naaapseattle Chapter 141 Boss Joe on the Road to Desperation
Chapter 141 Boss Joe on the Road to Desperation
Chapter 141 Boss Joe on the Road to Desperation
The Time Warner Center at the end of the game was still very dismal, after all, they lost.
The feeling of losing is not good, Li Ke has a deep understanding, he only feels that this game has a chance to win, as long as he can score a few COSCO shots, this goal will be there.
Unfortunately, after a game, he only scored 2 three-pointers.
Just like this, he stood on the field for a while with his hips akimbo, and Carter came over.
"Rookie, your performance is very good, but you still lost."
It was this stinging sentence that came over, and Li Ke didn't know how to reply.
Carter stretched out his right hand, but he said to himself: "You need to practice your offense with the ball. You can't win the game if you only slip to the baseline."
This sentence shows that Carter already knows why Li Ke keeps dunking in this game.
When Li Ke's outside touch is not good, isn't the only way he can score is an empty cut and dunk?
Of course, when Carter said this, Li Ke still didn't know how to respond, so he could only nod his head in agreement.
Then, he heard Carter say again: "Also, the dunk thing, it can only help you win temporary applause, but it will prevent you from winning all the things you desire, so, reduce your dunks..."
This is the last sentence, a piece of advice, and Li Ke expressed his thanks from the bottom of his heart.
"Thanks, Vince."
……
On the evening of January 1, Li Ke, who was in training, received a call from Mei Yangyang.
This call itself is meaningless, it is just to let Li Ke round up and participate in this program.
Therefore, in terms of form, Mei Yangyang chose an exclusive interview, and he prepared a few spicy questions.
"So, are you ready, Sheldon?"
"Go ahead, Stephen."
Li Ke was very helpless. In fact, at the beginning, he didn't want to get involved in this show.
But later, David Falk called and told Li Ke that participating in this show would help the North American market.
And Li Ke himself wants to use ESPN's platform to spray ESPN...
"So, let's start! The first question is about the one-on-one match between you and Kobe, can you tell us some details?"
In the first question, Mei Yangyang exposed his intentions, he still has a heart for Li Ke and Kobe's one-on-one.
But this question, Li Ke answered with peace of mind: "Stephen, I know you have a lot of questions about this. The first time was the draft trial. You can ask Mitch Kupchak that time. After that, you won that time. It was at Kobe's Orange County estate. That time, the Chinese Suns of the Lakers were on the scene..."
"Okay, then the second question, about Jordan's appointment, do you really have no idea about Jordan's appointment?"
Perhaps because he was afraid that Li Ke would not tell the truth, Mei Yangyang added another sentence: "Please tell the truth!"
Can Li Ke tell the truth?This time, of course, he wanted to hold Boss Qiao high: "It's an honor for me to be favored by Boss Qiao. Maybe you don't know that I have received a lot of help from Boss Qiao. I will try my best to prove that Jordan's handpicking is a compliment."
"emmm, the third question, you are now an opponent with Kevin Durant, not an ordinary opponent. You will compete for the best rookie, and even in the future, as opponents with the same position, you will directly face each other..."
Talking about Xiao Du, the issue of the best rookie has indeed become so hot recently.
At the time of the NCAA, Xiao Du was the boss of the Longhorns, and Li Ke was at most the second child, but many people have to admit that most of the highlights of the Longhorns belong to Li Ke.
After entering the NBA, Li Ke's momentum is much stronger than Xiao Du's.
I won’t repeat the highlights of a few games. The average data per game, the two are comparable, but Li Ke has already relied on domestic fans to enter the All-Star, or even start the All-Star.
In terms of team record, the Bobcats are also much better than the Sonics. Although the Bobcats have lost streak again recently, including these two consecutive losses, their record is still 13 wins and 17 losses, and they still retain the hope of the playoffs.
On the other hand, the Sonics, with a record of 9 wins and 22 losses, are still in the West, and they have already said goodbye to the playoffs.
The opponent is an opponent, but Li Ke thinks that he and Xiao Du will be rivals who cherish each other, and who is sure that he and Xiao Du will not reunite in the future?
"First of all, Stephen, correct one of your mistakes. Kevin and I are in different positions. I play the second and third positions, and Kevin plays the third and fourth positions. Secondly, the opponent does not mean that you will die, we will urge each other to go all the way..."
