Chapter 469 The general manager of the whole league is crazy!
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Just as the Suns left the United Center, the general managers of other teams had received news from the media that the Suns might trade K. This news directly drove them crazy.
"What?"
In Los Angeles, when Jerry West received the news, Jerry Buss, who had just prepared to go to sleep, felt his heart almost beat out of his chest, and his breathing became rapid.
"Jerry, contact the Suns right away, no matter what the cost, even if you pack Damn and Tim Duncan," he said excitedly.
"We've already called. Colangelo Jr.'s and Colangelo Sr.'s cell phones are both turned off," Jerry West said.
"Oh, damn, how could they turn off their phones at this critical moment?" No matter how well-mannered Jerry Buss was, he couldn't help but swear.
There were many people who reacted the same way as him, including Pat Wright of the Heat, the president of the Knicks, etc., and even Jerry Slaw of the Bulls.
Late at night, the Suns came to the nightclub. After a round of drinking, everyone began to enjoy the seductive dance moves of a group of dancers.
Lao Wang was also fully engaged, shouting with everyone, drinking together, commenting on the dancers, and achieving the most complete relaxation from body to spirit.
At the end of a season, he got the best results, AMVP, MVP, FMVP, championship, best first team, best second defense, scoring leader, block leader, rebound leader, 50+ points in two single games in the finals, total
He was the first player in history in terms of points per game in the finals and received many honors. Finally, he was recognized by most media in the finals and became the top player in active service.
This season can be said to be his most rewarding season.
"Old K, what did the reporter say at the press conference just now?" Kevin Johnson, who was sitting next to him, suddenly asked.
Lao Wang shook his head and said: "The general situation is that the shareholders want to reduce expenses, pay dividends, and no longer want to compete for the championship.
The Colangelo family now plans to find a new major shareholder and acquire the shares of those small shareholders. If successful, the team will continue to compete for the championship."
Lightning nodded and understood, but he reminded: "Old K, you'd better pay attention to the situation of the new major shareholder. Don't be like Alexander, the new owner of the Mosaic team. After buying the team, he will only make money by selling tickets for the stars.
.”
Lao Wang nodded. Although he could leave, he would have to start over and would not be able to defend the dynasty. The next two years were crucial. As for two years later, he didn't care.
"What about you? Kevin, you still have a one-year contract next season, do you want to execute it?" he asked.
Lightning nodded and said: "You think I'm you, with a contract of seven million a year, my salary is the highest in these two years in my life. How can I not finish the pension contract? Do you think my contract is taking up space?"
Biquge
"Ha ha……"
Lao Wang laughed loudly, patted Lightning on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's best to fight for another two years. Let's defend the title together and create a dynasty together."
"Dynasty!"
A flash of light flashed in Lightning's eyes.
Who doesn't want this honor? However, his state in this finals is so bad that he will definitely give way to Kidd next season. It doesn't mean much if he is a substitute as a dynasty.
So he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I will retire after next season and go to further study."
Lao Wang nodded and did not try to persuade him again.
Next, the two of them didn't talk about the team anymore, they only focused on the wine and which dancer had the more voluptuous and seductive figure and the better dance moves.
…
The next day, June 11, the media focused only on one thing, not that the Suns won the championship for the third time, but that Wang Tiejun might be traded.
"Shareholders forced management to trade Old K, and the Suns collapsed!
!”
"If Old K is traded, it will be a tragedy for the small ball market!"
"The two current No. 1 players will be traded, and the NBA will begin a new round of structure."
"Who will the great Sun King, the current and the number one center in history, belong to?"
Countless media outlets are rushing to report the relevant news, and all kinds of news are flying all over the sky.
In the morning, little Colangelo woke up, turned on his cell phone that had been on overnight, and the call came in immediately.
The first call was from Knicks president Dave Chalcot. This guy didn't sleep at all all night, and his eyes were black. He said very enthusiastically and excitedly: "Bryan, dear Bryan, I'm using O'Neal."
In exchange for old K, you can offer other conditions, and I won’t bargain, including Oakley and Alan Houston.”
"Sorry, Mr. Charcot, who told you that we are going to trade Old K? No, we will never trade him, he is our real non-sale product, and we are even planning to build him his own in America West Arena.
Statue."
"What?"
Chacote was dumbfounded. Colangelo hung up the phone and didn't even react.
Over there, little Colangelo had just hung up the phone when another call came in, this time it was Pat Riley.
In Miami, Pat Riley also didn't sleep much all night. He called Colangelo and his son from time to time. Now he finally got through to Colangelo Jr. and quickly shouted on the other end: "Dear Brian,
I'm Pat Riley, and I'll trade the entire team with you for old K. If it's not enough, I can also give you the first-round pick for the next three years."
"Mr. Laili, you have been fooled. The media is talking nonsense. We have never had the idea of trading Old K." Colangelo dealt with it for a while and hung up the phone directly.
"Bang!"
Patelli, who had not rested all night, dropped the phone angrily.
"Sorry, Mr. West, we..."
Then, Colangelo Jr. received another call from Jerry West, and the answer was the same.
