Chapter 365: Against Dayao

Latest website: At noon the next day, the 29th, the Knicks returned to New York.

With 13 wins and 4 losses, the Knicks fell to second place in the Eastern Conference, behind the Philadelphia numbers, and the first month of the schedule was over.

Zhao Dong averaged 44.5 minutes per game, 35 points, 12 rebounds, 10.5 assists, 1.8 steals, 3.3 blocks, 1.5 turnovers and 3.5 fouls per game.

He averaged a triple-double per game, but his scoring decreased. Because of the three-back tactics, he played the role of passing the ball in the backcourt during fast breaks. The three-backs took away many of his shots.

The next game is December 1st, against the Nets at home, with two days of rest in between.

On the evening of the 29th, Zhao Dong was watching TV at home when he suddenly received a call from James Dowland, asking him to have lunch tomorrow.

At noon the next day, Zhao Dong went to the restaurant booked by Mr. Daolan on an appointment.

"James, are you in trouble?"

Daolan had already arrived early. After sitting down, Zhao Dong asked with a smile.

James Dolan smiled awkwardly, nodded and said, "Yes, Feilong, you should be able to guess it even if I don't tell you."

Zhao Dong chuckled and said, "Lindsay is in China."

"No, Feilong, you must have discussed the issue of US stocks with Mrs. Lindsay. Tell me what to do. I owe you a favor." Mr. Dolan said urgently.

Zhao Dong said: "We have talked about it, but the result may be something you don't want to hear."

James Dowland's expression didn't look good when he heard this, and he said sadly: "Will it continue to adjust downward?"

"Adjustment?"

Zhao Dong smiled and shook his head and said: "It is not appropriate to use adjustment. You should directly use bear market to describe the future of U.S. stocks."

"..."

James Dolan was startled and couldn't help but sigh.

"How much have you lost?" Zhao Dong asked curiously.

James Dowland thought for a while and said sadly: "The market value of the family's listed company has dropped by 30%.

My personal assets have dropped by 40%. In addition, I have lost nearly 500 million in cash from the company and 200 million in personal cash. Now I have no cash on hand. "

Zhao Dong thought, the Nasdaq has not yet broken through 4,000 points, and you have lost so much. But this bear market will last until 2002, and it will fall to 1,100 points. Are you going to go bankrupt?

He asked curiously: "In addition to the assets of the listed company, you also lost so much cash, wouldn't you have invested in US stocks as well?"

James Dowland said awkwardly: "I did invest a lot of money. Both individuals and companies had a lot of funds locked up, and they also lost a lot on futures."

"Then there's nothing you can do about it. There's nothing you can do about the losses on the futures index. Investment in the stock market can either be done slowly or let the cool breeze blow on the top of the mountain. Sooner or later, the trap will be unraveled." Zhao Dong said with a smile.

"Flying dragon..."

James Dowland looked around, stretched his head and whispered: "I was long before, but now I want to place a short order on the futures index and follow the storm."

When he said this, his face was a little red, because in the previous choice, he did not follow the storm, but chose to follow the mainstream of Wall Street. Now he has suffered a huge loss, and it is very embarrassing to look back and want to follow the storm.

But he had to continue talking, looked at Zhao Dong, and said sincerely: "Help me, Feilong, you have the final say on the Knicks from now on. Even if you want the Knicks, I will even go to Madison Square Garden." I can sell it to you.”

Zhao Dong was very helpless. This must be a huge loss. You are an industrial person and you actually want to get involved in finance? I told you to get rid of it a long time ago, but you refused to listen. Now that you are going short, you probably don’t want to be swallowed up to the bone, right?

Storm has recruited funds again this time, and now has a large number of short orders in its hands, all of which were placed above 4500 points. It is now around 4100 points, and it has made a lot of money.

If Daolan joins the short position at this time, he is likely to be killed by the profit-taking army of short sellers who turn to long positions.

Whether it is US stocks or short-selling leading financial capital such as Storm, they do not want a unilateral market, because then it will not be able to attract new funds to join, and there will be no blood-sucking goal.

For example, the storm will definitely deliver a large number of short orders at the 4,000-point mark, and it is a very possible choice to make a false long position on the backhand.

