start with scouting

Chapter 425 You Are Fired

Su Yang did not participate in the Lakers carnival celebration party, as a qualified predecessor, he quietly left as if dead.

He did not personally handle the resignation. He notified his assistant Taylor directly, announced that he would jump out of the contract in the name of the agency, and publicly resigned from all relevant positions with the Lakers. Then he published a thank you letter written two weeks in advance, completely breaking up with Los Angeles.

"Thank you Los Angeles! You have welcomed me and my company with open arms from the first day I arrived here, and I would also like to thank the Bass family, front office, training staff, entire coaching staff, and all the players And all the fans, I sincerely thank you for giving me this precious opportunity, thank you for your support from beginning to end, I will always remember this experience!"

The letter of thanks was sent out on the night the Lakers won the championship. It was not that sad. A large number of fans wished him another success in the Kings.

At noon of the next day, the NBA officially announced the completion of the transaction review of Su Yang's acquisition of the Kings, releasing all relevant authority.

Su Yang flew to Sacramento at the same time, entered the Kings training base, and began to perform his duties as the chairman and CEO of the Kings in the office of the former boss, the Maruf Brothers. The first task was to talk with Jeff Petri, the president of the Kings.

"Time flies so fast. At first I was worried that your qualifications would be too low to convince the public. I didn't expect that a few years later, you would become the king's boss..." Jeff Petri had a complicated expression, and he took the initiative to ask whether Su Yang could be the boss in the interview in 08. The history of the Kings coach.

"30 years in Hedong, five years in Hexi, don't bully young people..."

Su Yang joked casually, regardless of whether Petri could understand, and instead invited Petri to serve as the team's special advisor, similar to Jerry West's role in the Warriors, mainly wanting to use Petri's role in the Kings Having established a personal relationship with Sacramento for nearly 20 years, to better complete the transition of the king's reconstruction, and by the way, to buy a horse bone with a lot of money, everyone in Sacramento has a bottom line.

An NBA team, in addition to the basketball affairs part, the other main part is business, and business operations require the cooperation of sales department, marketing department, publicity department, customer service department, etc., as well as administrative finance and human resources departments.

Just taking over the team, it is impossible to replace all the staff in all departments. To avoid the difficulty of team work, especially because many staff still have contracts, early termination of the contract requires a lot of money, and even encounters legal troubles.

It is the best choice to keep it as it is for the time being, and Jeff Petry, as a representative of the old employees, can play a role model.

Normally, Su Yang would let Petri leave directly.

But as an owner, you need to consider the overall situation of the team. The choices are very different. Some irrelevant personal likes and dislikes can be put aside for the time being. It doesn’t matter if you were not selected by Petri as the king’s coach. After all, it is a normal and reasonable idea. .

What's more, Jeff Petri's vision is not bad. He wanted to choose Kobe in 96, but Kobe's agent threatened that he would not sign even if he was selected by the Kings, which led to the Hornets choosing Kobe with the 13th pick, and Petri was 14. Pick Peja first.

Peja later became the King's top five tigers, indirectly helping Petri to win the NBA's general manager of the year in 99 and 01.

It's a pity that after the peak of the Western Conference finals in 02, the Kings gradually fell into a slump. The former boss Maloof brothers wanted to move out of Sacramento. In addition, it was located in a small city and it was difficult to recruit superstars.

In short, Petri is a qualified trader in basketball affairs. Now that the contract expires, inviting him to be a consultant is a win-win situation.

"I accept your invitation."

Petri readily agreed, "I also want to see what height you can bring the king to. I'm very curious."

"Then your eyes will be wide open!"

Su Yang confidently promised, and turned to ask about the operation of some major departments of the team. He mainly wanted to know if there were any more staff members who had to be replaced. After all, the king's chaotic management was a long-term problem, and even led to many horrific scandals.

For example, in 09, the deputy director of the King’s scouting department for eight years, Chinese Mai Lijia, was found out by the NBA for participating in small-amount gambling, which caused a great negative impact on the King. The income from commercial endorsements fell severely for a time, and was also found by many scouts. isolated.

Su Yang has decided to replace the entire scouting department of the Kings, and change it to his former colleague Blanche in the Thunder to re-organize it. Because of the preparations in advance, Blanche has already formed a team, and only needs to officially sign a contract to start scouting. Work.