"The fourth question, about the All-Star voting..."
Finally, Mei Yangyang came to an idea.
"I can't agree with Brian Windhorst's statement. In fact, the league did not operate in secret on voting. Even if it did, it would have reduced the votes of overseas fans. Therefore, I would like to appeal to the league. American fans are fans, and overseas fans are also fans. Overseas fans deserve equal rights, yes, equality!"
"If the league can't respect that, then the All-Star voting is unequal!"
As soon as the word equality came out, Li Ke had already taken out the most powerful weapon of Laomei.
Later, the media dug deeper and confirmed that the proportion of overseas votes has indeed been reduced. In the second stage, the votes of Dayao, Li Ke and Ah Lian are likely to increase significantly.
When the dust settled, Li Ke hung up the phone, so directly that on the other side of the phone, Mei Yang Yang Gang was about to ask the fifth question——
"last question……"
"Beep...beep...beep..."
"He hung up the phone?"
Behind Mei Yangyang, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley laughed loudly.
The director of the show was also laughing. It can be said that the effect of the show was full.
……
Mei Yangyang's phone interview, Li Ke still did not dare to say that he is strong enough to be the starter of the All-Star Game.
For one thing, he knew that his strength was still far from that level.
The second is that the loss to the Nets made Li Ke understand that compared with the strong teams in the playoffs, the Bobcats are not strong enough at this time, it should be said that they are far from enough. Boss Joe rejected Li Ke's trade proposal.
At the beginning of 08, Li Ke could only continue to check his statistics in front of his iron king, steal a game when he was in a good state, and lose a few games when he was in a bad state.
……
On January 1, US time, two days after the last game, the Bobcats went to New Orleans to fight the Hornets.
The significance of this game to Li Ke is that he almost became a member of the Hornets.
As a bit of a coincidence, the pick that the Hornets originally planned to use to select Li Ke was the 13th pick in the first round.
In other words, Li Ke almost became the shooting guard selected by the Hornets with the 13th overall pick in the first round.
Except for almost becoming a Hornet, the remaining significance of this game lies in the opposite CP3.
This season, Brother Pao has also ushered in his peak. The visual aspect is not as outrageous as that of Warcraft next door, but the statistics are almost the same. So far this season, he has averaged 21.1 points, 11.1 assists and 2.7 steals per game. Brother Pao is on par with 1.
Although the vision is not as shocking as Warcraft, in terms of team record, the Hornets are still a little better than the Magic.
For the Bobcats, this game has another meaning, the battle between the top three point guards in the 05 session between Fatton and Paoge.
If Deron beats Paul while eating and sleeping, then Brother Pao can also tell him to beat Paul while eating and sleeping.
But in this game, it was not Fei Dun who made the Bobcats lose the game, but the fourth position.
David West used his skilled mid-range shots and inside footsteps to play with Hua Boss, who was originally a guest at the fourth position. He made 15 of 9 shots and scored a game-high 20 points. He also had 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.
Of course, Brother Pao's performance was not bad either, with 17 points and 11 assists, compared to Felton's 10 points and 4 assists, the gap is huge.
Li Ke's performance was also average, making 21 of 8 shots and scoring only 19 points.
This loss was the Bobcats' third straight loss during this period.
After the match, Li Ke wanted to touch the cannon head, but he was really not in the mood after losing the match.
And the more important reason is that if he touches the gun head, it may cause disputes, and he will become the one who can't afford to lose.
Li Ke can still afford to lose, he has patience.
Back in Charlotte, Li Ke also turned on the TV for a rare occasion, and watched Lao Mei's sports program seriously for the first time.
Watching Mei Yangyang, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley, who couldn’t tell but still came, laughing and playing on TV, Li Ke showed a faint smile, but always felt that the American way of humor was a bit low-level, as if he hadn’t graduated from kindergarten.
Of course, the complaints belong to the complaints, and the main drama is still very fast.
Li Ke's telephone interview started, the first three questions, looking back now, Li Ke answered very perfunctorily.
Until the fourth question, when the word equality came out, everyone was silent.
Although afterwards, Li Ke's act of directly hanging up the phone made many people laugh.
But the lethality of the word equality has been reflected. Almost as soon as the show aired, Robin Lundberg of Sports Illustrated posted a short paragraph on his Facebook column——
"When the expert journalists in North America were clamoring for Shelton to replace LeBron as the All-Star starter, the reason they could come up with was: the injustice of the league, but now, Shelton hit back and put the facts in front of everyone. What is the fact? The fact is that the NBA treats North American fans differently than overseas fans."
