Chapter 644: Determination
Buying an NBA team is hard to imagine, but it's actually easy to do. As long as the owner agrees, the league agrees, and you pay enough taxes, then everything is as fast as the green light.
After all, the current chairman of the NBA is Stern, a man who has been working since taking over the NBA chairmanship in '84 and is committed to making the NBA a great chairman who influences sports around the world.
Although his main goal is currently to focus on the NBA's influence in the American sports leagues, as well as to expand that influence to European countries. But he doesn't mind taking the lead in expanding the NBA's influence into ancient China.
Although the people of the world now look at that ancient country a bit like looking at the feudal backward old man, this does not prevent him from taking over a rich owner of this country to join the NBA league, especially after the new owner gave him a few very surprising suggestions, which made him more welcome the other party to join.
All the players and coaches at the 76ers' training center, as well as the assistant coaches and staff, stood on the court to greet their new owner.
The members who couldn't make the playoffs for several years in a row barely got a little bit of life because of Jerry Starx Howe, who was signed in '96 and was hailed as Jordan's overtime man.
Jordan's successors have been in a bit of a dip this year, but they signed a stronger No. 1 pick last year and have done well this year, which makes them want a little bigger. But just when they were ready to unite and wait for this hope to ripen and blossom and lead the team to another brilliant future, the team owner was replaced.
And it was replaced by a Chinese who they didn't know anything about, which cast a shadow on the hearts of all the staff and coaches who were originally actively preparing for the game.
"It's great to be able to buy this team and to have players as good as you. Although the team has changed owners, there will be no change in the plan previously decided internally, except for recruiting better players to join you. And ......" said here Yang Dongxu paused: "After training, I have a treat today, the largest nightclub in Philadelphia." ”
"Woohoo......"
Originally, when they saw such a young Chinese boss, everyone was still a little drumming in their hearts, guessing what this young boss would say when they met for the first time.
Who would have thought that the other party would be so open-minded, come up to show that he will not point fingers, and will only spend money to buy better players to join the team, and then treat them so directly. The players who were originally nervous suddenly felt that their new boss seemed to be good, unlike the previous boss who wanted good results, but was unwilling to spend money very hard.
Watching the players excitedly discuss how to play in the nightclub, where is the biggest nightclub and what are the characteristics. Larry Brown's face was not as relaxed as the players, and he asked the assistant coach to restrain the excited players to continue training so as not to make a bad impression on the new owner and walk into the office.
Along with him into the office was Buck Coulson, now the general manager of the 76ers. This is a fat man who is only 165 in height, and it feels a little funny just by looking at the surface, because he is so fat.
But it's such a funny-looking fat man, but he has excellent vision and team management skills. The 76ers have performed so poorly over the years, and from time to time they can still find some good players and poach them, all by his vision.
It's a pity that bad luck met a boss who picked the door, even if the player is optimistic, the first thing to consider is always the price, and then to consider the player's ability. It would have been better if he had been able to meet players who were both capable and cheap, as his previous boss had always thought so, which made him sometimes very distressed.
"What I just said is not an empty reassuring word, the current management system and the plan of the team will not change. I asked you to come to the office to learn more about the team and to hear their thoughts on the team's shortcomings at the moment.
Rest assured, I'm not a quick winner, and I ask you how to do this year, or next year. After all, capable players also need time to grow. But I don't want the team to continue to be in a bad position, so I don't have to make the playoffs, but at least I can't be at the bottom like I am now. Looking at the two people who were a little nervous, Yang Dongxu said.
Hearing his big boss say this, Buck and Larry Brown, who were originally a little apprehensive, looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. There is also a bit of a feeling that the players outside are 'their own boss is too good'.
Or it's just too empathetic, they don't do everything they are afraid of, they will support everything they want to do, and they are simply the best boss.
As for the team results that seem to have no requirements, but in fact have requirements, this is nothing in their opinion. After all, that's what they've always wanted to do, one as the general manager of the team and the other as the coach.
No one wants to mess up the team, or any manager or coach of any team, even if they're draft-wise, want to mess the team. Every year, I am worse than the bottom team, and it really feels humiliating to go out and see my peers.
"Let me start by talking about the current squad and salary structure. After making sure that the boss in front of him really wanted to get the team right, and would not rush to make quick success, Buck said with a deep groan.
