The Godfather of Basketball

Oden and Yi Jianlian were in the same class. He was the No. 1 pick in 2007. He was even a little younger than Yi Jianlian. He was born in January 1988 and is only 27 years old now.

Known as the combination of Russell and Chamberlain, he played 82 games in five years with the Trail Blazers, and another 23 games with the Heat two years ago. Played 120 games.

Because of injuries, all his infinitely possible futures have been snuffed out. Although it is a bit unrealistic to become a player at the level of Chamberlain and Russell, if there is no injury, his performance will definitely be more than the current point.

Now, he is ready to retire.

Oden played in Brooklyn for a year, and he is still in Brooklyn now. Tang Tian went directly to his apartment.

"Are you willing to retire like this?" Tang Tian cut to the chase after entering the door.

Oden was a little dazed. He was surprised by Tang Tian's visit. After all, he was just a player with a basic salary who hadn't exchanged his talent, and Tang Tian was the owner of the team.

When asked directly by Tang Tian, ​​he didn't know how to answer.

"Mr. Tang, my knee can no longer play the game, I'm finished." After a long time, he said helplessly.

It's over. Hearing such words, Tang Tian knew that Auden really lost his mind.

In fact, in such a situation, it is normal for anyone to have a broken mentality. Even to survive until now, Oden's psychological quality is already very good.

We must know that the combination of Chamberlain and Russell, what people expected of him at the beginning, was also his own expectation of himself.

Falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley, and still falling, can be called psychological torture.

However, Oden's reaction gave Tang Tian confidence, which was different from Yao Ming's situation.

"Would you like to try Chinese medicine? I know there is a Chinese medicine clinic in Houston, and T-mac has been there too..." Although it was a bit unfamiliar after so many years, Tang Tian still moved out of his usual routine.

"Chinese medicine?" Auden was obviously skeptical.

"You have no other way, do you? There's nothing to lose by trying before you give up."

Auden nodded.

He went to the doctor in a hurry, and he had the same mentality as McGrady back then.

The same plot, the same scene, the difference is that there is another person around.

The old Chinese doctor was familiar with it, and Tang Tian was also experienced in exchanging iron knees. Auden was so excited that he almost collapsed on the spot, and the signing was a matter of course.

Bringing Oden back to Brooklyn, the Nets' roster is basically finalized.

Just then, Jones brought him the latest trade information on Bojan Bogdanovic.

Because of his performance in the playoffs last season, Bojan's current market is only worth a second round, which is obviously not worth it. On the contrary, Will Barton, the Nuggets are very interested in him, and are willing to pay the price of the first round for him .

Button is an important rotation for the Nets, and he just signed a cheap contract, Tang Tian didn't want to trade him out.

But when he heard that it was the first round of 2017, he directly agreed.

The Nuggets signed Millsap this season, as well as Mudiay selected this year, and the original Nurkic, Gallinari, Harris and other outstanding role players. This will definitely require a running-in process. If the running-in is successful in one or two years, then the first round of 2017 will not be so valuable to them.

And Tang Tian agreed, because compared to 2016, 2017 was a big draft year, even if the lottery wasn't the lottery, it wouldn't be a loss.

Because Barton's contract was just signed, according to the rules, the transaction will not officially take effect until one month later, but the conclusion of this transaction has also basically confirmed the Nets' 15-man roster for the new season.

(Note: When Barton was traded, the Spurs also used Jonathan Simmons in the first round of 2017.)

Point guards: Deron, Livingston, TJ McConaughey

Shooting Guard: Devin Booker, Eric Gordon, Tyler Johnson

Small forwards: Jimmy Butler, McGrady, Bojan Bogdanovic, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

Power forwards: Yi Jianlian, David West

Center: Jokic, Pralim, Oden

West and the Nets signed 2.5 million for one year. The total salary of the Nets was around 85 million, and they paid a luxury tax of 1 million. Compared with the luxury tax of more than 90 million in the past year, it is really can be ignored.

And unlike last year, with such a lineup, Tang Tian can finally set the championship as his goal again.

Although the Cavaliers, Warriors, and even the Spurs, Thunder, and Pacers are difficult opponents to deal with, and the strength of the Nets is far less than that of the Thunder, Cavaliers, and even the Rockets he coached before, but at least he has the confidence and strength. Look at the opponent's face like last year.

With the lineup finalized, Tang Tian finally had the time to turn his attention to the stock issue.

The league is no longer just sending him emails. As the strength of the Nets grows, the vice president of the league directly calls and starts urging him.

The Warriors had just won the NBA championship, and in addition to being located in the Bay Area, the market value was rising almost every day. When the news spread that Swift was going to sell 20% of the Warriors shares, there was an endless stream of buyers.

Among them, venture capitalist Mark Stevens, who participated in the previous bidding, stood out from the crowd of competitors.

"I won't let the opportunity slip away this time." This is what Stevens said when he participated in the bidding.

As a venture capitalist, he misestimated the value of the Warriors before. Now that the market value of the Warriors is rising, he is really ready to spend some money.

Tang Tian likes to see this kind of scene. The greater the competition, the higher the real selling price, and the lower the price for him to buy the shares in Lart's hands.

The valuation of the Warriors is 1.8 billion, and the value of 20% of the shares is about 360 million, but just like the Clippers and Nets were sold at the beginning, the valuation of a truly valuable team does not actually represent anything.

And in order to avoid causing market turmoil, the specific number of shares will not be truly disclosed, and only those who participate in the bidding will know.

At the end of the first round of bidding, the value of 20% of the shares has exceeded 420 million, which is already 60 million US dollars more than the valuation.

When the second round of bidding ended, the market value soared to 500 million.

Stevens was really cruel this time.

At this time, other competitors also competed one after another. In the end, the 20% of the Warriors' shares were finally acquired by Stevens at a transaction price of 520 million.

Tang Tian bought it for 200 million at the beginning, and it has only been more than a year since then, and he has really made a lot of money.

However, such a transaction also has disadvantages. With the completion of this share transfer, the market value of NBA teams has increased for a while. Take the Warriors as an example, their market value has exceeded 2 billion.

And the Nets also appreciated in value. Lart's 20% stake and 45% arena stake climbed from 1.52 billion to 1.6 billion.

The former Prokhorov spent 1.9 billion on the purchase of Lat’s shares in October of the same year, and that time is only 3 months away from now. According to the current situation, if the price is more than 1.9 billion by October Not a lot.

This is really a perfect interpretation of what time is money.