Hearing the name of the Syracuse National Citizen, Chen Qiang's expression was slightly stunned, because he knew that the Syracuse National Citizen Team was the predecessor of the future Philadelphia 76ers.

Many people in China translate the name of this team as the Syracuse Nation, but in English, the name of this team uses the plural "nationals", and the United States, as a country of immigrants, originally has no national concept, and in the United States, it is more important to pay attention to race, religious beliefs, and the status of American citizens, so it should be more appropriate to call them "citizens of the country".

Historically, the Syracuse Nationals were originally a team of the NBL, and when they joined the NBA, the Syracuse Nationals entered the NBA league, and in 1962, the Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia to replace the Philadelphia Warriors who left, in order to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, so the team was renamed the Philadelphia 76ers, and it has continued to this day.

The two most successful teams in NBA history are undoubtedly the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and there should be no objection to that, apart from these two teams, fans may be divided if they pick the third-most successful team, but the Philadelphia 76ers are definitely one of the hot candidates.

The Philadelphia 76ers, who were still Syracuse Nationals at the time, had already won two consecutive NBA championships, and the team was never short of superstars. In the sixties, the Philadelphia 76ers ushered in the great Wilt Chamberlain, in the seventies, they had "Dr. J" Julius Irving, in the eighties, they brought in super center Moses Malone, and in the late eighties, the big-butt Barkley led the 76ers to soar, in 1996, Iverson took over the 76ers superstar tradition, and today, the 76ers have finally put together the "Dragon Ball" after many years of rotten, but I don't know if they can summon the dragon.

Chen Qiang knows that the Syracuse Nationals in Daniel Biasson's mouth will be an NBA team that can be extended into the future, even if the restriction of this team has not yet been established, even if the scale of the team will not be too large after its establishment, but Chen Qiang still welcomes this kind of team to join his new league. What Chen Qiang hopes to absorb now is this kind of team that can hold out for many years and will not be disbanded, so that his NBA league will have greater stability.

"Mr. Villasson, if you want to start a new team and join my NBA league, of course I'm welcome with both hands. However, the cost of running a team is relatively large, and the team may not be profitable, so I hope Mr. Biasson can be mentally prepared. Chen Qiang said.

Daniel Biasson nodded: "I produce timers, so I know a lot of people who work in sports, and I know that running a team is complicated, but I still want to give it a try. ”

Chen Qiang simply picked out and said: "Mr. Biasson, if you need financial support, I can provide you with some investment." ”

"Mr. Chen, don't you already have a team?" Daniel Biasson asked with some caution.

"I'm also hoping to have more teams to get involved in my new league, so I'm happy to invest in the team." Chen Qiang smiled slightly, then lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I did this with selfish intentions. I'm going to change the rules of basketball, including a 24-second offense violation, so I'm going to ask you to customize the digital timer, but my plan to change the rules has met with some resistance, and I hope your team will support me in changing the rules when you join the new league. ”

"I see." Daniel Biasson nodded, then let down his guard.

For Chen Qiang, investing in an NBA team that can continue into the future is definitely a sure thing, not to mention that this team is still the Philadelphia 76ers.

And Daniel Biasson was originally a timer seller, and he would certainly support the rule of adding a 24-second offensive violation, and Chen Qiang's entry of Daniel Biasson into the NBA is equivalent to one more supporter.

There are not 1,000 but 800 public basketball stadiums in the whole United States, plus hundreds of college basketball halls, thousands of high school basketball halls, this is a huge number, if the 24-second offense violation becomes the new basketball rule and is recognized by FIBA, then these thousands of basketball courts across the United States need to buy the kind of 24-second countdown timer. It's a huge business for Daniel Biasson, so Daniel Biasson wants to be more than Chen Qiang hoping that the 24-second offense violation can become a basketball rule so that he can earn more.

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The new league added one team, and the owners of the other teams did not object, but instead expressed their approval.

For every extra team, four more regular season games will be played, and team owners will be able to earn two more home court dollars, so why not! The owners of the teams have absolutely no reason to object. It's like the future NBA, with 82 regular season games in a season, players say they're tired of dogs, but team owners want to play a few more home games.

