Among Min Congda's plans to bankrupt the Clippers, the second-ranked one was the "Afanggong Plan."
After receiving more than $30 million in credit from Wells Fargo and City Bank, the plan has taken shape.
Once they acquire the Great Western Forum Arena, the construction plan for the new arena will also be included in the team's future planning.
However, although the power of this miracle trick is very powerful, it can only be ranked second in the end. In Min Congda's mind, the real number one plan is to directly kill the NBA!
This move is the so-called bottom line, destroying the foundation of the Clippers. It depends on how you can continue to support it.
After more than a year of operation, Min Congda has realized that it is not easy to bankrupt a team.
One of the important reasons is that the league will provide assistance when the team needs help, which greatly increases the difficulty of bankruptcy.
For example, although the New Orleans Hornets are bankrupt, the league can take care of them and find a home for them.
For some teams that have suffered losses all year round and are unable to operate, the league will allocate part of the funds to subsidize them.
In order for the team to survive, the league has also set up a bond fund to issue bonds to the team to raise operating funds.
The United States is a society with very developed financial tools. After experiencing the financial turmoil in 2008, these financial tools made a comeback and rebuilt a money empire on the ruins.
NBA revenue declined last season and the salary cap saw a rare decrease. However, in the 2010-2011 season, the league is gradually returning to prosperity.
But at this critical juncture, the labor agreement signed by NBA labor and management in 1999 is about to expire, and negotiations are about to restart.
Lanci said to Min Congda: "According to the employer's wishes, due to continuous losses and adverse expectations, they hope to lower the player salary standards and even set up a hard salary cap. I think the labor will never agree. Maybe next season There will be a shutdown.”
Although the playoffs are still in progress, it is still early for labor negotiations.
But many intentions have been revealed at this time, and secret confrontations are taking place.
The regular season is over and one round of teams has been eliminated. For most players, the offseason has arrived.
As a front-line employee of the league, Lanci has already smelled the smoke of the negotiation war.
Min Congda said: "The league's revenue level is obviously gradually improving this season, why do we still need to lower the salary standard?"
Lanci said: "The improvement is limited, and the overall confidence is still insufficient. The key is that in the financial crisis, many team owners suffered huge losses, and they no longer want to invest so much money in player wages."
Min Congda thought for a while, capitalists are like this, if they can spend less, they will definitely spend less.
But the players will indeed not compromise. The last time he communicated with James, as the vice chairman of the players union, he had already expressed his firm position.
Once the two sides fall into conflicts and differences, the new season will inevitably be affected, and it will enter a major lockout like 1999.
Once the game is suspended, the team will have no income and the players will have no wages. In fact, both sides are bleeding and injured, just to see who can survive to the end.
"But what if neither side survives to the end?" Min Congda touched his chin, his stomach full of bad feelings starting to stir.
Ranch asked: "Smart, you said that when the negotiations reach a deadlock, which side will you stand on? The team's side or the players' side?"
Min Congda thought to himself, of course, I will stand on whichever side is at a disadvantage. We must make both sides evenly matched and not give in to each other, just to be a troublemaker.
He smiled and said, "Of course I am on the side of justice."
Lan Qi didn't quite understand what Min Congda meant, and the two discussed many details of labor negotiations.
Min Congda is very concerned about the joints, key figures in the negotiations, important time nodes, etc.
Lan Qi knew everything and said that he was determined to be the big tree of Min Congda. As a person with a background but not a deep one, it was very important to have the support of big bosses in the local team.
It's like being a small official in the central government. You have no background and no promotion channels.
Now that he has the network of local princes, he naturally has to rely on them, and he has more confidence to do things in the alliance.
You know, there are many league employees like Ranch who maintain close relationships with certain teams.
Every team has its own spies and connections in New York, and of course most of them are inextricably linked to the team.
For example, I have played in a team, worked, coached, worked in logistics, etc.
The young Lan Qi did not have these experiences, so when he met Min Congda and was able to hook him, he attached great importance to it and tried his best.
Min Congda knew that the two were using each other. He said to Lan Qi: "By the way, the semi-finals will start next week. I will give you ten tickets for the playoffs. You can invite your friends to watch the game. If it is not enough, ask again. I want."
Lan Qi showed a smile on his face and said: "No problem, thank you, thank you, ten pictures are enough, thank you."
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At the end of April, the first round of the NBA playoffs ended.
This year's playoffs are a year without much suspense.
Seven of the eight top-half seeded teams advanced, and all of them resolved their battles within six games.
The only exception was the Spurs, the No. 1 team in the Western Conference, who were beaten by the Clippers and swept 0:4.
This became the most humiliating defeat in the Spurs' glorious history of more than ten years.
The eight-game miracle created by the Clippers has brought the team's reputation and popularity to its peak.
The Clippers vs. Spurs were the most talked-about series in the entire first round, and the one with the biggest response was.
Celebrities and bigwigs from all over the world came out to praise and exclaimed that the Clippers have a bright future.
As soon as the fourth game was played, the tickets for the third and fourth games of the second round were sold out.
Moreover, some ticket prices have been raised to very high prices, and the auction seats set by Min Congda have been sold for thousands of dollars.
Led by stars such as Beckham and Kanye West, the Clippers courtside has also become star-studded.
The Clippers have undoubtedly become one of the hottest teams in the league.
This time, the Clippers' valuation will rise again.
For all this, Min Congda chose to turn a blind eye.
For nearly a week, he immersed himself in the joy of fishing.
Pretend the team is eliminated and the whole team goes fishing.
I will not participate in any interviews or activities.
He didn't even eat at the training center.
Until April 29th, the whole team will go to Oklahoma City to start the journey to the second round of the playoffs.
Min Congdacai reunited with the team and headed to Oklahoma City.
After some adjustments, his mentality has returned to its original state.
If we don't say that heartless people eat more and sleep well, nothing will be difficult for them.
He is once again full of confidence in the Clippers' future of being eliminated!
"Teams like the Spurs have been consigned to the trash heap of history!"
"The Thunder's Westbrook and Durant represent the new forces in the league and are the future of the league!"
"From every matchup point of view, the Thunder have the advantage, and the Clippers are definitely no match!"
"Just treat it as a trip. The Clippers' season is over."
(End of chapter)
