I’m Really Playing Basketball

In order to join the Bobcats, in order to win his fourth championship, and surpass Kobe Bryant in the number of championships when he retired, O'Neal was indeed burdened with too much pressure when he chose to join the Bobcats.

Because, before O'Neal joined the Bobcats, the whole world knew that O'Neal was the number one "anti-Xiao fighter" in the league. Those players and teams who had been "persecuted" by Chen Xiao all regarded O'Neal as the "anti-Xiao flag."

Take Malone for example. After the Nets F7 was hacked by Chen Xiao, Malone told O'Neal before retiring that he would cheer for O'Neal and hoped that O'Neal could one day defeat Chen Xiao to avenge them.

At that time, the sympathy between O'Neal and Malone was even passed down as a good story.

But what about now?

He joined directly, which made Ma Long feel so embarrassed.

What makes these people even more embarrassed is that when they scolded O'Neal for not keeping a low profile, he actually fought back, saying that the Suns teammates were cats and dogs.

Although other teammates are not mentioned, since you can think that the Suns teammates are cats and dogs, do you also think that other teammates are also cats and dogs?

For a time, O'Neal directly used this wave of operations to make him the most popular person in the NBA.

Regarding this, Chen Xiao was also thinking in his heart, would he be happy to be the focus of the entire league again?

After all, O'Neal is not a player who speculates based on common sense.

Of course, although O'Neal is now being attacked by the entire NBA, with the addition of O'Neal and Kidd, the current situation of the Bobcats is also very eye-catching.

There are some who are optimistic about it, and of course there are also those who are not optimistic about it.

The good thing is that the Bobcats got Kidd and O'Neal, two players with great reputations in the NBA.

On the other hand, the Bobcats also got Kidd and O'Neal.

"Although we all know that the Bobcats acquired Kidd and O'Neal to deal with the threat of the Heat, this is likely to be a decision that is not worth the gain. Kidd and O'Neal are too old, and in order to get these two people and sign this year's With three rookies, the Bobcats let go of five very good rotation players in the team.

Perhaps, after the Bobcats acquire O'Neal and Kidd next season, their strength will decline instead of rising. "

The truth is this: a thing can never be viewed from only one side.

However, for Bobcats fans, they still want to see Jordan's operation.

"The team is now no longer passively facing the Heat's pressure, but is now taking the initiative!"

Acquiring O'Neal is certainly a proactive move by the Bobcats.

As for whether the Bobcats can achieve their goal and defeat the Heat in the end, we will only know after the season is over.

As the second-largest player signed by the Bobcats in team history, when the Bobcats and O'Neal signed the contract, Chen Xiao also appeared at the scene to express his welcome to O'Neal.

O'Neal's current situation in the entire league is already very bad. If Chen Xiao adds insult to injury and expresses that he is not welcome, then the entire United States will think that O'Neal is a joke.

Of course Chen Xiao would not do such a thing, because the Bobcats really need O'Neal now.

Although the two were rivals in the past, they were still the kind of mortal enemies who didn't like each other.

But even so, both of them have the same goal now, which is to win the championship.

Therefore, no matter how much they dislike each other, at the signing ceremony between the Bobcats and O'Neal, Chen Xiao and O'Neal hugged each other and talked and laughed like friends they had not seen for many years.

After returning to the backstage after signing the contract, the smiles on Chen Xiao and O'Neal's faces quickly disappeared.

Next to them, Cole, Curry and others smiled and shook their heads when they saw Chen Xiao and O'Neal like this.

"It looks like the Bobcats locker room may not be calm next season."

The two of them were still a little worried.

But as the team's head coach, Boss Qiao doesn't seem to care at all about the seemingly incoherent situation of Chen Xiao and O'Neal.

He really didn't care that much.

Because the relationship between him and his teammates was not so harmonious when he was in the Bulls, but did this affect them from winning the championship together?

The NBA has never been such a fairy tale. A cooperative relationship like that between Chen Xiao and O'Neal is normal. The Bobcats, Cavaliers and Nets that Chen Xiao brought before are abnormal.

As long as everyone has the same goal, that is to cooperate amidst confrontation and move forward together amidst friction.

Although Chen Xiao and O'Neal had communicated on the phone before, their meeting this time was definitely not as harmonious and friendly as they imagined.

