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Chapter 308 The playoffs haven't started yet, and I'm already thinking about where to go next season?

After double-killing the Warriors and Cavaliers, the Nets' December schedule officially ended, and the time entered January 12.

At the beginning of January, the Nets immediately played against the Cavaliers at home. The two teams played against the Cavaliers for the second time in the regular season. The result was not much different from the first time. Both Wang Chao and Durant scored 1+ points, and they easily established a sufficient score advantage in the three quarters.

The two disastrous defeats have caused the defending champion Cavaliers to fall from the clouds, and they are even less optimistic about defending their title.

"Originally, one Wang Chao was enough for the Cavaliers to cope with. Now there is another Durant. The combination of the two top superstars in the league is indeed as strong as cheating. Not surprisingly, the Cavaliers want to defend their title this season. It is almost impossible, and Wang Chao's eighth championship and Durant's first career championship are probably already guaranteed."

"It's just that this kind of behavior of top superstars is not convincing after all. Just like James, the championship with the Heat is definitely not as high as the championship with the Cavaliers."

"Wang Chao, who has seven championships in hand, may not look down on this championship, but for Durant, who has no championship so far, this championship means a lot to him."

There are more and more voices discussing the Nets' championship from the outside world, as if the championship has basically been decided by default.

In fact, this is indeed the case. So far in the regular season, Wang Chao feels a bit boring. With a player of Durant's level, the difficulty of the game suddenly drops. If you play with all your strength, you can basically defeat your opponent in three quarters and clock in to get off work.

Thinking about it, even in the playoffs, the process will not change much.

The reason why the Nets are so strong is not only because of Wang Chao and Durant, but Jokic and Booker have grown considerably in strength. Although they have not reached the peak level of their respective careers, they are also properly It's all-star strength.

Therefore, although the Nets are known as a dual-core team, in fact the strength of the lineup is only stronger than the five-star Warriors in the original 16-17 season.

"After winning the championship this season, it's time to leave the Nets. At that time, I really can't team up with a top star like Durant. There is no challenge at all."

Wang Chao's feeling is definitely understandable to players who like to play games, especially some stand-alone games.

Many times, stand-alone players will be overwhelmed by a certain extremely difficult level, and they can't pass the level after all their efforts. Although the process is painful, they always enjoy it. They rack their brains and think of various ways to pass the level, but once they really can't bear it The difficulty of the game, after choosing to open it, customs clearance becomes something that can be done with just a click of the mouse, but the game is boring, and it is put on the shelf after a symbolic customs clearance.

The current Wang Chao is in this state. He has achieved financial freedom early. He plays in the NBA to enjoy the game. Teaming up with a star like Durant will not experience the fun of the game at all. It is true that there is no point mean.

At this time, Wang Chao even regretted it a little bit. If he had known earlier, he would have agreed to Durant’s suggestion of hugging his legs and asked him to find a way to go to the Warriors to form a five-star Warriors. As long as Brook Lopez stays in the team, plus Jokic and Booker, who have grown and improved a lot, the Nets are also a strong championship team, but they are not as dominant as they are now.

In that case, at least Wang Chao can play each game for a period of time, and the process will be more challenging.

While there are no challenges on the court recently, in other respects, Wang Chao is also in a stage of invincibility and loneliness.

This refers, of course, to his accumulation of wealth.

A few years ago, Wang Chao earned 200 small goals through Bitcoin. No, if converted into Huaguo currency, it should be more than [-] small goals.

And a few years later, even though Wang Chao lives a very luxurious life, and donates 30 million U.S. dollars every year to invest in Huaguo basketball youth training, in fact, [-] billion is not much money spent.

There is really no way, who makes Wang Chao still make money every year?He has always had a top salary in the team. Although many commercial endorsements have been rejected, the commercial endorsements of several major manufacturers can still bring him tens of millions of dollars in income every year, plus the interest on his asset savings As well as the appreciation of real estate investment, after a few years, Wang Chao's worth of 30 billion yuan has not decreased but increased.

As time entered into 2017, Wang Chao knew that a new round of bitcoin frenzy was coming.

Bitcoin has experienced three skyrocketing surges in history. The first time was at the end of November 2013, when Bitcoin rose to $11. Wang Chao’s net worth soared to 1137 billion by virtue of this surge.

The second skyrocketing price of Bitcoin was in mid-December 2017. This time, Bitcoin will skyrocket all the way to $12.

As for the third time, we will have to wait until November 2021, four years later.

But now, the time has come to January 2017. Bitcoin is the same as in Wang Chao’s memory. At the beginning of January, Bitcoin, whose price had been maintained at around 1 yuan before, ushered in a wave of small declines, and then began to rebound. Exactly the same as the original history.

Seeing this situation, Wang Chao directly chose to sell. According to the average price of 1000 US dollars a piece, he spent 15 billion US dollars, which is half of his net worth, to acquire 150 million bitcoins.

In this acquisition, Wang Chao was careful in order to avoid outbursts and reveal rumors.

