NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 393 Zhao Dong on the shelf

It is impossible to hide Zhao Dong's whereabouts from the media. A large number of media are waiting at Beijing International Airport 24 hours a day. When Zhao Dong walked out of the airport at [-] noon on the [-]th, Beijing time, he was surrounded by a large number of media reporters and fans.

Fortunately, there were more than a dozen bodyguards around him, and with the help of the airport security, it took him half an hour to leave the airport. After thanking the security personnel, he got into Zhao Dacheng's car.

"Four championships, brother, how many championships do you plan to win?" Zhao Dacheng asked with a smile while driving.

"At least six consecutive championships." Zhao Dong said casually.

"What about after that?" Zhao Dacheng also asked casually.

"If you can complete the six consecutive championships, there is no challenge. Then change careers, play other games, and experience the feeling of losing." Zhao Dong laughed.

"These are 13 packs."

Zhao Dacheng glanced sideways at his brother and said with a smile.

Zhao Dong laughed and asked, "Are you all ready?"

"I'll just wait for you." Zhao Dacheng said with a smile.

The date of his marriage has been fixed, June NO.16, good luck and good luck for marriage.

As the eldest brother, the younger brother is about to be upgraded, and his marriage cannot be delayed any longer.

"Still with Xu Qing?" Zhao Dong asked suddenly.

"Brother, what are you talking about? Who else but her? Call me sister-in-law when you meet, don't make Xu Qing, Xu Qing, she is eight years older than you."

Zhao Dacheng said angrily.

"Haha..." Zhao Dong laughed.

Back in Sanbulao Hutong, I greeted my neighbors for a while before entering my yard.

Lindsay was pregnant with quadruplets, her stomach was very big, and she was already inconvenient to move around. Several tall foreign nannies followed her closely, never leaving her.

Fearing that she would fall, the old man spoke and sawed off all the thresholds in Lindsay's house.

In the following days, Zhao Dong stayed by Lindsay's side exclusively, basically not going anywhere.

The Zhao family has already bought both the left and right courtyards at a high price, and they have been connected. On the right is Zhao Dong's, and on the left is Zhao Dacheng's.

In fact, there are many better courtyards in Zhao Dong's hands, and there are several in the prince's Baylor Mansion, but this is an old house, just an ordinary two-entry courtyard, very old, but the older generation is reluctant to leave, and has been living here.

When it was NO.14, Zhao Dacheng's wedding day was getting closer and closer, so Zhao Dongcai went to help arrange it.

NO.16, Sanbulao Hutong became lively.

Zhao Dacheng's marriage was not publicized, because he was afraid that the tree would attract the wind, so he invited his new friends.

In addition, some big courtyard children and people from the film and television culture circle also came, all of which are Zhao Dacheng's own connections.

The old man, the old lady, and Zhao Zhenguo's contacts were not alarmed.

Not to mention Zhao Dong and Lin Sai.

After the marriage, the Zhao family returned to peace.

For the New York Knicks, the management is busy with lineup construction. This is Neil Grant's job, and he is the busiest.

In the playoffs, Ginobili and Marion performed unsatisfactorily, coupled with Fortson's serious injury, resulting in problems with the lineup rotation, he received a lot of blame and a lot of pressure, so in the offseason, he needs to do make an effort.

Originally, he wanted to discuss with Zhao Dong after the season, about lineup issues, and Zhao Dong's thoughts on the Knicks, but he didn't have time, Zhao Dong left too quickly, and now he can only contact by phone.

This is the premise of lineup construction. With Zhao Dong, without Zhao Dong, this is a completely different situation.

But before that, he needs to discuss relevant matters with boss James Dowland.

After James Dowland talked with Zhao Dong last time, he followed some suggestions, but he has already lost a lot, and there is no way to make up for these losses. In addition, the U.S. stock market continues to decline, and there is no sign of turning back. It is already a standard bear market , The market value of the family company has fallen again and again, which has affected his status in the family.

The Knicks with six championships in hand, in terms of honor, except for the Celtics and Lakers who can compete with them, there is no third team in the league that can compare.

From the perspective of the ball market, the Lakers cannot compare with the Knicks. The Knicks are superior in the entire league.

The Knicks also have Madison Square Garden, a basketball mecca, a natural giant.

On the whole, the Knicks, with six championships in hand, have become the league's No. [-] giant, surpassing the Celtics and Lakers.

So for the Knicks, after four consecutive championships, he really doesn't want to invest anymore.

In the 99/00 season, he paid tens of millions of dollars in luxury taxes, and he didn't want to pay any more of this money.

When Neil Grant approached him to talk about the matter, he had already thought it through.

"Get ready to trade flying dragons."

"what?"

In a word, Neil Grant was shocked from the chair to the floor. When he got up, the chair slid back and fell directly to the floor.

James Dowland said helplessly: "I've thought it through, I'll talk to Feilong in person, I hope he can understand my decision."

