God of NBA point guards

Chapter 537 From now on I will be called Charles Buckley

Magic Johnson shook his head and said, "I just want to learn from it."

“If we have an idea, we can do it together,” Jordan said.

"Ok."

Magic Johnson nodded and said with envy: "Looking at the development of fine coffee, in a few years, the market value may be tens of billions of dollars."

"Their style is relatively high-end, so the development market is limited, right?" Buckley said.

"Now they have more than 800 stores. The world is so big. It is no problem to expand to thousands more stores. Do you think the market value can reach tens of billions of dollars?" Magic Johnson said.

Barkley looked at Jordan, who shrugged and said: "Except for a small number of Exquisite Coffee stores that are jointly operated with celebrities, the main stores are directly operated, and the profits basically belong to Exquisite Coffee. This is the result of them and other coffee chain companies. The biggest difference is that the market value is very high, it is very popular in the secondary market, and the company’s stock price has been rising.”

Magic Johnson nodded and said: "Yes, the operating characteristic of Fine Coffee is direct operation. Although the cost is high, this can ensure that almost all profits remain in the company.

And more than [-]% of the stores belong to the company's fixed investment. As you know, their stores are all in wealthy areas and economically developed communities. Real estate prices in those places have been rising, and the potential for appreciation is great. In the future, those with fixed investment The value of stores will be higher, which is also one of the potential values ​​of fine coffee. "

"Erwin, congratulations, you are now connected with Iron Fist, and you will make a fortune in the future." Buckley said sourly and bitterly.

"What made you rich?" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar happened to come over and asked casually.

Several people said hello, and Magic Johnson asked: "Kareem, you didn't show up in the first two games, what are you busy with?"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smiled: "You know, I'm very busy with the Clippers, and they asked me to help with this year's draft."

Two months later, he was invited by Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor to serve as an assistant coach with the Clippers. This was the first time an NBA team had hired him since he retired.

"What were you talking about just now?" he asked again.

Magic Johnson glanced at Barkley and said, "Nothing. Charles said I hooked up with King of Iron Fist and I'm going to make a fortune."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nodded and said: "I have made at least 4000 million US dollars in stock investment relying on Iron Fist's advice and some information."

"hiss!"

When Barkley heard this number unexpectedly, he accidentally bit his tongue, which was so painful that he burst into tears.

"Karim, the exquisite coffee you bought?" Jordan said.

"Microsoft also has some investments, and Amazon. I made a lot of money on Amazon, and their stock
It has been demolished twice and my investment has doubled several times. "Jabbar said with a smile.

Kenny Smith looked at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with envy and said, "Kareem, you have a good schoolmate."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nodded and said: "Although the stock market has been in recession in the past two years, the Internet bubble burst, and the bull market turned bearish,
However, these three stocks have all risen against the market trend, and their prospects are very good. Friends who invested with Iron Fist have made a lot of money.

But the one who made the most money was Julia Roberts. She invested heavily in Iron Fist's companies and now sits on the company's board of directors. "

"I don't believe that I have made money from all the investment projects I introduced to you." Buckley said unconvinced.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nodded and said: "There are also companies that didn't perform very well, such as the Apple company he introduced. I bought a few hundred lots of Apple when it was at $0.95, and then sold it at a loss.

However, after Apple borrowed US$1.5 million in cash from Microsoft, it has managed to survive. The situation has improved in the past two years. The stock price has now risen to US$2.1, and the company's market value has also risen to US$60 billion.Alas, I should actually stick to it. Iron Fist has made a lot of money on Apple, and its investment has doubled.

Hey, blame Iron Fist. At the time, he said that the news that Apple and Microsoft had reached a concession agreement was not a big deal and was not of great importance to Apple.

But his prediction was wrong. Jobs hired a new manager named Tim Cook. Iron Fist said that this person was very powerful. Under his management, Apple survived on that $1.5 million. "

Buckley's face twitched, what a great opportunity to make money, you deserve not to be able to make it.

Magic Johnson tilted his head and whispered to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "Kareem, in the future you will tell me this kind of news."

Tell me, if you make money, I'll treat you. "

"Iron Fist doesn't often say this, because investment is risky, and in the past two years of bear market, there are not many opportunities." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said.

"Ok."

Magic Johnson nodded regretfully.

"Hey, Karim."

At this time, a bunch of Hollywood stars came, including Tom Cruise, Roberts, Stallone, Arnold, etc.
Come say hi to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

……

In the ESPN commentary box, the live broadcast has not started yet, and the Bill brothers are making preparations.

Bill Walton suddenly said: "Brother Bill, I heard that the company is planning to bring back the assassins. Are we going to disband?"

