NBA: Starting with $20 billion, buying the Knicks

Chapter 464 Holt broke the defense, the alliance is eating shit?
Although President Pu just lost to the Knicks, he also gave Curry a gift money for his wedding, and the news from the league this time and the remarks made by Marion on behalf of the players union also made him side with the Knicks.

Because the Thunder are the same as the Knicks, and President Pu also likes to cultivate talents as much as Max.

Instead of using money to pick up fallen peaches.

And why not call a player to participate, because this is what the players want to see the most. There is no upper limit on the salary cap, so we will ask for crazy prices, and you can just give them as you see, so they will definitely not speak for any team. .

Just like Marion's proposal, if he was not a player, he would never say such words.

Mr. Pu also made preparations:

"The NBA discussed a problem at the beginning of its establishment and came to a conclusion: a league cannot have only one superstar, nor can it have many superstars. A moderate number of stars is the most beneficial to the commercial value of the league. The same super team cannot have only one. , nor can there be many.

There is no salary cap limit. As long as a team has a rich owner, it can continue to invest. It should not be a problem to form an All-Star team regardless of off-court personality compatibility and other issues.

A team that is too strong will undoubtedly lead to a sharp drop in commercial indicators such as competition and lower ratings. "

So President Pu is going to tell the league this point, tell Stern, remind them not to forget their original intentions, and not to forget what they want to do and what they want to do.

If that is the case, then there will be no superstars, everyone will be high-paid stars, and there will be no examples of crows turning into phoenixes. This has lost the competitiveness and creative significance of the NBA.

Where-Amazing-Happens?

The NBA is a place where geniuses and miracles are born, and these things cannot be obliterated.

"it is good!"

"I agree!"

Jiang Chao also raised his hand to acknowledge this point, because he is also the "beneficiary" of this, no, he has gradually seen the disadvantages of this model.

A few years before he crossed over, the ratings of the NBA dropped sharply compared to previous years. Of course, the style of the game became softer. The era of everyone's three-pointer led to insufficient viewing of the game. It was also related to the Warriors' exclusive ambassador Where-Amazing-Happens season. Losing a lot of suspense in the postgame has a lot to do with it.

And all operations performed by the Warriors are under the salary cap rules, and Lacob also paid a high luxury tax for this.

The salary cap is an important measure to ensure the fairness of small clubs, and prevents the NBA from falling into a pattern of distinct strengths and weaknesses like a professional football league.

A strong team here will not always be a strong team, and there will be a day when the fish belly will turn around.

Our good expectations for our home team are inseparable from the salary cap system.

After all, bosses like the Warriors boss who don't care about the luxury tax are rare. The existence of the luxury tax is equivalent to sending money directly to the league. Who would like to give money? ? ?

No matter how big and rich the rich are, they still want to spend their money in the right place, so let's just give it away.

At least Jiang Chao thinks so. He will never touch the luxury tax in the future. Maybe his lineup salary will explode, so he can bear the pain and give up and train again. NBA players look down and see each other. friend.

In fact, Jiang Chao felt that if the two kinds of things flooded, the existence of the alliance would lose its meaning.

1: Cancel the salary cap, crazy arms race.

2: Reduce the luxury tax, prompting a bunch of bosses to ignore the luxury tax.

Essentially the same thing, when teams recruit players without any constraints, the league is almost doomed.

After everyone chatted and discussed, Bird asked Jiang Chao directly:
"Boss Jiang Chao, what do you think about this? Are we in favor or against it, or are we skeptical?"

Jiang Chao sighed.

Want to say but don't want to say.

"Hey, you don't know, the trend of the future alliance has nothing to do with these."

"If this thing is really done, the league will be the players' world, and our existence will be meaningless. Let the players and player agents take care of everything."

"In the future, this league will not be a market where owners and teams control trade trends."

If you have money, you must have the right team personnel, qualified coaches, and a big enough market.

After all, the group of people who control the game now pay more attention to a so-called "atmosphere", "culture" and "hometown basketball".

(At this time, Jiang Chao complained in his heart: at least Zhan, Du, Ka, and Jiao have all achieved it)
So if the future becomes an era where you can get players by spending money, regardless of anything, it will be the world of hometown basketball and brother basketball.

Especially those teams with a bad reputation, it is estimated that the players who go there are average players or like-minded people.

It's not like the current market, and it's not particularly good, but at least it can guarantee that a team has several star players or an All-Star player. This is the way for all NBA teams to settle down.

