After heated discussions among the media, experts, and fans, they felt that the owners of the teams should still not agree, because the operation of Sun Ze Price Investment Group was just a change of soup and not a change of medicine.

But what happens next for the Clippers to sell is intrigued by fans.

Because on the Nets' side, Microsoft's major shareholder Steve Ballmer has reached an agreement with Nets owner Prokhorov to buy all the shares of the Nets for 2.7 billion US dollars, and at the same time buy the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for 650 million US dollars.

The Russian oil tycoon spent less than 700 million US dollars to buy the Nets and build a new arena, and in a few years he earned more than 2 billion, patted his ass and left, and the league itself posted 1.5 billion US dollars to buy a team, and now it is still more than 10 million US dollars a year.

According to Google Sports, John Price has not given up, and has been communicating with the league for more than a week, and has promised many reasonable and necessary conditions.

Some of the league's senior executives have begun to advise David Stern to put pressure on team owners.

On the morning of June 4th, John Price, the big boss of Price Investment Group, was interviewed in an interview with the . "I'm good friends with the Lords, but we're also business partners, and I think the Clippers are a good asset, but he's not interested in the Clippers, so he's not involved," T said to the camera.

I think the owners of other NBA teams can rest assured that my relationship with the lord has always been very good, so good that you can't imagine it, but our relationship never involves interests, I will not give him an extra percentage point of dividends in the investment because of our relationship, and he will not give me even an extra dollar in the investment, we go out for supper, it is all AA system.

Relationally we are best friends, but business is business. ”

Basketball up-and-coming John Price is starting to get into the spotlight of basketball fans!

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The outside world began to discuss things related to him and Sun Ce again, but Sun Ce didn't take it too seriously, the way he and John did business together really hasn't changed, from the two of them doing WeChat together, to now becoming an investment company, it is a step by step change, not like this at the beginning, changing the way of cooperation one more time, does not affect the distribution of interests between the two.

Sun Ce, on his side, rested for a little more than two weeks, and on June 6, he got up early, and at 9 o'clock, he first discussed with Bill Duffy how to negotiate the contract with the Grizzlies management and the team in the afternoon.

Bill Duffy is the person who knows the inside story of Sun Ce's "buying the team", Bill Duffy's team is helping him Sun Someone to negotiate various endorsement contracts and consider team contracts, he Sun Someone can't drag Bill Duffy back in this matter, and it's not a secret that can't be said, so Sun Ce has already talked to Bill Duffy after the season.

The 15-day break has come to an end, and Sun Ce has returned to athlete mode.

For the past two weeks, he's been watching ball, watching TV with Lily Collins, playing games with Zu Gees, hanging out, and occasionally fishing with Paul George and Harden.

During the period, he also celebrated the 16th birthday of Zu Ge, and seeing that Zu Ge, who was still in elementary school when he first met, was about to enter his second year of high school, Sun Ce sighed that time passed so fast.

Klay Thompson and Curry are going to represent the United States in the first Basketball World Cup this summer, the two started training early, Curry went to his father, Klay Thompson also went to his father, the two second-generation balls can play, and they play so well, the level of effort is not comparable to most other second-generation balls.

Harden and Sun Ce have different impressions that he does not want to participate in the Basketball World Cup this year, but is ready to wait for Kobe Bryant to train with Kobe Bryant after the season.

Unlike the original time and space when the Rockets were made to play the ball and only practice three points, layups, and fouls, Harden comprehensively strengthened his offensive skills according to the style of play during his time with the Thunder, and he needed to find many seniors to learn.

Paul George didn't have the heart to play in the national team because he hadn't renewed his contract, and at the suggestion of Sun Ce, he withdrew from the U.S. team after participating in the Pan American Basketball Championship last year.

And Paul George has made an appointment with James and Irving to train together this summer.

In the finals of the East and West, Sun Ce watched every game, the battle of the two Tianwang Mountains yesterday and the day before yesterday was very exciting, the Heat won another away game, defeated the Bulls 101-93, and played the big score 3-2, five games were played, and the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals were stunned that no one had won even one home game.

On the side of the Lakers and Spurs, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 104-99, and the Spurs scored less than 100 points for the first time in this series.

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At noon, after lunch, Sun Ce ...... at Lily Collins' home in Los Angeles It's his home now, getting refreshments ready at home, waiting for Bill Duffy and Coach Hollins, Chris Wallace to come to his house and talk about the contract.

This is actually not important, he must be the maximum salary, his salary this season is 21.5 million US dollars, and his salary next season is 23.32 million US dollars, whether it is an extension of the contract or the exercise of the player option, it is so much.

What Sun Ce needs to see is what the team is going to do.

Change is definitely going to change, there is no suspense about this, the team has begun to adjust the structure, naturally to take advantage of this offseason, to make more perfect and adequate adjustments, their mid-season adjustment was forced, at the beginning of the season no one expected that they would adjust to today's lineup.

