Chapter 275: Preparing to Acquire the Clippers

After learning the news of the Clippers for the first time, Li Cai was ready to persuade Li's father to invest.

As early as the playoffs in March, Li led the Big Sharks team, basically swept the opponent, and got a ticket to the CBA finals.

And Li Cai's performance is very eye-catching, it can be said that no one can stop him in terms of outside firepower.

This also made the Magic City Shark enter the finals again after leaving Da Yao, and may even win the CBA championship again.

The opponent in the final is naturally Shangjing Shougang.

If you look at the lineup alone, the players in Beijing Shougang are much stronger.

Even the players brought in from the outside are very good.

It's a pity that after meeting Li Cai, the player who opened the hanging, Marbury, the outside star of Shangjing Shougang, was locked up by Li Cai.

Just like last year's semi-finals, the inside strength was not strong, and the outside stars were targeted again and were directly swept out.

And Li Cai also led the Big Sharks Club to win the championship and won the second CBA championship for the team.

It can be said that since the era of Da Yao has passed, the big shark has ushered in a new glory.

Li Cai also completed one of the two tasks, and Li Cai didn't have to worry about shortening the penalty of 5cm, and he was able to get two random skill rewards.

It's just that Lee plans to complete the task of acquiring the first NBA team before starting together.

After all, the number of lottery draws is naturally as much as possible, and Li Cai is worried that the two draws are not very good skills, so he simply draws them together.

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"What, buy the Clippers. Dad Li was surprised.

As a real estate tycoon, although Dad Li doesn't understand basketball, he also knows that the Clippers are in an excellent position in Los Angeles, even if there is Sterling's "racial discrimination" problem, but the league may not have such a severe punishment and force Sterling to sell the team.

Although the NBA's punishment for Sterling has not yet come out, it is certainly unchanged, and Sterling will definitely sell the Clippers.

Because Sterling's reputation is so stinky, he fell into a well, and he had to queue up if he wanted to throw stones.

Arguably the worst reputation in the league.

Dad Li doesn't know these things, how could Li Cai not know.

So, Li Cai said firmly: "Don't worry, the NBA league will make a decision in a few days to force the sale of the Clippers, and now we can go and prepare in advance." ”

Dad Li is still very hesitant, after all, it is not easy to buy an NBA team, especially a team in a big city. In addition to not knowing basketball, it is not within the scope of his own field, Dad Li is still very worried.

Although I know my son's idea, that is, when I want to go to the NBA to play basketball, the team I am on will listen to me, and I will not be angry and contradictory.

Seeing that Dad Li was still hesitant, Li Cai immediately said: "Dad, you don't have to worry about losses at all, if this problem occurs, even if the Clippers are in a big city, they have not won the championship, they have no background, and if something happens, the value will definitely be reduced, lower than the original market price, if you are worried about management, you can find Da Yao Dan, the general manager of the team, after all, he has been in the NBA for so long." ”

Dad Li was stunned for a moment and asked, "Da Yao is now the owner of the Big Shark Club, and he has too many things to do, so he won't be the general manager of this team!"

In the previous life, among the people who wanted to buy the Clippers, it was rumored that Da Yao wanted to lead the Huaguo consortium to acquire it, but unfortunately it was estimated that there was no negotiation, so this matter is unknown, and there is no follow-up.

However, to be able to spread this news, it will naturally not be groundless, Da Yao must have an idea, after all, it is a big regret for Da Yao to not be able to get the NBA championship ring in his career as a player, and the Clippers are a strong team with the strength to win the championship, and it is normal for Da Yao to be tempted.

So, Li Cai said: "How is it impossible, Da Yao basically doesn't manage the Big Shark Club very much, and ask him as the general manager of the team, you can give him some shares, so that he is not a part-time worker, but one of the bosses, he will definitely agree." ”

Dad Li thought for a long time, but still said: "The group does not have a lot of liquidity during this time, and it is still difficult to acquire the Clippers, unless there is also fundraising, but in this case, there may not be an absolute controlling stake." ”

Li Cai smiled and said to Li's father: "I have funds!"

"Go, go, go, I don't know you yet, the 500 million you gave you last year, you acquired a Wanhe Tianyi, although it has already returned to its original cost now, and even made a lot of money, but it would be good if you could have 100 million dollars now. ”

Dad Li naturally knows his son very well, so he naturally said mercilessly.

Li Cai listened, just stretched out five fingers and shook them a few times in front of Li's father.

"Not only that, I have more than $500 million now, and I have a quarter of the money to buy the Clippers, like that?"

Dad Li was naturally very surprised, and after knowing that Li Cai had invested in Bitcoin and made a lot of money, he didn't say anything, but began to seriously consider Li Cai's opinion.

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In the United States, as the newly appointed NBA commissioner in February this year, David Stern's successor Adam Silva naturally felt very annoyed after learning about Sterling.

On April 30, Adam Silva announced at a press conference: "The ban on Sterling from all matters related to the Clippers or the NBA is effective immediately." Raheem Sterling cannot watch NBA games and practice live, enter any of the Clippers' facilities, participate in the affairs of any team or player, attend NBA board meetings and any league-related activities. A $2.5 million fine was imposed on Sterling. ”

This is the maximum fine stipulated by the NBA's charter, and it can be said that the league has no room for mitigation with Sterling this time.

And the next day, Adam Silva held another press conference and said: "I will urge the NBA board to use its power to force Raheem Sterling to sell the Clippers as soon as possible." ”

This made Sterling completely blind, and he didn't expect it to become like this, although he did not agree to sell the team when he negotiated with the president, but the other party did not give him any face and forced him to sell the team.

What's even funnier is that Sterling himself doesn't agree to make trouble, but his family does, and even can't wait to sell the Clippers.

At this moment, many consortia went to Los Angeles in a hurry, wanting to participate in the bidding to buy the Clippers, and after Dad Li saw it, he naturally united with Da Yao and asked him to come forward to buy the Clippers.

After all, Da Yao still has a lot of connections in the NBA, and the league is very happy about the acquisition of the Huaguo consortium, and is even willing to facilitate it.

After all, the two NBA presidents have always attached great importance to the Chinese market, and after Da Yao retired, the Rockets have a lot less market in China, and the loss to the league is very large.

The new president Adam Silva previously managed the NBA Chinese market, and his Chinese name is Xiao Hua, so it can be said that he is naturally very happy that Da Yao brought people to participate, after all, this can make the NBA have a greater influence in China.

Therefore, Lee only has the task left to complete, and all he has to do is make an offer to the Clippers, that is, as long as the price is high and the Sterling family, the agent who managed to sell the Clippers, is satisfied.

In the previous life, Steve Ballmer, the former CEO and president of Microsoft, was able to acquire the Clippers, in addition to spending $2 billion, it also had an impact on the Internet relationship, so the alliance was able to see it and allowed him to make a smooth acquisition, and now with Huaguo, a better big market, the alliance naturally attaches importance to Li Cai's side.