Pick Westbrook

Chapter 103 It's Most Appropriate to Make Jokes About Huskies

Westbrook, who was about to play with full confidence, was stunned when he heard this, and then said anxiously: "Coach, now I am only one step away from the award. Your teammates and you are all in this period." Time and hard work helped me to play better data, we can't give up at this time."

Li Lai smiled, and couldn't help but think of Westbrook's terrifying record of averaging triple-doubles for three consecutive seasons in his previous life.

From that time on, Westbrook, the triple-double king, was called out.

It's just that except for averaging a triple-double in the first season, Westbrook didn't win the MVP award in the last two triple-double seasons.

why?
Because Westbrook is playing for a triple-double, the scene of the egg guard Adams getting stuck and sending rebounds in several consecutive games has also become a classic scene that fans have ridiculed.

Li Lai hopes that Westbrook can play in the way he is used to, because that is the truest him, but he never wants the other party to play like a brush, because that is the real cancer of the team, so Li Lai Seriously said to Westbrook: "A statistic is just a statistic after all!"

"Are Tim Duncan's career statistics good-looking? But many people say that he is the number one power forward in NBA history!"

"Who has better statistics, Bill Russell or Chamberlain? But Bill Russell is Lord of the Rings!"

"So we have tried our best, and let those journalists who were not optimistic about you before be dumbfounded, and that's enough!"

"No matter what the final result of ROY is, we should choose to accept it happily, and now we should strive towards a higher goal."

Westbrook subconsciously looked at Artest and others in the player's bench.

After determining the playoff spot, Artest has taken two games off, Yi Jianlian has also taken a break, George Hill and Dragic have both taken a game off, but only West Brook has played all games from the regular season to now.

Therefore, all teammates are preparing for the next horrible playoffs, but he is not.

Artest patted his little brother on the shoulder and said, "Russell, the playoffs are the stage for men and fighters. You should go to that stage to show yourself."

Yi Jianlian and George Hill also nodded and said: "Russell, let's make an impact towards the playoffs. This is our first trip to the playoffs."

Westbrook was silent for a moment, then smiled at his teammates and nodded.

The Bucks do have more important goals, and they cannot stop because of his goals alone, and he must not be so selfish.

Satisfied, Li Lai called all the team members over, put his arms around them and said, "After working hard for a whole season, now it's time to test our true strength."

"Remember how those people looked down on us and looked down on us at the beginning of the season?
ESPN even ranked us as the second-worst team in the league. "

"But now, we've made it to the playoffs! We just want to blow their eyes! Let them impress."

"And Russell, how do you know you're going to lose Rookie of the Year because you didn't play this game?

"Can triple-doubles in 5 consecutive games be inferior to 3 30+? You must know that you are now No.1 in the best rookie list!"

Li Lai's words gave great encouragement to this group of players who were mostly rookies.

On the other side, O'Neal looked at the Bucks full of fighting spirit and smiled wryly.

When will the funny and humorous big shark show a wry smile? It can only show that his current situation is really difficult.

The Suns missed the playoffs.

O'Neill smiled wryly again.

Who would have thought that the Suns, who have reached the playoffs for 4 consecutive years and reached the Western Conference Finals twice, would fail to make the playoffs?
And it was because he joined O'Neill.

Originally, during the off-season, O'Neal was full of ambitions, thinking that his joining could solve the biggest problem of the Suns' weak inside defense, and help the team make a big splash in the Western Conference playoffs, and even meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. , and beat the opponent to the ground.

The Suns management also thinks so.

Although this big shark is always a bit old, once it comes to the playoffs, the opponent will definitely resurrect with full blood, and play the peak of his career, helping the Suns win the championship in one fell swoop.

However, the dream is full and the reality is skinny.

What about the Western Conference finals, the championship, your Suns can't even make the playoffs, what kind of plane are you doing.

Warm up before the game.

O'Neal saw the Bucks coach who had bullied him with a shark-slashing tactic at the start of the preseason approached.

Li said: "Shaquille, do you have any holiday arrangements after this game?"

O'Neill thought the other party was here to talk trash, so he exposed the shark's big mouth and threatened, "You dare to provoke the big shark? Be careful that he eats you."

Li Lai knew that O'Neal, who missed the playoffs, was in a bad mood, so he didn't dwell on this issue. Instead, he patted the opponent's generous butt and said: "I have a player who is not good at low-post offense. If possible, I hope I can get you." s help."

Looking at Li's back and leaving after finishing speaking, O'Neal knew that he had misunderstood the opponent, but who in the Bucks is not good at low-post offense?

"It doesn't seem to be at all."

The game between the Bucks and the Suns was dull, and even the Phoenix fans dozed off at the end.

The three starters of the Bucks rested in rotation, and only Villanueva and George Hill were leading the team to play, and even Tyronn Lue was caught up and played as a backup guard.

The rest of the Suns is even more exaggerated. All the starters are on truce, and only the substitutes are playing.

The Suns, who missed the playoffs, also want to join in the fun at next year's draft, so this game clearly wants to lose.

This is acting.

