Chapter 547: The Boss of the NBA
The Knicks' face continues, and Sessions is also continuing his rise. Not two or three games. It wasn't a short outburst, I, Ramon Sessions, were really tough. Get your money ready. Lao Tzu is just a one-year contract.
After the game against Philadelphia, the Knicks won against the New Orleans Hornets and the Indiana Pacers. Extended the winning streak to five.
Sessions had 15 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds against the New Orleans Hornets. In the game against the Indiana Pacers, he had 26 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. It seems that Sessions really didn't really break out in one or two games, but really got stronger.
After a five-game winning streak, the Knicks have come up against a strong team, an opponent that the Knicks themselves take very seriously, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the offseason, the Cleveland Cavaliers spent a lot of effort to find the "former" No. 1 center in the league - Shaquake O'Neal,
However, the management of the Cleveland Cavaliers obviously did not expect that the big shark would age so quickly, or why the big shark, who was able to average 17.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per game last season, became weak so quickly.
O'Neal's fatigue is too obvious, and now the average playing time per game can just over 20 minutes, not to mention, this may not be able to play efficiently in the whole game, as for wanting to make the big shark a terrifying existence in the Lakers' period, it is simply a fantasy, and even the big shark in the period when the Heat won the championship can't come back. Otherwise, I believe that with the current lineup and James's strength. You can definitely compete with any team in the championship competition. Even if it is the Celtics Big Three, I believe that the Cleveland Cavaliers will not necessarily be afraid. But. The problem is that the big shark has long since lost even half of its former strength.
Even so, though, the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the championship contenders. After all, the fame of the Tsar Group scared the courage of many people.
This game is also in the spotlight, and TN. Both T and ESPN broadcast live across the United States. After all, the Knicks were the team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and the Cavaliers were eliminated by the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Seeing each other again this season can be said to be a meeting of enemies, and it is very red.
However, there is really a fate between the Knicks and the Cavaliers, when Chen Jiyuan first came to the Knicks, he led the team to the playoffs in the first season, and at that time, he met the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, and then he was sent home directly by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The first round did not pass. Then, last season, it was a reversal of roles. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Knicks successfully got their revenge and helped the Cleveland Cavaliers go home to play mud. In this season's playoffs, if the two teams meet, it will really be a bad fate.
Moreover, if it really happens to meet again in the playoffs, Chen Jiyuan will definitely say to James: "Dude, when is the time for retribution." Let's settle it peacefully. ”
Then, James asked with a cute look, "How can it be resolved peacefully?" ”
Chen Jiyuan said kindly to James: "Of course, eh, LeBron, your mother called you home for dinner." Go home and don't stay here any longer. It's going to make your mom anxious. That's not good, it's not filial. Your mother raised you with a handful of shit and urine, and you don't spend much time at home with him, now you should go home and eat with your mother. I'll take care of the rest. ”
In any case, the Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers are aiming for a championship, and there is only one team in the East that can appear on the stage of the Finals, so the Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers will have a battle sooner or later, unless one of the two teams is eliminated before the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The game between the Knicks and the Cavaliers was played at the home of New York, and the tickets for the home court in New York this season are very hot, whether it is a season ticket or a game ticket.
To be honest, James Dolan is not the richest among the bosses of the entire league when he simply talks about his worth, but James Dolan's most stupid advantage is indeed remembered by everyone. If there is one owner who is the richest in the entire NBA, it has to be the owner of the Trail Blazers, and Paul Allen can be said to be the richest owner in the league. However, the Trailblazers have been half-dead for the past two years. And it is only now that Brandon Roy arrives, it can be said that the Trailblazers have begun to revivenation, but this revival has cast a shadow on it, and the injury of Auden the Great has seen Roy and Randolph extremely incompatible. It left the team in a state of slight confusion.
And James Dolan and the Dolan family own the fifth largest amount of money among NBA owners. The later they go, the lower the Knicks will be. Because the super bosses have begun to gradually inject capital into the NBA.
