Chapter 297 Warriors Lineup
Wang Zhidong nodded and said: "I have already contacted the major brokerage companies, and they are all very cooperative."
"Haha, of course they will cooperate, otherwise Sina will expose it What to do about their scandal?"
Wang Zhidong also laughed.
For celebrities who live by exposure, Sina, which has the largest online public opinion channel in the country, is enough to make them obey.
"Mr. Xu, I found a website on the market that is very suitable for our Sina business, and I want to acquire it."
"Oh?"
Wang Zhidong took a document and handed it over .
Xu Liang took a look.
“SouFun.com?”
"This is a company established in 1999 that specializes in online real estate agency. It is developing well. Real estate information in Beijing, Shanghai and other places are basically put on their website.
The business has been very mature. .
In contrast, the content of Sina's real estate channel has never been professional enough, and most of the employees are pen writers who don't know much about real estate and don't understand business management. Therefore, I want to directly acquire SouFun and let it follow. Sina Games, Tieba, etc. have become our sub-businesses.”
Xu Liang flipped through the information.
“SouFun.com is pretty good and its profit model is very clear. Have you contacted them?”
"Not yet, but according to the current size of the other party, the purchase price will not exceed 50 million Huaxia coins, which is within our affordability."
Xu Liang nodded, "If you can buy it, buy it. If you can't, buy it. For acquisitions, just copy the other party and make one."
Copying and pasting is king these days, and Fat Penguin is the king of this.
Wang Zhidong agreed.
"Is Duan Yongji still unwilling to sell the shares?" Xu Liang then asked.
"Keep refusing."
"Don't worry about him in the future. Sina's acquisition of Hongmeng game lobby and mailbox business will dilute part of his equity, and the rest will be insignificant."
Wang Zhidong nodded.
"How many shares of Sunshine TV have been sold?"
"Half of them have been sold. ...Mr. Xu, Sunshine TV's newly launched "Interview with Yang Lan" is very popular and has already been sold. It is one of the top three talk shows in China, which has greatly increased the value of Sunshine TV. Can we keep the remaining shares? ”
"No, sell them all and keep none." Xu Liang said firmly, "Old Wang, which TV station have you seen rely on topical programs and documentaries?
"Interviews with Yang Lan" Good, but it can't support a TV station.
More importantly, investment is not Sina's main business. There is no need to get involved in it. It is serious to quickly withdraw funds and strengthen the market share of the main business. At this critical moment when the Nasdaq crisis is about to pass, we must stick to our hearts."
Wang Zhidong was shocked and nodded quickly.
I walked around Sina and held a short meeting with all middle-level and above employees in the afternoon. There was nothing important. The main thing was to chat with everyone and deepen my impression of him as a big boss.
After exercising the next morning, as he was about to go to the company, Zhao Xun, who was far away in the United States, gave him good news.
"Mr. Xu, the contract is signed.
USD 150 million to acquire the NBA Golden State Warriors as a whole."
Zhao Xun's tone revealed excitement.
Xu Liang also became happy. Although US$150 million was a bit high, it was not too exaggerated. He was more conscientious than the Rockets owner.
"Fax me a copy of the Golden State Warriors' lineup."
"Yes."
It didn't take long before Xu Liang got what he wanted.
The Warriors' performance this season can be described as miserable. The game is almost over now, with only 16 wins. They are ranked at the bottom of the Western Conference and are inseparable from the Chicago Bulls, who are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
But the Bulls are better, at least they have one more win.
The head coach of the Warriors is Dave Cowens. This guy was very good as a player. He has two championships, one NBA regular season MVP, three All-NBA second teams, one All-Defensive first team, and two The second team of the All-Defensive Team, seven-time All-Star selection, and one of the top 50 NBA stars.
The historical status is similar to Olajuwon.
But the results of leading the team were miserable.
In the 1998-99 season, this guy was fired by the Hornets due to a poor start of 4 wins and 11 losses. Now that the Warriors are playing like this again, he will definitely not be able to stay.
“It seems that we need to change the head coach first.”
Xu Liang said.
He is not familiar with the head coaches and only knows a few of the more famous ones, such as Jackson, Pat Riley, the Spurs' president, and Jeff Van Gundy.
While trying to search for information about NBA head coaches in my mind, suddenly a light flashed through my mind.
"How could I forget about him."
Tom Thibodeau, the Rockets' assistant coach, is good at discovering and utilizing new players.
Later, he also served as Yao Ming's shooting coach.
He once took the Rockets to participate in the summer league and won ten games out of ten.
At that time, many Rockets fans wanted him to replace Van Gundy Jr. as the Rockets head coach.
Later he switched to the Celtics and relied on his defensive philosophy to help the Celtics enter the finals twice and successfully win the championship.
