Chapter 277 Becoming the boss

Author: Lao Ma Jia

Chapter 277 Becoming the boss

After a while, Stern walked in holding a stack of documents.

"Bosses, I know everyone is very busy, so I won't talk nonsense."

"There are two things to discuss at this meeting. The first thing is the relocation of the Charlotte Hornets. They are preparing to move to New Orleans."

"After the Hornets leave Charlotte, we are planning to expand a team in Charlotte to increase the number of teams in the league to 30, with 15 teams in the east and west."

"The second thing is naturally to determine the owner of the new army and start the schedule of creating the new army as soon as possible."

Stern kept the story short and recounted the content of today's meeting.

The bosses in the venue nodded their heads, applauding the Hornets' move from Charlotte to New Orleans.

In recent years, the Hornets' profitability has ranked last in the league, and their attendance has ranked last in the league. They have suffered heavy losses every year and require a large amount of subsidies from the league.

That’s not to say that Charlotte’s basketball market is not good. Although it is not a big sports market, it is still located in North Carolina, which has a very strong basketball atmosphere, and its basketball fan base is very good.

The main reason for such serious losses lies with Hornets owner George Sean.

George Sean was the scumbag who cheated on a cheerleader on the team and gave him $200 afterwards. After a few years of litigation, the cheerleader's husband was found dead in the suburbs, and the matter was over.

Forget it.

Of course, fans also have a sense of good and evil. This kind of scumbag boss makes them sick, so they began to boycott the Hornets' games.

This has led to the Charlotte Hornets' losses becoming more and more serious. They are not a powerful team, there are no superstars in the team, and they have been boycotted by fans. It would be strange for them not to lose money.

Now that George Sean has moved the team from Charlotte to New Orleans, he can't stand the pressure anymore and is thinking of starting over in another city.

Unfortunately, he didn't expect that even in New Orleans, the local fans would continue to boycott him and not buy his account at all.

His losses were even worse than in Charlotte.

Later, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he planned to sell the Hornets, but unfortunately the price could not be negotiated. Stern couldn't stand it anymore, so he used the league's funds to acquire the Hornets, which made Stern the only owner of the Hornets.

shareholder.

This then led to the cooperation between Kobe and Paul being vetoed by Stern. After all, he was the owner of the Hornets and he had every right not to sell Paul to the Lakers.

Later generations of fans speculated that Stern was worried that Kobe and Paul would win too many championships together.

In fact, this is not the case at all. What Stern is really worried about is that without Paul, the Hornets' market value will drop significantly. He cannot always hold the Hornets and will always have to sell the Hornets.

Looking at it this way, George Sean's misguided thought actually triggered so many chain reactions.

Of course, these are all things for later.

The bosses at the scene, including George Sean, all felt that the Hornets would rise from the ashes after arriving in New Orleans.

Kongbu sneered. To borrow an old saying, the Internet has memory. You have done such a big evil and expect the fans to forget it? It’s absolutely a fool’s errand.

"Michael, do you think Sean hired someone to kill the cheerleader's husband?"

Kongbu asked Jordan next to him in a low voice.

"I don't know, I can't say, but Sean is indeed a real scumbag. You should try to have as little contact with him as possible in the future."

"He makes me sick. He will definitely go to hell when he dies."

Jordan also answered Kong’s sermon in a low voice.

It can be heard that Jordan is very resentful towards George Sean.

The reason why he is unhappy with George Sean is that Sean is morally corrupt. Even the old gangster Jordan thinks he is too much. On the other hand, when he retired, he wanted to buy shares of a certain team.

, become a team owner.

At that time, the first team he contacted was not the Washington Wizards, but the Charlotte Hornets.

Charlotte is a city in North Carolina, and Jordan played for the University of North Carolina. North Carolina is his second hometown. He has a very high fan base in North Carolina.

He also has a deep affection for North Carolina, so the Hornets became his first choice.

As a result, after he contacted George Sean, he was ridiculed by Sean, which almost made Jordan angry.

…

There was no need for a vote to move the Hornets to their home court, and Stern only announced the matter in an official capacity.

The next competition for ownership of the new army is the top priority of this meeting.

