I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 19 Want the best
Las Vegas, the casino city, is a city rising from the desert.

The towering Hoover Dam builds Lake Mead, providing the city with plenty of water and electricity.

And this oasis in the desert also provides capitalist enjoyment for people all over the United States and the world.

All entertainment items that adults can think of can be satisfied here: gambling, alcohol, food, beauty, shopping, playground, extreme sports...

There are all kinds of legal and illegal entertainment content, the premise is that you have money and a green dollar.

As an extremely developed industry in the United States, sports has a natural relationship with gambling, so it has naturally become a very important part of the casino entertainment industry.

Tennis, car racing, boxing, baseball, and many major commercial sports events will be held here to attract sports fans to come here for consumption.

Of course, basketball is also a key development and cooperation project in Las Vegas.

Although there is no professional basketball team here, since 2004, the NBA has held summer leagues in Las Vegas to expand the NBA's commercial territory across the United States.

In 2007, the NBA All-Star Game was held in Las Vegas. James, Kobe, Wade, Paul and other basketball stars gathered to perform and became the vanguard of NBA expansion.

In July of this year, the new Las Vegas Summer League continued, with a total of 7 NBA teams participating in this league.

The summer league is not a tournament system, nor is it a round-robin match. It is mainly a practice match mainly for young players, with a performance nature.

Each team only plays five games. The team that came first will play first, and then leave, and the next batch will continue to play until all the games are finished.

The Clippers game started on the 13th, and the first opponent was the big brother of the same city, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Min Congda, together with 12 players from the Los Angeles Clippers Summer League team, arrived in the entertainment capital of the desert by plane on July 7.

For Las Vegas, Min Congda has long been yearning for it.At the exit of McCarran International Airport, bright neon signs form "Welcome to lasvegas" (Welcome to Las Vegas).

Min Congda thought to himself: "Back then, Chen Daozai won 20 million with 3700 yuan! Today I, Min Congda, have 200 yuan with me, so I won 500 million without any problem!"

After leaving the airport, there was a fleet of SUVs rented by the Clippers locally, all of which were black Ford Conquerors. We rented a total of 8 vehicles, each of which could seat 4 people. A total of 30 people from the Clippers came along with the staff.

Ada and Min Congda sat in the first car to lead the way. She put on her seat belt carefully and said, "Before the team came to the summer league, they rented a bus. This time, the cost of renting an SUV is much higher..."

Min Congda said: "Our team worth hundreds of millions, can't we afford to rent a few cars? Don't worry, the fee will be approved!"

In the United States, driving is almost a must-have skill for every adult. Everyone chooses their own car and goes to Caesars Palace, an old luxury hotel in Vegas, with Min Congda's car.

This hotel was completed and opened in 1966. It is the first gambling resort hotel in Las Vegas. It focuses on the luxury style of ancient Rome, with a large number of ancient Roman sculptures and luxurious decorations, living up to the reputation of "Imperial Palace".

Of course, the price here is definitely not cheap. The cost of an ordinary room is 800 US dollars per night, and the price of the most expensive presidential suite reaches an astonishing [-] US dollars per night.

If the system didn't allow it, and the Clippers really didn't have that much budget, Min Congda really wanted everyone to live in the presidential suite alone.

Such a 7-day summer league trip is estimated to be able to put the Clippers' budget in the red.

However, even for a room of 800 US dollars a night, 30 rooms for 15 people, 7 days, the cost is more than 8 US dollars.

In fact, the price of the room is different every day. It is cheaper from Monday to Friday, but the price will soar on Saturday and Sunday, so the room cost will cost nearly 10 US dollars.

Before the Clippers came to Las Vegas to participate in the summer league, they lived in fast hotels, which only cost more than 100 US dollars a night.

In addition, there are summer league allowances for players, each player is $1000, and 12 people cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Customized jerseys also cost money, and the dedicated printed jerseys for 12 players will cost $5000.

Including car rental, meals, summer league registration fee of 1 US dollars, universal return air tickets for each player at the end of the league... all kinds of expenses add up to more than 15 US dollars!
Last year, the Clippers spent less than 8 on participating in the Summer League. This time, the total expenses can be said to have doubled. Rosser's head must explode when he sees the bill.

Min Congda didn't care about this, the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant's nest, and every excess expenditure will become a booster for the Clippers to go bankrupt!
Arriving at the destination Caesars Palace Hotel, next to the large fountain facing you, there is a replica of the Samothrace Island Victory Statue. The headless and winged goddess welcomes every visitor here with her non-existent arms.

The car arrived at the parking lot and entered the hotel lobby with luggage. The Clippers quickly became the focus of many tourists.

The whole group is too tall, and the short and thin Curry is also a burly man of 191 in front of ordinary people.

Min Congda was wearing sunglasses, and Ada beside him helped him drag his luggage, followed by a group of big men with a height of 190.

This scene and this posture are as majestic as they are, Min Congda feels that he can deal with any gangster brother now!
The players and staff were a little excited. They didn't expect to be able to stay in such a nice hotel for participating in the summer league. The new manager is generous and open-minded.

Min Congda's favorability among grassroots employees rose again.

After finishing the procedures at the front desk, a group of people came to the room, luxurious decoration, comfortable space, soft big bed, exquisite carpet, hotel service on call, and a wide range of drinks.

Everyone experienced a feeling of luxury. These seven days are not for competitions, but for vacations.

Assistant coach Kim Hughes, who lives in the same room with Min Congda, sighed: "I have participated in the summer league so many times, and this is the first time I really enjoy it. Olshey said it's a pity that he didn't come."

"However, Mr. Smart, such expenses must be very high. Will Mr. Rosser agree?"

Min Congda took a bottle of sherry from the wine cabinet, poured a glass for Hughes, and said, "The team's budget approval is ultimately in my hands. Come and have a drink and enjoy the excitement of Las Vegas." fine wine~"

Once the bottle of wine was opened, another $[-] was gone, and it had to be charged to the team's account.

"My staff and players must enjoy the best treatment so that they can play the best game."

Hughes didn't care so much, took a sip from the wine glass, and said: "Mr. Smart, the game is going to be played tomorrow. I think we should call the players for a training session in the afternoon to let them adapt to the field and practice. Practice tactical coordination."

"No!" Min Congda rejected Hughes's proposal, "How many of these players will stay in the team in the end? Winning or losing is not important. Prepare."

"No training camp in the afternoon, you call everyone, I'm going to take them to the casino to have fun and relax."

"Uh... Mr. Smart, is this... appropriate?"

"Appropriate! Of course it is appropriate! Jin, you also come with us!"

"Oh no, I still won't go to Mr. Smart, I have to sort out the team's tactical manual."

"You must go to Jin, you are so tall, I feel safe standing next to me, let's go, don't hesitate, let's go..."

Min Congda pulled Kim Hughes to go to the casino. The so-called playthings are used to anesthetize the young people in the team with capitalist luxury.

Play casually, play badly seriously, this is the best!

(End of this chapter)