Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon Chapter 446

"Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon (

Lakers general manager Bill Shaman received a call from Pat Riley and soon came to the court.

Seeing Li Zhiwen being together with a pregnant woman, he didn't bother him directly. Instead, he sat not far from the two of them, waiting for Li Zhiwen's call at any time.

As for Li Zhiwen and Liu Xiaoli, the surroundings were lively, bodyguards in black suits were sitting around.

Obviously these bodyguards came to prevent all possible threats to the safety of Li Zhiwen and Liu Xiaoli.

The match has started, Pat Riley divided the players into the home team and the vice team.

The home team is led by Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with this year's No. 1 pick James Worthy and some role players.

The vice team is composed of some role players led by Magic Irvine Johnson.

The strength of the two teams is not much different, and they can get better training.

And Pat Riley separated the showtime combination to test the chemical reaction that the two would bring to the Lakers after the separation.

After all, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is thirty-five years old, but he hasn't played for too long, so Magic Johnson is needed to lead the team for a longer time.

It may be the reason why Li Zhiwen watched it live. The game entered the white-hot stage at the beginning of the game. You chased me and played equally.

Either the home team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a dunk, or the vice team Johnson made a pass with an assist.

The game lasted for more than ten minutes, and the two teams didn't separate the distance. They both hovered between one and two points.

In the last twenty seconds, Johnson made a wonderful pass and assisted the vice team's center forward with a dunk, which basically locked the victory of the game.

The basketball came into the hands of the home team, after the vice team blocked all the passes of the home team's point guard to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The basketball had to be passed to the hands of No. 1 pick James Worthy.

The deputy team player is ready to celebrate the victory, and the assistant coach of the Lakers coach Boov Camero is ready to lose.

As a result, James Worthy took a deep breath, stood outside the three-point line and took a long shot. The basketball passed through the frame and killed the game.

Fairy ball

Everyone on the field was sluggish, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reacted first and ran over to pick up James Worthy, and then all the home team members ran over.

The deputy team player was also very upset to see, but still walked over to congratulate James Worthy.

They all know that James Worthy has developed, and he is so uplifting in front of his boss, maybe he will have a big sneaker contract when he first entered the NBA.

And James Worthy won the recognition of the Lakers players with this fairy ball.

At the end of the game, Bill Sharman also came over at the right time and said to Li Zhiwen: "Boss, welcome your arrival, because of your arrival, these guys are in very good condition."

"This is their own effort, Bill, let's go, let's go down and take a look!" Li Zhiwen said.

"Extremely happy!" Bill Shaman said.

After that, Li Zhiwen took Liu Xiaoli out of the stands, followed by Bill Sharman.

At this time, the Lakers players have lined up to stand, waiting for Li Zhiwen's inspection.

Li Zhiwen walked to Pat Riley and said to the athletes in front of him: "I'm very happy that the Lakers have a group of outstanding players like you."

"Your appearance showed me the possibility of the Lakers defending the championship.

"In accordance with our previous tradition, everyone who won the championship this year can still get a good shoe contract."

"Also, James Worthy, I will let Reebok contact you."

"Efforts will be rewarded. I hope everyone, like James Worthy, will not give up until the last minute."

"Today is very tired, everyone can go to any place in Los Angeles to play, I will pay the bill."

"Boys, get moving!"

As soon as Li Zhiwen's voice fell, the Lakers players started howling.

While Li Zhiwen smiled and took Liu Xiaoli away from the arena and came to the boss's office in the Reebok Arena.

"Ali, you can go to the back room and rest for a while. Today, after walking so far, you are a little tired!" Li Zhiwen said to Liu Xiaoli.

Liu Xiaoli understood that Li Zhiwen needed to deal with some work, and nodded and agreed.

Soon Bill Sharman walked into the boss's office.

"Please sit down, Bill!" Li Zhiwen said with a smile.

Bill Shaman sat down in Yiyan.

"Bill, tell me what happened to the Lakers in the past year." Li Zhiwen continued.

