Chapter 830 Beating the Wizards? Jordan Is so Miserable!

The regular season lasts until mid-January.

The Lakers went to Washington to play the Wizards in an away game. The Lakers were leading the Western Conference and the Wizards were last in the Eastern Conference. Therefore, it was too difficult to sell single-game tickets at the MCI Center. Of course, it was not because the Lakers were too strong. The Wizards themselves had completely fallen. So far, Ranked last in the league in ticket sales.

Maybe the countdown in ticket sales itself has nothing to do with it, but the problem is that it will indirectly affect the Wizards' other income, league and regional broadcast fees, team advertising fees, etc. Anyway... the more they play, the poorer they will be. Otherwise, how much can they earn? At least, there won't be any owner selling the team.

This is the current situation of the Wizards.

The team's total salary is fifth in the league, reaching nearly 60 million. In contrast, the number of tickets sold is the last, and the expected revenue has plummeted, so Jordan, who has just been the general manager of the Wizards in his second year, is very painful... ...When the Lakers arrived in Washington, they asked Li Shengli about the situation.

It stands to reason that one is the general manager of the Wizards and the other is a core player of the Lakers. It feels nonsense to get together to talk about the restructuring of the Wizards, but Jordan knows... The draft next season is very important, and Li Shengli is the one who has first-hand information, even There is still a lot of information that he has not received.

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"Li, how are you? How is Yao playing recently?" Jordan invited Li Shengli to his private residence, smoking a big cigar and puffing away smoke.

"Ahem...you should stop smoking, I'm going to choke to death!" Li Shengli waved his hand without seeing Jordan, walked to the window, opened it, and said: "Well, Dayao is very good there, you Don’t tell me you don’t know what fucking statistics he’s put up recently, I don’t believe you haven’t talked to David Stern and talked to Dayao’s parent team?”

"Okay..." Jordan nodded.

In fact, Jordan really saw it, not just Dayao's performance in the Olympics...

When the Chinese team in the Olympics wanted to hit the highest ranking in history, Li Shengli would definitely occupy the largest proportion in tactics. Therefore, although Dayao's performance was very strong, it was not the strongest state. When he returned to the domestic competition...Jordan I found that not only did I see it, but the Rockets also saw it. After all, the head coach of Mengsi is Rockets coach Rudy.

30.4 points, 19.5 rebounds, 5.5 blocks?

This game is indeed enough to make people feel fucked!

Even though the intensity of the domestic league is much lower, this dominance is still amazing. Even after Li Shengli's side played 33+33 at the beginning of the new season, Dayao's side then hit 50+31, which is NBA's Fans don't know it, but the scouting reports submitted by the entire league are all blown up.

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"The Rockets seem to have contacted Yao's home team?" Jordan asked.

"Yes, but they... were made things difficult!" Li Shengli wanted to laugh when he thought about it.

The Rockets are indeed gone. The Shanghai team is exactly what Li Qiuping said at the time. They are demanding a sky-high price... They want a player exchange of the same level, the support of a top coach in the NBA, and a buyout fee and training fee of 18 million US dollars. , asking to build a basketball school and asking the Rockets to build a modern gymnasium in Shanghai.

This... horse-riding man is robbing him? !

Every one of them is an unheard-of open grab condition!

With the conditions offered by the Shanghai team, the people who went to the Rockets peed all the way back to the United States.

After Li Shengli said this with a smile, Jordan took a sip of his cigar with an ugly face and cursed: "You are still laughing on horseback. What are you laughing at? This is the same when we get in touch. There is no room for discussion at all. What you said is completely useless. ”

"You guys went too?"

"Nonsense, how can we be slower than the Rockets."

"Damn, then why didn't I know?"

"I... I feel embarrassed about riding a horse, and I'm embarrassed to say it!"

"This..." Li Shengli touched his head and felt that it was indeed difficult for Jordan. After all, Jordan had a lot of face in the NBA, but in another place, it was obvious that no one would sell his face.

"If you really are there, you should call me in advance."

"Are you sure no one from the Rockets is looking for you?" Jordan asked uncertainly.

"I'm kidding, what kind of relationship do we have? Why don't I support you first? Besides, I have nothing to do with the Rockets, and I don't like that place. Is it possible that you still don't know what Barkley is doing there? You tricked Barkley into cutting his salary to buy skin. Peng is not authentic." Li Shengli thought for a while and then said: "The most important thing is...you don't have to worry about the Rockets, they should be hanging on the threshold of the playoffs this season, and it is not easy to get a high pick."

After Li Shengli finished speaking, Jordan thought about the same thing, because the Wizards have been beaten into pieces and are in urgent need of reconstruction, but the Rockets are still breathing a sigh of relief. According to this season's expected ranking and the probability of high-level signings, the Wizards are greater than the Rockets, but Jordan feels that the only competitors are not the Rockets.

More importantly, facing those conditions that are purely funny, there is too much resistance.

Jordan took another puff of his cigar and asked, "Li, you've seen the conditions they offered. Are you sure you can help?"

"Yes, those conditions are just to tease you. Don't underestimate my preparation for such a long time. I guess... you don't understand how much right to speak even an Olympic silver medal can give me!" Li Shengli didn't want to Yao is wasting his time. The sooner he can play in the NBA, the better. After all, the prime time is only a few years, and the network he has built before, including this Olympics, is very good.

The old coach Jiang Xingquan was the vice chairman of Blue Shoes. Including the celebration banquet after returning to China, Old Jiang also introduced some veteran cadres who were in power. Although according to the convention, top leaders generally don’t know much about business, but this year’s collective sports such as men’s basketball The historic leap can still be seen. This is much higher than other single-player competitions. It can even see future competition bonuses and player bonuses for the national basketball team.

Lao Jiang gave him a stepping stone, and Li Shengli relied on his strength to smash open the door.

Coupled with Li Shengli's massive investment in the domestic basketball industry in recent years, Li Shengli's personal influence in the country in the short term is too great. As for the Shanghai team's weak voice of resistance... To be honest, it is not enough in front of the blue shoes. The big bosses have spoken. If you want to let him go, you have to let him go, especially since joining the NBA is also a good thing for Dayao and the domestic basketball world.

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"Then this is done?!" Jordan asked as he sat upright, feeling as if it was an unofficial decision made in secret.

"I don't know. You can talk about the details. I'm just going to clear the way for you first!" Li Shengli also sat on the seat from the window: "But your lineup should have... Brother, don't blame me for what I said. I've spent too much money and haven't achieved results yet. What you, the general manager, have done is not as good as yours!"

"Go away, do you think I want to? I only took over last year, who can still achieve results in one season?!"

"West can do it!"

"Wei...get out of here!" Jordan couldn't hold it in and cursed, then he found a comfortable position and lay back, took a long puff of cigarette and said, "I will let you know before this deadline." The team is starting to clear space, and if there is a suitable candidate, I believe you have a better vision than others. After all, we are about to reorganize, and you don’t want to see your Yao unable to perform, right?"

"Damn, are you still relying on me?" Li Shengli kicked off his leg and said: "There won't be much I can do. The rest is up to you, but you want to reorganize the lineup? Juwan Howard?" Want to sell? Then you can contact Tracy McGrady first."