Standing pretty old

Chapter 881 The Clippers changed hands, the first year of the emperor

Er Niu, Paul and other Clippers players hugged and greeted the Heat players one by one after the game.

After CP3 and LBJ greeted each other for a while, it was finally Er Niu's turn to say goodbye to the uncrowned king who had already won the championship five times.

"Really don't think about coming to the Clippers?" Er Niu covered his mouth with his arm, and invited again in a low voice.

James managed to squeeze out a smile, patted Er Niu on the back, but did not answer Er Niu directly.

Taking refuge in the bull means that James has completely surrendered.

But just transformed from Jordan's successor to contemporary Pippen, James still can't let go of his inner pride for the time being.

D. Wade has obviously degraded due to injuries, Bosh has been struggling in the system, and James has indeed reached the time to reconsider the future.

There is not much time left for James.

If he wants to prove his worth with a championship, James must take the initiative to make changes.

In other words, since there is "Decision One", why can't there be "Decision Two"?
There was nothing special about the award ceremony after that, the only difference was that before the championship was announced by David Stern, but now this job belongs to Adam Silver.

At least half of the fans in the American Airlines Arena in Miami walked away, and no one wanted to watch the opponent lift the O'Brien Cup on the spot.

Of course, according to the usual practice, the link to boo the NBA chairman still needs to be carried out.

To be honest, Heat fans really shouldn't boo Silver this year.

G4, and even G2's whistle-blowing bias can be seen all over the world. It is really that the Heat themselves are not up to date, otherwise they will never be directly swept away in the finals.

As for the FMVP, there is also no suspense. As the first stable offensive and defensive hub of the Clippers, Ruan Erniu won the FMVP trophy for the sixth time in his career as a matter of course.

Regardless of the number of championships or the number of FMVPs, he has successfully caught up with Michael Jordan.

Bill Russell couldn't help joking: "Otherwise I won't come next time, just mail the FMVP trophy to your home!"

"Good-idea!" Er Niu accepted the trophy with a smile, completing another milestone in his career.

In fact, what Russell was thinking at this time was, "Won't the Chinese directly lead the team to break the Celtics' record of 8 consecutive championships?"

As soon as this thought arose, it was snuffed out by Russell himself.

Just kidding, the times are different, even after two or three seasons, the league will undergo tremendous changes, and the possibility of completing a super consecutive championship is too small!
The Clippers have established a dynasty, but it doesn't mean they can let Nanshan go.

Er Niu and San Pao are guys who are paranoid about honor. When the situation is good, they should seize every opportunity to strive for the next championship trophy.

However, all of the above must be carried out under the condition of internal stability of the team.

It's time for Donald Sterling's farce to end!
In fact, even bystanders are already tired of the boring stories of the Clippers owner.

Jumping up and down, the magician who wanted to become the owner of the Clippers basically withdrew from the battle for the ownership of the Clippers around May.

As the war of words escalated, people began to tire of the magician's performance.

He is no longer the omnipotent MAGIC on the field.

As the representative of the consortium, the magician is now a businessman who is full of lies and wants to pick peaches under the hat of racial discrimination.

Just kidding, since they are all capitalists, they naturally have to rely on their strength to speak.

In addition to the Guggenheim consortium represented by the magician, there are actually many capital owners who are preparing to do it alone or form a group to share the Clippers.

This includes movie predator David Geffen, talk show queen Oprah, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and others.

But when it comes to the final stage of bidding, there are only two people who can really stand out--Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, and Johnny Han, the helm of Erniu's business empire, the CEO of Hengyi Group.

Why did two strong men in the IT industry stand up in the end?

Simply because they are the richest.

Interestingly, Donald Sterling was not at all willing to admit the legitimacy of the bidding auction, and he made a move as early as the auction started!
He first passed the hospital certificate, proving that he had Alzheimer's disease (dementia), and all the sales of the Clippers were fully entrusted to his wife Shelly Sterling.

In fact, this was simply to delay time. When the sale was almost done, Sterling played tricks again.

The choice of Sterling, a lunatic, is to sue his wife. He said that Shelley is not qualified to represent the entire family and is not qualified to sell the Clippers.

