Chapter 1198 Duncan Was Deceived

Pera originally wanted to win over a group of team owners and force the team to stay in the league. This is possible because the team has only one black owner, Jordan, and all the others are white owners. He can do this.

Of course, if Li Ba threatens the league with retirement and other owners back off, at worst, he can choose to sell the team.

But now, a team that no superstar is willing to join will definitely have no meaning to stay in the league, because the league is the world of superstars.

Without superstars, no one will pay attention to the team, fans will not buy tickets to enter, there will be no ratings, no broadcasters, no sponsors, nothing. Such a team will not be wanted even if it is given away for free, because it will be a blood loss.

So, if he does not make a decision as soon as possible, the team will completely rot in his hands.

"Give me time to think about it, I will make a decision before the start of the second round." He finally replied to Stern.

Stern sent Pera away, looking at the other party's somewhat frustrated back, he laughed.

Like Robert Sarver, he chose to stand on Li Ba's side because of the ball market.

Even if public opinion is not favorable to Li Ba now, looking at the ratings of the first round, that is why he supports Li Ba.

He has spent all his life's efforts on the league, and he will not allow problems to occur in this league.

Li Ba scored five doubles in a row, winning more support from basketball fans for himself.

In this era, personal self-media platforms are emerging, and the media can no longer absolutely control public opinion.

With the support of countless basketball fans, the Grizzlies felt tremendous pressure.

On the 22nd, a famous American investment bank made the latest valuation of the Grizzlies, $150 million.

At the same time, the stock bank also stated that this valuation is only temporary and will continue to be lowered.

This dealt another heavy blow to Robert Pera.

He spent $350 million to buy the Grizzlies, and with the expansion of the ball market in recent years, the Grizzlies' last valuation reached $780 million, but now it is less than a quarter, and maybe after the first round, there will be no more than 100 million.

On the 24th, the G4 game started.

In this game, Li Ba once again exploded on both offense and defense, played to his full strength, led the team to sweep the Grizzlies, and once again scored five doubles.

With a five-double in the third consecutive game, he completely nailed the Grizzlies to the background board, and at the same time, he also pushed his status in the basketball world to a god-like position. Countless fans openly listed him and Jordan as the gods of basketball.

Even though the media had some purposes and public opinion was not favorable to him, basketball fans all over the world admired him on the Internet platform.

With the end of the first round, the Grizzlies fell apart, which was a foregone conclusion.

On the 25th, the Grizzlies held a press conference.

Colangelo Jr. officially apologized on behalf of the team and announced the official termination of OJ Mayo's contract, and announced that the team entered a rebuilding period.

The Grizzlies' apology was criticized by countless people in the United States, but it also brought vitality to the Grizzlies.

Randolph first announced that he would stay with the team, and Rudy Gay also announced that he would stay with the team. Only Harden still chose to trade away.

And Garnett, his contract ended and he became a free man, and he had no intention of renewing his contract with the Grizzlies.

With the Grizzlies' public apology, this matter officially came to an end.

On the surface, Li Ba won, but in fact, he did not. He became a thorn in the eyes of some people, and even most Chinese Americans stood on the opposite side of him.

But he didn't care, and he didn't plan to stay in the United States for a long time. His roots were on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Now he has achieved success and has achieved the highest professional achievement. As long as he wants, he can give up everything and leave at any time.

On the 26th, the league officially announced the winner of this season's MVP.

Li Ba won this honor for the fifth time with his average data that crushed everyone and the Suns' second record in the West.

This honor made him equal with Jordan, both of whom have won five MVPs.

On the 28th, the first round of the league playoffs was all played.

In the West, the Lakers and the Suns entered the second round, and the Mavericks and the Thunder entered the second round, two-on-two duels.

In the East, the Heat and the Magic entered the second round, and the Celtics and the Bulls entered the second round, two-on-two duels.

On May 1, the second round began.

On April 30, the Suns arrived in Los Angeles.

Kobe and Duncan were treating guests at the Xianbei Restaurant.

Li Ba noticed that Duncan was not in a good mood, and asked in confusion: "Tim, what's wrong with you?"

Kobe shook his head and said: "Didn't we talk about investing in a winery last time? Tim's investment consultant did not recommend him to invest, but he still wanted to invest..."

At this time, Duncan continued the conversation himself and said: "Hammer, your restaurant is very successful, your listed company in China is also very successful, and other investments are also very successful. I think it is right to follow you to invest, so I have some doubts about Banks. Later, I checked the most recent investment.

He suggested to me to borrow $6 million for an entertainment company, saying that the profit is very good, but after my investigation, I found that the entertainment company is about to go bankrupt, which is terrible."

"In fact, it has already gone bankrupt." Kobe complained.

"Yes, just a week ago, the company declared bankruptcy, and I lost six million in vain." Duncan said frustratedly.

"Are there any other investments?" Li Ba asked.

Nodding, Duncan said: "I gave Banks more than 60 million. You know this is half of my savings. It is very important to me, so I carefully checked all the investments he made for me. I hired an investigation company to investigate these companies. The preliminary investigation results are very bad. I don’t have much money left. Many investment projects have problems. He deceived me in many things and gave me a lot of wrong information."

"That’s really bad." Li Ba shook his head and asked: "Are you going to sue him?"

"Yes, I hope to get some money back, and then I want to send him to jail, otherwise he will harm more people." Duncan said frustratedly.

"I heard that Garnett also lost tens of millions." Kobe said on the side.

"No wonder that guy was not in good shape in the first round." Li Ba complained.

Kobe said excitedly at this time: "Hammer, you wasted too much energy in the first round, we should win this time."

Li Ba immediately retorted: "That little energy is not a problem for me, I can still get four five-doubles on you."

"Don't even think about it!"

Kobe almost jumped up and added: "Are you crazy? We are stronger in the regular season, and you still want to sweep us?"

"We are all veterans, of course we can't play to our full potential in the regular season." Laughing, Li Ba pointed at Duncan and joked:

"But you are not young either, look at this gentleman, his beard is all gray."

Duncan said: "Hammer, I make a living by technology, not by body, and I will still be in this state ten years later."

"Yeah, same as me." Li Ba nodded in appreciation.