Chapter 266: Damn NBA, they are helping Jack loot openly

Who among those sitting here isn't a genius among geniuses?

When James Dolan stood up and ate this first piece of cake, the people below immediately understood that this was a good time to submit a "letter of intent." If you don't fawn over Fan Xi now, how could Fan Xi join us after he leaves the Clippers?

"Houston agrees. We cannot lose Jack Fan, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem." The Rockets owner representative also stood up to express his position.

Following closely was the owner of the San Antonio Spurs: "We have no reason to let a legendary rookie leave the NBA like this. At the same time, I suggest that Jack Fan's annual salary should be calculated into the salary cap at 120% to show fairness."

The Spurs are still a bit insidious. According to the proposal of these owners, if Fan Xi must take the maximum salary, which is 30% of the salary cap, and then increase it by 20% on the basis of 30%, it is equivalent to Fan Xi alone occupying 36% of the salary space. In this era of fighting for superstars, it almost locks the possibility of the Clippers' superstars teaming up to evolve into a super fleet.

When one or two owners stood up to express support, passing a brand-new agreement was a foregone conclusion.

Jean Bas felt a sense of powerlessness.

She could only sit there silently; she couldn't do anything. Because the NBA is not her team alone.

Not allowing players to hold shares was originally something that all capital sides firmly prevented, because this seriously affected the interests of the capital side and would infinitely raise the status and ambition of players.

Therefore, the next agenda became how to limit this clause to Fan Xi exclusively.

The owners are smart and shameless enough.

Fan Xi sat in the United Center. He was wearing a suit. He didn't even sit on the Clippers' bench. Derek Rose sat with him; Rose returned to Chicago for Christmas.

He bought tickets for Fan Xi. He, his two older brothers, and Fan Xi sat together to watch the game.

Rose's two brothers are relatively vulgar and street-smart people, but they are very enthusiastic. They thanked Fan Xi for saving Rose's career. Rose's folding dunk made them realize that Rose's choice to undergo rehabilitation in Los Angeles was correct.

Rose will return around the All-Star Game; he is not in a hurry to return to the court to build a career. In fact, the Bulls are still at the playoff level now, and they remain in the top five in the East. Thibodeau is a very capable head coach, and he has a sufficiently rich assistant coaching resume, which makes it easy for him to make the team he coaches reach the playoff level.

However, the entire state of Illinois knows that if the Bulls want to go further, they must wait for their regular season MVP to return to the court.

When the camera scanned Fan Xi and Rose sitting side-by-side, there was a strange sense of harmony.

After all, this is the youngest Finals MVP in NBA history and the youngest regular season MVP in history.

Fan Xi's behavior of drawing a line with the Clippers tonight seems to prove that he is determined to leave, at least that's what the media thinks.

Rose is also discussing the possibility of joining the Bulls with Fan Xi.

But Fan Xi just smiled.

He is very relaxed. Like the eye of a tornado, calm.

He knows that there will always be a solution to this matter.

When the game reached the third quarter, the Clippers overtook the score. At this time, Rose said something that made Fan Xi feel incredible: "Jack, if you need money to buy the team, I can lend you 30 million US dollars."

Huh?

In the past three or four days, Fan Xi has been hearing news about those who want to take money to buy shares. This is the first time he has heard someone say they want to lend money to himself.

Rose said to Fan Xi very seriously: "You know, I'm not good at investing, and I have a huge family, so I don't like to squander. If you need me to lend you the money, you just pay me a higher interest rate than the fund."

Rose is very sincere.

His two brothers were also very surprised, and they tried to persuade Rose, wanting to say something but stopping.

However, Rose stopped them with a firm look.

Rose is one of the players with the highest commercial value in the league today, but he is still on a rookie contract now. He cannot compare with those famous superstars who have been in the league for many years. This 30 million is likely all the money he can take out.

Fan Xi thought for a while, he didn't act coy, and then smiled and said: "Okay."

Fan Xi looked light and airy, but in fact, he already had an idea in his heart.

