In today's NBA, LeBron James is unique in terms of transaction value.
After half a gear, there is Fan Xi.
Then there are superstars like Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, and Dwyane Wade.
When Fan Xi publicly applied for the transaction, it was like throwing a torpedo into a calm lake, and the entire pond exploded in an instant.
Except for Jenny Buss, everyone in the league may be indifferent, but everyone else is flocking to it, waving their checks and shouting: Give me Jack Fan, and anyone else on our team can be added to the roster.
The Bulls, Thunder, and Heat may be a little more reserved. But except for Durant, James, and Rose, their other players can also be traded.
Based on the personality of Miami president Pat Riley, if he could really trade Wade, the stock-hungry leader, for Fancy, he would not hesitate. He has always been an inhumane person.
Suddenly, Old Dunleavy's cell phone and mailbox were filled with offers from other teams. At the same time, Lu Yuan's cell phone number and mailbox were almost full.
Including Fan Xi's own mobile phone, countless calls poured in. Everyone was very surprised by this result. What is this? Did Captain Jack jump directly from the ship?
Fanci turned off his cell phone and did not log on to the court in Indiana. He sat on the bench with a serious expression.
Missing Fanshi, Griffin.
The Clippers won.
This sounds a little ridiculous.
But, I really won.
Jimmy Barrett and Leonard, two rookies, played like superstars. They asked for everything on the court, and the Pacers' star Danny Granger was blown away by them in turn.
Pacers club president Larry Bird was shocked watching this game. The Pacers have been in bad shape for many years since Miller retired. This year they finally entered the top four in the Eastern Conference.
Larry Bird believes the team will become bigger and stronger under the leadership of Danny Granger.
Danny Granger is a sincere and down-to-earth player with both good character and academic skills. He plays the standard style of a classical small forward. Although he has good physical fitness, he relies more on physical confrontation and opportunity judgment to score points on the court.
Danny Granger became an All-Star in 2008 and got superstar statistics the next season.
But some of his injuries have been bothering him.
This made his performance less stable.
Tonight, Danny Granger met Leonard and Jimmy Butler.
Leonard and Butler are both strong small forwards. Their playing styles are somewhere between classical forwards and new-style small forwards, but they have the same advantage, that is, they have good styles and dare to fight.
And it starts with defense.
When Granger faced them, he had no physical advantage, and his skills could not be used effectively. He wasted no time in the opening game.
On the other hand, Leonard and Butler, with the support of Nash and Billups, took turns attacking the paint area.
Hibbert and David West were a little tired of fighting. After all, Kwame Brown and DeAndre Jordan were still standing in the paint.
On the whole, the Pacers are now playing in an iron-blooded style. Their other outside newcomer Paul George also started as a defensive 3D... Paul George has not yet taken over Danny Granger's class. He has to wait until Granger
Jay only rose to prominence after James injured his knee during the playoffs.
The Clippers also had this style without Fan Xi, and the two styles collided.
The Pacers somewhat underestimated the enemy.
They thought that Fan Xi and Griffin, the two trump cards, were gone, so they must be bad, so their minds were paralyzed. Who would have thought that when they bumped into two stupid young men, they all exploded.
The Pacers lost their home court like this.
However, this victory did not bring any excitement to the Los Angeles Clippers.
When Fanci announced that he was leaving, the Clippers' market prospects were declining rapidly.
In the United States, there are four dimensions to judge the market value of a team.
"sport", "market", "arena", "brand".
Among them, "sport" (sports) refers to the value that can be shared by all teams in the league. "market" (market) is based on the city and market size of the team. "arena" (venue) refers to the team's main venue.
The value brought by the venue. "Brand" is the brand value of the team.
Before Fan Xi came, the sports value of the Clippers was very low. Similarly, although the Clippers are in a big city like Los Angeles, they did not eat a big piece of cake. They could only eat the leftovers from the Lakers. This is because Fan Xi
With Xi's arrival, they have the strength to sit on the table and cut the cake. This is why the Clippers' market value has skyrocketed this year.
Before this, the Clippers' market value was only slightly better than that of mid-sized city teams. If the Hornets' market value was US$400 million, the Clippers' market value would be about US$600 million.
Ballmer immediately stopped negotiations with Sterling's team and flew to Chicago overnight, where he hoped to meet with Fanci.