"Due to the owner's input, our Lakers won the NBA championship this year, and the team is developing in a very good direction."

"I believe that under the leadership of the boss, our Lakers will become the second giant team after the Celtics." Bill Sharman said.

"No, Bill, you lowered my expectations by saying that."

"If my goal is the Celtics, then I don't need to do so much."

"My idea is to build the strongest team in the universe. No Celtics are the goal of the Lakers. The goal of the Lakers is the world's strongest basketball team."

"The Lakers championship must not only be close to the Celtics, but must surpass the Celtics, and even distance." Li Zhiwen said.

At this time, there is still no statement of the dream team, otherwise Li Zhiwen may directly use the dream team as a reference target.

Another point is that Li Zhiwen wants to build the strongest team in the universe to promote the sales of Reebok Sporting Goods.

After all, at this time, strictly speaking, the NBA is only a name in the Beacon State.

Before a hot man took the position, the NBA was just a national league.

When the hot man came to the top, under his operation, the NBA became a global league.

A large number of outstanding basketball players from all over the world have come to the lighthouse country to realize their dreams, and promote the NBA globally.

"Yes, boss, but in this case, we need to invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources." Bill Shaman said.

"Don't worry about it, investment is very needed, and my investment will exceed it."

"First of all, we need to have scouts all over the world. In the future, the world will become smaller and smaller, and there will be more players playing in the lighthouse country."

"At this time, other teams don't value overseas. We shot at this time, just right."

"When they wake up, we can already enjoy the dividends brought by overseas players." Li Zhiwen said.

Because Li Zhiwen knows very well that in the next two years, David Stern will take the stage and become the president of the NBA.

David Stern single-handedly promoted the internationalization of the NBA. From the opening of the European market to the opening of the Chinese market in 1989, it was all done by David Stern.

And if you want to really open up a market, just opening the broadcast rights will not have much effect, and there should be domestic players to join the NBA, which is similar to Yao Min's role.

Therefore, the Lakers' deployment of global scouts is just right at this time.

At this time, Li Zhiwen thought of another man who promoted the internationalization of the NBA.

"Bill, how about our Lakers' draft picks in the next two years?" Li Zhiwen asked.

Li Zhiwen's question puzzled Bill Sharman.

According to previous practice, Li Zhiwen is laissez-faire to the team, and the management has a lot of autonomy.

Li Zhiwen will not bother whether it is a team reinforcement or who the draft picks.

Li Zhiwen is only concerned about his achievements and exposure.

As for the results, it is impossible not to pay attention to it because after all, so much money is invested.

In terms of exposure, the Lakers never lack exposure.

The city where the Lakers are located determines the Lakers' exposure.

Many star singers in Hollywood are fans of the Lakers, plus Los Angeles is one of the top cities in Beacon Country, not Cleveland Country, so there is no need to worry about exposure.

So Li Zhiwen's question made Bill Sharman think whether Li Zhiwen had the idea to intervene in team management.

But Bill Sharman still introduced: "Because our lineup has been very good in recent years, but because Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's age is getting weaker, we hope to continue to strengthen these years and hit more championships."

Bill Sharman's words are very clear. If Li Zhiwen wants to reduce his investment in the Lakers because of financial problems, then the Lakers may not be able to win the championship.

"I understand, I also hope that the Lakers can win more championships, but I ask you the question of the draft because there is a very good seed in the next year, I hope the team can select him, no, not hope. Yes," Li Zhiwen said.

Bill Shaman frowned after hearing Li Zhiwen's words.

Bill Sharman thought Li Zhiwen might arrange for a yellow guy to join the Lakers.

But in the NBA, everyone knows that they are black people. After all, black people are explosive and natural athletes.

The second is the white race, and the yellow race has the least status.

If you arrange for a yellow racer, it may cause the Lakers to be unable to hit the championship sequelae. This is a very big accident.

But Bill Sharman couldn't refuse, so Bill Sharman asked: "Boss, what is the name of the seedling you are fancy?"

