I have to say that Paul Allen's idea is perfect right now, at least for the Trail Blazers.

After the Trail Blazers signed Granger, they then made a trade with the Trail Blazers to trade Grove for Granger, which not only did not have to worry about salary space, but also solved the problem of the lack of firepower when Durant left the team.

It has to be said that this is a perfect idea, provided that Richard agrees.

"Paul, I can't agree to that, you must know that the pirates are not entirely mine."

"If I had the Buccaneers outright, I would have accepted the deal, but now I have to think about Jordan's feelings."

Richard said with a frown.

If you want to say that the Pirates lost money in this deal, it would not be enough, after all, the Pirates were not ready to renew Granger's contract, and now it is not a loss to exchange Granger for Xiao Ao.

Although Xiao Ao is now in an unstable physical condition, he still has strength, and he may be slightly worse than the aging O'Neal, but he is also one of the few inside lines in the league, otherwise, there will not be so many teams submitting trade offers to the Trail Blazers.

But the problem is that Xiao Ao's salary is very high, and the contract at the top salary level can be eaten by the Pirates at the moment.

But the problem is that the Pirates don't need Xiao Ao, even if Oden is gone, Richard can start to use Jordan Jr., and Xiao Ao's current role may not be stronger than Jordan Jr.

doesn't need Xiao Ao, and has to give Xiao Ao a super high salary, Jordan would be strange if he had no opinion.

Signing a $1.8 million contract like Raheem and Barry Jr., Jordan can not take it to heart, but a $15 million contract, no matter how big Jordan's heart is, it must be difficult to accept.

If Richard had been in charge of the pirate team alone, he would probably have agreed without hesitation.

After all, Xiao Ao is also his proud disciple, and letting Xiao Ao die under him can be regarded as a happy ending.

As for the $10 million wasted, Richard didn't pay much attention to it.

And it can make Paul Allen happy, why not Richard.

……

Hearing Richard's words, Paul Allen looked confused, but he ignored the matter.

If the pirates belonged entirely to Richard, his proposal would have worked.

It's a big deal that he will subsidize Richard a little at that time, anyway, it's his own family, and Paul Allen won't really let Richard suffer.

But now because of Jordan, things have become complicated.

"You said you kid, what did you think at the time, how did you partner in business, and now it's so complicated." Paul Allen said in a tangled way.

Richard laughed, Paul Allen had been tricked in partnership with someone before, so he was almost a lone ranger now......

At that time, he also wanted to win the pirate team alone, but at that time, Richard basically had no play, not only did Richard have no play, but Jordan wanted to take over the pirate team alone.

If he hadn't worked with Jordan on the Pirates at that time, Richard would probably be the owner of the Warriors right now.

"I advise you to find a chance to come out and work alone, in fact, the Pistons are a good opportunity, but you didn't cherish it." Paul Allen said with a sigh.

Richard smiled wryly, maybe in Paul Allen's eyes, buying a team is as easy as going to the supermarket to buy a bundle of greens.

"Well, Paul, let's better do that."

"You continue to sell Jermaine, but if you want to trade for a player whose contract expires this year, it's better to have the other party pack it up and add a draft pick or something, and then I find a way to get Granger to join the Trail Blazers." Richard eventually came up with a compromise idea.

"Are you sure? Lee, is it certain that Granger will join the Trail Blazers at that time? Instead of joining a team like New York? Paul Allen asked, frowning.

Richard nodded, sure that he still had it.

"I'm not completely sure, but I'm still eighty percent sure, even if you really don't get Granger by then, it doesn't matter, I'll find a way to find a suitable replacement for you." Richard said with a smile.

There were so many top small forwards in '10 and '11, just find Paul Allen, so even if Granger didn't end up joining the Trail Blazers, at most it would be a year late for the Trail Blazers to rise.

……

After getting Richard's reply, Paul Allen breathed a sigh of relief, and his eighty percent certainty was not low.

This new plan is not bad, and if Granger signs with the Trail Blazers by then, it will be no different from the plan proposed by Paul Allen.

Anyway, the ultimate goal of the Trail Blazers is to take Granger and keep the salary space open.

……

After talking about business, it was time for the two of them to talk about the mountain.

"Lee, don't you want to take charge of a team on your own? I'll tell you, it's a great feeling, to be in control of life and death alone, and to fire ......whoever is upset," Paul Allen said with a smile.

Richard nodded, who doesn't want to be in full control of a team, it's just that there are no suitable opportunities and goals right now.

