Chapter 491: Righteous Words

Li Liang's press conference quickly caused an uproar in the sports world.

The racial issue has always been a red line issue in the United States, and once it is mentioned, the consequences are bound to be monstrous.

Although Li Liang represents the disadvantaged Asian American group, in this part of the United States, as long as you start up, you are not afraid that no one will come out and make waves.

In addition, the problem of Asian American discrimination in the United States has always been widespread, but there has never been a spokesperson who has come forward to raise his arms.

This is a good thing, Li Liang has long been a household name in the United States because of his magical performance in his rookie season.

When he was with the Lakers in Los Angeles, the TV show "Behind the Scenes" skyrocketed in ratings because of him.

The special feature about Li Liang has created a peak of ratings for the entire TV series.

After winning the finals MVP with a single score of 60 points in the finals, Li Liang's topic reached its peak and appeared on the cover of Time magazine that year.

Prior to this, only Yao Ming had this honor among Chinese in the basketball world.

In the new season, Li Liang came to the Clippers, and a series of wonderful performances made him dominate the NBA headlines at all times.

As a result, the entire NBA was caught off guard, especially Xiao Hua.

Big brother, I've only been in office for a day, and you're poking out such a big hole for Lao Tzu to make up for it?

Thank you.

Li Liang is different from Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin.

Yao Ming is a player trained within the system, and although Li Liang is a Chinese national, theoretically speaking, he was trained by the American university system.

So he has a say in racial issues, and he is very incisive, after all, he has lived and studied in the United States for many years.

Although Jeremy Lin is Chinese, he is essentially an American in addition to his ancestral origin and ancestry.

Jeremy Lin has been discriminated against and treated differently, but with his strength and status, it is not easy to survive in the NBA.

In a place like the NBA, the small circle is extremely serious, if you can't be like Li Liang, then it's best to shut up.

Only Li Liang, his identity, strength, and special influence determine what he says, and it is impossible for the NBA to ignore it, and Xiao Hua has no way not to respond positively.

Not to mention anything else, the entire content of Li Liang's press conference was announced on Wei Dazhi's Twitter.

In the past two years, as the only external release channel for Li Liang's information, Wei Dazhi's Twitter attention has reached a terrifying level.

And many of them are not ordinary fans, but friends in the media industry, and their retweet speed is simply viral.

In less than half a day, TV stations and media launched a big discussion about Asian American discrimination.

Of course, it's not just Asians, Africans, and Latinos, they're all pulled out.

Soon, feminists also went out, because Li Liang's agent was a woman.

This brings up the issue of sexism in the sports world, and this Nima pulls out a lot of it.

Li Liang: This is completely the butterfly effect...... No, it should be the Roc effect, he is not a little butterfly flapping its wings.

On the evening of the end of Li Liang's press conference, NBA officials held an urgent press briefing.

This is definitely a huge public relations crisis for Xiao Hua.

Theoretically, whatever Li Liang says is his freedom of speech.

At the same time, what other players in the NBA say about Asians is also a form of free speech.

But at this time, if Xiao Hua dares to stand up and say, "Everyone in the NBA is free to express their views on race", then congratulations, Xiao Hua will become the shortest-serving NBA president ever.

Adam Silva, NBA's fifth commissioner, (February 1, 2014 – February 2, 2014)

Then Xiao Hua is really the biggest joke in the United States.

Therefore, on the one hand, Xiao Hua can't stop Li Liang from speaking out, and he can't stop Asians from speaking out.

On the other hand, you can't just fool this matter and say that it's their freedom to say what people like to say.

He had to give an explanation.

In the evening, the newly appointed Adam Silva stood in front of the microphone of the press conference, looking quite calm.

In fact, he was panicked, what is this Nima called?

What is this equivalent to, it is equivalent to just becoming an emperor, and the next day, the harem has not slept yet, saying that there are people in the capital who rebel.

Moreover, it was the forbidden army that rebelled, and it hit the Forbidden City, saying that if you don't give an explanation to the emperor, you don't want to be the emperor.

Xiao Hua is of course a dog, the NBA office held a two-hour meeting, and former president Stern personally gave advice and called Li Liang.

Because Silva called, Li Liang did not answer.

Stern called Zhu Shu and said that Li Liang was sleeping.

Damn, you're sleeping at this point?

You went home and slept after the press conference?

In fact, Li Liang is really sleeping, and he has got new props, can he go into the system without sleeping to take a look.

Then Zhu Shu told Stern that Li Liang had no ill will towards the NBA, but he had been subjected to some negative things for a long time, which led to some problems with his mentality, and hoped that Stern and the NBA officials would understand.

Moreover, Li Liang is willing to accept the punishment of two game bans and a fine of 50,000 US dollars.

When Stern heard this, there was something wrong with his mentality, I believe you are a ghost!

Do you think I forgot the results of Li Liang's assessment during the rookie mental health survey?

"Psychologically healthy, overly optimistic about the world, lacking realistic beatings."

Damn, this kind of assessment result is rarer than depression or any kind of pathological psychology.

This kid's mentality is good, and now he says that there is a problem with his mentality?

But Stern had no choice, after learning the attitude from Li Liang, Stern instructed Xiao Hua that he must deal with this problem as soon as possible, and he must not let it ferment.

At the press conference, Silva explained and explained the content of Li Liang's press release with a little nervousness.

“…… In the NBA, racist speech and behavior of any kind will not be tolerated, and we will investigate the content of Bruce Lee's complaints......"

The attitude must be made clear, regardless of whether what Li Liang said is true or false, it must be investigated.

To be honest, in a place like the NBA, if you want to say that there is no discrimination against Asians or even African-Americans, do you think it is possible?

Such a big league, so many simple-minded and well-limbed athletes gathered together, so many bullshit things every day, without saying two swear words and scolding two Chinese, it is simply impossible.

Therefore, the so-called investigation of the NBA will not have any definitive results, but it will serve as a cautionary tale.

Xiao Hua immediately added: "The NBA will have zero tolerance for any racist remarks, and if a similar situation happens in the future, the NBA will not tolerate anyone." ”

This is Stern's guiding strategy, called planning ahead.

The so-called zero tolerance means to endure it now, and we will not tolerate it in the future.

Of course, if there is a situation in the future, let's analyze the specific situation on a case-by-case basis.

Anyway, the current attitude is absolutely no problem, and it can be regarded as a minimum explanation for anyone who wants to criticize the NBA.

Anyway, Li Liang didn't name and say who insulted him, and he didn't need to find a scapegoat.

Li Liang just punctured the window paper of a status quo that everyone knows.

Xiao Hua just pasted this layer of window paper again.

The press conference lasted for nearly an hour, and Xiao Hua was asked a lot of questions by reporters.

In general, Xiao Hua has seen the world after all, and these questions are answered one by one.

"The coalition may consider setting up a voice and deeds monitoring department to deal with issues related to all kinds of speech. While each of us has the right to free speech, freedom is not without boundaries. ”

Xiao Hua said, what he said is called a righteous word.

But in a few years, you'll be pumping yourself in the mouth.

At this moment, Li Liang, who caused this crisis of public opinion, is sleeping at home.

At the moment of completing the "Emperor of the Mouth" task, after getting a new special item, Li Liang had no interest in how to rectify Xiao Hua.

His attention was all on this new gadget, David Stern's Sim.

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