Fan Xi is a very, very loyal person. If you treat him well, he will definitely treat you better.

Rose is willing to lend him 30 million US dollars unconditionally, so he will definitely repay the favor. When the time comes, what he returns to Rose will definitely be more than 30 million and interest, and he will definitely add a little more. Even, if Rose is willing, Fan Xi can reserve a little bit of priority acquisition shares for Rose, so that Rose also has a guarantee after retirement.

Good friends are like this. You treat me sincerely, and I will definitely repay you with all my heart.

"You let your agent send the account number to me," Rose said.

He is a person who is not good at words. His way of expressing affection is: send money.

The Chicago Bulls finally defeated the Clippers 108:107. This was a classic defensive battle.

What decided the outcome was Carlos Boozer hitting the go-ahead shot with 42 seconds left in the game.

Then Butler and Leonard of the Clippers missed key buzzer-beaters one after another.

They are still a bit young and lack the ability to hit key shots.

After the game, they all came over to talk to Fan Xi with regret.

Although Fan Xi was wearing a suit and said in the media that he might retire, to them, Fan Xi was still their boss.

Fan Xi smiled and encouraged them: "Hitting the ball is just a matter of time. However, you were able to block all their wing and arc-top offensives at the last moment. This is your talent. I am proud of you."

Fan Xi can always find their shining points. In the 42 seconds before the end of the game, both sides had two offensives, and neither succeeded.

Butler and Leonard strangled the Bulls' wing and arc-top offensives.

This is their energy.

"Jack, when can you come back? Can it be Christmas?"

Stephen Nash asked Fan Xi after the game.

Because there is only one away game left.

Soon to return to Los Angeles.

Fan Xi thought for a while and said: "It should be about right."

Fan Xi did not follow the team to the next home court; he returned to Los Angeles in advance.

And during his long flight back to Los Angeles, the NBA released a new clause in New York: "NBA Capital Special Clause."

After a collective meeting of 29 owners of the league, plus the collective wisdom of the NBA league headquarters, they finally passed the new clause.

They announced.

If you are a non-draft player, have won the Finals MVP before the age of 20, and have obtained a portion of equity incentives with the special consent of the owner, then you can hold shares as an active player.

Once this content came out, the entire basketball world was shocked.

Isn't this tailored for Fan Xi? In the whole world, except for Fan Xi, who can win the NBA Finals MVP before the age of 20 as a non-draft player?

This is not a clause at all; this is simply designated.

The procedure is not even followed.

It is equivalent to an engineering bid, where one of the clauses specifies that the owner's ID number can only be...

For a time, many players jumped out and said this was too unfair, and this was simply favoring Fan Xi.

Originally, this was a good thing for the labor side and the players, but the standard was only Fan Xi alone, so they couldn't stand it. This is the essence of human nature: don't worry about scarcity, worry about inequality.

Subsequently, this clause specified some other content.

If this player obtained this clause while playing, in order to avoid black-box operations and maximize benefits, he can only sign a maximum salary when playing for the shareholding team, and the salary will automatically increase by 20% within the salary cap, and... after this clause officially takes effect, he can only play for the shareholding team for a maximum of 2 years.

This content made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

Because it constrained the Clippers' salary space, making it very difficult for the Clippers to expand when they get Fan Xi. Originally, it is difficult to introduce reinforcements when a superstar occupies 30% of the salary space. This directly makes Fan Xi occupy 36%, and the Clippers' introduction of reinforcements will become more difficult unless high luxury taxes are paid.

In addition, this contract means that Fan Xi, excluding this season, can play for the Clippers for at most two more years. After two years, he has to be traded to other teams, play for one or two years, and then return to the Clippers.

This means that any other team except the Lakers can eat this piece of cake of Fan Xi.

No wonder the capital side would agree.

Although the release of this special clause caused an uproar, it also finalized another matter.

Fan Xi will acquire all the shares of the Sterling family for 750 million US dollars.

And Fan Xi can continue to return to the Clippers and play as a player.

