Chapter 388, the dust falls on the clipper
Since the report appeared, many Los Angeles fans have participated in the discussion, and those fans of other teams who are not afraid of big things are even more cheering there, most fans think that the rise of the Clippers is inevitable, but there are also some fans who believe that the Clippers are always on the weak side in Los Angeles, if the new owner feels that the team has always been suppressed by the Lakers in Los Angeles, will it be relocated? But obviously this statement will not be true, otherwise it is good to buy teams from other places, cheap! Why spend a billion to buy a clipper!
Clippers fans understand that the off-court factors they say are not important, the most important thing is whether the new owner will give up this season, although the current Clippers lineup is indeed very good, but because of the previous owner's achievements, even if you resume the mentality of the game, you will not get too high a place in the playoffs, so that the home and away advantages and other conditions are at a disadvantage!
As for whether the Clippers will leave Los Angeles and move to other cities, they don't believe that the owner who bought the Clippers is a fool, and he doesn't eat such a delicious cake in Los Angeles, but goes to eat steamed buns elsewhere, and the Lakers are now in a weak position, which is a good opportunity for the Clippers to turn over, but anyone with a little brain will not choose to leave.
But all this was just as the acquisition of the Clippers was coming to an end, and Sterling, not knowing what to think, suddenly stood up and reversed himself, putting the deal that was about to end on hold.
Clippers owner Sterling's lawyer told reporters that Sterling will "fight to the end" with the league, and said that Sterling has never reached an agreement with his wife Cherry, and that the sale of the Clippers will be handled by Cheryl.
Raheem Sterling also said in an interview, "This is my team, I won't sell it when." ”
When asked why Sterling's mind had changed, the lawyer replied that Sterling was angry because he was calculated, and he was forced by those people (the Boss League) to lose his normal judgment, but now he has regained his composure, and his reason tells him that he has been tricked.
But Cheryl and her team were not bluffed, and although on the surface it seemed that the Clippers deal had been put on hold, the two sides were still methodically counting some of the Clippers' assets.
That's when the coalition stood up and made a statement! The NBA does not accept the result that any member of the Sterling family continues to hold shares in the Clippers, and urges Sterling to pay the fine as soon as possible, otherwise it will be forcibly collected! Everyone knows that this forcible expropriation is actually a chance to lower the price of the current acquirer, which seems to be only a fine of 2.5 million US dollars, but once it is handed over to the acquirer for operation, it may become 25 million!
However, Raheem Sterling responded forcefully, saying that the NBA's move to deprive him of his owner's rights was very "harsh" and the whole process was "fake".
His tactics of delaying time can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, as long as the Clippers do not change for a day, then the results will not be stable, and the first round of the playoffs will be the same! It was a hindrance to the obvious summer operation.
And Sterling's lawyer claims that the NBA's decision was illegal and untenable in court: "Because Sterling did not consent to the recording, I believe their actions are a flagrant violation of the rights given to Sterling by the Constitution." And according to California law, the recording cannot be used as evidence, the whole incident is based on an illegal evidence, so they have no foothold, and the whole thing is complete.
However, according to a previous report by the famous gossip media TMZ, the little girlfriend in the Sterling incident told her friend that it was Sterling herself who asked for their conversation to be recorded, because Sterling often forgets what he said (a typical precursor to Alzheimer's)
On the other hand, Sterling also issued a written statement claiming that it was just a heated argument between lovers in private, and admitted that his actions were uneducated, but Sterling believes that the league's $2.5 million fine is too much, and cannot exceed $1 million at most.
But the league now knows whether he will make things worse with a fine if he continues to fight with Sterling, and although the Clippers have improved their record since mid-April, there is no indication of how much this team can achieve in the playoffs.
Now that the Clippers have dropped to eighth place in the West, if they can hold on to it, they will also face a strong rival Spurs, and this season the Clippers and Spurs have lost all of their matches.