It’s true that everyone is watching the stars, but if the stars are all together, the audience will be too crowded, and instead, fans and friends in other places will not be able to watch the stars.

One person, one city is still very handsome, just like the gorilla Ewing has been guarding the Knicks before, this is the guardian of a city, behind them is a city.

However, Jiang Chao suggested that the letter of objection submitted to the alliance should be done in the opposite direction, that is, let alone such consequences, just say that we support this, and then what will happen.

For example, the news that Jiang Chao wants to snatch Durant for 1 million and 3 years is released. What kind of Lakers and Nets follow the asking price! ! ! ! !
This example actually exists in later generations, and it is by Jiang Chao's side in this life.

Fighting Nation has a team called CSKA Mosk, and their boss spends money frantically to build a powerful team.

There is a team in the NBA called the Nets, and they are also spending money like crazy in later generations. In exchange for Pierce Garnett, Joe John News, and a lot of first-round picks, the Galaxy Fleet have consecutive first-round or second-round tours.

Both teams, at that time, were owned by Prokhorov.

The Chinese Army does not have a salary cap, but the Nets do.

That's why the Nets couldn't really reach the sky in one step, because what they wanted couldn't be bought directly with money.

So the information submitted by the Knicks is these, it is support, and said that they want to reinforce Durant! ! !
It directly said the biggest fish on the free market.

Now it's President Pu's turn to smile wryly, because he thinks that if the salary cap is really lifted, will Jiang Chao really do it? ? ? ? ?

And Durant might really leave! !

Who doesn't want to go to the Knicks to win the championship, the spotlight and the chic style of play, even a basketball player wants to play there.

Moreover, the Knicks forgot to turn on the mute for a few minutes during the internal meeting. They seemed to say that they signed a share agreement with the stars. When they come to the Knicks, they will guarantee Durant one point for three years, win two championships, and three consecutive championships. The three-year trade veto right will be withdrawn after leaving the Knicks.

This sounds scary, as long as this kind of words spread, it will be a big earthquake in the basketball world! !
As expected of you!

overtake! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

This lunatic boss... Thinking of this, Mr. Pu became even more determined that he, together with the Spurs and Pacers, would stop the other lunatic teams in the league.

Surprisingly, the Spurs All-Star Duncan also made a statement on social media: "If the salary cap is cancelled, the rich teams will buy people crazy, and there will be an abnormal number of superstars. This will lead to meaninglessness. results appear.”

The Mavericks' Nowitzki also spoke as a player in response to recent rumors:
"It can be expected that in the future, everyone will sign once a year and sign once every two years. Everyone will become assembly line players. City feelings are a joke."

Obviously, for veterans like them, one person, one city, they don't want to have no successors in the future team. A batch of players a year is of no benefit to cultivating urban basketball culture.

Then Jordan actually spoke.

Jordan, as the god of basketball and the current owner of the Bobcats, his funds are almost the same as the owner of the Spurs, and he also belongs to the group without money, so he is also very disgusted.

Jordan:

"Actually, this problem is very obvious. First of all, the abolition of the salary cap is something that can only be decided by the top management of the league!

The second is that if the league cancels the salary cap, it cannot be a special issue for a certain team. If it is cancelled, it will be cancelled.

Even if the hypothesis is established, I think the NBA should almost become history. "

The meaning is very simple. In the past two years, the Knicks and the Heat have been within the legal and reasonable range. You should not target them like this. This method is a dead end.

Then the Knicks, the Bulls, the Spurs and other opposition parties also received the news.

This proposal was mainly proposed by teams led by the Lakers, Clippers, and Nuggets. The Lakers want to build a luxury battleship. Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, Rudy Fernandez, McGee, and Goran Dragic all belong to this season. free agency.

There are also Barbosa, Hibbert, and George Hill who have played well in the Pacers...Although they are all sure to renew their contracts with the Pacers, who knows what they will do if the salary cap is cancelled? ?
Not to mention a restricted free agent like Durant of the Thunder.

The biggest fish is Durant, and the second is the same restricted Hornets player Paul.

Including the Clippers themselves, Billups, Kenyon Martin, and Nick Young are all due!

If the salary cap is cancelled, then they can directly sign big names! ! !

"The Lakers are dreaming!"

Do you really want to fight for money? ?
Fight it! ! !

The next day.