Laimbeer's eyes widened and he cursed: "That bastard Isiah is so selfish. He just said he wanted to come back and work with me, and then he turned around and went to become the head coach of the Pacers."

"What? Big Bird quits?" Bill Walton was shocked.

Laimbeer was not afraid of leaking the news and affecting the Pacers' Eastern Conference finals. He shouted: "Big Bird has a heart attack. He is about to die."

Bill Walton's face was full of surprise. When he watched the Eastern Conference Finals last night, Bird didn't look like someone who was about to die. Was he going to die so soon?
"I'll call and ask."

He quickly took out his cell phone and dialed Larry Bird's number.

"Hey, Bill?"

"Larry, are you alive?"

"Hey, what are you talking about? Can I not live?"

"No, Ranbir just said you died..."

"Fuck him, I won't even let him die."

"Then you don't work for the Pacers anymore?"

"God, damn assassin! Damn Ranbir! Listen Bill, please don't reveal the news of my resignation at this time, please."

"Don't worry, I'm not a big talker. But is there really something wrong with your health?"

"That's right. I'm under a lot of pressure. I have some problems with my heart rate. I want to rest for a while."

"Well, I wish you good luck. Don't worry, I will tell Ranbir not to talk nonsense."

"Tell him that if he dares to talk nonsense outside, his job as an assassin will be ruined."

After the phone call ended, Bill Walton immediately grabbed Ranbir and told him not to talk nonsense.

Laimbeer agreed. Although he had a bad relationship with Big Bird, he didn't want the Assassin to lose his job as the Pacers' head coach because of himself.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

SuperSonics: Ben Wallace, Campbell, Bowen, Brent Barry, Zhou Quan
Lakers: O'Neal, AC Green, Glen Rice, Kobe Bryant, Ron Harper
Laimbeer said in a mocking tone: "When Jordan pointed out Kobe, I bet that Kobe will still be beaten by the Iron Fist on both offense and defense."

"Why are you so sure?" Bill Walton asked cooperatively.

Laimbeer said disdainfully: "What experience can he provide to Kobe? Has he ever defeated Iron Fist? Yes, he won once and lost three times. No, plus the second round of the 93 playoffs, he lost to the Iron Fist kid 4 times. .”

"Pfft!"

Bill Walton laughed.

Laimbeer continued to sarcastically say: "He only has the experience of losing to provide Kobe. I can see his experience. Kobe may lose even worse."

"Ha ha……"

Bill Walton laughed.

That is to say, Jordan was sitting at the scene and couldn't hear Ranbir's words. If he were in front of the TV, he would probably smash the TV in anger.

"Complain against him! Fans of Iron Fist successfully complained against Barkley. ESPN fired Barkley. I will complain too. If you fail once, you will complain a hundred times. ESPN must also fire Laimbeer." "ESPN? I want to complain about Bill. That bastard Laimbeer, he publicly slandered and ridiculed Michael, yes, Michael Jordan, I will continue to file a complaint against him if you continue to use him."

It didn't take long for Jordan fans to blast all of ESPN's external calls.

ESPN doesn't care for the time being. Zhou Quan's fans persisted in complaining for a season before they fired Barkley. The path of complaints that Jordan fans need to take has just begun.

Staples Center, players tunnel.

The SuperSonics' five starters arrived first, and the Lakers followed soon after.

"Iron Fist, how did you sleep last night?" O'Neill suddenly asked mysteriously.

Zhou Quan was startled. No one had asked him this question for a long time.

In fact, perhaps no one really thinks that his sleep is related to his state.

"you guess?"

He smiled and nodded.

"Iron Fist, you are not happy at all."

After muttering something, O'Neill stared at Zhou Quan's face, but couldn't see anything. He only felt that the eyes of the guy in front of him were particularly bright, like two small light bulbs.

This is the first time to play.

"Iron Fist! Iron Fist..."

The away team went first, and Zhou Quan made the final appearance. When he came out, there were very warm cheers and applause.

Zhou Quan actually heard the long-lost nickname "Iron Fist Slayer". Now most fans call him Iron Fist King, and some also call him Iron Fist. Almost no one calls him this nickname anymore. This must be because they have been fans of him since the NCAA period. Iron powder.

He participated in the draft in 91, and it has been 9 years in a flash. He has also gone from 19 to 28 years old. Hearing this nickname again made him think that time is rushing.

He specifically searched for it and soon found it. It was a fat white man who looked to be about 30 years old in a dozen rows. He was waving his hands at him and shouting loudly. He was particularly excited when he glanced over. .

"Hey there, friend!"

"Oh, Iron Fist Slayer, are you talking to me? That's great! I'm your ice hockey fan, and I like your Iron Blood best during PK. When will you play ice hockey again? PK again?"

He waved to the fat man, who jumped up excitedly and started shouting loudly.

