Dead memories pop up to attack Min Congda from time to time. "Bring your talent to the south coast" is what a male classmate said in high school.
Of course what he said was adapted, "I want to bring my talent to the rocket class!"
At that time, the school was divided into classes, including regular class and rocket class. If students in the regular class had excellent results in a certain major exam, students in the regular class would be transferred to the rocket class to receive more intensive problem-solving training.
It's a pity that this boy didn't mention the Rockets class until he graduated from high school.
Min Congda remembers that he loved playing basketball and often wore a red No. 32 jersey.
I didn't know it at the time, but Min Congda knows now that it was O'Neal's jersey during the Heat.
James' decision in the summer of 2010 should have been to go to the Heat.
With this memory, Min Congda breathed a sigh of relief. James will not come to the Clippers.
He temporarily put the matter behind him and spent his time focusing on dealing with the alliance's investigation team.
The people in the investigation team thought that Min Congda would evade the matter in every possible way and create some obstacles to the investigation.
Unexpectedly, Min Congda readily admitted in the first conversation, "I recruited Harden privately. It was at VLive, a famous nightclub in Dallas. I was drinking at the time and I just went to see him. Then I saw Harden and a big guy. The beautiful butt girl danced very high, but he didn’t respond when I called him, so I ordered him a glass of wine and had it delivered.”
"Then we chatted. I asked him if he wanted to come to Los Angeles. If he wanted to come, I would think of a way to get it for him through trading or other means. Mr. Investigator, that's it. I admit my mistake and I accept the punishment. "
The investigation team has made careful preparations for this investigation, and the investigators are all professionals who are proficient in law.
But Min Congda's sincerity and frankness made them unable to deal with it. Sure enough, sincerity is the last resort.
After consulting the Alliance Office, the investigation team extended the investigation period.
When Harden arrived in Los Angeles and completed the signing ceremony, Harden was questioned.
Harden agreed with what Min Congda said. In fact, he couldn't remember the specific content of the conversation that day.
But Min Congda did ask him if he wanted to come to Los Angeles, but he didn't take it seriously at that time.
"I thought he was just joking, and we had no contact after that. I didn't know what happened, so I was traded to Los Angeles."
After arriving in Los Angeles, Harden was still a little confused. He had been staying well in the Thunder, but he was suddenly sent to Los Angeles, and he was not mentally prepared.
He hasn't bought a house in Oklahoma City yet. Now, he doesn't need to buy a house. He can just buy a house in Los Angeles.
After some easy evidence collection work, the investigation team determined that Min Congda had indeed engaged in private recruitment.
They reported it to the league, and the league immediately issued a fine of up to 500,000 to Min Congda.
Last season had just ended and the new season had not yet begun, Min Congda gave himself a good start.
After receiving the notice, Min Congda smiled crookedly, thinking that Harden is really my lucky general, and he has created income for me since he came here.
500,000 US dollars is twice what Min Congda earned in salary and bonuses last season. This windfall is really huge.
So, on the day the ticket was issued, Min Congda invited Harden and Baron Davis to go to the most wild and voluptuous nightclub in Los Angeles to welcome the new bearded guy.
Baron Davis is also a bearded man and a rookie with a very similar body shape.
He and Harden had a very good rapport. It could be said that they hit it off immediately, and they quickly became friends and brothers.
Became a kindred spirit.
In the previous foursome of drunkenness, sex and wealth, two guys betrayed the organization, and now a new member has joined. Min Congda is eager for the arrival of new members.
The Los Angeles media and Clippers fans gradually accepted this result.
After a period of debate, everyone knew the dust had settled.
The people have been changed, that's all. Gordon is not a Superman balloon star.
Although Harden's statistics are worse, he is one year younger after all, and he was also the No. 3 overall pick in 2009.
The Clippers gathered the No. 1 and No. 3 picks in 2009 like this. A similar situation in the NBA was the 1989 Detroit Pistons.
The Pistons have the 1981 No. 1 pick and role models, Mark Aquili and Isaiah Thomas.
Even more exaggerated is the 2006 Heat, which brought together the 1992 No. 1 pick O'Neal, No. 2 pick Mourning and No. 3 overall pick Laettner.
Laettner only stayed with the Heat for a short period of time before being waived. I wonder if Riley signed him just to collect a fortune.
What completely put an end to the debate over the Clippers deal was a piece of news posted by ESPN before the free market started:
"LeBron James will announce his final destination this summer to the public on ESPN's "The Decision" on July 8."
As soon as this news came out, it immediately dropped a bomb in NBA public opinion, professional sports public opinion, and even national public opinion.
Controversy arose, with people speculating on which team James would go to, and why the results were announced on live television?
This is unprecedented in NBA history. Even if Michael Jordan came back, he would just hold a press conference and say "I'm back."
But James wants to announce his whereabouts through a TV show. Does he really think of himself as a lottery ticket, live broadcast of the lottery?
The time for negotiation in the free market is July 1st, and the free market will officially open on July 8th.
Although James said that he would announce his whereabouts on the show on July 8th, it means that he may already have a team he intends to play.
But that doesn't mean everything has been settled. In fact, these seven days have given each team room to operate.
Cleveland fans naturally tried their best to hope that their king could stay. Of course, some people cursed James, thinking that he should have decided to stay with the Cavaliers early on, instead of making a live broadcast decision to make people's appetites rise.
Other teams, as long as there is space, have joined the ranks of competing for James.
Except the Clippers.
When Min Congda saw that James was going to make the decision live on a TV show, he was struggling with one thing:
Should he take a step ahead of James and announce the decision on NBA-Batman?
With the current huge influence of NBA-Batman, once the prediction is announced, another bombshell will inevitably be dropped.
But what's the point of doing this? What are the benefits to Min Congda and the Clippers?
After struggling for two days, Min Congda also made a decision: to send it!
He thought: "Although making this prediction announcement does not seem to be of any benefit to me, it seems to be quite harmful to the NBA, ESPN, and James. Since it is something harmful to the NBA, I will do it."
After clarifying the logic of harming others and not benefiting oneself, Min Congda immediately contacted Fan Chen and told him: "Tweet that James will decide to go to the Heat and bring his talents to the south coast!"
Fan Chen was no longer surprised when he saw the news. He asked, "Are you sure James is going to the Heat?"
Min Congda: "Ninety percent sure."
After all, many things have changed since time travel, and Min Congda really can't be 100% sure.
Fan Chen was silent for a while, but replied: "Mr. Min, I don't think this tweet can be posted."
(End of chapter)
