Clippers players enjoyed an unprecedented Christmas break.
After defeating the Lakers, the respect and honor received by every Clippers player is unparalleled... just like the media always said that Jack Duke completed unparalleled revenge.
The media in Los Angeles began to pay close attention to their gossip. Jimmy Barrett proudly said that paparazzi were following his house.
Before this, there was a natural gap in the status of the players of these two teams in Los Angeles, and of course Fanci was not included in this. The real meaning of this game was a turnaround battle for the Clippers. The Clippers took away some of the Lakers' resources.
Although the Lakers' base is still larger than that of the Clippers, the Clippers' bite is enough to rewrite their treatment in the City of Angels.
Soon, California advertisers would be coming to them with business offers they had previously been reluctant to make.
Businessmen are always the ones with the sharpest sense of smell in the world.
In contrast, Jeanie Buss had a terrible Christmas holiday this past year. Although D'Antoni took the initiative to stand at the post-game press conference and admitted that it was because of his scheduling problems that he did not allow the team to have the proper chemical reaction.
That led to losing.
But this explanation obviously can only convince those die-hard Lakers fans.
The Lakers board of directors and the Buss family held three internal meetings in the past two days. The content of the meetings was mainly to criticize Buss. However, the final result was a unified voice and support for Buss to continue to work.
The ship turned around due to disaster.
The bitter pill has been brewed. Fan Xi will never return to the Purple and Gold Army. He has become the owner of the Clippers.
Jeanie Buss also traded for Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, and her reform has been completed. Objectively speaking, except for the mistake of letting Fanshie go, both transactions are wonderful moves in the history of the Lakers.
This voyage can only continue with Jenny Buss at the helm.
After Jeanie Buss resolved the internal chaos, she made a promise to take the Lakers to a higher position this season and win four consecutive championships... The Lakers have never won four consecutive championships in history.
As long as the Lakers complete four consecutive championships.
The humiliation of the Christmas War will be like chalk on a blackboard, gently erased.
Jeanie Buss has enough confidence in this lineup. It has super players inside and outside. It can be said that the world's heroes are at its command. Jeannie can't think of any team that can defeat the Lakers in the series.
Of course the Los Angeles Clippers can't. They can win one or two victories in the regular season. This doesn't mean anything. The playoffs are the real battlefield. What can these young people do? It takes two or three years to accumulate experience.
By that time, the Lakers had won five and six consecutive championships.
Fancy, on the other hand, had to be traded to another team for one year in accordance with the league agreement. When he came back, he had to start all over again. However, the Lakers have always been entrenched in dominating the Los Angeles market.
Now is the best moment for the Clippers in the next few years.
It will never be able to keep pace with the Lakers in the City of Angels, let alone surpass them.
Everything in front of you is just passing smoke.
Jenny Buss is very confident and confident. She has decided not to care about the gains and losses of the city and the pool in front of her. She told Magic Johnson to take a long-term view.
The Los Angeles Lakers travel to Boston after the Christmas break, where they will continue a new battle, a collision between two of the NBA's oldest giants.
The Los Angeles Clippers are stationed at Staples, and their next opponent is the San Antonio Spurs from afar.
On the afternoon before the game day, Fanxi found lawyers, league officials, and the brokerage team, and went to the hotel agreed with Sterling for a formal meeting.
Previous meetings between Fanci and Sterling were meetings between players and owners, and the two parties naturally had a modern subordinate relationship.
This time, both sides were equal on all levels, even Fan Xi was a little bit higher.
When Sterling saw Fan Xi, he couldn't laugh anymore, and he couldn't shout to Fan Xi affectionately: Dear Jack.
The feelings between them faded.
Sterling has always been known for being stingy, and he has worked hard all his life. The two biggest waterloos in his life both happened in basketball. The first one was when Buss was short of money to buy the Lakers, and it was Sterling who borrowed money to buy the Lakers. For him. The second one is now.
"You didn't lose too much, Mr. Donald. You spent less than 90 million U.S. dollars to buy the Clippers back then, and now you get 750 million U.S. dollars." Lu Yuan walked over to comfort him.
Chen Ye, who was following Lu Yuan, calculated for him honestly: "Based on the investment of 90 million, you have earned 660 million US dollars. This is an auspicious number. You should be satisfied."
Sterling was shaking with anger.
"Jack, don't think I don't know. Now Ballmer has made you an offer of more than 1.5 billion US dollars. You made half of it out of thin air. You are really amazing. Jack, you had planned how to scheme against me from the beginning." Right? That shameless woman spread the video tape with your instruction, right?"
