Pick Westbrook

Chapter 96 The Final Question
The Bucks' offense continued to thrive.

With their current offensive strength, how could the already weak defensive Raptors be their opponents.

In addition, the Raptors' lineup is uneven. Except for Calderon, Chris Bosh and Jermaine O'Neal, the strength of other players is indeed limited. Facing the Bucks' repeated bombing offense, they have no way to parry. force.

Instead, they had a player named Andrea Bargnani sitting on the bench. He was strong and caused some trouble for the Bucks on the offensive end.

Of course, the trouble is only limited.

Li Lai flipped through his memory and finally remembered this player. He didn't expect him to be the No. 06 pick in [-].

"Although Andrea Bargnani is the No. 06 pick with good strength and talent, but in [-] there were Aldridge, Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo and others.

It can only be said that your vision of the Raptors is not bad. With any of the above players, it will not be as embarrassing as it is now, and the players on the team are so bad. "

With the performance of the Bucks' bench lineup Dragic and Andre Ingram, the Bucks continued to expand their lead. In the end, the main players started off work in three quarters, which made the battle lose suspense early.

Li Lai suddenly looked at Tyronn Lue, who was watching the court and enjoying the game with satisfaction.

At this time, there is only half a quarter before the end of the game, and the Bucks still maintain a lead of more than 20 points, and it is rare for Tyronn Lue to relax.

"Lu."

Tai Lunlu came back to his senses, seeing Li Lai's strange eyes, he couldn't help but tighten his buttocks.

It is said that you, Li Lai, are the biggest crotch kid in Milwaukee, what do you mean by looking at me like that at this time?
"Brother, don't mess around!"

Li Lai pointed to the court with a speechless smile and said, "It's impossible for us to let Russell and Dragic continue to play in this situation, so we need the team's third point guard to play to end the game."

Tyronn Lue looked left and right, but didn't react, "Coach, when did we have a third point guard in our team, didn't we always have only two?"

Li Lai pointed to the jersey worn by Tyronn Lue, who opened his mouth slightly and looked like an idiot.

"I forgot I was still a Bucks player."

Tyronn Lue played the regular season for the first time since the season, just that picture.
Since entering the coaching staff, this perch has completely lay down on Ge You, losing the motivation to continue training, so his body is seriously out of shape, and he can't play games.

But Li Lai didn't care about such things. What he needed was not the player's Tyronn Lue.

And Tyronn Lue has been doing a good job as an assistant coach, and he is also very satisfied.

After the last time, the Bucks won the game 122:108.

Tyronn Lu walked off the court panting, and said in mourning, "Coach, next time you let me play, you might as well just kill me. My arm is about to be broken."

Of course Li Lai knew who the player who was about to break Tyronn Lue was. At this moment, the opponent was still standing on the court with his hands on his hips, his face full of powerlessness.

O'Neal fought hard on the court, but the Raptors still lost the game, and he felt very bad.

More importantly, he played a full 38 minutes of the game and still failed to win the game for the team, which made him even more uncomfortable.

He is no longer the former Jermaine O'Neal who was third in the MVP rankings. He is now a poor guy who was traded away by his old club.

O'Neal was thinking, if the Pacers hadn't had the Auburn Hills incident and had won the playoffs, would the Pacers trade him immediately after he was injured?
"Definitely not!" Jermaine O'Neill was very sure of this

Artest looked at O'Neal's sad back, and once again took the initiative to walk over.

And this time O'Neal spoke.

"What's the matter, come to laugh at me, poor fellow?
Congratulations, you still have the strength far beyond the league level, so there are still teams that want you, but I am not so lucky, because of injuries, I am no longer a star, just an ordinary person. "

Little O'Neill didn't look back, and left without hesitation after speaking.

At this time, without the help of adrenaline, the sequelae of forcing a high-explosive game also appeared.

O'Neill Jr. felt a piercing pain in his knee. He gritted his teeth and tried not to show it in front of the people behind him, so he walked towards the locker room in an awkward posture.

He still has reasons for retaining the last trace of dignity.

Artest stopped and looked at O'Neal Jr.'s stubborn appearance. There were complex emotions on this tough guy's face, most of which were self-blame.

"O'Neal is very likely to be traded by the Raptors."

Li Lai came over, patted Artest on the shoulder and said, "As you can see, the No. [-] pick named Andrea Bargnani played very well and also caused us some trouble. And now Jermaine is hard to cause trouble for opponents."

Therefore, Andrea Bargnani, who is also playing inside, is likely to be supported by the Raptors to start, and O'Neal, who has lost his value, is estimated to be abandoned as a sacrificial child.