It is obvious that he has been prepared beforehand, and this preparation is naturally a work report if the new boss is good. If the new boss makes him more desperate than the previous one, it's the resignation report of the handover. The current situation is clearly the former.
The current total salary of all players in the 76ers is $28.61 million, not counting the court fees, the cost of himself and the expenses of coaches, assistant coaches and logistics.
All of that goes into account, the team currently spends around $35 million a year. This is all the money spent, and as for the revenue, including the sales of tickets, some endorsements and other peripheral items, there is about more than 27 million this year.
So the loss of more than $5 million this year is already a sure thing. Therefore, Yang Dongxu's offer of 50 million to buy the team is really a high price. Because all this money went into Schneider's pocket after paying taxes. As for the team's losses, and all expenses are calculated from the moment of signing, Schneider will not have to pay a dime in the future.
After Buck's overall salary and management report last night, Larry Brown gave an overview of the team and his current plans to build a new team with Iverson at the centerpiece.
However, although Iverson is currently ready to be built as the core of the team, the 76ers' highest salary is not Iverson, and even he can't even rank second and can only be ranked third.
The 76ers' highest salary is now $8 million for Derrick Coleman, followed by $4.6 million for Jim Jackson. The combined salaries of the two men are nearly half of the entire team.
And what makes Yang Dongxu even more speechless is that if these two players can play the value of so much money, then he will definitely have no opinion. But these two people are not so optimistic at present, although after the doctor's diagnosis, not to mention the season reimbursement, they went home to rest.
In the 82 games of the regular season, it is estimated that at least a third of the games will be missed, which means that the two people who receive the highest salary have two-thirds of the attendance, and the remaining one-third need to recuperate, which is still the most optimistic estimate, if there are some new injuries during the game, the attendance rate will continue to decline.
And Jerry Starkehow, the fourth paid man on the previous starting team, is also injured, and the situation is not optimistic than the previous two. So this season, the lineup of the starting five has been thinned out.
What's even more speechless is that the three 76ers' star stars are a lazy and two prodigal sons, and Jim Jackson, who is the second-paid man, was called the NBA's number one prodigal son in later life, with a career of 14 years, counting the Hornets who did not report to the team, and changed 13 teams to play.
Although Jerry Starchhorn is not as prodigal as Jim, he is known as Jordan's successor, because of his rebellious and uncertain personality, it is difficult to be the core of the team, and the prodigal attribute in his bones is no less than Jim.
Then there is the most valuable Derrick Coleman, who Karl Malone once said that if he can work as hard as he does, the number one in the league is not Michael Jordan, and Barkley also thinks that he is one of the most talented forwards in history, just a slacker, or an alcoholic.
Although he signed the 90 champions, he is not completely a parallel champion from the data alone. But because of personal laziness and undisciplined life, it was difficult for the team to tolerate him, so he was sent to the 76ers by the Nets. As a result, he only played 11 games in the first year of the transfer due to injury, and the attendance in the 96-97 season was okay, and now he is injured again..... And in the injury, the weight has skyrocketed due to indiscipline.
"Coleman has to warn that if he continues to let things go like this, something must be done. The other two are the same, if they want to build a championship team, not to mention that all the players need to work hard, but at least they can't let such people lead bad newcomers in the team. After listening to Larry Brown's report, Yang Dongxu pinched his eyebrows depressedly.
Previously, his knowledge of the 76ers was limited to the later likes of Iverson, as well as the recent information obtained through Zhou Ya's investigation. Now that he has learned more about it, he feels that his acquisition is still too unexpected.
A team is only so bad all the time, in addition to the reason why it is rotten, but also because he is really bad. And this situation has a lot to do with bad players, the current 76ers are simply a concentration camp for these bad players, Iverson can be said to be the only bit of green, but at the moment this bit of green is too young and just a newcomer.
"Can we trade it out to strengthen the roster?" Buck's eyes lit up, and his new boss seemed to be not afraid of spending money, which made him feel like he had a chance to perform.
If it weren't for Schneider, he had to save money and find capable players. How could he possibly trade these players to the team.
"First of all, we should warn, we should emphasize discipline, and everything must be done according to the team rules. If you don't listen, you will test the issue of exchanging reinforcements, and if no one wants to take over the player for the time being, let him sit on the bench for me, and let him be the bench if he doesn't change it every day. Don't give a new substitute a chance to play, even if you lose in the end. Yang Dongxu waved his hand to express his tough attitude on this issue.