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

Chapter 533 Unfathomable

The Parade of Champions is scheduled for Friday at 02:30 pm PT.

Every grand event is inseparable from a lot of preparatory work by the staff.

Unlike the Lakers, the Lakers team has a very rich experience in winning parades. In the 21st century alone, they conducted five championship parades.

This is the first time for the Clippers. Before the start of the playoffs, the Clippers did not expect the team to win the championship, so they did not make any advance preparations.

To hold such a huge event in a week, according to Min Congda's requirements, it must be luxurious and grand, and it must be more grand than the Lakers' championship celebration. The time can be said to be extremely tight.

To this end, Roser and the Clippers management team gave full play to their imagination. They first packaged and sold the live broadcast copyright of the Clippers' championship celebration to Youtube.

Because of the in-depth cooperation between the Clippers and YouTube before, and the gradual rise of web live broadcasts, YouTube took over this live broadcast very happily, and the signing fee was as high as 1000 million US dollars!
The reason why the signing fee is so high is that the Clippers hand over all the advertising agency management rights to YouTube, which is responsible for negotiating with advertisers, and all advertising revenue belongs to YouTube.

In just one week, if the Clippers talk about advertising partners and sponsorships by themselves, it will definitely be too late.

It is definitely a wise move to make good use of the resources at hand and sell copyrights in packages.

Secondly, the Clippers invited Los Angeles singers and celebrities to give the Clippers a platform.

Clippers VIPs like Beckham are no problem, and Clippers team logo designer Kanye West was also invited to perform live rap performances.

Kanye West’s normal appearance fee is very expensive, but the Clippers allow West to promote his new shoe Coconut. There was no appearance fee, and I brought a few star friends from the rap circle to join in the show, earning another fortune.

With the 1000 million from YouTube, plus the free attendance of West and other celebrities, the remaining expenses such as floats, hotels, security, etc., add up to not much money.

So Roser was right, not only did they not spend money, but they also made money!
"After this championship parade is over, we should have an income of 300 million US dollars! If we accept some small brand endorsements, this income can go up!"

The so-called small brand endorsement refers to some local brands that YouTube does not support, such as food stores, sports equipment stores, fashion stores, etc.

The storefronts in these places do not look fancy, but if they cooperate in sponsorship promotion, the amount of sponsorship funds given is also considerable.

For example, some food stores can provide free catering and beverage services for the entire parade to enhance the popularity of their stores in Los Angeles.

In this way, the Clippers not only don't have to spend money to prepare meals for the players and staff, but also charge a lot of sponsorship fees. Why not do it?
The highly developed capital market has such power, which can quickly realize your fame without wasting it.

Min Congda obviously underestimated the huge economic effect brought by the title of "championship", especially since this is the Clippers' first championship.

The Lakers have won too many championships, so every time they win a championship, the superposition of the championship to their reputation is more of an icing on the cake.

The Clippers are different. They have been waiting for the championship for 40 years. They are popular fried chicken. Everyone is tired of watching the Lakers win the championship. Finally, Los Angeles has a new champion, and the attention is naturally very high.

And unlike the Lakers, the Clippers have a lot of new fans and young fans. These young people are very fanatical and have good spending power. They are high-quality consumption leeks in the future, and businesses are very happy to cultivate them.

Therefore, a series of plans for the Clippers' championship parade went smoothly, and sponsors and stars rushed to catch up with the popularity of this championship.

Listening to Rosser's report, Min Congda's head grew dizzy. He originally thought that the parade cost more money, so why did he still make money?

"Listen to me Roser, it's only a few million, don't be greedy for the small money. Um... wait until the championship parade is over, donate this money, donate it to... donate it to the previous one, African youth basketball development Foundation! That's what I spearheaded."

"No problem Mr. Smart, I will contact the foundation and donate the rest of the profits!"

Rosser implemented Min Congda's decision without hesitation. Anyway, the Clippers will not be short of money in the future.

The bank rushes to give the Clippers a loan, and the merchants want to get the Clippers' sponsorship.

A championship, the money is rolling in.

After hanging up the phone, Min Congda took a deep breath and drove to the city center to participate in the championship parade in the afternoon.

In Los Angeles in June, the weather was so hot that Min Congda was a little dizzy from the sun.

The Clippers prepared a huge float to parade on the road, and all members of the Clippers received cheers from the fans on the float.

The golden championship trophy shone in the sun, and the smooth trophy reflected Min Congda's distorted face.

He thinks he is a clown.

