The Lakers are owned by Jerry Buss, who started his career in real estate and bought the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Kings (hockey hockey team) and the Los Angeles Forum Arena for $67.5 million in 1979.

Under his stewardship, the Lakers shone in the late '80s, playing beautiful games and wonderful combinations under the leadership of the big three of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, "Magic" Johnson and James Worthy!!

The trio joined forces to create a glorious Show-time era!

Unfortunately, veteran Abdul-Jabbar retired in 1989, and Magic Johnson was found to be infected with HIV and retired in February 1991.

The Lakers have lost two big players, James Worthy is alone, and the Lakers have not achieved any good results, and he retired within a few years.

At this moment, the Lakers have fallen into a trough, until the OK combination of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant has killed all sides and recreated the glory of the Lakers!! but now, it is the best time to buy the Lakers!

Henry sent his own professional negotiation team to contact Jerry Buss, intending to buy the Lakers at a high price!

At the Lakers headquarters, Jerry Buss looked at Brad Hansen, the representative of Henry's negotiating team, and coldly refused: "Mr. Hansen, please tell Mr. Henry Williams that I, Jerry Buss, will not sell the Lakers!"

After Jerry Bass finished speaking, Brad Hansen couldn't help frowning, he was directly rejected before he could make an offer, Jerry Bass spoke in a tough tone, a little tricky. Brad Hansen was silent for a moment and persuaded: "Mr. Jerry Buss, since 89, after Abdul-Jabbar retired, the Lakers suddenly became much worse than before, and missed the championship position many times. Then Magic Johnson retired due to illness. It makes the Lakers even worse!Mr. Jerry Buss, our owner, Mr. Williams, is willing to pay $600 million to buy the Lakers, you don't have to think about it!!"

"Don't think about it, even if it's 100 million or even 200 million dollars more. I'm not going to sell the Lakers!!" Jerry Buss confidently said, "The Lakers are just in a slump for the time being, and I'm going to let the Lakers win the NBA championship again!"

Jerry Buss has a deep affection for the Lakers, and he went to great lengths to develop the Lakers. He hired a Hollywood A-list production team to produce the coolest promos for the Lakers. He also recruited the most beautiful cheerleading girls, and invited the most famous sports bands in the United States from USC to play for the Lakers, making the Lakers' games as entertainment events in Los Angeles and the United States as the Oscars. He never even hesitated to spend a lot of money to sign players, even if it was a hefty luxury tax!

Once, Jerry Bass offered 25-year-old "Magic" Johnson a sky-high contract worth $25 million......

Brad Hansen was very helpless when he saw Jerry Bass being so stubborn, and then he shook his head and said to Jerry Bass: "Okay, Mr. Jerry Bass, in that case. Then I'll take my leave!"

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Chairman's Office in ABC Headquarters Building.

Henry sipped his coffee as he listened to Brad Hansen's briefing. Henry asked, "Jerry Bass won't sell even if he pays a lot of money?"

"Yes, boss, Jerry Buss spoke in a categorical tone, and in my opinion, he really didn't want to sell the Lakers!" Brad Hansen replied.

Henry nodded, then asked, "Are there any other NBA teams in Los Angeles?"

"Yes, it's the speedboat team. The Clippers were originally called the Braves. Later, when it moved to San Diego, it was renamed the Clippers. In 1981 the team changed hands and Raheem Sterling became owner and moved to Los Angeles in 1984. But. This team has a terrible record, and it has never been able to get rid of the identity of the fish belly team, and the best record is only to enter the division semi-finals!"

"Okay, then buy the Clippers!"

For Henry, it's the same with buying the Lakers or the Clippers. He's just looking at the game for a convenient time, as long as he's in Los Angeles. As for the players, as long as they are willing to spend money, they are afraid that they will not be able to recruit? salary cap or something, for Henry, it is like a fictitious, and it is a big deal to pay a little more luxury tax!

In order to avoid the emergence of super big teams, the NBA has imposed a policy: the salary cap. That is, the NBA stipulates the amount of a work cap, so the total salary of all players on a team cannot exceed the salary cap, and if it is exceeded, you have to pay the luxury tax!

In fact, most teams are over the salary cap, just not by much!

"Okay, boss!"

Sterling is not as stubborn as Jerry Buss, and when he heard that Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, was coming to buy his team, his eyes lit up!

After Brad Hansen spoke to him, Sterling agreed to sell the Clippers to Henry Williams for $200 million!

Sterling bought the Clippers for just $20 million, and the Clippers were a terrible, almost forgotten team, and the stock price dropped to $10 without anyone interesting. After several years of hard work by Sterling, although the Clippers team is a lot stronger, it is still a "crane tail car"!

The Clippers can sell for $200 million, which is a big profit compared to Sterling's original investment, in general!

Soon, the acquisition agreement was signed.

The Clippers team was officially incorporated into Henry's name, and Henry first renamed the Clippers team to the Clippers team, which sounded familiar and represented that the Clippers team had been reborn from then on!

Henry Williams became the new owner of the Clippers and caused a stir in the industry.

"The NBA giants are about to be born!!

"Henry Williams is not short of money, and the Lakers, the same city team, are under great pressure!"

The newspaper jokingly said: "At this moment, the owners of the major NBA teams must be strict to prevent players from being poached!"

The team owners were nervous, and there was a feeling that a wolf was coming. There are usually four ways to move players in the NBA, one is the draft, the second is the trade between clubs, the third is free agent joining, and the fourth is the club waiver of players.

