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Chapter 110 The preseason begins, and the first game is... the Bulls.

Chapter 110 The preseason begins, and the first game is... the Bulls (Fifth update~ Please subscribe)

Before the start of the preseason.

Larry Brown felt more comfortable with the integration of the tactics department than ever before.

This is mainly because...

Some of his defensive tactics were able to be implemented.

These are the things that make him feel comfortable.

What are the offensive tactics?

The true essence of winning in basketball in this era is that offense buys the ticket, and defense wins the game.

Indeed, this phrase was practically a household saying among football fans in the 90s and 10 years prior.

From the perspective of the times, this statement is correct.

If you tell Brown now that in a decade or so, that will be called an offensive ticket, an offensive win.

He'll definitely think you're not good enough to play professional basketball.

You only deserve to light a cigar after you win.

Just as Larry Brown was engrossed in his defensive tactical system, someone handed him a message from his boss—

There is currently no general manager.

Brad Greenberg was fired before this year's draft.

In reality, Larry Brown is holding all the power. A new general manager won't be appointed until next summer.

to be frank.

Larry Brown, as he worked on it, he felt—

Being a godfather doesn't feel good.

Why is that Bulls coach who looks like KFC so eager to get involved in management?

So tiring.

He felt completely exhausted after working for just this short period of time.

It's nothing like the old man's passion when he designed his own defensive tactics.

He felt terrible about this feeling of having to worry about everything.

"Selling tickets, selling tickets, this is a basketball team, selling tickets is a side thing, how can you bring it up in public? If this were in the NCAA—"

Larry Brown went on and on before Maurice Cheeks cautiously chimed in, "But the NBA needs to sell tickets, otherwise the owners can't pay salaries."

That makes sense. In the NCAA, it's because the players don't earn much; the coaches take the lion's share.

You could certainly say that selling tickets is just a side effect.

However, in the NBA, players are paid huge salaries.

Can we really do without selling tickets?

The four-year, $8.92 million (1994-1998) television contract is about to expire, and now the entire league is working hard to secure a higher television broadcasting contract for next season. Stern has given a firm order to all teams to work hard to sell tickets.

In pursuit of nearly doubled broadcasting fees.

That really took a lot of effort.

It's worth noting that NBA broadcasting fees have never increased this high in history. What's the difference? Currently, each team only receives 900 to 800 million in revenue under this contract.

If the next deal goes through, each team's share of the profits could reach at least 20 million.

No boss wants subsidies.

Even a small mosquito is still meat, and many bosses aren't actually that rich.

Only a minority of business owners are able to pay, and are willing to pay, the luxury tax.

Now that the general manager is gone, this issue naturally falls to Larry Brown.

"I think we should come up with a gimmick to stimulate ticket sales."

"Do you have any ideas?" Larry Brown had a certain degree of goodwill towards this assistant coach who could see through his desire to increase Yao Ming's playing time.

"I think we should cultivate the dual identities of Iverson and Yao. Allen is unruly, but of course we should still follow the original youth route, using rebellion and freedom as our selling points."

Larry Brown thought there was no problem with that, since Iverson was unlikely to be portrayed as a well-behaved player anyway, so he let him continue.

"As for Yao, all I can say is that his commercial value is much greater than we expected. Just in the Summer League alone, his performance increased his jersey sales by 30%, and orders from overseas are pouring in."

"With so many Chinese people in the metropolitan area, the Chinese ticket purchase rate will definitely increase significantly this year. If managed well, those two alone could bring in tens of millions of dollars in revenue for the team every year."

"Especially Yao Ming's side, it is said that many Chinese companies are also watching and waiting. If he plays well, it is estimated that many people will place their bets on GG at home, which is a huge amount of revenue that other teams do not have."

"So, Mr. Brown, my thought is—"

"Create a catchy duo."

"I heard that the Spurs have already launched a combined slogan, TTD, Twin Towers. I think we should also create one here to make it easier for fans of different stars to strengthen their connection and sell them as a package deal."

"Not bad." After saying that, Brown looked at him without saying a word, as if to say, "Please tell me your thoughts."

Maurice Cheeks knew this was a good opportunity for him to gain the coach's favor. If he did well as an assistant coach, he would have a good chance of being promoted to the permanent position or being invited by other teams.

No one would turn down money; the head coach's salary is on a completely different level from that of the assistant coach.

"I think it can be used as YA."

"Here comes YA!"

What do you think?

After listening, Larry Brown pondered for a moment and said, "YA, in American slang, it means 'you'."

Here comes YA, which can be translated as "The YA group is here."

Or perhaps it's a pun or idiom—your trump card is here!

"Not bad, it's a pity you didn't study linguistics. This pun is good, let's use this in the application. And the official photos, are they done yet?"