"Michael Jordan, a student at the University of North Carolina, this person is very good, someone recommended him to me."

"Moreover, I have seen the videotape of his playing. I think it can be said to be the future of our team, and it can be said to have the same status as Johnson."

"Jabbar is old and may not be played for many years. We need to find a Gemini who can replace Jabbar and partner with Johnson, and Jordan is my optimistic candidate." Li Zhiwen said.

If Michael Jordan is selected, then this lineup can be said to be perfect, Johnson point guard, Jordan shooting guard, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar center.

In fact, Olajuwon should be more suitable for the Lakers. Olajuwon was elected to the Lakers, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will teach the skills.

When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retires, Olajuwon and Johnson will form the core of the inside and outside lines. They are filling in some high-quality role players and can hit the championship for more than ten years.

But in doing so, there is a very big problem. Olajuwon's commercial value is very weak. After all, the commercial value of the center is not good.

And if Jordan and Magic form the Lakers backcourt combination, it can be said to be very unsolvable, but it will expose a new problem, that is, the ability of the basket is too weak.

Of course Li Zhiwen can keep spending money and match outstanding centers to the pair every year, but new problems will naturally arise.

The biggest problem is David Stern. David Stern is unwilling to lose the championship to a team. In that case, the NBA will be the finale.

What a headache, Li Zhiwen is very troubled.

"Jordan?" Bill Shaman breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "We also have scouts paying attention to this guy. This guy has a certain talent. I predict that next year his draft pick will hover around ten."

"Of course, if Jordan participates in the draft the next year, I estimate that I can rise to seven to eight!"

For Bill Sharman, this ranking has raised the term of Jordan, but for Li Zhiwen, this ranking is far from enough.

Li Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "Bill, I will arrange two things for you. The first is you show me when to play in North Carolina. I will go to the scene to see."

"The second is that I want the top three picks in the next year. Of course, this time is too early. You can slowly think about how to do it. I will talk about it after I watch the Jordan game."

Bill Sharman was shocked. He didn't expect Li Zhiwen to want to bet on Jordan with such a high position. It was incredible.

But Bill Sharman didn't speak, anyway, Li Zhiwen didn't say too much, and the time was still early, maybe Li Zhiwen would have forgotten it.

"Yes, boss!" Bill Shaman said~www.mtlnovel.com~Bill, is Irvine Johnson's contract expiring? "Li Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, boss, Elvin Johnson's contract will expire next year." Bill Shaman replied.

But at this time Bill Sharman thought, Li Zhiwen's behavior is too abnormal now, he is involved in draft picks, and he is involved in player contracts. Does this mean that Li Zhiwen wants to fully accept the Lakers? This is not good news.

After all, as far as management is concerned, a boss who doesn't talk and only takes money is a good boss, and other bosses are not good. A boss who manages too much is even worse.

"I hope that the team will sign a 15-year contract with Irvine Johnson, one million dollars a year for the first five years, two million dollars a year for the second five years, and three million dollars a year for the third five years." Li Zhiwen said.

Li Zhiwen's words shocked Bill Sharman. What kind of trouble is this?

We must know that the total salary of the Lakers players was only two million US dollars at this time. The salary given by Li Zhiwen made Johnson accounted for half of the total salary of the team, and at this time, the salary of Irvine Johnson was only 100,000 US dollars.

Fortunately, there is no such thing as a luxury tax in the NBA at this time, otherwise the Lakers will have a headache because of the luxury tax issue.

"Boss, will this salary be too high, and it will cause turbulence for other players." Bill Sharman said.

"Bill, I don't care about the others, just keep Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy."

"But Kareem hasn't had a long career, so there won't be too many problems."

"And James Worthy is a rookie, he dare to have any opinions."

"As for the other role players, I don't care, I just leave if I want to leave!" Li Zhiwen didn't care.

Li Zhiwen's words made Bill Sharman chill, but he was relieved to think that Li Zhiwen was a capitalist.

Chapter end

Report