So when the new coalition started its second meeting, there was also an extra Daniel Biasson in the room.

In the second meeting, the owner of the Fort Wayne Pistons, Anti-Fred Zorner, did not come, and he sent the team's head coach, in addition to the Philadelphia Warriors and Washington Congress, also sent the team's head coach to attend.

The head coach of the Philadelphia Warriors is Eddie Gottlieb, who is also a legend of the NBA's original era. And the head coach of the Washington Congress is none other than the "Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach.

"Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach is a Russian-Jew, his parents owned a dry cleaner in Brooklyn, New York, Auerbach also played in Brooklyn as a child, and because of his fiery red hair and fiery temper, Auerbach got the nickname "Red". I don't know if this nickname has anything to do with his later "cardinal".

During the Great Depression, Auerbach was named "Team 2 in Brooklyn" by the New York media as a middle school student, and he was awarded a scholarship to the University of Washington. After graduating from college, Auerbach coached basketball at St. Alban's School and then at Roosevelt High School, where he caught the attention of Miguel Yulin and asked him to coach the upcoming Capitol in Washington.

Historically, Auerbach led the Washington Capitol to two NBA divisional championships, and his 81.7 percent win rate was unmatched over the next two decades. This was mainly due to the fact that Auerbach used a tactic that was novel at the time, which was to break through quickly.

In the future, there is nothing unusual about fast breaks, but in the basketball of the forties, Auerbach's basketball system established with fast breaks is simply a god blocking and killing gods, and the Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, with a terrifying win rate of 81.7% is enough to prove this.

Chen Qiang has naturally heard of the name of "Cardinal" for a long time, and he knows that Auerbach is the leader of basketball tactics in this era, and he is an insider who is definitely not easy to fool, so Chen Qiang is ready to have a debate like a war of words with Auerbach.

Since the joining of the Syracuse Nationals, Chen Qiang has become more confident in his heart, not to mention that the Syracuse Nationals have Chen Qiang's investment, just selling digital timers, Daniel Biasson will support Chen Qiang. If you count it this way, if you vote, Chen Qiang will have five votes, and if the minority obeys the majority, Chen Qiang has an advantage.

However, what Chen Qiang didn't expect was that it was Cardinal "Arnold Auerbach" who first questioned the new rules, but Warriors coach Eddie Gottlieb.

Gottlieb was also a "tycoon" figure in early basketball, a veteran sports man who at the age of 19 organized a Jewish team, the Philadelphia Spas, which had won the ABL league championship before being disbanded during the Great Depression.

Gottlieb is currently the head coach of the Warriors, and in the future he will buy the Warriors and bring them to San Francisco, a move that opens the door to the expansion of the NBA league into the western United States. Gottlieb has made outstanding contributions to the development of the NBA. The "Eddie Gottlieb Cup," which the future NBA uses to recognize the best rookie, is named after him.

Gottlieb led the NBA Rules Committee for 25 years, which means that the NBA rules before 1975 were basically related to Gottlieb. Historically, when the 24-second offensive violation rule was proposed, Gottlieb was a supporter, and it was with Gottlieb's support that the NBA Rules Committee finally decided to introduce the 24-second offensive violation rule.

However, in the time and space where Chen Qiang is, Gottlieb has become the one who questions the 24-second offensive violation, which really makes Chen Qiang feel a sense of irony.

It's not just Gottlieb, but Ferris, who is also an advocate of the 24-second offense, and now stands on the opposite side of the rule.

This is mainly because Chen Qiang's rule revision is many years ahead of history.

For example, the expansion of the three-second zone is because of the emergence of George McCann, which made the NBA increase the three-second zone to limit George McCann's "overlord under the basket", and in 1942, George McCann was still in high school, so Gottlieb, the master of the rules, did not realize the importance of expanding the three-second zone.

Another example is the 24-second offensive violation, because there was no such cheating score in 1942, the team at that time was still more faceless and would not delay time by constantly passing the ball, so Gottlieb did not realize the necessity of the 24-second offense.

