Bishop of the Devil

"Thank you both, Mr. Johnson. I will consider what you said carefully and hope there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future." Richard shook hands with Magician and Diddy respectively.

Although he was definitely not planning to let Magic join the Clippers, Richard was definitely embarrassed to let him lose face for such a senior, so he simply said some clichés.

Magic didn't hear the perfunctory meaning in Richard's words. He was smiling all over his face. Today was not a fruitless day for him. At least he found an opportunity to join the Los Angeles team.

Although it's not his parent team, the Lakers, it's not bad to be in the Clippers.

…

After everyone in the venue left, Stern also stood up.

"Congratulations, Lee."

"I hope you can remember our agreement, win less and have more suspense!" Stern said solemnly.

Richard smiled bitterly, what Stern said was simply nonsense.

It's as if he now has a way to make the Clippers rise directly, but his path to rise has been blocked by Stern.

There have been no draft picks in the past two years. After the trade market opened a few days ago, all the valuable players on the team were sold by Stern in exchange for a bunch of rotten tomatoes and eggs...

Under this situation, even if Richard is God, he must be a clever woman who can't make a meal without straw, and it will be difficult for the Clippers to rise in the short term.

So now, even if Richard wants to ignore his agreement with Stern after getting the Clippers, it is completely impossible.

…

In the afternoon of that day, the league directly made an official announcement. This official announcement can be said to be the most shocking news in the NBA in recent years, even more shocking than the previous three and four consecutive championships of the Pirates.

Richard acquired all the equity of the Clippers for US$1.5 billion and became the sole owner of the Clippers from now on!

As soon as this news came out, the whole league was shocked. From now on, Richard will have a team that is completely his own, and it is also a team located in a prosperous metropolis like Los Angeles? !

Although everyone knew before that Richard announced that he was competing for the ownership of the Clippers, not many people were optimistic about Richard. Now that the acquisition has really succeeded, countless people feel that the league's pattern may undergo earth-shaking changes in the next few decades.

Maybe a few decades from now, Los Angeles fans' favorite team will no longer be the Lakers, but the upstart Clippers.

Maybe in a few decades, the Clippers will become the league's No. 1 powerhouse.

The most pressured person in the league right now is probably the Buss family, which has been running the Lakers for decades.

Old Buss, that is, Jerry Buss, has built the Lakers into a wealthy team in the past thirty years since he purchased the Lakers in 1979, but now he is old and does not have much energy anymore. When it comes to business, you can only start cultivating your own children.

"Father, this is not good news for us. What should we do now?" Old Bass's youngest son Jim Bass asked with a frown.

Jim Bass's ability completely overturns the saying that I am a hero and a hero is a good man...

Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the ability of Old Buss. The Lakers' current achievements are inseparable from his personal ability.

However, Jim Bass' ability is quite embarrassing. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an incompetent second generation ancestor.

In fact, Buss's favorite successor is not his younger son, but his eldest son Johnny Buss.

Johnny is the eternal regret in Old Bass's heart. If he was willing to take over the business, then Old Bass would have retired completely long ago.

But Johnny has no interest in business. In terms of personality, he is more like Paul Allen. They both like to make music...

Johnny, the most capable boss, was unwilling to get involved in the business, so Buss could only choose Jim Buss and Jenny Buss from his remaining five children.

…

Facing Jim Bass's question, Old Bass frowned, "Jim, I've warned you countless times that when you encounter something, you must first force yourself to calm down. How can you make me trust you and leave the team to you?" manage."

Sister Jenny Bass, who was standing aside, looked at Jim Bass with a smile, with a hint of disdain.

The relationship between the two siblings can be said to be quite bad. In order to fight for power, there was a lot of quarrels. At one time, all parties involved thought that the Lakers were going to sell part of their shares.

"We can only wait and see what happens in this kind of thing. Richard is not someone to be trifled with." Old Bass sighed and said.

When Richard announced his competition for the Clippers before, he actually anticipated this situation and was very worried.

He is actually not worried at all if anyone takes over the Clippers, because no matter how hard they try, they cannot steal the limelight from the Lakers in Los Angeles.

There is only one Richard, who is the person Buss is most worried about and the person he least wants to see take over the Clippers.

Richard has proven his magic countless times. Who dares to say that he can't improve the Clippers' foundation to the level of the Lakers in the future?

By then, the big cake in Los Angeles will not be exclusive to the Lakers.

Just when the Bass family was at a loss what to do, some Los Angeles Clippers fans were as excited as if they had been given a shot of blood.

When they go out, they are embarrassed to say that they are Clippers fans. Now that Richard is here, it is only a matter of time before the Clippers rise!

Throughout Los Angeles, Clippers fans are extremely rare, but that’s not to say there are none at all…

No team can win everyone's approval. Some fans in Los Angeles don't like the Lakers, so they set their home team as the Clippers.

But the Clippers must be embarrassed to talk about the crappy record they have had over the years...

Now that Richard is here, they feel like they are about to feel proud.

The Eastern teams were completely excited. Many fans of the Eastern teams suggested holding a farewell party to send Richard, the big devil, to the West.

From now on, after there is no big devil in the Eastern Conference, at least the fans of the Eastern Conference teams can see their home team's hope of winning the championship.

In addition to the excitement of the fans, the teams were also very excited and made big moves one after another. They took advantage of Richard's departure and quickly competed for the championship.

For a time, the entire eastern region was in turmoil, and many huge deals were in the negotiation stage.

The West side is obviously not that peaceful either. Richard is back after winning six championships in the East. They may feel the fear of being dominated by Richard, the big devil.

However, the Clippers' financial resources have been almost completely wiped out by Stern, which is good news for the Western Conference teams.

Before the Clippers have risen, they can only recruit quickly and win a championship first. After Richard's Clippers rise, it will not be that simple to win the championship.

The entire alliance has fallen into an unprecedented state of madness, with arms races and various recruitments.

Kobe and Ben were quite happy. They could play next to Richard again, but they were not on the same team.

When it came to the transfer of the three boys to another school, Kobe came forward to find connections, and their admission went smoothly. They were in the same elementary school as her eldest daughter Natalia.

Natalia is two years older than the three boys and is currently in elementary school.

What Richard didn't expect was that the three boys came directly to the second grade and were in the same class as Natalia.

What is childhood sweetheart? This might be called childhood sweethearts, and Richard wondered if he would become the in-laws of someone like Kobe in the future.

Kobe's daughter didn't look very good-looking when she was a child, but as she grew older, she still had a different look.

Especially the eldest daughter, who has perfectly inherited Kobe’s height and her mother Vanessa’s figure, is still quite good-looking if you look at it.

Of course, it doesn’t matter whether she looks good or not. The main thing is that Natalia is quite sensible and she will be a good daughter-in-law at first glance...

…

If Kobe knew that Richard had this idea, I wonder if he would call Richard a devil.

You help your son find a school yourself, and you actually want to let your son date my daughter? What a devil...