Historically, Ballmer acquired the Clippers in 2014. Thanks to the signing of a new broadcast agreement, the market value of the NBA team skyrocketed that year, so he spent US$2 billion to acquire the Clippers, and here
After that, the Rockets even sold 2.2 billion.
But it's 2011 and Christmas hasn't come yet.
As Fanshey seeks a deal, the Clippers' market value will visibly decline. Many Wall Street experts estimate that the Clippers' market value will fall to about $800 million. This is still the most expensive club sale in NBA history, and it belongs to the Bobcats.
More than three times.
It can be seen from this that Fanxi has played an important role in improving the Clippers brand.
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Donald Sterling finally gets it.
He realized that something ridiculous was happening. The agreement he had previously fooled Fan Xi was still hidden in his safe. At that time, he never dreamed that this agreement would take effect.
In that agreement, the valuation he gave was 750 million U.S. dollars. At that time, Fanxi hoped to spend about 100 million U.S. dollars to purchase more than 10% of the Clippers' shares. Sterling thought that it would not be possible anyway.
It will be fulfilled, so why not just appear more generous.
Anyway, it’s just lip service but no real results.
But now, this contract is choking him.
He is now under force majeure and has to sell the team.
Fan Xi has priority.
Oh my God.
What does it mean to shoot yourself in the foot?
That's it.
Sterling had to hurry up and find the terms, trying to find favorable conditions to abrogate the contract.
He really found two things that were beneficial to him.
First: This may be judged as an under-the-table agreement by the NBA. When NBA contracts were not standardized in the early days, many such under-the-table agreements occurred. New York, Miami, and the Lakers were all managed by Pat Riley.
The team is the hardest hit area. Magic signed a 10-year contract with the Lakers during his rookie season, but with the development of the NBA, his contract immediately changed from sky-high price to cabbage price. What should I do? The Lakers signed a table-top contract with Magic and signed a contract with Fan.
I hope this contract is similar, which means that after Magic retires, the Lakers will sell him some shares.
In New York, in addition to that bastard Patrick Ewing mandating that "the annual salary cannot be lower than the top three in the league" in the contract, they also made a fuss in the contracts of Oakley, Starks and others, and the superficial salaries are not high.
, but privately gave other endorsement contracts. When the Knicks poached Jordan in 1996, they offered an unprecedented contract. Part of it was the NBA's maximum salary, and the other part was to let other properties under the Knicks' parent company give Jordan a contract.
Super endorsement contract.
However, Jordan later did not choose New York and stayed with the Bulls to complete the next three consecutive championships...The Bulls broke the rules that year and used the annual salary of 30 million US dollars that was not included in the salary cap to retain Jordan. At that time, all other teams in the league were concerned about this player who broke NBA rules.
They turned a blind eye to the matter, because every team knew that if Jordan did not play basketball, they would suffer even greater losses.
In Miami, after Pat Riley gave Mourning a billion-dollar contract, he tried to recruit Howard with a billion-dollar contract. Although it failed, it offended another superstar, Tim Hardaway. Therefore, the Heat are giving Tim
Along with Hardaway's annual salary of millions, he was also given a bonus of close to tens of millions...a bonus that he could easily receive.
Of course, the most famous under-the-table agreement is that of the Timberwolves. When the Timberwolves signed a contract with Joe Smith, they adopted a method to circumvent the salary cap.
However, just in time to hit the target, the NBA severely fined the Timberwolves five first-round draft picks, which resulted in the Timberwolves being inactive during Garnett's peak period.
So, if Sterling treats this as an under-the-table agreement, it is indeed actionable.
But is the success rate high?
He doesn't know it himself.
Fanci's contract was signed by the Lakers, he was traded, and he did not sign a second agreement with the Clippers.
He's still on his rookie contract.
Moreover, the agreement he signed with the Clippers complied with all legal procedures and was endorsed by the best law firm in Los Angeles.
It is certainly legally binding.
So, to a certain extent, Sterling can only hope in the second clause.
NBA does not allow active players to hold shares. After Jordan retired for the second time that year, he owned shares of the Wizards. In 2001, Jordan came back for the second time. In order to successfully get on the court, he could only continue to play after trading out his shares.
Jordan was unable to break the precedent, and Fanci certainly cannot be broken.
