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Wang Zhidong nodded and said, "I have already contacted the major brokerage companies, and they are all very cooperative."

"Haha, of course I will cooperate. What if Sina exposes their scandal?"

Wang Zhidong also laughed.

For celebrities who live by exposure, Sina, which has the largest online public opinion channel in the country, is enough to make them obey.

"Mr. Xu, I found a website on the market that is very suitable for our Sina business, and I want to acquire it."

"oh?"

Wang Zhidong took a document and handed it over.

Xu Liang took a look.

"SouFun.com?"

"This is a company established in 1999 that specializes in online real estate agency. It is developing well. Real estate information in Beijing, Shanghai and other places is basically put on their website.

The business is already very mature.

In contrast, the content of Sina's real estate channel has never been professional enough. Most of its employees are pen writers who don't know much about real estate and don't understand business operations. Therefore, I want to directly acquire SouFun and make it our sub-business like Sina Games and Tieba. "

Xu Liang flipped through the information.

"SouFun.com is pretty good, and its profit model is very clear. Have you contacted them?"

"Not yet, but according to the current size of the other party, the acquisition price will not exceed 50 million Huaxia coins, which is within the range we can afford."

Xu Liang nodded, "If you can acquire it, then acquire it. If you can't acquire it, just make one like the other party."

Copy and paste is king these days, and Fat Penguin is the king of this.

Wang Zhidong agreed.

"Is Duan Yongji still unwilling to sell the shares?" Xu Liang asked next.

"Keep saying no."

"You don't need to worry about him in the future. Sina's acquisition of Hongmeng game hall and mailbox business this time will dilute part of his equity, and the rest will be insignificant."

Wang Zhidong nodded.

"How much did Sun TV's shares sell for?"

"Half of it has been sold. ...Mr. Xu, Sun TV's newly launched "Interview with Yang Lan" is very popular. It is now the top three talk programs in the country, which has driven the value of Sun TV to also increase a lot. The remaining shares Can we keep it?"

"No, sell them all and keep none." Xu Liang said firmly, "Lao Wang, which TV station have you seen that relies on topical programs and documentaries?

Although "Interview with Yang Lan" is good, it cannot support a TV station.

More importantly, investment is not Sina's main business. There is no need to get involved in it. It is serious business to quickly withdraw funds and strengthen the market share of the main business. At the critical moment when the Nasdaq crisis is about to pass, it is even more important. Keep your heart. "

Wang Zhidong was shocked and nodded quickly.

After walking around Sina, I held a short meeting with all middle-level and above Sina employees in the afternoon. There was nothing important. The main thing was to chat with everyone and deepen my impression of him as a big boss.

After exercising the next morning, as he was about to go to the company, Zhao Xun, who was far away in the United States, gave him good news.

"Mr. Xu, the contract is signed.

US$150 million to acquire the NBA Golden State Warriors as a whole. "

Zhao Xun's tone revealed excitement.

Xu Liang also became happy. Although US$150 million was a bit high, it was not too exaggerated. He was more conscientious than the Rockets owner.

"Fax me a copy of the Golden State Warriors' lineup."

"yes."

It didn't take long for Xu Liang to get what he wanted.

The Warriors' performance this season can be described as miserable. The game is almost over now, with only 16 wins. They are ranked last in the Western Conference and are inseparable from the Chicago Bulls, who are last in the Eastern Conference.

But the Bulls are better, at least they have one more win.

The head coach of the Warriors is Dave Cowens. This guy was very good as a player. He has two championships, one NBA regular season MVP, three All-NBA second teams, one All-Defensive first team, and two The second team of the All-Defensive Team, seven-time All-Star selection, and one of the top 50 NBA stars.

His historical status is similar to that of Olajuwon.

But the results of leading the team were miserable.

In the 1998-99 season, this guy was fired by the Hornets due to a poor start of 4 wins and 11 losses. Now that the Warriors are playing like this again, he will definitely not be able to stay.

"It seems we need to change the head coach first."

Xu Liang said.

He is not familiar with the head coaches, and only knows a few of the more famous ones, such as Jackson, Pat Riley, the Spurs' president, and Jeff Van Gundy.

I was trying to search my mind for information about NBA head coaches, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed across my mind.

"Why did you forget him?"

Tom Thibodeau, assistant coach of the Rockets, is good at discovering and utilizing new players.

Later, he also served as Yao Ming's shooting coach.

He once took the Rockets to participate in the summer league and won ten games out of ten.

At that time, many Rockets fans wanted him to replace Van Gundy Jr. as the Rockets head coach.

Later, he switched to the Celtics and relied on his defensive philosophy to help the Celtics enter the finals twice and successfully win the championship.

After switching to the Bulls, the Bulls took the first place in the regular season in the second season and entered the Eastern Conference Finals.

