Chapter 801 The Biggest Transaction in History That Shocked the Alliance

On July 3, Arum and WMA confirmed the pre-sale price of tickets after repeated authentication and a lot of market research.

The highest ticket price is as high as 100,000 US dollars, which is only dozens of front row tickets for Li Ba, and he has to pay millions of dollars.

The venue at the MGM Hotel can seat nearly 20,000 people, and the total box office revenue is predicted to be as high as 80 million US dollars.

After the news was announced, it immediately hit the headlines of all media.

Because of this ticket price, it has already exceeded the ticket price for the battle of the century between Tyson and Holyfield.

Immediately a reporter found Tyson in the casino and asked to interview him.

Tyson had just finished taking pictures with some tourists, and rubbed his face with a stiff smile. Hearing that the reporter wanted to interview him, he immediately made a bargain, and then offered the price: "Ten thousand dollars."

"Bastard, you took the initiative to ask me for an interview last time, so open your mouth this time?"

The reporter scolded Tyson in his heart, and then countered the price: "Five hundred dollars. Michael, this is enough for you to take pictures for a few days."

"It's the same price, one thousand dollars." Tyson said firmly.

"OK, deal." The reporter laughed.

"Their pre-sale will fail, I'm sure."

Tyson then talked to reporters about the World War that year, saying: "That was the real boxing match, and I made tens of millions of dollars a game. I really can't imagine that anyone would be willing to spend 100,000 dollars to go to Watching a boxing fight that's just gimmicks and no quality?"

Just like an appointment, his opponent Holyfield also stood up and said to the media: "This is bad, I think Bob made a wrong decision, the price is too high, he will lose money, at least I Will not buy."

On July 5th, a large number of transactions have taken place in the league, but a big transaction in progress was exposed by the media.

This is a super-large transaction involving 8 teams, a lot of players involved, and a lot of draft picks.

Duncan and Marbury, Stoudemire, O'Neal, Mourning, Artest, Garnett, Ray Allen and other stars, as well as superstar superstars, are all involved.

This deal was too big, and the entire league was alarmed. After it was revealed, several teams had a headache and scolded the person who leaked the secret.

After this deal, Duncan will go to the Lakers to form the Big Three with Kobe and Yao Min, and then Artest will join, the quasi-Big Four.

The Lakers paid Marbury and Bynum, as well as unprotected first-round picks in 2007 and 2008 (the league does not allow a team to trade first-round picks for the next two consecutive years, and must have one in each year. The first-round pick, so Huren needs to get two first-round picks through trades).

Garnett and Ray Allen will go to the Heat to form the Big Three with Wade.

The Heat paid O'Neal and Mourning, as well as two role players + an unprotected first-round pick in 2007.

The Timberwolves get Mourning and Bynum, plus future draft picks.

Stoudemire will go to the Mavericks to strengthen the impact of the Mavericks inside.

The Mavericks paid two role players + unprotected first-round picks in 2007 and 2008.

Marbury will go to the Grizzlies, and Gasol will form the inside core, and the underdog will instantly become a strong team.

The Grizzlies paid similarly to the Mavericks, role players plus unprotected first-round picks in 2007 and 2008.

O'Neal went to the Spurs and formed the Big Three with Parker and Ginobili.

The Spurs paid Duncan.

The Spurs finally chose a safer plan, because the No. 1 pick is really hard to get.

Once the deal is done, the lineup is not bad.

Of course, Buford will definitely seek a deal, because the Spurs have not given up on winning the championship, and O'Neal is old and is not Li Ba's opponent.

The Spurs got the Mavericks' unprotected first-round pick in 2007 and the Grizzlies' unprotected first-round pick in 2007.

The Spurs' plan is to add their own picks for next year, trade these picks up, and strive to switch to the top five picks.

After the Timberwolves got Bynum and Mourning, they also got the Lakers' 07 unprotected first-round pick.

Since the three-headed monster did not win the championship, Garnett's departure is actually a foregone conclusion, and the Timberwolves can only focus on the future.

Stoudemire's rookie contract ended and he became a restricted free agent. The Knicks signed first and then traded, and got the Heat's unprotected first-round pick in 2007, plus two good role players.

The Knicks plan to participate in the trade is because Stoudemire was injured too much. He was injured twice against Li Ba when he played against the Suns. He also had major surgery on his knee and his condition has declined significantly. If he does not trade, he will have to let go Go, but to renew the contract, I was afraid that it would be rotten in my hands like Alan Houston, so I chose to sign first and then change.

Then the team also has Eddie Curry, who can play traditional center tactics. The demand for Stoudemire is not too great, so he simply cleared the space and got the future first-round pick.

The Sonics got the Lakers' unprotected first-round pick in 2008 + the Mavericks' unprotected first-round pick in 2008 + a role player.

The Pacers got the Grizzlies' 2008 unprotected first-round pick + two role players.

Anyway, although the three teams got a lot of picks, the value is not what the data can represent. The picks of the bad teams are worth the money, so they are all planning to trade up.

This super big deal is the deal that involves the most teams in the history of the league. It also involves the most superstars and superstars. It involves a total of 7 unprotected first-round picks in the next two years. After the news broke, immediately It was sealed by the media as the first transaction in history.

If this deal is reached, then the pattern of the next few years of the league will be set.

"The alliance must not allow such a transaction to happen, they are teaming up to cheat! They are manipulating the alliance!"

After the news was exposed, the Suns held a press conference immediately, and Colangelo said angrily: "Many of their teams have teamed up to manipulate such a deal, and they even teamed up to prevent any deal from our team. I think The league must investigate and veto this deal."

Out of anger, he exposed the fact that the Suns' reinforcements were hindered, and then under the exaggeration of the media, he pushed the turmoil higher and higher.

Now the most troublesome thing is Stern, all eyes are on him.

From the bottom of his heart, he actually wanted to agree to the deal.

The Suns won consecutive championships and were extremely strong for a while. In the two finals, they only played G5 games, and this did not benefit the league to the greatest extent.

Especially this time in the finals, the average viewership of the five games was as high as 75 million. This is an unbelievable statistic, and the league has benefited enormously.

If the most suspenseful tie-break is played, the benefits will be even more considerable.

Therefore, if there are a few teams that can compete with the Suns, then next year's playoffs will definitely be more exciting.

But this deal will make some economically weak teams suffer and affect the balance of the league. This is the most important point.

But this deal involves 8 teams and has a great influence, so he cannot directly refuse.

Another point, as Colangelo said, he also knows a thing or two about the fact that some people in the league have joined forces to prevent the Suns from strengthening, and this is something he cannot tolerate.

If this causes the active first man Hammer to be alienated from the alliance, what will happen?

"A bunch of idiots! Pat Riley must know what he's doing." Stern thought as he called Pat Riley.