It would be a few years before George McCann went all the way to the basket and the NBA team started passing to slow down the rhythm as soon as they were ahead, and it was only when Gottlieb realized the need for reform, and he became a supporter of reform.

Fortunately, Daniel Biasson, who sells timers, supports Chen Qiang. Historically, the person who came up with the 24-second offense in the fifties was Daniel Biason, but it's normal to think about it, he sells timers, and naturally wants the NBA to set this kind of time-related rule.

As a result, Chen Qiang had to start a war of words with Eddie Gottlieb.

Eddie Gottlieb has been in charge of the NBA rules committee for 25 years, and his understanding of basketball rules is definitely better than that of other coaches. Fortunately, Chen Qiang is also a professional sports person, who has been engaged in sports research for decades in the future, plus he has been ahead of the sports concept for more than 70 years, so he does not have the upper hand in the debate with Eddie Gottlieb.

Eddie Gottlieb was also very surprised by Chen Qiang's performance, Chen Qiang put forward a lot of unique ideas about basketball, which sounded very reasonable, Eddie Gottlieb could feel that Chen Qiang's understanding of basketball was very profound, and maybe it was not under him.

The two sides debated, and they roughly explained their own reasoning, and they all said it very reasonably, and then it depends on which side everyone present is on.

The Boston Celtics, the Rochester Royals, the Baltimore Bullets, and the Syracuse Nationals, these must support Chen Qiang, they will not go against the team's Kim lead singer, plus Chen Qiang's own New York Knicks, there are already five teams on Chen Qiang's side.

Eddie Gottlieb's Philadelphia Warriors will certainly not agree with Chen Qiang, so the next step is to see the attitude of the Fort Wayne Pistons, the Buffalo Bison, and the Capitol in Washington.

The Fort Wayne Pistons are also a strong team in the NBL league, and the Fort Wayne Pistons have won the NBL championship twice in history, and in this regard, the Fort Wayne Pistons are the beneficiaries of the current set of rules, so of course they choose to oppose the change of rules.

The bigger the vested interests, the more they oppose the change of rules, and this is true in all walks of life. Therefore, reform is always a very difficult thing, because the people who have gained the most often choose to block the reform because they fear that their interests will be harmed by the reform. Even if everyone understands that if they don't reform, everyone will die, but those with vested interests would rather go crazy before they die than carry out reforms to turn themselves into destitutes.

That's what the Fort Wayne Pistons are like right now, they're doing so well under the current rules, they're on a very strong team, so they don't see the need to change the rules at all.

Ferris, the general manager of the Buffalo Bison, is also still in opposition. His point of view is still the same, Chen Qiang's rule changes are all about strengthening the defense, which will make the offense of the game more unfluent.

After the Fort Wayne Pistons and the Buffalo Bison made their statements, everyone's eyes were on the Washington Congressional team and the future "Cardinal" Auerbach.

Auerbach in 1942 was still very young, and he could be regarded as one of the many coaches who was a soft-spoken person, so he never spoke much in the conference room.

Now Auerbach is in the spotlight, which makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

Auerbach coughed dryly and said, "I also think that basketball really needs to be revolutionized." So I am in favor of Mr. Chen's proposal to amend the rules. ”

Chen Qiang let out a sigh of relief, he really didn't expect Auerbach to support him.

It is a fact that the cardinal, as a pioneer of modern basketball, is not a conservative person, and if he were that old-fashioned, he would not have become a pioneer of modern basketball.

The first to introduce black players to the NBA was Auerbach, you must know that it was in 1950, when the racial discrimination in the United States was very serious, Auerbach brought black players into the NBA, allowing blacks and whites to play on the same court, which challenged the nerves of countless whites, and it was more black than leading 3-0 in the finals, and then being reversed by the opponent and losing the championship. In comparison, just changing a few basketball rules is really not an earth-shattering event.

Of the nine teams, six are for and three are against, and the supporters have already accounted for the majority, and the big picture has been decided, and it is imperative for the new league to change the rules of basketball.

New alliances, new rules!

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