activa-t Chapter 801 A Brand New Journey
Chapter 801 A Brand New Journey
Chapter 801 A Brand New Journey
If we say that the most glorious teams in NBA history are the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Then, the most brilliant team in the WNBA is none other than the Houston Comets.
Founded in 1997, the Houston Comets are based in Houston, Texas. They are one of the first 8 WNBA teams and the first dynasty team of the WNBA. They won four championship trophies in the first four years of the league's establishment.
The Comets are also known for their star-studded roster.The team featured the WNBA's first MVP, Cynthia Cooper, college and national team standout Sheryl Swoopes, and college star Tina Tompson.
In 1997, in the first season of the WNBA's operation, the Comets ranked first, and defeated the New York Liberty in the finals to win the WNBA's first crown.
In the second year of the league's expansion, the Comets were moved from the Eastern Division to the Western Division.
In 1998, the Comets made it to the Finals again.Although the finals at this time had become a best-of-three series, the Comets still defeated the Phoenix Mercury in the finals to defend their title.
In 1999, led by the famous Big Three (Cheryl Swopes, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson), the Comets came out of the shadow of a last-minute comeback in Game [-] of the Finals and won Game [-] to win their third consecutive championship. They dedicated this championship to teammate Kim Perrot, who had just passed away from cancer.
In 2000, the Comet team once again advanced all the way to the finals, defeated the Liberty team and won the championship trophy for the fourth consecutive time, becoming a dynasty team that swept the entire rice family.
But after Cooper retired in 2001, they stopped in the first round of the playoffs.
In 2002, the Swoopers suffered from ankle injuries for most of the time, and they missed the first round of the playoffs again.
In 2004, they missed the playoffs for the first time in team history. After being swept out in the first round of the playoffs by the Sacramento Monarchs in 2006, the Comets management experienced a personnel earthquake during the offseason.
In October 2006, team owner Leslie Alexander (owner of the Houston Mosaics) announced that he would sell the Comets. The team's meritorious head coach Van Chancellor also resigned in January 10.
On January 2007, 1, the WNBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the team to Hilton Corker, a Houston-based mattress and furniture businessman.
Two weeks later, Comets assistant coach Karleen Tompson was named the team's new head coach and general manager for the 2007 season.
On December 2007, 12, team owner Hilton Corker announced that the Comets would move from the Toyota Center to the Reliant Arena for the 12 season.
Since then, the Comets have lost their vitality, and in just one season, they fell into the desperate situation of bankruptcy.
Although the season is not over yet, the WNBA and the NBA are already studying the redistribution of players after the Comets collapsed...
Ever since, the appearance of Zhao Ke and his party is a boon for the WNBA, which is about to lose the Comets!
WNBA Chairman Danny Orlanda made the decision on the spot and thanked Giorano——
The door of my house is always open, waiting for you with open arms!
Zhao Ke thought that the two major events would be very difficult, but they were resolved so easily.
In less than three working days, the NBA, NBDL and WNBA completed the relevant procedures for establishing NBDL and WNBA teams respectively in Memphis.
And, also found time to hold a press conference:
Announced that the NBDL will soon have the No.15 team, and the WNBA will welcome the ninth team (it is not time to announce the Houston Comets GG)!
The news spread, and the citizens of Memphis, especially the women citizens, were overjoyed!
Then, another key task is put on the agenda——
name!
Zhao Ke is very afraid of Mi Li's family's naming ability.
The sun, the stars, the sky, the horses, the bees, the snakes, and even weirder things like ants, blue claws, jam, happy...
You still have to come up with your own name for your own children, so don't let this group of ignorant Fanbang barbarians bluff!
So, Zhao Ke imitated what Boss Joe did in Charlotte——
Collect team names from the citizens of Memphis.
After the audition, put the team name you selected (thought-out) together with a bunch of rubbish team names, and vote for the second time. After the statistics, the result you want will get the support of almost everyone...
So fucking witty!
As a result, the eager citizens of Memphis soon discovered that everyone but their own taste was downright terrible!
The names of the teams solicited for the audition are as follows:
NBDL teams: Unicorns, Pharaohs, Centaurs
WNBA teams: Phoenix, Medusa, Submarines
I go……
Centaur, Medusa, etc., are barely acceptable.
Even Zhao Ke, who was obsessed with Yamaguchi and unable to extricate himself, was once inspired and prepared to use his favorite Cirvanas...
But what are pharaohs and water ghosts?
These two names actually have the lowest rate of votes, and they are here for canvassing——
Without comparison, there is no harm!
When Zhao Ke saw these two names, he was shocked!
So, the city of Memphis, which has a very Nile flavor, actually raised such heavy-tasting guys?
Under Zhao Ke's guidance, the result of the second round of voting is obvious. Sometimes the public's aesthetics are difficult to agree on, but the public's ugliness is often unified...
The phoenix and unicorn both received more than 80% of the votes, and the hearts of the citizens of Memphis finally fell——
Let Pharaoh and water ghosts go to hell!
Starting today, Memphis is also a ball market with NBA, NBDL, and WNBA teams, a complete system, and a bright future...
Qiao Rannuo held a press conference specifically for the formation of the new team.
First announce the team name. According to the solicitation results, the name of the new NBDL team is:
Memphis Unicorns!
The WNBA team names are:
Memphis Phoenix!
Followed by personnel appointments.
In the appointment of management, the general manager has used his own people:
The general manager of the Unicorns is Alan Houston, and the general manager of the Phoenix is Diana Day.
Zhao Ke didn't set up the team to benefit the people of Mi Li's family. He has lofty aspirations!
Forbearance by myself, of course I have to do some things like "clearly repairing the plank road and secretly keeping the old warehouse"...
The choice of head coach is more cautious.
First, the dynasty coach of the Houston Comets was invited, and Van Chancellor was in charge of the Phoenix team.
They also invited their handsome young marshal from Butler University——
Brad Stevens!
This legendary coach who will lead Butler University to rise like a rocket in the future, and then almost create a miracle for the poor in the Boston Celtics, is finally in the pocket of Zhao Ke!
Come on in Wuhan! Go China!
(End of this chapter)