Most of the NBA team's stadiums are still built in the last century. The older ones, such as Bradley Center and Auburn Hills Palace, were built in 1988, and the cost at that time had no reference value.

After 2010, there were three NBA stadiums that were built and opened, namely the Orlando Amway Center Stadium that opened in 2010, with a cost of US$480 million; the Brooklyn Barclays Center that opened in 2012, with a cost of US$1 billion; and the Sacramento Gold One Stadium that opened in 2016, with a cost of US$558 million.

In addition, the Warriors built a new stadium in San Francisco, which is also claimed to invest 1 billion US dollars.

Barclays Center is located in New York, where the land is relatively expensive, so it costs 1 billion US dollars; San Francisco's land price is also very high, so the cost of the Warriors' new venue is also rising.

The land in Los Angeles is also very expensive. Build a new stadium in Los Angeles, 700 to 800 million US dollars is definitely indispensable. But if you spend 1 billion US dollars, it will definitely be a very high-standard stadium.

As for whether the cost can be recovered, Li Dai is not worried. When it comes to being a coach, Li Dai thinks he is world-class, but when it comes to real estate development, Xiao Dingtian is also world-class. Since Xiao Dingtian is willing to spend 1 billion to build a stadium, there will definitely be a way to make a profit from it.

...

Among the audience, many are not Clippers fans. They are just here to witness a new Western Conference champion, and of course some are here to witness the Warriors being eliminated.

The Warriors have entered the finals for four consecutive years and won three championships. This is the first time the Warriors have not entered the finals in five years. They really need to witness it.

And many fans also realized that this may be the last game of the Warriors' current lineup.

Some of the Warriors players are in a contract year and hope to get a big contract. Some people have lowered their salary for the championship, and some are about to usher in their contract year. If there is a champion in hand, both the players' salary cuts and renewals are not a problem, but if they do not win the championship or even enter the finals, the Warriors' lineup is likely to disintegrate next year.

So after the Warriors lose in this game, their players are likely to go their separate ways next season.

How can professional coaches and players not realize what even fans can realize?

In this game, some of the main players in the Warriors play with confusion about the future. Their mind is no longer on the outcome of the game, but on thinking about "I have to ask for a maximum salary next season" or "I should go to that team to play next season."

Once people's hearts are dispersed, it will be difficult to win again.

...

During the game, the Clippers and Warriors played back and forth, and both sides scored wonderful goals, but in the eyes of basketball professionals, this game did not reach the intensity of the Western Conference Finals.

Even when the Warriors lost the game in the end, people did not see the frustration of being eliminated on the faces of Warriors players. At best, they were a little disappointed, and some players even showed relief.

Perhaps for Warriors players, the championship is also a kind of pressure, as the saying goes, the high place is cold! It is more like removing the burden on your shoulders since you have not entered the finals.

The Clippers defeated the Warriors with a total score of 4-1, only one step away from the championship.

On the other hand, the Eastern Conference Finals are still in progress.

To Li Dai's expectations, the Milwaukee Bucks eventually won the Eastern Conference championship.

The Bucks are also a team with a long history. They once won the NBA championship in 1971, but since 2000, the Bucks' strength has begun to decline and have not become a strong team in the East again in the past two years.

However, even so, before the start of the playoffs, there were still not many people optimistic about the Bucks, but under the leadership of the team's core "Antetokounmpo", the Bucks have overcome all obstacles and reached the finals.

I believe that before the start of the season, no one will expect the Clippers and the Bucks to meet in the finals.

The day after the Eastern Conference Finals, the Clippers flew to Milwaukee.

The first two games of the finals were the home court of the Bucks, because the Bucks' regular season record was better than the Clippers.

This does not mean that the Bucks are stronger than the Clippers, mainly because the competition in the Western Conference regular season this season is too fierce.

This season, the West has been in chaos, especially in the first half of the regular season, seven or eight teams took turns to the top of the West. Today, the top team in the West, and if they lose a game tomorrow, they may fall out of the playoffs. This chaotic situation has led to the overall record of the Western Conference team being lowered.

The competition in the East is not so fierce. Like in previous years, the top five and six players established their playoff seats early, and several other teams with a winning rate of less than 50% compete for the remaining playoff spots. The few behind began to play badly at the beginning of the season and became the points-free boys in the eyes of other teams.

Therefore, the top three teams in the East have better record than those in the West.

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In the first game of the finals, the Clippers unknowingly took a double-digit lead.

The Bucks actually did not make any mistakes, and their tactical execution was very good, and their shooting percentage was not very bad, but they were just behind in scores.

This is the gap in strength!

The lineup is weaker and the experience is worse. In the finals, this gap becomes a backward score, and it is also a backward that you can't even catch up.

It's obviously done well, but I still have to lose. The Bucks really have no choice.

On the bench on the sidelines, Li Dai looked relaxed and chatted with assistant coach Kassel:

"That young man is very good!" Li Dai pointed to the core of the Bucks, the "Antetokounmpo" with a very long name. Until now, Li Dai still can't spell his name.

Li Dai's detection results show that this young man who is only 24 years old possesses the S+ level talent, is likely to become the next generation of the league. His average of 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists this season is also impeccable.

Li Dai continued: "Such a good young man shouldn't stay in Milwaukee, he should go to a big city to develop."

"Are you going to bring him over?" Cassel asked tentatively.

Li Dai did not answer, and Cassel continued: "His contract is still two years away, but it may be difficult for us to dig him into Los Angeles. He expressed his willingness to stay in Milwaukee in an interview."

"He said this because he had not experienced enough failures! He is still young and feels that his future career is still long and he is not so urgent for the championship. After he has experienced failures and despair again and again, when he realizes that he will never win the championship in Milwaukee, he will change his mind." Li Dai said.

"Indeed, Milwaukee is a small ball market, and it is difficult for them to attract superstars to join. Nowadays, there is no championship without enough superstars!" Kassel replied honestly.

Milwaukee is not a small city, they have a population of nearly two million, which can rank among the many cities in the United States.

But as far as basketball goes, Milwaukee is a small ball market.

People in this city prefer baseball much higher than basketball. The Brewers of Major League Baseball have been at the bottom for many years, but in Milwaukee, Brewers are always more popular than the Bucks.

Li Dai continued: "After this season, I plan to resign from my position as head coach."

"What?" Kassel shook his body in shock and looked at Li Dai with an incredible look.

"Next year is the Olympic year again, and I can't continue to focus on the team." Li Dai spread his hands and continued: "I plan to suggest to the management that you will take over as the head coach. Anyway, you have been responsible for the team's tactics over the past two years. Next season, I will only continue to be responsible for physical training."

"Let me be the head coach!" Kassel opened his mouth wide. He didn't expect that he would get such a big surprise on this occasion.

As long as you are an assistant coach, you will definitely want to be a head coach, and so will Kassel.

Moreover, what Li Dai left for Kassel was a championship lineup.
Chapter completed!