I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 501 I target myself
Contrary to Min Congda's expectations, the Hornets really took off in this game and started a big battle with the Clippers.

It may be that Min Congda's encouragement at the table at noon had a certain effect. The Hornets took the lead in the start, and Baron Davis succeeded in consecutive attacks.

Paul Gasol also succeeded in singles again and again, helping the Hornets start to take the lead.

It has become a habit for the Clippers to fall behind in the first quarter.

After some adjustments, many players compared the best player tonight: Harden!
Harden has been in a downturn for several games before, and he always becomes weak whenever he is targeted by his opponent.

Because the Clippers have many players who can score, once Harden is not in a good state, he will start passing and organizing, and he will not shoot.

This season, Harden averaged 16.7 points per game, which is not a lot, but Harden often has the kind of game with 4 or 5 points and 7 or 8 assists.

Correspondingly, in some games, Harden feels good offensively and scores high.

For example, against the Suns, he scored 43 points in a single game, the highest in a single game in his career.

And whenever Harden scored high points in the game, his efficiency must be very high.

Because if the efficiency of the start is not good, Harden will change to support this time.

Big Beard vs. Big Beard in the backcourt tonight, Harden didn't give in. In the first quarter, he even shot free throws and scored 12 points.

So the Clippers entered Harden mode in this game. Harden controlled the offense, and Curry was willing to run without the ball to assist Harden.

When Harden is attacking with the ball, Gasol Jr. will appear much less in the high post, but will sink more into the low post, forming a double low post layout with Randolph to attack the Hornets' inside line.

Gasol is the only one that the Hornets can really play inside, but Gasol is really a bit bloody against Gasol.

Gasol beat his younger brother in the first quarter, hooked every hit, and scored 10 points in the first quarter.

The Hornets and the Clippers were tied at 30:30.

Facing the Hornets, the Clippers were obviously not as prepared as they were against the Thunder.

After all, it is impossible to go all out in every game in the regular season.

There are always some games where you will play more casually against underdogs.

Leave the game to the players to play freely and control the game.

The Hornets, who are sitting at home, will naturally not let the victory slip away.

You can lose away games, but you still have to fight at home.

In the first half, the two sides were inseparable. The Clippers were 58:61 and trailed the Hornets by 3 points.

In the third quarter, the Hornets unexpectedly continued to play back and forth with the Clippers.

The key lies in the point of Gasol, who completely suppressed his younger brother Gasol.

Gasol is more experienced, and he had a great touch tonight.

The Clippers did not conduct targeted defense against Gasol from beginning to end.

Tyronn Lue said to Xiaojia during the timeout: "Get your brother done."

This is what Gasol should do, and it is what he has been pursuing since he was a child, surpassing the benchmark in front of him.

In the third quarter, the Clippers trailed the Hornets by 78 points at 80:2.

The Clippers scored only 20 points in the third quarter, and Harden scored 15 points alone.

This game was played a bit un-Clippers style.

But when the game progressed to the fourth quarter, the situation on the court changed suddenly.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Clippers played a 12:0 offensive climax under the leadership of Harden.

The point difference between the two sides was instantly opened to 10 points, and the counterattack was completed, and the efforts of the Hornets were wiped out in a wave.

No one in the Hornets could stand up and respond to the Clippers' sudden display of powerful scoring power.

Gasol's steady play is enough to make him break out and score consecutively, which is not what he is good at.

And Baron Davis no longer has the kind of superior scoring explosiveness to support the team.

In the first three quarters, he was able to rely on experience to score points, use smart methods to help the team attack, play slowly against the Clippers at a relatively slow pace, bite the score, and even take advantage.

But in the fourth quarter, the Clippers suddenly used a small lineup of Harden, Curry, Gasol Jr., George, and Jeremy Lin to start a crazy offensive mode, and the Hornets suddenly couldn't stand it.

The Clippers are now getting more and more proficient in the first and fourth juniors, and Gasol finally turned around in this quarter.

He made consecutive passes in offense, withstood the pressure of his brother in defense, and helped the Clippers to penetrate the Hornets in one wave.

Min Congda shook his head when he saw the Clippers' offense. The Hornets really couldn't defend against it.

Like this kind of one big and four small, the opponent must have a very targeted small lineup to deal with it.

In the current league, small lineups are a trend, but they haven't been fully popularized yet.

