Chapter 171: Lehman collapses, and the knight fights again
Although he defeated the 76ers at home, Li Zhi did not dare to take it lightly, urging his teammates to train seriously.
Li Zhi also did not force O'Neill to change his personality in his last years, laziness is a habit that is difficult to break. And even if the training is lazy, O'Neill is "taking medicine" after all, and there is no problem in his state.
On this day, Wall Street in the United States was once again in turmoil, and Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting off the world's largest financial tsunami in a century.
Capital is ruthless, and in the process of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy, financial institutions such as **** and Citigroup "took advantage of the fire to rob". After a year and a cost of $38 million, a 2,200-page "Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Investigation Report" was released, which shook Wall Street. Some are naked interests, and some are bloody truths......
When Li Zhi saw this message on his mobile phone, his head exploded, and his only thought was Renault.
I dialed Renault's number as soon as possible, and thankfully, after a few minutes of waiting, Renault's familiar voice finally came from the other end of the phone.
After a short exchange, Li Zhi suddenly discovered that Renault's situation was not so bad, Lehman went bankrupt, but Renault was very different from his previous life. Hanging up the phone, Li Zhi put down the stone in his heart and redevoted himself to training.
The Lehman affair brought Li Zhi's attention to one thing, the stock market.
In the 08 financial crisis, by October, the Dow Jones index had fallen by as much as 40%, and individual stocks were cut in half, which means that if you invested 100,000 yuan in the stock market at the beginning of the year, there were less than 60,000 yuan left after 10 months.
It was in this situation that a person made his debut, and he was the usually low-key investment legend Warren Buffett.
On October 16, he published an article in the New York Times. The title of this article is "Buy American. I AM. literally translates to "I'm going to be more American." However, the market did not give face to the stock god, and it fell by another 20%.
But by March 2009, the U.S. stock market had immediately bottomed out and began to rebound. Since then, the U.S. stock market has experienced the longest bull run in history. From October 2008 to March 2009, the S&P rose 120%.
This is a good opportunity to make money, and Li Zhi immediately calls Andy Miller and asks him to run his own resources. Hearing Li Zhi's coming, Andy Miller obviously didn't have enough brains, and he didn't expect an athlete to let himself speculate in stocks.
"What's the point?"
Li Zhi thought about it and gave Andy Miller a few hints.
"XL Financial, Tennet Healthcare, and Ford Motor."
Although Li Zhi did not speculate in stocks in his previous life, he had a teammate who was a senior stock fan, and after the US stock market rose sharply in 09, he often sighed that these stocks had risen by more than 300% in this year, which can be called "demon stocks".
"By the way, contact Renault and say I said it! Let him contact a professional trader. ”
Emaciated camels, although Renault is bankrupt, but the talents are there, if the people at Lehman notice this, they should make a move.
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On the 29th, the Cavaliers played against the Warriors, another game broadcast live in the United States, and fans wanted to see the "Little Emperor" and the "Tyrant" face off again.
So far, the Cavaliers are 10-2 and have a record well ahead of the Celtics and Magic in the league. The Warriors are 8-3 and in third place in the West.
Both teams have been impressive defensively this season. The Cavaliers have seen a big improvement in defensive intensity after bringing in Ben Wallace.
ESPN recently named the five teams with the best defense this season, with the Celtics in first place, the Cavaliers and Magic tied for second and third, the Rockets fourth, and the Warriors fifth.
The performance of the Warriors was really a surprise, and last season the Warriors were at the bottom of the defense, which is why the Warriors did not make the playoffs.
And this season, they have transformed themselves into a defensive powerhouse. A lot of people give credit to Nelson, but anyone who knows the ball knows that Nelson is not a coach known for his defense.
The core of the Warriors' defense is Li Zhi and O'Neal, both of whom are top in the NBA, and the team sent away defensive tumors Ellis, Harrington and Byron Davis in the summer, and the Warriors have made a qualitative leap in defense.
The Cavaliers have Big Ben Wallace and "Brazilian Actor" Vallejo in charge, and James' defense is also top-notch, on par with the Warriors. The only difference is that the Warriors' defense is more focused on the front line, with Richie, Jackson, and Barnes being the three top swingmen, and James also facing a huge challenge.
In a pre-game media interview, James praised Li Zhi again, saying that Li Zhi is one of the strongest players in the league in the future. Why add "future", because many people think that after this year will be the era of James.
James' stats this season have been epic, averaging 28.4 points in 37.7 minutes per game. 6 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block. He shot 49 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from three-point range.
But despite his excellent stats, Black James still has a lot of people, his tricks are known as "crab steps", and his team is known as "Cleveland football".
And James's walking referee turned a blind eye, David Stern is used to James, and this kind of treatment makes the fans of other stars red-eyed.
Previously, the Cavaliers' lineup configuration was completely designed around James, with a group of shooters on the outside and a bunch of beasts on the inside, and James used his magician-like skills to revitalize the team.
And when the rest of the team doesn't feel the touch or encounters difficulties, James will use his "crab step" to turn on the Blue Bulldozer mode. In the playoffs the year before and last year, facing the front line of the Pistons and Celtics, LeBron's bulldozer breakthrough was staged every year.
This year, they have welcomed Mo Williams, who is nicknamed "Mo Bu Chuan", so that this team has another breakthrough strength, after James broke through, West and Williams continued to keep up, and the enemy often had no time to care, and gave the Cavaliers' shooters a chance.
Are knights strong? Strong. But their weakness is also very obvious, James. When James is out of order, it's hard for the Cavaliers to win. The head coach of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown, is a puppet coach, and the arrangement and tactics of every game are the same, all listen to James, and give the ball to James when he arrives on the court.
But even though the whole league knows that McBrown is a puppet, they still have to praise him for his good coaching. In the face of the record, everything is nothing.
Rivers was also underrepresented before he coached the Celtics last season, winning the championship last season, and Rivers was nominated for Best Coach of the Year.
Under James's coaching, Williams, who was previously known as "Mo Bu Chuan", changed his past after arriving at the Cavaliers. Many Chinese fans looked down on Williams and scolded him as a "grass on the wall". In the Bucks, Yi Jianlian ran out of the open space after blocking him, and Mo Williams never passed. And when it comes to the Cavaliers, as long as James opens his hand, Williams will obediently send it, but there are more passes, but Williams's assists have dropped, from 6.3 last season to 4, which is incomprehensible.