Sterling said to Fan Xi fiercely: "I have hired a private detective and I will sue you."
"You are clearly making unfair profits."
Sterling said viciously.
Fan Xi shrugged: "You can investigate to your heart's content. I thought we had a sincere friendship, but I didn't expect you to think of me as evil."
"I don't know the shameless woman you are talking about."
Fan Xi emphasized it seriously.
After all, he hopes to have a good time together.
He and Sterling had a honeymoon period. The stingy Sterling was extremely trusting and generous to him, and Fanci devoted himself to helping Sterling obtain greater finances.
But these latter things were beyond Fan Xi's imagination.
Sterling didn't believe Fanci's words at all. He thought this was a well-designed business trap.
But what does it matter?
He must now leave the team completely in the hands of Fanshie.
"Do you have so much money? I suspect you are bluffing." Sterling said disapprovingly.
Fancy did not argue with Sterling about the issue. He asked a bank representative to come over and present the cashier's check.
Sterling found it incredible. He asked Fanxi to explain the source of the funds. He did not believe that Fanxi could get so much money.
Fan Xi was too lazy to talk to him.
He then expressed his doubts to the alliance representatives.
Just like the struggle of a lame duck before death.
An hour ago, Fanshie had disclosed his source of funds to the league. He did not ask for a loan from the Dallas Mavericks owner, he just explained the loan from Rose.
It is worth mentioning that the league also specifically called Derrick Rose to inquire and confirmed that this was just a loan without other terms.
They didn't ask Kobe, because Fan Xi didn't borrow from Kobe in the end. Taylor Swift, Scarlett, Selena, and Fan Xi's mother all sent in more money, which just covered Kobe's loan.
Sterling was so helpless that he could only sign his name on the transfer contract.
And the moment he signed his name, he collapsed and didn't even stand up to shake Fan Xi's hand.
The Clippers officially belong to Fan Xi.
Although the formal procedures will not be completed until next Monday, the first thing Fan Xi did after completing the agreement was to call Dunleavy Sr. to tell him that the transaction could be executed.
Moreover, Fanshie and Kupchak had a phone call.
The general manager who was kicked out by the Lakers got a new job. He officially replaced the previous Clippers president Elgin Baylor as the actual manager of the club.
This news made him extremely excited. He could finally return to work in Los Angeles. Although he changed a team, it was more challenging for him.
When Old Dunleavy learned the details of the transaction, he was a little confused.
Because the transaction details provided by Fanshie are: using his son Mike Dunleavy, Blake Griffin, Rasheed Wallace, and a trade exception of US$2 million to trade Nowitzki.
This is a 'reasonable' deal, but a completely unreasonable deal.
He couldn't think of any reason for the Mavericks to trade Nowitzki. Nowitzki is still at his peak. The peak period of this kind of shooting power forward is far longer than that of a power forward with excellent physical fitness.
Moreover, Dunleavy Sr. was very reluctant to part with his son. His son played very well in the Clippers. Although his playing time was taken away by two young men, his efficiency was extremely high.
"Will Dallas agree?" Old Dunleavy asked puzzledly.
"Of course." Fan Xi said.
"Does Mike know about this? And Rasheed, does he think he has been sold?" Old Dunleavy then asked.
"I talked to Mike on the phone last night, and he didn't object to this matter. Rashid is ready to retire," Fanshi said.
"Oh!" Old Dunleavy nodded on the other end of the phone.
He was still in great shock.
It turned out that in Dunleavy Sr.'s plan, he was inclined to use Griffin to add some talent to the New York Knicks' Stoudemire.
But now, he can actually switch to Nowitzki.
The Los Angeles Clippers are about to take off.
Dunleavy Sr. applied for a trade to Dallas, and the transaction application was quickly approved without any hesitation on the part of the Mavericks.
The transaction is submitted to the alliance headquarters.
David Stern saw this trade application soon, and his scalp was a little numb at the time.
To a certain extent, this is a very reasonable deal that allows everyone to get what they need. The Mavericks got talent and a rebuilding core. The Clippers got immediate combat power and playoff experience.
But... David Stern frowned and thought for a long time.
The final frown slowly relaxed.
He looked at the current lineups of the two Los Angeles teams: Kobe, Fancy, Howard, Nash, Paul, Gasol, Carter plus Nowitzki...
An elite gathering of old, middle-aged and young superstars.
City of Angels rolled to the extreme.
very good.
Just keep rolling.
Snapped!
David Stern stamped his seal on the transaction application.
Agree to the transaction application.
The wheels of the German tank rolled forward, heading towards the City of Angels.