After switching to the Bulls, the Bulls took the first place in the regular season in the second season and entered the Eastern Conference Finals.
Switching to the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves led them to the Western Conference Finals and maintained a winning rate of more than 50% for eight consecutive seasons.
Because of the relationship between the Rockets and Yao Ming, everyone paid more attention to celebrities who came out of the Rockets in those years.
That’s why he remembered the other person.
“He is the head coach.”
After the head coach is decided, he becomes the team manager.
He didn't know much about this. He only knew Morey, the later general manager of the Rockets, but this guy had a bad mouth.
"Forget it, I will have the final say on the team's major transactions from now on, and the general manager will just provide assistance."
The next step is the most critical player.
The first one is Antoine Jamieson, a person Xu Liang is not very familiar with. But when I saw the faxed information, I couldn't help but be surprised.
"Scored 51 points against the Lakers, so strong?"
The information clearly states that in the regular season last season, Jamison made 21 of 29 shots and 7 of 8 free throws against the Lakers who had an OK combination. He scored 51 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, helping the Warriors win the game 125-122.
And this is not the only time he broke out. Before the Lakers, he also scored 51 points in the game against the Bucks.
Going into 50+ points back to back, this kind of scoring ability is so exciting.
But in the 2001-02 season, in an average of 37 minutes of playing time, he scored 19.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks.
Among power forwards, this scoring ability is already considered top-notch.
However, the defense cannot be said to be very bad, but compared to the offense, it seems to be average.
Typical attack is strong and defense is weak.
The future Warriors will definitely be dominated by Yao Ming inside, so for the power forward position, he does not need a strong scoring power forward to compete with Yao Ming for the ball, but a strong defensive ability who can steal the ball. Backboards, blue-collar workers who do the dirty work.
Similar to Patrick Ewing versus 'Old Oak' Charles Oakley.
But in this era, the NBA has many blue-collar players who are famous for their defense, but not many top players.
Xu Liang thought for a while and wrote the first name on it.
Ben Wallace.
This guy is known as Rodman second. His offensive ability is not very good, but his defense is really strong.
Although height is a fascination, if you play power forward, the height problem is at least not as serious as the center position.
"I'm just afraid that the Pistons won't let him go."
Now Ben is the core of the Pistons' interior defense.
After thinking about it, I wrote another name at the back of the notebook.
Andrei Kirilenko.
This guy has strong defensive ability and can play five positions. He is a panacea.
After thinking of these two, Xu Liang was too lazy to waste any more brain cells.
If neither of them can be poached, the Warriors management will provide a new roster.
The second one is Jason Richardson, the fourth pick in 2001 and now the Warriors' second-highest scorer.
In 32 minutes of playing time, 14.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.4 blocks.
As far as rookies are concerned, this data is very good.
Although Richardson's subsequent development is not a top swingman, he is still first-rate.
Especially with his superb three-point shooting.
And as a rookie, it is also relatively cheap.
The annual salary is only 2.43 million U.S. dollars. If he did not have an annual salary of more than 6 million in the past rookie period, he would not have such a powerful scorer.
Third is Larry Hughes, who can play shooting guard, small forward and point guard. His statistics so far from the 2001-02 season are 12.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.3 blocks.
His shooting ability is good, but his body is a little thin, and his defensive ability is not very good.
Occasionally he will break out, but his assist ability is average.
The fourth is Danny Fortson, with 11.2 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.2 blocks.
“Hey, is this guy so strong?”
Not everyone can achieve a double-double of points and rebounds.
But he had no impression of the name.
This only means one problem, something happened to this guy in the middle, he got wet.
Xu Liang made a cross on it.
No matter what the reason is, this cannot be kept.
An annual salary of 4.65 million is not cheap.
Fifth is Gilbert Arenas.
“Holy shit, isn’t this the ‘Great General’?”
Xu Liang was a little surprised.
He is very familiar with Arenas. After all, he is a player of the same generation as Yao Ming.
Selected to the NBA All-NBA Third Team twice, to the Second Team once, and to the NBA All-Star Team three times in a row.
Typical offensive point guard.
This guy and Baron Davis of the Hornets are both tank point guards.
Big, powerful, and not slow.
They don't need much skill at all to break through, they can just push through and smash through.
Full of violent beauty.
The key is that he is very cheap. He was selected by the Warriors with the second pick in the second round in 2001. His annual salary is only US$330,000, which is too cheap.
This one must definitely be kept.
But we can't let him play point guard. He is too grumpy and easily emotional, and is not suitable for controlling a team at all.
"Let's play shooting guard in the future, 191 is not too short."
Sixth place, Bob Sura.
He is also familiar with this, a combo guard and a qualified substitute.
Later this guy also went to the Rockets.
That year Rockets fans often left messages online.
(End of this chapter)