Kongbu noticed something strange about Jordan next to him. His breathing began to quicken, his body trembled slightly, and adrenaline began to secrete crazily.

It's not that Jordan hasn't seen the world, but the ownership of this team means too much to him.

"Kong, we can win this team, right?"

Jordan nervously took Kong Bu's hand and held it tightly.

Kongbu quickly retracted his hand in embarrassment. On such a solemn occasion, he didn't want to be seen holding hands with Jordan, as there might be some rumors.

"Are you so nervous?"

"Even if you don't get the ownership of the team today, you are so rich that you can buy a team sooner or later in the future."

Kongbu said angrily.

Jordan shook his head repeatedly, "What's different is that this is a completely new team that completely belongs to us and has not been branded by anyone."

"It's like a child we gave birth to and raised together, and acquiring other people's teams is more like adopting a child, you know?"

Jordan's explanation made Kongbu even more speechless. He wanted to cover Jordan's mouth to stop him from saying a few words.

But Jordan's words are indeed reasonable, and Kong Bu also feels the same. Creating a new team is completely different from acquiring other people's teams.

Kongbu feels that the new team is like a virgin bride, while acquiring other teams is more like a second-married old woman.

"The highlight of this meeting comes next, which is the competition for ownership of the new army."

"There are three strong contender groups. Let them each come up and talk about their thoughts on the new army, and then everyone will vote to decide the final owner of the new army."

After Stern said that, he waved to Larry Bird.

Kong Bu looked startled. He didn't expect that there would be such a speech. Why did he seem to be running for class cadres?

"Kong, let me talk later. I can definitely impress all the bosses at the scene."

Jordan took the initiative to apply for the job and exuded confidence.

Kongbu didn't refuse. Anyway, he was not good at speaking in such public places.

Larry Bird walked to the stage of the venue, and it was obvious that he had made a lot of preparations.

First, he talked about his relationship with the city of Charlotte. For example, his grandmother was from Charlotte. As for whether it was true or not, no one knew.

Then he talked about his team building ideas, using the expansion draft and the draft to work steadily and get the Hornets into the playoffs within three years.

The speech lasted about half an hour. To be honest, it was very good. Big Bird's ability to show off was very strong, and his speech was also very touching.

After Larry Bird finished speaking, the second group of competitors came on stage.

This is a couple, Robert Johnson and his wife, the founders of black entertainment television.

The couple are legendary black entrepreneurs. They single-handedly created BET, which can be called an entertainment empire. The popular American TV series "Hip Hop Empire" was based on this couple.

Under normal circumstances, the ownership of the Hornets would have been taken over by this black couple.

In addition, they also have a partner, the recently popular rapper Nelly, who also contributes money this time to jointly compete for new recruits.

The couple's speeches are very contagious, their business capabilities are outstanding, and they have strong social influence. With the support of NELLY, who is very popular, it is no wonder that they can win this competition.

After they finished their speeches, Jordan came on stage.

"Larry, you weren't such a cautious character when you were a player, and you made it to the playoffs in three years?"

"Why are you so embarrassed to say it? The guarantee I gave is that you will at least reach the Eastern Conference Finals in the first year and win the championship directly in the second year!"

Jordan's words on the stage made Kongbu's face change. This was too nonsense.

Why does the New Army have a bad record? That's because there are almost no decent players to choose from in the expansion draft.

The so-called expansion draft, which can also be called an expansion draft, is to allow the new army to form a normal player team to play games.

All other players in the league, except for the new players, can protect eight of their own players, including some restricted free agents. For example, when the rookie contract ends, the home team can give priority to the new players.

In other words, the new army cannot choose these eight players.

Other players who are not protected have something wrong with them, otherwise they would not be protected.

It is almost equivalent to the fact that the New Army can only pick up some junk players that others do not want from other teams. They are either extremely weak, have super cancer contracts, or are mentally ill.

Anyway, the new army will definitely not be able to select healthy players who are normal and capable.

As for the draft, because the New Army doesn't have any bargaining chips, they certainly can't trade draft picks with other teams. They can only select two players from the draft.

Even if Kongbu had a very good vision and the two players he selected were both stars, how could he reach the Eastern Conference finals with a bunch of rotten tomatoes and eggs?

Jordan's bragging was outrageous.
To be continued...