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However, after the second round of bidding, most consortia have announced their withdrawal from the bidding.

This price has completely exceeded market expectations.

The Nets market is good, but considering its current situation, no amount of money is simply inappropriate.

Of all the buyers, the only remaining are the consortium led by Boss Ma and Tang Tian, ​​and the consortium led by David Gefen.

To say that this only competitor is also pitiful. After successive losses in the acquisition of the Clippers and Eagles, they are not willing to give up easily.

At the crucial moment, the boss Ma spoke like Ballmer at the beginning: I have sufficient interest in owning the Nets and I believe that I will have the Nets.

This seemingly similar reminiscent reminiscent of Ballmer.

Although there is still a gap between Boss Ma and Ballmer, but this gap is absolutely not large, and he is completely determined to make such a statement.

After the third round of bidding came out, after the price climbed to 1.4 billion, the consortium led by Ge Fen believed that Boss Ma was not talking nonsense, and eventually announced his withdrawal.

As a result, the consortium headed by Boss Ma and Tang Tian successfully bought 80% of the Nets.

Prokhorov was also satisfied with the price and agreed to sell.

Of these 80% shares, according to the agreement, owner Ma owns 41% and Tang Tian owns 39%.

In other words, Tang Tian became the second boss of the Nets!

Before the final agreement was signed, Tang Tian sold 10% of the Thunder's shares. The previous purchase was 50 million. The selling price was 90 million, which nearly doubled.

With this sell-off, the Thunder's valuation also soared from the previous 500 million to 900 million.

This wave of sales by the Nets has increased the value of the league by a large margin.

After that, it was time for Tang Tian to bid farewell to the Thunder.

This is the last reason he was hesitant to buy the Nets.

According to the rules, he can't hold the shares of two teams at the same time. Buying the Nets means that he must leave the Thunder.

Although this Thunder team was not selected by him, the system was built by him, and the three mvp cores have a bright future. If there is a chance to buy more shares, he will definitely not want to give up.

But sometimes that ’s the case. It ’s impossible to do everything well, and people are more often faced with this or that choice.

Tang Tian made his choice.

Both Clayton and McLendon sent blessings to Tang Tian. This choice is completely understandable, and from the time when Tang Tian originally entered the Thunder and required 10% of the shares, they knew that they would become the same class in the future .

Thunder fans are inevitably sad. After waiting for a year, they are waiting for the news of Tang Tian's departure.

Of course, the most lost members of the Thunder team, they lost regret last season, waiting for Tang Tian to return to lead them to revenge, but did not expect this is the end result.

However, Tang Tian did not leave Oklahoma right away. Hathaway and Swift are not in a good condition for the tow, and he will surely wait until the child is born and rest for a month or two before leaving.

After participating in the auction and returning to Oklahoma City, Tang Tian and the Thunder's four youngsters talked on the phone.

"Coach Stevens is excellent, and you will do an excellent job under his leadership."

Tang Tian's message to them is very positive, but in fact, it is in his heart. In terms of tactics and player positioning alone, Stevens is not much worse than him. This Thunder will stay strong under his leadership.

Stevens came to visit him again. This time he stayed for dinner and talked a lot at the table.

He won with the team in the first year, became the best head coach in the second year, and basically became the official head coach in the third year. Although there were some chances, Tang Tian did open up a navigator road for Stevens.

"Brad, you can cheer. I look forward to playing with you in the finals." Tang Tian raised his glass.

"I will." Stevens also raised his glass and drank.

Farewell to Stevens, Tang Tian waited for Hathaway and Swift to settle down, and then hurried back to Brooklyn.

Although the team has just been bought, and even the personnel are all the original Nets, but time is not waiting, and the upcoming draft and free agent market.

After buying the Nets, Boss Ma returned to the country. As expected, he just invested in nothing, Tang Tian hung up as the team's chief executive officer, and went directly to the team.

This Nets team has quite a few of his old acquaintances. Aside from the "Wolf King" Garnett who was alive and abusive in the East in the past, he signed a three-year 15 million contract with Livingston last year. It is also his old team under the Thunder.

Of course, the most closely related is the coach of the team, Kidd, two years ago he played with the Thunder for one year, and the team won the only championship ring in his career.

"Jason ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ Tang Tian met Kidd in the arena. Both of them have different identities from before, but their familiarity with each other makes them look more like a kind of talker. Old friend.

Of course, Tang Tian is not just here to chat, but to prepare for the upcoming draft conference.

The Nets' expiry of the Pierce contract this season, the team has released a lot of salary space, but not counting free agent signing, they still exceed the luxury tax of more than 20 million.

Joe Johnson, Deron Williams, Garnett, a bunch of old players accounted for nearly 60% of the team's salary space.

And they don't have any draft picks this year!

This is a dead end and changes must be made.

"You want to use Kevin to trade the draft?" Kidd looked surprised when he heard Tang Tian's words.

"Yes, I know that you came to Kevin in order to trade. You did a lot of work, but this is the only way to change." Tang Tian did not conceal.

He did want to send Joe Johnson and Deron away, but in the current situation, unless they go out in the first round, but 2015 is their only first round. If that is also sent, the Nets will be completely out of play , Let alone not necessarily sent away.

So in this case, Garnett, who only has a one-year contract, is the best breakthrough.

In previous lives, Garnett was sent to the Timberwolves this season, and he returned to Thaddeus Young.

"The question now is whether Kevin himself is willing to return to Minnesota. If he doesn't want to go back, I hope you can convince him." Tang Tian is still very direct.

Garnett has a veto on the trade. If he doesn't agree, the Nets will not give him away, which is another reason why he must find Kidd.

Kid's expression was a bit strange, and it was a little awkward for him.