NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 108: Kuang Xiaoka! Your strength is looser than the club princess!

"Ah, you are big, you have a lot of room for improvement."

Curry touched his head in confusion, unable to tell whether it was chicken soup or a joke.

The boss is really intimidating. He can even say that he ranks first in the team in bench press.

As Matthews missed the last three-pointer, the Knicks defeated the Trail Blazers 91:86 and won their third consecutive summer league victory.

This game won by pure rookies made the young people in the team very excited. They were the first to go to the Trail Blazers bench to shake hands. They were all big names they had only seen on TV before.

"See you in the NBA." Aldridge and Arab hugged.

Oden also hugged this fellow lottery player:

"Come on together."

Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen came over to shake hands with Jiang Chao, and as someone who had experienced it, suggested that Jiang Chao should not make too many changes at first. It was a thankless task, and he suggested purely from his own perspective.

"But...since you have changed so much now, you should use Turk Drew as your core. In the first year, be stable, otherwise the pressure will be too much."

Since he became the owner of the Trail Blazers, his players have suffered from constant injuries, and he is still criticized by fans for not drafting Durant. The glass physique of Oden, Roy and others has made him one of the owners with the worst vision.

If you make the wrong choice, it would be strange if you don't get criticized.

"Okay, thanks for the suggestion."

As the owner of Tear City, and as the man who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, he is worth more than 10 billion U.S. dollars even though he ate player reimbursement compensation from insurance companies. He is not on the same level as Jiang Chao. How can Paul Allen deal with him?

I make these suggestions because they are very good people and are now making a lot of money as pioneers.

He also doesn't want this young man to become a flash in the pan in the league, so he is teaching him how to make money through basketball as his main business.

Don't go bankrupt and sell the team in the first year, it will become a joke.

"Thank you also for selling me the second-round pick to draft Mills."

"As you can see, the second-round guards in this class are all thin, but I quite like your Beverly."

"After I play it out, I'll exchange it for Adelaide."

"You brat!"

…

As the Thunder won the game next door, Harrington, who scored 32 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, was full of energy at the press conference:

"It's easy to play in the Thunder. I love this team."

"So what do you think of this year's rookies from the Knicks next door?"

"I looked at the data and their newcomers stepped up. I look forward to the next game with them."

Curry’s father Curry:

"My son allowed me to see myself when I was younger. The team made good choices in the third quarter. My son can hold the ball and lead the attack."

As for the Knicks, reporters gathered outside the locker room, asking them about their plans for next season, whether they will focus on today's lineup or continue to start with David Lee, Big Q, Larry Hughes and others like last season.

Coach Clifford practices Tai Chi:

"We will find the right way and the players will find the right position."

Deputy General Manager D’Antoni:

"I know that everyone is very concerned about the future of our team. We are young from top to bottom. We need them and the leadership of veterans. Please continue to give us support and public opinion space."

Because many reporters and fans complained that Harden had made four consecutive irons and Curry had made consecutive passing mistakes. The two of them were inseparable, one made 5 mistakes and the other made 6 mistakes.

But so what?

What does Xia Lian do?

Isn’t it just for finding problems?

If you can't find problems, why don't you just play in-team training matches? It's about letting everyone find out for themselves the problems that may arise when facing opponents with different styles.

The Xingyue God of War, the most senior member of the team, commented on today’s performance:

"It's very dynamic. Yi Jianlian has integrated well after joining the team. I think we will become a force in the Eastern Conference."

espn reporter:

"Then what do you think the Knicks' big men will do if they encounter the Magic?"

Turk Drew:

"We have Okur and Yi, they can pull Howard out, let's see who is better offensively."

A beast in Orlando said "tsk", "Wow, you, who used to be called Sweetie, are now thinking about how to deal with me."

Yi Jianlian:

"I like this front-on pick-and-roll way of catching and shooting, and I also like to attack offensive rebounds. I am grateful to the Knicks for giving me the opportunity, and to the boss for trusting me. I will not let down the expectations of the New York fans."