Seeing Larry Brown's affirmation, Maurice Cheeks breathed a sigh of relief: "It's all filmed, but the height difference is too big, making it a bit difficult to film."

"Too close, Alan can't capture the whole thing; too far, it lacks impact."

"What should we do then?"

Larry Brown means, "Is this what they're all going to do, come to me?"

Ultimately, he was second only to the emperor, above all others, and held absolute power.

I'm still second only to ten thousand people, above one person, working for them.

"Yao came up with a good idea: he had Allen stand on a chair and take a picture with him."

"They took a picture of Allen riding on the neck of the newly acquired Ben."

Brown took it and looked at it, a rare smile appearing on his face.

interesting.

Even he, an old man, could sense it.

This promotional poster will definitely become a bestseller very soon.

Everyone likes novel things.

Besides, these two people are inherently newsworthy.

"What about Stackhouse? Should we send someone to comfort him?"

"What comforting? No need."

Larry Brown waved his hand and said, "I'm tired of praising him every day. Let's just trade him already."

"Why take photos when you're about to leave?"

Maurice Cheeks: ————

"Who will tell him about this? He doesn't know yet that the team's core players' official photos have already been taken."

"Go ahead."

Larry Brown didn't even look up; he was busy devising his defensive strategy.

Maurice Cheeks: ————

Okay, you're the head coach.

I'm just an assistant coach.

You're trying to shift the blame onto me.

I will endure.

When I finally become a mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law will have finally settled down.

Who will fall into my hands?

Who's unlucky?

On set.

Su Xiaoyingxiong was quite excited to see Yao Ming and Iverson playing together so well.

He had done his homework and knew that these core photos of a few players indicated the team's future development direction, at least for this season.

This at least indicates that Yao Ming will receive relatively focused training.

For a Chinese person

Rumors that Larry Brown was worried about not giving rookies a chance have been dispelled.

Take a look.

He truly deserves to be called a renowned coach.

They immediately put Yao Ming in the center position for the official photos.

Tell me about it.

Does this mean they value you?

"Coach Zhang, Yao Ming was able to take the core photos right away, so you think his playing time will be quite a lot."

"That should be quite a bit; it could take anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes."

"That kid in Los Angeles didn't even get this kind of treatment last year."

A blacksmith in Los Angeles: ————

"Since we're about to go on stage, I wonder what nicknames everyone will use to address each other."

"Nickname, I have a nickname for Little Giant, what do you think?"

"I'm afraid it'll be difficult to use," Zhang Heli said with a wry smile. "I heard from my American colleagues that everyone calls him 'The Great White Shark.'"

"Oh, the Big Shark is good. It was Yao Ming's original nickname for his domestic team, right? His original team was also the Big Shark."

Su Xiaoyingxiong clearly didn't get the point.

Zhang Heli knows this stuff better than he does.

Shaquille O'Neal is ruthless anywhere, even in the NBA, so don't just say things like that.

because----

There's a real great white shark here.

In the United States.

Indeed, it was just as Lambiel had said.

Within a circle.

You can't have two nicknames that are the same.

The media is stirring up trouble.

When it comes to stirring up trouble, the American media, which developed this strategy much earlier, are experts.

Why do you think he asked those idiotic questions?

Aside from a few people who are genuinely mentally challenged.

And most of the people are deliberately stirring up trouble.

Otherwise, how could I let you speak so recklessly?

Hopefully, Yao Ming can control his urge to express himself and not say too much about this.

Otherwise.

That great white shark went berserk.

Hai is not joking.

I remember watching that great white shark's game up close.

Wei Ping and Hei Lu Dan both felt as if their souls had been struck a heavy blow.

My faith almost collapsed, and I almost changed my name to Weiping.Great Shark.

He also has the identity of a sworn brother.

Seeing Yao Ming posing for photos, interacting naturally with Allen Iverson, the famous Philadelphia superstar.

They definitely joked with each other.

He felt that he couldn't just stand by and do his part for Chinese basketball.

Yao.

Go ahead and fight with confidence.

I have prepared dozens of titles for your company.

No matter what kind of performance you put on.

I will use my pen tip to render it for you with all my might.

Su Xiaoyingxiong was writing dozens of familiar yet unfamiliar preparation slogans in his notebook, and he scored 2 goals! Yao Ming just smiled slightly; he had already won the coach's trust.

Two dominant rebounds! Yao Ming stunned Laszlo's starting center Yu Mao as he watched the final quarter.

He scored 4 goals! Yao Ming just smiled slightly; he had already won the coach's trust.

He scored a whopping 6 points! ————

Ok.

Little hero Su, you understand communication studies.

Yao Ming was lucky he didn't watch it.

After reading it.

I estimate his complexion won't be as dark as Ben's.

It needs to look good.

In this atmosphere, the preseason games took place.

It's started.

And the opponent at the start of this preseason game.