For O'Neal, if it were not for the championship, he would not have come to the Bobcats to partner with Chen Xiao and bear the infamy of the entire NBA.

For Chen Xiao, if it weren't for winning the championship and defeating the Heat, he would not accept O'Neal as his teammate in the Bobcats.

Therefore, the two people have a very clear understanding of their relationship with each other, that is, they are pure collaborators.

After Chen Xiao welcomed O'Neal, he flew from Charlotte to Oakland in the Bay Area.

Of course Chen Xiao didn't come here to suddenly terminate his contract with the Bobcats and join the Warriors.

Mainly to support Brother Bage and Brother Wang.

Bago announced his retirement from the Grizzlies some time ago. After Bago announced his retirement, 32-year-old Wang Zhizhi, who has already won three championships in the NBA, also announced his retirement.

It is normal for Bage to retire at the age of 34, but it is indeed a bit early for Brother Wang.

Although Brother Wang's current strength is declining, there is still no problem in contracting a contract in the NBA for a few years.

But obviously, for Brother Wang, he still has more attractive things to do.

After Brother Wang and Brother Bag agreed to retire together, the two established a sports investment company and prepared to buy the Golden State Warriors they wanted to sell.

Wang Ge and Ba Ge have made some money in the NBA over the years, especially Ba Ge. From 2003 to now, Ba Ge has been in the middle class every year. In addition, there are still two years of unexpired contracts. Ba Ge has been in the NBA in these years. The NBA earns at least 20 million US dollars, not before tax, but after tax.

In addition, the two of them also own a lot of Facebook stocks that they invested with Chen Xiao. It can be said that the two of them are quite wealthy.

Although they are not as powerful as Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan, according to Facebook’s current valuation of 23 billion US dollars, after selling their shares together, and with some support from Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, they can challenge the Warriors The team initiated the acquisition.

After all, the Suns' previous resale price was only 400 million U.S. dollars, but now the Warriors' resale price should not exceed 500 million U.S. dollars.

The current development situation of the NBA is very good, but after all, inflation has not reached the sky yet, and the US dollar is still quite valuable.

What's more, although the Golden State Warriors are a good place, they really don't have much popularity.

However, even if the Golden State Warriors are no longer popular, because of the current good development situation of the NBA, the bidding transfer of the Warriors has attracted bidding from 14 consortiums or structures.

Among them is a consortium led by a magician whom Chen Xiao is very familiar with. In addition to Bage and Wang, there is also a Chinese consortium. Among these 14 consortiums, the one with the highest voice is of course Larry, the original CEO of Oracle. -Ellison has the highest voice for winning the championship.

After all, he seems to have the richest net worth.

Of course, having the richest net worth does not mean having the most cash. Even if Bill Gates were to ask him to spend 500 million US dollars at once, it would not be easy.

So Larry Ellison's bid may not be the highest.

Chen Xiao knew that for this bidding, Brother Wang and Brother Bag had sold all their Facebook stocks to Goldman Sachs.

The current valuation of Facebook is 23 billion, and Goldman Sachs bought it at a valuation of 50 billion. It is not that Goldman Sachs burned more money, but that the Russian Digital Sky Technology Company wanted to use 50 million US dollars to buy 0.1% of Bago’s face. book shares.

With the rapid development of Facebook driven by Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan, any fool can see that as soon as this company goes public, its market value will definitely skyrocket.

And with Goldman Sachs taking action, it means that Facebook is about to go public. As long as they continue to retain these shares, in a year or two, the value of Brother Bage and Brother Wang may more than double.

However, for this opportunity to acquire the Warriors, Bago and Wang resolutely sold out their shares in Facebook. Together with some of their continuations over the years, they collected almost 300 million U.S. dollars.

This is a lot of money, but it is still a little short of buying the Warriors.

So Chen Xiao and Yao Ming also supported some, mainly Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao has a lot of cash on hand.

So Chen Xiao established a foundation in the name of his son and invested almost 150 million US dollars. In the name of the foundation, he bought shares in the investment company established by Wang Ge and Ba Ge, accounting for 31% of the shares.

It can be seen from this share ratio that the consortium organized by Bago and Wang has nearly 490 million in cash.

The money is actually quite scary.

Of course, all of this cash may not necessarily be invested in the Warriors. After all, when bidding, you naturally hope to win at the lowest price, and no one's money comes from the strong wind.