Such a low-key Chinese player makes it difficult for New York fans to criticize them. At most, they use the back door to criticize Jiang Chao. Just talking about Yi Jianlian, they have nothing to complain about. This salary and today’s performance are already extraordinary, okay? You can’t

Let's hope he can beat the opponent's mid-range shooter Aldridge.

"Then, will you still show off?"

A tough guy in the locker room jumped up.

Serge Ibaka:

"Whoever says this again, I will slap him in the mouth!"

Netizens found that something about his shape seemed not quite right, and took screenshots one after another. If it were true, would this be too exaggerated?

The most outrageous comment was: "Grumpy brother, what do you use to smoke?"

…

"Refuse to mess up! Summer League wins 3 games in a row! New York's new army has unlimited potential!"

"Double Lotto plays one quarter each and is trained as a ball-carrying core?"

"The Knicks have a long way to go on their road to revival. Who are the rookies who really deserve to be trained?"

"The undrafted Matthews' performance is remarkable, and the new aid is as good as Jerome James!"

Local fans in New York have many ideas:

"What will we do if we don't have a center? When will Eddy Curry come back?"

"Don't underestimate Okur, he can beat a heavy center forward."

"It's okay. I hope the team plays fast break. This kid Curry dribbles like the wind. He's so handsome."

"Harden is a bit tough. He uses his body to face Fernandez. He is so strong."

"This rookie class is playing at the same pace. Over there, the Bucks Jennings is killing people in Summer League, and the Raptors' DeRozan moves exactly the same as Kobe. This year we have to change our minds."

"By the way, didn't you see that boss Jiang Chao came to the bench twice in the first half, and then the team's style of play changed and they started chasing points?"

"I saw it, ato! Boss Jiang Chao knows so much about football, it's normal to know a few."

"Yes, they are all chosen by him. He must have done some research."

"When will Dolan invite him to participate in a talk show or something? He is working too hard. Can he take a rest?"

"Haha, if you want to watch him in high definition, just say so."

"I really want to see Dolan deflated."

"I like this boss so much!"

"Does anyone have connections, or knows where Boss Jiang lives? I want to have his genes!"

"When you are 20 years old, you can take charge of a country. Looking at it, which young person can do it??"

Chinese netizens also sighed after watching the thriving Knicks tonight: "This is the kind of person Brother Xun is looking forward to between the lines!"

"I don't like it!"

The little netizen Daddario has flowers on his fingers, squeezing two and a half, and the balls are bulging.

"Why?"

"He was very rude and walked into my heart without even saying hello!"

"Gift crab!"

"Sisters like you are really a fan of Jiang Chao. You can be found everywhere."

…………

"What are you doing, Scarlett?"

Jiang Chao, who had solved many rookie problems tonight, was floating on the hotel swimming pool and called his widowed sister to chat.

From the crazy selection of six defenders to the trade to the United Arab Emirates, the pressure during this period sometimes made him almost question whether his insistence on going his own way was right.

Facts have proved that as long as you are careful enough and strong enough, what should be fought will still be fought out.

After these 3 games, the team's potential has been demonstrated quite well, and the locker room is surprisingly harmonious and stable. As expected, the Xingyue Gods of War chose Xingyue Gods to do nothing more than bully the rookies.

This can be regarded as a small way of proving myself in front of the world's fans.

A while ago, there were only so many trolls in the United States, and the Knicks owner only had half of them.

Now most of them are on the side of the Grizzlies and Magic. One said that we need Allen Iverson in the reconstruction, and the other questioned the compatibility of Carter and Warcraft and let Turk Drew go.

"Hello, Boss Jiang, I didn't expect you to take the initiative to call me."

"What? No?"

"You are busy with work, but the Summer League Knicks are performing well!"

"I didn't expect that these young men are quite up to date."

Scarlett: "Finally you don't have to endure verbal violence anymore."

"Haha, I was said to be crazy some time ago, but now that Xia Lian has won three consecutive games, everyone is bragging about me and Zhuge Liang. The media is really scary."

