Chapter 479 Championship Ring

Chapter 479 Championship Ring

Chapter 479 Championship Ring
Although the earthquake has passed, the impact of the earthquake has not ended, and the harm this earthquake has brought to the people of the entire Jinzhou has not ended.

This disaster, second only to the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, has continued.

On the 20th, President Bush Sr. personally visited the earthquake-stricken area of ​​San Francisco Bay and called on residents to "help each other with friends and help each other with neighbors" to tide over the difficulties together.

Due to the impact of the disaster, the Warriors' home preseason game originally scheduled for the 18th has been cancelled. In the name of the Warriors, Frank donated materials worth more than US$200 million and cash of US$300 million to the disaster-stricken areas of San Francisco.

However, since the earthquake on the 17th, aftershocks in the San Francisco area have occurred from time to time, and even until the 21st, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake still occurred. aftershock.

In view of this situation, the Warriors’ preseason games have been repeatedly canceled, and finally announced that all preseason games have been completely cancelled. Fortunately, although the games and daily training of the players were cancelled, the houses they lived in were able to withstand the earthquake and were not affected. Damaged, in comparison, they still have a shelter.

Compared with these wealthy players, a large number of San Francisco citizens are living in a very embarrassing situation. There are still tens of thousands of people in densely populated areas either staying at friends' houses or hiding in public places arranged by the government.

The government and volunteers went all out to help the victims, and the engineering team rescued and repaired bridges and roads, demolished dangerous houses, and repaired water and electricity pipes.

In short, in this way, in the final stage of the regular season, due to a sudden disaster, the Warriors passed by in such a sudden and flustered situation.

It wasn't until half a month later, when the regular season was about to start, that the follow-up caused by this disaster gradually passed, and people also stood up from the ruins and devoted themselves to normal life.

Immediately afterwards, on November 11, the 3-89 season, the NBA regular season officially started.

There were 12 games on the first day of the game, including the Warriors game. It was the ninth game. The Warriors played against the Suns at home.

Although the disaster has just passed and the entire city has not recovered from the disaster just experienced, the disaster has not stopped the fans from watching the Warriors game.

That night, 15200 people poured into the Old Oakland Arena to witness the opening game of the defending champion Warriors.

The location of the new arena has been selected. It is in San Francisco, not far from the San Francisco International Airport, and construction has already started. If the project goes well, it will be put into use next season. Of course, it will only be one season later at the latest.

In other words, this season is the last or penultimate season of the old Oakland Arena as the home of the Warriors. Some old fans are full of reluctance for this arena that has witnessed the history of the Warriors. In order to watch the Warriors' game, they are reminiscing about their lost youth.

In comparison, the young fans are not so emotional. For them, this crappy and small arena should indeed be eliminated. Such an arena is not worthy of this team that is expected to build a dynasty. warrior.

Of course, the premise is that after moving to San Francisco, the ticket price does not increase too much!
The ceremony before the opening tonight took a lot of time. First, everyone in the museum mourned for the victims who lost their lives in the disaster for 3 minutes.

Secondly, the championship ring will be presented.

Regarding the NBA championship ring, this tradition can be traced back to 1947, and the first team to have a championship ring at that time was the Philadelphia Warriors.

It's just that, compared with today's rings, the championship rings at that time can only be described as "shabby". The rough design and shabby carvings have no artistic or collection value.

As Frank, who was not short of money, of course he would not save such a small amount of money. He spent a lot of money and announced in the summer that the price of a ring was 50 US dollars to make a ring, which really scared everyone.

You know, NBA championship rings are never just for players. They are divided into two types: one is the ring with the name of the player or coach engraved, and it is for the players and coaches who played in the finals and have statistics. .

The other is unnamed, for substitutes who have not played for a long time and other members of the team.

In other words, the Warriors must at least build more than 20 rings, which is 1000 million US dollars!You know, when Frank bought the Warriors two years ago, the team was only worth $1200 million in total.

Sending away a team just by giving away a ring, such an inhuman behavior has attracted many complaints from other NBA owners. Is this simply driving up prices and destroying the market?

He Frank did this?So what do we do next?Do you want to follow suit?If it is done, who will pay for it?

Compared with the complaints of the bosses, the players and fans are more envious, thinking that it would be nice to have a rich boss!

This matter caused a lot of discussion in the summer, but now when the championship ring was made public, people discovered that 50 was not a loss at all.

The entire ring is different from the yellow gold rings in the past, but the main body is white, which is plated with a layer of platinum on top of the gold. On the front of the ring, the logo of the warrior is engraved in gold, as well as the famous Bay Bridge. Other places, all It is inlaid with 108 diamonds.

The words "1989 Warriors Championship" and the logo of the NBA are engraved on both sides of the ring, as well as the name of the owner of the ring.

When Li Weisi took the ring engraved with "Li", put it on his hand, and then raised his right hand with all the Warriors players to show the ring to the fans, the atmosphere of the whole scene reached its peak.

The three European rookies who didn't have rings on the side applauded the others while showing envious eyes. At the same time, they secretly vowed in their hearts that they would get a ring like this next year.

Not only does this represent $50, but it is also a recognized honor.

With the same mood as the three of Divac, there are also Suns players who came to challenge.

Compared with Divac and the others, the hearts of the Suns players are even more sour.

They are farther away from the championship, and even if they win, they also believe that their boss will not spend such a huge amount of money to build a ring.

At this moment, they suddenly envied the players of the Warriors, and even had a feeling in their hearts: "If I were a player of the Warriors, that would be great!" Such a mood.

And this is exactly what Frank wants to achieve.

At this time, he glanced at the sour Suns players, and then held up the championship ring he made for himself. He shamelessly engraved his name on the ring as an assistant coach, but he was so self-willed No one objected to his behavior, after all, he paid for it!
(End of this chapter)