readytorunbook 0262 Urge Ballmer to make a super list
0262 Urge Ballmer to make a super list
One day off NO.70,
The Warriors played against the Wizards at home. Arenas ran to the training base early in the morning and rushed into the office to find Su Yang.
"Boss, how can I make the team better? The off-season management sent BIG to the Suns, and Hughes was pulled away by the Cavaliers' big contract. We and Jamison barely brought the team to 42 wins. Although still in the playoffs,
But it's so difficult to get one step closer. How can I make the management listen to my suggestion and recruit designated players? "
The Wizards have played 68 games this season, with 36 wins and 32 losses for the time being. Based on the winning percentage and remaining schedule, they can indeed make it to the playoffs and rank fifth to eighth. Team,
There is no possibility of advancing to the second round, because the Wizards' bench strength is too weak, and the boss Paulin is completely unwilling to spend more money, so he does not give Hughes a big contract, and sends Kwame Brown in exchange for Caron Barrett. As a result, the three cores of the Wizards need to hold a lot of balls,
And obviously there is a good Haywood, but the coaching staff headed by Eddie Jordan can't cultivate it, it's pure waste.
If you want combat power but no combat power, if you want the future there is no future,
The key point is that Arenas' competitiveness is usually fine, but he chose to use Kobe and others as benchmarks, which made him quite troubled.
Su Yang thought for a while and said seriously:
"It's up to you to choose.
If you want to develop your own career and become a city totem like Jordan or Kobe, then do your best to be a leader, and at the same time try to get the boss to hire more powerful management, optimize the salary structure and increase the promotion strategy. force,
There will definitely be many unpleasant things happening during this period, but you have to insist on proving yourself and proving that you are doing the right thing. "
With Arenas' character and the style of the Wizards boss, this basically doesn't work. It's nothing more than Carter's treatment in the Raptors. He once had talents such as Tracy McGrady, Christie and Billups. It was a waste of time to fetch water.
Just bringing it up for Arenas to compare.
"Or you put aside the obsession with becoming a city totem, join a strong team like Delexler, and join hands with Howard and Turkoglu of the Magic in the East. The ball organization will not grab the ball with you, or go to Boston to find Pierce to cooperate. The Celtics have a top manager like Danny Ainge.
The way of thinking is probably like this, it depends on how you choose. "
Arenas was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "From your analysis, I want to be a totem of a city, but Grunwald is an idiot general manager, and Eddie Jordan's coaching level is not as good as yours One, Pauline is even more reluctant to spend money to build a luxury team, I can't succeed, I can only go the second way, but I don't like the atmosphere in Boston..."
Su Yang didn't talk too much. Arenas had to make up his own mind about this kind of thing. He asked assistant coach Trier to send him away, and reminded him not to go to the opponent's training base on match days, even if he was very familiar with him. Let teammates misunderstand,
"No matter how you choose, you must first demonstrate your leadership through actions, and don't do this kind of thing in the future. Before those foolish media find out, you should return to the team quickly..." You can't make any reports about Arenas collaborating with the enemy, The Warriors also suffered.
Seeing Arenas go away,
Sean asked with a smile: "How do you tell him that? If he inadvertently reveals it, those bosses will talk about manipulating the league. Last time you urged the Rockets, Nuggets and New York to make a three-way deal, they kept talking about it." , said you persecuted Timberwolves,
Make it impossible for the Timberwolves to get Cassell..."
The corners of Su Yang's mouth curled up slightly, thinking that he had just unconsciously told Arenas those things, but now that he came back to his senses, reminding Arenas that he could go to Boston, he actually wanted to lure the Celtics to better reach the Big Three , Increase the possibility that Angie will choose to trade for Garnett when he gets the top two picks, and further collect fragments for Durant.
Or let Arenas go to the Celtics next season, let the Celtics greatly increase their strength, directly cut off the possibility of them getting the second overall pick in 07, and then they will not value Durant so much The top two picks in the draft trade.
The situation is very complicated, it may not be possible,
But it's always right to increase the probability. Riley can clear his salary in advance and wait for Bosh to form a team. Why don't he dare?
In the blink of an eye at six o'clock in the afternoon, the Warriors and Wizards started fighting,
Su Yang arranged Billups to defend Arenas, Prince to defend Butler, Garnett to defend Jamison, and Yao and Bell to help defend according to the situation. The first quarter of the game started with ease. Leading by 3 points with 13 minutes left.
