One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty-Eight. The Opportunity to Buy a Team?

The online media TMZ broke the news. Not only NBA players and fans paid attention, but the entire North American sports world was outraged.

A recording of Clippers owner Donald Sterling cursing his young lover was exposed. The vulgar language is not important. What is important is what he said to his Mexican-black mixed-race girlfriend about her skin color. He hates black people and hates those who look like him. The white and black people said that black people should look like black people, and they told them by name that they were not allowed to invite magicians to watch their games.

After this incident was exposed, professionals compared the recording with Donald Sterling's voiceprint and confirmed that the recording was not a fake.

This news caused an explosion in the North American sports world, which is dominated by black athletes.

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On May 22, the game day for the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Grizzlies and the Lakers has arrived, but currently, except for the fans of the two teams, most fans are not paying attention here.

Sun Ce felt the anger of his teammates, and he estimated that the other team players were the same. He remembered this incident, but it didn't happen. He really didn't think about it, and it didn't matter whether he thought about it or not.

He vaguely remembered that this happened in the 13-14 season. At that time, the Clippers' market value reached its highest because the Clippers were temporarily ranked first in the league. According to known conspiracy theorists, this was a ploy by Sterling's wife and son. After his death, the two were on the verge of divorce. Since there was no prenuptial property agreement, it was likely to be split in half. The most important property of their family was the Clippers, an NBA team with a market value of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars. , compared with the market value, the money earned every year is not very much, so his wife wants to cash out.

Sun Ce doesn't know what the specific situation is, but since yesterday afternoon, public opinion has begun to bombard the NBA and the Clippers, and the NBA has fallen into another crisis situation.

The United States is a magical place. White people are the most opposed to racial discrimination. Most of the anti-racial discrimination demonstrations are organized by white people, but white people in this country seem to be the most racist.

David Stern reacted quickly. He issued a notice yesterday afternoon to severely accuse Sterling, saying that he had sent a league investigation team to Los Angeles and temporarily suspended Donald Sterling's status as NBA owner. He also directly stated that If the results of the investigation confirm that this is true, the league will temporarily buy the Clippers and directly take over the Clippers, and permanently expel Donald Sterling from the NBA.

David Stern has been able to sit in this position for more than 30 years, and his wrist is still very strong.

But what is now facing the Grizzlies is the issue of concentration. Sun Ce feels that the other three teams will also be distracted.

James, Kobe, Wade, Paul, Rose, Boozer, Noah... have all sent out words of condemnation of Sterling through various channels.

Sun Ce also posted the severely condemning copy sent by Bill Duffy on Facebook and Twitter.

However, will other teams be distracted... They will definitely focus on the game during the game, so Sun Ce is worried about his teammates.

Since yesterday afternoon, the entire Grizzlies team has refused to accept any form of interview. They can express condemnation, but they cannot be led by the media who may have other ideas. After all, there are people of all colors on their team. Yes, it is too easy to say the wrong thing.

For example, Bill Duffy strongly demanded that Sun Ce only speak according to the content of the condemnation he gave. Of course, Sun Ce thought the same way.

In preparation for the game this morning, Sun Ce clearly felt that his teammates were not focused and had emotions.

He didn't know what to do this time, but fortunately, Mr. President was here.

During the break after a training session, Battier called all his teammates together.

“I know that whether it’s Zach or Mark or Noah, we’re all outraged by Sterling’s comments, especially me, who he calls the black man who shouldn’t look like a white man.

I was outraged by this and couldn't understand his thinking from any angle.

But, I knew what I needed to do in response, and that was to do what I had to do.

We are not great people, we are just basketball players, so doing what we should do is the most important thing.

If we, because of a trash man's remarks, affect the job we should do the most, this is disrespectful to the fans who spend money to watch the game, and it is also irresponsible to ourselves.

We should let everyone see during the game that whether it is Zach, Noah, or Mark, they are the most brilliant colors in the world. Let people see that our unity and our efforts are to crush those Racial remarks in the best possible way! "

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The president is the president. Although Sun Ce probably only understood "let's play hard," his teammates focused again.

Serious matters still need a serious leader to deal with them. This matter made Sun Ce say those passionate and passionate words with a little arrogance. It is difficult to resonate with him at this time.

As for Shane Battier's words, there were no passionate words, but they had a very good effect.

The public opinion storm about Sterling continues, but Sun Ce and his teammates have devoted themselves to preparing for the game.

After lunch, Sun Ce practiced running training with the running and gunning lineup and the strongest offensive and defensive lineup for 20 minutes each, and then began to rest to recharge for the game at 8:30 p.m.

Sun Ce couldn't sleep. Such a big thing would always affect him. For example, he thought that he was lucky to come to the Grizzlies, which is considered an international team. If he went to New York, Boston, Salt Lake City, it would be a pain in the ass.

Unable to sleep, Sun Ce lay on the sofa in the lounge and closed his eyes to rest... While thinking about it, he suddenly thought of something!

"Will the Clippers be sold in the end? I remember that the current market value of the Clippers is 1.5 billion... Damn, when the lockout occurred in 2011, the market value of the Clippers was only 600 million, and the Lakers were only more than a billion at that time...

Should we let John try? We don't seem to have that much money. Bitcoin will have to wait at least three years before it can be cashed out. The NBA probably won't let him buy the team... Let's ask him first. It's not impossible. This is a Los Angeles team!"

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Suddenly, there was an opportunity to buy a team, but Sun Ce just thought about it and contacted John. John responded that he would try and told Sun Ce not to worry about it.

Sun Ce naturally wouldn't care about things that were unlikely to succeed. It was just a sudden thought. The most important thing now was the Western Conference Finals!

The Sterling recording scandal may have had the least impact on him among all the athletes in the league. Although he was late to realize it, he knew about it.

For him at this stage, nothing is more important than winning the championship!