The Houston Rockets, founded in 1967 and joined the NBA in the 1967-1968 season, are a professional basketball team belonging to Houston, Texas, USA, and are part of the Southwest Division of the NBA Western Conference. Biquge.infoThe Rockets were founded in San Diego in 1967 and moved to Houston in 1971 after four uneventful seasons.

The Rockets are a team with a tradition of high school forwards, from Moses Malone and Ralph Sampson in the early days to Hakim Olajuwon now, all of whom are traditional centers in the NBA.

The Rockets build a team with a center, and the center is the No. 5 position on the court, generally operating in the three-second zone, and the basket is the area of the center, and the scoring means are generally dunks, big hooks, small hooks, singles scoring and other techniques.

Because excellent centers are simple and unpretentious, the Rockets are good at positional warfare, rather than sports warfare within the "run and bomb".

A center and power forward with a solid foundation are the same as small forwards and scoring guards with flashy skills at the competitive level of the team. But when it comes to business development, the two are very different.

The NBA will promote Michael Jordan, a shooting guard, as the face of the league, but it will never think that centers such as Chamberlain and Hakeem Olajuwon can represent the NBA and represent American basketball.

Boring and bland, this is the norm for the Rockets. Therefore, the current Rockets are not only the poorest team in the NBA, but also the team with the fewest NBA fans.

Unlike the Rockets, with the establishment of the Bulls dynasty, the Chicago Bulls have surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics to become the most profitable team in the NBA and the team with the most fans.

In 1990-1991, the Chicago Bulls made a profit of $30 million; In 1991-1992, the Chicago Bulls made a profit of $50 million; In 1992-1993, the Chicago Bulls made a profit of $70 million.

A simple calculation shows that the total profit of the Bulls in three years can almost buy two Rockets. It's clear who is rich and who is poor.

The most important thing is that the general perception is that the Chicago Bulls are in the way, and a group of teams, including the Houston Rockets, will not be able to get ahead in the past decade.

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Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, Leslie Alexander dared to insist on $60 million, but it was because Long Zheng had signed a two-year rookie contract with the Houston Rockets.

No matter what happened two years later, let's say that in the 1993-1994 and 1994-1995 seasons, with the addition of Long Zheng, the Rockets finally got a banner outside player.

The team's offensive means in the future are not limited to positional attacks, but have more options.

Hakeem Olajuwon and Ryuzheng, one inside and one outside, one is at his peak, the other has infinite potential, and the Houston Rockets even have the strength to challenge the Chicago Bulls.

Leslie Alexander believes that with the Dragons shining in the NBA, the Rockets' earnings will never be at this level.

Leslie Alexander's $60 million offer was based on Long Zheng, and Chicago Rock Management's $50 million offer was also based on Long Zheng.

Long Zheng's rookie contract with the Houston Rockets has extremely unequal hidden terms.

The first clause of the hidden clause states that during the contract period, Long Zheng can refuse to participate in any games other than the regular season and playoffs of the Rockets, including summer leagues, preseason games, warm-up games, exhibition games, etc.

Hidden clause 2, during the contract period, in the event of an injury or bad condition, Long Zheng can refuse to play. Team Rocket is not allowed to interfere with Ryu-masa's decisions under any pretext.

Hidden clause 3, during the contract period, all the portrait rights of Long Zheng belong to him. Ryuzheng can refuse to participate in any event, including commercial activities, advertising shoots, charity events, etc.

Hidden clause 4, in the case of an average playing time of less than 10 minutes during the regular season and playoffs, after the end of the first year of the contract, Long Zheng has the option to jump out of the contract and become a free agent.

Because of the existence of hidden clauses, the Houston Rockets basically have no restraining force on the dragon government. And the existence of the hidden clause, others don't know, Oda Hatsufan and his wife and Mr. William, the head of the brokerage business of Rock Company, can still not know that you use Long Zheng, who basically has no restraining ability of the Rocket Team, as a bargaining chip to raise prices, and you can figure it out.

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At this time, the TV screen happened to show the side of Long Jung throwing in the 21st three-point victory over Tony Kukoc.

"Mr. Oda, Mrs. Oda,"

Leslie Alexander shook the red wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "Lingzi is really a basketball genius that is rare in a century, I believe that after Long Zheng joins the Rockets, the strength of the Rockets is no worse than the Bulls." ”

Leslie Alexander's words made the hearts of Oda Hatsufan and his wife, who were in a good mood when they saw Ryumasa's victory, stagnate.

Knowing that this would happen, Oda and his wife must have bought the Houston Rockets before Leslie Alexander, and the Rockets' $85 million purchase price is really nothing for the two.

But then again, if the Houston Rockets management was too shameless, cutting off Hu Longzheng before the Bulls on draft day, and destroying Long Zheng's original intention of joining the Bulls, Oda Hatsufan and his wife would not have made a move to buy the Rockets' equity now.

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"I'm sorry, Mr. Alexander, but my husband and I have something to discuss."

After a long silence, Momoeko suddenly pulled Oda Hatsunori out of the banquet hall and came to a place where no one was.

"Momoeko, are you letting me out?"

Looking at his wife, Oda Hatsufan was a little confused.

"Chu Fan, how about you say that we will buy the Rockets for $120 million?" Momoeko's words made Oda Hatsufan stunned in place.

Just now, I was arguing about the purchase price difference of 10 million US dollars, why did I suddenly think of a wholly-owned acquisition, which is still a staggering 120 million US dollars.

"Chu Fan, although I don't know how to play basketball, I often follow Long Zheng, and I still know a little bit."

Organizing the words, Momoeko continued: "The most important reason for whether a team can make money is not its record, but whether the team has an influential basketball star. A lot of fans go to a game because they like a star. As Alexander said, after Long Zheng joined the Rockets, the team's strength was no worse than that of the Bulls. Even if Ryu-jeong leaves Team Rocket two years later, Team Rocket will increase in value. The Rockets are worth $85 million, and we invested $120 million to buy them, which is a loss of 35 million, but I believe that the Rockets will be able to earn back the $35 million within two years. ”

"Momoeko, I see what you mean. And with Alexander's greed, he wouldn't have sold Team Rocket to us without $120 million. However, "(To be continued.) )