Followed by Griffin, Big Zhi and Tim Thomas' lineup of 1 center and 2 power forwards, with Stephen Jackson and Danny Granger, it can be regarded as the top five lineups, with Jackson holding the ball and pushing forward, and running in various ways A bit directly defeated the Wizards.
The main Wizards' bench is too weak, only Antonio Daniels can play alone, and Haywood barely grabs some rebounds.
While playing, Su Yang saw Posey and Steve Blake sitting on the bench in a daze, and sighed in his heart that it was a bit difficult to balance both the record and the rookie. Now, in order to improve Da Zhi and Gran Jie, let Jackson blend in as soon as possible,
I can only let Posido sit on the bench,
Fortunately, Posey has a good relationship with himself and his teammates. Although he can jump out of the contract and hit the free market, he is not dissatisfied with the reduction in playing time and data. As for Blake, he has nothing to say. The real point guard has no chance to stand up. Awkward.
It can only be said that it is no wonder that the Warriors were so difficult in the past 23 years. The conflict between Jordan Puer and Green can make the world upside down. With the addition of a smart Wiseman, the Warriors almost failed to make the playoffs. Now I have led the Warriors all the time calm.
After halftime between sighs, the Warriors led by 21 points.
Back at halftime was even more of a break. Su Yang asked Big Zhi, Griffin, and Thomas, "How does it feel for the three of you to be on the field at the same time..." From my own observation, the offensive firepower is really fierce, and the three of them are all 205+ Height, all can shoot three-pointers.
It's just a bit embarrassing to defend.
"I have four blocks in one quarter! I like this combination!"
Griffin explained excitedly, while Big Zhi and Tim Thomas were slightly embarrassed, because they failed to defend those blocks.
Seeing this, Su Yang made up his mind to reduce the time of using Big Zhi in the future, especially when playing against a strong team. Firstly, the defense is weak, and secondly, he has promised Tim Thomas that he will be the first backup power forward. related to other people's contracts,
The deeper reason is that Dazhi is one of his own people, and they spend too much time together and know each other well enough to not complain about the reduced number of appearances.
Intermission is over and the game continues.
The Warriors still maintained a crushing momentum. When they entered the substitute rotation, Su Yang arranged for Blake to play point guard, and did not let Dazhi appear on the stage. He patted Dazhi on the shoulder with Dayao. Emotions are taken care of.
The Warriors fighting on the court lost one defensive weakness, and the organization became better again. A wave of 14 to 2 completely overwhelmed the Wizards.
Su Yang took advantage of the situation and no longer arranged for Garnett and other main players to appear on the field. After the game was over, they defeated the Wizards 119 to 101 to win.
After playing the Wizards, the Warriors took a day off.
Taking advantage of the fact that the team had nothing to do, they went to inspect the new arena, took a video of the whole process of putting the name of the "Chase Center" on it, and then posted it on YouTube. good foundation,
The function of the main data center is relatively single, the design process is relatively easy, and there is more relevant construction experience in the past.
Busy till night, interviewed by TNT,
The reporter asked about the possibility of LeBron winning the MVP, because LeBron has led the Cavaliers to a record of 42 wins last season, and every next win is a breakthrough. If the 52+ wins are the top two in the East, the absolute value is great.
What's more, LeBron also averaged 31.4 points, 7 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. The data is very versatile.
Su Yang answered earnestly: "I know that everyone is tired of our warriors and has set super high standards for the awards given to the warriors, but we are currently 60 wins and 9 losses, and it is very likely to reach 70+ wins again. Although Yao Ming, Garnett and Billups' statistics are not that good, but they both averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds or 10 assists per game, so we should be considered anyway..."
It is the first time in the season to vote for Dayao and Garnett, and various commentators and fans have seriously started to discuss in detail,
Why not consider the Warriors?
The next day the Warriors faced the visiting Hornets. Su Yang was too lazy to coach and put Stevens in charge. He was going to continue discussing the sale price of the 24.5% stake in YouTube with Google, but he received a call from Microsoft Ballmer temporarily. meet.
After nine o'clock in the morning, Ballmer arrived with his partner, John Stanton, the chairman of the communications giant T-mobile, and two assistants. After a short chat, he sat down and said bluntly that he planned to jointly acquire the Supersonics. He wanted to know more Much detail.