With fewer shorts in the market, bulls must emerge, and the storm will add fuel to the flames. At this time, Daolan is shorting, and it is very possible for retail investors like him to be wiped out by the bulls.

Even if you want to go short, it should be below 4,000 points. After re-establishing the long-short trend, entering the futures market now is courting death. Both the long and short sides may eat him.

Because many times, the long and short parties actually belong to the same family. If you go short today, you may turn around and go long tomorrow.

Zhao Dong looked at Daolan with pitiful eyes, and the latter felt his scalp numb because it was a look of pity.

After thinking about it, Zhao Dong still advised: "James, I would like to advise you to just concentrate on your family business. The TV media industry can still be maintained. Stop playing in finance."

"Can't do it? Does that mean the US stock market will rise?" James Dowland reacted instantly and said excitedly.

Zhao Dong said angrily: "I advise you not to do it because I am afraid that you will go bankrupt. Let me tell you, if you can cut the meat, cut it. For example, those stocks you invest in are not high-quality companies. If you cut them, you can consider holding high-quality companies. But whether it is of high quality or not, you have to make a correct judgment and don’t hatch a rotten egg as a golden egg.

For things that cannot be cut off, such as your listed company, which is operating well, just carry it first. As long as it survives this bear market, the market value will return to the same level. What are you anxious about? "

James Dowland was stunned and said in frustration: "Is this the only way?"

"Who told you not to listen to me?"

Zhao Dong said angrily: "We have disposed of those non-virtuous investments in our hands. Although we have lost a lot, we have cash in our hands. If the U.S. stock market goes down, asset prices will inevitably go down. You can buy high-quality assets at low prices in the future to make up for this time." Loss."

James Dolan nodded and said quickly: "Feilong, did Mrs. Lindsay say where the U.S. stock market will go down?"

"I didn't say this, who can say it well?"

Of course, Zhao Dong would not talk about this issue, which would reveal the secret. This is how Feng Feng makes huge profits, and he will never tell anyone else.

He gave a warning: "Don't touch futures in the future. You can't beat Wall Street. Unless you enter the upper echelon of Wall Street, any funds will be their target."

On the 31st, at three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the Nets arrived in New York. They were so close that they arrived by bus.

Zhao Dong made an appointment with Dayao for dinner and asked Dayao to bring Marbury with him.

In the Nets, Dayao and Marbury have a good relationship. He has also done a lot of work in it and needs to maintain it.

Big centers like Yao and O'Neal must be supported by defenders, just like the OK combination.

The three of them met in a Western restaurant and ordered a bottle of red wine to express their feelings.

"Brother Dong, you played so well against the Lakers the day before yesterday, haha, you beat the Lakers directly in the first quarter." Dayao said excitedly.

"The dunks that knocked over O'Neal twice were terrifying!" Marbury said with equal excitement.

Zhao Dong shook his head and said: "O'Neal is not an easy shark to deal with. He was caught off guard by me and was stunned. Moreover, he is not a qualified leader and did not adjust the team's state well.

Coach Phil Jackson is good at adjusting the psychology of his players. I think the Lakers' performance the day before yesterday will not become the norm. The Lakers should grow rapidly after that game. "

He was really right. That night, the Lakers played the Spurs away from home in their last game of the month. The Lakers collectively broke out. The OK combination contributed 66 points. The team sent out 27 assists and defeated a strong opponent. The spurs.

O'Neal was overwhelming under the basket, scoring 40 points and 13 rebounds, shooting 71% from the field, and 6 blocks. The Spurs twin towers were able to control him last season, but he blew them away.

"This is Shaquille O'Neal."

Zhao Dong said this after watching the game at home.

After all seasons were played in November, the Digital Team had a record of 14 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the league.

The Knicks have the same record as the Lakers and Spurs. The Knicks rank second in the league and second in the Eastern Conference, the Lakers rank first in the Western Conference and third in the conference, and the Spurs rank fourth in the Western Conference.

The next day, at 9 a.m. on December 1, the league announced the Player of the Month for November, and Zhao Dong was elected.

At the same time, the MVP ranking list was also announced.