But in the end, the Bucks also seemed to be acting, and they were unable to open the score for a long time. After even Tyronn Lue played, the head coach of the Suns, Alvin Gentry, finally couldn't bear it.

"I was playing you, but you still came to play me?!"

In the end, the Bucks finally won the game 96:92, and Alvin Gentry breathed a sigh of relief.

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In the 2008-09 season, the regular season finally came to an end.

After the end of the season, Li Lai deliberately took another look at the strength of the players with the list of gods.

Westbrook 85, Yi Jianlian 82, Villanueva 80, Artest 87, Dragic 79, George Hill 78, Andre Ingram 68, Marshall 66, Crohill 69 , Elson 65
"The players have grown well this season, especially Westbrook, who has grown the most rapidly. I am afraid he will usher in a more terrifying transformation next season."

Li Lai also looked at his coaching skills.

【Occupation: NBA head coach】

【Skill】:
Timeout master 7/9 (every round of active timeout will improve the players' ability to execute tactics in the next round, and at the same time increase the player's shooting rate by 7% in this round)

Gold medal training 7/9 (player training effect increased by 7%, growth rate increased by 7%, probability of breakthrough potential value increased by 7%, and it is easier to learn new shooting movements, stealing movements and breakthrough movements, etc. during training)
"The Bucks have a record of 55 wins and 27 losses this season, ranking fourth in the East. Every time they win a game, they can get 1 victory point, plus every game they win in the preseason gets half a victory point, so I got a total of 60 victory points."

"Now that these two skills have been upgraded to level 7, I still have 6 victory points left."

This kind of average distribution is also very reasonable in Li's view. In the early stage, he mainly improved the gold medal training to help the players grow, and basically spent all of it on the timeout master in the later stage.

After all, the next playoffs, the game is the top priority.

Li Lai is also very curious about the number of victory points for a victory in the playoffs. If it is still 1 point, it is a bit unreasonable.

Holloway opened the office door and walked in with good news.

"Our first two games in the playoffs were sold out at home and brought us $300 million in revenue."

Li Lai was taken aback when he heard the news. In the past, the team's ticket revenue for a month was only so much. How could they have earned so much in just two home games in the playoffs?

Hammond smiled triumphantly from the side: "The ticket price for the playoffs is different from that of the regular season. It will directly double. That's why all teams are willing to enter the playoffs."

Holloway then explained: "Our first-round playoff ticket is priced at $150, which is nearly three times the regular season ticket."

"If we make it to the second round, the price may rise to $250. The Eastern Conference Finals is conservatively estimated to be $350, and the finals will be at least $500."

"In the Finals between the Lakers and the Celtics last season, the Celtics' average ticket price reached $606, while the Lakers had to exaggerate by $1035."

Li Lai nodded in shock. He finally understood how profitable the playoffs are for a team.

Counting the Lakers who reached the Finals last season, they earned at least $3500 million in the playoffs!

No wonder it ranked No.2 in the team revenue ranking last season.

Hammond reminded: "Even if the New York Knicks didn't make the playoffs last season, their team's revenue still ranked first in the league!"

How much do you have to sell tickets during the regular season?
Li Lai couldn't help cursing, "A profiteer."

Holloway continued: "The current first-round ticket price is the highest for the Lakers, at $320. If they can reach the finals this season, the estimated ticket price will exceed $1300.

In other words, for a home game, they can earn 1400 million US dollars just by selling tickets, which is called huge profits. "

Li Lai and Hammond scolded at the same time, "Profitable businessman!"

But after thinking about it carefully, Li Lai quickly realized something was wrong, "Is it because I'm not good at math or what?"

"Tickets are priced so high, why are we only making $300 million in two arenas?"

"The Lakers don't seem to be making more than $1400 million?"

Holloway frowned slightly and said, "The league will take away 6% of the regular season ticket revenue, and 45% of the playoff ticket revenue. How much do you think is left?"

Li Lai, Hammond, and Holloway immediately cursed, "This is the biggest profiteer!"

After the regular season ended, the league also distributed a series of profits such as season broadcast share and jersey share.

The Bucks got a full $4000 million!
As Adam Silver said before, the Bucks' profit this season must be at the forefront of the league and lead most teams.

With that money, the Bucks are conservatively estimated to net more than $2000 million this season, not counting playoff revenue.

And after the funds were obtained, Li Lai immediately asked Holloway to transfer them to Xiao Hua, and personally called to express his thanks.

Without the financial help of Xiao Hua at that time, it would be very difficult for the Bucks to support until now.

Xiao Hua, who has only changed hands for more than a month, is naturally happy to send such a favorable favor. He also revealed the wind to Li Lai. The initial cooperation between the alliance and CCTV has achieved very great results. If it continues to expand and develop according to this model, the alliance may It will make at least 5/4 of the teams profitable next year.

That's a huge improvement from last season, when less than half of the teams were profitable.

"But why are one-fifth of the teams unprofitable?" Li Lai asked cheekily.

Xiao Hua said speechlessly on the other end of the phone: "Aren't there Huskies that lose money?"

The two of them were laughing as treacherously as they could on the phone at the same time, and it couldn't be more appropriate to joke about the Huskies.

(End of this chapter)