"On March [-]th, Schultz officially confirmed the sale of the team. The two of us joined forces to make a private acquisition. Our biggest competitor is a sports company from Oklahoma whose CEO is Bennett. special…"
Ballmer made an introduction first,
There are five core issues. First, how to better persuade the city government to fund the renovation of the key arena. Second, if the city government does not fund, can it be relocated to other cities according to the current rules of the league? Third, if relocation + new arena The general process and cost, the fourth is how much the current bid is the most cost-effective, and the fifth is whether Ray Allen and Lewis are the core competitiveness.
Su Yang listened and thought, these are actually minor problems, but if Ballmer buys the Supersonics, he can have one more operation to get Durant, that is, send Garnett to the Supersonics, let the Supersonics Sonic formed the Big Three lineup,
In exchange for the Sonics' high-ranking pick.
It is much easier to say that Ballmer, who is ambitious and wants to do well in Seattle, is much easier than convincing Angie.
"On these five questions..."
Ballmer said as he took out a document and handed it over, and said with a smile: "We are not looking for you for free consultation. After the matter is completed, we can give you a consulting fee of 100 million US dollars, or John Stanton and I owe you a favor." ,You choose."
Su Yang also laughed, "For this kind of consultation, you should go to McKinsey and Accenture, which are professional consultants..."
"Hahaha!"
Ballmer and John Stanton, laughing along with their assistants, was too much work to consult with McKinsey.
"Well, seriously,
If your goal is simply to make money from investment, even if the Sonics’ current revenue is not good, even if they encounter an economic crisis for several years in a row, you still have to worry about losing money. The current dividend policy of the league will take care of low-profit teams.
It doesn't matter if you can't hire an excellent management team, just let the management not pay the luxury tax, and the main way to make money is to wait for the team to appreciate. After 10 or 15 years, even after 5 years, the Sonics can at least It sold for $8 million+, so it doesn't matter what the renovation of the arena is, as long as it can run the game, the Eagles can make money just like the broken arena. "
Between the words, Su Yang found that John Stanton was very excited. He might think that [-] million was a lot, while Ballmer was quite calm.
"Of course, when you take time out of your work to develop the team, it's definitely not for the simple purpose of earning market value. You must also want to earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year like me, while maintaining the appreciation of the team and being able to hit the championship. .
Then I suggest you, don’t entangle with the city government about appropriating funds for renovations. Even if they allocate funds, taking shares and sharing will make you very troublesome, just like the conflict I had with the Oakland city government before. The Chinese TV team commented on Yao Ming's game live from the sidelines, which is very passive, so I suggest you fund a new arena,
And don't engage in breakthroughs that require layers of approval and approval from various associations. I suggest that you go directly to the seaside to build.
Don’t worry about not being able to pay back. The world’s economic trend is generally upward, because network technology brings new growth, and mobile technology will also bring new growth. Even if the Internet bubble appeared before, it is because the financial market has played too much.
It will not affect the overall upward trend. If you buy the team as an entity, you will definitely earn back in terms of time value.
As for relocating to another city, forget it.
That's too troublesome, Schultz will definitely sign an agreement with you, and you will not be allowed to move away from Seattle, especially if you are the president of Microsoft, it is not appropriate to move away, so building a new arena is the best choice, as long as it costs two dollars Anything under $[-] million,
In general, I suggest that you spend 4 million US dollars to kill Oklahoma City Sports Company strongly, don’t think that 3 million US dollars can be won, and prepare another 1.5 million US dollars, and use my new arena as a reference to build a new stadium by the sea in Seattle museum..."
Between the words, Ballmer was fine, but John Stanton looked embarrassed, $5.5 million is quite a lot.
It is sure to be able to make it out, but it is troublesome.
"Then how about continuing to build the team with Ray Allen and Lewis at the core?" Ballmer seemed to have figured it out, and asked about the lineup formation, "The current record of the Supersonics can no longer make the playoffs, and Lewis is rumored to be asking for a super team. Big contract renewal..."
The Sonics completed the renewal of Ray Allen's contract last offseason, and Lewis is about to renew his contract next year. The asking price starts at more than 1500 million. Billion.
