Rocket owner Alexander has reached an agreement with local Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta to sell the Rockets to the latter.

The Rockets were sold for $2.2 billion, according to Woj's Big God, which sets a new record for the NBA league and even the entire North American sports leagues

It should be noted that Clippers owner Ballmer was just shy of $2 billion when he sky-rocketed to buy the Clippers in 2014, and the previous record for a North American sports team sold was the Dodgers' $2.15 billion in 2012

That record has never been broken since

The Rockets have made a lot of big moves this summer

Extended general manager Ray Murray's contract for four years

Traded all-star point guard Chris Paul from the Clippers

Renewed Harden's contract two years ahead of schedule for another four years (a total of $228 million for a six-year deal)

Oh, and persistent pursuit but basically can not come melon Anthony

Originally this series of operations are for the sale of the team to prepare

Many people should be on the Rockets of this new boss is not too well known, here big picture in time to give you a quick science:

Fertitta is a local Houston. Houston native who owns restaurants hotels casinos and other industries, is the owner of the largest chain of restaurants in the United States, owns the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, and is also the host of the reality show "Billion Dollar Buyer"

He bid on the Rockets back in 1993, ultimately losing out to Alexander by a margin of $4 million. He was also a founding owner of the NFL's Houston Texans before quitting when the NFL didn't allow owners to get involved in gambling. He served as a business adviser to the Rockets during their two consecutive championships.

So it looks like this new owner still has a real love for the Rockets

Forbes estimates Tilman's worth at $3.1 billion.

And in a list of NBA team owners' assets compiled by Forbes not long ago, Big Picture favorite Wyc Grousbeck, owner of the Celtics, came in at No. 29 with $400 million

just ahead of Spurs owner Holt ($200 million)

Coming in at No. 1 was Clippers owner Ballmer ($33.1 billion), bowing down to Microsoft power. .

Truly toxic!

Today, Paul's three laws are all realized

Paul's first law: can't get into the Western Conference

In the Hornets because of the lack of depth in the lineup that's all it is

Later in the Clippers is really all sorts of unbelievable

48 seconds to lead the 7-points but the Thunder miraculously flipped the disk and finally lost the robbery of the seven

3-1 leading the rockets by a big margin. The Rockets were turned over against all odds

And he and Griffin had their seasons reimbursed one after another

Paul's second law: change the owner wherever he goes

The owner sold the team to NBA officials because of his inability to run the team in the Hornets

Then in the Clippers, the owner was forced to sell the team to Ballmer because of racial discrimination

The team is just now being sold to the Rockets. came to the rocket, the owner of the record to sell the team to Tilman

Paul's third law: natural disasters

08 Paul in the Hornets, New Orleans suffered Hurricane Katrina

12 Paul in the Clippers, Los Angeles issued a major flood

This year, Paul joined the rocket, Houston, Hurricane Harvey

really is a toxic ah 。。。。。。

Of course, these are just kidding~~

Nowadays, the big picture is really quite happy for CP3, because not only does he have an MVP-level teammate like Harden, but now he has a boss who is very interested in the team's favor

Becoming the new owner of the team, Fertitta, in order to show his ambition and draw in the fans, may speed up the Anthony trade process. And according to the latest news, the Bucks may become a third-party team to help the Rockets complete the Anthony deal.

So Melon is finally coming!

The last big picture is still a shame

Alexander bought the Rockets for just $85 million in 1993

Now the 73-year-old is overpriced again before he retires

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