The next day.
New York, Brooks.
At the Arena at the Barclay Center.
This was the new stadium built after the Nets moved to New York, with a total cost of more than one billion dollars.
At the same time, it would also become the first stadium in the world that cost more than 1 billion US dollars to build.
Since May 2010, when the Russian tycoon, Mihail Prokhorov, bought the Nets, he had started to throw money like crazy.
In order to suppress the New York Knicks, the other team with the highest market value in the NBA, this dog invested more than 1 billion dollars in the construction of this stadium.
After the end of last season.
The Nets moved from New jersey to brooklyn, New York, and traded for Joe Johnson and Gerald Wallace in the offseason.
Prokhorov, who didn't understand basketball and was eager for quick success, started a crazy journey to build a super luxurious lineup.
Tang Hao, who had transmigrated to this parallel world, knew very well that this dog would be even crazier next season.
He would trade almost half of the team and three future draft picks for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett from the Green Army.
And these two old-fashioned All-Star players who were already old but still had high salaries proved to be scammers.
He also gave big contracts to Jason Terry and Kirilenko, the two veterans who had been lazing around in retirement.
In any case, he was just throwing money like crazy and did not care about the so-called luxury tax at all.
However, in the eyes of other teams and players, he was the stupid and rich second owner of the Knicks, Dolan.
Of course.
To Tang Hao, it was good for a rich boss to give money away.
This was one of the reasons why he chose the Knicks and Nets. The owners of the teams were rich and willful, and they were both in the international metropolis of New York.
In order to build a championship lineup, they would invest crazily without caring about the luxury tax.
Unfortunately, these two rich teams did not have any totemic superstars in their history.
Tang Hao felt a little regretful that he had transmigrated a little late.
Now, the Knicks had given Anthony and Stoudemire top-paying contracts, and they were crazily throwing money at huge contracts worth tens of millions.
Moreover, he had spent all the draft picks in his hands for the next few years.
Even if Tang Hao performed well enough, there was no salary space for him to go to the Knicks.
This team would not have any draft picks in the future. Even if they wanted to trade or strengthen themselves, they would not have the chance.
It would be extremely difficult to win the championship.
However…
It was a blessing in disguise!
At least, the owner of the Nets had not started to throw money like crazy.
Even though it was during this year's off-season.
He gave Delon a five-year,$98.75 million contract and Brook Lobes a four-year,$60.82 million contract.
However, at least the Nets had performed poorly in the past few years and still had a bunch of good first-round picks.
Moreover, Joe John was still in his prime and still had the standard of an All-Star.
However, this guy signed a six-year,$124 million contract in 2010, and his annual salary this season was $19.75 million.
If Tang Hao went to the Nets, he could totally replace Joe John.
Even if the big boss didn't trade away Joe Johnson, he would still be able to deal with Pierce and Garnett with his crazy money.
The combined annual salary of the two old-fashioned All-Stars was more than 28 million dollars. Prokhorov, who didn't care about luxury taxes, could afford it.
Tang Hao only needed to cut off the contracts of Hubers and Garnett. Couldn't he get a top-salary contract?
Among all the first-tier and semi-first-tier NBA teams in the league, only the Nets offered a top-salary contract!
After all, this rich and stupid boss didn't know anything about basketball, but he was eager to win the championship.
As for the process, Mihail Prokhorov didn't care. As long as he could win the championship quickly, anything was fine.
That's right.
This was Tang Hao's chance!
With the help of the system, he could quickly increase his talent and strength.
As long as he continued to perform crazily, he had enough confidence to cooperate with this big dog.
At this moment, the basketball team's boss, Mihail Prokhorov, was sitting in the spacious boss 'office in this super luxurious stadium.
Looking at the Nets 'record this season, he frowned in dissatisfaction.
Especially when they saw the Heat, who had three giants, play a winning streak this season.
"Pa!"
Mihail Prokhorov threw the table aside and slammed it on the table.
"Billy, we've also created the Big Three now, and we have five players with annual salaries of more than ten million dollars. Why is there such a big gap between our record and the Heat?”
"The three giants of the Heat have salaries of more than ten million dollars, and their total salary is less than us by more than four million dollars!”
"I've spent so much money in the hopes that you can create a lineup to win the championship!”
The big dog, Mihail Prokhorov, took out a salary table for each team and slammed it on the table to continue questioning.
"Other than the fact that the salary of the Super 4 giants formed by the Los Angeles Clippers is higher than ours, our team's salary is higher. The luxury tax I paid for the team this season is as high as 11.5 million dollars, which is also second only to the Los Angeles Clippers!”
"But look at our team's record. It's only 11 wins and 9 losses, only ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference.”
"The Heat has 16 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference!”
"And that stupid rich upstart from the Knicks. Their salary is lower than ours, they pay less luxury tax, but they have a record of 16 wins and 5 losses!”
"Only the old monster Spurs in the Western Conference with 18 wins and 4 losses, and the Thunder with a bunch of talented players with 17 wins and 4 losses, can suppress them!”
Although Mihail Prokhorov didn't know much about basketball, he paid a lot of attention to the results of the teams in the league.
In order to build a winning lineup and poach players, he had to brace himself and pay attention to the players of each team.
At this point, he was very puzzled. His eyes flickered as he looked at the team's general manager, Billy King, who was smiling in front of him.
Then, Mihail Prokhorov continued to ask,""You said that the Thunderclap relied on the draft to get a bunch of talented players. Now that they have completely risen, their contracts are extremely cost-effective, and their total salary is only more than 60 million dollars.”
"We can't replicate this and be jealous, but why are the Spurs so good?”
"Their boss is famous for being stingy. He never pays a penny of luxury tax.”
"Moreover, they're in a small city that's similar to the countryside. It can't be compared to New York, where we're from.”
"Why is it that the Spurs are the favorite to win the championship every year, but this season, they are said to be full of injuries, yet they can still have the best record in the league?”
"Didn't you tell me last time that the Spurs were going through a devil's schedule this week?”
"Why did they win consecutively and still manage to defeat those strong teams despite having a battalion full of wounded soldiers?”
General Manager Billy King's eyes lit up when he heard that.
Then, he blurted out excitedly,"Boss, it's because of a person. His name is Tang Hao!”
"That's right, this is the big surprise!”
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