start with scouting

Chapter 406
On the early morning of the 21st, the bidding committee headed by Jiang Ruolan formally submitted a bidding application to the king's owner, the Maruf Brothers, and at the same time applied for a report to the NBA Board of Governors, and made a public announcement on Twitter, promising to accept all relevant verifications.

Su Yang liked it and reposted it. In about 5 minutes, discussions on social platforms such as Twitter, Weibo, Reddit, and Hupu exploded.

ESPN follow-up special report: "As of now, in addition to the Seattle consortium headed by Chris Hansen, and the Saskatchewan consortium led by Indian boss Vick Lana Dave who announced the bid in three months, there is also a Los Angeles consortium headed by Su Yang. .

The Seattle consortium headed by Chris Hansen, the main financial supporter is Steve Ballmer, the current president of Microsoft.

The Saskatchewan consortium led by Indian owner Vick Lanadive, the main financial backers are Vick himself, and Andrew Burkel, a billionaire, well-known investor, co-owner of the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins, and '24 Hour Fitness' The founder Mark Mastrov, and Vick is now the third owner of the Warriors, and needs to sell all the shares of the Warriors.

The Los Angeles consortium led by Su Yang is mainly supported by MT Corporation and the Morgan consortium. Su Yang is now the head coach of the Lakers. If he succeeds in bidding for the Kings, he needs to resign as the head coach of the Lakers, which may affect the playoffs. "

The NBA's number one Su Chuan and unemployed player Arenas retweeted ESPN Twitter: "Kang Muang! If someone else buys the Kings, they may need to worry about whether they can lead the Kings to regain glory, but if Su Yang is the Kings owner, I just want to advance Congratulations to all the Kings fans around the world, your many years of not making the playoffs will soon be history, get ready to win."

LeBron James tweeted: "I can't wait to see Su Yang become the owner of the Kings! He will definitely lead the Kings to success. I have no doubts about his ability. The NBA should give him the green light without affecting his coaching. On the basis of the Lakers, he gave a fair and just bid for the Kings. He helped the league end the lockout. He made the All-Star Weekend more interesting. He contributed so much to the league. Just make a happy decision!"

Derek Fisher, chairman of the players union, tweeted: I had the honor to work with coach Su Yang for half a season. He has excellent vision for building a team, training players, building team culture, etc. He is still on hiatus In the midst of the turmoil, let the players and the owners make progress as well. I believe that many players will support Coach Su Yang to become the king like me.

Kevin Durant tweeted: "I logged on to the wrong account just now, and now I want to use the official account to express my opinion, that is, Sacramento fans are ready to welcome the championship, it can be as short as two years, as long as three years, you will see The Kings are back in the Western Conference Finals."

Stephen Smith, a well-known ESPN commentator, tweeted: "Since I heard that MT is estimated to exceed 50 billion US dollars, I have been looking forward to Su Yang being able to buy the New York Knicks someday in the future. Now I am a little sad. Congratulations to the Sacred City fans. "

TNT commentator O'Neill tweeted: "@苏阳, if you need a guy who can guide big players, please call me anytime, I just need a symbolic share of the king, and the direction can be all free…"

At the same time as the outside world was discussing, the king's owners, the Maruf brothers, and the NBA board of directors formally studied the bidding plan proposed by the Suyang consortium. Some of the core strategies shocked them on the spot: the initial price was [-] million US dollars, and there was no need to relocate the king. Committed to invest more than [-] million US dollars to build a brand new arena in Sacramento, ending the Kings' losses in one season.

The bid of 6000 million US dollars is [-] million US dollars higher than that of the Seattle consortium, and there is no need to relocate the king. The small shareholders of Saskatchewan, the fans of Saskatchewan, and the mayor of Saskatchewan are very easy to explain, so there will be no moving to other places and competition market risk.

The same bid of [-] million US dollars is also much higher than the bid of the owner of the Indian consortium, and the money to build the arena is also more than that of the Indian consortium.

As for the loss of the Kings at the end of a season, the representatives of the Lakers, Knicks and other teams are very happy, because according to the previous new labor agreement, the teams that make money must subsidize the teams that do not make money. make money.

Combining several strategies, Su Yang is extremely powerful. It can be said that he revealed the ultimate weapon right after his debut, and it seems that no one can beat him.

