NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 1132 The Legendary Boss, Ade Returns

The regular season, which was almost labeled as "Wang Zelin", is over, and the playoffs are coming.

The first match between the Trail Blazers and the Jazz in the playoffs was scheduled on the 16th. Before that, they had 3 full days of rest to make final adjustments.

At 13 o'clock in the morning on the 10th, Wang Zelin woke up naturally after falling asleep for a long time. After waking up, he brought his parents and girlfriend Ken Dou to the Rose Garden Arena.

Except for the rookie season, during the playoffs of every subsequent season, the king's father and queen mother will come to Portland to cheer for Wang Zelin, and this year is no exception.

On the first day after the end of the regular season, the team did not arrange any training plan, but let the players take a good rest, and deal with all the personal matters that were dealt with by the way, so that they could devote themselves to the first show of the playoffs on the 16th.

The reason why I came to the arena today is mainly because the team owner organized an event and wanted to take a photo with each player's family... In fact, everyone knows the owner's small thoughts, isn't it just to satisfy the feeling of chasing stars as a super basketball fan...

Speaking of which, the owner of their team, Paul Allen, is also a legend. He once co-founded the Microsoft empire with Bill Gates and owns 40% of the shares.As early as 2006, he ranked sixth in Forbes magazine and became one of the richest people in the world.

Unlike Bill Gates, who loves communes, Paul Allen is simply a playboy.He once held masquerade balls in Venice, the water capital of Italy, rented a luxury cruise ship to Alaska for a party, and even had a luxury vacation villa in the south of France.

He was in a relationship with Jerry Hall, the ex-wife of the Rolling Stones frontman Mike Jagger.

In 2005, the New York Daily News revealed that he had been dating actress and former beauty queen Laura Harring for about six months.

In addition to the title of Playboy, he has also achieved remarkable achievements in other fields.

Since leaving Microsoft due to illness in 82, Paul Allen has been busy investing in his career, and the careers he invests are all related to himself and his dreams.

For example, Music Dream, as a super fan, Paul Allen formed two rock bands and released an album in 2000. He is in charge of the guitar part and is said to be very professional.

Out of admiration for the idol and rock star Jimi Hendrix, Allen spent 2.4 million yuan to build the "Seattle Music Experience Center". The advanced electronic tour guide system and wonderful music experience facilities inside vividly display a history of rock music in front of the audience.

In this center, more than 8 items of rock stars are also displayed, including "Elvis Presley" black leather jacket, Janis Joplin's embroidered flared pants and Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock music festival guitar.

Next is the science fiction dream. In 2004, Paul Allen spent more than 2000 million US dollars to build the world's first science fiction museum. In addition, in order to seek aliens, he donated 1 million yuan to build the world's latest multifunctional radio telescope array "Allen Telescope Array".

Then there was Aerospace Dream, in order to pursue this dream, he spent huge sums of money one after another, and set a series of world records.

For example, in 04, he created the world's first private flying device and climbed to a record height of 112 kilometers above the ground. Paul Allen invested 2 yuan for this.

Another example is the nautical dream. In order to be able to decide "where to wake up in the morning, and what scenery to see after waking up", he spent huge sums of money to build the "Octopus" yacht. The yacht is equipped with two helipads, a swimming pool, a baseball field, a hospital, a garage, a movie theater and a recording studio that Allen loves most.In the middle of the yacht, 14 small boats are also equipped.This includes a custom-built submarine that can carry 10 people underwater for two weeks.

Finally, Paul Allen's arena dream.

Paul Allen was allergic to grass in his childhood, so he rarely participated in sports, but this did not prevent him from becoming a good sports spectator. His favorites were basketball and rugby.

So in 1997, Allen became the owner of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks for $2 million.

In 1998, he spent 7000 million yuan to buy the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. In the 2000-2001 season, Allen's Trail Blazers set a record in the league: six All-Star players joined, and the team's total salary was as high as 8650 yuan, ranking first in the league.

But his Seattle Seahawks always missed the chance to enter the Super Bowl, and they failed to enter the Super Bowl for the first time in 2006; while the Portland Trailblazers also committed crimes repeatedly and were frequently summoned by the court for marijuana smoking, domestic violence and game brawls.

Therefore, the media called the "Trailblazers" as the "Trailblazers".

