In the afternoon, Richard and Jordan received separate calls from the NBA Board of Governors, informing them that the new team had been approved and that by the end of the new season, they would become the owners of the new Charlotte team.

That night, Jordan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and flew to Detroit to discuss a plan with Richard.

"Li, we've finally done this, let's have a drink first!"

"God, I'm not dreaming, we're actually going to get the next team!"

Jordan also brought a bottle of good wine this time, and the whole person was excited.

"Is it necessary to be so excited about what is expected?" Richard looked at Jordan speechlessly.

"That's right, it's expected, we are really people with status now, real management, we have to pay attention to our image in the future!"

"Let's talk about the name of this new army first, Li, I said at that time, let you use this naming right!" Jordan said with a smile.

Richard waved his hand, he really didn't have any ideas for a while.

However, Richard was not in a hurry, so he used the name of the Charlotte Bobcats, and when the New Orleans Hornets changed their name to the Pelicans, they changed their name back to the Charlotte Hornets.

However, I finally had a chance to name an NBA team, which was something that Richard never dreamed of in his previous life, and now Richard still wants to see if he can come up with a more meaningful team name.

……

"Do you have any ideas, Michael, tell me about it." Richard asked.

"Charlotte Royals?" Jordan went straight to the ......

Richard waved his hand, this team name has been used by teams in the history of the NBA, it is a fairly old team, or the Rochester Royals that existed in the fifties of the last century.

"Let's change the team name, it's been used. Rochester Royals. ”

"Iron Man?"

"Pittsburgh Ironmen."

"Then I don't know, I thought about the names of these two teams, in fact, if they were still called Hornets, it would be better."

"Charlotte's old fans are definitely Hornets fans, and if we continue to use the Hornets name, it will trigger a sense of belonging and benefit our market." Jordan analyzed.

Richard nodded, he naturally knew such a truth, their team was a complete new army, and there was no historical background at all.

If you can get the name of the Hornets, you can directly attract a group of old fans of the original Hornets and lay a good foundation for the future operation of the team.

"Wait for me to call and ask, aren't they New Orleans Hornets going west at that point?"

"Let's see if we can ask for the name of the Hornets."

……

If it were another team, Richard would definitely not have such crazy thoughts, after all, the name of the team is almost the belief of a team.

But the New Orleans Hornets are different, they changed the name of the team themselves to the New Orleans Pelicans not long after they were young, so in Richard's opinion, they may not pay much attention to this team name.

Since they don't pay attention to it, let's try to see if we can get it, and there must be some benefits to continuing to use the Hornets name.

……

I called Pelicans owner Tom Benson, only to have them refuse Richard's request.

"Lee, I can't promise you this, I know that if the name of the Hornets stays in Charlotte, it will be good for you, but we also want to gather a wave of original Charlotte fans, so in the past ten years, it is impossible for us to change the team name, and we will always use the name of the Hornets." The boss, Benson, didn't beat around the bush and spoke straight to their thoughts.

Richard thought about it, but people can't find fault with it.

Your new army wants fans, wants to make money, and people want to make money, how can you harm yourself and others, isn't that a fool......

Although Richard didn't blame Benson, he certainly didn't feel very comfortable.

Without the name of the Hornets, Charlotte's new team will definitely have to start from scratch, without any background.

After thinking about it, Richard felt that the two team names that Jordan had provided before were a bit interesting......

The Royals and the Irons are both former NBA team names, will such a team name attract the attention of some long-standing fans?

It's just that the names of these two teams are a little ugly, and Richard didn't like them anyway......

After frowning and thinking for a long time, a thought suddenly came to Richard's mind.

Since New Orleans doesn't give the Hornets a team name, then they Charlotte just find a New Orleans team's old team name to use first......

The city of New Orleans is also a city with a strong presence in the history of the NBA, and there have been many teams before.

The previous home city of the Utah Jazz was in New Orleans, called the New Orleans Jazz.

Sounds like some fried chicken brand......

And the predecessor of the New Orleans Jazz was called the New Orleans Buccaneers, and it was later renamed the Jazz.

Richard thought about it, or Charlotte's new army would be called the Charlotte Pirates?!

Although this is the old team name of the Jazz, with the relationship between Richard and the Jazz, there is no need to save any face for the Jazz.