Considering Su Yang's achievements in leading the team in the past few seasons, at least in terms of basketball affairs, there is no need to have any doubts about Su Yang. In terms of team management, considering the rapid growth of MT users and the rapid increase in valuation, there is no need to doubt Su Yang. Reason to doubt.

NBA players also support Su Yang.

The only question is whether there are potential adverse effects if it is not for someone with a strong Chinese background to be the boss.

A dozen or so members of the board of directors discussed it for a few minutes and came to the conclusion: if you have money, you don't make a bastard, the Nets have a Russian owner, the Lakers have a Chinese shareholder, and the Cavaliers also have a Chinese shareholder. In order to better develop the Chinese market, we can let Su Yang superior.

Not only must Su Yang be promoted, but also the green light must be given to Su Yang, and the transaction will be officially approved after the Lakers playoffs are over.

Unless the Seattle consortium or the Saskatchewan consortium re-offers an offer that far exceeds that of the Suyang consortium, then it will have to be reconsidered.

On the other hand, the king's boss, the Maruf Brothers, initially decided to sell to Su Yang. They also thought about whether to give it to Chris Hansen of the Seattle consortium, and Vic of the Saskatchewan consortium. earn some.

At noon, Su Yang took advantage of the quietness of the discussion and posted on Weibo and Twitter at the same time: "Before the bidding results are announced, I will perform my duties as the head coach of the Lakers as usual. If the bidding is successful, I will voluntarily resign from the Lakers. If the bidding fails, I will discuss with the Bass family, but no matter what, I will help the Lakers defend their title this season."

After tweeting, Su Yang called Jim Buss, and the two happily exchanged their real thoughts without any conflict.

Jim Buss is very happy about Su Yang's potential resignation and leaving the team, because it will help him further control the Lakers.

A few minutes after hanging up the phone, Jenny Buss, one of the owners of the Lakers, tweeted: "The Buss family is very supportive of Coach Su Yang's bid. We fully believe in his professional ethics. No matter what the final result is, we will always be good friend."

Kobe immediately reposted and liked Jenny Buss' Twitter. Although he didn't say anything, he expressed his support for Su Yang's decision.

Seeing Kobe’s tweet, Su Yang formally notified the players, assistant coaches, trainers and scouting department in the team chat. Everyone expressed encouragement to him. No one had any negative reactions. Green also quietly chatted privately that he would go to him.

After reading Green's news, Su Yang simply replied with a smiley face, mainly because he was not sure what the future situation would be like.

The timeline has changed greatly. Both the Seattle consortium and the Saskatchewan consortium are likely to increase their bids. Whether they can successfully bid is unknown. For example, the Saskatchewan consortium led by Viklanadive is very likely to propose to reduce the king's future share.

If the king lowers the profit share, the bosses of other teams will pay more. Compared with Su Yang's strategy of making the league make more money, Su Yang's strategy of making more money in the Chinese market may not be realized, but the king's strategy of making less money will definitely be realized. .

In the blink of an eye, the mayor of Saskatchewan Kevin Johnson issued a statement: Warmly welcome Su Yang to join the Kings bid.

On the evening of the 22nd of the next day, the Lakers continued their away game against the Clippers. When Su Yang played, he received rounds of applause from the Lakers fans.

The morale of the Lakers has not been affected in any way, and the Clippers coach Nigro continues to arrange for Billups to start the game.

As soon as the game started, the Clippers adopted a high-intensity defensive strategy, at the cost of fouls to reduce the scoring efficiency of the Lakers, but Curry held the ball to attract double-teams, assisted Kobe on 5 of 4 shots, and the two teamed up to lock the backcourt to help the Lakers 23 to 20 lead.

In the second quarter of the game, relying on Su Yang's ingenious rotation strategy, the Lakers' substitutes tied with the Clippers' substitutes. When Kobe returned, the Lakers regained control of the situation. At the end of the half, they led the Clippers 47 to 39, and the steals were also better than the Clippers. Many, all-round suppression.

Back from midfield, the Clippers did not launch a counterattack. Paul was troubled by fouls, making 5 of 1 shots, 2 points and 4 assists.

After the whole game, the Lakers defeated the Clippers 96 to 82, leading the series 2 to 0, and the probability of promotion soared.

On the same night, the Heat beat the Bucks 110-87 and also led 2-0, which seemed to be a secret rivalry with the Lakers.

(End of this chapter)