When Jerry West heard this, he was extremely disappointed, but he quickly said: "But Brian, we are very sincere. For example, you can consider it. We are willing to use the No. 1 pick and Big Dream to trade for Old K
, I believe Tim Duncan will give you a surprise."
"Tim Duncan? No, Mr. West, we just have old K."
Colangelo Jr. couldn't help but smile bitterly. I don't want the current No. 1 player in active duty. I don't want the old K who has won three championships in five years. I want an uncertain future. Am I crazy?
Next, one call after another came in, and before he left the hotel, his cell phone battery was out of battery.
The same goes for Lance Hoxman. His phone was also being bombarded with calls from either the team's general manager and owner or reporters.
Lao Wang was well prepared. When he was celebrating at the nightclub last night, he turned off his mobile phone and was not harassed.
Since the morning, the news that the Suns may trade Old K has been known to the whole world. The entire Phoenix has gone from the carnival of winning the championship to being shocked. The fans simply cannot believe the news and cannot accept it at all.
"Silly 13 management, if you dare to trade old K, I will blow your head off!"
"Damn shareholders, they must want to trade old K."
"Let's pool the money to sell the team."
"The Colangelo family get out of the Suns!"
Subsequently, all the Suns' external phone calls were blocked by fans, and then a large number of fans surrounded the Suns headquarters, and the big iron gate was almost knocked down by the fans.
There are also a large number of Chinese among them. These people have immigrated or moved here in the past two years. As soon as they settled down, the Suns actually wanted to trade Old K. This shocked them, even in the desert city of Phoenix, if it weren't for
Old K is here, who the hell would come here to settle down? Aren’t big cities like New York and Los Angeles nice?
Therefore, Chinese groups who usually never participate in these demonstrations showed up in large numbers at the Suns headquarters today to demonstrate against the management.
The remaining Suns management could only call the police to help maintain order, and then urgently contacted Colangelo.
"Tell the fans, we can't trade Old K, never." Old Colangelo said firmly.
His attitude was conveyed to the Phoenix fans, which appeased them and temporarily relieved the Suns' crisis.
"Mr. Colangelo, I don't care what method you use, old K must stay in Phoenix." Old Colangelo received a call from Phoenix Mayor Edward Green.
Green told him that if the Suns trade Old K, the city government will cancel all preferential policies and support for the Suns, and the city government will come forward to find a new owner for the Suns to take over the team and expel the Colangelo family.
Suns management.
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Chicago, at 11 o'clock in the morning, a group of Suns players were woken up from their beds after a night of partying. They were having breakfast and preparing to leave back to Phoenix.
When he was sitting at the breakfast table, Lao Wang turned on his mobile phone.
As soon as I opened it, the Didi notification sound for text messages kept ringing.
He took a look and saw that they were all celebratory text messages. He sent them back in a group message. Remembering that Zhang Lili and the others were going back to China today and didn't know if they were gone, he quickly made a call.
"Brother Zhang, what time is your flight?"
"Are you up? We are about to get on the plane and we are about to turn off our mobile phones." Zhang Lili said.
"Da Yao and Lao Hu are you together, right?" he asked.
"Yes, they are right here, as well as Cheng Long and the others. Do you want to talk to them?"
"That's not necessary. Brother Zhang, after you return to China, you can take care of the summer camp. As I told you before, select a group of the best people to come and play in the United States," he said.
"Don't worry, I'll do it when I get back to China. I won't miss anything." Zhang Liji said with a smile.
The two chatted for a few words and then ended the phone call.
In fact, Lao Zhang doesn't get much salary as a commentator, and he doesn't get much money including business trip subsidies. It's not as much as a random brother in the martial arts school. Helping him manage the summer camp and getting a sum of money every year is considered a good job.
In terms of income, this summer camp is managed by Lao Zhang, so he basically doesn’t have to worry too much.
Just as I hung up the phone, Buckley's call came in.
"Charles, I'm having breakfast, what did you want to say on the phone?"
"Old K, are you going to be traded? Oh oh oh, this is only fair. I thought I would be traded right after I won the championship. Now it's your turn, hahaha..."
"Charles, don't laugh yourself to death. If you can't stop, go get a sedative." Buckley was so angry that Lao Wang hung up the phone after he finished speaking.
After breakfast, it was already 12 o'clock. The Suns left the hotel and set off back to Phoenix. They arrived at the airport at 3:30 and were surrounded by countless Suns fans.
From the airport to the Suns' headquarters, the Suns' bus took a full hour and a half under the jam of countless fans. It was no less than a large parade to celebrate.
Wang Tiejun saw a large number of Chinese faces among these fans, which was not seen after the previous two championships. It is a new change.
"Old K, we will not let you leave Phoenix. You are the Sun King and you belong here. It is them who should leave, those who want to trade you."
"Old K, Chicago can trade Jordan, but the Suns can't trade you because we don't allow it."
"Sun King, you are the greatest superstar in Arizona, don't leave here!"
People along the way and countless fans shouted at him, but he could only wave in response.
At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Suns returned to their headquarters. Before the players left, Colangelo said with a smile: "Boys, you have performed very well this year, and you will be rewarded.
