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

Chapter 364 Regaining Confidence (Part [-])
Among Min Congda's plans to bankrupt the Clippers, the "Afang Palace Project" ranks second.

The plan has taken shape after securing more than $3000 million in lines of credit from Wells Fargo and City Bank.

Once they acquire the Great Western Forum Arena, the construction plan of the new arena will also be incorporated into the team's future planning.

However, although this spectacle trick is powerful, it can only be ranked second. In Min Congda's mind, the real plan that ranks first is to kill the NBA directly!

This trick is the so-called dredging from the bottom of the pot, and it wiped out the foundation of the Clippers. 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 important reasons is that the league will cover the bottom line and provide assistance when the team needs help, which greatly increases the difficulty of bankruptcy.

Although the New Orleans Hornets went bankrupt, the league can manage them and find a home for them.

For some teams that have suffered losses and are unable to operate all year round, the league will allocate part of the funds to subsidize them.

In order for the team to survive, the league also set up a special bond fund to issue bonds to the team to raise operating funds.

The United States is a society with very developed financial tools. After experiencing the financial turmoil in 2008, these financial tools made a comeback and rebuilt the money empire on the ruins.

Last season, the NBA's revenue declined and the salary cap rarely dropped. In the 2010-2011 season, the league is gradually returning to prosperity.

But at this critical juncture, the labor agreement signed by NBA labor and management in 1999 is about to expire, and negotiations are about to restart.

Lan Qi said to Min Congda: "According to the intention of the management, due to the continuous losses and unfavorable expectations, they hope to lower the salary standard of the players, and even set up a hard salary cap. I think that the labor will definitely not agree. Maybe next season It's going to be in a standstill."

Although the playoffs are still in progress, although it is still early for labor negotiations.

But many intentions have been revealed at this time, and the confrontation is secretly carried out.

The regular season is over and the team is eliminated in one round. For most players, the offseason has arrived.

Lan Qi, as a front-line employee of the alliance, has already smelled the smoke of the negotiation battle.

Min Congda said: "This season, the revenue level of the league is obviously improving gradually, why should the salary standard be lowered?"

Lanci said: "It has improved, but it is limited. The overall confidence is still insufficient. The key is that in the financial turmoil, many team owners have suffered huge losses. They don't want to invest so much money in player salaries anymore."

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

But the players will indeed not compromise. When communicating with James last time, as the vice chairman of the players union, he has already expressed his firm position.

Once the two sides fall into conflicts and disagreements, the new season will inevitably be affected, and it will enter a major stoppage like in 1999.

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

"But what if both sides can't make it to the end?" Min Congda rubbed his chin, his stomach full of bad water began to move.

Lankey asked: "Smart, when you say that the negotiations are deadlocked, which side will you stand on? The team's side or the players' side?"

Min Congda thought to himself, of course, I will stand on the side that is at a disadvantage, and I must make the two sides evenly matched and not give in to each other, just be a shit-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 chatted a lot about the details of labor negotiations.

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

Lan Qi knew everything, that Min Congda was a big tree. As a man with a background but not deep enough, it was very important to have the support of big bosses in the local team.

It's similar to being a small official in the central government, with no background and no promotion channels, more affairs and less power, and no local oil and water.

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

You know, there are not many league employees like Lanci who maintain close relationships with certain teams.

Each team has its own eyeliner and contacts in New York, and of course most of them are inextricably linked with the team.

For example, I have played in the team, worked, worked as a coach, done logistics and so on.

The young Lan Qi didn't have these experiences, so when Min Congda was able to hook him up, he attached great importance to it and did his best.

Min Congda knew that the two were using each other, so he said to Lan Qi: "By the way, the semi-finals will start next week, and I will give you ten tickets for the playoffs. You can invite your friends to watch the game. If not enough, ask again." I want."

Lan Qi smiled 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 all over.

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

Seven of the eight seeded teams in the upper half advanced, and all of them settled the battle within six games.

The only exception is the No. 0 Spurs in the West, who were blacked out by the Clippers and swept 4:[-].

This became the most humiliating defeat in the Spurs' glorious history of more than ten years.

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

The entire first round had the most topics, and the series with the greatest response was the Clippers vs. Spurs.

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

As soon as the fourth game was played, the tickets for the third and fourth games of the second round were sold out.

Moreover, some ticket prices have risen to very high prices, and the auction seats that Min Congda had set have already reached several thousand dollars.

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

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

This black eight, the valuation of the Clippers will be raised again.

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

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

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

Do not participate in any interviews or activities.

He didn't even eat the food in the training center.

Until April 4th, the whole team will go to Oklahoma City to start the journey to the second round of the playoffs.

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

After some adjustments, his mentality has returned to its original state.

Not to mention that heartless people eat a lot and sleep well, nothing will trouble them.

He is once again full of confidence in the Clippers' prospects of 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 league and the future of the league!"

"Judging from every matchup, the Thunder has an advantage, and the Clippers are definitely not the opponent!"

"Just go on a trip, the season of the Clippers is over."

(End of this chapter)