NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 188 Acquisition of the Warriors Project
The competition for the playoffs in the Western Conference is extremely fierce. The Jazz with four All-Star players are now ranked ninth in the Western Conference, and the Hornets with Paul are only eighth in the Western Conference.

The NBA's long season is almost over, and there are not many games left for each team.Regarding the ownership of the MVP, many fans also have their own guesses.

"Sports Illustrated" selected the MVP of the 0809 season. LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and Dwight Howard occupied the top four respectively, and O'Neal ranked fifth.O'Neal also set an NBA record. At the age of 36, he was still in the top five of the MVP rankings. Jordan did not even do it.

Some experts believe that if there are no consecutive injuries in the middle of this season, the Warriors' record will be better, and O'Neal will enter the top three positions.And if Li Zhi, another core of the Warriors, hadn't missed too many games, his name should also be on the MVP voting list.

No one thinks that Li Zhi is the strongest player in the league, but Li Zhi is irreplaceable to the Warriors, just like Kobe is to the Lakers and James is to the Cavaliers.

Before the end of the season, the schedule was slack, and Li Zhi stayed at home with Avril in his spare time.Li Zhi is too busy with work, during this period of time he competes all day long, and Avril Lavigne is also busy with her new album, the two of them seldom have time to chat and fall in love like ordinary people.

On April 4st, April Fool's Day, Lei Nuo called Li Zhi.

"George, what do you think I bought Chris Cohan's shares?"

Li Zhi laughed immediately, and said, "Happy April Fool's Day." He didn't believe Lei Nuo's nonsense.

Renault said hurriedly: "I'm not kidding, it's true, I want to acquire the shares of the Warriors held by Chris Cohan, and I can still manage a club."

Li Zhi pursed his lips, and said with a smile: "It's not that I don't believe it, the main reason is where did you spend so much money? The shares in Cohan's hands will not be sold without 3 million."

3 million US dollars, this is a sky-high price for an NBA player like Li Zhi. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, all NBA players are millionaires, but in terms of this occupation, NBA players are nothing more than high-end wage earners.

Lehman went bankrupt, and Li Zhi couldn't understand the confidence from Renault to acquire Cohan's shares.

Renault was silent for a few seconds, and said in a strange tone: "It's only 3 million."

Hearing Lei Nuo's answer, Li Zhi almost choked to death on the coffee, coughing for a long time before recovering.

"George George, are you okay?"

Li Zhi shook his head, and couldn't believe Lei Nuo's answer, what is only 3 million, 3 million is already a sky-high price, Li Zhi probably won't get 3 million in his whole life.

"Where did you get so much money? Isn't your family bankrupt?"

Renault sighed and said, "Yeah, our family went bankrupt, but it has nothing to do with me. The acquisition of Cohan's shares was originally an idea some time ago, and Chris Mullin is such a jerk."

Lei Nuo's emotions became more and more agitated. He talked intermittently for more than ten minutes before Li Zhi understood why Lei Nuo had the money to buy the Warriors.Acquiring the Warriors was Leno's idea last season. As a singer, Leno didn't have to do this, but Li Zhi let him have this idea.

The conflict between Li Zhi and Al Harrington last season was well known to everyone. Chris Mullin's indecisiveness made Renault very uncomfortable. At that time, Cohan happened to have the idea of ​​​​selling shares.So Reynolds raised funds from his younger brothers and sisters, and wanted to acquire the Warriors, but before the acquisition, Lehman fell into a subprime mortgage crisis, so Reynolds shelved the plan.

After listening to his explanation, Li Zhi still couldn't accept the idea of ​​rich people.I can't understand Chris Mullin like buying shares in the Warriors. This is too dandy, aren't you a James fan?Why not buy the Cavaliers?

Lei Nuo didn't know what Li Zhi was thinking. If he knew, Lei Nuo would definitely say, "I've thought about it, but Gilbert won't sell it!"

In his previous life, Leno never thought of buying an NBA team, but now he wants to buy the Warriors because he is grateful to Li Zhi.

In Lei Nuo's eyes, money is just a number, but Li Zhi is indeed Lei Nuo's best brother. Seeing that Li Zhi was treated unfairly in the Warriors and was almost traded, Lei Nuo came up with this idea.

Li Zhi said, "Have you contacted Chris Cohan?"

Renault sighed: "I have contacted, but someone is one step ahead of me. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Mandalay Entertainment Chairman Peter Guber also have plans to acquire the Warriors."

Speaking of this, Renault got angry and said: "Chris Cohan didn't say a specific price, but let us bid. I don't want to be taken advantage of. The value of the Warriors I asked my agent to estimate is no more than [-] million, but Ellison and Peter have already bid [-] million. These two bastards."

The Lehman family is a family of merchants. Although Lei Nuo doesn't care about money, he is used to careful planning when negotiating business, and he doesn't want to suffer from this dumb loss.

In Li Zhi's mind, he recalled the information about the sale of the warrior in his previous life. It seemed that he had sold it for 4.5 million yuan, but now the price of 4 million yuan is obviously cheaper.Thinking of this, Li Zhi said to Lei Nuo, "Lei Nuo, do you believe me?"

Renault said without hesitation: "Trust me, otherwise why would I buy the Warriors."

"Then tell Cohan, you want [-] million. The future of the Warriors is more than [-] million."

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The next day, the Warriors played against the Cavaliers at home. Li Zhi had insomnia due to too much communication with Avril Lavigne at night and the acquisition of the Warriors, which affected Li Zhi's performance.

The Cavaliers have a complete lineup and solid defense. James scored a triple-double with 40 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. No one in the Warriors can limit him.

In the fourth quarter, the Warriors had a chance to win the game, but Li Zhi felt bad and missed a key goal in the final quarter, and eventually lost to the Cavaliers.

The best performance of the Warriors was Jackson, with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and the same triple-double.Nelson didn't blame the Warriors players.Li Zhi is not in good condition. James is unguarded by the Warriors in this game. The Cavaliers are in full swing. The opponent feels good, and Nelson has nothing to do.

The Cavaliers now rank first in the league, and neither the Lakers nor the Celtics were able to match the Cavaliers in last season's Finals.Their lineup is complete, and many people are optimistic that the Cavaliers will break out in the Eastern Conference this year.

On the 5th and 6th, the Warriors challenged the Spurs and the Suns. These are two consecutive back-to-back away games.The Warriors' goal is to win both games, squeeze out the Rockets, and rise to fifth place in the West.

Meeting two strong teams at the end of the season is not good news for the Warriors, but when it comes to the playoff rankings, the Warriors can only go all out.

(End of this chapter)