In the past few years, Wang Chao has invested in the establishment of several financial companies every year, and the acquisitions are also done by these financial companies. Moreover, the acquisition process is not a one-time large purchase, but a step-by-step process in batches and time. The entire acquisition process lasted for nearly a month, from the beginning of January to the end of January, when the acquisition of 1 million bitcoins was completed.

Later, the price of Bitcoin rebounded and increased to nearly 1200 US dollars a piece, but Wang Chao still chose to continue to recover at a high price, because no matter how much price is used to recover now, he will make a profit in the future.

Wang Chao was so cautious, of course, because he was afraid of the changes caused by the butterfly effect. After all, 150 million bitcoins is not a small number. In 2017, the total number of bitcoins in the world was only 2100 million. Both sales and repurchases are quite large, but such an exaggerated fluctuation of 150 million bitcoins is still very likely to affect the entire currency market.

And even in such a cautious situation, Wang Chao is still fully prepared. In case this time and space history is different from the original one, Bitcoin did not usher in a skyrocketing rise but plummeted all the way, and the result of 15 billion dollars was lost. .

If that's the case, Wang Chao won't explode, because at least he still has 15 billion US dollars, which is still wealth that he can't spend in a few lifetimes.

But once he made the right bet, if his "little man" is not enough to affect the world economy, the 150 million bitcoins will skyrocket more than ten times in the next year!
At that time, Wang Chao will no longer be Mr. 30 billion, but Mr. 300 billion!There is even a chance to compete with Boss Wang, Boss Li, and Boss Ma for the title of the richest man in Asia.

In fact, if Wang Chao continues to invest another 5 million or 10 billion in, it will be more than enough to secure his position as the richest man in Asia. Too much entanglement.
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整个1月份，篮网队的战绩一如既往的极具统治力，16场比赛取得14胜2负战绩，总战绩已经达到43胜5负。

Halfway through the regular season schedule, the Nets have only lost 5 games, with an astonishing 89.5% winning percentage. If this winning percentage continues, the Nets may not only win 70+ games, they may even have A chance to break the record of 72 wins maintained by the Bulls and Rockets and create a new regular season record!

Considering the few strong enemies in the league that can threaten the Nets, the Warriors have already lost one game, and the Cavaliers also lost all the previous two games. This possibility is extremely high.

At the end of January, the All-Star voting ends.

Unsurprisingly, Wang Chao won the All-Star vote again. At the same time, James and Durant have always been among the top three voters. The star players in the East have completely monopolized the All-Star vote.

At No.4, it was Curry who lost to Durant by an extremely narrow disadvantage.

Originally, Curry got more votes than Durant in the 16-17 season, but Durant, who joined the Nets, gained the support of a group of overseas Chinese fans, resulting in a narrow victory over Curry in terms of votes. One chip.

The starting votes for the Eastern Conference All-Stars are Wang Chao, James, Durant, Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo and Irving in descending order.

The Western All-Star starters are Curry, Harden, Leonard, Butler and Cousins.

It is worth mentioning that, just as Wang Chao expected, the Nets center Nikola Jokic was successfully selected as an All-Star substitute with an average of 15+10+4 per game, making the Nets this season Three players were selected for the All-Star Weekend. Correspondingly, the Eastern Cavaliers also had three selected. In addition to the starters James and Irving, there is also Joel Embiid.

The only team in the league with four All-Star players is still the Golden State Warriors in the West.

Curry and Cousins ​​are the All-Star starters, while Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are the All-Star substitutes. This shows that the Warriors have a luxurious lineup. Unfortunately, the All-Stars also have quality differences. The three All-Star bundles on the Warriors' side add up, and it is difficult to top the value of a Durant on the Nets' side.

The 2017 All-Star Weekend was held at the New Orleans Pelicans on February 2.

I have to mention more here. Because of the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chao, the Pelicans were directly cheated. Davis, who should have belonged to them for 12 years, was snatched by the Charlotte Bobcats in the East. , To make matters worse, the Bobcats not only robbed their No. [-] pick, but also robbed their names.

Although it was the Pelicans who first applied to change the team name from the Hornets to the Pelicans, Joe’s boss saw the name change of the Pelicans and immediately applied to the Bobcats to change their name to the Hornets. The reason was that the Hornets originally belonged to the city of Charlotte. .

I have to say that Joe's boss played the resurrection of the corpse very well. Don't look at it as just a name change, but it can bring a huge increase in the market value of his team, especially the old fans who have not paid much attention to the NBA in recent years. Maybe I really thought the Hornets were back in Charlotte.

In the summer of 2023, Joe will choose to sell the Hornets, and finally sell the Hornets with a market value of 17 billion at a sky-high price of 30 billion U.S. dollars. Thinking back 13 years ago, Jordan spent 2.75 million to buy the Bobcats. Who would have thought 13 years ago? In the end, the team's value increased tenfold to 30 billion!
Qiao Gang led this wave of operations, second only to Wang Chao, who relied on the memory of the time traveler to empty the glove and white wolf, in the history of NBA basketball.