Brian Windhorst was silent, and he didn't respond at all. The response he could have thought of was to condemn the unprofessionalism of the Chinese fans and cast players with insufficient skills on the field of the All-Star Game.
But on the other hand, Mei Yangyang emphasized: "The All-Star has always been the king of popularity. It is not the regular season or the playoffs. It has never said that strength is the king!"
Look, Mei Yangyang's help directly blocked Windhorst's retreat.
Of course, Rick Bonnell of the "Charlotte Observer" was even more ruthless. He directly pointed out: "Selton is the No. 1 forward in the Eastern Conference, and there are two forwards in the starting lineup. It should be Kevin Garnett who grabbed Lebon's starting position!"
That's right, Le Bang can't even beat KG, so why talk about Li Ke who is the number one?
As a result, the storm of public opinion gradually died down. Even if the Bobcats lost two more games and lost five games in a row, no one brought up the old story again.
On the contrary, Boss Qiao, the troubled matter finally broke out——
The Bobcats have lost five games in a row, the atmosphere in the training hall is very bleak, but on the other side, in the office area, the atmosphere is so hot that it is about to explode.
In the conference room, Boss Joe sat in the middle seat with an ugly face. Although Robert Johnson was standing, his aura was quite terrifying.
"This is the result calculated by the accounting firm. Throughout 2007, we lost a total of 1300 million US dollars!"
Boss Joe said calmly: "You are too anxious, Robert."
Indeed, in Boss Joe's view, he has only been in business for one and a half seasons before Robert Johnson started making noises. He is indeed too anxious.
"Hurry up? Michael, don't you know what an annual loss of $1300 million is?"
Charlotte's ball market has not been very good since the time of the Hornets. The reason why the Hornets moved out of Charlotte was also a loss. In two seasons, they lost 3700 million US dollars directly.
Now, the Bobcats are going the way of the Hornets again.
No, you don't even have to go the old way, because the Bobcats team was formed by the league to compensate Charlotte. This year is only the fourth season, so you want to go?There are no doors!
Therefore, Bobcat's losses will only become more and more serious, so serious that it cannot sustain it.
In fact, in Li Ke's previous life, Robert Johnson sold 2000% of the shares to Boss Qiao at a loss of 70 million US dollars. Boss Qiao also relied on his own financial resources to support him for a few years, and he slowed down when the league's broadcasting share rose sharply.
Faced with Robert Johnson's questioning, Boss Qiao hesitated: "I will make up for the lost money."
Robert Johnson sneered: "You make it up, no problem, the depreciation of the team's market value, will you also make up for it?"
Boss Qiao stopped talking, and the depreciation of the market value made me make up for it, so wouldn't I be a big fool?
"You don't need to explain anything, Michael, you still have two ways to go now."
"One is that I withdraw the shares..."
Boss Joe just wanted to interrupt Robert Johnson and said: I buy it!
Robert Johnson didn't give him a chance, and came a turning point: "But I will definitely not sell it to you. You are not the only consortium that wants this 70% stake. Remember the former Rockets president who came with me last time? He is one of the potential buyers."
Boss Joe panicked, and he panicked again.
Robert Johnson began to get angry. The first path must not be chosen. As long as he chooses, he will definitely lose the management right.
After all, whether it is the former president of the Rockets or the potential Larry Bird, it is impossible to delegate the operation rights to Old Joe.
Boss Joe can only listen to the second one.
"The second rule, I will give you half a season, I want to see the team make the playoffs, no matter what method is used."
Playoffs, how can it be so easy...
But Boss Joe can understand Robert Johnson. In a playoff game, even if it is only one round, the income from bonuses, tickets, and broadcast fees can help the Bobcats reduce their losses to a negligible level.
Of course, more importantly, the market value of the Bobcats will soar because of a playoffs.
"The first one, I want to choose, but you have to sell it to me. I am willing to buy 70% of your shares at a price higher than the market value."
Boss Joe still chose the first option first, but Robert Johnson directly refused: "That's impossible, Michael."
"Okay, then the second rule, see you in half a season!"
Boss Joe knew that Robert Johnson was driven away, and he was cornered, so he could only gamble.
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