NBA: Start with 20 billion, buy the Knicks

Indeed, if his boss suddenly changed from a grumpy and mean middle-aged man to a 19 or 20-year-old student, he would also feel relaxed.

But unfortunately, he is indeed young, but he has many means!

When he was 20 years old, he might have rushed in and scolded them at this time.

But what if you scold me?

Huairou or iron fist, this is something that all leaders need to weigh.

Jiang Chao's ultimate goal is to prevent the Knicks from continuing to lose. New York natives like Goddess Scarlett put their hopes on him deep down.

How to rectify the things left by his predecessor, he has already made full preparations in his spare time these days.

So he knocked on the door.

The new official took office three fires.

Start now! !

Chapter 11: Mr. Downey, you can take a back seat

"Who is it?" A young-looking man opened the door, looked up at the tall Jiang Chao and asked.

"No trial training during the rough period."

Maybe it was because Jiang Chao was a little tall in sunglasses, he subconsciously said.

"I'm JIANG."

Jiang Chao glanced at the room, and the person sitting on the general manager's seat was the gray-haired old Donny Walsh lying on the recliner, while the two stools in front of the table were not young, and they were also the Knicks. management personnel.

All three were smoking cigars, making it look like a meeting of the godfathers.

But Jiang Chao didn't care about the young man in front of him. He was Donny Walsh Jr. because of his father, he was working as a scout in New York.

Stepped in directly.

"Hello..."

All three of them looked over.

Quite a demeanor of riding alone.

"JIANG?"

"new-boss (new boss?)"

"Oh, welcome!! (Welcome!)"

After a few more glances, everyone recognized the new boss, and stood up to hug Jiang Chao naturally.

"Mr. Downey, I've heard you famous for a long time, and this is the first time we meet."

Jiang Chao took off his sunglasses, and shook hands with the 70-year-old man with enthusiasm on the surface.

His young and vigorous appearance made the eyes of the three old people shine. To be honest, if Jiang Chao was their employee, this appearance could be a person who can be trained to do things.

"Hello, hello." The other two should be the deputy general manager and the finance department, shaking hands with Jiang Chao with a smile.

"Didn't we meet before, but you fainted as soon as you saw you."

Old Downey was not so enthusiastic. He glanced at Jiang Chao and said with deep eyes without telling him to sit down.

"Oh, I was so happy that day, my head was full of blood."

"Haha."

Everyone laughed, everyone had heard about it a little bit, and then for some reason this kid miraculously recovered, and then went on to buy the team.

"Young is good."

"Yes, the future belongs to us. Boss, come and drink tea." Downey Jr. looked at Jiang Chao's extraordinary appearance, and saw that his terrifying father was not stage-frightened at all, so he hurried to pour a cup of tea.

Old Downey glared at his son.

Jiang Chao waved his hand, signaling him to put it down:

"Everyone is still in the arena during the rough period, working hard enough." Then he sat on the sofa by himself.

"Isn't this all for the Knicks!"

Everyone's expressions were a little arrogant, obviously they didn't pay attention to the kid in front of him who was still in college.

In their view, for bosses of this age, it’s enough to fool around a bit. Many bosses buy NBA as a sideline business. Of course, there are also former Dolan and the Bass family of the Lakers who want to make money from the NBA.

Old Downey is the real leader in running the team, as long as the boss is responsible for paying the money.

But looking at it just now, it is obvious that Jiang Chao also knows the word long grass period, which is equivalent to going home to fish, which means entering the off-season in advance.

At this time, Old Downey also sat down. He had already realized that the visitor was not kind, and he had been an old fox for so many years.

"So, new boss, there's no football game today, why are you here? We're going to hold a welcome meeting for you tomorrow."

After all, he squinted his eyes and looked at the other two.

"I'm here to see you. I have a few questions for the general manager."

Jiang Chao also looked at the others, his voice turned cold all of a sudden, Downey Jr. was taken aback by the aura. Although his name was Downey Jr., it was not Downey Jr. from Iron Man, but Robert Jr.

But Robert Downey Jr. is also a New Yorker, so he's just rehabilitated.

The faces of the two management executives are a bit dark, this is not to take them seriously.

But right now, this is the owner of the Knicks who spent 18.8 billion. If they really want to fire them, it is a matter of one sentence. The management talents who want to work in this job can be arranged in Times Square.

After Old Downey nodded, there were only two people sitting in the general manager's office.

"Boss, just ask, I will do my best." Old Downey adjusted his black-rimmed glasses, a little impatiently.

"Maybe Mr. Downey needs to waste some more talking. Can you tell us about your plans for the Knicks this season, next season, or even three years from now?"

Jiang Chao knocked on the table and came directly to the most ruthless one.

The scariest superior inspects subordinates and checks work links!

Do you dare to say the wrong sentence?

You know, because Dolan suffered from the losses of Larry Bass and Isaiah Thomas before, the new general manager who took office in early 08 is a one-year contract, and now it just needs to be renewed.

This helped Jiang Chao, otherwise he would not have such a strong confidence. You must know that if there is a five-year contract or something, if you want to fire a management team, you will have to pay more than twice the single-year liquidated damages.