Although Zhao Dong's personal data is the undisputed first, his record lags behind the digital team, and the first place went to Allen Iverson.

Iverson averaged 30.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.4 steals, 0.1 blocks, 3.3 turnovers and 2.3 fouls per game.

This ranking, of course, caused controversy, but because the digital team had the best record and beat the Knicks, the controversy was not too big.

As for aesthetic fatigue, Zhao Dong has won two MVPs in a row. From the media to the officials, everyone hopes that a new face will appear.

But Stern doesn't like Iverson very much, because Iverson is leading a hip-hop style in the league that he doesn't like very much.

On the contrary, his favorite is the New York Knicks' gentlemanly look, which is the image the league needs, and now he is considering whether to ban that hip-hop look.

"Aaron, congratulations!"

After the rankings were announced, many people immediately contacted Iverson, half of them reporters.

"Allen, do you think this ranking is fair?" a reporter asked bluntly during a phone interview.

"Well, I believe the world is fair."

Iverson pondered for a moment and did not answer directly, but this sentence also directly revealed his meaning.

In the evening, before the game, several media were allowed into the home team's locker room for interviews.

"Feilong, you averaged a triple-double of 30+ per game, but you can't rank first. What do you want to say about the MVP rankings?"

asked a New York Times reporter.

"Both Iverson and the numbers team performed well."

At this point, Zhao Dong suddenly changed his tone and said seriously: "But I bet that this season, the digital team has no chance to enter the finals. We will win back."

"Iverson thinks this ranking is fair, Feilong, don't you think so?" a reporter asked.

"Everyone has their own position, so what everyone thinks is fair is actually different. This is a fairly simple question, so why should I agree with what Iverson thinks is fair? I'm not him ." Zhao Dong said.

"Just now you said that the digital team couldn't make it to the finals, but now they are number one in the league." The reporter asked.

"It's only been a month, can you guarantee that they can always maintain the number one record in the league? Even if they are still number one in the league at the end of the regular season, so what, can you guarantee that they can reach the finals? It's possible for them to be in the top eight. If it happens, don’t deny this possibility, everything is possible.” Zhao Dong said.

At this time, Yang Yi from CCTV asked: "Zhao Dong is facing off against Dayao. Do you want to say something to him?"

"Give him a message. When I dunk, get out of the way." Zhao Dong said with a smile.

"Pfft!"

Yang burst out laughing instantly.

Three minutes later, the interview ended and the two teams announced their starting lineups.

Nets: Dayao, Van Horn, Corey Kidders, Kendall Gill, Marbury

Knicks: Zhao Dong, Fordson, Sprewell, Stackhouse, Ginobili

In the CCTV live broadcast room, Su Qun said: "Hu Weidong, Da Zhi, Daba, and Dayao, it can be said that these four people were all brought here by Feilong. Feilong is a well-deserved NBA pioneer in the domestic basketball world."

Zhang Lili said: "There are players who have been exposed to the NBA before, such as Ma Jian and Song Tao. Song Tao was also selected by the Hawks. Unfortunately, he suffered a comminuted fracture of his kneecap during training and his career was ended. What a pity!"

"It's a pity. It was still 1986. When I was 18 years old, I hadn't started to play in the NBA."

Su Qun then said excitedly: "The Dongcheng training base built by Feilong in Beijing is getting bigger and bigger now, with hundreds of millions invested. Last time I went in for an interview, wow, it was an eye-opener!"

Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "The base is nominally his brother's, and then the country allocated the land. It was considered a private investment before. This time I went back and heard that Feilong was not willing to monopolize the base. Now it is a public-private joint venture, which can be regarded as a national training base." ,Half and half.

But it is said that Feilong invests a lot of money every year and contributes a lot. It buys the best and most advanced training and medical rehabilitation equipment in the world, and invites a large number of trainers, coaches, therapists and rehabilitation specialists from abroad. The entire domestic sports industry Everyone is benefiting. "

At 8:15, the starting lineup begins.

Zhao Dong appeared last and went to the sidelines to say hello to Yao's parents and Yao's mother.

Both of these two are seniors in the domestic basketball world, and they are from the same era as Zhang Lili, and he respects them very much.

At half past eight, the game starts.

