I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 340 Nightmare Journey (Fifth)

April 4, the last game day of the 13-2010 regular season.

The Mavericks swept the Hornets with a 119-point advantage at 96:23 at home and eliminated the Hornets from the playoffs.

The Clippers "released water" at home and lost to the Grizzlies 90:105. The two teams won seventh and eighth in the Western Conference.

In this game, Min Congda got his wish and dropped the Clippers to the eighth place in the West.

He thought that although he entered the playoffs, he was eighth in the Western Conference last year, and he is still eighth this year.

At that time, they will be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, without any progress, and the team's reputation will slowly decline.

After another two or three seasons, when the Lakers, Spurs, Grizzlies, Thunder and other teams, the old strong teams will become stronger, and the new strong teams will rise, and the Clippers will be under the pressure of the Clippers. The Clippers will be ready to move Want to disintegrate.

Although the team's management has been good in the past two years, while the income is high, the expenses are also high.

When the income declines but the expenses remain the same, the Clippers are not far from bankruptcy.

Just like some people, the current salary is 200 a month, and [-] is used to repay the loan to buy a large house of [-] square meters.

There is still [-] yuan left in salary and bonus, which is more than enough to spend every month, so there is no need to worry.

But the good times don't last long. When the economy goes down and the industry environment is not good, he is fired by the company, loses his job and has no income, and the monthly loan of [-] is a reminder.

The better ones struggled to find a good job and managed to maintain it, but their income could no longer reach the previous level, but the loan of [-] yuan a month would not change.

In the worse case, the loan will be stopped and the supply will be cut off. In the end, the house will be repossessed, and the bank will work for nothing.

Min Congda saw a lot of people like this when he was in the bank, because people always make expectations based on the present, and simply think that the future will be better.

But the actual situation is likely to be the best now, and it will only get worse in the future.

Apart from other things for the Clippers, the salaries of employees and players in the team alone are a huge expense.

Bringing in Steve Kerr, Jeff Ball, all of which cost millions of dollars in salary.

Moreover, Min Congda is still determined not to lay off staff, and the coaching staff has more people, and will not be eliminated, maintaining a huge team.

Not to mention the various departments of the team, they will only increase but not decrease. The number of departments has increased by two compared with last season.

Headcount increased by six percent and total payroll expenses increased by 20.00%[-].

When the Clippers stay in hotels and fly away, they try to provide the best, and they definitely don't save money.

Although the sponsorship of various companies has increased, a considerable part of it has been invested by Min Congda in the bottomless pit of China's Basketball Development Foundation.

Olshey went to China again in March and stayed in China for more than a week. After returning, he said that the basketball game is in full swing and its influence in some cities in China is growing.

But they still haven't found any excellent seedlings, and they can't even pass Fan Chen's test, let alone Olshey and Min Congda's eyes.

Min Congda was quite satisfied with the "Three Treasures Plan" and asked to continue to implement it and continue to invest.

There is also the huge "Efang Palace Project" Min Congda also did not forget.

In February of this year, Wells Fargo, National City Bank and the Clippers signed a strategic cooperation agreement because of the good foundation of cooperation (opening restaurants), coupled with the Clippers' excellent performance and good potential.

The two banks provided the Clippers with credit lines of 1500 million and 2000 million US dollars respectively, which can provide the Clippers with loan funds for the acquisition or construction of some fixed assets.

Although $3500 million is a drop in the bucket for building a new arena, it's too little.

But Min Congda has always intended to buy the old Great Western Forum first, and then consider building a new arena on this basis.

Being able to get a loan of 3500 million yuan means that the Clippers have taken a step closer to the "Efang Palace".

Naturally, Min Congda was one step closer to completing the task.

Thinking of this, at the end of the game between the Clippers and the Grizzlies, Min Congda showed a very satisfied smile.

This smile was photographed by reporters on the sidelines and became the headline photo of the sports section of the "Los Angeles Chronicle" that day.

The title of the article is, "The general manager of the Clippers smiled for the loss. The Clippers fell to eighth in the West and seemed to be full of confidence in defeating the Spurs. "

Of course Min Congda didn't mean that, but according to normal people's understanding, it was indeed a confident smile.

Min Congda laughed when he saw this report, and said to himself: "Which of their mentally disabled reporters can come up with such a headline? You all don't understand me at all."

Since then, the Eastern and Western playoffs have come out.

In the West, the Spurs played against the Clippers, the Lakers played against the Grizzlies, the Mavericks played against the Trail Blazers, and the Thunder played against the Nuggets.

In the East, the Bulls played against the 76ers, the Celtics played against the Knicks, the Cavaliers played against the Eagles, and the Heat played against the Magic.

In terms of championship odds, the Lakers still rank first from the beginning of the season. People expect the Lakers and Kobe to win three consecutive championships.

In this way, Kobe, like Jordan, completed two and three consecutive championships.

And Phil Jackson will achieve 4 three consecutive championships, an unprecedented record.

The ranking is followed by the Miami Heat, although they only rank fourth in the Eastern Conference.

But the combination of Bosh + Wade + Gay cannot be underestimated in the playoffs.

The third and fourth are the Bulls and Spurs, which rank first in the East and West, respectively.

The Clippers rank third from bottom among the 16 teams, just a little higher than the 76ers and Grizzlies.

The odds of the highest teams are just meaningless.

Min Congda, who basically completed the task, was in a good mood.

The first game between the Clippers and the Spurs will be on April 4.

If seven games are played, it will be played until April 4.

However, Min Congda didn't think it was possible to reach seven games.

It is estimated that it will be over in five to six games, which means that the season will end at the end of April.

Then in May, at the turn of spring and summer, when the weather is the best, it is suitable for fishing!

Therefore, Min Congda made an appointment with Daddario to go fishing in the Atlantic Ocean in May.

Daddario was very strange, "Smart, maybe you are still playing in May?"

Min Congda said: "Uh... there is this possibility, but I think it is more likely that we are fishing on the boat."

To this end, Min Congda spent $2000 to buy a pair of high-quality carbon fiber sea fishing rods.

This is his largest single purchase since he came to the United States.

A fishing rod of more than 1 RMB, if it makes a name for itself, I'm really sorry for the money.

Of course, in order to prevent deductions for winning the game, Min Congda realized that he had prepared 6000 US dollars to put in the card.

He thought, just like last season, two wins is almost enough.

On April 4, Min Congda boarded the plane to San Antonio together with the Clippers players.

Started their playoff journey in the 2010-2011 season.

At the same time, it is also Min Congda's biggest nightmare trip this season.

(End of this chapter)