So, the problem now becomes: does Fan Xi have enough money to eat this super big cake?

750 million US dollars, this is not a small amount.

Fan Xi's current net worth has not reached this figure. Everyone thinks it is difficult to take out so much cash.

So, Wall Street generally believes that Fan Xi will split his shares and sell them.

At the same time, many people started to contact Lu Yuan, hoping to buy shares.

The promulgation of this special capital clause by the NBA makes everyone understand that the Clippers' market value will soar next. At this time, anyone who gets shares will make a fortune.

When Fan Xi arrived in Los Angeles, the entire City of Angels was already discussing the finalization of this matter crazily.

Lakers fans were mourning, while Clippers fans were too excited to sleep.

All along, Clippers fans knew that another reason why the Clippers couldn't be revitalized was the owner, but now that the owner has changed to Jack Fan, what reason does the team have not to soar?

The number of Clippers fans is growing rapidly.

Just like buying stocks, who doesn't want to buy one that will definitely rise?

Just at this time, Donald Sterling issued a statement. He first expressed his disappointment with the NBA, thinking that the NBA is an extremely shameless double-standard organization.

He felt that the NBA's special treatment of him and the special treatment of Fan Xi both revealed shamelessness and despicableness.

He even called it a "looting in broad daylight under the sun." Jack Fan walked into his bank swaggeringly, and then the NBA helped him blow up the safe and was responsible for helping Jack Fan transport the money.

He and Fan Xi tore their faces.

He couldn't help but tear them, which means he suffered the biggest loss in history.

"I won't have enough patience to wait for him to raise funds. I hope to end this disgusting matter before New Year's Day. He must take out all the cash, not some installment payment."

Sterling issued a statement. It was like the last struggle of a lame duck after its neck was pinched.

Powerless and sad.

The media called it the most expensive bill paid for racial discrimination in American history. Fan Xi gained at least 1 billion US dollars from it.

Of course, this is just a conservative estimate.

You know, historically, the Clippers were worth 2 billion in 2014, even without Fan Xi. With Fan Xi's blessing, maybe one day the Clippers' market value will break through 5 billion US dollars or more.

NBA teams are not that kind of stock market valuation; this is a huge cash flow company. The owner of the New York Knicks can earn 200 million US dollars in net profit every season sitting at home, without even needing the team to enter the playoffs.

Hoo!

After Fan Xi received the confirmed news, he breathed a sigh of relief. He fully accepted this special agreement, although the subsequent clauses were a bit harsh, approximating some kind of exploitation by other teams against him.

However, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, the Clippers didn't intend to take the superstar route.

Anyway, it's also good to change teams every two years. Life should have different experiences.

Just like these Duke girls around him, they can bring Fan Xi a brand-new feeling every time.

"Boss Jack, congratulations. If you need money, I can lend you some, but you have to pay me high interest. Don't think I don't know how much you will earn in this transaction. Giving me interest at 'nine out, thirteen in' is what you should do." Mark Cuban called Fan Xi.

This was the first call Fan Xi took after getting off the plane; he rejected all other calls.

He knew what role Mark Cuban played in that meeting.

"Thank you," Fan Xi said very sincerely.

"Our transaction can continue to move forward. Two years later, no... two and a half years later, you know." Mark Cuban continued.

"Understand! Understand." Fan Xi nodded repeatedly: "Hahahahaha."

After finishing the call with Mark Cuban with great tacit understanding, Fan Xi connected to the call from Kobe Bryant.

As soon as the call was connected, Kobe cursed and said: "You damn guy, I'm really jealous of you. I just talked to Phil, and he said, you are simply a lucky person kissed by God ten thousand times. What he didn't get in his life, you got it all in one season..."

Fan Xi laughed loudly on this side.

He knew that Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant were trying their best to get some shares from the Lakers, but how could the Lakers give them? The only shares they gave were to Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson was too strong back then. Magic was the Jordan of the eighties. The Lakers pushed him to the peak, and the Bass family couldn't help but give them shares.

Now, they can not give shares to Kobe and Zen Master.

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