665: The old rogue shot (5/5 ask for a monthly pass)
The Brooklyn Nets are a typical negative textbook for spending money. Facts have proved that just spending money, you may not necessarily create an excellent team.
This summer, the Russian rich boss of the Nets spent money to create a set of the most expensive starting lineup in the league, with the Big Five directly targeting the championship.
However, after the game in November, the Nets' record was only 4 wins and 12 losses, which was surprising. Although there were the injuries caused by Deron and Pierce, the results were indeed a bit too exaggerated.
Originally, the Nets' goal was to win the championship, but now, they are even in danger of entering the playoffs.
Especially after losing to the Grizzlies on the last day of November, the Nets' defeat added another game. Their path this season has been getting steeper and steeper.
In sharp contrast to the Nets, the Memphis Grizzlies are the ones.
This summer, the Grizzlies have almost no big moves in the transfer market. Delavidova, Mike Miller and others who signed the contract are not considered major transfers.
However, such a team that had almost no operations in the summer has now scored the best 16-game winning streak!
This exaggerated result made the Grizzlies become the most highly-watched team in the league in just one month, no doubt.
After the November game, Link naturally became the first player of the month in the Western Conference this season with his record of winning all 16 games.
Suddenly, the Grizzlies' popularity remained high. Videos about the Grizzlies and Link always ranked first on the Internet.
Robert Pera is now one of the most profitable bosses in the league, but he is not a person who only sees money. He not only loves basketball, but also has a very human touch.
He made a lot of money in Memphis and wanted to use the benefits his fans gave him to give back to the city of Memphis.
Although Pera is not from Memphis, he has lived in this city for less than two years. However, he has achieved such great success in Memphis and is somewhat in love with the city.
Now, he is one of the most famous wealthy people in Memphis. As a Memphis celebrity, he also hopes to do something to help the city he loves.
So Pera decided to donate $100,000 to St. Judy Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
But it seems a bit too common if you donate 100,000 yuan like this. Pera hopes to attract more people to participate in the charity in Memphis and make the city really better.
So he wanted to donate in an eye-catching way, but it is impossible to advertise all over the city if donations are done.
So, Pera thought of a trick. In the afternoon, the Grizzlies owner took his plan to go to the training hall to find Link.
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On the evening of December 1, the Grizzlies had no game and everything was calm in Memphis.
But at 8 o'clock in the evening, a social media update by Robert Pera broke the rare calm and caused a stir in the sports circle.
"Tuesday, December 3, at 4 p.m., before the start of the game between the Grizzlies and the Suns. I, Robert Pera, will have a 1v1 match with the Grizzlies star Link in the training hall of the FedEx Center. Whoever scores 10 points first will win. The loser will donate $100,000 to St. Judy Children's Research Hospital. Link said that he would give me five goals, and then the Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph will serve as the game referee, and media reporters will be invited to watch."
This not-so-long news has just been published, and I have received many comments, reprints and likes.
The team boss and the players competed one-on-one? And it was carried out under the witness of the media? It can be said that such a thing has never happened before. The only person who dared to do this was Jordan, but Jordan was once the god of basketball after all. And Pera, he had never even played professional basketball.
The fans had a heated discussion on this, and it was obvious that everyone was still very interested in this one-on-one fight with huge strength.
Is Link reluctant to attack his boss?
Link gave Pera five goals, which was equivalent to Pera winning the game with only five points. Will Link fail?
As Pera expected, this incident attracted great attention. Overnight, the name of St. Judy Children's Research Hospital appeared on the hot searches.
This incident can be said to be a hit with multiple goals for Pera. He likes to play basketball and can compete with the strongest stars in the league, which satisfy Pera's selfishness.
Besides, Pera also knew that Link would not lose at all. So in the end, Link would not be able to pay the $100,000.
He can donate and entertain and entertain, Pera feels that he is simply a planning genius.
However, the enthusiasm of fans to discuss this matter has exceeded Pera's expectations.
In the comments, Michael Jordan, the current owner of the Charlotte Bobcats and one of the greatest stars in NBA history, was @ed by many people.
The reason is very simple. Michael Jordan was the only team boss in the league who personally came out to compete with the players in training camp.
This summer, Jordan coached Bobcats player Gerald Henderson in training camp and was circulated wildly on the Internet.
Earlier, the video of 50-year-old Jordan dunking in training camp attracted the attention of many fans.
Therefore, the fans all called Jordan like a joke, asking him to give Pera some advice and tell him how to deal with professional players.
As a result, even Pera himself did not expect that the noble "god" actually paid attention to this matter and gave comments.
On December 2, Michael Jordan said on his social media, "I think this is funny. It doesn't make any sense. People bet with themselves, professional players and basketball enthusiasts, what's the point? Regardless of winning or losing, he is not considered a winner. Don't do such a childish thing, please."
Sure enough, Jordan didn't reply anything good, he still had a noble attitude. But he does have the capital.
Pera was not angry either. Since Jordan responded, it means that the attention of this matter was far beyond his imagination. So Pera simply went down and replied to Jordan, allowing the incident to continue to heat up. "What about we have a showdown between the boss and the boss? I launched this one-on-one match in the name of charity and increased the donation to $1 million!"
Grizzlies boss vs Bobcats boss, Pera vs Jordan? The whole world is crazy!
If Jordan really agrees, people can guarantee that the number of viewers in this one-on-one match will be more than the number of viewers in all NBA games that day!
"This is simply a joke, why do I have to fight him one-on-one?" Jordan's response was fast, but his response disappointed the fans.
Sure enough, this kind of dreamy showdown is impossible.
However, people never expected that things would reverse again. As an old gambler, Jordan probably had itchy hands. So after rejecting Pera's invitation to challenge him, Jordan posted another update.
"It doesn't make sense for me to play with you, but if we can join forces to promote a professional and professional competition, maybe I will agree. I choose a player who represents me, and you choose a player who represents you. Don't play a one-on-one challenge, let them shoot 100 three-pointers, and see who makes more. The loser donates 1 million, what do you think?"
In the end, the old hooligan ended up rushing! Even Link didn't expect that Jordan would really take action!
Pera readily agreed to Jordan's proposal, and the two bosses reached an agreement.
So who will they choose to represent themselves? This has become the biggest suspense now.
Jordan said that both sides could choose a player to represent him, but he did not say that he had to choose a player in his team.
With Jordan's status in the league, theoretically, he may call anyone. After all, many superstars' childhood idols were Jordan. How many people could reject the invitation from their idols? And Pera's choice would undoubtedly be Link.
Chapter completed!