The SuperSonics returned home and faced the challenge of the Dallas Mavericks on November 4th.
The Mavericks are about to change their owners, and it¡¯s already on the agenda.
Dallas entertainment tycoon Mark Cuban will spend $300 million to buy the Mavericks.
Zhang Hao was very curious when he saw this news. Is it true that good coaches are not suitable for him to be general managers, and good coaches who are not suitable for being general managers have a son who has good business ability as general manager?
Silver Fox is definitely an excellent coach. He already won the best coach in the 1994-95 season. Although his son Larry Harris is not a top coach, he has outstanding contract negotiation skills and salary space control ability. As long as he is shown Given the opportunity to display his abilities, this front office staff member, who will be known as the "most economical general manager" in the future, has no worries about finding a job.
Mavericks head coach Don Nelson, his son is Donny Nelson, the Mavericks executive vice president and general manager and vice president of business operations.
The Mavericks have been making money in the past five years, including the shortened season. In 1992, Donnie Nelson, who was only 30 years old, joined the Mavericks as the assistant president of business operations and assistant general manager. In just two years, he built the "Dallas 3j" team. "The gimmick, coupled with the subsequent collapse of 3j, he also found the topic of operations. In two years, he turned the Mavericks from losses to profits. In 1996, he also invited his father to join as the general manager and head coach. In 1998, he officially became the Mavericks Vice President and Vice President of Business Operations.
He owns a team that makes money every year, but the owner of the Mavericks is still going bankrupt. The reason is that the Internet industry he invested in exploded, and he was unlucky enough to have all the dozen Internet companies he invested in
At this time, Nelson Jr. helped the Mavericks owner who was about to become the former boss. In the past two years, Nelson Jr. sorted out the salary space through transactions, used Eddie Jones as the main bargaining chip, and took away some junk contracts. His father, Nelson, also took a fancy to Nowitzki, a German genius, and traded him back. He also traded a high-ranking pick for a low-ranking pick to save salary and sign him.
Now, the Mavericks have three core players: Nowitzki, Finley, and Van Exel, as well as Gary Trent, Damon Jones, Sean Bradley, and Eric Strick. Lang, Robert Parker, Cedric Ceballos, Greg Buckner and many other high-quality role players can be used as transaction chips and can also build a team around Nowitzki.
With such a good lineup, the Mavericks only have a market value of US$240 million, but they were sold for a high price of US$300 million.
In 1997, when the owner of the Mavericks was still very rich, he invested 160 million US dollars. Together with the sponsor American Airlines and the local finance, the three parties invested a total of 300 million US dollars to build the future largest new arena in the NBA. It was put into use in 2001. The owner of the Mavericks also He sold his shares for a high price of US$220 million.
Many NBA owners buy teams because of their hobbies and dreams when they were young, such as Lakers owner Jerry Buss, Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, and SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz .
Mark Cuban, the new owner of the Mavericks who will officially buy the team as early as January next year, is undoubtedly one of them.
The characteristic of these people is that they are willing to spend money.
The Mavericks now have the strength to compete in the playoffs, but from the preseason games and the opening game, it can be seen that the Mavericks are very eye-catching "gentleman with reduced athletic ability" Dirk Nowitzki and "Jordan's successor" "Michael Finlay and "Crazy" Nick Van Exel didn't get along.
Without Nowitzki, Van Exel, Finley, and Eddie Jones' three outside shots were quite competitive, but they just couldn't make the playoffs.
Last season, Nowitzki was still in the adaptation period, and the Mavericks were still only competitive but could not make the playoffs. This was okay, but this year, Nowitzki has improved rapidly, scoring 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 block in the opening game. , the output is stable, and he already has the strength of a first-class scoring forward.
But by this time, Van Exel's style of play was not so compatible with Nowitzki and Finley, both of whom were singles players.
At 7:10 pm, players from both teams entered the Key Stadium.
Before the game, Zhang Hao chatted with Ceballos and Van Exel.
Ceballos has really become a homeless man. He has changed many teams in the past few years, but Zhang Hao can still feel the pride of Ceballos, that fearless leader.
Van Exel¡¯s current situation is not good either, and he is dissatisfied that he has been reduced to a false starter.
However, my former teammate Robert Pike, who I was not very familiar with, has finally accepted his fate. He is an honest role player and no longer cares about his star performance for half a season in the 1995-96 season. However, it is only because he is old enough to accept his fate. Became the actual main point guard of the Mavericks, and Van Exelnbsp; On November 26, the SuperSonics faced the Clippers at home in the last of three games in four days.
Being beaten by the Pacers, the Sonics players looked like they were risking their lives when they beat the Clippers. Looking at their desperate attitude, some people thought they were ushering in another team from Los Angeles.
This is the impact of Zhang Hao - if you lose the game, you must take revenge on the next opponent. You have to decide whether you can beat the opponent or not, and you must have a desperate posture.
With 24 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals and 6 blocks, Zhang Haohao scored his 6th triple-double of the season. The Sonics slaughtered the Clippers 96-75 and won their 10th victory of the season!
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After playing the game against the Clippers, the Sonics got two days of rest and a day of rest in Seattle. On the 28th, the Sonics came to Phoenix.
Originally, this was just a game between an underdog team led by an ordinary superstar and a championship-level team led by a superstar with both strength and popularity. The attention would not be low, but it would not be particularly high either.
But tomorrow the Sonics will play against the Suns, and the attention will be exaggerated!
The Lakers have played 14 games, with 12 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference. On the 30th, the Lakers will play the Clippers in an away game next door. In a clutch game, O'Neal will compete for the best player of the month. In the case of players, it is basically impossible to lose.
In the past week, the Lakers played 4 games, 4 games in 5 days, and achieved 3 wins and 1 loss. O'Neal averaged 29 points, 14 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.5 blocks per game. His performance was so good! The Lakers did not play in the last two days of this week, and O'Neal has become the favorite for Player of the Week in advance.
At this time, the focus of attention came to Zhang Hao.
The SuperSonics have 2 wins and 1 loss in the first three games this week. If they lose the last game against the Suns, O'Neal will most likely win the Player of the Week. Coupled with the advantage of record, O'Neal will win the Player of the Month. It's a stable thing to put pressure on Zhang Hao.
Although the SuperSonics started with 10 wins and 3 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference, beating the Trail Blazers, there is a very obvious gap between the strength shown and the other top four teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences.
It can be seen that Zhang Hao has tried his best in the beginning, averaging 31.3 points, 11.9 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.6 blocks per game, shooting 52.8% from the field and 37.7% from the three-point range.
But even so, as long as the Suns perform stably, I don¡¯t know what kind of magical performance Zhang Hao will have to perform for the Sonics to defeat the Suns, one of the three major championship teams in the Western Conference.
If the Sonics beat the Pacers, it would be okay to say that even if they lose the last game, it won't matter. But in the game between the Sonics and the Pacers, the Sonics' second game back to back, except for Zhang Hao, even Cassel scored only 9 points.
Now, the situation is basically clear. In the distance competition between the "former Remy Martin Twin Towers" after Zhang Hao's comeback, O'Neal is going to win! O'Neal will beat Zhang Hao to win the Player of the Month award in the first game month!
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