Chapter 1051: The Los Angeles Storm Team

After the new year, Feng Yu returned to the United States and came to Los Angeles, because there was going to be a game between the Los Angeles Storm and the Portland Trail Blazers. Paul Allen called and told Feng Yu that his team would Easy win like last time at home in Portland.

Feng Yu scoffed at this. Although Portland is indeed very strong, better than the new team of the Storm Team, which is rebuilding, it only won by eight points last time.

In a basketball game, a score below 10 is a grade, and a score above 15 is a grade. Below 10, it means that the performance is good, or if a certain player explodes, it is possible to win.

Today Paul? Allen will come to the arena to watch the game in person, saying that every time his team wins easily, it can make him feel better.

Feng Yu hated Paul Allen to the core. Elgin Baylor told Feng Yu that if the Trail Blazers hadn't deliberately obstructed it, their reconstruction plan would have been more successful.

Although they also got their favorite draft picks and selected the players they wanted according to the opinions of Feng Yu and head coach George Karl, but for this reason, they got two more garbage contracts, which will greatly improve Their salary pressure prevents them from signing big-name players in the free market in the past three years!

The team manager Elgin respects Feng Yu very much. During Donald Sterling's time, his annual salary was only 300,000 US dollars, which was the lowest among all team managers. It was smaller than Milwaukee and Toronto. The annual salary of the manager of the city team is poor.

Not to mention that the manager of the adjacent Lakers team earns an annual salary of two million dollars, but the average team manager’s salary has generally risen to seven or eight million dollars. What’s more, the Clippers are still in a big city like Los Angeles. !

But the attendance rate of the Clippers at that time was really bad, but it had something to do with the boss's reluctance to spend more money to introduce good players. He told the boss to rebuild, but the boss didn't agree.

But now, when Feng Yu came, he not only raised his annual salary to an average of 800,000 US dollars, but also promised to achieve a certain attendance rate and give him some bonuses. This income is almost three times that of last year!

But what he has done is not bad. Although George Karl is a defensive coach, he also has a lot of experience in offense. Although the core of the team is rookies, such as Vince Carter, who was selected with the No. 1 pick, many people said before that they would regret it.

But now, Carter's physical fitness is really nothing to say, and his style of play is extremely entertaining. In just two months, with many explosive dunks, he has become a frequent visitor to the top ten balls, making the arena's attendance rate , climbing rapidly, although the team's record is still outside the playoffs.

There is also the guy named Paul Pierce, who also has a variety of offensive methods,

Coach Carl likes him more than Carter. There is also that Lewis who fell from the small green house to the end of the first round. Such a big man actually played outside and shot very accurately. Although he has shortcomings, he can open up space and allow Carter and Pierce to break through more comfortably. When the ball comes out, he can also hit a three-pointer when he is open.

It's just that the coach doesn't like the point guard named Alston. If the starting point guard they traded is not still injured, they won't use him too much.

The starting point guard was supposed to be the third pick two years ago, but because of injuries, he was kicked out, and the Storm team won it through a multi-person trade. Coach Carl said that if this player named Billups is healthy, he will definitely become a very qualified point guard in two years. The template is the All-Star Payton.

The sixth man is a man named Mobley, who is good at grabbing points, and the template is Kassel.

As for the others, they are all blue-collar veterans and have a few notoriously bad contracts, but they all have good game experience, even playoff experience, which can help the team's rookies grow.

When these old ball ruffians came, Elgin warned them that the team was built from the outside and the core, with newcomers as the core. If any of them dare to become a cancer in the locker room, then they will be banned from the game, but there is no salary for the suspension!

Feng Yu is very optimistic about this team's lineup. At first, the big-name star he wanted to chase was actually Pippen. Jordan retired again, it is said that it was because of a quarrel with the boss of the Bulls, and another Jordan would not be short of money.

The Bulls who lost Jordan also lost some championship members. Pippen wanted a big contract, but the Bulls boss also refused to give it.

However, the Storm team offered a big contract, 90 million US dollars in five years, which is already the maximum salary they can give according to the contract, but Pippen was cut off by the Blazers, who paid five years Eighty million dollars, because the Blazers said, come to us, you can continue to win championships and surpass Jordan in the future!

So, he signed first and then traded, and went to the Blazers, which can be regarded as leaving a piece of incense for the Bulls.

But the Storm team didn't get nothing. After the disintegration of the Bulls dynasty, they successfully signed Rodman, the rebounding king, for three years and five million, which was very cheap. Before, other teams were hesitant about this player's status and attitude, for fear that without Jordan, no one would be able to hold him down.

But Feng Yu made a decision, saying it's okay, if you can't handle it, I'll handle him! And Coach Carl also assured that he can handle Rodman.

And Rodman is indeed not bad, he can still average 12 rebounds per game, and he has brought a good defense to the team, and it also makes those blue-collar workers with high salaries and low abilities dare not make trouble.

The team not only got a good pick this year, but also got some picks for next year. The future of the team can be looked forward to.

Feng Yu is also very satisfied with Elgin's work. Although the team's current record is still outside the playoffs, the atmosphere in the team is very good, and everyone firmly believes that after selecting two good players next year, they will definitely enter the playoffs!

Now the data of Carter and Pierce is very gorgeous, the two won the Rookie of the Month for the first two times. This is the first time in history that a team has two rookies of the month. As for Jamison, Bibby, Williams and the like, they are far inferior to them in terms of statistics.

Because of the team's offensive style of play, it reminds people of the Los Angeles SHOWTIME. Although that is the history of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles fans don't care, as long as it is a Los Angeles team.

But today, I heard that the owner of the Los Angeles Storm team will also come to watch the game. After Elgin fired it up, the arena tickets were sold out.

Feng Yu doubted whether those people came to watch basketball, or to see him bickering with Paul Allen. This is not the first time the two teams have been targeted in the media.

Many people only know that the two major shareholders of Microsoft are at odds!

When there is a fight on the basketball court, many fans will feel excited, but if they can see the two team owners fighting, it will be even more perfect. The ticket is twice as expensive, no, it is ten times more expensive, and they will buy it!

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