NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 190: Carnival night, veteran Marbury’s minimum salary?

The waves were all gone, and the fans felt uncomfortable after the press conference. After all, it was not the playoffs, and what everyone said was too official. The only interesting thing was the taunting from the distance by Uncle Pi next door.

Now I really miss Jiang Chao. Although Jiang Chao didn’t give many interviews, he was very enthusiastic every time.

"The boss won't attend the press conference, so let's leave!"

"It's over, it's over, we can't wait."

“fxxk, I just love watching Jiang Chao’s invisible pretentious interviews, what should I do?”

"Me too. I saw him standing and participating in the whole process today, as if he was also an assistant coach. He is so handsome!"

"Yeah, the guy in a suit was in the second row of the auditorium. If Swift hadn't come later, I would have thought he was from the coaching staff."

"So...whether the Knicks can win depends on whether Jiang Chao is watching from the sidelines?"

"One hundred thousand blood letters requesting boss Jiang Chao to watch the remaining 60 games!"

"Please!"

"Go to the east to invite Jiang Buddha!"

At this time, people who knew how to make photos were very good, and Jiang Chao’s Buddha head became an emoticon.

"It's different to personally supervise the battle. The Knicks really defeated the Cavaliers, the number one team in the Eastern Conference. I feel like I'm in a dream."

"Isn't it the first time James has lost a Christmas game in the past few years? I guess the Cavaliers are dreaming about Curry's buzzer beater."

"Boss Jiang has a cute girl tonight, which will bring a good harvest in love and career, because I can imagine that after tonight, this pair of Curry's generation Christmas colors from Super Sports will be a big hit!"

"The Christmas colors haven't been released yet. Curry painted the Christmas tree himself, haha."

"That pair is orange and blue, you fake fan!"

"It's booming, it's in a trance, it doesn't matter, I love this killer game, I want to buy all the amazing sneakers that Curry has worn!"

"I love the Knicks!"

"I used to be a neutral fan, but now I am a Nimi. I love this young team so much!"

"Yes, before the game, he said that James would score 50 points and dominate everything. Now, everything is possible!"

"Now let's use the slogan of super god, okay? Beyond everything, even if you are a god!"

"Do you think they can take down the defending champion Lakers? We haven't met them yet."

"...Upstairs, how dare you think..."

"I don't even dare to think about it. The Knicks' strongest guard team now happens to be the purple and gold's strongest team..."

"I understand, let's slip away..."

…

But Jiang Chao was really caught by the media.

After resting for a while, he took a thick wad of cash and went to give bonuses to the players.

The bonuses promised to them before the game must not be fulfilled.

However, he did not expect that the reporters from Ya would stay so late in the locker room today. When he arrived at the door, they had just come out and directly bumped into Jiang Chao, who had recovered and felt refreshed. He did not seize the opportunity for a while.

ask?

Normally it would be very difficult to find Jiang Chao, but this time we still won the game with a decisive victory, why don’t we seize the opportunity and ask?

So a bunch of reporters immediately surrounded Jiang Chao, who had never seen the dragon before it came to an end.

Jiang Chao just asked the two bodyguards to get off work, otherwise they would all be kicked away.

Jiang Chao, who was personable and in a good mood, stopped and politely accepted an interview directly with ESPN, which cooperates with the NBA.

The reporter didn’t know what to ask, so he came up directly and said:

"Hello, Boss Jiang, how does it feel to win the Christmas war?"

"Of course it's great!"

reporter:

"Do you think the team will completely get out of the losing streak because of this game?"

Jiang Chao: "I think it's okay."

"Why are you so confident? Is it because of this decisive victory?"

"Or is it because you finally laid out the tactics?"

Then Jiang Chao left a classic reply that would become documentary material again and again:

"Because, they are 09 double irons!"

09Double iron?

Referring to the two blacksmiths Curry and Harden?

Ha ha ha ha!

The media reporters burst into laughter instantly.

This wave of self-deprecation is okay!

