Chapter 288: Very good, keep rolling

The Clippers players enjoyed an unprecedented Christmas holiday.

After defeating the Lakers, the respect and honor each Clippers player received were unparalleled... just like the media always said Duke Jack completed an unparalleled revenge.

Los Angeles media began to focus on their gossip; Jimmy Butler proudly said that there were paparazzi following him next to his house.

Before this, there was a natural gap in the status of the players of these two teams in Los Angeles, of course, Fan Xi was not included. This game was truly the Clippers' turning point; the Clippers snatched a portion of the Lakers' resources.

Although the Lakers' basic market was still larger than the Clippers', the bite the Clippers took was enough for them to rewrite their treatment in the City of Angels.

Soon, advertisers in California would find them and provide them with business invitations they hadn't been willing to provide before.

Businessmen are always the most sensitive existence in the world.

In contrast, Jean Bas had a terrible Christmas holiday over the past two days. Although D'Antoni took the initiative to stand at the post-game press conference and admit that it was because of his own scheduling problems that the team didn't exert the chemical reaction it should have, which led to the loss.

But such an explanation could obviously only convince those die-hard Lakers fans.

The Lakers board of directors and the Buss family held three internal meetings over the past two days. The content of the meetings was mainly criticizing Jean Bas. But the final result was to unify the caliber and support Jean Bas to continue.

A big ship is hard to turn.

The bitter fruit had already been brewed, Fan Xi couldn't return to the Purple and Gold Legion, he had already become the Clippers' owner.

Jean Bas also traded for Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, and her reform had already been completed. Objectively speaking, except for the mistake of letting Fan Xi go, both trades were brilliant strokes in Lakers team history.

This voyage could only continue to let Jean Bas steer.

After solving the internal disorder, Jean Bas made a promise, promising to lead the Lakers to a higher position this season, a four-peat... the Lakers history had never had a four-peat.

As long as the Lakers completed a four-peat.

The humiliation of the Christmas battle would be like chalk on a blackboard, wiped away lightly.

Jean Bas had enough confidence in this lineup; there were superstars inside and outside, it could be said that all the heroes in the world were in her grasp, Jean couldn't think of any team that could defeat the Lakers in a series.

The Los Angeles Clippers certainly couldn't; they could win one game or two games in the regular season. This didn't explain anything; the playoffs were the real battlefield, what could this group of young people do? Accumulating experience would take two or three years.

By that time, the Lakers would already be a five-peat or six-peat.

And Fan Xi would have to be traded to other teams to play for a year according to the league convention; by the time he came back, he would have to start all over again. But the Lakers would always occupy the Los Angeles market firmly.

Now was the best moment for the Clippers for the next few years.

It would never be able to compete with the Lakers in the City of Angels, let alone surpass the Lakers.

Everything in front of them was just passing clouds.

Jean Bas was very confident and had enough confidence. She had decided not to care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool in front of her; she told Magic Johnson to look at the long term.

The Los Angeles Lakers headed to Boston after the Christmas holiday, where they would continue a new battle, a collision between the two most historic big family teams in the NBA.

The Los Angeles Clippers were stationed at Staples, and their next opponent was the San Antonio Spurs who had come from afar.

On the afternoon before the game day, Fan Xi found lawyers, league officials, and the brokerage team, and went to the hotel agreed upon with Sterling together, where they held a formal meeting.

Previously, Fan Xi and Sterling's meetings were meetings between players and owners, and both sides naturally had a modern subordinate relationship.

This time, both sides were equal at all levels, and Fan Xi was even a little bit higher.

Seeing Fan Xi, Sterling couldn't laugh anymore, and he couldn't affectionately shout at Fan Xi: Dear Jack.

The feelings between them had faded.

Sterling had always been known for being stingy and petty; he had worked hard all his life. The two biggest Waterloos in his life were planted in basketball; the first was when Old Buss bought the Lakers and lacked money, Sterling lent it to him. The second was now.

"You didn't lose too much, Mr. Donald. It only cost you less than 90 million US dollars to buy the Clippers back then, and now you got 750 million." Lu Yuan walked over to comfort him.

Chen Ye, following Lu Yuan, calculated for him very honestly: "Calculated according to the 90 million investment, you earned 660 million US dollars, this is a lucky number, you should be satisfied."

Sterling was shaking with anger.

"Jack, don't think I don't know. Now Ballmer has offered you a bid of over 1.5 billion US dollars. You earned half for nothing, you are really amazing. Jack, you thought about how to calculate me from the beginning, right? That shameless woman transmitted the videotape under your instruction, right?"

Sterling said to Fan Xi viciously: "I have already found a private detective, I will sue you."

