The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 1544 Awaited

Latest URL: In the opening game of the 2003-2004 season, the league arranged three matchups. One of those groups is the Celtics and Knicks.

This is not only the first game of Benj's return to New York, but also the first game of Lu Wuxia's career, so the meaning is naturally unusual. The game is scheduled for Celtic's home court.

The Fleet Center was full of seats, and all the spectators who came to the scene were holding an exquisitely crafted ticket. Whether it was the color on the ticket or the copywriting, they were all different from the Celtics' pragmatic style in the past.

"Welcome to the land where legends and dynasties are born". This is the text on the ticket.

It can be said that everything about the old Celtics is quietly changing.

Twenty days before the start of the regular season, Louie hyped the team's exclusive website and upcoming online community at the new season's media day. The media wanted to know how this community was different from the usual news community these days.

Louis said mysteriously: "I can't say too much now, I can only say that it is more open, inclusive, diverse, free, and democratic than any community you have ever seen."

On September 5, 2003, the online community "Upvote" (which can be understood as Reddit launched in advance / if you don't know what Reddit is, just think of it as an American post bar) was launched.

This ambitious online community currently only has the Celtic community, and Louis is the moderator of the Celtic community. He introduced the uniqueness of this special zone in various ways.

One point Louis emphasized was the Upvote feature.

Unlike communities that focus on discussing news content under newsgroups, the main driver of Upvote comes from user creativity. Users can submit news links, original articles and various pictures, and other users can vote and participate in discussions. This makes Upvote a highly democratic platform where users have a great deal of control over content and discussion topics.

At present, this is only the first version of Upvote, and many functions still need to be updated, but this special zone, which is different from the newsgroup, has attracted the attention of many Celtics fans.

One week after Upvote went live, the number of registered users exceeded 1,000.

Fans from other regions noticed this special community, so they posted with emotion: "I really envy the Celtics fans have such a good community."

So Louis pointed out another feature of Upvote to him in the post: "Don't be discouraged, you can also create your own community, please..."

Moreover, Louis also made it clear that a new community does not have to be related to the NBA. In fact, any topic can create a community on Upvote. Here, only you can't think of it, and there is nothing you can't do.

Upvote maintains a fairly fast user growth rate. When the new season comes, the number of registered users has reached 5,000, and nearly 100 new communities have been created.

In order to enhance the commercial value of the Celtics and expand the influence of the team, Louis has done a lot of work, and these things will only show their effect in the future, and will not be effective in the short term.

Currently, he is working on enhancing the user experience of Upvote and rolling out as many features as possible, so he is meeting with the product's project team every day.

Today's opening match, if Lu Wuxia hadn't strongly asked his father to join him, he might not have come to watch the match. Since Wuxia requested it, Louis had to dress up with his wife and daughter and come to the scene of the Fleet Center.

This is also Lu Wuyan's first time to watch the Celtics' home game. Although she is only 16 years old, she has already grown up.

Because of her flawless prospects, Louis has always hoped that the little girl will be a prodigal in the future, but unfortunately Lorraine refuses to let her. She thinks that her daughter is good enough to be an actress in terms of appearance, so she has taken her everywhere in her plays since she was a child. Now He is also a well-known child star.

"Dad, this place is far worse than Los Angeles."

Wuyan's words were based entirely on on-site experience.

"Baby, you should be glad you haven't been to the Celtics' original home court." Lorraine will never forget the environment of Boston Garden.

Committed to being a good player who considers fans everywhere

Louis, the boss, attaches great importance to his daughter's opinion.

They are already in the best front-row viewing area besides the VIP box. If you can't watch the game comfortably here, you can imagine the viewing experience of the audience in the back row.

"Tell me, how is this place worse than Los Angeles." Louis asked with a smile.

Wu Yan said directly: "The chairs are uncomfortable, and the audio of the live DJ is also problematic... I remember that Los Angeles has used surround audio for a long time... And this big screen... It looks like a mosaic from a distance. Same."

