The schedule of the first month of the new season is easy. After the Supersonics played back-to-back at home, they have won 6 consecutive victories!

Other teams have the best record, and are currently the Bucks, ranking first in the Eastern Conference with 4 wins and 1 loss.

At the beginning of the new season, the east and west are in a mess, with teams rising, teams declining, and unexpectedly performing excellently.

After playing home games back to back, on November 9, the Supersonics once again embarked on a continuous away game, with four away games in the East, and finally played against the Clippers away game to end this wave of away games.

After a night of rest in Orlando, on November 10, the Supersonics beat the Magic 95-88 away and won seven consecutive victories.

On November 12, the Supersonics massacred the Heat, which had already started the bad mode, and won 8 consecutive victories.

After Mo Ning was reimbursed again, the Heat had already given up their struggle and began to fight for the high pick in the 2003rd class, and players who can become draft picks can trade as much as possible.

Not to mention, the Heat were very lucky, sending Rhode Strickland, Lafonso Ellis, and Mike James to the Pistons, replacing a two-point expiration contract totaling $7 million and a first-round pick.

This first-round pick was the Grizzlies' 2003 unprotected draft pick.

Originally, according to the performance of the Grizzlies last season and the lineup, the core lineup with Damon Stoudemire, Bathir, Gasol, Brand, and Drew Gooden should continue to rise and become a playoff-level team.

The Pistons exchanged a non-loto pick for three quality role players to assist Amare Stoudemire, no problem.

Joe Dumas signed Chauncey Billups without being favored. The result was excellent, suppressing Starkhouse's desire to take action and allocating the ball very well.

But! Who would have thought that the talented Grizzlies had lost 8 consecutive losses this season?

Currently, the Grizzlies rank last in the league with 0 wins and 8 losses. The Heat exchanged three high-quality role players for a first-round pick and expiration contract. At the beginning, they were ridiculed for not wanting to show off their faces.

Now, the Heat's deal is considered a big deal.

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On November 13, the Supersonics came to Washington, DC and visited the White House. This time, Boss Qiao also came to the away game with the team. Of course, Boss Qiao had to join in the fun of such a popular thing.

In recent months, Jordan has successively spent nearly 100 million US dollars, and the money spent on buying team shares accounts for a small part, and most of it has invested in the new arena.

Although it is impossible to directly increase the team shares held, the situation where the Supersonics are a team is different from that of the Lakers and Clippers.

Although the Lakers and the Clippers both hold shares in the Staples Center, if they want to sell the team, they cannot sell the stadium together.

The Supersonics team is different. If the team is sold, the stadium must be together. For example, if Howard Schultz bought the Supersonics team before, he had to buy the Key Stadium together.

The Supersonics and Jordan both want to bind each other. The former wants to make good use of the latter's influence, the latter wants to become the boss of a successful team, and also wants to hold Howard Schultz's thigh and hit it off.

Jordan's curve offense increased the overall equity share of the team.

That's right, Jordan's progress is not going well in the acquisition of other scattered shares, and those small shareholders are not stupid. If they want to sell, they are not selling now. The team's market value will definitely rise.

The league has hired a group of negotiating experts and is discussing the new broadcast agreement with major TV stations. In the summer of 2004, the temporary broadcast agreement between the 1998-99 season and 2003-04 season agreed upon by Adam Silva during the suspension will end.

Originally, Adam Silva was suspended, under investigation, went to court, and could not get a judgment for a year or two... etc. After basically saying goodbye to professional sports, public opinion generally believed that the business aspects of the NBA would be greatly affected.

But in the latest situation, major TV stations are very enthusiastic when discussing new broadcast agreements, and sponsors do not stop investing just because they lack Adam Silva.

At this time, people discovered a misunderstanding about this matter. The owners of NBA teams and league officials all have a misunderstanding that sponsors and TV stations were given more money because of Adam Silva.

Adam Silva signed a better broadcast agreement with the broadcaster on behalf of the NBA and a better sponsor contract with the sponsor than before the last shutdown. This is true, and it is also the reason why Adam Silva became famous in a battle and became a candidate for NBA president, overwhelming Stu Jackson who has followed David Stern for more than ten years.

But the core reason for these things is not how strong Adam Silva's negotiation ability is.

Adam Silva's ability when talking about business must have played a certain role, but the most important thing is the exciting game and high ratings!

According to the latest news, the combined broadcast fee increase of major TV stations may increase by 400 million US dollars on the previous basis, which is even higher than the possible increase of the next broadcast contract revealed by Adam Silva during his tenure!

This means that after the new broadcast agreement began in 2004, the salary cap increase brought by the new broadcast agreement alone will reach US$6 million in the 2005-06 season.

People have discovered that as long as the ratings of the game continue to increase and the attention level is so high, they can change their mouths and have a thick-skinned attitude to negotiate, and new broadcast contracts, sponsorship fees, etc. will continue to increase.

Based on this situation, it is difficult for Jordan to acquire the Supersonics shares in a short period of time, and he can only spend more money in the future.

In addition to the team's market value increase caused by rising revenue, there are also dividends...

The Supersonics' net profit was higher than that of the Lakers last season, and may be higher than that of the Knicks this season. The Supersonics' income is still not as good as the Knicks and Lakers, but the Supersonics' salary expenses are less, especially this season, the salary cap is not enough.

The dividends of each team in the NBA are different, and the dividends of the Supersonics are pretty good in the entire league.

Howard Schultz doesn't care about that little money, and buying a team is not for making money, but other shareholders are not like this.

Visiting the White House, Jordan, who won the FMVP at the age of 39, talked and laughed with the US commander...

The Supersonics started the new season with 8 consecutive victories, and the limelight was unparalleled.

At the beginning, the Supersonics coaching staff and players did not expect that there were several games of stumbling, but in the end, Zhang Hao made a strong offensive end, Ben Wallace gave strong support on the defensive end, and they all successfully won the game.

It is also a very happy thing to come to the White House, which is a proof of their championship last season.

only……

In the peace, there was another person making a fuss.

The commander congratulated Zhang Hao on his eight-game winning streak in the beginning.
Chapter completed!