I didn’t realize it at first, but in fact, in today’s game, Curry and Harden had the two highest shooting percentages from outside, and they both had a higher shooting percentage than James.

The media looked at each other and knew the headlines at a glance.

The editors of the newspaper tacitly wrote the term "09 Double Railway" on the headlines the next day.

Boss Jiang Chao personally defined the name for the Harden-Curry combination, and that’s it!

Simple and easy to remember!

Awesome!

Liked by Kermit fanatics.

You must know that in this era, blacksmithing is not a derogatory term, it even has the meaning of being the descendant of Mamba. The nickname given by Jiang Chao is both self-deprecating and humble, just like a super god or a super ghost.

The double iron and the double hero are a matter of an instant.

The fans are happy, the players are in tears, who would want to be iron...

"The combination of these two brothers has been decided in the future, 09 double iron, haha."

"Many years later, when old Curry and Harden recalled their first group nickname, they were so angry that they wanted to curse! But they didn't dare to curse."

"Haha, there is no way, who told the boss to take this!"

After the interview, there was no one in the locker room. Jiang Chao was directly guarded by the press officer and took the elevator to the underground garage to "climb" onto the team bus.

Jiang Chao's sudden appearance made the players cheer loudly, and they entered the bus amidst grand applause.

"I feel like I'm on a pirate ship..."

Next is the moment for Jiang Chao to fulfill his promise. He will not save money or be stingy in any way towards the team.

Okur, Harden, Curry, Yi Jianlian, and Big Q, who had the highest plus and minus values, received 50,000 US dollars, and the others received 10,000 US dollars. Jiang Chao was a little surprised that Turk Drew, who scored 14 points and 8 assists in the game, actually He was not in the top 5 in plus-minus. Later, when he looked at his shooting percentage and turnover rate, he discovered that Mousse's single defense was indeed good, and he made Turk Drew very uncomfortable.

These are all cash payments. Jiang Chao doesn't care whether they spend them in one hour or in one day. He just makes it clear that everyone on the team is prohibited from doing prohibited things, and they will be permanently blacklisted.

"Of course, if you don't know how to use it, you can invest in Chaoshen Group, haha!"

"I invested!" Curry directly invested the money and the winning bonus in the contract into Chaoshen Group. On the one hand, he was a man of the world, and on the other hand, he really thought he could make money.

There are also a few people who choose to invest in Chaoshen Group. Jiang Chao said that tomorrow you will find Mr. Lu to sign a contract for investment, and you will be able to see the rate of return by then.

The worst group of people in the world to invest are NBA players, because too many people are stupid and have too much money. They don’t know how to spend so much salary. They may have good intentions, but this also makes them easy to be deceived by pyramid schemes. Basically, once you invest, you will never see the money again.

But basically all NBA players feel that they have great investment vision, and they also pretended to have side jobs during their playing days. As a result, there are many cases where they have no money for retirement after retirement.

So Jiang Chao also has good intentions. After all, he is making money for others. Wouldn’t it be nice to give it to him, a conscientious capitalist?

After all, he 99.999% will not lose money.

In the car, Jiang Chao called the owner of the Barrier Nightclub to reserve the venue for tonight. Fans are allowed in, but those with cameras and press badges are not allowed in.

But this is just my own, and James and the others have also booked the New York nightclub they love to play, allowing the players and management to have a night of drunkenness and venting. The pressure has been too much recently, but because there are games later, the wine

They were not allowed to touch it, and this was directly watched by Mustache and Clifford.

With Clifford as an iron-blooded assistant coach, the players will not let themselves go too far. They don't want to see a scandal happen. Didn't you see how Marbury was treated today? When the camera was pointed at him, all the fans in the audience were stunned.

No one asked for his autograph even though he was booing.

"Let's dance, sing, drink juice, relax and pick up girls..."

The bus stopped first at the largest nightclub, and Jiang Chao also went in to take a look. The players were so direct. They came up one by one and ushered several beautiful dancers into the private room...

"Excuse me."

Jiang Chao originally wanted to check out the environment of a top nightclub, but he found that it was just like that. The beauty might be the best in New York.