When Wang Zelin once again read the life story of his boss, he also had to feel that the reality is sometimes even more outrageous than the script.

Compared with him who is cheating, in real life, there are always some geniuses who perform 13 more than 13.

All I can say is, it's great to be rich!

Undoubtedly, Paul Allen's life is full of countless legends, and the British media even declared that "he is the most enviable person in the world", just thinking that such a legendary figure will die soon...

Wang Zelin shook his head, suppressing the messy thoughts in his mind.

Why are you thinking so much nonsense?
Instead of thinking about it, it's better to get this year's championship for real.

Before Wang Zelin was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers, this team can be said to be one of the most unlucky teams in NBA history. They missed the basketball god Jordan in the early years. After the new century, the core of the team suffered successive injuries and was forced to wither early.

For a huge basketball fan like Paul Allen, the Portland Trail Blazers lived up to his expectations year after year and cost him countless dollars.

Until the 12 NBA draft, an oriental teenager named Wang Zelin was selected by the management of the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers quickly ushered in an unprecedented heyday.

With the establishment of a wave of three consecutive championships in 14, 15, and 16 years, the market value of the Blazers soared wildly, just as the market value of the Warriors soared wildly after the strong rise of the Warriors in the previous life under the leadership of Stephen Curry.

According to the latest Forbes NBA team market capitalization rankings, the top three are:

No. 1: New York Knicks, worth 33 billion yuan

No. 2: Los Angeles Lakers, worth 31 billion yuan

No. 3: Portland Trail Blazers, worth 28 billion yuan

Since surpassing the Lakers in market value in 2016, the New York Knicks won the championship again this year with 33 billion yuan.

Don't look at the New York Knicks as a bad team for thousands of years, but they can't stand the reincarnation!

The same is true for the Los Angeles Lakers. Although the Lakers have long lost their true championship competitiveness in the league, because they are located in Los Angeles, the largest city in the West, their market value is still steadily surpassing the teams behind them.

The real surprise is the Portland Trail Blazers.

At this time last year, they only condescended to fourth place in the 2016 Forbes rankings of team market capitalization, with a market capitalization that barely exceeded 20 billion.

Just one year later, their market value has grown by leaps and bounds, reaching a terrifying 28 billion, and the upward trend is very rapid, and there is a great tendency to become the third active team with 30 billion.

Seeing this, many media have unanimously given an argument: If the Trail Blazers can successfully defend their title this year and win the fourth championship in a row, then their market value will directly surpass the Lakers and become the team with the second highest market value in active service.

As for surpassing the Knicks?

Regarding this point, everyone still finds it very challenging.

It was New York after all!It is almost recognized as the most well-known international metropolis in the world today!
For team owner Paul Allen, this is definitely a surprise.

Perhaps because he was found to be suffering from Hodgkin's disease in his early years, Paul Allen remained unmarried all his life and presented himself as a playboy all year round.

After leaving Microsoft, Paul Allen started his investment career.However, his investment has not been smooth sailing.

At first, he frequently invested huge sums of money in almost every field of the market, such as information highway, multimedia, cable TV and digital appliances, music, aerospace technology, etc.He has invested in more than 150 companies and organizations, and is touted by some as one of the most active investors in high technology.

It is estimated that Allen has more than 30 investments every year, with an average of about 500 million yuan per transaction.

But to Paul Allen's embarrassment, these investments he showed people rarely succeeded, and the returns on their investments were pitiful.

Which naturally also includes his investment in NBA career.

Although he has repeatedly stated that he is very satisfied with his investment and is very happy to enjoy the success he has achieved, but as the richest man in the world and a genius who was named one of the top ten smart people in the world by foreign media in 2012, he naturally has his own pride.

Deep in Paul Allen's heart, why didn't he want to prove his investment vision?
It's a pity that the Trail Blazers 12 years ago were really disappointing. Every time he placed high hopes, he eventually turned into disappointment.

After 12 years, the Trail Blazers have finally come a long way. In January, they became the team with the highest market value and the most profitable team in the league. Paul Allen's vision of investing in the sports industry has finally been proved, so he is very happy.

As a basketball fan, it is a very enjoyable thing to be able to witness your team win the championship.

At the same time, I saw that the market value of the Portland Trail Blazers skyrocketed from 1998 million yuan when I bought it in 7 to 000 billion yuan in 2017, and the market value has increased by 28%...

