Legendary Basketball Tycoon

"Yin-Yang Contract", in fact, Bruce also thought about this set, mainly for his team Mourning, everyone may not know that the position of the NBA players in the mid-90s or even the latter part of the salary is the highest, then It is undoubtedly the center and power forward positions in the inside line. Let me tell you that, that is, the regular substitute players of each team start with a salary of more than 2 million per year, not to mention the starting. If the team has O'Neal and Mo If a strong center like Ning is in, then they will occupy a higher salary.

New York Hans can't afford such a high price. Just kidding, how much would it cost Bruce to start with five All-Stars? All these five people would probably directly exceed the luxury tax. This is also the reason why Bruce urgently needs to trade players like Garnett and Nash. He is really reluctant to get the money. The salary of the three All-Stars is almost the same. If there are five, then forget it.

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The time came to 1999.

During this year, the Denver Nuggets moved their home court from McNick Sports Arena to the Pepsi Center.

The Denver Nuggets are the industry of Asion Entertainment. The reason why they moved from the old McNick Sports Arena arena to the new Pepsi Center is because the Nuggets are prepared by Asion Entertainment. Sold, although the Nuggets' record in recent years is not very good, but a new arena can still attract investors to buy the team.

Among them, Stan Kroenke, the head of the KSE company, is one of them. If nothing else, the news of Stan Kroenke's entry into the Nuggets may be heard.

Of course, it’s just a trivial matter for the team to change owners, but what was the biggest thing in 1999? !

It must also be the "Zen Master" Phil Jackson, who led the Chicago Bulls to two three consecutive championships, became the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

"Zen Master" Phil Jackson finally came out again after a short break for a year, but his outing was not so good, at least in the eyes of outsiders, the Lakers princess Jenny Buss had "fudged" him. . Relying on her own charm, Jenny Buss brought the hottest head coach of the league to Los Angeles, which undoubtedly added weight to her future victory in taking charge of the Lakers.

I have to say that this move is very beautiful and indeed very successful.

Even Bruce sneered at the news, thinking that the supersonic speed must be more difficult in the West. There is no way. Now that the Lakers have O'Neill and McGrady, I really don’t know if there will be a re-establishment of the dynasty of the Lakers in the previous life. McGrady's temperament is still much calmer than Kobe, at least he won't compete with O'Neal for the boss, and McGrady's strength is not much worse, if you put aside the trouble of injury, McGrady's achievements are by no means like in his previous life.

And this year, the Lakers and Clippers moved to Staples Arena together. The previous Staples Center is one of the most popular sports centers in the United States. It is the joint of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, NHL Los Angeles Kings, AFL Los Angeles Avengers and NBDL Los Angeles Defenders. The home field, with a maximum capacity of 20,000 people, is also the only arena shared by two teams in the NBA.

It can be said that this is a new beginning for the Lakers and the Clippers. Everyone knows how the Clippers are. The Lakers are definitely different. The new stadium and the new head coach will definitely bring some new atmosphere.

In any case, with the coaching of famous coaches and the addition of star players, the rise of the Lakers must be a certainty, and what about the supersonics in the same district, this is really troublesome for Bruce.

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In the 1999 NBA Draft, the No. 1 pick was definitely the Bulls' pick, and the Hornets and Clippers won two and three places. No way, Jordan has left the league for a year, and the Bulls have traded away everything that can be traded. So far the Bulls have also begun their long journey of sinking. Winning the No. 1 lottery is undoubtedly the best praise for the Bulls. This is obviously St. En deliberately did it, because later he must prepare for Yao Ming to participate in the draft, and there is not much chance to assign the No. 1 pick to the Bulls, so 99 is undoubtedly the best time point.

If the Bulls want to revive, they would definitely not count on Yao Ming. Stern knows this. Otherwise, he can get the Bulls to win the No. 1 pick in the year when Yao Ming participated in the draft. The most important thing is that the Hans of New York are in the draft. In 1999, there was only the 12th pick. It was the Toronto Raptors that had to be traded to the Hans in order to get Nash. The Hans' own first-round pick had already been traded to Seattle.

The No. 1 pick in 1999 has not changed. "Captain" Elton Brand became the No. 1 pick, the second place Steve Francis was picked by the Hornets, and Lamar Odom settled in the Clippers.

As for the New York Hans, with the Raptors' first-round pick at No. 12, they easily picked up small forward Ron Artest. Ron Artest is a native of New York. , Joining the hometown team is undoubtedly the best choice.

I haven't seen how ecstatic Ron Artest learned that he was selected by the New York Hans from the draft.

Even in the summer after being selected by the Bulls, Artest hit his forehead and took a part-time job in a local comprehensive mall in New York. Artest said that the first reason he did this was fun, but he could buy a lot of cheap clothes and shoes at the internal price of the employees. The management of the Hans of New York found out that he was dumbfounded, and general manager Mitch Kupchak urgently stopped it. His behavior. Of course, there is another version of this story. Artest spent all his rookie wages by inviting friends to dinner, so he went to work.

But in any case, as long as it is not for the evil things like Len Byas’s drug dealing with friends after participating in the draft in 86, it is still forgivable. Part-time work is not a big deal, but it is detrimental to Artest. And the image of the New York Hans.

And Bruce was dumbfounded after learning about it, and at the same time he thought Artest was cute. Of course, Bruce also scolded general manager Mitch Kupchak on the phone and asked him to restrain the rookies. , This time it’s part-time job. What if a rookie goes to a nightclub with friends after the draft or goes to a “racing car”? !

After all, tragedies like Len Baias should not be staged. Don't think that you are not a Han Chinese without signing a rookie contract. Bruce asked Mitch Kupchak to call the agents of the rookies selected by the team in the future, and let the agents control them, so as not to cause trouble to the team.