However, because there is a big shot like Larry Ellison in this bidding, even though Bage and Wang have collected close to 500 million in cash this time, they feel uneasy.

Therefore, Chen Xiao felt that it was better not to use them all at once, but Brother Bago and Brother Wang were obviously frightened by Larry Ellison.

Therefore, Bago's bid to acquire the Warriors almost directly used all the cash he could mobilize.

The final result was, of course, that the consortium led by Bago and Wang successfully defeated Magic and Larry Ellison's team and won the Warriors' bid.

In the end, the second highest bidder was not Larry Ellison, but Joey Lacob, a shareholder of private investment company Kleiner Perkins, and Pete Guber, president of Mandalay Entertainment. A consortium formed together, their bid is US$460 million.

Obviously, after the financial crisis, even Larry Ellison is not so heroic for the time being.

As well-known former NBA players, the acquisition of the Golden State Warriors by the consortium formed by Wang Ge and Ba Ge naturally quickly replaced the O'Neal controversy and became the biggest news in the NBA.

After all, Wang and Bago's acquisition of the Warriors was the highest acquisition price in NBA history.

By far, the highest.

At this point, Chen Xiao has also indirectly become a shareholder of an NBA team, well, just like Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan controls all the Cavaliers in the name of his wife, while Chen Xiao indirectly controls 31% of the Warriors in the name of his son's foundation. He is the second largest shareholder of the Warriors, the first being Basketball. Brother, the second is Chen Xiao, the third is Brother Wang, and the fourth is Dayao. Dayao does not hold much shares, and holds 9% of the shares in the name of Ye Li.

After reaching the intention to acquire the Warriors, Bage and Wang only need to wait for the various bosses in the league to confirm, then they will jump from players to NBA owners. This is a qualitative change in status.

"Brother Bage, Brother Wang, congratulations to you."

"Xiao Chen, you'd better not congratulate us yet. The boss sounds nice, but we are all paupers now. If we don't manage well and lose money in the future, we will probably have to kneel on the washboard every day."

This is a fact. If they hold so many Facebook shares for one year, their value will definitely double. Isn’t this better than taking the risk of acquiring a team?

Moreover, they not only bought Facebook shares, but also suppressed their own property. Although calling them paupers may be an exaggeration, it is certain that they will downgrade the consumption of their wives and children.

It would be strange if the sisters-in-law were satisfied with this.

However, this is the dream of Brother Wang and Brother Bag, the dream of continuing their NBA and basketball dreams. It is worth understanding to take such a chance.

Although Bage and Wang have retired from the NBA, they have not directly quit being basketball players.

Because of this year's Tianjin Men's Basketball Asian Championship, the two will farewell as leaders.

Therefore, on August 1, Chen Xiao also returned to China from the United States.

He will not participate in the Asian Championships when he returns to China this time, and neither he nor Dayao will participate.

Returning to China this time, firstly, to cheer for the Chinese team in the local Asian Championships and to add luster to the retirement ceremony of Brother Bage and Brother Wang. In addition, Chen Xiao also needs to sign with "First Sports" to launch his own first sports team. A signature sneaker from 'First Sports'.

Yes, the endorsement contracts between Chen Xiao and Gouzi expired in August this year.

Hook seemed to want to renew his contract with Chen Xiao, but Chen Xiao decisively refused.

With Hook's aloofness, the reason why they lowered their stature to ask Chen Xiao to renew his contract is because they tried their best to pave the way for Xiao Du in the regular season last season, but failed in the end and failed to successfully push Xiao Du to the MVP position.

In this case, Hook now doesn't even have a capable star player.

It's not that there is nothing. Xiao Zhan and Hooku still have one year left, but Xiao Zhan and the others can't do anything about them now.

In the past, Gouzi hated Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan who were immobile.

But now, Gouzi suddenly discovered that it was acceptable for Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan to remain immobile as long as they did not join the opponent's camp.

But obviously, it's already too late, and it's hard to recover from the flood.

Of course Chen Xiao ignored Gouzi's painful mood.

Returning to China this time, Chen Xiao was moved to see Wang Ge and Ba Ge leading the team to the top of Asia again, and ending with the "legendary" cheers of the fans in the audience.

Very touched.

"Xiao Chen, we will also have this day!"

Yes, we will have this day too!