, then I would have sold it directly to Adelson for $1.5 billion, and there would be no such thing as now" Glensbeck seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Zhuang Fei's question.
Indeed, the former Celtic boss bought Celtic simply to make it rise, not because of money, so Zhuang Fei also nodded apologetically to Grusbeck at this time.
"In that case, you see how my team disposes of it, if you agree, the Celtics will become the most special team in the league" Finally, Zhuang Fei took out another very thin stack of paper from the side and distributed it to these Celtics, and these people were all stunned after reading it, but soon, these people all went crazy after browsing this not long plan.
"Scarlett Children's Fund Announces Giving Boston Celtics Ownership to Boston Celtics Fan Council for 99 Years?"
"Is this a membership?"
"Will the Coalition agree?" (To be continued......)