"Head of Revenue Jeffrey David is a likable guy, a lot of colleagues trust him, and you should too..."

Hearing what Petri said, Su Yang almost laughed out loud.

In addition to the scouting department, another decision he had to replace was Jeffrey David, the head of the revenue department. The birdman had forged the signature of the Kings president many times in his previous life, and then embezzled as much as 1340 million U.S. dollars in cash from two important sponsors of the Kings.

It can be seen how chaotic the management of the king led by the Indian boss Ranadive in the previous life was, he actually forged his signature!
Su Yang naturally wants to avoid the same thing from happening again. The key point is that the guy named Jeffrey David is the league president David Stern. He was specially appointed as the king's revenue director in 2012. what kind of consideration.

From the perspective of the reborn, Stern appointed Jeffrey David as the king's revenue director, probably because Jeffrey David once served as the king's vice president of corporate relations and private marketing consultant, and later went to work in the NBA. Experience and contacts, and a smooth personality, can actually make an old fox like Stern like and trust him, and his personal image is indeed friendly and honest.

Su Yang thinks about it carefully. Although the former bosses of the Kings, the Maruf Brothers, are insane, they are really miserable. There are ghosts in the scouting department and the revenue department. 99 The glory of those years.

I have never made any money!
If the record itself is not good, shouldn't it be a year-round loss?
The most frustrating thing is that Jeffrey David's first embezzlement income came from the famous Chinese sneaker brand Peak.

The way of corruption is to let the Peak staff divide the advertising expenses into three payments, and remit the money to a shell company called "Sacramento Sports Partners", which did not enter the account of the Kings, but also advertised for Peak, which can be described as cheating. Down.

The reason why it can be done is to take advantage of the omissions in the king's management system and the unlimited trust of many people in the king.

It can be called Sacramento Yu Zecheng!

Although it was only 30000 US dollars, the nature was too damn bad, and Su Yang didn't want to keep Jeffrey David for a quarter of an hour.

In addition, the team's revenue, which is important to make money and has a relatively small workload, is better left to one's own people. Jiang Ruolan has decided to take over temporarily and wait until suitable candidates are trained before delegating power. For example, Chinese people with good relationships friends and such.

"If you want to know more, I suggest you talk to the head of human resources." Jeff Petry suggested, "The main thing is to improve the team's record and maintain a good salary space. If you do those two things, the team will be very profitable. Take it easy, otherwise it won't work."

Su Yang nodded slightly. The biggest operating cost of an NBA team is player salaries, accounting for about 50%-60%, while the other 40%-50% is mostly operating expenses (staff basic salaries and benefits), away travel Consumption (hotel catering, airplanes), coaching team salaries (including trainers and video related), so many teams try their best to avoid luxury tax.

The improvement of the team's record can drive the two main incomes of ticket sales and advertising sponsorship. The other part of the main income is the league share, which is difficult to improve through the team's own efforts, so many teams try their best to improve the record and even win the championship.

"Are you interested in attending the fan meeting tomorrow?"

Su Yang is preparing to give a speech at the Sleep Train Arena, the home of the Kings, and has invited Saskatchewan Mayor Kevin Johnson, Kings legends Divac and Webber, Kings current player Cousins, Kings new general manager Sam Hinkie and others to attend .

Temporarily invited Petri to attend as a special adviser to fully demonstrate his care for the King's employees, after all, he has to be fired.

"Of course!" Petri happily agreed.

Su Yang got up and shook hands, the two turned to the office, and walked quickly to the office of the revenue department. When they opened the door, they saw Jeffrey David laughing and playing with several female employees, while the young men next to him were cramped. Sitting down, a little flustered.

Those little brothers were obviously worried about whether the new boss could keep their jobs after taking office, but Jeffrey David was full of confidence.

Seeing Su Yang enter the door, the brothers hurriedly stood up, Jeffrey also got up, and opened his arms with a smile on his face.

That appearance, seems to be ready to hug and welcome.

Su Yang smiled slightly, raised his right hand and pointed at Jeffrey David, imitating Trump's tone and posture when hosting the show, and said loudly: "You are fired! You are fired! Go to the financial department to settle your salary!"

Jeffrey was confused on the spot.

(End of this chapter)