Most teams are far from enough in terms of personnel reserves and tactical reserves.

The Clippers are different. Since the Dunleavy period, such lineup experiments have been carried out for at least two seasons.

Now is the time for blossoming and fruiting, and Steve Kerr is becoming more and more proficient in the training of the first and fourth juniors.

Passing and cutting with a high pick-and-roll in the middle is simply invincible in offense and extremely difficult to defend.

"This kind of one big and four small, a lot of running positions, screens, passes and cuts, the ball moves extremely fast, and opportunities will arise at any time during the running gap. After two seasons of running-in, these dogs have used this set of skills. I'm getting more and more proficient. If you want to crack... I think the best way is to switch a lot of defenses, switch every pick-and-roll cover, to buy time, plug all the loopholes and gaps, and force this group of dogs singles……"

Min Congda racked his brains for a long time, thinking that the best defense against the Clippers' big and four small offenses is to switch defenses a lot.

"It's better to have some dubious strikers who can play both inside and outside, so... what the hell! A striker who can play inside and outside, who is not four, this... these people are not all there. Is it in my team!"

Min Congda suddenly discovered that the selection strategy he formulated three years ago seemed to be nonsensical and focused on functional strikers.

In fact, he did the same. Leonard, George, and Butler are the products of this strategy.

As a result, this group of people happened to be able to target the Clippers' increasingly fierce pass and cut offense.

"Am I targeting myself?"

Min Congda suddenly discovered that many of the things he did were aimed at himself.

This made Min Congda feel devastated, how could this happen?

It can only be said that when Min Congda made this strategy, the alliance was not what it is now.

In just three years, the NBA game is developing in a completely different direction from the past.

With the rise of a group of super small forwards such as Durant and James, the shooting guard represented by Kobe has gradually faded out of the top ranks, and the role of the third position on the court will become more prominent.

The era of super shooting guards starting from Michael Jordan is transitioning to the era of top small forwards + super point guards.

In this situation, the high-quality third position that can be inside and outside will become more and more important. The Clippers have unknowingly collected the league's best potential small forwards.

The game quickly lost its suspense. The Clippers played with the Hornets for three quarters, and took the Hornets away with their last effort.

After the New Orleans Hornets lost this game, they ranked second to last in the West, and they are likely to get a very high pick in the 12 draft.

Min Congda was very flustered. He thought to himself: "No, the facts have proved that any operations and decisions I make in basketball will have counterproductive effects in the end! So, by the end of this season, I will no longer intervene in the team's draft affairs. Let the team go on like this!"

"I should put all my energy into the investment. I need to hurry up on the construction of the arena. Go to Charlotte tomorrow and talk about the boss first. Damn, this operation is really troublesome , Fortunately, my eyes and hands are open to the sky, there is nothing impossible in this world!"

After thinking about this battle, Min Congda decided not to intervene in the team's basketball affairs, especially the draft!

Starting from Curry, there are too many pitfalls to eat and lose. If I knew this earlier, why bother?

Looking through the Clippers' draft history, it is obviously a history of blood and tears.

Just let the Clippers' draft team fiddle with themselves and it's over.

Why bother to go out in person, as a result of good luck, the people chosen are not bad.

On the contrary, Min Congda felt that the matter of investment was getting more and more interesting.

As the new arena plan gradually took shape, the blueprint for bankruptcy became clearer.

As a matter of urgency, Min Congda still needs to vacate the cage for the Clippers to change the bird, and the dove will occupy the magpie's nest.

When the Clippers complete the change of hands and obtain the support of the league president, chaebols, and syndicates, they will be able to start the road to large infrastructure.

In the next three years or so, the new arena will cost the team a lot of money and resources, and overspending is inevitable.

Then, the Clippers will face tremendous pressure to renew their contract in the next few years.

Curry's contract, Harden's contract, George's contract, one after another.

Min Congda will sign all of these people, and the luxury tax will explode.

With high loans on the one hand and super high salaries and luxury taxes on the other, the Clippers will face enormous pressure on cash flow.

As long as a small financial problem, the Clippers may face bankruptcy.

If there is any external turmoil, the team will die faster.

There are countless examples of this in the business world, and how many companies die from debt and cash flow.

