Six Hundred and Sixty-Five: The Old Hooligan Shot

The Brooklyn Nets can be described as a typical negative textbook on spending money. Facts have proved that spending money alone may not necessarily produce a good team.

This summer, the owner of the Nets' Russian local tycoon spent money to create a set of the most expensive starting lineup in the league, and the Big Five pointed to the championship.

However, after November, the Nets had a record of only 4 wins and 12 losses, which was surprising. Although there are factors of Deron and Pierce's injury, the performance is really bad and a little too exaggerated.

The Nets' goal was originally a championship, but now, they are in danger of even entering the playoffs.

Especially after a loss to the Grizzlies on the last day of November, the Nets added one more defeat. Their road this season has been steeper and steeper.

In stark contrast to the Nets, it is the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies have made few big moves in the transfer market this summer. The signed Dellavedova, Mike Miller and others are not considered blockbuster transfers.

However, it is such a team that has almost no operations in the summer, and now has the best 16-game winning streak in the league!

This exaggerated achievement made the Grizzlies one of the most high-profile teams in the league in just one month.

After the November game, Link naturally became the first player of the month in the Western Conference this season with a record of 16 wins.

Suddenly, the Grizzlies' popularity was high. Videos about the Grizzlies and Link always top the list of views on the web.

Robert Pera is now one of the most profitable owners in the league, but he is not a man with only money in his eyes. He not only loves basketball, but is also very human.

He made a lot of money in Memphis, and he also wanted to use the money fans gave him to give back to the city of Memphis.

Although Pella is not a Memphis native, he has lived in the city for less than two years. But with such great success in Memphis, there is still some affection for the city.

Now, he is one of the most famous rich people in Memphis. As a Memphis celebrity, he also hopes to do something to help the city he loves.

So Pera decided to donate $100,000 to St. Judy's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

But if you donate 100,000 like this,

It seems a little too commonplace. Pella hopes to attract more people to Memphis' philanthropy and make the city really good.

So he wanted to donate in an eye-catching way, but donations are impossible to advertise all over the city.

So Pera came up with a trick. In the afternoon, the owner of the Grizzlies took his plan and went to the training hall to find Link.

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On the night of Dec. 1, the Grizzlies didn't play, and things were quiet in Memphis.

But at eight o'clock in the evening, a social media post from Robert Pera broke the rare calm and caused an uproar in the sports circle.

"Tuesday, December 3rd, at 4 p.m., before the Grizzlies vs. Suns game. I, Robert Pera, will have a 1v1 with the Grizzlies star Link at the FedEx Center practice facility. Contest. Whoever gets 10 points first will win. The loser will donate $100,000 to St. Judy Children's Research Hospital. Link said he'll give me five goals, then Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph will referee the game and reporters will be invited to watch."

In this not-so-long dynamic, it has just been published, and it has received many comments, reprints and likes.

Team owner and players heads-up? And it is still carried out under the witness of the media? It can be said that nothing like this has ever happened before. The only person who dared to do it was Jordan, but Jordan was the god of basketball after all. And Pella, he didn't even play professional basketball.

Fans have had a heated discussion about this, and it can be seen that everyone is still very interested in this one-on-one duel.

Is Linksher reluctant to attack his boss?

Link gave Pera five goals, which is equivalent to Pera winning the game with only five points. Will Link overturn?

As Pera had hoped, the event garnered a lot of attention. Overnight, St. Judy's Children's Research Hospital's name appeared on trending searches.

This matter can be said to serve multiple purposes for Pera. He originally likes to play basketball, and being able to compete with the strongest stars in the league is considered to satisfy Pera's selfishness.

Besides, Pera also knew that Link couldn't possibly lose at all. So in the end, the $100,000 won't let Link pay.

Being able to donate and entertain, Pera felt like a planning genius.

However, the enthusiasm of the fans to discuss this matter has greatly exceeded Pera's expectations.

In the comments, Michael Jordan, the current owner of the Charlotte Bobcats and one of the greatest players in NBA history, was x-on:received by many people.

The reason is very simple. Michael Jordan was the only team owner in the league who personally went off the court in training camp to conduct confrontational training with the players.

Photos and videos of Jordan coaching Bobcats player Gerald Henderson at training camp this summer went viral.

Earlier, a video of 50-year-old Jordan dunking in training camp attracted the attention of many fans.

As a result, fans jokingly called Jordan to give Pera some advice on how to deal with the pros.

As a result, even Pera herself did not expect that the aloof "God" actually paid attention to this matter and commented on it.

On December 2, Michael Jordan said on his social media, "I think this is funny, it doesn't make any sense, what's the point of betting against yourself, professional players and basketball fans? Link no matter what? Win or lose, he doesn't win. Stop doing such childish things, please."

Sure enough, Jordan didn't say anything nice, and he still had a high-spirited attitude. Well, he does have the capital.

Pera wasn't angry either. Since Jordan answered the question, it means that the attention on this matter has far exceeded his imagination. So, Pera simply got off the donkey down the slope and replied to Jordan again, letting the incident continue to heat up, "How about we have a showdown between bosses and bosses? I launched this heads-up match in the name of charity and donated money. increased to $1 million!"

Grizzlies owner vs Bobcats owner, Pera vs Jordan? The whole world is crazy!

If Jordan does agree, people can guarantee that this heads-up match will be watched by more people than all the NBA games that day!

"It's just a joke, why should I fight him one-on-one?" Jordan's response was quick, but his response disappointed the fans.

Sure enough, such a dream confrontation is impossible to stage.

However, people never expected that things would turn around again. As an old gambler, Jordan is estimated to have itchy hands. So after rejecting Pera's invitation to heads-up, Jordan posted another update.

"It doesn't make sense for me to play with you, but if we can join forces to promote a professional player-to-professional match, maybe I will agree. I pick a player who represents me, you pick a player who represents you. Don't play heads-up, Let them shoot 100 threes and see who gets the most. The loser donates 1 million, what do you think?"

In the end, the old hooligan is the end of the stud! Even Link never thought that Jordan would actually shoot!

Pera readily agreed to Jordan's proposal, and the two bosses reached an agreement.

So who will they choose to represent themselves? This has become the biggest suspense right now.

Jordan said that the two sides can choose a player to represent themselves, but did not say that they must choose a player on their own team.

With Jordan's status in the league, in theory, he could call anyone. After all, the childhood idol of many superstars is Jordan. How many people can refuse the invitation of the idol? And Pera's choice will undoubtedly only be Link.

Thinking of this, Link became a little nervous. How did this matter end up on his head?