Although Sun Ce believes that the team will not brainstorm the wise operation of the Nets, no one can say that it is good! There are too many brain-pumping operations on NBA teams.

Therefore, Sun Ce did not rush to talk about the contract, and gave himself half a month to think, and also gave the team half a month to clarify his thoughts.

With the season just over and the second round out, who knows what irrational actions the team will make under the pressure of not winning the championship.

While waiting, Sun Ce's thoughts began to diverge.

I hadn't thought about this past season before, but now I can't help but look back on it.

Although he didn't have the last laugh, Sun Ce gained a lot!

Experiencing hardships that he hadn't experienced in the previous four seasons also means that he has more experience; When he had to bear the greatest pressure, he withstood it, and with the pressure, he made better use of the skills he learned, and his strength became stronger and stronger, and he had broken through to the S-level, and he also got the opportunity to develop stronger mid-range shots and stronger mid-range shots, and the three-point shooting was getting better and better......

This is in terms of ability and honor, although he did not win the championship, his personal honor harvest this season is still huge, and he has the voice of the first person in the league, and has become a strong contender for the first person in the league.

But he has an obsession, not just because of the event, but because of his own obsession.

If he wants to leave Memphis, he also has to win another championship, although he can see it, he admitted that he couldn't beat the Spurs half a month ago, and he was convinced to lose, but he just wanted to win another championship.

But this goal is not up to him alone, the whole team has to be the best in the league from top to bottom.

Sun Ce must be very satisfied with the team's operation in the past few years, it is those transactions this season that Sun Ce feels the cruelty of the NBA, just like the Lakers are to Kobe Bryant and the Mavericks are to Nowitzki, although their Grizzlies are one of the most humane teams in the NBA, sending away a player who has made a contribution will try their best to meet the player's requirements and send the player to where he wants to go.

But this operation, in fact, is only to give him Sun Ce a special preferential treatment, and when others are to be traded, the team will try to satisfy him where he wants to go, in the final analysis, he is ready to use the player's trade value or is ready to give up the player.

In fact, their Grizzlies are more humane than the Lakers and Mavericks, and they have to give up players who have made meritorious contributions.

Like when the Mavericks didn't renew Nash's contract, Nowitzki didn't have anything to do; When the Lakers sent away Pau Gasol, Bynum, and Odom in trade for Paul, Josh Smith, and Leonard, Kobe Bryant didn't have anything to do.

Of course, their Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Lakers are already very human teams in the NBA, especially their Grizzlies.

With the Heat and the Celtics to make a comparison, it seems more humane, and there is no harm without comparison......

But this also worries Sun Ce, after all, the NBA is a business field, and players are commodities within the scope of the NBA, and they can be bought and sold freely, as long as one is willing to buy and one is willing to sell.

The own team is generally a "nouveau riche", and God knows what will happen after losing the championship, just like the Pistons team that rose twice and collapsed on its own.

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At half past two in the afternoon, Bill Duffy came to Sun Ce's house first, and after confirming Sun Ce's idea again, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Coach Hollins, Chris Wallace, Hardaway Sr., Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Stockton, who was invited by Coach Hollins, came to Sun Ce's house, but in addition to these people, Robert Pera, the team owner who usually takes charge of the store, also came.

This battle was much more than Sun Ce expected, Yi Jianlian had already returned to China, and was invited by the management to help the team negotiate.

After greeting the visiting group, Sun Ce took Bill Duffy to help his mother make coffee.

"Bill, didn't you tell them that I have a strong desire to renew my contract, why are so many people here?" This Sun Ce thinks differently from Coach Hollins and Chris Wallace!

With so many people, how can you talk slowly?

Generally speaking, it is necessary to talk about one thing slowly and in detail, the fewer people, the better, and the more people, the more ideas, the more difficult it is to talk.

"If you think about buying a team after you renew your contract, I think they'll believe it, but now I don't know what you're thinking."

"Do you think I have the money to buy a team?"

"Nope."

"Isn't that it?"

"But your friend is well-connected, and he can get money."

“……”

Sun Ce felt that it was difficult for these ordinary people to communicate!

But the matter has come to this point, Sun Ce thinks that this is it, help his mother and the maid with black tea, coffee, worry, and lemonade kettle...... Return to the reception room.

After sitting down, Robert Pera first asked, "How has Noah been resting lately?" Still thinking about last season? ”

"Yes, I'm a little unwilling, but it's okay, I've had a good time lately, what about you, Robert?"

"Recently, I've been busy with stocks, and I've made good gains, and I've finally made up for the depression of losing......"

After talking about some of the haves and haves, Robert Pera started to get down to business, but not about the contract, but about other things: "Noah, I know you want to have a team, and I'm willing to help you. ”

"Huh?" Sun Ce didn't expect the other party to say this, and moreover, he remembered that Robert Pera was one of the owners who was staunchly opposed to John's buying of the team.