The topic is far away, let’s get down to business, the Pelicans without the thick eyebrows are not too different from when they were with the thick eyebrows. Anyway, they can’t make it to the playoffs. The only difference is that the Pelicans led by the thick eyebrows are still in the 14- Having entered the playoffs once in the 15th season, and with the Davis + Cousins ​​twin-tower combination in the 17-18 season, the Pelicans played the second playoffs in the post-Paul era.

Now that there is no thick eyebrow brother, the Pelicans' record can only be ranked last in the West every year, and due to the poor vision of the management, they frequently miss high-quality players, and the result is still a mess so far.

Such a team, even after Wang Chao won the championship this season, would never consider it.

There is indeed no championship in the history of the Hornets, but Wang Chao wants to challenge, not self-torture.

Even if he thinks he is awesome, he is not confident enough to lead a group of CBA teammates to compete for the championship.

In early February, the Nets played three games against the Cleveland Cavaliers. At home, the Nets once again defeated the Cavaliers. The regular season record against the Cavaliers came to 2:3.

Perhaps it is already clear that it is difficult to beat the Nets in an away game. In this game, the Cavaliers chose to rest Embiid, the main insider.

He is not an opponent of the Nets in itself, and without an inside general who averages a stable contribution of 20+10 per game, it is naturally impossible to win.

In a sense, Embiid is not a strategic rotation, but the injury is not good.

Although he didn't experience a serious injury that was reimbursed for the season when he first entered the league, Embiid still has the attributes of a glass man. In the previous two seasons, he only played in the early 60 games in the regular season each season, and his attendance rate was not high. not tall.

This season is no exception. Every once in a while, Embiid will suffer some minor injuries in high-intensity games. Although these minor injuries are insignificant, they still need to rest to recover.

In this game against the Nets, Embiid can play with injuries, but considering that the team may not be able to beat the Nets even if all members are healthy, the Cavaliers chose to play it safe and arrange for Embiid to take turns. The current record gap between the two teams is huge, and there is absolutely no need to fight to the death on the stage of the regular season. In the regular season, recharge your batteries and adjust your body to the best state, so as to show a stronger state when they meet in the playoffs , So as to defeat the Nets to defend the championship with the next gram.

Although this idea is somewhat unreliable when the regular season has been 3:0, but what can be done?Is it possible that the Cavaliers can trade a top star who can match Durant's strength to compete with the Nets before the end of the trade deadline?That's significantly more unrealistic.

As for the rematch between the Nets and the Warriors, it will be held on February 2 after the All-Star weekend.

The process of the All-Star Weekend is actually nothing to mention. With the quality of the lineup, the Eastern All-Stars defeated the Western All-Stars 189:181.

Anthony Davis, who was supposed to be the starter in the Western Conference All-Star and scored 39 points and 26 rebounds on 52 of 10 shots to break the All-Star scoring record, is now in the Eastern Conference and can't even make it to the starting game.

As for Russell Westbrook, who came off the bench in the West, like the previous two All-Stars, he unceremoniously concentrated all the ball in his own hands and scored 41 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists with crazy shots, which also failed to help the Western All-Stars. win the game.

It is more coincidental or in some sense of God's will that the player who won the All-Star MVP in the Eastern Conference was Anthony Davis. Double, still allowed him to win the All-Star MVP when the three top players Wang Chao, James, and Durant were all paddling.

Looking at the thick-browed brother holding up the All-Star MVP trophy with an incomparably bright smile, Wang Chao was thoughtful.

One thing to say, the Charlotte Hornets are a good place to go next season.

In the 17-18 season, the thick eyebrow brother is undoubtedly the strongest peak state, averaging 28 points and 11 rebounds per game. While the offensive efficiency is good, the defensive end is also outstanding, averaging 2.6 blocks and 1.5 steals per game. Let him rank third in the selection of the best defensive player, and he was also selected for a team and a defense.

Victor Oladipo, one of the three heroes of the Hornets, will also usher in the peak of his career in the 17-18 season, averaging 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and he was also selected as the best third team and best first defense .

哪怕是相比较而言发挥最拉的肯巴.沃克，在17-18赛季没有任何实质性的收获，常规赛也同样有22+3+5.6的数据表现。

The three of them are on the same team. Under the influence of each other, the personal data may be slightly reduced, but the real strength will not be affected in any way.

Coincidentally, Oladipo's rookie contract expires this summer, when the Hornets have enough salary space to sign Wang Chao, and then use the bird rights to jump out of the salary cap to renew Oladipo.

Considering that Oladipo will have a salary of 2000 million+ without any accidents, the Hornets should have to pay some luxury tax, but if this can make the team win the championship, I think even the always stingy Joe Gang will Grit your teeth and give it a go.

But in that case, wouldn't it become a simple mode again?
The three heroes of Charlotte plus Wang Chao, even if their combat effectiveness is not as good as the Nets at this stage, it is still more than enough to match the Cavaliers, Warriors and other aircraft carrier teams.

No one could have imagined that before the playoffs even started, Wang Chao would already be thinking about which team he would join next season.

Looking at the entire league, Wang Chao is probably the only one who can reach this level in Versailles.

(End of this chapter)