Now the right to renew the contract and the money for salary are in the hands of Jiang Chao, he is the father.

Capital Dad is invincible.

Jiang Chao knows this better than anyone else.

Sure enough, Old Downey made a small movement of wiping his forehead with a tissue, and then talked calmly and gently:

"Boss, I don't know if you understand the situation of the Knicks in recent years, my plan is like this..."

.........

Jiang Chao knew something about this old man in his previous life, but now he has a deeper understanding.

Donnie Walsh.

Born in Manhattan in 1941, he double majored in law and basketball, but never played in the NBA.

Later, he worked as an assistant coach in the NBA for many years, and finally became the general manager of the Pacers.

At this time, the highlight moment of his managerial career came. In the 87 draft, he rejected all opinions and selected Reggie Miller instead of Indiana University's local hero Steve Alford.This decision is very far-sighted now.

Miller is already a famous figure in NBA history and Alford is just a very mediocre player.

Later, he became famous in the first battle and secured his position. He served for 17 seasons and reached the playoffs in 16 seasons. He took office in the Pacers until the end of the 07 season. The Pacers did not enter the playoffs this season.

With Miller's jersey retirement ceremony and Dolan's constant poaching, the 70-year-old general manager also jumped directly to the Knicks.

I did a few things last year, which made Jiang Chao very painful.

He traded Jamal Crawford for Al Harrington.

Then they sent away Marty Collins and Zach Randolph in exchange for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas.

From the point of view of someone like Jiang Chao who has opened the eyes of God, this old guy has traded the only person who is more powerful.

Randolph later went to the Grizzlies and became one of the black and white bears. The Black Eight Spurs beat Duncan's existence!

And Crawford is the best sixth man, the king of ticket sellers (streetball king, playing is very entertaining.), a man who can score 38 points in a single game at the age of 50.

So his operation is quite satisfactory, because everyone knows that the 10-year off-season is a bunch of big fish, he traded away a few big contracts, and the exchange for Mobley, Thomas, and Harrington will all arrive at the end of next season. period players.

In other words, this will save the Knicks $2700 million in total salary, allowing the team to have enough salary space to sign free agents whose contracts expire.

Scarlett knew about this, and it was also what Dolan had been promoting. Everyone liked the general manager who saved the boss money.

And now the old fox is also saying this thing that Knicks fans know.

Jiang Chao was not interested.

He just knows.

Among so many big fish, he chose the three most unsuitable ones...

He still remembers this clearly. In the 2010 offseason, the Knicks signed free agent Amare Stoudemire with a total contract of 5 years and 1 million US dollars.

Then Walsh brought All-Star players Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to the Knicks through a multi-player trade with the Nuggets.

Everyone knows what happened next...

These people have confirmed the names of New York's superstar graves. The Knicks have not made any progress in their record. One of the few playoffs was brought by Lin Crazy's seven-game winning streak...

After Walsh's operation, there was nothing eye-catching. Later, Zen Master was hired as the general manager, and then he quarreled with Dolan. thing.

20 minutes passed.....

Jiang Chao didn't bother to argue with the old man from the perspective of a "comer", but he was sure that the old man was not suitable to be his general manager at this age, either in terms of vision or planning.

Didn't say a single thing he wanted to do at all.

Should Curry and George Hill be selected in the draft?How to ensure it?Only by warning the Warriors management? ?Don't people know that you are going to choose Curry?

The potential rookies in the second round of the next year have been mentioned a lot of people, but the most useful Stephenson and Da Baibian are hard to be mentioned.

......

So there is no need to waste time, out of politeness, after listening to him, he said directly:

"Well, old Mr. Downey, you will be 70 this year. From today onwards, you will be relegated to the second line, and the position of deputy general manager is still yours."

"Ah, what did you say??"

Old Downey thought he heard it wrong, but later he became angry when he heard the deputy general manager. He has lived such a long time, and no one has ever ignored him so much.

The main reason is that he Nima said a lot just now, Jiang Chao didn't discuss anything with him, and just fired him in disguise after hearing it? ?

How about playing with me? ?

He talked a lot about it, but the new boss doesn't like it?Or, don't understand at all?

He threw the cigar away angrily. Does the new boss know anything about balls?

You don't have me, who do you choose to be? ?

Now the general managers of each team have nothing to dig!

"I'm stepping down, who are you going to find to be qualified for this position? Do you know the price of using the wrong person?" Old Downey tried his best to calm himself down, and said slightly threateningly, panting heavily through his nose.

What he means is that he already has a certain degree of trust in the hearts of Knicks fans. Does your substitution have this effect?

"You don't need to worry about this, I can do it myself."

Jiang Chao smiled confidently, making old Downey almost vomit blood!

Make sure your eyes look like someone who doesn't know how to play football!

God damn me Big Knicks! !

Chapter 12: The general manager's retreat, help me call Cole!

Jiang Chao has already given this senior a lot of face.

In fact, he can completely replace the management with his own people. What he needs is an "obedient" manager, rather than wanting to come here by himself.