715: The second round of the $4 billion playoffs!
This good news comes from Time Warner!
Because the owner of the Clippers was replaced by Li Donglai, the Clippers, the team with Yubao this season, jumped up and became the third-largest team in the Western Conference's regular season record, and advanced to this round of the playoffs.
With him, the biggest glowing point, which is always emitting attention, the management teams such as Clippers Chairman Assistant Gotty and Manager Olch have finally been tied with Time Warner, which is about to develop in the NBA.
This year, news about Time Warner has been circulating in the NBA. They originally wanted to sign the Lakers' new broadcast contract, but they didn't expect that after Li Donglai took over the Clippers, he actually made earth-shaking changes. Kobe will eventually grow old and retire, but the boss will not think he is old.
With Li Donglai's identity as a Chinese, the Clippers have now begun to closely contact China, and they will definitely have a lot of money and lots of money in the future.
In this case, there was a disagreement within Time Warner.
Some people think that they should continue to sign the Lakers. The Lakers are old-fashioned teams and they have a championship background. Even if they are lonely for two or three years, they can quickly attract big names to rise quickly. The Clippers have no history of championships and have always been villains in Los Angeles. Signing the Clippers is a very risky move.
Another group of people are optimistic about the future of the Clippers. Paul and Griffin are younger than Kobe. Kobe is 33 years old this year. Even if he can play until he is 40, can he still have his current level at the age of 40?
What's more, our contract is a broadcast contract for the next 20 years, so our vision should be longer, rather than limited to the present. Li Donglai just took over the Clippers, and then launched drastic reforms. In addition, a recent TV interview also stated that they want to build a Clippers dynasty. Taking into account the future, the Clippers are Time Warner's choice.
Some people also think that the NBA labor contract is right in front of you. Maybe this time we will repeat the same mistake and fall into a halt, so we should continue to wait and see for a while.
Regardless of what it is, both teams in Los Angeles have received news and entered the PR stage.
Gotti analyzed this contract for Li Donglai. The new broadcast contract has a term of 20 years, so it is hard to say whether it is good or bad for the future. But the US legal system is very sound. Even if inflation is serious in the future, an automatic inflation clause can be added to the contract. Therefore, comprehensive analysis is definitely a good thing that cannot be better.
If signed, they will be able to get $200 million from Time Warner every year starting next season. The Clippers will also become the team with the highest market value in the NBA!
The team with the highest market value in NBA is still the New York Knicks. According to Forbes' evaluation report on NBA in January this year, the Knicks rank first in the market value ranking of the market value ranking. This team has unique advantages. In a luxury city like New York, the most enthusiastic fans are the basis they can’t find.
After the Knicks welcomed Sir S in the summer of 2010, Forbes evaluated their market value to $655 million. However, as they lost Billups after the transaction deadline, Carmelo Anthony was still joined. The team's more luxurious lineup will undoubtedly improve their market value.
The Lakers ranked second.
With a long basketball heritage, metropolis, and dazzling Hollywood, it has always been one of the most successful teams in the league. The Lakers have won the championship in the past two years, and Forbes' estimate of them is $643 million.
The Bulls are in third place, and this year, the Clippers have changed their bosses and joined Paul Billups, and their own star Griffin, which has also caused the Clippers' market value to rise by 13%, reaching 353 million US dollars, from 22 to 14th.
If the Clippers can get this huge contract, they will become the league's leading team. The most intuitive manifestation can immediately make Li Donglai's only capital that is losing money quickly become the capital that can bring him high income.
According to the contract between Li Donglai and Connard, he will fully own the team in two years. The annual broadcast fee of 200 million US dollars is not a small amount. Li Donglai also authorized Gotty to follow this contract carefully.
The three sides were in a tug-of-war, and it happened that the second round of the playoffs was the Clippers vs. Lakers. At a meeting, Time Warner, the director of the Sports Channel suddenly had a whim and proposed a suggestion that everyone would like to see it. "Just look at this playoffs, which may help us make up our minds."
This news was hidden from both teams, but both sides already had some feelings, and maybe this playoff game should be solved.
They all need more chips to crush each other.
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After all, the Lakers are the champion team, and their lineup is very strong. Even this year, there are still strong players like Ci Shiping, Paul Gasol, and Bynum. In contrast, the Clippers rely more on their overall playing style.
Kobe is indeed a lot of good players, but he may not be very powerful.