Well, he can say everything right and wrong by himself!
In fact, at the hearing half a month ago, Sterling was extremely emotional at the time. He almost shouted at high decibels when answering questions. He also vowed to spend the rest of his life in litigation with the NBA.

It is worth noting that during the trial, Sterling called his wife Shelly "a pig!"

In fact, the relationship between the couple has already broken down, and they are playing their own way in private.

Sterling wanted to hold the Clippers' equity through his wife, but Shelley Sterling has changed her mind and decided to cash out the team.

The Clippers' completion of three consecutive championships will definitely further increase the value of the team. Sherry is also not an ordinary person. The reason why she didn't let go at the beginning was to wait for the maximization of benefits.

Sure enough, the long-delayed Clippers battle was finally decided two days after the Clippers won the championship.

Internet upstart Han Lei finally beat Steve Ballmer's bid of 25 billion yuan with 20 billion yuan, and successfully won the ownership of the Clippers.

Things have been going wrong for Ballmer in recent years, which is quite unlucky.

The result of acquiring Nokia to impact the mobile phone market can be imagined. After being kicked out by the board of directors of Microsoft, Microsoft's stock price rose sharply. After finally trying to devote energy to the sports business, it was killed by Johnny Han, a capital upstart. Come out, cut off Hu.

Subsequently, the court also made a final judgment. The result of the lawsuit against the Clippers owner Donald Sterling against his wife Shelley Sterling was that Sterling lost the lawsuit!
In this way, Han Lei successfully bid for the Los Angeles Clippers and became the owner of the team that has just established a dynasty. Although the official procedures of the league will not be completed until early July, legally speaking, the Clippers already belong to Han Lei .

In the hands of Johnny, it is equivalent to being in the hands of Er Niu.

With the relationship between Johnny Han and Kraft Nguyen, the power of life and death in the Clippers is actually in the hands of the Celestial Dynasty.

This is also the confidence that Er Niu dared to "hook up" James again and again.Of course, some things cannot be said clearly until the last moment.

After stabilizing the rear, it is natural to start preparing for next season.

But before the team meeting was held, Er Niu, the team leader and head coach, discovered that he had to recruit assistant coaches first.

Because the team's second assistant Steve Kerr resigned in the middle of the playoffs.

To put it simply, he was poached.

The team that recruited him was the Golden State Warriors that Er Niu wanted to suppress.

Not only that, after the end of the season, Cole also abducted the backup guard Sean Livingston who had a good performance in the finals.

Livingston alone was not enough, and then Steve Kerr, as the head coach of the Warriors, submitted to the Clippers the possibility of trading Dream Chaser Green.

Ruan Erniu coldly sent him two words on the phone: "NO-WAY!"

Speaking of which, the first assistant Tom Thibodeau has also received many invitations, but for the time being, no team has given him his favorite contract, which disappointed Thibodeau.

So he simply stayed in the Clippers, preferring to be a phoenix tail rather than a chicken head.

The candidate to be added to the Clippers' assistant coach lineup was finally determined to be Luke Walton, and his father is a generation of celebrities-"Big Red Jellyfish" Bill Walton.

More importantly, the old Wharton and Er Niu are also alumni of UCLA, and interpersonal relationships have always been resources that cannot be ignored.

As soon as the vacancy of Steve Kerr was settled here, Tyronn Lue was pried by the Cavaliers over there.

From the third assistant to the first assistant, there is not a small improvement. At the same time, Lu also won the highest annual salary in the assistant circle. After all, he is one of the assistant teaching teams of the Clippers Dynasty. He is indeed worth the price.

Nell O'Hill's shot was not slow this time. As soon as Tyronn Lue left on the front foot, he found a replacement on the back foot. The Heat's assistant coach David Fizdale was recruited to the Dynasty team.

This guy has a great sense of humor. When he first arrived at the Clippers, he said that if he becomes the head coach of the team one day, he must change into a pair of cool glasses.

So according to some Two-dimensional theories, are the glasses his real body?
The assistant coach team has completed letting go of the old and bringing in the new, and the team has quickly entered the reinforcement stage.

When Ruan Erniu held a team meeting, he first analyzed the current situation of the team.

In addition to Sean Livingston, who was poached by the Warriors, there are two guys who are ready to retire. They are Antawn Jamison and Sean Battier.