Fortunately, the issues Wuyan raised can be resolved in the short term. The chair is uncomfortable, change it.

The live audio is outdated and outdated, so it can be replaced. Big screen...for a change!

As long as you have money, you can change anything.

Louis found that his mind is full of money now, obviously he is not short of money, but he just wants to make money from the Celtics.

With the NBA's profit rate, even if he earns the same level of money with the Celtics as the Knicks, the income is not as good as he used his status as a time traveler to open his eyes to invest, but he just wants to make money from this, and he doesn't know why. What.

The ultimate goal of improving fans' viewing experience is to increase ticket prices.

The Celtics' current average ticket price is $52, slightly higher than the league average ($47).

NBA ticket prices generally change with the team's record. Teams like the Celtics, which are trending better, will also increase ticket prices.

But that's $60 at most.

The Celtics' management doesn't have the guts to raise the average ticket price to $90 in the short term like the Lakers did.

Like the Knicks, no matter the record is good or bad, the average ticket price starting at $100 is purely borrowing the advantage of the location to rob the gangsters of money.

Louie's short-term goal is to raise the ticket to $70, which is as far as they can go in the '00s at Fleet Center specs.

The long-term goal is-if the team develops well, Louis will find a way to build a luxurious new arena, let the Celtics fans who never know what enjoyment enjoy, and then raise the ticket price to the same level as the Lakers and Knicks. same level.

Louis was wandering, and the players on both sides came to greet him. "Coach, congratulations on becoming the boss."

Wilson, like Ewing, wants to start a team after retiring.

Louis knew about this, and he felt that Wilson could easily achieve his goal. Both his assets and popularity were much better than Ewing's.

"Dad, if I win Benj tonight, can you guarantee to come to watch every home game?" Lu Wuxia said whimsically. Hearing this, Benj smiled.

Louis said: "Stinky boy, although you Uncle Benj is old, you are not a recruit like you. Dare to talk about winning before the game, so what if I promise you, Benj, teach me a lesson he!"

"No problem." Wilson and Wuxia turned around and walked into the arena, and asked, "Little Mike, you never seem to have beaten me in singles, right?" Lu Wuxia said with a dark face: "Anyone who dares to call me Mike, even It's Uncle Benj, and I won't let it go."

At this time, Lorraine stood up and shouted: "Mike, come on, Mama supports you!" "Thank you Mama!"

Wilson looked at Wuxia playfully, wondering what he would say. Lu Wuxia said, "Mom has immunity."

Afterwards, the two sides returned to their respective courts separately to listen to the coach's final instructions.

With Wilson and Lu Wuxia stealing the show, few noticed that this was also Bird's first game as head coach of the Celtics. Although the first name is very precious, if it is widely used ~www.mtlnovel.com~ no one will care.

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From the perspective of immediate combat power and maturity, the Knicks completely overwhelm the Celtics. McGrady, Hill, Wilson, and Webb were all selected to the best team last season. Miller is a seasoned marksman. Talent alone can crush @starters in the entire league.

The only problem is that they don't have a pure point guard to control the field, and they lack a big center to hold the line, but in terms of talent, everything is not a problem. At the beginning, Yao Yueban used his height to take the ball for the Celtics.

After Parker dribbled halfway, Lu Wuxia ran from the weak side to the top of the arc to screen off the ball, and then took over the pass. This time, he successfully switched McGrady in front of him.

Lu Wuxia grabs the ball with one hand, hits McGrady's defensive center of gravity, releases the ball to break through, and successfully tears apart the defense, but stops abruptly at the moment of encountering the help defense, retreats, and an extremely elegant jumper flies out of the palm of his hand.

"Shua!"

"Should we say welcome to the NBA to ish? No!" Tom Heinen said excitedly, "We should say, after a long wait, we finally ushered in the next owner to dominate the NBA!"