"Why are you still parading in the car for people to watch? Isn't this parading in the streets in China?"

"The culture of the Americans is different from that of our Chinese. According to our Chinese way, we should find a big hotel and have a good meal."

"Damn, it's too hot and too hot this day, it's killing me."

The entire Clippers team was very happy, only Min Congda hated it.

Even though Min Congda is so low-key, the Clippers players still refuse to let him go.

During the speech session, everyone pushed him to the front of the stage and asked Min Congda to give a speech on winning the championship.

Min Congda, who was pushed to the front of the stage, had no choice but to pretend at this time.

I can't say that we won the championship and I'm very unhappy, right?

Min Congda was heartbroken, and thought: "The team will go bankrupt in two years, and I will keep it in mind by winning a championship. I might as well brag about it now. If I get hit in the face in the future, it has nothing to do with me. I don't care about it." Be the general manager."

So Min Congda took the microphone and said to everyone: "We won the championship this year! But we won't have only one or two, three or four, nor five or six, but at least seven !"

As soon as these words came out, those who knew the ball but didn't know the ball, those who liked the Clippers and disliked the Clippers, those who were present and those who were not, those who watched the live broadcast and those who listened to the radio were all silent.

Curry, Randolph, Harden and others who had been interacting passionately with the fans also turned their heads to look at Min Congda with doubts in their eyes.

It seems to say, Smart, what are you talking about?Not one or two, three or four, five or six, you want seven?
The fans at the scene were also stunned, looking at each other in blank dismay.

General Manager Smart is drinking too much, is it such an exaggeration?
There are really not many people in NBA history who dare to set the Flag like this.

Once established, there are very few that can be realized.

And people usually set the Flag as "we will win in the end", such as Rasheed Wallace in the 04 Eastern Conference Finals.

Or a little more awesome, "We will win the championship next year", Pat Riley after winning the championship in 1987.

The reason why Riley shouted this slogan is famous because since the Celtics dynasty ended in 1969, there has been no team in the NBA that has been able to win consecutive championships for nearly 20 years.

Under such circumstances, Riley dared to call out the consecutive championship slogan in advance and realized him in the 1988 season. Of course, his name was recorded in the history books.

Of course, after winning the championship in 1988, Riley didn't dare to shout anymore, because their championship came too hard that year.

In the tiebreaker against the Pistons, it was quite controversial to win in the end. As a result, he was beaten by the Pistons in the next year's finals, and his dream of three consecutive championships was shattered.

And the greatest head coach of modern basketball, three-peat maker Phil Jackson said, "Three-peat is the limit."

Indeed, for modern basketball, the salary space, the degree of competition, and the fatigue of the players all make consecutive championships more and more difficult.

After the destruction of the Celtics dynasty in the 60s, only Jackson could bring three consecutive championships, and no one else or the team could do it.

Min Congda is fine, although he didn't say seven consecutive championships, but your seven championships are scary enough, brother.

After saying these words, Min Congda looked at the surprised crowd and thought to himself, I'll just say it casually, do you really believe it?

Seven champions, then I don't even think about completing my mission in this life, and I will die in this damn general manager position in this life.

"I'm just saying what I think, why should I be surprised? A man should have a dream, shouldn't he? Be happy!"

Everyone gradually came to their senses, forget it, just treat him as nonsense, so the carnival continued.

The parade lasted from 02:30 pm until night, as the sun went down.

The parade float finally stopped at the Staples Center, where Kanye West began his rap performance.

The American crowd was so excited, Min Congda only felt noisy, he really wanted to go home early, but unfortunately he couldn't leave at all.

Relevant celebrations continued until late at night, and the exhausted fans and players dispersed and went back to their respective homes.

As the event ended, the Clippers' memories of the 2011-2012 season also came to an end.

For Min Congda, this is undoubtedly a failed season.

But seeing everyone so happy, he returned home and thought, "If sacrificing me can bring everyone's happiness, isn't it worth it?"

"Stop farting, Min Congda, hurry up and complete your mission, and start a new life situation!"

"Stop playing basketball all the time!"

He thought so in his heart, but his mind had drifted to the 2012 draft.

This year's draft will be held in New York on June 6.

Because he had already decided not to intervene in the draft and handed it over to Olshey and the team's draft working group, the draft had nothing to do with Min Congda.

But after all, holding the No. [-] lottery, Min Congda still has to pay attention to see who the team will choose.

With the major mistake in the 09 draft, Min Congda thought that he should learn a lesson, don't be a maverick, and choose someone with a good shot.

