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? What Andy Smith threw out in a telephone interview completely detonated the entire league. Almost every team owner and manager with a superstar stood up and accused the stars of teaming up to lose the fun of NBA competition.

And Vince Carter, who has been in the trading rumors, said in an interview with ESPN: "For me, what I get in a group is not a championship or an honor, but an insult to me."

Although Carter's words were resounding, they undoubtedly offended many people, maybe he didn't care about them at all.

However, since the Celtics' Big Three joined together, the Celtics have changed from a "big team" to the league's top team in just one season. The speed of winning the championship may not even be expected by the team.

As the Celtics successfully won the championship relying on the "Big Three", it has also become the best example of stars teaming up to win the championship. At least let the league's teams know that this is the way to win the championship. The trend of NBA star teaming is out of control. , and those who want to hold a group are all top players.

It is too difficult for a single-core team to win the championship, and it is almost difficult to get out of the division finals. When a team successfully wins the championship through a team of stars and complies with the league rules, then there is no reason for the stars not to choose this method. Players, to be precise, stars are even higher than benefits.

The fact that the richest man in the world began to wave checks to seduce top stars made many teams feel uncomfortable and worried to death.

Someone once said that as the team's general manager, the most important issue is to find a superstar for the team, "so that your life is guaranteed."

But for those teams that already have superstars, how to retain them has become a new problem!

Every time people say "Brooklyn" to LeBron James, the Cavaliers owner loses a few extra hairs, and Pat Riley readily admits that he often has nightmares, dreaming of Wade Said he was leaving Miami.

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Houston, in the conference room of the Rockets, a group of managers looked at their boss on the monitor and laughed happily. They all blinked and looked at each other. They really didn't know what to say about their boss's rich and willful behavior up.

As far as the current salary cap of the league is concerned, the current lineup of the Rockets is much higher than that. The luxury tax is already quite touching. Manager Morey will cry to death first.

Because, this kind of buying superstar regardless of cost,

It will definitely drag down the healthy financial situation of the Rockets, let alone making a profit, it is very difficult to achieve a balance of payments.

"Hehe... Both James and the rookie Durant said they would stay with the team and win the championship? Hehe, believe me, but in the end, the pressure of reality will make them have to choose a better way.

Look at the Celtics, how obvious the grouping effect is. Didn't Kobe of the Lakers also let the team trade for Gasol?

This is free agency, you can do what you want. I appreciate the grouping decisions, and I appreciate the decisions of the players who chose to stay because they did what they wanted to do. That's the power of free agency, isn't it? "

Andy didn't care at all about his behavior of disturbing the situation. What he wanted was for the team to win the championship and establish a dynasty with three consecutive championships. What he wanted was popularity and influence, so that the value of the Rockets would skyrocket.

It's all star games, and its viewing quality is naturally unparalleled, and it is also the biggest guarantee for the arena's attendance rate.

As for the life and death of other teams, it's none of his business!

"How is the negotiation with Team Yao going?"

"Very well. However, this is a very long negotiation process. After all, he will be 30 years old after the contract expires in 2010, and his injury is unknown, but he will definitely not get a second five-year contract worth 76 million. big contract.

Our idea is that once he suffers another major injury during the process, we will give a veteran a basic salary contract with an annual salary of less than 1.5 million, and it is a 1+1 contract with a team option for the second year. . . "

Professional managers are not stupid. Morey of the Rockets has never been a warm general manager. Top students at MIT can only speak with data.

Hearing his general manager's decision, Andy was silent for a moment, but instead of vetoing Morey's decision, he hummed lightly and stopped entangled in this issue.

To be honest, although Morey's decision left Andy speechless, it all depends on Dayao's health, and no boss is willing to support a person who is put on the shelf.

If there are any unexpected injuries, then the veteran's basic salary contract is used to keep it because Dayao himself has a good foundation. Everyone is willing to spend a small amount of money to obtain a result that may improve, but if it is confirmed that he cannot return to the court, who will You won't be polite either.

Many friends may say that Dayao is backing the big market of China. Wasn't Andy buying the Rockets for Dayao and the market behind it? To do business with the Celestial Dynasty, I would rather spend a small amount of money to support Dayao!

wake up!

Dayao does have huge commercial value, but the premise of commercial value is sports value, you can’t even compete, how to promote the charm of sports, the health of sports, and the spirit of struggle?

Who will look at Dayao sitting on the bench as a mascot, or Dayao who can no longer dominate inside?

If he gets seriously injured again, Yao, who is the pride of China, may not renew his contract with the Rockets at all times, and continue to stay in the NBA arena. After so many years of hard work, he is enough to retire!

Therefore, Andy, the team owner who is also a smart person, will not make irrational behaviors that are obviously not beneficial. It is still the same sentence, professional things should be handled by professional people.

"Boss, in order to save the football market, we decided whether to lower the price of season tickets for next season? At present, the Toyota Center has 18,300 seats, of which 3,422 seats are priced at or below $25. We want to use this in the next season. The number of seats for class fares has increased to 5,069."

Morey looked at the boss on the screen, looking for his decision with a helpless expression.

At the beginning of this season, the Rockets determined their main color for this season - red, and put forward a slogan "Red up". However, as the financial crisis further extended and developed into an economic crisis, the main color of the NBA has now Quietly turning black, which of course includes the status quo of the Rockets. Even though the Rockets have a very good record this year, the attendance rate is still unable to reach a full stadium.

"What is our current attendance?"

Andy frowned a little when he heard that the price of the tickets was going to be lowered. The price had just been raised at the beginning of this season, but now he is being told to lower the price. Isn't that a joke!

"Our attendance rate this season is about 89%. Although it is much higher than most NBA teams, there are still a large number of empty seats in a few games, which is very eye-catching on TV."

"We have so many stars, and the game is very good, how can we lower the price...

No drop, keep the ticket price unchanged! "

Andy directly vetoed the price reduction proposal, "We can think of other promotions to increase the sales of season ticket packages. By the way, how is the progress of our cheerleading peak PK competition?"

Hearing that the boss vetoed the price reduction proposal, Morey didn't bother anymore. He proposed to reduce the price of the season ticket package in order to make the arena full during the game. Even if the price is not bargained, the Rockets' attendance rate is also among the top three in the league. .

When the boss mentioned the peak PK game of the cheerleading team, Morey was a little dumbfounded and said: "Currently, they are still behind the Heat's cheerleading team. After all, they have won the championship for three consecutive times, and each team can only compete in the "US SE" for the sake of attendance. "It's time to work harder.

There are fewer and fewer cheerleaders in NBA teams, but there are more and more performances. When the game is not attractive, it is hoped that the performance of the cheerleaders will become one of the few highlights. . . "

"puff--"

Hearing the hint in Morey's words, Andy almost vomited blood.

But think about it. As the entertainment industry, the NBA, for ordinary American families, is idle and bored to watch a game when they have a lot of money. Now, why run the court when they have nothing to do? Isn’t it clearer to watch the TV? ! Perhaps only the cheerleading performances that can be seen on the spot can attract some fans to buy tickets to watch the game. . .

"Give them more chances to publicize, let them perform on the Internet, on TV, and on the streets to canvass votes. If I spend so much money to develop the cheerleading team, if they can't even win a championship, then change another group!"