There were only ten seconds left in the game, and the Clippers gave the Hornets a chance to win. Unfortunately, the Hornets failed to seize it. On the last shot, Collison drove to the basket, but was rejected by Jordan with a big block!
"Crazy line, really crazy line. You are so short and you still hold the ball deep. You have no vision to pass out. You held the ball and didn't move early. If you don't get blocked, who will get blocked?"
"What the hell are you planning, Head Coach of the Hornets? It's wide open, but someone needs to be there to respond. It doesn't work if the space is too wide. Proper distance is still very important. What's the use if the ball can't be passed out?"
"Hey, my 200 yuan!"
Min Congda watched the Hornets' last attack, Collison went deep into the basket and took a big block. The other players were stretched out in all directions but had no chance to make a shot. He could only lament that his first salary in life was wasted.
At this moment, he felt that the last offensive tactic arranged by the Hornets coach was a dead end. The space was created but not utilized well, leaving the ball holder isolated and helpless. This was not a good tactical design.
At the end of the game, the Clippers won the second game of the Summer League. Curry scored a double-double with 17 points and 10 assists. He successfully revitalized the Clippers' offense in the second half.
Jordan once again had his fill, scoring 21 points and making 7 of 10 shots from the basket, half of which were fed by Curry.
Gordon's playing time was relatively short, but he also scored 16 points and was very efficient. He was very successful in defending Collison at the last moment, leading him into an inside trap, causing his killer throw to be blocked.
Although it was only a summer league victory, it was still exciting for the three young people.
Especially Curry. When he was locked up in the first half, he adjusted his mentality and changed his thinking. He used flexible and changeable play to break through Collison's defense and shut up this guy completely!
He felt that he had lived up to the expectations of Manager Smart, and finally hit the key buzzer-beater. However, it seemed that Mr. Smart was not particularly happy. His face was uninterested and even a little lost.
Curry walked up to Min Congda and asked: "Mr. Smart, is there anything you are dissatisfied with about my performance today?"
Min Congda thought to himself: "Not satisfied, very dissatisfied, who allowed you to hit the last shot, who allowed you to overtake, who allowed you to send so many assists!"
All he could say was: "No, I'm very satisfied with your performance, but... don't play too hard, let go when it's time to let go, be careful of injuries, and save your energy for the regular season."
Curry nodded. He knew that Min Congda said this out of concern and love for himself, and was afraid that he would be hurt, but he was not afraid!
In order to prove that Mr. Smart's choice is correct, he will work harder on the court and strive for every victory.
The Clippers will play the Grizzlies in the next game. Curry and Griffin will have a head-to-head dialogue. This game will definitely attract everyone's attention and become one of the few focuses of the summer league.
Returning to the hotel in the evening, after dinner, Min Congda locked himself in the room and lay on the bed to heal his injured soul.
"The 200 yuan is gone again. Why is it so difficult to make some money? I thought it would be an easy task, but damn, the difficulty has soared. The gap between the second level and the first level is also too big."
"It's been half a month and I've achieved nothing. And I feel like the Clippers are pretty strong in this summer league. If they don't win a game by then, wouldn't my trip be in vain?"
"No, it's not in vain. I went to Las Vegas once, but lost $150..."
Thinking that he lost money while gambling, Min Congda was in agony. Who could he ask to explain to him if he had to pay 150 yuan without earning a penny?
But Min Congda soon regained his composure: "It's just the summer league now. It's only 200 yuan a game, which is small money. Losing a game in the regular season costs 2,000 yuan. And the regular season is different from the summer league. There are many experts and strong teams. It’s not that easy to win!”
"Also, the team can still do some work on its expenses. Although it cannot invest in non-basketball-related fields, there are many projects that can be developed in basketball-related fields, such as filming a documentary about Curry's No. 1 pick... Oh, yes, Make a documentary, let’s call it Curry’s growth path, follow the whole team everywhere, and after filming it, you find that Curry’s performance on the Clippers is not good, wouldn’t that be a real loss?”
Min Congda suddenly discovered a good way to make the Clippers lose money by making a documentary!
Because he remembered seeing a piece of news related to Yao Ming before, saying that the documentary about Yao Ming's No. 1 championship year ended up losing money when released.
If a successful No. 1 pick like Yao Ming, coupled with the blessing of the Chinese halo, loses money, what reason does Curry have not to lose money?
He immediately got up and turned on his computer, searched for news about Yao Ming's documentary, and quickly saw:
"The film was not promoted, and the $27,823 "Yao Years" flopped at the box office in its first week": "The film, which cost more than 1 million US dollars and was originally planned to be released in more than ten cities across the United States this week, had a box office failure after its first week in Houston. With only $27,823, it was a disastrous failure.”
""Yao Next Year" only sold two tickets a day, which can only be described as bleak": "...The total box office of this film in the United States was only 33,345 US dollars...'The ticket sales are so poor, we only sold them today "Two cards came out," said an attendant at a movie theater..."
Even after reading a few pieces of news, they were all old news about bad box office results.
Min Congda remembered that Yao Ming was very popular in school at that time. As a person who did not watch basketball, he could hear words such as "Yao Ming", "Rocket", "You are unreasonable" and so on from his classmates every day. Yao Ming was right For China, it is a symbol and a totem of basketball.
"Even Yao Ming, a totem of basketball, has such a dismal box office for a documentary. Wouldn't it be even worse if it were Curry?"
"Yao Zhinian's investment is 1 million US dollars, which is too little. I want the investment in Curry's documentary to be increased to 10 million! Use up all the liquidity in the team's account. It would be better if you can owe debts, Yankees There are many financial financing methods here. The bank will issue a bond without paying the money, which will completely bring down the team's finances!"
Thinking of shooting documentaries as a good way to spend money, Min Congda's mood immediately improved.
Compared with the huge consumption and losses of financing, borrowing, and investing in projects, what's so great about losing 200 yuan by winning a game? It's just drizzle.
Anyway, the money for food, drink, and accommodation has been reimbursed recently by the team. I don’t have a girlfriend, and I don’t have to pay a mortgage, so I’ll just live with it for now. I still need to look at the problem from a long-term perspective, and figure it out slowly!
Thinking of this, Min Congda immediately began to write a documentary shooting project plan. After returning to Los Angeles and discussing it with the management, he could start bidding for the shooting and keep throwing money into it!
"Haha, I'm really a genius at devouring company finances. What I learned before is still meaningful... But what if the documentary becomes a hit?"
"Impossible, Yao Ming isn't even popular, how can Curry be popular and take the lead? He can only win a few games at most, and the game viewing is not as good as Griffin. Who wants to watch his documentary. Well, that's it, The name of the documentary is...well, Los Angeles Diners..."