The fact that the league wants to revise the salary cap or even cancel it, along with Sean Marks criticizing Marion face-to-face, and the various speeches made by reporters from various teams, directly made it to the global news.

The off-season NBA once again dominates the headlines!

It also shocked the fans.

This is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it!

The Knicks just won the championship, and then the Thunder, the Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals and the Heat also have a bunch of players due, is this special? ? ? ?

League doesn't want to play anymore?

"My God, there is no salary cap, this league is going to change."

"Visual estimation is like this, there is no salary cap, everyone is a superstar."

"That's right, small-name stars may be smashed into superstars abruptly."

"Some role players absolutely have salaries that don't match their abilities!"

"Look at the decisions made by the lunatic boss Jiang Chao and the Heat's management. If these two giants give in, the league will definitely use this regulation, and the league will be ruined."

"Business Alliance Stone Hammer."

"It's still a small business, but if it's really like this, it will be a complete business alliance."

"It's chilling for the league to be like this."

"It's like this. I didn't expect the alliance to deliberately target it like this. Absolutely."

"So, what is the Son of Destiny?"

"In the NBA, there is no such thing as a man of destiny. The Knicks had a good relationship with the league in the first two seasons, but now it is not reduced to frost."

Because in the first three seasons, especially the first season, the league was visibly biased towards the Knicks in some games, because who made the Knicks have more fans?

Moreover, the league also needed such a dark horse to challenge the Lakers and the Big Three that the league pushed, and the way Kuha, Dayao, Howard and others played was really good.

Mainly this year, the mentality of the Thunder that played against the Thunder collapsed in the last two games. "

In the end, it was so easy to win the championship, and the league couldn't do without reacting.

That is to say, even if the bosses don't propose to object, the alliance will object.

"But Thunderbolt himself doesn't like to cancel the salary cap."

"Hungry... I don't know what Stern is thinking..."

Celestial Dynasty.

The Basketball Association also indirectly commented on this matter. They just posted the news on their CBA website. The CBA will never cancel the salary cap regulation.

Of course... Although the model is also copied from the NBA, the basic attitude is still required.

The Knicks fans protested on the street, because the NBA headquarters is also in New York, and Spike Lee and the brave Scarlett led a group of people to block the door.

"Against the abolition of the salary cap!"

"Against preventing high school students from entering the NBA."

"Oppose the NBA to abolish the salary cap!"

"Support Boss Jiang Chao's decision!"

"Support the Knicks! Support the Pacers!" The Pacers fans followed. This year they fought the Heat until the tiebreaker before losing. They are waiting for the offseason to catch a big fish and compete with the Knicks.

RC Buford and Popovich also spoke on the Spurs side:
"This is a very stupid decision. Our alliance system must be clear and scientific, and we cannot follow others' opinions. To promulgate this rule, we have to plan for a few months before we can say it."

He said this very euphemistically, because Holt, the owner of the Spurs, sells tractors and is one of the poorest owners in the league.

So their management must stand up and speak out, because their boss will never burn money to buy players. They are not saying that they are in the Knicks camp because of the relationship between Leonard and Mills, but for their own interests. .

Holt owns the Spurs with a total asset of less than 2 million U.S. dollars. He spends money and keeps deducting it, and never pays a model of luxury tax.

In recent years, Holt's assets have also stabilized at million US dollars, which also makes him the poorest owner in the NBA.

You must know that Jiang Chao spent 3 billion to buy the Knicks three years ago.

However, what comforts Holt is that the current market value of the Spurs has reached 15 billion, which is 7 times his worth. If he is willing to sell the Spurs, he may eventually reap more than that.

Although the Spurs, a team in the small ball market, did not have much money, they had a great record in their previous life, winning five championships in 20 years. Originally, such a team record should be able to earn a lot of money for the Spurs owner, but in recent years the Spurs The total assets of the team's owner, Peter Holt, have not fluctuated much, and his net worth has always remained at around 5 million US dollars.

He really can’t be too blamed for this. After all, this entrepreneur who made his fortune by building tractors didn’t have a big family business. In addition, the market in San Antonio, the city where the Spurs team is located, is not big. Therefore, even if the Spurs are nearly stronger 20 years, but Holt has not been able to make a fortune.

The most embarrassing thing is that when he bought the Spurs, he bought it with 22 investors, which shows how shabby it is.
So Holt broke the defense directly:
"Alliance, you are eating shit!"

(End of this chapter)