Legendary Basketball Tycoon

This call from Bruce undoubtedly made Cuban and Nelson have to consider another situation, that is, economic factors, because everyone knows that the NBA's most valuable team is not the Lakers, nor is it declining. The Celtics, but the New York Hans in the same metropolis of New York.

The reason is simple, that is, they own the Chinese market, which is a big market, which is incomparable to other teams. If the Bruce team were not built in a metropolis like New York, the market value would certainly not be so high. , But once it’s in an international metropolis like Los Angeles or New York, it’s different. Everyone may well know why the Knicks’s long-term market value is still so high. That’s because of the fact that it’s backed by the international metropolis of New York. .

Cuban and Sr. Nelson checked, and initially estimated that the No. 1 in the global sports Forbes rankings is the New York Hans, reaching a terrifying $1.07 billion in market value, followed by the NFL Dallas Cowboys in the same city as the Mavericks. Only 980 million US dollars.

Why is it so high? Because the Han Chinese in New York not only rely on New York, an international metropolis, but also have a Chinese market that is not in the four major leagues in the United States. They are also the only one. The market value of this is very high.

Although Hua Guo has only begun to emerge in the 1990s, it can't stand the other people's national support. It can be said that the New York Hans are China's home team. The Hans are very high in terms of jerseys and sponsorships.

So who is not jealous of the four major leagues in the United States? The reason why the Mavericks wanted Wang Zhizhi a few years ago was because they wanted to take a slice of the pie from the New York Hans!

Well, Bruce took the initiative to send Hu Weidong here. This is equivalent to a piece of pie from the sky. Without him, Hu Weidong is instant combat power, and the old Nelson also specially inspected the situation of the Chinese players. According to the old Nelson According to the statement, at present this Chinese men's basketball team can stand in the NBA except Wang Zhizhi, only Hu Weidong.

Then there is Hu Weidong entering the Mavericks, then the team's backcourt is definitely not worrying. Just imagine that the Big Three combination of Kidd + Hu Weidong + Hill can definitely make a gust of wind in the league.

If two Chinese players can join, then the Chinese side will definitely devote part of their energy to the Mavericks. It is really not a disadvantage to think about it this way!

After discussing it with the old Nelson, Cuban and Nelson agreed to this plan, not to compete with Bruce for Nowitzki, and the German market is really not much. If it is a football player, it would be better. After all, Germany is considered one of the five major leagues. , But basketball is indeed lower in Germany, not as high as in China.

So this time Bruce took the initiative to take out a part of his own interests, which is very rare. You must know that even a little bit of it can make Cuban profit. Even the old Nelson couldn't say anything. After all, he was not pitted by Bruce. The 1993 draft and Nash's trade were all secretly operated by Bruce.

There is no way, the benefits are too great, even if the old Nelson knew that he would still be pitted by the Blues this time, he can only recognize him. The old Nelson has still observed Bruce all these years. The players selected by the Blues are really too powerful. The vision is indeed unique.

But these are none of his business. After all, he is just the head coach and not the boss. When Cuban is scammed by Bruce, he will know how dark-bellied this little **** is. The players who can get Bruce to call and discuss with him and Cuban can be weaker, and he must be a superstar like Kobe in the future.

Cuban will have to cry to death in the future! But this is all for a while.

Everyone might say that this is not a joke, what kind of star Nowitzki is, how could the Mavericks give up? Not to mention, Nowitzki is just because the Mavericks scouts have discovered a good seed. In terms of immediate combat power, it is definitely not comparable to Hu Weidong, and in terms of development potential, it is now at best a little bit higher than Wang Zhizhi.

Cuban is not in his previous life. I saw Nowitzki as the boss who has been in the league for a few years. Now Nowitzki hasn't entered the league yet. Who would believe him if he is so good? Anyway, Cuban doesn’t believe this. of.

The two sides reached an agreement on this matter, and Bruce gave up Hu Weidong's signing rights + Wang Zhizhi's draft rights to get the "German Chariot" Nowitzki. And Cuban promised not to vote for Nowitzki in the 1998 draft and got Hu Weidong's signing rights + Wang Zhizhi's pick rights. Although this transaction was negotiated in private, it shouldn't be a loss!

Of course, Bruce made a special call to get Hu Weidong's work after the incident.

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The team's back line lost one of the most powerful substitutes and got a strong power forward. The business was still made by Bruce.

Coupled with the fact that the New York Hans themselves have several valuable picks in their hands, they are: the first round pick of the Golden State Warriors in 1998 (the 4th pick) + the top ten protection picks in the first round of the New Jersey Nets in 1998 (15 No. 14 pick) + New York Hans No. 14 pick in the first round + No. 46 pick in the second round.

So the Hans chose Dirk Nowitzki (power forward) with the 98 Golden State Warriors' No. 4 pick in the 1998 NBA Draft.

Then he used his team's first round of the 14th pick to select Tyronn Lu (point guard), who is the "Lu coach" we all know.

Then the 98 New Jersey Nets first-round top ten protection pick (Pick 15) + Steve Nash + Mark Blunt and the Toronto Raptors were traded to get John Wallace (power forward) + The first round of 1999 (top ten protection) + the first round of 2001 (unprotected).

The deal was negotiated by Raptors owner Larry Tanebaum who went to Seattle to find Bruce before the start of the 1998 NBA Draft. Originally, Bruce had always disliked the Lakers' deal with the Raptors. Now Larry Tanebaum He flew to Seattle in person to apologize to him sincerely. Besides, he wanted to bring Nash back to Canada. There is no way. The combination of Nash and Kobe played really well in the 97-98 season, and it was also ranked top in terms of statistics. In addition, the image of Canadian origin is more likely to attract audiences, so in order to get Nash, Larry Tanebaum personally promised to guarantee in front of Paul Allen that the first round of the Raptors in 2001 will be close to the full swing. , As for the result of the draw at that time, it doesn't matter to him.

After getting Larry Tanebaum’s personal assurance, Bruston was in a much better mood. Originally, the first round pick in 2001 was for Sean Battier. As long as he was in the top four, there would be absolutely no problem. It doesn't matter if you postpone it, just take this sign and add player deals.