Chapter 189 The Diary of Madman Smart (First Update)

Author: Smart-Min

Preface: I feel like people are looking at me a little strangely recently, maybe I’m overthinking it.

one,

It's sunny today during the day.

I haven't seen my players for three days. They came back from playing away games. I saw them today and I feel that they are in great spirits.

Two consecutive away games, first against the Suns and then against the Kings, with a total of 32 wins and 26 losses.

I just realized that the team was getting closer and closer to the playoffs. I was still in a daze before.

I need to be very careful, otherwise why would the chef at the training center add an extra spoonful to my dishes?

The Clippers may make the playoffs.

My fear is justified.

two,

It rained heavily today and there was no sunshine in Los Angeles.

I know something is wrong.

It's rare for me to go out early in the morning, and the breakfast shop owner has a strange look in his eyes: he seems to want to congratulate me, and he seems to want to ask me for something.

There were seven or eight people eating breakfast together, whispering about me, smiling at me with their mouths open, saying "playoffs", "Clippers", "four consecutive wins", "there is hope",

"Chinese General Manager"...

I felt cold from head to toe, knowing their hope that the Clippers would make the playoffs so that I could lose money.

I'm not afraid, I still go to the headquarters to work.

Several girls at the front desk saw me, said hello, and seemed to be talking about me behind my back.

Like the breakfast shop owner, his eyes were flickering and his face was hesitant.

I don't think I have any grudge against these girls at the front desk. My salary is not reduced at all.

I couldn't help but ask: "Tell me something!"

They then dispersed to do their own things.

I thought: What grudge do I have against the owner of the breakfast shop? What grudge do I have against the small employees of the team?

When I first came here, I went to eat at a breakfast restaurant in Chinatown. The boss also said that Smart must be a crazy player and that the Clippers were about to become obsolete and might quit the NBA.

All he said were good and auspicious words.

When I met him later, why did he just say that he was a crow's mouth?

Did he get wind of something? Did he know that I would lose money if I entered the playoffs?

I agreed that those people on the road would try to trick me and laugh at me, so the Chinese people outside should help me more.

But what about those front desk staff?

They were specially recruited by me to decorate the facade.

Why are you looking at me with strange eyes, as if you respect me, but also seem to pity me?

This really scares me, makes me curious and sad.

I understand, this is the fault of those bad news guys at ESPN!

Talk about winning consecutive games against the Jazz, Suns, and Clippers to enter the playoffs!

What nonsense.

three,

I always can't sleep at night. I have to study everything before I can understand it.

Some of them are in the top three in the Western Conference (Jazz), some are in the top two in the Eastern Conference (Magic), some are lingering in the lottery (Bobcats), and some are competing with the Clippers for eighth in the Western Conference (Spurs).

Their recent home state does not seem to be as good as in the past, nor is it as strong as expected before the game. They actually lost to the Clippers.

The strangest thing is that when the Bobcats played in Charlotte on March 12, Curry's father was the courtside commentator. Before the game, he hired a bodyguard for Curry.

During the warm-up before the game, the fans surrounded Curry so much that he almost couldn't enter the venue. I didn't expect Curry to be so popular.

In this game in Curry's hometown, the Bobcats were no match for the Clippers. Curry scored 30 points and the Clippers won again.

At the end of the game, Curry hugged me hard. Everyone came over to hug me, saying that the record was the same as the Spurs and Thunder. We were one step away from the playoffs. The more Curry taught me, I couldn't guess the details.

March 13th, a back-to-back away game in San Antonio. Everyone said that the Spurs were the villain of the Western Conference. Everyone wanted them to die so that they could carve out their hearts and fry them in oil.

I interrupted and said that the Spurs were very strong and they had to be careful. If they lost, it was okay to relax. Dunleavy and Kim Hughes both looked at me. Only today did I realize that their looks were exactly the same as those outside.

Thinking about it, I felt cold from the top of my head to my heels.

It turns out that the coaching staff also wants to make the playoffs.

Look at Dunleavy's words of "going all out", his ferocious encouragement with a group of assistant coaches, and his words of encouragement with the players. It's obviously a secret signal.

I saw victory in his words and morale in his smile. Their eyes were all bright and clear, this was their determination to enter the playoffs.

