As one of the four major sports leagues in the United States, the NBA, founded in 1946, is the youngest of them, but it has also formed a complete income distribution system. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ticket revenue, TV rights, and advertising revenue are the three main ways to make money in the NBA.

Among them, the NBA deducts the part of broadcast revenue and advertising revenue from the needs of the league and distributes it equally to all teams in the league. Regardless of the team's performance in the season, whether there are superstars or not, whether the geographical location is good or not, the money is the same, avoiding the phenomenon of strong teams signing big contracts and weak teams sharing fractions. Probably each team can get between $4,000 and $50 million.

During the regular season, 6% of the ticket revenue of each game will be handed over to the NBA, and the away team will not receive a commission from the ticket revenue; In the playoffs, 45% of ticket revenue per game goes to the NBA. The NBA uses this money to pay court fees or incentives to teams participating in the playoffs, and reimburse travel expenses and subsidies to on-court referees and district staff. This is no longer a big pot of rice, and the gap between each team will come out. Strong teams have a high attendance rate, and tickets are expensive in economically developed cities.

The NBA's television broadcast is divided into two parts, one is cross-regional television broadcasting, which is more than ESPN, FOX TV, and other countries around the world to buy broadcast rights, these broadcast fees are collected by the league, and then 50% is evenly distributed to each team; The other part of the broadcast fee is centered on the stadium, within a radius of 70 miles, mainly in the city where the team is located and the surrounding broadcast, and this part of the broadcast fee belongs to each team. There were also differences in the cost of regional retransmission.

Because of the NBA's unique income distribution system, when Long Zheng spent $100 million to pay off all the debts of the Washington Bullets and make up all the arrears of the players, the financial situation of the Washington Bullets quickly turned from bad to good.

Before the playoffs, all teams were checking to fill in the vacancies, but the Washington Bullets, who have big money owners, have not made any major moves, and only signed Chinese players Li Xiaoyong and Wang Zhizhi as non-draft players on the last day.

bypassing the league draft and directly signing international players, the Washington Bullets' move has touched the league rules, but on the premise that the big gold lord Long Zheng greeted the league in advance, the league held it high and took it lightly in the form of a verbal warning and a fine of $500,000.

There are players in and out, of course.

Chris Whitney, Jalen Jackson, Ben Wallace, Matt Fish, Ashaf Amaya, five players were sent to the Milwaukee Bucks by the Dragons, and in exchange, the Milwaukee Bucks traded a first-round pick to the Washington Bullets. I have to say that Long Zheng is selfish in sending away five players at one time, in order to provide playing time for the newcomers Li Xiaoyong and Wang Zhizhi.

At the end of the three-day break, all 16 teams heading to the playoffs have made their roster changes, and the Washington Bullets are no exception.

Center, George Muressan, born on February 14, 1971, is 231 cm tall and weighs 137 kg, was selected by the Washington Bullets with the third pick in the second round in 1993, and is now worth $2.36 million.

Forward, Juwan Howard, born on February 7, 1973, is 206 centimeters tall and weighs 109 kilograms, was drafted by the Washington Bullets with the fifth pick in the first round in 1994 and is now worth $9.76 million.

Forward, Chris Webb, born on March 1, 1973, is 206 centimeters tall and weighs 111 kilograms, was selected by the Orlando Magic with the first pick in the first round in 1993 and is now worth $8 million.

Forward, Harvey Grant, born on July 4, 1965, is 203 centimeters tall and weighs 88 kilograms, was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 12th pick in the first round in 1988, and is now worth $4.11 million.

Forward, Calport Chaney, born on July 17, 1971, is 20,000 centimeters tall and weighs 95 kilograms, was selected by the Washington Bullets with the sixth pick in the first round in 1993 and is now worth $3.2 million.

Guard, Rod Strickland, born on July 11, 1966, is 191 cm tall and weighs 79 kg, was selected by the New York Knicks with the 19th pick in the first round in 1988, and is now worth $3.04 million.

Forward, Tracy Murray, born on July 25, 1971, is 201 cm tall and weighs 102 kilograms, was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 18th pick in the first round in 1992 and is now worth $1.7 million.

Center/forward, Lorenzo Williams, born on July 15, 1969, is 206 cm tall, weighs 91 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $940,000.

Defender, Tim Leegler, born on December 26, 1966, is 1,93 centimeters tall, weighs 91 kilograms, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $450,000.

Point guard, Li Xiaoyong, born on November 28, 1969, is 189 cm tall, weighs 85 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $1 million.

Power forward, Wang Zhizhi, born on July 8, 1977, is 214 cm tall, weighs 125 kg, is a non-draft player, and is now worth $1 million.

With the addition of Long Zheng, the Washington Bullets only have twelve players, and the strength of this roster is undoubtedly the last of the sixteen NBA teams participating in the playoffs.

