unfinished glory

Chapter 275 The Trend of the Strong Team

After playing the Olympic games, Li Chongxiao returned to China with the team. While participating in some activities, he heard the sad news: Grizzlies owner Heisley had a stroke!

Heisley's physical condition has been poor, last year also underwent heart surgery.After participating in the celebration of the three consecutive championships, he felt a little unwell and has been recuperating until now.I just exercised a few days ago, and then suddenly fell ill.

Li Chongxiao quickly put aside what he was doing, and went to the United States to visit the opponent, and other Grizzlies players also rushed over.

With the help of the doctor, Heisley has gradually improved, but at such an advanced age, it is difficult to return to the way it was before.He needs to be bedridden now, and there is no way to devote himself to work and manage team affairs.

Only a week or so after being ill, Heisley, who was sober, summoned the core managers, coaches and Li Chongxiao of the Grizzlies. After much discussion, he made a major decision: sell the Grizzlies!
This is a big blow to the team, but everyone can't stop this process. Heisley has no ability to lead the team.

After the news was released, interested investors flocked to the company.Even Li Chongxiao's wealthy father, Li Guoqiang, was a little tempted, but due to various reasons, he didn't do anything.

Participating in the competition includes Oracle boss Larry Ellison, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and a group of other potential acquirers such as Robert Pera.

In more than a month of negotiations, Heisley finally sold the team to Ellison for $6.45 million and the condition that he would not move out of Memphis within 15 years.

Ballmer bid higher, but he did not promise the team will stay in Memphis, which will undoubtedly not be approved by the league.

On October 10, the league officially approved the deal, and the Grizzlies officially changed hands.

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The Grizzlies have undergone tremendous changes, and other strong teams in the league are trying to find ways to become stronger.

The competition for the Eastern Conference teams this season is too fierce.

The Celtics, the first Big Three team formed, failed to reach the top for several seasons.With the departure of Ray Allen, it announced the failure of Angie's team building, and they have fallen behind from the championship.

The upstart Pacers have not yet passed the test of the playoffs, and it is hard to predict how far they can do it.

The Big Three of the Knicks have been working together for two years. This season, they tried their best to switch to Tyson Chandler to fill the defensive gap inside.Rasheed Wallace also joined in the fun and came back to join.

In addition, veteran Kidd was about to announce his retirement, but in order to transition smoothly to the coaching position, he also joined the Knicks.

The Nets of the newly formed giant team are also sharpening their knives, Howard, Big Lopez, Joe Johnson, Deron Williams, and the luxury tax payment is flying.

However, the Russian owner of the Nets has a high probability of taking the path of Abramovich at Chelsea, and first used money to gain fame.

The Bulls have stabilized the current lineup without making major changes.The current lineup is very competitive, but it always feels like a breath away.

Rose is growing year by year, and the level he can finally reach determines the height the Bulls can reach.

The number one favorite in the Eastern Conference, the Heat, has finally received substantial reinforcement.Lewis, who was bought out on the front line, invested with a two-year veteran's basic salary, and "Birdman" Anderson also joined.In addition, Mike Miller signed a mid-level contract with the Heat.

These three signings, in addition to strengthening the hardness of the front line, are more important to the Heat because they have obtained the dream outside shooter.This has brought a great supplement to the play style of James and Wade, enriching the team's tactical system.

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The Grizzlies' opponents in the West, except for the Spurs, Thunder and Lakers, there is nothing worthy of attention in other teams.

The Spurs can determine a good regular season record every year, but without a superstar in their prime, they are always not competitive enough in the playoffs.

The rookie Leonard in the team has a good performance, almost the same as Klay Thompson.The Spurs are also cultivating him as the second Li Chongxiao. As for the effect, they can't see clearly for a while. It takes three years for a rookie.

Thunder, they don't need reinforcements, but the players in the team need to renew their contracts.Westbrook's big contract came into effect this season, and then Harden was renewed with 4 million in four years, and Ibaka's big contract next season.

Not surprisingly, the Thunder will definitely be a frequent visitor to the luxury tax in the next few years.However, when these players grow up, they will also be strong contenders for the championship.

Keeping the Lakers' players healthy is the biggest reinforcement.During the offseason, the Big Three all underwent surgery or medical means for rehabilitation. In the team's public training sessions, they all appeared to be in good condition.

Artest also chose to lose weight to maintain his flexibility and reduce the physical consumption on the court.

This season, on the front line, they attracted Jamison's minimum salary to vote, and signed free agent Earl Clark as a supplement.What is even more frightening to people today is that Ray Allen also got angry with the Celtics and joined the Lakers to help the biggest opponent of the Celtics win the No. 17 championship first.

The Lakers in the new season are powerful and terrifying!
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The team has changed owners, but Ellison has not made any major changes to the management for the time being, and it will not affect the players.

Li Chongxiao came back this time and brought his girlfriend with him.At a public welfare event two years ago, he met a girl who was only sixteen or seventeen years old and had just graduated from high school, and then he made a decisive move.The little girl is from a scholarly family. She loved classical literature since she was a child, but she studied science. She was admitted to an ordinary school in Chu Province, and was transferred to a computer major.

After hooking up for several years, I finally turned the little girl into a girlfriend, and then took her to the University of Memphis to continue her studies.

Li Chongxiao's other achievements are nothing great in the eyes of his mother. Only this incident made Ms. Wang Caixia happy to call her son promising.Knowing that the two would get married after the little girl graduated, they immediately started preparations and directly acquired a company for mother and baby products.

After many years of being a single dog, Li Chongxiao's life has not changed much. He trains as usual every day, but he has become more patient.

It doesn't work if you are impatient, and you can piss him off when you guide your teammates to make free throws.Li Chongxiao has never seen an NBA player with such poor free throws as Drummond.

According to the shooting rate of only 50 to [-] during training, I don't know if I can hit [-]% on the field.

But fortunately, he has good physical fitness. Although he can't completely fill the role of Gasol, at least on the defensive end, he can also play a top.

The main lineup of the Grizzlies in the new season has become Drummond, Gasol, Klay Thompson, Li Chongxiao and Conley.

(End of this chapter)