The Wall Street Journal broke the news that the Price Investment Group, owned by business upstart John Price, is preparing to buy the Los Angeles Clippers, considering the internal composition of the company, in order to increase the success rate, the Price Investment Group invited the Los Angeles Dodgers small owner Magic Johnson, John's friend coffee chain Starbucks owner Schultz's youngest son Mitch Schultz, and Chinese businessman Tsai Chongxin to invest together.

After several negotiations with NBA business negotiators, Price Investment Group officially issued an offer to the NBA league for $1.7 billion to buy the Clippers, and sent an offer to the league.

The league is very happy that it is finally going to be sold, they bought it back and spent 1.5 billion US dollars, and paid more than 50 million US dollars in salary for another year......

However, after investigation, Price Investment Group is an investment company with shares of Sun Ce, and the operation process of the alliance has changed, like when the Hornets were sold, they first accepted the offer, and then initiated the alliance boss vote, and this time the alliance first launched a vote, and whether to accept the offer was resisted by all the bosses of the league, including Robert Pera, the owner of the Grizzlies.

On the morning of May 23, Sun Ce, who had come to Los Angeles to fish with Curry, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Harden, was not surprised to hear the news.

For him, this is not bad news, for the league, the Clippers are currently in this mess, and there is really no one to take over, they are all going to the Nets, and the Russian tycoon owner Prokhorov of the Nets has a huge problem financially, and wants to sell the Nets, which are currently worth more than 2 billion US dollars.

The reason is the oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi royal family and the government of the Russian Federation, it is affordable to fight a price war, but for these private oil bosses, the price war is equivalent to a devastating blow.

1.7 billion US dollars, not to mention the investment, the return on buying treasury bonds is not cheap, not to mention that they have to pay more than 10 million salaries every season, and the league can't wait to make a quick move.

But the league did not accept the offer, Sun Ce felt that it was normal, and his own team owner also objected to his Sun someone's company buying the team, this Sun Ce did not feel that there was anything wrong, this is normal, Robert Pera did not object to Sun Ce and felt abnormal.

On the 20th, the day after the Grizzlies were eliminated in the second round, John contacted Sun Ce and talked about buying the team.

During the regular season, John had already started to operate, but Sun Ce's season had not yet ended, so he didn't talk to Sun Ce about this matter, and after getting the funds, he didn't make an offer immediately, but waited until Sun Ce's season ended.

As for pulling partners to buy the Clippers together, the ostensible purpose is to increase the success rate, but in fact there is no money...... At present, many investment companies have not yet begun to make profits, and those that have made profits have not yet reached the stage of dividends, and it is impossible to sell them, and the available funds on John's side are less than 20% of their quotations, and more money will affect the normal operation of the company.

The big one is the youngest son of the Starbucks owner, Mitch Schultz, whose father owned the Seattle SuperSonics back then, and Mitch Schultz, who was lobbied by John, agreed to contribute.

However, even so, Sun Ce did not think that the first offer could be successful, and there was no suspense that the first offer failed.

The team changes hands, unless the league manages it, otherwise it needs the consent of more than half of the owners of the league's teams, Sun Ce's company buys the team, even if Sun Ce doesn't pay for it, but the company he has shares in buys the team, and the other 29 bosses in the league are collectively opposed.

In terms of rules, Price Investment Group affirmed that Sun Ce did not occupy any shares of the team he bought, which was not a violation, but other team owners could not pass the hurdle.

If you can't pass it, you can't pass it, Sun Ce really doesn't care very much, because he has no plans to go to the Clippers at all now.

However, a guy in the number 24 jersey who fished together was not calm.

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On May 20, the day after playing the Spurs, Sun Ce did not fly back to Memphis with the team, but directly took Zu Geese to Los Angeles to accompany Lily Collins, who was less than 4 months pregnant and was regarded as a pregnant woman by his mother.

On May 22nd, Paul George also came to Los Angeles, and just after the end of the season, Paul George has not yet thought about his future decision, and will return to his hometown to rest and rest, mainly to see what choice Sun Ce will make this summer.

The first thing Paul George did when he arrived in Los Angeles was to go to Sun Ce's house, and he didn't talk about anything, but made an appointment to go fishing together on the 23rd.

After two days, Sun Ce has put aside the shadow of the playoff loss, he has a big heart, losing to such an opponent, feeling the strength of the other party, he turned this into motivation, ready to rest for half a month, during which he discussed with the Grizzlies management what the management was going to do, and then made his own decision, and then resumed training.

Sun Ce also informed the Grizzlies of the two-week break, so the Grizzlies were not in a hurry to talk to him about exercising the player option or renewing his contract.

Since he was about to go fishing, Sun Ce immediately thought of the wave combination, and just as Klay Thompson was also returning to his father's house in Los Angeles on the evening of the 22nd, Sun Ce called Harden and asked Harden to call Curry out together.

This morning, fishing and fishing, the news of John's failed takeover of the Clippers came to light.

Players or fans who follow Sun Ce know that Sun Ce's charity fund of Price Investment Group has injected funds.