Fordson and Dayao jumped the ball, Dayao touched the ball first, and the Nets attacked.

"Look who is playing against Dayao, is it Feilong? Oh, yes, Feilong withstood Dayao and prevented him from entering the basket. Dayao pulled out." Zhang Lili shouted.

At this time, Marbury passed the ball, and Dayao received the ball in the low post on the left wing, one step away from the paint area. When he saw that there was no double team, he immediately hit Zhao Dong with his back, only arched it, and suddenly turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper.

Zhao Dong took a step forward to block the shot, but missed.

Dayao's technical movements are very good, coupled with his stride length and shot height, coupled with his backward lean, he is far behind the boss.

"Uh-huh!"

The water splashed and hit two points.

Zhao Dong smiled, he was very satisfied with Dayao's goal.

With such skills, no one in the league can block Dayao. As long as Dayao allocates his physical strength, he can defeat any center in the league with his low post offensive skills, including O'Neal, who can only fight against Dayao. .

For such a big Yao, he is confident that he can stand on the podium and even raise the five-star red flag at the Ooni Games next year.

On the sidelines, Yao's father and Yao's mother were all smiles, but did not applaud.

When the Knicks attacked, Dayao was a little dumbfounded because Zhao Dong was pulled to the left three-point line. How could he follow?

Another insider is Van Horn, who is 208 centimeters tall and weighs only 100 kilograms. He is famous for his bamboo pole. Although he is light, his moving speed is also far behind Zhao Dong.

After Dayao came out, Zhao Dong turned around and passed the former, charging towards the paint area like a tiger.

Seeing Zhao Dong coming over, Van Horn, who returned to defend the basket, did not think about it and retreated directly to the baseline. The next moment, his basket was smashed.

Su Qun laughed loudly and said, "If you ask me, Dayao doesn't need Van Horn around him. What he needs is Ben Wallace. The Nets can trade with the Lakers."

Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "If it's Big Ben, Dayao can sit under the basket, and Big Ben can follow him out. But Zhao Dong will also break out of Big Ben, just like playing O'Neal, Dayao can make up from the basket, and Zhao Dong can Passing the ball to Fordson, he can also make a pull-up jump shot, or even hit Yao to get in."

"Guide Zhang, what kind of inside combination do you think can restrain Feilong?" Su Qun asked with a smile.

Zhang Liyi said: "You are right, we can only restrict him. It is impossible to prevent Zhao Dong from dying. To restrict him, we must double-team him."

If you want to double-team him, you must first not let him break through easily, and then charge forward. As soon as he rushes forward, even O'Neal will be knocked away. The game last night has proved this. "

Su Qun smiled and said: "In the game last night, after Feilong was pulled out, Ben defended him alone on the outside. It should be said that it limited Feilong's breakthrough to a certain extent."

"That's not enough. I didn't try my best. It's just the regular season, nothing serious."

Zhang Liyi smiled and said: "In addition, the Lakers' defensive tactics are not good. After Ben's first line of defense is breached, a second line of defense should be formed immediately, but the Lakers do not. Small forward Glenn Rice rarely goes down. To help defend the Flying Dragon, as long as the Flying Dragon breaks through the base, it can go straight to the paint area and hit O'Neal directly. The result is that O'Neal is knocked away."

"We still have to play a zone defense. Man-to-man can't guard Feilong. Man-to-man is too much of a test of one's individual defense ability," Su Qun said.

"Yes, in the face of Zhao Dong's impact, we must defend in a zone. Zone defense is a defensive tactic aimed at outside breakthroughs. But the Lakers played man-to-man the night before, mainly because of the Knicks' three-guard tactic. If you guard against this, you will reveal that. The three guards are all good at breaking through, and they can shoot and pass, but coach Phil Jackson can't do anything about it." Zhang Li said with a smile.

In the game against the Nets, the Knicks finally won.

The two major insiders of the Nets were unable to defend Zhao Dong and were directly defeated.

Of course, Dayao also performed very well, and he and Zhao Dong were at odds with each other.

Zhao Dong did not go all out to defend. Dayao made 14 of 24 shots in 38 minutes, a shooting percentage of 58.3%, and 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 33 points.