You must follow the trend, and choose whoever you think is good.

Min Congda turned over the 21st century draft map, and he found that the recognized No. [-] pick is often not the best one among the current rookies.

00 can be called the smallest draft year in NBA history, without a single superstar.

No. [-] pick Kenyon Martin deserved his name, but he still missed the best rookie and was taken by Mike Miller.

Needless to say in 01, Kwame Brown, the well-known parallel import champion.

Yao Ming was very good in 02, but the best player that year was Stoudemire, the ninth overall pick.

In 03, there was no suspense that James was indeed the strongest. The Cavaliers knew they had to choose him.

In 04, Howard also deserved his name, no problem.

In 05, Bogut was far behind, and Paul was the best one.

In 06 and 07, the No. [-] pick was not very good, and he was a center forward.

Until 08 and 09, the two point guards proved to be geniuses.

Therefore, Min Congda saw that in the past ten years or so, anyone who is superstitious about big men inside will most likely ask for water.

Even without water, there are still better existences than him among the rookies of the same class.

"If I chose Griffin in 09, he would be reimbursed in the first season, and the Clippers might be on the verge of bankruptcy. Even if he came back later, it would be impossible to play Curry's performance! Mistake, it was really a mistake Already!"

"In this year's draft, if they pick another guard, then I will definitely veto it. Although we have agreed not to interfere, we can't just watch the same mistakes happen again!"

Min Congda, who just won the championship, began to worry about the Clippers next season.

The principle set before was that I would not participate in the draft, but my heart was still full of worries.

Before the draft, Min Congda couldn't help but call Olshey and ask him about his preparations for the draft.

Olshey said: "Actually, we have nothing to prepare. This year we only have one No. [-] pick, and the other one has been traded away. And our candidate is also very clear. It is the power forward Anthony Davis of the University of Kentucky. He Undisputed No. [-] pick this year."

"Undisputed? Was Blake Griffin undisputed in 09?"

Olshey was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Uh... this...Mr. Smart, if you have any instructions, just let us know, and we will definitely follow them."

In 09, Griffin was indeed the "undisputed" No. [-] pick, and the Clippers management wanted to win him without even thinking about it.

But it turns out to be arguable that Curry is a better and more groundbreaking player than Griffin.

This time Olshey and others also repeated comparisons and repeated inspections, just to get rid of the inertia of thinking and see if they can find the second Curry.

But after repeated investigations, they collected a lot of scouting information, and the final result was that Anthony Davis was the best.

Now Min Congda seems to have an objection, and Olshey is all ears. If he has new ideas, the draft team will definitely follow suit.

Min Congda said, "Anthony Davis, is he a power forward? An inside player, right?"

"That's right, inside. He won the NCAA championship this year. MOP (Most Outstanding Player)."

"Hmm... insider, NCAA champion, most outstanding player... Who was the No. [-] pick who won the NCAA championship and the most outstanding player last time?"

"Uh...it's Danny Manning, also with our Clippers."

Orche's historical knowledge is still very solid.

Although the NCAA is the highest honor in college basketball, more and more talented players have just spent a little time in college basketball in recent years.

Entering the NBA after only playing for one year, it is difficult to achieve high achievements in the NCAA. After all, there are many schools in the NCAA, and they are all eliminated in a single game.

Therefore, many of the top-ranked rookies in recent years have relatively average NCAA results.

Unlike in the 70s and 80s, talented players would play for three to four years. Some superstars have won NCAA championships or made it to the semi-finals and won MOP.

Nowadays, the MOP players tend to be average talents who have played in college for many years.

Therefore, in recent years, the honor of MOP is not very valuable in the NBA, and the draft picks are not high.

Such as Corey - Brewer, Sean - Battier, Mario - Chalmers, Kyle - Singler and so on.

Even some MOPs don't play very well in the NBA.

Coincidentally, the last MOP to win the No. 1988 pick was Manning, who was selected by the Clippers in [-].

"Manning, is that the forward who was affected by the injury a lot? How is Anthony Davis' physical condition?"

"Davis's injury situation is relatively average. He was injured in college, but his talent is really good. I think..."

"Okay, Olshey, I agree with your choice, let him be. I'm just asking, the decision is up to you."

In the end, Min Congda agreed to choose Anthony Davis, which made Olshey a little confused. He couldn't figure out what Smart was thinking.

"Mr. Smart is indeed an unpredictable person, unfathomable, unfathomable."

(End of this chapter)