"Yes, I will blame you again if we lose a few consecutive games in the regular season."

Scarlett naturally knows this kind of verbal violence and feels the same for Jiang Chao.

A sensitive female star like her may have to blame herself for several days if she is even criticized by a fan, let alone a boss like Jiang Chao who is in charge of the largest sports market in the United States. It is hard to imagine how much he endures behind every decision.

Under such pressure, it’s no wonder that he frantically asked for physical relief that day.

"I read a newspaper before, saying that you were beaten up by four Nates at Summer League, and the next second you were in the casino playing video games."

"Which company wrote it? I'll go talk to them. Since I'm going to write about it, why not write about it and I'll punch one of them."

"You are so domineering, can't you be gentle~"

Scarlett Johansson's melodious laughter came from the other side of the phone.

"I will only be gentle to you, little beauty."

Jiang Chao glanced at the increasing number of local models in the swimming pool. In his mind, he pictured how the widow would look after she had shed everything, her eyes bright, her teeth white, and her skin whiter than snow.

"Hey, you are so good at coaxing girls. Tell me, have you met any beautiful girls in the casino?"

"No, you are the most beautiful at the moment."

"For the time being??? I've let it slip!"

Although he knew that a man like Jiang Chao would have no shortage of women in the future, Johnson couldn't help but cling to him when he heard Jiang Chao spill the beans.

"In addition to being beautiful, you can also speak. The way you speak makes me feel like the heroine in a pastoral movie. It's very beautiful just thinking about it." Jiang Chao said with a smile.

"You can tell."

"Actually, it comforts me the most to see Nate, Harrington and the others doing well in the Thunder. At least you old fans can rest assured."

"Yes, everyone is fine. If you buy out, both parties may lose everything. Now it seems that it is wise for you to replace Harden. I see that he used a lot of Kobe's moves today."

"Um……"

"That's right, that Curry has so much fighting spirit, as if he is competing with Harden."

"Yes, this is what I saw. We in China call this involution..."

Jiang Chao, who successfully changed the subject, secretly lamented that women who talk too much just don't have the willpower to do anything.

"What about you, did you succeed in your audition in Los Angeles?"

"When I star in a niche detective film as a supporting actress, I'll hone my acting skills first and try out different genres."

"Well, when I come back we will hold a wedding banquet at one57, no, a finals banquet, right?"

"That's what the crew will do."

"Hey, you and I are two people."

"You want to date me? Then I have to finish the scene and come back directly." The girl over there couldn't help but smile happily when she thought that this was Jiang Chao's first real date.

"You don't really fall in love with me, do you?" Seeing Scarlett taking such initiative, Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment.

That day could be said to be a collision of two lonely souls, but this time it was just a phone call.

"There's no one who won't fall in love with you, busy boss!"

Scarlett actually thinks Jiang Chao is cute and stupid sometimes. In fact, after that day, Scarlett's heart will not be given to anyone else. For love, for reason, for the team, for technology... she will never forget Jiang Chao.

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"Then why don't you come stay at my house?"

"Wait until I make money to buy a villa and support you on the Gold Coast!"

"No, I have to buy it!"

"You want to hide your beauty in a golden house!"

"Just wait! It's not a good thing to seduce me."

Scarlett's voice said that Jiang Chao's body was soft and she was worthy of being a goddess with the elegance of Audrey Hepburn and the brightness of Judy Garland. Her natural charm could be felt through the phone.

"How many days have you not done anything?"

"You will know after you count the number of times we meet."

…

…

Jiang Chao didn’t watch the next few games of the Summer League, but instead “investigated” them in Las Vegas, a purely sports and entertainment city.

Don't underestimate the casino city, the sports industry here is developing better than New York.

And before time travel, the league had always wanted to expand a team in Las Vegas.

Parking, accommodation, gambling, pornographic underground industry, all the industrial chains here are so complete, the streets are full of F1 racing cars whizzing by.

The best strippers in the world are here.

The craziest fans in the world are also here, because with money, they will shout harder.