Artest understands this truth. If he wants to survive in the NBA, he must abide by the rules of the jungle.

He said with a long sigh: "When I was in the Pacers, Reggie Miller was our leader, but Jermaine is my best brother, the brother who died, and we are also very good friends."

Li Lai remembered that when the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills happened, O'Neal was the first to stand up for Artest, because the person who was punished the most for that incident, besides Artest, was O'Neal.

He can stand up for Artest regardless of the consequences, probably because of the relationship between the two.

It can be seen that Jermaine O'Neal also cherishes Artest's friend very much.

It's just that looking at it now, such friends have completely broken up and even turned into enemies.

Shortly after the game.

News from Xiao Hua soon came.

He settled the matter with David Stern, who was also very surprised by the way of cooperation, and even appreciated it.

The NBA is already planning and sorting out a plan to submit to CCTV, and also intends to inform the owners of other teams of this new cooperation method.

If nothing else, this proposal is likely to be passed by both parties.

Xiao Hua said: "We plan to continue to use the 1000 million soft sister currency broadcast fee, and use this to cooperate with CCTV for a long time, and the other party is also very satisfied with our sincerity."

"After all, at the beginning of the season, the NBA has already increased the broadcasting fees in other regions, but only in cooperation with China, we did not increase the fees.

"That's sincerity."

And after Xiao Hua proposed a new cooperation method of selling jerseys, CCTV also showed great interest.

Because they are also very annoyed by the proliferation of fake jerseys in China, and the prevalence of this kind of piracy will easily form a bad trend in the future, resulting in a large number of products in China that cannot be protected by legal rights, and the cooperation can also bring a fortune to CCTV. Considerable income, why not do such a cooperation.

Xiao Hua has a hunch that such cooperation may be implemented soon, and it will definitely bring tens of millions of dollars in benefits to the alliance.

"So, thank you for the offer, Lee, it's going to be a really great milestone.

However, the early withdrawal of the sponsorship fee for this season that you applied for... I'm afraid it still won't work. "

Li Lai frowned.

This problem has troubled him from the beginning of the season to the present. If Xiao Hua still can't solve it, then it may be really difficult for him to think of a solution.

Xiao Hua heard Li Lai's silence over there, and suddenly laughed and said: "NBA has never had such a precedent, and Mr. Stern also strongly disagrees with setting such a precedent. Otherwise, every team will do this in the future. Then the alliance treasury will have no money at all. You should know the benefits of storing a large amount of money in the alliance here.

Therefore, this path is definitely not feasible, but I can give you 2000 million US dollars in my own name, but you have to pay me back immediately after the season is over. "

Li Lai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course, the money will be returned to you immediately in less than two months."

Xiao Hua nodded, he was very relieved about this.

Because the Bucks' record this season has almost entered the playoffs, but the ranking has not been determined, and their player salaries are still near the poor line, the tickets for this season are still selling very well, plus Chinese sponsorship With Shang's investment, I am afraid that the Bucks will make a lot of money after the end of the season, and even rank among the top in the league.

So repaying the funds is no problem at all.

After finishing the call with Xiao Hua, Li Lai also saw Hammond and Holloway rushing from Milwaukee to Toronto.

Holloway confirmed the exaggerated $2000 million in the Bucks account, and she looked at Li Lai with shocked and strange eyes.

Because when Li Lai told the two of them that he would settle the funds, Holloway felt that the other party was too optimistic, but she didn't expect it to be settled now.

Recalling the various difficulties encountered by the Bucks this season, from playing in the summer league without an assistant coach to now, all the problems have been solved by Li Lai, and now it seems like a miracle.

"Our funding gap was only 1000 million. Now with this funding, the team will operate completely normally, and we no longer have any concerns about the normal operation of the team."

Holloway said seriously.

Li Lai nodded. Now that this problem has been solved, it is time for him to complete the things that have always been on his mind.

"I intend to renew the contract with Villanueva early."

Hammond, who was originally happy and excited, immediately turned bitter after hearing the news.

My own boss is simply a money-spreading boy. The team just solved the financial problem and immediately thought about how to send the money out.

He reminded: "Villanueva is still in the rookie contract, and we have his matching rights, so no matter what chips other teams offer, we can match, and it will not lead to the loss of players.

In other words, the most correct way for us now is to wait until the end of the season to see if other teams are interested in Villanueva. If not, we can greatly reduce Villanueva's salary. "

This is also the main practice of most teams when dealing with rookie contracts.

To put it simply, it means that no matter what, the team cannot be disadvantaged.

(End of this chapter)