"I have a plan for this, but not right now, I'm waiting for an opportunity." Richard wasn't prepared to hide it from Paul Allen.

"Huh? Lee, which team is it? What was the opportunity? Paul Allen asked with interest.

Richard is his family, and he must have thought that Richard can have a better development.

Although Richard is already very good now, in Paul Allen's view, there will always be a day when you will fall out when you partner with someone to do business, so it is better to fly solo early.

This old man was afraid of the pit, once he was bitten by a snake, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years......

"Los Angeles Clippers!" Richard said slowly.

If it weren't for Paul Allen today, Richard wouldn't have said this.

This is also a little secret of Richard.

Paul Allen was stunned, Los Angeles Clippers? He never expected Richard to say anything about the Los Angeles Clippers......

In his opinion, Richard might pick a team with a small ball market and then slowly develop.

But he never expected that Richard would set his sights on the big cake of Los Angeles.

How big is the ball market in Los Angeles, just look at the Lakers, even if they have a record of being the bottom of the league, their profitability is still the top two in the league, not to mention that the Lakers are strong at the moment, and the money they make is really eye-catching.

And the Los Angeles Clippers, as the Lakers' city team, are definitely far inferior to the Lakers in terms of heritage and popularity, so their market value is not particularly high.

However, even if the market value is not as high as the Lakers, the market value of the Clippers is also at the level of four or five billion.

If you want to say four or five billion, Paul Allen knows that Richard can also take it out, but the key to the problem now is that the Clippers owner has no intention of buying the team at all, and someone offered $500 million to buy the Clippers before, but Sterling didn't have any birds.

Raheem Sterling has ambitions to run the Clippers into a giant like the Lakers, occupying the treasure of Los Angeles, and as long as the team is not sold, there will be a chance sooner or later.

So let alone $500 million, someone later offered $700 million, and Sterling didn't let go.

Unless the price is raised to more than $1 billion, maybe Sterling can think about it.

Paul Allen was well aware of the situation, and he looked at Richard with a frown.

"Lee, the Clippers aren't that easy to get their hands on, unless you're willing to do something wrong, such as bidding more than a billion dollars, which might impress that old fellow Sterling."

"Is there any chance that the old fellow Sterling will have the idea of selling the Clippers?" Paul Allen thought of the opportunity that Richard had just said, and couldn't help asking.

Richard nodded, "Yes, there is indeed an opportunity, but it will have to wait for a long time." ”

"I'm patient, wait slowly, sooner or later the Clippers will be mine."

Paul Allen nodded, and didn't ask what the trigger was for Richard.

There is no need to ask too clearly, Paul Allen knows that Richard is sure.

He is also happy for Richard, if he can really win the Los Angeles Clippers, with the vast market and Richard's excellent team-building ability, he hopes that the Clippers will become a top giant like the Lakers in a few decades.

He believed that Richard must have such an ability.

……

Richard wasn't actually ready to tell Paul Allen about this opportunity.

The so-called opportunity was undoubtedly the revelation of Sterling's racist remarks, which led to the league forcing Sterling to sell the team.

In fact, Sterling was also cheated, and his daily conversation with his girlfriend was recorded, in which he said words about discrimination against black people, and after this recording broke out, it directly made Sterling miserable.

It was Shaw who was in charge at the time, and he made a promise that he would force Raheem Sterling to sell the team as soon as possible.

And the players' union is not stopping, saying that if Sterling does not sell the team, the players will go on a collective strike in the playoffs.

You must know that the NBA is also known as the black league, and the black community is the mainstream in it, how can they put up with Sterling's words.

The players are about to strike, and the owners of the teams are naturally not happy, and they kicked Sterling out of the league together with Xiao Hua.

……

Now that he thinks about it, Sterling was miserable by a woman, how could he have thought that his daily chat with his girlfriend would be exploded.

Speaking of which, there are at least two or three out of ten white people who discriminate against blacks, which is still a lot of talk about it.

But if someone else says something like that, it certainly won't have the same impact as Sterling.

……

Richard is now waiting for such an opportunity, and through more than ten years of observation, what should have happened in normal history will definitely happen, so Sterling will definitely be forced to sell the team at that time.

It's just that this happened in 2014, and there is still a lot of time before now, and Richard can only wait patiently.

In a few years, Richard can still afford to wait.

But maybe you don't have to wait too long, maybe Sterling's matter will break out in advance.

As soon as this happens, Richard will immediately join the army competing for the Los Angeles Clippers, and even if there are more competitors, Richard will definitely spare no effort to take down the Clippers.