F1 has opened a new station in Las Vegas, and the OVG Group has invested US$3 billion to build a sports and entertainment city. Las Vegas, which was once avoided by professional sports, has now become a "gold rush" that various companies are competing to develop.

Sports betting here is legal, and you can bet on anything. There is even a separate bookmaker that can exchange chips directly on the spot.

The annual National Professional Bull Riding Championship Finals, NASCAR Cup Series and UFC events attract many tourists to watch the games. With the arrival of more professional teams, the number of tourists will further increase.

These peripheral industries have driven the casino to make huge profits from major sports events. It is worthy of being the filming location of "The Hangover", and it is easy for an ordinary person to become what he was when he was born here overnight.

Jiang Chao simply took the essence and discarded the dross, played horse racing, dog racing and rabbit racing, and met the deputy director of their tourism bureau by the way.

I learned about the Las Vegas model from his mouth. The four major leagues and other sports teams can make half of the people in Las Vegas tourists sports fans. This number is scary.

And his suggestion to Jiang Chao is to make good use of the basketball Mecca of Madison Square Garden Arena and acquire the surrounding entertainment, cinemas and even hotels and pornographic service industries to create a complete industrial chain of his own.

If you do your main business, you can earn more.

"Thank you." Jiang Chao, who came back from the experience, was full of emotions. In fact, even if he only did sports, the cake would be bigger than he could imagine.

…

The last few Summer League games were a bit boring, and several coaches took turns coaching the tactics they were most familiar with, mainly to practice the system.

This also means that this kind of game will not be too enjoyable to watch, and 233 connection, star and moon fusion, and death five shots will not appear too many times.

It was finally determined that Curry would be dropped from the starting lineup.

In other words, he will serve as the sixth man on the bench.

In the Xialian Canteen, everyone was watching the horse racing on TV while eating their last dinner in Las Vegas.

Jiang Chao took the steak and sat next to Harden Curry.

"You two, it feels like Summer League was knocked out of the playoffs by you."

"Boss, I give my best to every game!"

What else does Curry want to strive for:

"Boss, I'm qualified to be the starter."

"Okay, okay, follow the coaching staff's decision. I know what you are thinking."

Jiang Chao patted his head. Could he know what this kid was thinking?

Curry is a player who was born for the big stage. On the court, he just wants to show off his logo with three-pointers, want to beat the buzzer, and wants the world to see his superb quick shooting ability. Coupled with his unyielding character,

It is impossible to settle for the ordinary.

So I was a little jealous when I saw Harden was finally decided to start and he was asked to be the sixth man.

There is only one Ginobili in the world, and more sixth men are just to organize and provide support so as not to be chased for points or pulled apart.

"Practice like crazy on three-pointers and breakthrough points. I'll teach you the rest later. Why don't you take the initiative to teach you a little bit?"

In order to balance the two of them, Jiang Chao decided to give Ku Hao a small start in the future. It would not be impossible to let him know some of the personal offensive methods he is good at in advance.

Moreover, Jiang Chao knows how high Curry’s dual quotient is. He is not a parallel MVP in the unanimous vote. In his previous life, he could play under Ellis. He can perfectly integrate into a guard team like the Warriors, not to mention that now he is mainly rookies.

The Knicks.

It's just normal for the young man to be a little impatient, but in fact the coaching staff also found that Jiang Chao "favors" Curry more. After all, it is rumored that he met alone at One-57 before the draft, so he will definitely protect Curry.

In Jiang Chao's view, as long as the playing time is given, it is only a matter of time before playing.

However, the highlights of the last game against the Hawks were Ibaka and Yi Jianlian. The two made a combined 12 of 13 shots. Zaza Pachulia was turned into a scumbag.

Because the referees are very strict, he has 5 blocks, plus 9 rebounds and 3 steals. This flexible power forward has the tendency to become an all-around inside man.

Opponents call him a maniac on interior defense.

Ibaka is really good at moving things around. With the Knicks, who are better at passing the ball, he has a lot more opportunities.

But he is still so young and frivolous.