Switching to the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves led them to the Western Conference Finals and maintained a winning rate of more than 50% for eight consecutive seasons.

Because of the relationship between the Rockets and Yao Ming, everyone paid more attention to celebrities who played for the Rockets in those years.

That's why he remembered the other party.

"He is the coach."

Once the head coach is chosen, he becomes the team manager.

He didn't know much about this. He only knew Morey, the later general manager of the Rockets, but this guy had a bad mouth.

"Forget it, I will have the final say on the team's major transactions from now on, and the general manager will just provide support."

Next is the most critical player.

The first one is Antoine Jamison, a person Xu Liang is not familiar with.

But when I saw the faxed information, I couldn't help but be surprised.

"Scored 51 points against the Lakers, so strong?"

The information clearly states that in the regular season last season, Jamison faced the Lakers who had an OK combination. He made 21 of 29 shots and 7 of 8 free throws. He scored 51 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, helping the Warriors win 125-122. Contest.

And this is not the only time he broke out. Before the Lakers, he also scored 51 points in a game against the Bucks.

Scored 50+ points back to back. This kind of scoring ability is so exciting.

But in the 2001-02 season, in an average of 37 minutes of playing time, he scored 19.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks.

Among power forwards, this scoring ability is already considered top-notch.

But in terms of defense, it can't be said to be very bad, but compared to offense, it seems to be average.

Typical attack is strong and defense is weak.

The future Warriors will definitely be dominated by Yao Ming inside, so for the power forward position, he does not need a strong scoring power forward to compete with Yao Ming for the ball, but a strong defensive ability who can grab rebounds and do the dirty work. Living blue collar.

Similar to Patrick Ewing and Charles ‘Old Oak’ Oakley.

But in this era, the NBA has many blue-collar players who are famous for their defense, but not many top players.

Xu Liang thought for a while and wrote the first name on it.

Ben Wallace.

This guy is known as Rodman second. His offensive ability is not very good, but his defense is really strong.

Although height is an obsession, if you play power forward, the height problem is at least not as serious as the center position.

"I'm just afraid that the Pistons won't let him go."

Big Ben is now the core of the Pistons' interior defense.

After thinking about it, I wrote another name at the back of the big book.

Andrei Kirilenko.

This guy is very capable defensively and can play five positions, making him a jack-of-all-trades.

After thinking of these two, Xu Liang was too lazy to waste any more brain cells.

Neither of them can be poached and the Warriors management will be asked to provide a new roster.

The second one is Jason Richardson, the fourth pick in 2001 and now the Warriors' second-highest scorer.

In 32 minutes of playing time, he scored 14.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.4 blocks.

For a rookie alone, this is pretty good data.

Although Richardson's subsequent development is not a top swingman, he is still first-rate.

Especially with a superb three-point shot.

And as a rookie, it’s also relatively cheap.

The annual salary is only 2.43 million U.S. dollars. If he didn't have an annual salary of more than 6 million during his rookie period, he wouldn't be able to get such a powerful scorer.

The third is Larry Hughes, who can play shooting guard, small forward and point guard. His statistics so far from the 2001-02 season are 12.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.3 blocks.

His shooting ability is good, but his body is a little thin, and his defensive ability is not very good.

Occasionally he will break out, but his assist ability is average.

Fourth is Danny Fortson, with 11.2 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.2 blocks.

"Hey, is this guy so strong?"

Not everyone can achieve a double-double of points and rebounds.

But he had no impression of the name.

This only means one problem, something happened to this guy in the middle and he got wet.

Xu Liang made a cross on it.

No matter what the reason is, this cannot be kept.

An annual salary of 4.65 million is not cheap.

Fifth is Gilbert Arenas.

"Damn it, isn't this the 'Great General'?"

Xu Liang was a little surprised.

He is very familiar with Arenas, after all, he is a player of the same generation as Yao Ming.

Selected to the NBA All-NBA third team twice, to the second team once, and to the NBA All-Star team three times in a row.

Typical offensive point guard.

This guy and Baron Davis of the Hornets are both tank point guards.

Big, powerful, and not too slow.

They don't need much skill at all to break through, they can just push through and smash through.

Full of violent beauty.

The key is that he is very cheap. He was selected by the Warriors with the second pick in the second round in 2001. His annual salary is only US$330,000, which is too cheap.

This one must definitely stay.

However, he cannot be allowed to play point guard. He is too grumpy and easily emotional, and is not suitable for controlling a team at all.

"I'll play shooting guard in the future. My height of 191cm isn't too short."

Sixth place, Bob Sura.

He is also familiar with this, a combo guard and a qualified substitute.

Later this guy also went to the Rockets.

Rockets fans often left messages online that year.