Center George Muressan, power forward Juwan Howard, small forward Chris Webber, scoring guard Long Zheng, point guard Rod Strickland, fortunately, the team's main lineup is not bad, and the strength of the Washington Bullets is worse than the bench lineup.

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Head coach Bernie Bixduff was frustrated by the team's thin squad.

In his mind, the first round of the playoffs against the six-time champions (90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96) Chicago Bulls, the Washington Bullets were dead.

During the three-day break, the legendary Michael Jordan, who retired from the NBA, returned to the Chicago Bulls with a base salary of $250,000 in order to return to the NBA, and according to the player contract signed by the two parties, Michael Jordan will play for the Chicago Bulls until the end of the 97-98 season.

According to the grapevine obtained by head coach Bernie Bixduff, it was because Michael Jordan decided to return to the Chicago Bulls and did not get a main position in either the Bulls or the Rockets that he switched to buying and joining the Washington Bullets.

The Bulls and Rockets are already extremely competitive in the team, and once Long Zheng joins them, it will inevitably squeeze the playing time of other players, causing some of the team's strong players to be forced to leave the team in order to get playing time.

And this is something that Long Zheng is extremely unwilling to see, because the current players of the Bulls and the Rockets, Long Zheng is reluctant to let him leave the team.

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Because there is no shortage of money and the successful signing of a number of strong and potential non-draft players, the Chicago Bulls do not need draft picks in the hands of other teams, and other teams must exchange players of equal or even great value if they want to exchange Chicago Bulls players.

For various reasons, until now, the superstars hoarded by the Chicago Bulls, except for the Houston Rockets, other teams in the NBA are envious but can't ask for anything.

At the center position, the Chicago Bulls also have two qualified alternates for Bill Cartwright and Tim Duncan.

At the power forward position, the Chicago Bulls also have Horace Grant and Rashid Wallace two competent alternate players.

At the small forward position, the Chicago Bulls also have two qualified alternates for Scottie Pippen and Pete Meyers.

At the shooting guard position, the Chicago Bulls also have three qualified alternates for Tony Kukoc, Steve Cole, and Kerry Kittels.

At the point guard position, the Chicago Bulls also have four qualified alternates for John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong, Steve Nash, and Jason Williams.

In addition, the Chicago Bulls also have strong players such as point guard alien Sam Cassel and power forward Scott Williams as strong additions.

In terms of the team's roster, the Chicago Bulls are star-studded and already in a serious overabundance.

In order to let the team's players have games to play and maintain their competitive state, such as power forward Scott Williams, scoring guard Steve Kerr, point guard John Paxson, point guard B.J. Armstrong and other powerful players, were all loaned by Long Zheng to the Huizhou Panshi basketball team in China to play in the newly established CBA.

After the offseason roster reinforcement, the Chicago Bulls' playoff roster made it impossible for other teams to resist. Imagine, before this, who would have thought that Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, would sign the Chicago Bulls for a whole year with a base salary of $250,000 in order to return to the Bulls.

At the center position, the Chicago Bulls have Bill Cartwright and Tim Duncan;

At the power forward position, the Chicago Bulls have Horace Grant and Rasheed Wallace;

At the small forward position, the Chicago Bulls have Scottie Pippen and Pete Meyers;

At the shooting guard position, the Chicago Bulls have Michael Jordan, Tony Kukoc, and Kerry Kittels;

At the point guard position, the Chicago Bulls have three players: Steve Nash, Jason Williams, and alien Sam Cassel.

The twelve players of the Chicago Bulls are all talented and powerful, none of them are unknown, and any of them are absolute main players in other teams.

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April 25, 1997, United Center Arena, U.S. local time.

In the first game of the first round of the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls and Washington officially started.

As an unprecedented six-time champion in the NBA (90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96), the Chicago Bulls' first playoff game was packed to capacity, and the game was not only broadcast live in the United States, but also on television in dozens of countries such as Europe, Japan, and China.

As a six-time champion of the NBA, the Chicago Bulls' influence in the world can be seen through the continuous high-intensity publicity of the NBA league.

As a challenger, in addition to Long Zheng, the other players of the Washington Bullets faced the Chicago Bulls in the playoffs, and they were all trembling and walking on the ground.

At the end of the pre-match warm-up, the starters of both teams slowly entered the field under the introduction of the live DJ.

On the Chicago Bulls' side, starting center Tim Duncan, starting power forward Horace Grant, starting small forward Scottie Pippen, starting point guard Michael Jordan, starting point guard Steve Nash; On the Washington Bullets' side, starting center George Muressan, starting power forward Juwan Howard, starting small forward Chris Webb, starting point guard Long Zheng, starting point guard Rod Strickland. (To be continued.) )