"Mr. Dolan, Fei Long stays in the Knicks. Our operating income can fully cover his salary and luxury tax expenses, and even have a surplus. Why trade him?"

Neil Grant couldn't understand Dowland's decision at all, didn't understand at all.

James Dowland smiled bitterly: "Can you strengthen the lineup without me continuing to invest?"

Neil Grant immediately shook his head and said: "In order to compete with us, other teams will definitely strengthen, so we also need reinforcement.

Kevin Willis and Gary Trent all need to be traded, and we need a younger and stronger inside lineup.Boss, you also know that inside players are very expensive, and you can't do without money.

In addition, I will soon discuss the contract extension with Stackhouse. He has won the championship and has no maximum salary. We cannot keep him.

In general, our salary and the luxury tax we need to pay next season will be higher. "

"Next season, I hope to take a part of the team's profits. I have already talked with the management. This is a decided thing."

James Dowland nodded and said: "So, if reinforcements are not available, do you think Feilong can accept it? I don't want to have problems with his relationship. Since I don't have the financial resources to reinforce them, then ask him to go to another team."

He is very helpless, the company's liquidity has been lost by him, and someone in the family has already targeted his position. If he doesn't get some cash to restore the company's operating ability, his position in the family will be difficult to protect.

So now he wants to draw blood from the Knicks, and if he can draw a little bit, it will definitely damage the strength of the team. Will Zhao Dong, who called for six consecutive championships, agree?
He didn't want to offend Zhao Dong, so he could only choose a deal.

In the end, Neil Grant was disappointed from James Dowland.

James Dowland's final decision is to trade Zhao Dong. With the Knicks' current lineup, a competitive lineup can definitely be formed without too much impact on the ball market.

Because in the New York ball market, without Zhao Dong, it will still be the most profitable team in the league, and it has always been like this.

Zhao Dong's contribution to the football market is just the icing on the cake.

With the value of Zhao Dong’s trade, he can even trade several All-Stars, but his requirement is only to be competitive. Trading in a few All-Stars will have to pay the luxury tax. The goal of the Knicks in the future is not to win the championship, but to It's the box office, it's operations, he wants the Knicks to make money for him.

In other words, the Knicks need to sell Zhao Dong cheaply.

To be honest, James Dowland has no other choice. Of course he doesn't want to trade Zhao Dong, because Zhao Dong is in the Knicks and brings great benefits to the Knicks.

But Zhao Dong stayed in the Knicks, his high salary plus the cost of team reinforcements, as well as the high luxury tax, will offset most of the profits Zhao Dong brought to the Knicks.

So he can only trade Zhao Dong, because without Zhao Dong, the Knicks can make more money after breaking even.

It can even be sold at a low price. If he dares to call out sky-high bargaining chips, other teams will definitely agree, but he thinks that Zhao Dong, who calls out for six consecutive championships, will not agree.

It is precisely because of the slogan of six consecutive championships that the team definitely needs reinforcements, and he doesn't want to invest any more. In the end, he can only decide to part ways with Zhao Dong.

At around 6:18 pm on June 8, Zhao Dong received a call from James Dowland.

To be honest, after hearing Dao Lan's words that he was going to trade him, Zhao Dong was also taken aback.

But he quickly realized that he still understood James Dowland's current predicament very well.

To put it bluntly, if James Dowland cannot solve the problem of the company's lack of liquidity, his status in the family will be reduced at the least, and the company may have problems at worst, and it may have to sell some assets to protect the core assets. .

In fact, James Dowland intended to sell the Knicks to him last time, let alone trading him now, it is possible to sell the team directly.

Besides, he didn't overreact to the transaction, it was just a business alliance, and it was normal to be traded.

"Feilong, which team you want to go to is up to you to decide. You can trade chips, and you can also let your agent participate in the negotiation."

"Then let's make a deal. I'll think about the specific team." Zhao Dong briefly said what he wanted, and then ended the call.

"How about, husband, let's find someone to buy the Knicks?" Lindsay said from the side.

"I'll think about it again."

Zhao Dong was a little hesitant, this might be a solution, but is it necessary?
"System, if I won the championship in another team, will it affect the task of winning six consecutive championships?" He asked in his heart.

"No." The system said.

He is relieved, since there is no impact, he just needs to go to a team with a good lineup and win two more championships. There is no need to buy the Knicks.

He notified Ringo Wells, asked him to keep in touch with the Knicks, and told Wells his two requests.

The first requirement is that the new team lineup cannot be affected by trading him.

In other words, his next team, after the trade, is also a championship team.

This request is very difficult, because if you want to trade him, the team will have to pay a huge price, and maybe even the entire team will be a bargaining chip. In this case, it is definitely impossible to maintain a strong lineup.

Unless, after the transaction, the boss invests huge sums of money to rebuild the lineup.

In this transaction, he must not make the new team pay too much. The Knicks got him without paying any price.

This is also his second request, he will not speak directly to James Dowland, it is best to have an agent come forward.