The first is Prokhorov, the super-Russian gold merchant who bought the Nets, competed with Putin for the presidency, and received 8% of the vote. Prokhorov, who has tens of billions of assets, can even compete with Paul Allen in terms of net worth. It's just that because of one thing, Prokhorov will lag behind the owner of the Trail Blazers, Paul Allen, in the asset rankings.
However, when the Clippers changed hands, Paul Allen's title of the richest owner in the NBA was finally ceded, and Steve Ballmer became the richest owner in the league, with personal assets of $20 billion. But many team owners have money, but aren't necessarily willing to pay the luxury tax in order to win a championship. It's not uncommon to say that you can win a championship without paying the luxury tax, but that's the Spurs, and that's really called team basketball. You know, there is no second Popovich and no second Tim Duncan in the world.
The Spurs owner is arguably one of the league's least wealthy individuals. Even, personal assets may not be as much as Chen Jiyuan.
After all, Chen Jiyuan is also a bull breaker, and he has made more than a billion dollars from stock trading. Although the detailed number needs to be calculated in detail with Ivanka, it is certain that he is at least worth more than one billion, but even so, Chen Jiyuan still will not take a salary cut lightly, after all, Chen Jiyuan is still a young and vigorous person, and if he takes a salary cut during this time period, it is also a big face problem. Oh, I'll take a pay cut, and then you go and sign a contract with a top salary for a second-in-command or a third-in-command, and you're losing face as the boss of the team.
Therefore, it is not necessary for the success of the team to have anything to do with the owner's money or not, but it has a great impact.
In the past two seasons, the New York Knicks have gradually turned a profit. This season, it looks like there should be no problem with making a profit. Mainly in the past two seasons, the Knicks have a backbone and a superstar who attracts all the fans. Chen's survival, coupled with the fact that the Chinese market may not have supported the Rockets, has allowed the New York Knicks to start making money. Although Chen Jiyuan has become an American citizen, he has often admitted that he is Chinese, and he has also been interviewed by China and speaks fluent Chinese. It makes the domestic fans very happy. In later life, although Jeremy Lin was not China International, could not speak Chinese, and never even recognized himself as Chinese, but at that time it still made the Chinese market in China very inclined to Jeremy Lin, why, isn't it because there is no one else in the NBA. It's different now. Although Yao Ming is still in the Rockets and is still the most popular star in China, Chen Jiyuan's current popularity does not have to be easy to build a league. In particular, Yi Jianlian did not play the results they hoped for in the league, and naturally, Chen Jiyuan, who was willing to admit that he was from China, was very popular with the Chinese, and Chen Jiyuan never thought that he would be more popular than Yao Ming.
The Knicks and Cavaliers game made the atmosphere in New York's Madison Square Square hot from the start.
Greeting each other, Chen Jiyuan and James hugged each other, James had obvious confidence on his face, "This season, whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, we will definitely win." ”
Chen Jiyuan will naturally not lose momentum, although the two have a good personal relationship, but this is the arena, and they represent their own teams. Chen Jiyuan also had a confident expression: "Then you can try it, I am bound to win this year's championship." ”
The two men exchanged fists, and James turned around and said, "Me too!" ”
Before the game started, there were still a few guys on the sidelines who Chen Jiyuan had to say hello. First of all, Britney and Ivanka don't need to talk about it, because they are too familiar, so they don't need to say anything too cumbersomely, but the arrival of the great director Spike Lee made Chen Jiyuan have to say a few words. At the same time, Spike Lee also has a die-hard Knicks fan by his side - Lindsay Lohan. Although she is a beauty, she is a guy with all kinds of scandals.
Chen Jiyuan came to the two of them and bumped fists with each other.
Lindsay Lohan seems to have been a little more relaxed recently, her previous bisexuality and the announcement that she had a girlfriend can be said to have put her on the cusp, but it is estimated that Lindsay Lohan doesn't care, and is even a little happy.
After standing here and saying a few words, the great director Spike Lee once again mentioned that Chen Jiyuan would star in a documentary about the New York Knicks. said that it was a movie, but it was actually a narrative film, and Chen Jiyuan did not need to "show" any acting skills.
Chen Jiyuan gave the big director a letter this time, and said domineeringly: "After I win the championship this year, I will go!" ”