"We are friends, I can understand your desire to have a team, I was more urgent than you when I bought the team, but friends are friends, business is business, I don't want money to affect our relationship, I help you, I naturally want to reciprocate!"

Robert Pera said it bluntly, but Sun Ce liked Robert Pera's straightforward approach.

Some things need to be tactful, but some things, such as now, in the extremely uneasy situation on the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce was originally difficult to cut into the topic, but Robert Pera first put the most unsettling thing about the Grizzlies on the surface, just so that the two sides can talk openly.

Sun Ce thought for a while and responded: "Robert, I don't know if you believe it or not, I'm personally not interested in the Clippers, I'm very resistant to sharing a city with another team, as long as the Clippers are in Los Angeles, I won't go." ”

To others, this sounds a bit like a detour, deliberately avoiding the matter of "buying a team", but to Robert Pera, it was Sun Ce who acquiesced in this matter!

"I understand your thoughts," Robert Pera nodded, "But if you want to promote Price to buy the Clippers, we can work together for a long time to reduce the resistance of other teams, and I can also help you promote this matter, in addition to this, I can promise you one thing, during the period we continue to work together, the team is willing to pay any amount of luxury tax, as long as the rules allow, I don't mind spending more money than the Trail Blazers and Knicks back then!" ”

These words made Sun Ce's eyes light up!

One of those things he was worried about was the team's salary bill, but with that commitment, a lot of things aren't a problem.

When Yi Jianlian came, Sun Ce felt that something was wrong, with Yi Jianlian's performance of averaging 13.3 points and 4.6 boards per game in 70 games this season and shooting 1.1 three-pointers per game, if it is put in 2016, it is estimated that he can get a salary of about 15 million.

Even if the salary cap doesn't skyrocket by 50 percent now, there are teams willing to give the Pelicans' Ryan Anderson a three-year, $24 million contract.

Now it is definitely not like the previous salary of 4 million a year to leave Yi Jianlian.

After making the promise, Robert Pera didn't let Sun Ce answer, signaling Chris Wallace to say what he planned for this summer.

Compared to other negotiators who don't know much about the business side of things, Chris Wallace, as the team manager, understood the conversation between the two and began to talk about the goals that the team is trying to bring in, the changes in the team structure, the players to be discarded and retained, and the plan for contract extensions......

Sun Ce and Bill Duffy listened together, he felt that the team was calmer than he imagined, looking at such a group of people, he thought that the team had been in a mess for the past half a month and didn't know what to do, only thinking about renewing his contract, but the team already had a very clear plan.

To put it simply, it is to find another top power forward, a reasonable choice to adjust the center position, and a reasonable bench with a better structure.

This kind of thing is always perfect for team planning, and it depends on the implementation, just like the head coach application, Brian Shaw can fool the Nuggets.

But Chris Wallace, who was recommended by the logo man to be the general manager, has been operating well when the team is on the rise.

Even if there was no one in the original time and space, in Xiaomeng Village, Chris Wallace built a lineup to enter the Western Finals.

As for Chris Wallace's operation when he is looking for improvement experience in stability, Sun Ce doesn't know that it is more difficult to find improvement opportunities in a stable situation than to break down.

It's not that it's just a matter of piecing together stars, it has to be well-structured, and it has to have chemistry, like Kobe and Paul, which is good; Kobe Bryant and James, good; Durant and Westbrook, good; Durant and Paul, too, will be fine; Westbrook and Kobe Bryant, who is playing now, may be able to work well together.

But let the combination of Paul and James, Paul and Westbrook, Westbrook and James appear, it looks like a big name, and it has to be a result......

These are the most extreme examples, however, superstars can have such problems, and it is certainly not possible for every high-quality role player to be able to match the star, but there are many role players who change to a team that is not suitable for him at the peak of their prime, and fade out of the league after a year.

The NBA has always been so cruel.

It is necessary to calmly analyze whether the players you can get are suitable for the existing players, but you must not miss the opportunity, and when the opportunity comes, you must seize the opportunity and strive for it...... There are also key connections, and the annual salary of the general manager is not so easy to get.

Therefore, in addition to the squad and coach, the management is also very important.

At least, Chris Wallace is a very good choice to return to the ranks of championship contenders at present, as for how to maintain vitality and free market competitiveness after the strength is stable, it is difficult to say, but at present, Chris Wallace is a very good choice in Sun Ce's opinion.

These are the conclusions he has discussed with Bill Duffy, Lily Collins, and Nash.

The overall progress is very pleasant, Sun Ce planned it from the beginning, as long as there is no brain pumping in the team's plan, he will choose to stay.

There will definitely be a lot of people coming and going in the team this summer, but after a few years, even Gasol Jr. is gone, Sun Ce has become accustomed to it, as long as it can be like GDP, a few key teammates are still there, Sun Ce can still accept it.

The process went much smoother than the Grizzlies came to negotiate today, and soon entered the contract extension negotiation process......