"This is clearly improper profit."

Sterling said viciously.

Fan Xi shrugged: "You can investigate to your heart's content. I thought we had a sincere friendship, but I didn't expect you to think of me as so evil."

"I don't know the shameless woman you mentioned."

Fan Xi emphasized very seriously.

He ultimately hoped to part on good terms.

He and Sterling had a honeymoon period; the stingy Sterling trusted and was generous to Fan Xi, and Fan Xi also fully invested to help Sterling obtain greater financial gains.

It was just that these things later were beyond Fan Xi's imagination.

Sterling didn't believe Fan Xi's statement at all; he thought this was a carefully designed commercial trap.

But what did it matter?

He now had to hand over the team completely to Fan Xi.

"Do you have so much money? I suspect you are bluffing." Sterling said very dismissively.

Fan Xi didn't argue with Sterling on this issue; he asked the bank representative to come over and show the cashier's check.

Sterling felt it was unbelievable; he asked Fan Xi to explain the source of funds, he didn't believe Fan Xi could get so much money.

Fan Xi was too lazy to talk to him.

Then, he expressed his doubts to the league representative.

Just like the struggle of a lame duck before death.

An hour ago, Fan Xi had already publicized his source of funds to the league. He didn't want the loan from the Dallas Mavericks owner, he just made an explanation on Rose's loan.

It is worth mentioning that the league specifically called Derek Rose to inquire, confirming that this was just a loan and didn't contain other terms.

They didn't inquire about Kobe, because Fan Xi ultimately didn't borrow money from Kobe; Taylor Swift, Scarlett, Selena, and Fan Xi's mother all sent some more money, just enough to cover Kobe's loan.

Sterling was limp and powerless; he finally had to sign his name on this transfer agreement.

And the moment he signed his name, he was exhausted, and didn't even stand up to shake hands with Fan Xi.

The Clippers officially belonged to Fan Xi.

Although the formal procedures wouldn't be completed until next Monday, the first thing Fan Xi did after completing the agreement was to call Old Dunleavy and tell him the trade could be executed.

Moreover, Fan Xi talked to Kupchak on the phone.

This general manager who was kicked out by the Lakers got a new job; he officially replaced the previous Clippers president Elgin Baylor as the actual manager of the club.

This news made him extremely excited; he could finally return to Los Angeles to work, although he changed to a team, for him, this was more challenging.

Old Dunleavy was a bit dazed when he learned the trade details.

Because the trade details Fan Xi provided were: using his son Mike Dunleavy plus Blake Griffin, Rasheed Wallace, and a 2 million US dollar trade exception to trade for Nowitzki.

This was a "reasonable" trade, but it was a completely unreasonable trade.

He couldn't think of any reason for the Mavericks to trade Nowitzki; Nowitzki was still at his peak, the peak period of this kind of shooting power forward was far longer than that of a physical power forward.

Moreover, Old Dunleavy was very reluctant to part with his son. His son played very well in the Clippers, although his playing time was snatched away by two young people, his efficiency was extremely high.

"Will Dallas agree?" Old Dunleavy asked in confusion.

"Of course." Fan Xi said.

"Does Mike know about this? And Rasheed, will he think he was sold off?" Old Dunleavy asked next.

"I talked to Mike last night, he doesn't reject this matter. Rasheed is preparing to retire." Fan Xi said.

"Oh!" Old Dunleavy nodded on the other end of the phone.

He was still in huge shock.

Originally in Old Dunleavy's plan, he tended to use Griffin plus some add-ons to trade for New York Knicks' Stoudemire.

But now, he could actually trade for Nowitzki.

The Los Angeles Clippers were about to take off.

Old Dunleavy submitted a trade application to Dallas, and soon the trade application was passed; the Mavericks side didn't hesitate at all.

The trade was submitted to the league headquarters.

David Stern soon saw this trade application, and his scalp felt a bit numb at the time.

From a certain perspective, this was a very reasonable trade where each got what they needed; the Mavericks got talent and a rebuilding core. The Clippers got immediate combat power and playoff experience.

However... David Stern frowned and thought for a long time.

Finally, his tight brows slowly relaxed.

He looked at the current lineups of the two Los Angeles teams: Kobe, Fan Xi, Howard, Nash, Paul, Gasol, Carter, plus Nowitzki...

Young, middle-aged, and old superstars were gathered together.

The City of Angels was rolled to the extreme.

Very good.

Keep rolling.

Pop!

David Stern pressed the seal on the trade application.

Agreed to the trade application.

The wheels of the German tank rolled forward, heading to the City of Angels.

Fan Xi finally had a superstar companion by his side again.