Su Yang thought for a moment, "As a friend, I can tell you my opinion directly, but as a team owner and head coach, I can't comment on Lewis' personal ability, but I can give suggestions based on your choice of rebuilding or supplementing players.
Especially in terms of management, you can choose Jerry West of the Grizzlies for the veteran, or Colangelo of the Raptors, and you can choose Presti of the Spurs and Ujiri of the Nuggets for the cutting-edge. They're all candidates I've considered.
It's only because Sean and Mullin have helped me so much that I didn't invite them to serve, you can just hire one. "
Speaking of that, Ballmer can definitely understand not to re-sign Lewis with a big contract. Anyway, he doesn't want the Supersonics to re-sign Lewis, otherwise it will be difficult to take over Garnett's big contract, and it will be difficult to find a third star. Ballmer is determined to compete for the championship,
Otherwise, Ballmer is not so confident that the twin stars of Garnett and Ray Allen may not be difficult, and he will choose to rebuild.
In short, in order to get Durant, it was a heartbreak,
The first to send Richardson to the Bobcats in exchange for the first round of 07, but the Bobcats' record does not look like the top two picks, and urged Garnett to renew the big contract in advance to avoid the Celtics in 07. There is no initiative to talk about the transaction, and they plan to persuade Arenas to go to the Celtics, increase Angie and directly form the Big Three to compete for the championship, so they are willing to exchange high-ranking draft picks.
Now he is helping Ballmer to make suggestions in all aspects, trying to make Ballmer buy the Supersonics, and not choose to rebuild,
Thus willing to exchange high draft picks,
It's just that there is no need to mention to Ballmer that he wants to send Garnett to him. There may be many unexpected changes.
Even keeping Garnett is acceptable.
"Then who do you recommend most?" Ballmer asked with a smile.
"I recommend Presti of the Spurs the most. After watching my three-day training camp in Houston, he urged the Spurs to choose Parker and let the Spurs get a super point guard. He has a high draft vision and a very good trade operation. outstanding,
If you think he is young and lacks success stories, you can also find Jerry West. The Grizzlies have only one year left on his contract, and the Grizzlies are obviously not in the style of striving for the championship. You can use big investment to fight for it. Crown attracted him to join. "
John Stanton asked with a smile: "With a team as strong as your Warriors, do we have a chance to compete for the championship?"
Su Yang also laughed: ""Of course there is, because the big contract between Yao Ming and Prince will take effect next season, and Billups can also jump out of the last year's contract. We must strive for a big contract. Our operation Space will be reduced to a minimum,
We will be forced to give up one of Garnett, Yao Ming and Billups, and the strength will inevitably decrease.
Even now, the Spurs have a chance to beat us..."
Hurry up and give John Stand a brainwashing meal, don't choose to rebuild directly because the Warriors are too strong, which leads to not Garnett, let Ray Allen go instead, and choose Durant for leveling, then Warriors will be very passive.
"In other words, you are expected to win five consecutive championships..."
"You can say that, but it's very difficult..."
After chatting for a while, Ballmer and John Stanton hurried away, promising that this consultation owed a favor.
Su Yang sent the two away and went to Dior's San Francisco headquarters. By the way, he chatted with Fina, who had resumed work, about new product design. The main thing was that Bingbing had become popular in China, and as an image master, he had attracted many new customers, and needed more oriental elements.
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the game between the Warriors and the Hornets starts,
There was no suspense, and Stevens, according to Su Yang's instruction, did not use Stephen Jackson in the rotation stage, but let Posey play more shots and performances, creating opportunities for Posey to go to other teams in the off-season to win big contracts. It can't be that Posey doesn't give time if he doesn't care, because many media and players are watching. The golden signboard of the Warriors, which is fair and just and does not lower prices, cannot be lost.
At the end of the game, the Warriors won 115 to 101. A total of 8 players in the team scored in double figures. The record became 61 wins and 9 losses. Lose more than 12 games.
After a day off, the Warriors ushered in their last opponent in March, the Sacramento Kings, who won 110 to 84.
With 62 wins, the team started a small three-game streak.
Su Yang chose not to follow the team,
Continue to let Stevens act as the coach, and prepare to take advantage of the end of the crazy three games to confirm the first batch of invitations for the US team to accompany the World Championships. They will also invite one from the rookies of the first and second grades, and confirm at least 30 in the main game. Invitation list of people.