Soon Sterling's diagnosis of mental incapacitation appeared in the public eye, and in a recent examination, experts found that Sterling was no longer capable of handling affairs, but in the defense submitted by his lawyer to the official coalition, the matter was not emphasized, in an attempt to conceal the truth of time, and the Sterling family forcibly stripped him of ownership in accordance with the law.
And the deal between Cheryl and Huang Yu's consortium is gradually coming to an end, and each of them has been approved by the league, which means that now Sterling has no right to dictate the Clippers deal, because he was crabbed by a member of his family, but Sterling still stubbornly declared that he would sue all parties, even the NBA league.
But soon the final documents of the transaction between the two parties will be submitted to the alliance for approval, and as long as the alliance signs and agrees, then the two parties can make the final transaction! The league naturally hopes that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise not only will the Clippers hang in suspense this season, but even the reinforcements will be implicated next season, and as long as it is resolved quickly, Sterling will not be able to make any waves.
After watching the transaction money be transferred to the designated account, the Clippers now belong to Huang Yu's consortium, of course, they are still nominally a consortium, and they have nothing to do with Huang Yu, but in fact, Huang Yu has the ability to deal with the Clippers with full authority.
However, Huang Yu did not take up three new officials, but chose to continue to run like this, and will be assessed at the beginning of next season, and hire a new general manager, as for Rivers originally recruited by the Clippers, let him continue to shine in Green Kai, because once a person like him has the right in his hands, then he will definitely not be a coach, although the Celtics have not improved since winning the championship, but they have always been a playoff powerhouse, which Rivers is indispensable!
I thought the Clippers' farce was over, but who knew that Sterling's lawyer sent an email to inform the media again that his boss planned to formally file a lawsuit against the NBA league in the near future and claim $1 billion in damages from the league.
And after Sterling's racial* remarks were exposed, the league fined him $2.5 million, a lifetime ban, and forced the sale of the team, which is the largest fine in NBA history.
Sterling hired Breacher, a well-known professional sports lawyer in the United States, to refuse to pay the fine issued by the league, Breacher sent a formal email to the league, accusing the league of punishing his employer in multiple violations of the law, the lawyer claimed that the $1 billion claim is for the loss caused by the league's lifetime ban on Sterling and the forced sale of the team, and the lawyer also said that Sterling will not file a lawsuit against his girlfriend and those involved in leaking the recording to the media. (The subtext is that you all hurry up and kneel and lick, otherwise Lao Tzu will let you all go to prison to sell your ass!) )
The lawyer also mentioned in the letter that he and Sterling were "carefully considering our options." The implication is that they are considering terminating the sale of the Clippers.
But to be honest, now that the Clippers don't belong to the Sterling family, what he says is like a fart! Huang Yu ignored it completely, and asked his consortium lawyers to publicly say that if Ms. Cheryl wanted to see Mr. Sterling for mental illness, they would provide all the medical staff for free, just as the Clippers' former medical team was unemployed.
But soon Sterling sued his wife and shouted in court that he would devote the rest of his life to suing the league, Sterling also said that his wife had betrayed him and that he had not authorized her to sell the team, and Cheryl said on the witness stand that she loved Sterling but believed he needed to get his Alzheimer's disease checked.
As Sterling's first guardian, Cheryl has the right to give Sterling this kind of examination, and the results are obvious, but how can Sterling admit defeat and continue to appeal but the court upheld the original verdict, Cheryl won, so that the Clippers' trade is facing the dust settled, and the Clippers have also fallen out of the playoffs, if they can't win in the last few games, and the current eighth is wrong, then the Clippers can go home and wash and sleep!
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Now leading the Clippers is the Jazz and Mavericks, both 33-28, while the Clippers are 32-29, with five games remaining, and the time has come to decide the Clippers' life and death this season.
The lawsuit of the Clippers in the past two months can be said to have affected Huang Yu's state to some extent, but in March, he still handed over a double-double of 28 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, but Huang Yu's state in April also suddenly declined, and he only got 22 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in the first half of the year, which made Huang Yu one quarter behind in the selection of MVP, if the Clippers cannot enter the playoffs, then it is likely that this MVP is produced between James and Durant, as for Rose, it seems that he has nothing to do!