Ci Shiping changed his name and was still a slut. After getting a ring last year, the data plummeted this year. He didn't fight or rob it. He just took a contract of tens of millions to make an annual salary. If Ci Shiping still wanted it, the Lakers would probably want to throw him out long ago. Leave a salary space and signing a capable blue-collar worker is better than Ci Shiping who is missed.
Paul is also older, not as good as he used to be. Bynum's derailing skills are sometimes effective and sometimes not. In addition, a larger time bomb, Kobe. If he derails and fights alone, the Clippers' chance will come!
Both sides' lineups have been analyzed thoroughly. Whether strong or weak will be determined in the next game. The most critical first game between the two sides is about to begin.
That night, the live broadcast commentator seat was very lively, with Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith being sent to comment, and Jeff Van Gundy, Joan Barry, and "Magic" Johnson being sent to the other side.
It is very dangerous. Van Gundy supports the Clippers, while Johnson supports the Lakers. If Van Gundy dares to have biased commentary, the two may have a game of quarrel. Johnson sits next to him and can spit out AIDS at Van Gundy at any time...
The first game was the Lakers' home court, and Li Donglai also took time from the crew and flew back to Los Angeles by himself to watch the game.
Also being pulled to help was his good friend Robert Downey Jr., who was idle anyway, and there was free NBA games to watch, so he was naturally very happy to participate.
When Li Donglai appeared on the sidelines, there were booing sounds in the stadium. It seems that in the playoffs, Lakers fans began to show their power! Li Donglai's arrival forced Los Angeles, the dominant Los Angeles, into a battle between two tigers. Lakers fans, who have always been "noble" in Los Angeles, were naturally unhappy. They used booing to welcome the new Clippers boss.
"It seems not very popular, man." Robert Jr. teased.
Li Donglai smiled and said, "Because they are afraid that I will give all the fans a beer and burgers." As he said, Li Donglai picked up his cell phone and called Gotty. After a while, a strange scream was made in the live commentator's seat, "Wow, I said I like watching the Clippers game because there is a generous boss here. Thank you for your beer and burgers. Li, I know who to cheer for tonight!" Barkley waved his arms towards Li Donglai, and Kenny Smith also smiled and said, "Barkley, do you want to be fired? It's hard to find a job now."
"So you don't want to make beer?"
Kenny quickly shook his head, "No, of course!" He denied it, and then, while the audience was confused, he reported the good news loudly to the audience: "The whole audience is blessed. Although this game is the home court of the Lakers, both families are here and there is no distinction between each other. Our generous Lee arrived at the scene, so naturally he had a beer and hamburger, and each of them had one!"
"People eat soft-mouthed", the wisdom of Chinese people is as deep as the ocean, and it is also suitable for use here.
After all, not all the fans on the scene were so rich. Whether they had booed Li Donglai or not, it was undoubtedly a pleasure to receive a free beer and burger. Immediately, someone shouted loudly and applauded. It seemed as if he had returned to the home atmosphere of the Clippers, and changed the opening booing and showing off his power.
Many neutral fans have also been transformed, at least they will not boo the Clippers with Lakers fans.
In the first round of the game, the Clippers were full of momentum, and the pitchers were eye-catching. With Paul's connection, the entire Clippers' team seemed to be alive, and wonderful passes were presented one by one. Griffin reduced dunks in the playoffs, and changed to attacking the basket and making more passes.
With the efforts of everyone, they played a wonderful basketball cooperation.
On the contrary, the Lakers were like losing their souls in the first game, and the transfer was chaotic, and finally Kobe was mostly solved.
Although Kobe scored 34 points in the whole game, Paul scored even better 33 points and 14 assists, 17 of which came from the last quarter and led the Clippers to score in double digits. In the end, the Clippers defeated the Lakers away with a score of 109,100 and won the first victory of the series.
Bynum on the Lakers side scored 13 points and 9 rebounds. Gasol made poor performance and made only 8 points in 2 of 9 shots, but he still had 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Atai...well, he is now called Ci Shiping, who scored 16 points and 11 rebounds.
In the fourth quarter, Kobe scored 11 points, but the situation was hopeless. In the end, the Clippers won the away game with a score of 109,100.
After the first game, media comments naturally appeared enthusiastically.
But there is no airtight wall in the world, and I don’t know who revealed the news.
The next day, the Los Angeles Times reported this indirect news: "A second round of the playoffs that involves $4 billion!"
As soon as the news was revealed, the whole world was shocked!
At first people thought it was the media pretending to be amazing, but after reading the details, they believed it was true.
Time Warner is making trouble, and some of them revealed the news to the media. A game that was originally only about sports competition became very stinking under the pressure of 4 billion US dollars.
Chapter completed!