But it's really ironic. These dancers were the favorites of the Cavaliers when they came to New York to play. Now that the pre-game incentives have been fulfilled, this output is probably added with a layer of buff.

As for the consequences of this humiliation?

Jiang Chao won't worry as much as Sean Marks. First of all, these women are for sale. They are not being kept by Cavaliers players, nor are they trying to steal someone's wife. Instead, they can deepen the players' understanding of this difficult situation.

The impression of victory, the stronger the winning team, the happier it will be after the game!

The second thing is that I can beat you once, or I can beat you twice, three times, countless times. Be confident, and psychologically fear is also a loss. China pays attention to cultural confidence, and the team must also create a winning culture.

The cheerleaders celebrated by sharing a car with the players. They went to another nightclub to spend money and sing karaoke. Both Jiang Chao and Sean Marks knew this was a red line. The cheerleaders of any team would

No contact with players. Kobe's incident has sounded the alarm for all teams, and both players and management have very strict requirements on this.

Haven’t you seen that Curry, Harden and others dare not look at Liu Yan or Jiang Jiang, Daddario and others...

There are plenty of other women besides cheerleaders, so don’t make mistakes on the red line.

"Phew, everyone is having fun."

Jiang Chao immediately yo-yoed. These guys with explosive physical fitness obviously didn't lose during the losing streak. Now they are in great demand. It's good to find such a gap after winning the game with a decisive victory.

"Boss Jiang, don't you want to play together?"

Ibaka is an all-around monster. He stood directly on the stage with a bunch of big-town chicks, twisting their waists and DJing.

"No, your DJ performance is too unpleasant."

Jiang Chao stayed there for a while, and several girls approached Jiang Chao, who seemed to have a different temperament under the dim light.

This height and good looks are the aesthetics of most girls, especially Asians. Who can refuse a guy like this? All of them come over to strike up a conversation.

Jiang Chao looked at the time, paid for everyone in advance and left the nightclub. After coming into contact with Scarlett, Lily Collins and other ultimate goddesses, these were all vulgar to him, and he didn't even bother to raise his eyes.

kind.

The team bus circled around and only Jiang Chao, who was about to go to an appointment, and Ah Lian, a good man who was about to go back to his room to rest, were left.

"I'm going to talk about something that may be related to you. Do you want to come together?"

"I won't go, I don't understand these things." Ah Lian quickly refused. His agent was not here and he didn't understand anything else.

"Haha, okay, then take a rest early."

"Go to rest early, boss!" Ah Lian nodded in admiration to Jiang Chao. This boss is really more energetic than their players.

From this Jiang Chao also felt why the future Yao Yao could be so determined to carry the future of the men's basketball team, while Ah Lian's character could only play by himself. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yao Yao was really awesome.

I don’t know if he has watched this game. If he thinks it’s appropriate, he can come over early and it will be over. With him here, the tactics will be more diverse.

…

1am.

Queen's Restaurant.

Marbury ordered a bunch of seafood dinner early and waited for the man!

"NBA players are still rich." Jiang Chao smiled and sat down. This is the most expensive hotel in New York. Even though Marbury looks so depressed, he still has a lot of money.

"Hey, Marbury, you didn't spend Christmas with your family but you came to watch a football game, and now you invite me to dinner, are you okay?"

Jiang Chao smiled deliberately.

"Nothing, nothing. I haven't been to this arena for a long time. I got a little excited at the end and wanted to treat the boss to a meal."

Marbury raised his glass, and Jiang Chao shook the red wine glass and took a sip.

"Tell me, brother, what's the matter?"

The two of them chatted while eating.

Why Jiang Chao agreed to have late-night snacks with Commissar Ma Ma was because he was actually not as vicious as he appeared to be, he was quite talkative, and he was not as sinister as he appeared in the newspaper, and he expressed his intentions politely.

The first is that he originally came to watch the game hoping to find Boss Jiang after the Knicks lost six games in a row and said that he could help the Knicks and that he could train the two of them in the team...