Recently, the acquisition of the Trail Blazers was rated by many media as the best investment on Paul Allen's business map after Microsoft.

Dreams and money both ushered in a bumper harvest, and even Paul Allen had to sigh with emotion how lucky he was in life!

The reason why the Trail Blazers can be so brilliant and reach an unprecedented peak is inseparable from Wang Zelin's leadership.

Suddenly, a bold decision flashed in Paul Allen's mind.

He is very aware of his physical condition, basically time is running out.In order to continue his basketball dream and the glory of the Portland Trail Blazers, no one can do without Wang Zelin without the Trail Blazers.

Therefore, he intends to give up part of the Portland Trail Blazers to Wang Zelin to make him his own.

In this way, Wang Zelin can be completely tied to the pioneer's carriage.

Of course, according to NBA official regulations, NBA players are absolutely not allowed to buy NBA teams during their careers.

But there is a saying that is good: there are policies above, and countermeasures below.

Just as Magic Johnson bought Lakers stock in the name of his relatives back then, when he retired, these stocks were assigned to the Magician's name again.

As long as the name conforms to the regulations, superstars like Wang Zelin, the face of the league, and the top executives of the league often choose to turn a blind eye.

It seems that he has to find a good time to have a good chat with Wang Zelin.

The more Paul Allen thought about it, the more excited he became. Seeing that the time was almost up, he hurried downstairs to meet the Trail Blazers players.

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Came to the basement of the Rose Garden Arena, parked the car, and Wang Zelin and his party took the elevator to meet the staff.

As soon as he pushed open the gate of the arena, Wang Zelin found that his teammates had basically arrived, and everyone brought their families, talking and laughing on the court.

Aldridge, who has completely recovered from his injury and decided to return in the first round of the playoffs, also came to the arena today, and there was a group photo at the end of the event.

"LaMarcus, welcome back!"

As soon as they met, Wang Zelin immediately touched Aldridge and greeted with a smile.

"Keep everyone waiting for a long time." Aldridge also replied with a smile.

After finishing speaking, he looked around at his teammates, then looked up again, at the four championship flags hanging on the dome, expressing emotion again.

"Before I knew it, I had been away from this arena for almost a year."

"Yes!"

Wang Zelin nodded, then walked over, put a hand on Aldridge's shoulder, his eyes full of ambition.

"LaMarcus, are you ready for a big fight? I hope you can hang the fifth championship flag for this arena with me!"

Hearing this, Aldridge was silent for a while, and then looked at Wang Zelin with a smile. His eyes were shining, and his whole body was exuding the desire for victory.

"I can't ask for it!"

"Hahaha, your words are enough."

Wang Zelin immediately showed a satisfied smile.

After a while, the team owner Paul Allen also came down. He first called everyone together, came to a general mobilization of the playoffs, and announced the start of the event.

During the event, NBA officials also sent officials to the Rose Garden Arena before noon to present Wang Zelin with the trophies of scoring champion, rebounding champion, and blocked shot champion.

Looking at the three familiar trophies, Wang Zelin just smiled faintly.He has monopolized these three trophies in the past few seasons, and he believes that in the years to come, if there is no accident, he will continue to monopolize these three major trophies.

Just like Jordan's monopoly on the honor of scoring champion back then.

In Jordan's NBA career, except for the first two years as a rookie and his second comeback, in all the remaining years, as long as Jordan played normally, he dominated the league's scoring list without exception.

The 10 scoring champions in his career have become a legendary record in NBA history!
However, judging from the current momentum, Jordan's career record of 10 scoring champions is likely to be broken by Wang Zelin in the years to come.

Just like the Bulls' 72 wins, they will always be surpassed by latecomers.

But that's exactly what those legendary records were created for.

Records are meant to be broken!
The group photo in the morning, after the event, in the afternoon, Wang Zelin took Kendou to participate in the team's fan appreciation activity in the afternoon.

The royal father and queen mother went back first. After all, the two elders usually travel around and do not live in Portland. There are not many people here who can talk to them.

In this free country, there are many people in the afternoon, and accidents are easy to happen. In order to prevent Wang Zelin from being distracted, the two elders decided to go home early to prepare dinner.

(End of this chapter)