Chapter 111 Acquisition of Clippers
After walking around, Wang Zixuan left quietly without interrupting the cocktail party.
The group arrived at the airport.
Not long after, Wang Zixuan's private plane flew to the United States.
Wang Zixuan’s goal has been made public by many media.
Los Angeles Clippers.
Wang Zixuan's first choice is the team in Los Angeles, because Hollywood is also in Los Angeles, and the stars will undoubtedly make the team more popular.
There are two NBA teams in Los Angeles, one is the Lakers and the other is the Clippers.
Kobe can be said to be the star with the most active NBA fans, and Wang Zixuan also likes Kobe, but the Lakers just won the championship in the 2008-09 season with a luxurious lineup composed of Kobe, Gasol and others.
Artest joined the Lakers again last year. The Lakers performed well in the 2009-10 season and had a great hope of winning consecutive championships.
Lakers boss Buss heard that Wang Zixuan wanted to buy the Lakers, so he directly offered a sky-high price of one billion US dollars, and it seemed like he had caught a sucker and did not drop a penny.
Wang Zixuan is not short of money, but after learning about Old Bass' offer, he also wanted to kill him, but not with money, but with bricks.
In December 2009, Forbes magazine released the NBA team market value rankings.
The Lakers ranked first, but only $607 million.
The Bass family holds only 66% of the Lakers shares, which is worth a little more than $400 million.
The valuation and real value of Forbes are definitely different, but it will not be much different.
The Bass family offered a billion dollars obviously because they were stupid and had more money.
Among the two big balls, Wang Zixuan knows basketball better.
He knew that the Lakers would be worth more than $2 billion in a few years, but he was unwilling to be a sucker and gave up the Lakers directly and asked Citibank to negotiate with the Clippers.
The Clippers also sold $2 billion when they sold it in 2014. However, due to the financial crisis in 2008, the NBA has been in a downturn in the past two years. Almost all team owners have been hit hard by the financial crisis, and all teams are selling.
In 2009, when Clippers owner Sterling estimated the team, he believed that the Clippers were less than $300 million.
"This is an estimate, but I don't know if the Clippers are worth $300 million. I personally think the Clippers should be worth less than $300 million," Sterling said at the time. "All teams are on sale, and they are borrowing money now. Ticket sales for each team are not good."
Sterling acquired the Clippers for $12.5 million in 1981. Apart from the Lakers' Old Bass, he is the longest-time owner of the NBA team.
However, Sterling has a bad reputation in the NBA. He has won the titles of miser, erotic, racialist, and rogue clowns.
A fan won the shooting competition held by the Clippers, but Sterling was unwilling to fulfill the $1,000 promised prize, but the fan sued Sterling in court for fraud.
In order to save money, Sterling also asked the team's head coach Paul Silas to wear bandages for the players himself. At the same time, Sterling also set a precedent for clearly requiring players to "do not step down the line of fire due to minor injuries."
Although he is stingy with the team, Sterling is happy to use a lot of US dollars to settle lawsuits of sexual, harassment, racial discrimination outside the court.
The real estate, which Sterling mainly operates, was also the industry that was hit hardest during the financial crisis in 2008.
Different from the reluctance of Sterling when she was forced to sell her team in the NBA because of her race, race and discrimination in 2014, Sterling can now be said to be the owner of the NBA's most wanted to sell her team.
As soon as Citibank contacted, it immediately agreed to sell the Clippers.
Of course, he also wanted to cheat Wang Zixuan, but after learning that the Lakers Lions were abandoned by Wang Zixuan, he offered a price of 400 million US dollars more "honestly" to avoid scaring Wang Zixuan away.
This price is more than 100 million US dollars higher than his public estimate last year. However, the US economy has recovered this year and the market is better than last year. He also has reasons to raise prices, and it also leaves room for bargaining.
The asking price is not too much, because the Stirlings own 100% of the Clippers.
After Wang Zixuan learned that Sterling offered a offer of $400 million, he did not bargain and agreed to him directly.
The Clippers are still playing badly in the past two seasons. In the 2008-09 season, the Clippers are second to last in the West and second to last in the league.
In the 2009-10 season, the Clippers were still struggling at the end of the league.
However, the Clippers selected No. 1 pick Griffin in 2009, participated in the Summer League, and were named the Summer League MVP. However, due to a fracture of the left knee kneecap, they could only miss all the games in the 2009-10 season.
Next season, Griffin will be able to play.
Wang Zixuan still likes Ji Lifen very much, his explosive dunk is full of power and beauty.
As long as the signings are effective, the Clippers will be able to get out of the quagmire next season.
NBA President David Stern also has a headache for Sterling, the boss, and he has always wanted to push the NBA to the world. Now, Wang Zixuan, the most popular person in the world, wants to buy an NBA team, so he naturally has the green light all the way.
When Wang Zixuan acquired Tottenham Hotspur, the NBA also released the news.
In order to maximize Wang Zixuan's popularity, Stern not only quickly passed the Clippers' sales approval, but also came to attend the Clippers' press conference and meeting with fans.
The preparations for "Running Man" in China have been completed, and Wang Zixuan can no longer wander abroad, so he put the press conference and the fan meeting together.
After flying for twenty hours, when Wang Zixuan arrived in Los Angeles, it was already 12 noon on March 22, Los Angeles time.
Yesterday morning, the Clippers and the Kings also held a game.
But the Clippers were not inspired by the replacement of their boss and still lost to the King in a clean and neat way.
Fortunately, Wang Zixuan stayed in London for one more day and didn't watch this game.
The Clippers and the Kings are both bad teams in the past two seasons. The Kings were the last last season, and both teams are also struggling at the end of the league this season.
Clippers President Andy Royther and Vice President and General Manager Neil Orches came to the airport to welcome Wang Zixuan.
The press conference was held at 13 o'clock, and Wang Zixuan's lunch was also eaten on a private plane, so the group could only go straight to the Staples Stadium.
Although a press conference is about to be held, some reporters still came to the airport to surround Wang Zixuan, because they may not get the opportunity to ask questions at the press conference.
There are too many reporters coming to Wang Zixuan.
As soon as the group walked out of the VIP channel, dozens of reporters surrounded him.
"What is your relationship with Scarlett Johnson?"
“Did Scarlett Johnson and Ryan Reynolds separate because of you?”
...
Wang Zixuan has shut down the reporter's pursuit, but the American reporter's problems still surprised him.
After the peak night, he and Scarlett Johnson would occasionally contact each other, but they didn't have an in-depth conversation. However, when filming the MV, she complained that she had disagreeable with Ryan Reynolds, but she didn't expect the two to separate.
Neither he nor a prodigal son had any feelings for Scarlett Johnson and had no possibility of dating.
Wang Zixuan did not explain to the reporter, but just kept a charming smile and waved to the American reporter.
Under the escort of the bodyguard, get in the car and leave.
(Thanks to the book friend "灬名" 588 for the reward)
Chapter completed!