The Godfather of Basketball

Joe Johnson's resurgence is crucial for the Nets.

Compared with Bogdan and Moore, he can bring greater help to the team in terms of strength and experience.

It was also his recovery that allowed the Nets to win a wave of 4 consecutive victories in February. Before the All-Star Game, the team finally raised their record to 50% and their record of 26 wins and 26 losses was also stabilized. Eighth place in the East.

The All-Star Game is approaching, and the players who have worked hard for most of the season finally have a rest time.

Tang Tian has no missions for this All-Star Game, and he plans to take advantage of this time to go home and spend time with his wife and children.

But on the last game day, Jones gave him another problem.

Brook Lopez, the team's starting center, and his agent made a trade application to the team.

Lopez's personality is relatively shy, and the team is doing well now. I didn't expect him to apply for a trade at this time point.

But it's not too surprising when you think about it.

Jokic's performance is getting better and better, and his playing time has increased to an average of about 25 minutes per game.

And because he and Lopez are both big centers and cannot play together, the result is that Lopez's playing time is reduced.

Lopez doesn't care about other things, but he is more sensitive to playing time. When he was on the same team with Yi Jianlian in his previous life, he complained about the latter's playing time more than once, not to mention the competition for the same position now.

Because of Lopez's poor defense, Tang Tianzhi was winning the championship. He was not in the future plan, and he was not traded to leave the team because he considered that Jokic's growth would take time.

Now that Lopez has taken the initiative to apply for a transaction, and Jokic's growth has exceeded expectations, it is not bad to change his mind and send it away while the transaction value is high.

"The goal is next year's lottery pick. You can receive a long-term contract, but don't accept a garbage contract." Tang Tian gave Jones a general direction. Many free agents expire next summer, and he is going to do a lot.

Immediately after the All-Star Game was the trade deadline. If Lopez really wanted to be traded, there was not much time to start negotiating at this time. After receiving Tang Tian's instructions, Jones immediately went to negotiate with other teams.

Tang Tian also let Jones do it. He is not concurrently the general manager now, so he only needs to choose one of the plans given by Jones.

Both Tang Tang and Tang Hao are more than 6 months old, and they no longer need to be hugged in their arms every day, they can already crawl around on the soft floor.

Especially Tang Tang, who was very close to Tang Tian, ​​as soon as he came home, he crawled up to him and wanted to hug him.

Sure enough, there is a scientific basis for the saying that daughter kisses father.

As for Tang Hao, he always plays with a basketball in his arms, and I don't know if it's because of being held by him to watch basketball games when he was a child.

"Brooke Rattle just called and said that he would talk to you about the team shares in the afternoon." Hathaway is now a housewife, and she can be regarded as a small assistant.

Hearing this news, Tang Tian's expression brightened, his previous efforts were finally worthwhile.

He happily hugged Xiao Tang Tang, and said with a smile: "My good daughter, you are the one who brought good luck to Dad."

At the manor in the afternoon, Tang Tian entertained Bruce Rattle at his manor, and this was the latter's first visit.

Yui Aragaki poured coffee for the two of them, smiled at the two of them, and stepped back.

Latte was stunned for a while, and after Yui Aragaki went out, he said with a slightly embarrassed smile: "So there is an angel hidden in your home."

Tang Tian smiled and said nothing. Yui Aragaki was called "wife" by many people in her previous life. Her smile is indeed beautiful, and she is the pinnacle of the healing department.

"Are you finally relieved to hand over the team to me?" Tang Tian chatted about the topic.

"Yes, I see that the team is gradually getting better, and I feel more at ease in entrusting it to you than anyone else." Lat knew Tang Tian's character, so he answered rather simply.

"Including the 45% stake in the arena?" Tang Tian asked tentatively.

Rat nodded.

Tang Tian was overjoyed after hearing this. Lart has 20% of the team's shares and 45% of the arena's shares. If he can buy them all at once, he will surpass Boss Ma and become the team's major shareholder.

Although Boss Ma usually doesn't care about the team, becoming a major shareholder is a sign and has a different meaning.

"The price?" Tang Tian was very interested.

"1.4 billion, this is the result of my discussion with the company, and because of you, I didn't agree with Prokhorov's previous offer."

The construction of Barclays Center cost 1 billion, and it was an investment 4 years ago. Now the value of Barclays Center is at least about 1.8 billion, and the value of 45% of the shares is about 800 million. Adding 20% ​​of the team shares is 400 million Much, the price that Lutter said was indeed as he said, not too expensive.

"I need time to raise money." Tang Tian thought for a while and said.

Because things were progressing faster than he expected, he really couldn't afford that much money all at once.

"Of course, you can consider it, and you can rest assured that my door is only open for you." Lutter said with a smile.

Tang Tian nodded, and Lat offered this price, which showed that he didn't just want to make money.

After sending Lart away, Tang Tian fell into deep thought again.

Now his company has grown further. Thanks to his hard work in the past year, the market value has exceeded 5 billion. However, most of the market value is in the industrial chain, and the funds he can move are actually only three or four. 100 million.

With the rise of the Splash Brothers this season, the Warriors' market value has risen rapidly, but if the 20% of the shares are sold, it will cost four to five billion yuan.

In the middle, there is still a gap of 600 to 700 million.

Such a large gap cannot be filled by reducing investment as before.

But Latte's last words gave him a reassurance.

Acquisition of shares would have been a lengthy process. He got the stepping stone, but the actual acquisition might last until the offseason, and he has 2% of Ali's shares, so there is still a way out.

After letting the company work hard to raise money, he didn't care about the specific details anymore.

He promised to spend the All-Star Weekend with his wife and children well, so he will naturally keep his word.

On the first day of the All-Star Weekend, the rookie game was held at the Barkley Center. Tang Tian watched the live broadcast at home with Tang Hao in his arms.

This year's rookie game has been restructured again. It is no longer the Barkley and O'Neal team, but has become the international team and the US team.

Jokic has a full sense of presence in such an exhibition game, and the fans at the passing and rebounding show climaxed one after another.

In the end, led by him and Wiggins, the international team defeated the US team 121 to 112. Wiggins scored a game-high 22 points and honored the MVP of the rookie game. Jokic performed all-around and scored 13 points. A triple-double with 17 rebounds and 10 assists.