But now that the Knicks have miraculously won, he can only drink bitter wine and feel pain in his heart. Nothing will happen to him without him.

Another reason for coming here is to hope that Jiang Chao can show him the way. He actually wants to play overseas, and even prove himself in the Knicks Development League first. But deep down in his heart, he still doesn't want to leave his hometown!

"Then let me ask you a question, what is the key for us to win against the Cavaliers?" Jiang Chao knew by looking at his expression that he had these questions, and smiled.

"You all fired a thousand arrows and hit 15 three-pointers in the game. On the defensive end, you didn't double-team James. Instead, you let him play, let him shoot, and took turns to attack James. It was very good." Marbury was watching the game in the front row.

Naturally, I can see it clearly.

Jiang Chao nodded, took a bite of Pipi shrimp and said:

"Well, that's basically what I mean, but you asked me, a young man, to point you in the direction. I don't have any particularly good ideas. I can only say that now, why don't you become our team's player trainer? This will have less impact on everyone.

a little."

He could only think like this for now. He couldn't really suggest that people leave his hometown. Moreover, he had done a great job in transforming his teammates. Jiang Chao had some intention of staying.

But he is not a good person either. He also wants to consider the influence within the circle.

Lao Ma was bought out by the New York Knicks at the end of February 2009 and joined the Boston Celtics.

Less than eight months later, he was bought out by the Celtics and remains unemployed until now.

But he is not Iverson, the No. 1 pick in the same class. Iverson could only get the veteran's minimum salary. A former All-Star player like him who has no role in selling tickets can only say that he now wants to try Jiang Chao's luck.

, but definitely not to the extent that he can discuss signing with the Knicks boss.

Because he has hit rock bottom recently.

Last month, he was kicked out of Nike. He was not even allowed to wear his sneakers for free, and his only source of income was gone.

A previous public dispute with coach Larry Brown also led to Larry Brown being fired.

A reporter from the New York Daily News called him "the most reviled athlete in New York." He seduced people, took drugs, insulted fans...the negative reports could fill a book.

If he really signed it, Jiang Chao would have gone round and round and signed back garbage that no one wanted??

Even if he is a trainer, he has to be sprayed, okay?

"No, I've also thought about being a coach. I'm still young and I want to play basketball!"

Marbury, 32, shook his head repeatedly with a fork and said eagerly:

"I can sign with Chaoshen Sports for free to endorse Chaoshen Sports shoes, or I can invest 5 million US dollars in Chaoshen Sports!"

Jiang Chao nodded inwardly, thinking that he knows his way around. I have to say that this guy's business vision is as ruthless as that of later generations. He is willing to invest 5 million US dollars in himself and decisively choose his own brand of sneakers? Is this because he wants to rely on the super god to gain support?

mean?

Tsk, tsk, tsk, my young company will have such a day.

But the next sentence made Jiang Chao's face immediately turn cold.

"Boss, I only want a veteran contract with an annual salary of 2 million. I want to return to New York. I can help, really!"

"You use this as a threat to come to the Knicks? Do you think our Super Sports lacks your investment or your spokesperson?"

Jiang Chao snorted coldly, was this an indirect bribe to his new boss? He was still a good old horse, but sorry, he didn't accept this trick.

Lao Ma sweated directly on his forehead and said immediately:

"No, no, no, I don't mean that, I just want to go back to New York!"

Seemingly aware of Jiang Chao's dilemma, Lao Ma, who had already thought about it, suddenly gritted his teeth and said:

"Boss, don't be angry. If nothing else works, I can still sell you shoes! I know my image is not good, but I will work hard to let New Yorkers see my changes and let you know my changes!"

Jiang Chao softened his words when he saw that Lao Ma actually said something so shabby that he would rather not play ball and become an employee of his Super Sports:

"You should know the consequences of not playing high-level football for one or two years, right?"

"It's okay, I should still be able to play professional basketball! I won't stop training!"

"Hey, you are stubborn. Seeing that you love basketball so much, let me help you."

"ah!!!"