Jamison had come here to grab the ring by hugging his thigh, so naturally he would have no regrets after getting the ring.

Battier's contract has expired and he is not planning to renew it either.

Batman made great contributions to the Clippers' championship in the 11-12 season. The three-pointers in the Western Conference Finals made three-pointers. The Thunder were powerless, but as they got older, it was time for Battier to retire. when.

However, there are also guys who refuse to accept their old age and express their desire to work for another year, such as Ray Allen.

Obviously, Jun Zijian, who played well in the finals, is already thinking about the future of retiring after getting three rings at the end of his career.

The thighs are so thick, how can you not hug them tightly?

After bidding farewell to the veteran, the team naturally needs to make supplements.

In the third position, the Clippers don't have much worry, because in their free market, veterans have already taken the initiative to hug their thighs. Last year, like Hedo Turkoglu who came to the Clippers, he applied again.

The Turkish forward is also a long-established figure, and he still sincerely hopes to hug his thigh again and again. Naturally, the Clippers have no reason to continue to refuse.

With someone in the third position, the projection-type insiders naturally need to be reinforced. Green and Whiteside have both grown up. Although Birdman is old, he still has the ability to top for a few minutes, so the Clippers do not need flashy guys. .

In the end, the Clippers chose Spencer Hawes. This guy is a dedicated insider who joined the NBA in the same class as Er Niu.

Although according to the current configuration of the defending champion, he is more likely to be responsible for passing water and towels most of the time.

The general framework of the Clippers in the new season has not changed much. In addition, the team was at a critical moment of changing owners, so they did not pay enough attention to the 14 draft.

Selling his second-round pick directly is the best proof.

Regarding the options for the first-round pick, Er Niu gave Osher such instructions: "Try to find a reliable center candidate, and we have to prepare for next season."

Osher didn't react for a while, Er Niu took the initiative to explain: "Don't forget, the contracts of Kawhi and DJ (Jordan Jordan) are about to expire. Do you think it is possible for us to keep these two people at the same time?"

O'Hirer said in his heart: "The meaning is clear, it is to give priority to renewing Leonard!"

The 2014 NBA draft held in Brooklyn, New York is a draft worth looking forward to. Many experts believe that this is another draft worth looking forward to after 03.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who won the No. [-] pick three times in four years, are undoubtedly the biggest winners. They won Andrew Wiggins with the No. [-] pick in the first round.

The No. [-] pick would not have imagined at this time that the starting point of his career was not in Cleveland.

The Milwaukee Bucks selected Jabari Parker with the second overall pick.

Then came the highlight of this draft. The Philadelphia 76ers chose a new generation of emperor-Joel Embiid in the pick.

The NBA has thus entered the Year of the Emperor, and 14 has also become the first year of the Emperor.

Of course, at this time, the emperor is still mainly relying on Twitter to issue imperial edicts.

After being selected by the 76ers, Embiid immediately began to recruit superstars for the team. He first targeted the biggest fish in the free market-LeBron James.

But James didn't reply him, and then the emperor decisively blocked LeBron.

Not to mention, the emperor tried to get lucky with the famous lady Kim Kardashian on Twitter not long after.

But then it was discovered that the other party was married, and he quickly issued an apology statement.

Well, the emperor still pays attention to influence!
But in view of the fact that the 76ers first introduced Andrew Bynum, and then selected Joel Embiid.

Will the insiders who have been baptized and baptized successively by the Twitter king become...

Wait, the emperor was reimbursed due to injury, and he will almost certainly not play in the 14-15 season?

Well, well, since they are all called Great Emperors, things like injuries are also predictable.

The draft continued, and Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart, Julius Randall, Zach LaVine, Nurkic and other outstanding players were also selected successively.

The Clippers were optimistic about Clint Capela but failed to win. He was intercepted by the Rockets at the 25th pick.

With the 29th pick, the Spurs selected "Lord of Time and Space-Wang Dahammer".

Oh, that's Kyle Anderson.

The Clippers then selected Nikola Jokic with the last pick in the first round, the No. 30 pick.

The Serbian will definitely not be able to come to the NBA this season, and it is uncertain when he will be able to land, but the Clippers, who are not short of people in the new season, are still willing to take a little risk for this.

(End of this chapter)