Curry didn't know how to complain, Sun Ce actually played and wanted to be the boss, but Sun Ce didn't feel strange about what he wanted to do, but felt too normal; Harden feels amazing......

Klay Thompson, on his side, didn't react much, and he knew that Sun Ce would tell him if he really made any decisions, such as leaving the Grizzlies.

Just like Curry's thoughts, people who are familiar with Sun Ce, an NBA superstar, don't feel strange when they see this news, it is too much like what Sun Ce can do.

But Paul George couldn't rest on his laurels!

immediately found Sun Ce and asked, "Third brother, are you going to the Clippers?" ”

"No, no."

“……”

Paul George is mentally prepared that if Sun Ce is going to the Clippers, he can try to follow, the Clippers just got the top pick, and if they lose Sun Ce, the Grizzlies may agree to use the top pick to trade him for the top pick.

Paul George is already mentally prepared, who knew that Sun Ce would answer so decisively.

So what is the purpose of buying a team?

"Didn't you see it in the news? It's not that I want to buy a team, it's that the company I work with wants to buy a team, and I won't spend a penny of my money in the company to buy a team, so how can I have 1.7 billion to buy a team. ”

"That's right......" Paul George listened to Sun Ce's words, as if it were the case.

Sun Ce made a lot of money, but it was really impossible to buy a team with more than a billion dollars in cash, Paul George knew very well, but he thought the same as everyone else, that is, he felt that this was something Sun Ce would do.

This kind of unconventional thing is too much in line with Sun Ce's style of doing things.

Originally, the offseason hadn't started yet, and Paul George wasn't going to think about it, he wanted to wait until the offseason started and then see Sun Ce's decision to make his own decisions.

But now, Paul George can't help but ask, "Third brother, will you change teams this summer?" I've heard that the Pelicans and Suns have made offers to you. ”

Every summer, teams make offers to Sun Ce, and Paul George didn't think it was anything before, but this year the situation is not quite the same, and Sun Ce is not without the possibility of leaving.

However, the possibility of Sun Ce staying is much greater than leaving, no matter where he goes, it is equivalent to starting over, and where he goes is not much different for Sun Ce to make money, in the case of Klay Thompson and Randolph, Paul George feels that Sun Ce is more likely to stay.

It's just that now he is not sure, Sun Ce's companies are buying NBA teams!

There are rumors that it is not only these two teams that want to make an offer to Sun Ce, but these two teams have a greater chance.

Both the Pelicans and the Suns have room to eat the salary cap, of which the Suns can even free up space to eat two salary caps, the advantage of the Pelicans is to have Irving, Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon, and the advantage of the Suns is to have Jordan Jr.

Sun Ce didn't hide it, and replied: "I want to stay and play with you, Klay and Zack, but the team seems to be clearing the salary space, I don't know what they are going to do, let's see what they do first, and then I'll make a decision." ”

Paul George nodded when he heard this, his decision also depends on the situation of the team, Sun Ce's departure and stay have a greater impact, and Sun Ce's commercial value is greater than him, his strength is stronger than him, and his thirst for honor is stronger than him, so he will definitely look at the team's situation first.

After failing to defend two consecutive championships, the Grizzlies will definitely make some changes, and in Paul George's view, the team has already begun to change by sending away Gasol Jr., and the structure of the team has been completely changed, so it is not surprising what will happen next.

And the premise is to leave Sun Ce.

So, Paul George regained his composure, waited for the team's operation, and waited for Sun Ce to make a decision.

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"The Lords Acquire the Clippers"

All major media are headline parties, including those who have a good relationship with Sun Ce. T, no matter how good the relationship is, it is also going to the traffic, which will definitely cause attention to the explosion. Of course, T is focused on traffic, and like other media, he began to hype this matter.

Because John had done a good job of secrecy before, the news came out very suddenly.

Sun Ce wants to buy a team, although fans who have read the news know that this is not exactly the case, but it is not much different from Sun Ce buying a team, because it is Sun Ce's investment company that has shares in the lead, and this incident has attracted the attention of all fans who are currently paying attention to the NBA, and even the limelight of the Lake-horse war known as the "epic Western Conference Finals" has been stolen!

On the other side, another No. 24 player who was preparing for the fight in San Antonio couldn't resist going to the gym for two hours of boxing!

Their Lakers and Spurs met in the Western Conference this time, known as an "epic matchup", which became the focus of attention.

But!

That damn bastard is out again to steal the show!

Players want to buy teams, such a thing...... Kobe Bryant thinks it's something that guy can do, but it's too hateful! When it's not good to do things, take advantage of the time when their Lakers are at their brightest...... Kobe Bryant thinks that guy is coming for him!

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In the final analysis, playing basketball is work for them, and from the perspective of the NBA, the competition between teams is actually to create benefits together, so Sun Ce and other players are both opponents and "colleagues in different departments".

Although the four friends who fished together had different ideas about "Sun Ce's purchase of the team", they really didn't have any very special emotions and didn't have any changes in getting along.

Players make more or less money, James has bought shares in the Premier League team, Nash also owns a team in the Canadian Football League, which was specially bought for his brother to play, and Magic also got shares from the Lakers when he was playing......

