Pick Westbrook

Chapter 35 Another Thing
It's hard for Holloway to imagine how the Bucks could sell so many tickets after losing two core players one after another.

If nothing else, the attendance rate of Bucks fans this season will reach 90%!

For a small ball market in a league, this is already a very good result.

More importantly, the Bucks' player salaries are still the lowest in the league.

"What kind of magical power does this apprentice have, luck or strength?"

Hammond cautioned: "Even then we had negative revenue and expenditure for the first month."

Hammond got to the point.

The only income is 320 million, but the monthly expenditure is estimated to reach 1000 million US dollars. This account is easy to calculate.

Breaking down the amount, Holloway said: "All the funds we have access to right now add up to less than $600 million.

Even with the inflow of funds from this ticket, the total amount we can use is only 920 million.

But we have a total of 12 salary payment points throughout the season, and each payment reached 559.16 million, and we need to pay 1118.32 million US dollars in a single month! "

In other words, the Bucks can't even pay the first month's salary!
Li Lai was taken aback for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Isn't the salary of the players only 4710 million? According to the 12 subdivisions, the amount we need to pay in a single month should also be 785 million."

Holloway blushed when she heard this, and it took a long time before she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't Hammond and I need money? You want to whore for nothing?"

This.
Li Lai remembered the 1000 million spent by the administrative staff and the 1000 million rented for the arena, so Holloway did a good job. The Bucks really need to reach this amount in a single month.

Hammond burst out a lot of snot and tears at the right time and said, "Boss, this is our hard-earned money. You must not do such a heartless thing."

Li Lai nodded briskly and said, "Don't worry, I won't do the kind of thing you think in your heart."

Hammond and Holloway heaved a sigh of relief.

But at this time Li Lai continued: "But the money for renting the arena should indeed be put aside first, and told to the owner of the Bradley Arena that we hope that the money can be paid after the end of the season."

Seeing that Hammond still wanted to refute a few words, Li Lai said in advance: "After this matter is completed, our monthly expenditure can be reduced to 951 million.

In this way, it is possible to survive the first month, otherwise, we can only cut off the salaries of all staff. "

Looking at the back of Li who left after talking, Hammond was choked to death.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't do such a thing!"

And Holloway bit her lips tightly in anger, and two small buns bulged out of her cheeks.

"This apprentice!"

After the Bucks beat the Cavaliers at home, the next step is three consecutive road trips.

The three teams are the Wizards, Clippers and Kings.

The Wizards were a strong team that was able to break into the Eastern Conference playoffs last season, but they were unlucky to meet the Cavaliers led by James, so they were eliminated 4:2.

But in this season, due to the knee injury of the general Arenas, which led to his direct reimbursement for the season, the strength of the Wizards plummeted from a playoff team to an ordinary team.

Coupled with the fact that the team's core center Brandon Haywood was also injured at the start of the preseason, the Wizards became even worse and became a weak team in the league.

In the first game after the start of the regular season, they were beaten by the Timberwolves, another big team in the league.

102: 83.

83 points in a single game, this is still in the regular season, only two points more than a certain guy in a game.

In this era that has begun to praise offense, such a score can basically be pronounced on the board of shame.

before the game starts.

The head coach of the Wizards, Eddie Jordan, still wants to avenge his shame and find the Bucks a soft persimmon.

So before the game, he clamored to win the Bucks, a poor team with a salary of only 5000 million, and announced in a high profile that he would lead this dilapidated Wizards team to the playoffs.

result.

Li Lai naturally didn't save him any face.

In the first quarter of the game, Westbrook and Yi Jian jointly scored 20 points.

In the second quarter, Villanueva and Maurice Williams went berserk, leading the team to a 12:0 offensive climax.

It's the second half of the game.

Seeing the huge difference of 40:60 on the scoreboard to 20 points behind, the head coach Eddie Jordan, who has been in the NBA for 8 years, was about to cry.

"I'm not the real Jordan, but you, Li Lai, are the real dog!"

"How did you train the offense of the Bucks, and why the firepower is so fierce.

It turns out that you really didn't rely on luck to beat the Cavaliers. "

Li Lai still asked the players to attack him desperately in the third quarter.

"You want to take advantage of us? Don't let them live!"

Westbrook hit the basket continuously and got to the free throw line. Yi Jianlian and Villanueva shot from the outside one after another.

The Bucks continued to expand their lead in the third quarter.

It's the last quarter of the game.

The huge point difference on the field has allowed Li Lai to fully deploy the full bench lineup, Ramon Sessions, Tyronn Lue, Andre Ingram, Malik Rose and Elson.

But with this lineup, even Director Lu went up to exercise his muscles and bones, and the Wizards team with all the main players would lose.

In the end, even Li Lai was speechless to Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan, and said with a long sigh, "A coach who has been in the NBA for 8 years is at this level.

I gave you a chance, but you are useless! "

110: 84.

The Bucks also won a wave of victories, and once again nailed the Wizards to the board of shame.

In the interview after the game, Eddie Jordan was still in a bad mood, complaining: "This Bucks team can't be treated with common sense at all, and the offense is blooming everywhere.

Six of the team scored in double figures!

And that Westbrook, is he a rookie!
Carrying a dynamite bag and going inside to kill, kill your sister, kill! "

After the game, Li Lai was preparing to lead the Bucks to Los Angeles non-stop to prepare for the next game.

The result was a phone call from Hammond.

"Boss, two things.

The first thing is that the lease of the arena has been negotiated, and the other party has extended the payment time until the end of the regular season.

At that time, we will be able to pay the money by relying on broadcast dividends. "

Hearing this news, Li Lai breathed a sigh of relief.

As the two businessmen who wanted to trade for the Bucks said before, the problems of the Bucks are very troublesome, internal and external.

Now Li Lai finally sorted out the external player lineup and the future direction of team building, and at the same time steadily improved the overall strength of the team.

However, the internal financial problem was always stuck in Li Lai's chest like a huge bottomless pit.

Li Lai, who knows that there is no rush for everything, and that millions or tens of millions of dollars will not fall out of thin air, naturally will not act too hastily at this time, thinking about the dream of solving tens of millions of funds in one step.

After all, that's tens of millions of dollars.

So I can only draw it slowly.

"Then what's the other thing?" Li Lai asked curiously.

Hammond faltered on the other end of the phone, hesitantly said: "The Cavaliers have submitted a trade application to us."

(End of this chapter)