According to the league’s internal information, the bonus pool we can share includes a championship bonus of US$1.1 million, and each of you will receive close to US$200,000 in playoff dividend income.”
"Oh ho ho..."
A group of Suns players suddenly roared excitedly.
This is a lot of money, especially for players with low annual salaries. This dividend can even be higher than their annual salaries.
Only people like Lao Wang, Kobe Bryant, and the Lightning, who have high annual salaries and business income, don't care about this money.
"Don't forget, we will gather at the headquarters at 11 a.m. tomorrow to prepare for a parade to celebrate. Set your alarm clocks, go to bed early today, and don't oversleep tomorrow morning." Little Colangelo shouted.
"Can't forget."
Everyone shouted, this was their highlight moment, how could they forget it?
"Old K, when is your swimming pool party going to be held?" Kobe shouted loudly when Lao Wang was about to get in the car.
"Three days of celebration, end on the 14th, let's do it on the 15th. Same as last time, two for each person, it depends on your ability." He replied.
"Oh ho!"
Everyone screamed with excitement.
Then Lao Wang drove his off-road vehicle to the martial arts gym, which was in full swing. All Phoenix's brothers came to divide the martial arts and the fighting hall. There were two to three hundred brothers to celebrate his championship.
No matter how much he drinks, if two or three hundred people toast him, he will drink 2 taels of 50-degree Laobaigan, let alone one round, after two tables, he will collapse, so after drinking the toasts of Wang Tielong and Wang Tieshan, the others
The brother's toast was just for the sake of meaning, but that's all. After one round, he was so drunk that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.
…
"Tiejun, Tiejun, wake up..."
"Brother Tieshan? You are here..."
In his deep sleep, Lao Wang was suddenly woken up by someone. When he opened Mihu's eyes, he seemed to be Brother Tieshan.
"Tiejun, it's ten o'clock. You are going to parade at eleven o'clock to celebrate. Get up quickly." Seeing Wang Tiejun still looking lost in the lake, Wang Tieshan shouted again.
He sent the drunk Wang Tiejun home last night and stayed here with a brother to take care of him. He slept on the sofa next to him.
"It's ten o'clock?"
Lao Wang woke up a little, rubbed his eyes and got up.
I took a quick shower, ate some breakfast prepared by Wang Tieshan, and then rushed to the headquarters.
Wang Tieshan drove him. He was still a little hungover and not very clear-headed.
"Old K!"
Along the way, countless people from Phoenix took to the streets. After recognizing his car, they waved and shouted.
When I was approaching the headquarters, I suddenly remembered the system. I opened it and saw that the reward for the championship was one thousand points, and the same for FMVP. Now I have accumulated a total of 7,500 points.
He practices plum blossom steps every day, but he is too big and is not suitable for this kind of exquisite martial arts that combines body and steps. His talent is limited, and his progress is very slow.
But after such a long time, I feel I have made some progress now, and I don’t know when I will be able to reach the fourth state.
When we arrived at the headquarters, it was just eleven o'clock. All the teammates arrived. After greeting everyone, they boarded the double-decker open-air sightseeing bus and started the championship parade celebration.
Not only did countless Phoenix people participate in the celebration, but a large number of fans from nearby cities drove over, and the entire Phoenix was plunged into a carnival.
At this time, in the business conference room of a hotel in Phoenix, the Suns' board of directors held a shareholders' meeting at the request of shareholders, chaired by the elder Colangelo.
In previous shareholder meetings like this, the elder Colangelo alone could represent 58% of the equity shares, but this time he could not represent so much. He could influence the 38% share, and the ideas of more than half of the shareholders had already agreed with him.
It’s different, these people are still his relatives.
But he can understand it. After all, he is also a businessman. What does a businessman care about if he doesn't pay attention to return on investment?
In the past, the Suns couldn't make any money, and even suffered losses every year. The shareholders also suffered huge losses. Now that they make money, they can't get even a cent. It's understandable that the shareholders have opinions. Even he hopes to make money.
Get a great return on investment from the Suns.
"Jerry, if we don't pay dividends, then you might as well buy my shares, but the price cannot be lower. I think the Suns are currently worth at least US$1.5 billion."
"Three championships in five years, all the money has been taken away by those players. We haven't earned a cent. It's time to give us a return on investment."
"Yes, we have already won three championships, which is completely enough. We should not waste any more money on these so-called honors. We are not players. Honors belong to players and are of no use to us. What we want is money, Franklin.
"
"Now the market value of the Suns has further increased. Jerry, if you want to buy our shares, you have to value them according to the current market value. I think what Nyle just said is right. The current Suns are worth at least 1.5 billion."
Dollar."
"I support the valuation of 1.5 billion."
"We might as well sell our shares to that Robert Sarver. He has been contacting me and offered a very good price."
"He has also contacted me, why don't we contact him later?"
"OK."
Shareholders were all talking and began to put pressure on Colangelo.
They knew very well that the Colangelo family simply did not have that much money to buy out their shares, so Colangelo had no other choice but to do as they asked, cut expenses and pay dividends.