Besides, the name of the pirate, Richard still likes it quite a lot, and the wild and uninhibited style is very suitable for Richard's style.

……

"Michael, I've got the name of the team, let's just call it the Charlotte Buccaneers......" Richard happily called Jordan.

Jordan thought about it with a frown when he heard the name of the team.

"This is the name of the team that the Jazz used before, I think I have some impressions." Jordan was slightly impressed by the team's name, but not impressed.

After all, the team was still in the ABA and had only been around for three years.

"That's right, you know my relationship with Sir, and they can't do anything about us anyway."

"When the time comes, we'll use this team name to build a pirate dynasty, and they'll be good-looking!" Richard said with a smile.

Jordan definitely doesn't have any opinions, he also feels that this team name is good, if he hadn't thought of this team name before, he would probably have suggested that Richard use this team name.

"Yes, Li, then I'll say hello to the management committee, and then we can release official news to confirm the name of our team!"

"Charlotte pirates, yes, really good, we have to be like pirates, although it is only a new army, but even if it is robbed, we must grab a pirate dynasty!"

"I'll call the management committee immediately!"

"By the way, don't you throw all of the team building framework here at me, you have to have some strength, right?" When Jordan thought of this, he couldn't help but whisper bitterly to Richard.

A completely new team will inevitably require a lot of work to do, and the recruitment of personnel alone can be a headache.

Jordan has a headache right now, and if Richard is a hands-off shopkeeper, then he will be busy.

"Don't worry, you should have seen the golden dragon, I am ready to let the golden dragon take full responsibility for this matter, you can rest assured of his ability, he will definitely give us a surprise." Richard must be inseparable from the affairs of the new army at the moment, so he is going to hand over all the work he must do to the golden dragon.

After so many years of getting along, the golden dragon has become Richard's absolute right-hand man, and it seems difficult to build a team, but Richard firmly believes that the golden dragon will be able to complete the task perfectly.

Jordan nodded, he knew the golden dragon, and the outside world was crazy that the golden dragon was the man behind Richard, if there was no golden dragon, Richard would definitely not be able to save so much net worth in a short period of time.

Jordan is also convinced of this......

Since Richard had sent the Golden Dragon to handle this, he was relieved.

……

At noon the next day, the NBA officially released the news.

The name of the Charlotte New Army was established, and it was called the Charlotte Pirates.

At the moment, the fans of the entire Charlotte are estimated to be extremely excited, Richard is about to be stationed in Charlotte, so Charlotte can lose the championship in the future?

The key is that the name of the team was determined by Richard himself, so no matter what new army name Richard was going to determine, they all supported it unconditionally.

Moreover, the name of the Pirates is also quite good, many fans do not know that there is such a team in the history of the NBA, they think it is Richard from the Pirates of the Caribbean, the inspiration......

In June of this year, the Pirates of the Caribbean movie was released, and the box office was simply hot, and countless people were fascinated by the profession of pirates.

Now Richard has established the name of the new army as the Pirates, both in terms of meaning and popularity, which is quite good, and Charlotte fans can't fault it at all anyway.

In this way, the Charlotte Pirates are truly registered in the NBA, and in less than a year, they will really start creating the framework of the new army.

……

Originally, Richard was still worried about whether the new Richard No. 3 rule would have any impact on him.

After all, the rules stipulate that the owner of the team cannot be on the team's coaching staff......

If it were to be strictly enforced, Richard would now have to step down as Pistons head coach.

But old Davidson must not be happy, the old man who is almost 90 years old personally went to the New York headquarters to make a fuss, and Stern's face turned pale, if this old man burps at the NBA headquarters, it will be over, and Pistons fans are estimated to be able to kill him Stern......

There is no way, Stern can only be accommodating, after all, the Pirates have not really been established yet, and Richard's No. 3 rule does not apply, which can be regarded as giving old Davidson an explanation.

Richard didn't pay much attention to this No. 3 rule before, but now that he thinks about it, it seems that once this No. 3 rule comes out, it really has a great impact on him.

If you can't be the head coach of the team, then you will definitely not be able to be the coach of the team in the All-Star Game, so how can you get the reward, and how can you get the super suit!

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