Chapter 260 (1/2)
The owner of the Lakers is Jerry bass, who started his career in real estate. In 1979, he spent a huge sum of $67.5 million to buy the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings (ice hockey team) and Los Angeles forum arena.
Under his management, the Laker team was brilliant in the late 1980s. Under the leadership of ”Tiangou” Jabbar, ”magic” Johnson and James Woxi, they played beautiful games and wonderful cooperation, which made the game simply enjoyable. They were called performance time by the audience!!!
Three people work together to create a brilliant show time era!
Unfortunately, veteran Jabbar retired in 1989, Magic Johnson was found infected with HIV, retired in February 1991.
The Lakers lost two generals one after another. James Woxi was a lone wolf, and the team couldn't get any good results. He retired a few years later.
At this moment, the Laker team has fallen into the trough, until O'Neill and Kobe's OK combination kill all sides, and re create the brilliance of the Laker team!!! But now, it's the best time to buy the Lakers!
Henry sent his own professional negotiation team to contact Jerry Buss, intending to buy the Lakers at a high price!
Los Angeles headquarters.
Jerry Buss looked at Brad Hansen, the representative of Henry's negotiation team, and coldly refused: ”Mr. Hansen, please tell Henry Williams that I, Jerry Buss, won't sell the Lakers!”
After Jerry bass finished, Brad Hansen could not help but frown. He was directly rejected even before he made an offer. Listening to Jerry Bass's tough tone, he felt a bit tricky. Brad Hansen was silent for a moment, organized a language, said: ”Mr. Jerry bass, since 1989, after the retirement of Jabbar, the Laker team is not as good as before, many times missed the championship position. Then Magic Johnson retired sick, is to make the Lakers even worse! Mr. Jerry bass, our boss, Mr. Williams, is willing to spend 600 million dollars on the acquisition of the Lakers. You may as well think about it! ”
”Don't worry, even if it's more than 100 million or even 200 million dollars, I won't sell the Lakers!” Jerry Buss said confidently, ”the Lakers are just at a low point for a while. I will let them win the NBA championship again.”
Jerry Buss has deep feelings for the Lakers. In order to develop the team, he hired a Hollywood production team to make the most cool promotional film for the team. He also recruited the most beautiful Cheerleading Girls and invited the most famous sports band in the United States from USC to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, making the Los Angeles game as an entertainment event as well as the Oscar ceremony. He never even spared signing players at a high price, even if he had to pay a high luxury tax!
Once upon a time, Jerry bass offered 25-year-old ”magician” Johnson a huge contract worth 25 million dollars
Brad Hansen felt helpless when he saw that Jerry bass was so stubborn. He immediately shook his head and said to Jerry bass, ”well, Mr. Jerry bass, in that case, I'll leave!”
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Chairman's office, ABC headquarters building.
Henry listened to Brad Hansen over coffee. Henry asked, ”even at a high price, Jerry bass won't sell it?”
”Yes, boss, when Jerry bass talks, he's very determined. In my opinion, he really doesn't want to sell the Lakers!” Brad Hansen replied.
Henry nodded and asked, ”is there any other NBA team in Los Angeles?”
”Yes, the speedboat team. The speedboat team was originally called the Braves, but later it moved to San Diego and was renamed the speedboat team. In 1981, the team changed owners, and Stirling became the owner of the team. In 1984, he moved to Los Angeles. However, this team's performance is very bad, it can't get rid of the identity of the fish belly team all the time, and its best performance is only to enter the semi-finals of the division
”OK, then buy the speedboat team!”
For Henry, it's the same with the acquisition of the Lakers or the Clippers. He's just looking at the ball for convenience, as long as he's in Los Angeles. As for players, as long as they are willing to spend money, are they afraid they will not be recruited? Salary cap or something, for Henry, like a sham, it's a big deal to pay a little more luxury tax!
In order to avoid the appearance of super rich teams, NBA has stipulated a policy: salary cap. That is to say, NBA stipulates the amount of a work cap, so the total salary of all players in a team can't exceed the salary cap, if it exceeds, they have to pay luxury tax!
In fact, most teams have exceeded the salary cap, just how much difference!
Brad Hansen nodded and said, ”OK, boss!”
Stirling is not so stubborn as Jerry bass. When he heard that Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, wanted to buy his own team, his eyes were bright!
After Brad Hansen talked with him, Stirling agreed to sell the speedboat team to Henry Williams for 200 million dollars!
When Sterling bought the speedboat team, he spent only $20 million. At that time, the speedboat team was so rotten that it was almost a forgotten team. Even when the share price dropped to $10, no one would care about it. After Stirling's efforts for several years, although the speedboat team has become a lot stronger, it is still a ”tail car”!
Speedboat team can sell 200 million US dollars, compared with Stirling's original investment, in general, it made a lot of money!
Soon, the acquisition agreement was signed.
The speedboat team was officially included in Henry's name. Henry first changed the name of the speedboat team to the speedboat team. First, it sounds familiar, and second, it represents the rebirth of the speedboat team!
Henry Williams became the new owner of the speedboat team and immediately caused a sensation in the industry.
”NBA top teams will be born soon!”
”Henry Williams is not bad for money, the city team, the Lakers are under great pressure!”
The newspaper joked: ”at this moment, the owners of the major NBA teams must guard against the players being poached!”
The owners of the team are nervous. It's like a wolf. There are usually four ways for NBA players to flow, one is draft, the other is trade between clubs, the third is free player joining, and the fourth is clubs giving up players.
The transaction between clubs is usually completed in the form of substitution. Of course, it's OK to pay for it!
A thousand mile horse is common, but Bole is not.
There are so many talented players who have gone astray that the club owners are willing to sell some
In addition, if the Clippers' treatment is high, the free agent must be close to the Clippers! These free agents either don't have a contract or they're out of contract. There are many such free players born in NBA every year“ Shaquille O'Neal became a free agent in 1996 and was poached by Lakers boss Jerry Buss for more than $100 million!