If the Knicks hold the intention of using him to trade as many chips as possible, and use his potential for the next team to nourish the Knicks, it is impossible for him to agree.

These two requests are actually one request. James Dowland has actually agreed to him, asking him to send his agent to participate in the transaction negotiations and control the transaction himself.

At noon on the 18th, US time, the midday news on New York TV station suddenly revealed a huge rumor that the Knicks would trade Feilong Zhao Dong.

New York TV station is the business of Knicks owner James Dowland's family. How true is the news it released?hundred percent.

This news spread throughout the world in the shortest possible time, and naturally everyone in the NBA knew about it.

As if a piece of red-hot iron fell into the water, the entire alliance boiled instantly and went crazy.

If Duncan enters the free market, he will be the biggest fish in the free market this year, but compared with Zhao Dong's deal now, it is nothing.

The Knicks' public relations department's phone call was quickly blown up by the fans. The public relations person who answered the phone was so scolded that he shut himself up and unplugged the phone line.

"No.1 in Knicks trading history, the god of trading efficiency, James Dowland, is he crazy?"

At the Union headquarters in New York, David Stern was extremely surprised when he received the report from his subordinates.

But soon, he calmed down.

James Dowland's current economic predicament, as the U.S. stock market continues to decline, Dowland's predicament has become more serious, and he more or less knows that the trading alliance No.1 may be to reduce the burden.

But he can't understand that Feilong can definitely bring a lot of extra operating income to the Knicks. Can't these income offset Feilong's salary and luxury tax?

What he didn't know was that James Dowland wanted to draw blood from the team, and he was afraid of offending Zhao Dong, so he could only reluctantly trade Zhao Dong.

"It doesn't matter if it's traded, if the dragon stays in the Knicks, then there will be no suspense about the championship."

After careful consideration, he thought it might be good for Zhao Dong to go to another team.

But which team to go to, the East or the West, he needs to consider, he will not easily pass the deal about Zhao Dong.

"James Dowland is crazy!"

Mavericks owner Michael Jordan was not watching the TV when his agent, David Falk, notified him, and the cigar dropped from his mouth to the floor when he heard the news.

Immediately, he suddenly became excited, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and immediately took out his mobile phone, wanting to call Zhao Dong, but looking at the time, it was late at night in China, so he put down the mobile phone again.

But within three seconds of putting down the phone, he couldn't help picking it up and calling Zhao Dong.

But he couldn't get through Zhao Dong's phone, because Zhao Dong turned off his phone at night, and he was afraid that a sudden call would affect Lindsay's rest.

In Los Angeles, after the Lakers management knew the news, West immediately notified the boss, Old Buss, who immediately drove to the headquarters to discuss the emergency.

As soon as Buss Sr. arrived at the headquarters, the first thing he said to the management was: "I want to see the Dragons play at the Staples Center."

"Jerry, to trade Feilong, we may have to pay half of the team. The OK combination will definitely become a bargaining chip and sacrifice future potential. Feilong wants to win six consecutive championships, that is to say, after trading him, we still need to invest Big money to rebuild the roster."

Jerry West said seriously.

Old Bass sat down slowly and motioned for West to continue.

West said: "Our current lineup is actually very strong, even Jordan's Bulls Dynasty, we can win, we only lost to God.

Next season, the OK combination will only become stronger. If the entire team is traded for Feilong, the consequences may outweigh the gains. "

"You don't suggest trading Feilong?" Old Bass asked in surprise.

West smiled, but said: "No, who would refuse to have a god except a fool?"

"James Dowland did it." Old Bass suddenly laughed.

Speaking of this, West and other management also don't understand why Dolan chose to trade Zhao Dong.

After all, Old Buss is the boss. In the boss circle, he knows something about the situation, and said: "His family business is in big trouble, and the liquidity is exhausted. He used to be able to invest huge sums of money for the Knicks, but now he wants Blood drawn from the Knicks."

When he said this, West and other management understood.

Drawing blood will definitely damage the strength of the team, which is contrary to Zhao Dong's goal of six consecutive championships. If it is an ordinary star, it will be fine, but Zhao Dong is different. He pitted Zhao Dong in the Knicks in order to draw blood. Once Zhao Dong Turn your face, what are the consequences, the previous Nike is a lesson.

"Jerry, what do you think?" Old Bath asked.

West cheered up and said: "My idea is that if O'Neal is kept, everyone else can be a bargaining chip."

"Including Kobe?" Old Buss frowned.

Nodding, West said: "If Dolan wants to draw blood from the Knicks, he won't let the Knicks completely collapse. If he wants box office and operating income, he must have stars. And if he wants to draw blood, he will definitely Avoid paying the luxury tax.

In other words, if he trades with us, he probably won't ask to trade the complete OK combination, so he will have to pay the luxury tax.

Kobe gave them, we kept O'Neal, and the Dragons were on the outside, so we can guarantee five championships. "

(End of this chapter)