In the first game of the last five games, the Clippers sat in Staples to face the Kings, and now that the Clippers' farce is over, the mentality of the Clippers players has improved, although there is still Sterling messing around, but it is obviously unable to affect the final result.
So in this game, the Clippers rode the wind and waves and directly crushed the king, 128-98 a full thirty points of slaughter, Jazz and Mavericks did not make a mistake, but the Rockets who slapped in sixth place lost, and fell directly to the eighth position, and the Clippers have the same record as 33 wins and 29 losses!
In the penultimate game, the Clippers challenged the Nuggets away, and the Clippers at this time were as if they were equipped with a HE engine, which was extremely destructive, and the Clippers directly sank the stormy boat of the Nuggets, and won again at the same time, but also brought themselves back to the top eight, who let the Rockets lose again!
After the game with the Nuggets, the Clippers went to Orlando to challenge the Magic, the Clippers did not have such a strong impact in the first two games, but the Magic's three-point rain did not help the Clippers, 108-102 The Clippers retreated away, Huang Yu cut 48 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, 12 of 15 three-pointers, one person and the Magic soared three points, and Griffin faced the Monster on this court, although the rebounding protection was not good, but it made the Monster fall into foul trouble early, the playing time was broken, and the first half was fine, In the second half, he was in no form and only had 22 points and 15 rebounds.
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Back at home, the Clippers face the Grizzlies, which is a crucial game, and this game is not only about whether the Clippers can get a good position to face the playoffs, but also about home and away advantage.
With the Nuggets losing to the Clippers returning to the top eight and defeating the Devils, the Clippers suddenly returned to the fifth place in the league, although it looks good, but this will be against the fourth Grizzlies, and it is the home of the Grizzlies! This makes the already tired Clippers players not get a little respite, so this game is very crucial, defeating the Grizzlies, the Clippers return to the top four home court advantage is coming, and if they lose, they will return to the eighth place in the league to face the Spurs, who makes the Jazz and Mavericks always keep the same pace, if you lose, I will lose, if you win, I will win!
The game with the Grizzlies Clippers played very hard, after all, the Grizzlies' defense may be the best in the Young Guards, and the Grizzlies even cut off the connection between the Clippers players for a period of time.
At halftime, Huang Yu stood up and discussed the second half of the game with everyone, hoping to get more shot rights, which Negro disagreed! Without tactics, can one person score again change the situation?
But Paul stood up and stood up to Huang Yu, after all, now the only point that the Clippers can score is Huang Yu, rather than being caught by the Grizzlies' defense in two attacks, it is better to let Huang Yu shoot alone, and the rest are ready to catch the ball and shoot at any time!
Although Paul agreed, he also agreed with Huang Yu not to waste it! If the opportunity is reasonable, you can shoot as much as you want, but if you wave the pitch, the losing pot will definitely be thrown on you by the media, don't say that the brothers didn't help you share the firepower!
Huang Yu naturally knows this, what kind of bird virtue the media has, and he has been in the NBA for almost four years, and he still doesn't know, so he nodded in agreement.
At the beginning of the second half, Huang Yu turned on the heads-up mode, and in the state of doubling his attributes, Tony Allen couldn't stick to Huang Yu at all, so he could only stick to it without losing his defensive position, but after Huang Yu's attributes were doubled, the long shots and mid-range shots all came, although this will make those media who have been black and yellow rain call them soft eggs, and they will only shoot in the air, but victory is the most important thing.
In the end, relying on Huang Yu's personal three-point rain, the Grizzlies' defense was worn through, and in the end, the Grizzlies did not recruit and directly sent someone to wrap up, Huang Yu did not forget the agreement with Paul, and directly wore the ball out, although the shooting rate of the Clippers players was not high, but they still fought with the Grizzlies to the end, and Paul left the Grizzlies with a breakthrough layup for 2.8 seconds, and the Grizzlies' three-point shot failed to score when they were three points behind, and the Clippers barely passed the test and won.
(End of chapter)