The Congolese matador said excitedly after the game:

"The opponent's intensity is looser than the club here!! I hope the preseason will be more intense!"

I offended two groups of people at once, as expected of you!

Crazy little card!

The ladies in the casino said that it was you who caused me to lose my temper. You are talking nonsense here!

And the Eagle Ibaka on the opposite side really made a mistake. He is a top 4 team in the Eastern Conference and a team whose back line is feared by the entire league. Just because they didn't play much in this game doesn't mean they are not strong, right?

Josh Smith: "Oh? Really? Don't let me meet you in the regular season, kid."

Eagle King Joe Johnson: "The Knicks youngster provokes us?? Hahaha."

Crawford, who was traded from New York last year:

"Nix, please stop talking."

White-muscle man Mike Bibby: "Okay, you say we are a little loose? Then I will give your backline some strength."

This year’s rookie Jeff Teague: “Come on!! Let’s try it in the regular season!”

Larry Hughes and several veterans want to strangle Ibaka to death:

"You rookie, stop talking to reporters and come here to get your slippers!"

He is not guilty of ignorance, but do they know how difficult it is to defeat the eagle in recent years? It is not a good choice to make enemies from the beginning.

After Jiang Chao saw this news footage at the airport:

"Emmmm...did Beverly say anything?"

"He responded to Jerome James on social media... that..." Sean Marks was afraid that Jiang Chao wouldn't accept it, so he hesitated.

"Say it."

"Beverley has been attacking us on social media because of Jerome James, so he just responded for us:

Your wife is like a donut, go back and taste your wife! Fat pig!"

Forehead……

"It's too much to ask them to try not to make enemies."

One is to criticize Summer League as a playoff game. The Hawks can really beat the Knicks in the regular season.

Another one is to attack your ex personally, which is no longer necessary when you are both exes.

Jiang Chao has always believed that matters on the court should be resolved on the court. He also said to Beverley that it's okay to be harsh to your teammates on the court, but don't take it off the court. After the game, it's just a matter of drinking together again.

Jerome James may be completely ruined, but what if it were another player.

In this alliance, thirty years in the east of the river and thirty years in the west of the river are common. Keep a line in life so that we can meet each other easily in the future.

In comparison, the veterans are much more stable.

Jiang Chao is a little lucky to have found two big brothers Xingyue to guide them. The rookies are too jumpy and don't know the social risks.

Only Big Q, David Lee and the others know that Xia League is all about sprinkling water, and the real battlefield has to be the regular season, so the suffocation feeling after encountering a strong team can be directly filled up.

But Kuangka and Kuangqiu didn’t think so. They even thought they could defend Ray Allen and Garnett alone.

"This kind of thing requires a beating during the regular season."

David Lee and Turk Drew said that their training games could not give them strength. After all, they are their own people. It is impossible to kill them in the team training matches. In a real confrontation, Beverley would be crushed by Turk Drew.

Ibaka was even jammed inside and ravaged by David Lee.

"Boss, the special plane has arrived."

Here, Downey Jr. said that the team's chartered flight has arrived at the airport. Everyone will return with the harvest from the trip to Las Vegas, which will definitely help the preseason and regular season.

Sean Marks glanced at the message on his phone and suddenly said:

"Wait a minute, I have one more thing to do. You go first. I'll be back soon."

Then he hurriedly went to the hotel entrance to take a taxi.

Jiang Chao and Yi Jianlian's mobile phones also rang at the same time. The sports news they subscribed to sent them the latest Chinese basketball news:

"The Lakers summer league has ended. Chinese athlete Sun Yue averaged 4.3 points, 1.2 assists and 0.6 rebounds per game. His performance is unsatisfactory. President Kupche is sure not to renew Sun Yue's contract. At the age of 25, his NBA career has ended with the Lakers."

Jiang Chao and Ah Lian looked at each other.

Ah Lian blinked and thought of the way Sean Marks went out in a hurry just now:

"Boss Jiang... you don't know how?"

Jiang Chao smiled and said:

"Wait for one, the great sage returns."