According to my own opinion, although I don't want to enter the playoffs, Anschutz has made conditions, but it's hard to say.

I was also hesitant about letting it go. Losing two bucks is nothing if I make it to the playoffs. But when I think about all the things that have been done to weaken the team, I feel unwilling to do so. ESPN reports suddenly said that the Clippers can enter the playoffs.

The Clippers' schedule is difficult and a bit dangerous. I didn't know the bullshit predictions of these media, but I still can't bear to lose money.

Everything must be studied to understand. I heard that there were teams that stepped on the line and entered the top eight and were called dark horses, but I didn't know clearly. I looked up the history and found that in 1994, 1999, 2007...

...The words "Eighth in the regular season" were written crookedly on each page. I couldn't sleep anyway, so I read carefully for half the night, and then I saw the words between the words. There were two words written all over the book.

"Black Eight"!

Many articles were written on the forum, and fans said many things, and they all looked at me with strange smiles.

I am the general manager of the Clippers, and they think I also want the Clippers to win.

Four,

On the evening of March 21st, Staples VIP room.

Christopher brought food in, one pizza and one steak. The pizza was divided into eight parts. What does that mean? It also implies that it is eight pieces. I ate a few pieces and it was very good, but I really didn’t have any appetite.

They lost to the Hornets and Bucks two days ago and fell out of the top eight again. But today they played against the Kings and the Clippers were always in the lead. The Kings are too weak.

I said, "Mr. Anschutz, can you not make entering the playoffs a condition for building an arena?"

Anschutz refused and said that he had a guest coming later.

I didn't move, studying how they manipulated me, knowing that they would definitely not relax. Sure enough! The bodyguard attracted a tall, fat man with a round face, and walked slowly over. He was smiling, but I felt that there was something hidden in his smile, so he would not want to invest.

Clippers.

Anschutz said, "This is Steve Ballmer, the president of Microsoft." I said, "Nice to meet you."

Anschutz said, "We invite Mr. Ballmer to come today to talk about the new arena." I said, "Okay!"

In fact, don’t I know the real purpose of Ballmer! He just wants to invest in the Clippers and contribute to the team’s construction. I know the amount of this person’s assets. The money is terrible. If he joins the game,

It is almost impossible for the Clippers to go bankrupt!

I'm not afraid either. Sterling is under my control and I'm more courageous than them. I don't talk about the team's shares with a cold face and say that Sterling has no idea of ​​bringing in new investors now and everything is still planned.

Ballmer finally said helplessly:

"I like basketball very much. When I retire, I will consider buying a team or investing in a stock. The Clippers are really good."

Do you like basketball? Then why are you trying to buy another team with the Clippers? Ballmer has tens of billions of assets and makes the Clippers bankrupt. You might as well let me build a nuclear bomb and level Los Angeles. I'm straightforward.

It is said that if Ballmer wants to buy the Clippers, he will probably have to wait until the Clippers win the championship before Sterling will consider making a move.

Ballmer and Anschutz both lost their composure and were suppressed by my exaggerated tone.

But the more I boasted, the more interested they seemed. When Ballmer left the VIP room, the game was over. The Clippers defeated the Kings and rushed to eighth in the Western Conference. Ballmer whispered to me: "I

I look forward to the Clippers winning the championship. I really love basketball. I heard about your deeds. If I owned a team, I would want to ask you to be the general manager."

He wants me to be the general manager!

Am I a good team manager?

Have I been cheating myself? I don’t believe it, I definitely don’t believe it.

six,

In the past few days, I have taken a step back and thought: If what Ballmer said is true, and I am an excellent team general manager, it does not mean that I cannot complete the task. Are there many examples of the best general managers leading the team to collapse?

Geoff Petrie, the general manager of the Kings, is a two-time best manager. He has led the Kings to collapse in the past few years and has never been able to make the playoffs.

As long as the Kings work harder, they won't lose to the Clippers in the game on the 21st, and they won't push the Clippers back into the top eight in the Western Conference.

Team No. 23 is going to Dallas to play the Mavericks again. Their boss Cuban is the kind of man who loves basketball crazily. He watches every game from the sidelines. He keeps spending money on the team and has 2.5 billion assets.

Five times as much as Trin, which would be even more difficult for the owner if he wanted to bankrupt the team.
To be continued...