Zhou Quan was a little regretful that he didn't bring his hockey gloves with him. He didn't keep that habit, otherwise he would have given one to this guy.

But he went up and signed the big fat man's name, which made the big fat man's eyes red with excitement and gave him a warm hug.

"Hey, hello."

After greeting a large group of friends, when Zhou Quan saw Jordan and others, he nodded to Barkley and Kenny Smith and extended his hand to Jordan.

Jordan stood up when Zhou Quan walked over, shook hands and said with a smile: "Iron Fist, do you have a chance to play golf together?"

"OK, let's make another appointment."

Zhou Quan was startled, smiled and nodded.

"Michael, are you going to kneel down too?" Buckley said dissatisfiedly after Zhou Quan left.

"Charles, why do you have such a bad mouth?" Jordan glared at Barkley.

Barkley felt like he was shot in the heart. This shot was from Jordan. He sat down directly in pain.

I'm really a bitch. I could have been friends with Iron Fist back then. In order to support you, Michael Jordan, I chose to break off my relationship with him. I was even targeted by him and even lost my job at ESPN. But now you kneel down and accuse me. I have a bad mouth, where can I go to reason with you?

Maureen is right, I shouldn't have ruined my relationship with Iron Fist because of you, otherwise I would have made a lot of money with him like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rodman.

From now on I have changed my name. I am no longer called Charles Barkley. I will be called Charles Buckley from now on.

By the way, where did the pair of hockey gloves that Iron Fist gave me back then go?You've moved a few times, you won't throw it away, right?

……

At 08:30, the game begins.

Jump ball, Campbell got lucky this time, and the Sonics attack.

Zhou Quan dribbled the ball forward, while Kobe defended and retreated.

He accepted Jordan's guidance and some things were just there for him to use.But some things require long-term training and cannot be used immediately.

And some things require physical fitness and technical experience to support them. It is useless to know them, or even to train them.

For example, now, Zhou Quan advances to the top of the key, and Kobe follows Jordan's guidance and immediately starts to press forward. He makes big moves, stalks, tests the referee's bottom line, and fights for the home whistle. If he is not called, he will make a profit. This defensive intensity can be maintained.

This is experience that can be used without any training.

Zhou Quan's response was simple. He turned around to protect the ball and started to hit Kobe with his back.

With his strength and 96-level back-up skills, Kobe was immediately pushed back step by step. Even though the tonnage was similar, he couldn't withstand it.

Starting from this season, the league instituted a five-second back-up rule, so when Zhou Quan reached the free throw line a few times, time was almost up, and he immediately made a turnaround and fadeaway jumper.

Kobe took a step forward and tried to take off to block the shot. However, facing this most difficult to defend turnaround and fadeaway jumper, his defensive rhythm was completely slowed down.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"Clap clap clap..."

Staples Center erupted in applause.

"Which end are you from?"

Kobe glanced at the audience, feeling helpless.

He vowed in his heart that one day, he would make these Los Angeles people cheer for him alone at the Staples Center.

In the CCTV commentary booth, Zhang Lili said excitedly: "The top turnaround and fadeaway jumper is the perfect combination of physical fitness and technology. Zhou Quan's technology has completely reached the level of Jordan at his peak."

Xu Jicheng suddenly asked: "Director Zhang, Zhou Quan won the championship three times in a row with Jordan. He must be stronger than Jordan. Do you think Zhou Quan is stronger than Jordan?"

"Where is the strength?"

Zhang Lili couldn't help but feel dazed for a while, then nodded and said: "During the three consecutive championships, Zhou Quan was stronger due to his age, and physical fitness was his advantage. This is the first point.

The second strength is defense. Although Jordan's defense is also at the top level, it is still within the scope of human beings. Zhou Quan's stealing and blocking abilities, especially the steals, are not comparable to Jordan's, and are even at a sub-human level.

The third strongest player is Zhou Quan's threat with the ball.He is a point guard, and his ability to handle the ball is much better than Jordan's, which makes him more threatening with the ball than Jordan.

Fourth, it is also because he is a point guard and a commander on the field. He brings the entire team together by organizing offense. He can inspire everyone's strength, which is an ability that Jordan does not have.

Jordan is very strong, super strong, but he is a shooting guard and the team's leading soldier. The core of the triangle offense is to serve him, not to let him serve the entire team. "

While the two were commenting, O'Neal entered the basket with force, crushed the double teams of Ben Wallace and Campbell, dunked on Ben Wallace, and caused a foul on the opponent's thug.

"brush!"

After the extra penalty hit, O'Neal's eyes widened and he looked at his right hand with an expression of disbelief.

Just when O'Neal was being cute, the Sonics' fast break had already begun.

(End of this chapter)