On May 25th, the Eastern Conference Finals began, and in the first game, the Heat team that was fighting away came up and took the next game, defeating the Bulls 86-83 and directly stealing the home court advantage.

In the face of the old and spicy Paul, Rose did not play well, mainly in terms of overall defense, the Heat team is stronger, unlike the 76ers who protect the frame alone on the inside of Gasol, the Heat team formed a very deep lineup by trading James and Bosh, and under the crazy improvement of the defensive intensity of the two teams, the Heat had the upper hand in the first game and won away.

On May 26th, the Western Conference Finals began, and compared to the East, they unconsciously returned to the iron-blooded battle mode, and on the Western side, the Lakers and Spurs played an amazing offensive battle.

In the end, relying on James's 31 points, 12 rebounds and 17 assists, JR Smith's 5 three-pointers, Leonard's 16 points, and Kobe Bryant, who scored 16 points in the final quarter and scored 30 points in the game, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 136-131 away.

The Lakers' score of 39-29 in the final quarter was too explosive, and the Spurs still maintained a slight lead in the first three quarters, but Kobe Bryant scored more points in the final quarter than in the first three quarters, and James took advantage of Kobe's threat to lead the team to play a crazy quarter and reverse the Spurs.

The point is that JR Smith made four three-pointers in the first three quarters and scored a total of 17 points, so that Bryant could rest more and play at full play in the final quarter.

After the first game of the East-West finals, although the rhythm of the two sides is different, on one side is an iron-blooded battle, and on the other hand, it is a confrontation battle that is more suitable for the current trend, but the strength of both sides is not too much, and the teams with slightly inferior records perform better.

Both sides are on the bottom line, which is more interesting than a team with home field advantage to win the game safely.

As the days passed, the NBA playoffs were going on normally, the heat about Sun Ce's acquisition of the team continued, and the teams that had finished the 13-14 season were also doing their own thing for next season.

Time passed day by day, and after entering June, the Eastern and Western Regional Finals also entered the most intense stage.

After losing one home court, the Spurs defended the second home court, and on May 31, the Spurs, who played their first away game in Los Angeles, experienced an overtime game, relying on Duncan 4 points and 3 blocks in overtime, and played a 7-4 score in overtime, and the Spurs defeated the Lakers 121-118 thrillingly, regaining home court advantage.

In this game, Duncan scored a playoff high 34 points, plus 17 rebounds and 7 blocks, and in this game, he felt like he was back in 2003, with 34+17+3+7 stats brutal to the extreme.

On June 2, the Lakers defended their second home court, tied 2-2, and on June 5, San Antonio, the two teams will play the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

Tension is fierce in the west, and drama is even more intense in the east.

The Heat came up and won two away games in a row, looking like they were going to sweep the Bulls, but when it came to the Heat's home court, the Bulls also won two games in a row.

The fans were dazzled by the course of the game...... Compared to the West, you have a game and I have a back and forth, and the East is simply like the 2005 Yao Mai combination against the Mavericks, the home court can't be held, it's magical.

On June 4th, the two teams will fight the Battle of Tianwang Mountain.

Compared with the West, it can be more or less predicted, and there are points that can be analyzed, such as James playing the first three quarters, Kobe Bryant harvesting the game, and the Spurs pointing to Duncan, the oldest player on the team, as soon as they get to overtime...... The east simply can't understand it! Of course, on the western side, no one can be sure that they will have the last laugh.

Both teams have the ability to win on the road, the Lakers are more capable in this regard, but the Spurs are not bad, although there are not two superstars who average 30+ per game in a series like the Lakers, but Gay averages 25 points per game, Duncan averages 23 points per game, Danny Green averages 14 points per game, Ginobili averages 17 points per game, Dio averages 11+5+5 per game, and Parker averages 13+9 per game...... The Spurs team strength is not lost to Cojanlen's three superstar basketball on the outside.

However, the more this is the case, the higher the attention, the more unpredictable it is, and the more fans are looking forward to it!

Just when the East-West finals have once again become the thing that basketball fans are most concerned about, there is new news about the things that previously stole the limelight!

On June 3, the day before the finals of the Eastern and Western Divisions were to begin, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that there was a major adjustment at the top of the Price Investment Group, Sun Ce withdrew from the board of directors of Price Investment Group, and Sun Ce's charitable foundation and Price Investment Group changed from capital injection cooperation to the entrustment form of lending funds to Price Investment Group.

Generally speaking, when cooperating with an investment bank and investing in an asset, the investor has to bear more or at least the same risk, and in most cases, the investor bears 80% or 90% of the risk.

It's just a small piece of news reported by the Wall Street Journal, but in the world of basketball, it's once again the hottest topic!

However, in the eyes of the media, experts, and fans who are watching the excitement, John Price insists on buying the Clippers, the probability is not large, if Sun Ce is not such a great player, there is no problem, the key is that Sun Ce is now the first person in the league in the eyes of many fans.

But no matter what, the name John Price is on fire in the fan world!