From Min Congda's point of view, although this set of plans is a bit complicated, it's human effort!
The first step is to talk to the potential new boss, to convince the other party to invest in the Clippers, and to pull Min Congda aboard.

From Min Congda's point of view, Sterling is a good boss, a complete puppet, and absolutely obedient.

At least up to now, Min Congda has not been held back, and Min Congda has been making money for him.

If there is anything wrong with Sterling, it is that he is too obedient, and he is no longer the stingy boss who would cause damage before.

No way, affected by the system, completely do nothing.

The result is that when Min Congda needs his boss to stand up and do him a disservice, Sterling will not cooperate.

It is also impossible for Sterling to sell shares to Min Congda and make him a shareholder. The system is stuck.

However, if the operation of changing the boss is carried out, the system clearly states that [you can buy shares].

This is also a point that is very attractive to Min Congda. By becoming a shareholder, he has completed a class leap.

From the working class to the vile capitalist class!
Of course, he can only be a small boss, so the big boss is very important.

Ballmer's kind of money is too much, and it is too difficult to let him go bankrupt.

Schultz, who is proficient in sports industry management, is also not good. When the time comes, he will easily increase the market value of the Clippers, and he will go bankrupt.

It must be the kind that has enough money but not enough, good food and love to play, until the end of the game, you can't play a big grievance.

And this kind of injustice is the strongest player in the history of basketball, the undisputed No.1, Michael Jordan!

To say that Jordan is bad as a boss, Min Congda knew it not long after he entered the league.

Later, I learned more about his various deeds during the wizard period, and thought that God is really fair.

He opened a door for Jordan to be busy with basketball, and then welded all the windows in the house to death.

In the draft, Kwame Brown was selected as the top pick in parallel imports. Later, Jordan came back as a player and sold his shares in the Wizards. When he wanted to buy them back, the Wizards owner changed his mind.

So Jordan bought the Charlotte Bobcats instead.

But the Bobcats team really can't see any future.

If there is no market if there is a market, if there is no record if there is a record.

The Bobcats joined in the expansion of the NBA in 04, and their influence is far inferior to younger teams such as the Heat, Timberwolves, Magic, and Grizzlies, let alone comparable to those old teams.

In these years, he has entered the playoffs once, and the representative character Gerald Wallace.

All aspects of the team are not attractive, but the name of the owner Jordan is the most resounding.

Everyone cares about the team owner more than the team itself.

Every time the Bobcats play poorly, the fans ridicule "it's better to let the boss play".

Jordan certainly has the ambition to lead the team back to the top of the NBA, after all, he is a very competitive person.

It's a pity that the management of the team is completely different from the game on the court. Jordan didn't get started at all, and he didn't seem to have the slightest talent in running the team.

This made Min Congda very satisfied.

The god of basketball, not the god of business.

Especially his draft skills made Min Congda very envious.

How can it be done, choose the wrong one?
Why can't I?Why do I always look right?

God is so unfair.

So, after the game, the Clippers flew back to Los Angeles.

And Min Congda boarded the flight to Charlotte together with Ada.

Silva has made an appointment for Min Congda, and he will have a relatively secret meeting with Jordan.

On the plane, Min Congda asked Ada: "Ada, how is your father doing now? Has he recovered from his injury?"

Ada nodded and said: "He is much better, thank you Mr. Smart, thank you so much."

Min Congda said: "Just verbal thanks are not enough, are you right, Ada?"

Hearing what Min Congda said, Ada's face suddenly turned red, her eyes flickered, and she bit her lips lightly and said, "Then... tell me, how can I thank you?"

The plane was already in the air, the cabin lights were turned off, and the two sat in the first-class cabin, covered by a curtain.

Min Congda couldn't see the expression on Ada's face, but Ada's heart was pounding suddenly, and many pictures that shouldn't appear suddenly appeared in her mind.

For example, those small movies that can be played by two or three people, with the background of the plane, and the roles of flight attendants and guests.

There seemed to be some interesting things to do in this curtained cubicle.

"Uh, after returning to Los Angeles, let him treat me to a meal. I may have some things to ask him, please."

Min Congda's words suddenly poured a bucket of cold water on Ada's head.

"Ah... oh, oh, ok, ok, I know, I'll tell him, sorry... no, thank you... hey..."

"Why do you say sorry and thank you? Fool, get a good night's sleep."

(End of this chapter)