Transactions between clubs are usually done by substitution, and of course, it is okay to pay for them!

Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have.

There are countless talented players who have lost their sights. The club owner is definitely willing to sell some ......

In addition, if the Clippers are paid well, free agents must be close to the Clippers! These free agents either do not have contracts or their contracts are full. There are quite a few such free agents on NBA teams every year. "Big Shark" O'Neal became a free agent in 1996. Then it was poached by Lakers owner Jerry Buss with a contract of more than $100 million!

The Clippers are a bit of a mess right now and desperately need to bring in better players and coaches, and Henry has poured $500 million into the team to bring in talent. It's just that talent is difficult to poach, and the NBA will not produce awesome characters in recent years. Until 1996!

The 1996 NBA Draft was a class of talented people in NBA history, and many superstars emerged, known as the "96 Golden Generation", such as Iverson, Kobe, Marbury, Ray Allen, etc. You know, it's very difficult to get the best players from other NBA clubs. Therefore, Henry is more hopeful for the NBA draft.

So so. After the draft, players are traded between clubs. Before that, Thierry Henry could buy some decent players as reserves, and then in 1996, he had a big change!!

The Clippers moved to Los Angeles to rent a stadium in order to save costs, which is too inconsistent with the status of a giant team.

Henry decided to build the biggest stadium in Los Angeles - the Clippers Arena!

The original logo of the Clippers was too ugly, and Henry said that he couldn't see it, so he immediately ordered someone to design a new LOGO. A spaceship in space, and the Clipper Stadium must be shaped like a spaceship, so that it can be hoisted!

If the Clippers Stadium becomes a Los Angeles landmark, it's hard not to be remembered!

Subsequently. At the same time, Henry sent people to communicate with the Los Angeles government to try to get their support. After all, it will be difficult to build a stadium in Los Angeles, even California, or even the largest stadium in the United States, without government support. Land, transportation and other aspects need the cooperation of the government!

The news spread quickly in Los Angeles and then throughout the United States.

"Henry Williams wants to spend a billion dollars to build the biggest, most advanced and coolest stadium in history, the Clippers Arena. The Clipper Arena will be designed to resemble a spaceship, and it will be incomparably impressive!"

After countless NBA clubs saw the news, they envied it. The Lakers in the same city are very embarrassed, the original ugly duckling is now going to become a white swan, and will have such an awesome gymnasium, which has completely stolen the limelight of the Lakers......

The Lakers players have the most complicated feelings, this time to see that the Clippers, who are also in Los Angeles and have been ravaged by themselves at will, will have a better stadium than themselves, and their hearts are too unhappy and unbalanced! Originally, Henry Williams first found his boss Jerry Buss and said that he wanted to buy the Lakers, but the boss did not agree, otherwise, it should be the Lakers who are in the limelight now, and he can train in such an awesome gym in the future......

The players couldn't help but feel lost, and some players even complained about Jerry Buss in their hearts, blaming him for why he didn't sell the Lakers to Henry Williams!

The morale of the Lakers can't help but fall again and again!

At this moment, many American NBA players already want to join the Clippers, and some players even take the initiative to contact the Clippers, hoping to join in the future.

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After getting the Clippers, Henry sent people non-stop to buy clubs of popular sports in the United States, such as baseball clubs, ice hockey clubs, etc., and only then would ESPN Sports have a rich sports program!

A series of acquisitions followed, shocking the American media.

One sports club after another has been bought by Henry, and it's simply dizzying. In order to manage such a club, Henry set up Williams Sports.

The American people looked at the newspapers and were hooked, and many people were discussing which club Henry Williams would buy next.

Just then, a piece of news came out that left them stunned.

ABC TV reported: "At 9 o'clock this morning, Henry Williams officially launched a takeover request to the NFL......!

Rugby is the hottest and most popular sport in the United States, and it can almost be called a "national sport"! The NFL is a household name in the United States, and it has great popularity and influence. Henry's acquisition of the National Football League (NFL) is equivalent to Henry's acquisition of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala!

"Oh my god, Henry Williams is actually buying the NFL, it's beyond my imagination!!"

"The sports club can no longer satisfy his desires~ hopes, his goal is the sea of stars!"

"It's awesome, I'm already adoring him! He's a giant who wants to be a sports mogul!"

"Hehe, it seems that Henry Williams, like me, loves rugby!"

"I just want to ask, how much does it cost to buy the NFL?"

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At this time, CBS broadcasters and NBC broadcasters suddenly smelled a hint of crisis, and there was a discussion within their respective companies.

"Henry Williams is buying sports clubs in the United States, and now he is buying the National Football League (NFL), his purpose is not simple, I'm afraid it's not just because he likes rugby, he's playing a big game!"

"That's right, don't forget that he has ABC Broadcasting, he has ESPN Sports, and he buys so many clubs and wants to buy the NFL to develop ESPN Sports!"

"Yes, but we can't sit still!"

"Uh...... Do you want us to participate in the acquisition of the NFL by the National Football League? Oh, don't think about it, we don't have the money!!"

"Hehe, although we can't buy the NFL, but ...... For example, we sue Henry Williams for monopolizing the sports market!!"

"Haha, that's right, sue him for monopoly!!"

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Two days later, CBS and NBC filed a lawsuit in California government court against Henry Williams for monopolizing the sports market.

"Henry Williams' aggressive acquisition of sports clubs and now the acquisition of the NFL has become a monopoly, and we strongly demand that Henry Williams cease his acquisition of the NFL!!

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation!

(To be continued.) )