In Min Congda's plan to bankrupt the Clippers, the second place is the "Afang Palace Plan".

With more than $30 million in credit from Wells Fargo and City Bank, the plan has taken hold.

Once they acquire the Great Western Forum Arena, the construction of the new arena will also be part of the team's future plans.

However, although the power of this spectacle is strong, it can only rank second after all, and in Min Congda's thoughts, the plan to really rank first is to kill the NBA directly!

This trick is the so-called bottom of the kettle, which has wiped out the foundation of the Clippers, and it depends on how you can support it.

After more than a year of operation, Min Congda has realized that it is not so easy to bankrupt a team.

One of the big reasons for this is that the league will make it easier to go bankrupt by providing assistance to the team when it needs help.

Like the New Orleans Hornets, although bankrupt, the league can take custody and find a home for them.

For some teams that are unable to operate at a loss all year round, the league will allocate a part of the funds for subsidies.

In order to keep the team alive, the league has also set up a bond fund to issue bonds to the team to raise operating funds.

The United States is a society with very developed financial instruments, which made a comeback after the financial turmoil of 2008 and rebuilt the empire of money from the ruins.

Last season, NBA revenues slumped and the salary cap fell rarely, while in 2010-2011, the league gradually returned to prosperity.

But at this critical juncture, the collective bargaining agreement signed between the NBA and the management in 1999 is about to expire, and negotiations are about to resume.

Lanch said to Min Congda: "According to the meaning of the management, between continuous losses and unfavorable expectations, they want to lower the salary standard of players, and even set a hard salary cap. I don't think the Labor side will agree to it, and it may fall into a shutdown next season. ”

Although the playoffs are still underway, although it is still early before the time of collective bargaining.

But a lot of intentions have been revealed at this time, and there is a secret confrontation.

The regular season is over, the first round of teams is eliminated, and for most players, the offseason has arrived.

As a front-line employee of the alliance, Ranch has already smelled the smoke of the negotiation war.

Min Congda said: "The revenue level of the league is gradually improving this season, why do you need to reduce the salary standard? ”

Lanch said: "It's improving, but it's limited, and the overall confidence is still insufficient. The point is that in the financial turmoil, many team owners have lost so much that they don't want to invest so much money in player salaries. ”

Min Congda thought about it, capitalists are like this, if they can spend less, they must spend less.

But the players really won't compromise, and the last time he spoke to James, he had already expressed his firm stance as the vice president of the players' union.

Once the two sides fall into contradictions and disagreements, the new season will inevitably be affected, and it will enter a major shutdown as in 1999.

Once the shutdown is stopped, the team has no income, the players have no salary, in fact, both sides are bleeding and injured, just to see who can survive to the end.

"But what if, neither side can make it to the end?" Min Congda touched his chin and began to move with his stomach full of bad water.

Ranch asked, "Smart, you said that when the negotiations are deadlocked, which side will you stand on?" On the team's side, or on the players' side? ”

Min Congda thought to himself, of course, which side falls into the disadvantage, which side I stand on, I must let the two sides be evenly matched, and be a-stirring stick.

He smiled and said, "Of course I'm on the side of justice." “

Lan Qi didn't quite understand what Min Congda meant, and the two talked a lot about the details of the labor negotiations.

Min Congda is very concerned about the joints, the key people in the negotiation, the important time nodes and so on.

Lan Qi knows everything, Min Congda is a big tree, as he has a background but not deep enough, it is very important to have the support of the big guy in the local team.

It's similar to being a small official in the central government, with no background and no upward channel, more things and less power, and not as much oil and water as the locality.

Now that he has the network of local princes, he naturally has to rely on it, and he has more confidence in doing things in the alliance.

You know, there aren't many league employees like Ranch who have close relationships with certain teams.

Each team has their own eyeline, connections, and of course most of them are inextricably linked to the team.

For example, I have played in the team, worked, coached, worked in logistics, and so on.

The young Lan Qi did not have these experiences, so when he met Min Congda, he attached great importance to him and did his best.

Min Congda knew that the two were taking advantage of each other, and he said to Lanqi: "By the way, the semifinals will start next week, and you will be given ten playoff tickets, and you can invite your friends to watch the game." If it's not enough, ask me again. ”

A smile appeared on Lanqi's face and said, "No problem, thank you, thank you, ten is enough, thank you." ”

……

At the end of April, the first round of the NBA playoffs was over.

This year's playoffs are a year without much suspense.

Seven of the eight top-half seeded teams have qualified, and all of them have settled battles within six games.

The only exception is the No. 1 Spurs in the West, who were swept 0-4 by the Clippers.

It was the most humiliating defeat in the Spurs' glorious history for more than a decade.

The Black Eight Miracle created by the Clippers has brought the team's reputation and popularity to the peak.

The series with the most talk and the most repercussions in the entire first round was the Clippers vs Spurs.

Celebrities and bigwigs from all sides came out to praise and exclaim that the Clippers have a bright future.

As soon as the fourth game is over, the tickets for the third and fourth games of the second round have been sold out.

And some of the ticket prices have risen to a very high price, and the auction seats that Min Congda once set have been speculated for thousands of dollars.

Driven by stars such as David Beckham and Kanye West, the Clippers have also begun to become star-studded on the sidelines.

The Clippers have undoubtedly become one of the hottest teams in the league.

This time, the valuation of the Clippers is going up again.

For all this, Min Congda chose to cover his ears and steal the bell and turn a blind eye.

For almost a week, he immersed himself in the joy of fishing.

Pretend that the team is eliminated and the whole team goes fishing.

I do not participate in any interview, event.

I didn't even go to eat at the training center.

Until April 29, the team will travel to Russia to start the second round of the playoffs.

Min Cong joined the team and headed to Oklahoma City together.

After some adjustments, his mentality has returned to normal.

Otherwise, people who have no heart and lungs eat more and sleep well, and everything will be difficult.

He is once again confident in the future of the Clippers being eliminated!

"A team like the Spurs has been swept into the dustbin of history!"

"The Thunder's Westbrook and Durant represent the new forces of the alliance and the future of the alliance!"

"From every matchup, the Thunder have the advantage, and the Clippers are definitely not opponents!"

"It's time to travel, the Clippers' season is over."

(End of chapter)