However.
This still cannot constrain Fan Xi's priority.
NBA regulations cannot be greater than the law.
Fanci can have someone hold it on his behalf, or he can even announce his retirement after buying the team, then sell it at a high price and come back again.
Sterling felt like his head was getting big.
He realized that this matter would be extremely difficult.
Therefore, he finally accepted his assistant's suggestion and simply published the agreement to make things even more confusing. Maybe in the chaos, he could get greater benefits.
Sterling broke the jar.
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Before Sterling broke the bank, Microsoft CEO Ballmer arrived in Chicago on a private plane and met Fanci at the Clippers hotel.
Ballmer doesn't have the slightest air of a boss. In fact, he also knows that Fan Xi has invested in many Internet high-tech companies in Silicon Valley in the past year or so. Fan Xi's investment direction seems to be leaning towards some Internet companies on the mobile phone.
This is quite different from Microsoft's work direction.
Microsoft still believes that computers are the future, and they do not believe that smartphones can change the Internet landscape.
In this matter, Fan Xi voted with her money.
Of course, this time Ballmer is not here to talk to Fan Xi about Internet trends. In fact, Ballmer himself has been marginalized at Microsoft. He is ready to retire and leave. Buying an NBA team is what he will do after he becomes famous.
A pastime, he plans to focus on this sporting hobby in the future.
"Jack, you have always been your fan, ever since you defeated the Mavericks in the Western Conference finals last season. I am here to be honest with you. I hope you will continue to stay in Los Angeles and the Clippers."
"Although I am not the owner of the Clippers yet, I promise you that as long as I buy this team, I will meet all your requirements and I will build the team your way, with any players you want,
I will support you at all costs."
Ballmer said to Fan Xi sincerely.
He shows his sincerity.
The assistant next to him was a bit condescending. Seeing Fan Xi being silent, he said on his own initiative: "Jack, our boss has never paid so much attention to a person. You have to know that he is one of the wealthiest people in the world."
one."
His words made Fan Xi feel unhappy.
Although Ballmer glared at the assistant, he did not criticize him. It seems that although he felt that the assistant was a bit rash, he still recognized the assistant in his heart.
The two people's tacit understanding all fell into Fan Xi's eyes.
Fan Xi doesn't want others to treat her with a "benefactor" mentality. Why are you a super rich man? If you come to see me, I have to give you face and lick you?
So, Fan Xi raised his eyebrows and said to Ballmer: "Of course I know your ability to make money, but compared to others, I want to create everything myself."
"So?" Ballmer didn't understand what Fan Xi said: "Have you decided to leave?"
Fan Xi didn't answer him.
On the side, his assistant said loudly: "Jack, don't struggle with money. If we acquire the team, we can actually put you on the bench, we will not trade you. I have studied your contract, if
If you don't renew your contract with the home team, even if you activate the 'Fanshie Clause', you won't get the super maximum salary."
This time, Ballmer didn't even glare at his assistant.
Instead, he said to Fan Xi with a smile: "I know you have many side jobs, but please believe me, Jack. It is in your best interest to stay with the Clippers."
At this time, Fan Xi suddenly said: "Sir, are you so sure you can acquire the Clippers now?"
"Of course, my dear Jack."
Ballmer said confidently, and when he spoke, he opened his arms to show his dominance and control: "To be honest, I don't plan to argue with Sterling. I can satisfy him no matter how much money he needs."
, I have great confidence in the NBA. Even if he offers 1 billion US dollars, I will transfer cash from the bank to him in the second year. I have this strength, and I am one of the few people in the world who can offer 10 billion US dollars.
The man with billions of cash.”
He demonstrated his abilities to the fullest.
He believed that Fan Xi would be impressed by his courage.
No one in this world can resist the power of money, not even an NBA superstar like Fan Xi.
"Well, let's talk about it then."
Fan Xi smiled and ended the conversation.
Ballmer raised his eyebrows and looked at Fan Xi's leaving figure. He muttered: Very interesting, very personal, worthy of being the man who beat James in the finals.
The assistant next to him said angrily: "He is too arrogant..."
"No, Brandon. Remember, the more arrogant a person is, the more capable he is. He has the capital of arrogance. I like people with such personality, and I believe he will soon understand that when money stands up, truth will