"Everyone here, if you feel that you need to severely punish the pioneers, please raise your hands to vote!"

About four or five teams in the field raised their hands.

Seeing the result of this vote, Stern almost didn't breathe......

There is no need to vote anymore, most of the bosses are on the side of the Blazers, and there is no need to punish Richard severely.

"I feel that there is no need to vote next, then our management committee will make a preliminary penalty decision before eight o'clock tonight, and then notify the teams, if there is no problem, tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, the league management committee will announce the punishment results!" Stern said.

"I have a suggestion, Mr. Stern, you might as well listen to it......" Paul Allen spoke again.

"Thinking about the severity of the penalties in the Western Conference semifinals last season, I don't want Richard to have more than five suspensions!"

"First, Richard didn't do anything!"

"Second, although this incident has something to do with Richard, you can't find direct evidence to prove that this incident was caused by Richard!"

"Thirdly, although the benefits of the Trail Blazers are nothing to me, I am also a fan, and I don't want to see my favorite players treated unfairly!"

"Fourth, the current situation on the outside, you must also know that we don't want to see the NBA league become a racist league, which will make us very passive!"

"You're the one we hired to help us generate revenue, please always remember your role!"

Paul Allen stared at Stern with deep meaning, making Stern a little unable to step down......

Fools can also hear the threat in Paul Allen's words, you Stern is the one we invited to work for us, to help us create profits, not our superiors!

Maybe some small bosses in the alliance will succumb to Stern's obscenity, and giants like Paul Allen obviously won't really take Stern seriously.

If he wants, he can contact more than half of the bosses in the alliance to depose Stern!

But Paul Allen certainly won't do that, under Stern's administration, the NBA has developed well, creating benefits for them, and such talent can be used as long as it is not out of control.

……

Stern was already in a cold sweat behind his back, and he was glad that he didn't show too much bias in this meeting, otherwise, Paul Allen might have changed today's meeting to a dethroned Stern conference.

After saying this, Paul Allen got up and left directly, leaving Orch to continue the meeting in his place, he had other things to deal with.

Seeing Paul Allen leave, Stern breathed a sigh of relief.

He has now reached the point of hatred for Richard, and without Richard, there may not be the situation that made him lose face just now!

"Okay, now we're going to talk about the players' union, and they're asking for a higher salary cap, an increase in the players' salaries, and I think that's what you don't want to see......

“……”

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"David, how many bans are you going to give them?" At four o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting was over.

Larry Miller asked directly in Stern's office.

"Larry, how many games do you think Malone will be suspended?" Stern asked with a wry smile.

"I don't know, of course less is better......"

"Yes, less is better, but the less Malone, the less Ben Wallace's ban will be!"

……

At eight o'clock that night, the management of each team received the penalty decision from the NBA management committee.

The Jazz's Karl Malone is banned for 6 games!

On the Trail Blazers' side, Kobe Bryant was banned for 9 games, Big Ben was banned for 8 games, and as for Richard......

Two bans!

Of course, in addition to these bans, there are also fines.

When Richard learned of the punishment decision from Orch, he was stupid himself.

He didn't expect the punishment to be so light!

For players, bans are a big part of lost revenue, and fines? That's pretty much negligible.

In '84-85, the league raised the penalty cap from $100 to $500, and ten years later, in '94-95, the league raised the penalty cap to $20,000.

The three Trail Blazers were fined a total of $60,000, which was a real drizzle......

As for the income lost from the ban, the loss of the three of them together is estimated to be about the same as that of Ma Long alone......

……

For this punishment result, Richard is naturally very clear that Paul Allen has played a lot in it.

This also made Richard happy in his heart, fortunately he chose the Trail Blazers in the first place, if he chose the Bucks, then he estimated that it might be finished this time......

……

At eight o'clock the next morning, the alliance held a press conference and announced the punishment decision!

Although the Trail Blazers fans are still dissatisfied, this result is much better than the situation they envisioned, at least it didn't hurt the Blazers.

In particular, Richard only has a two-game suspension, which makes the Trail Blazers fans even more excited.

It's only two bans, and three or five days have passed, so there's no need to worry about it at all!

They still have a great future ahead of the Blazers, although Big Ben and Kobe Bryant have been suspended for many games......

But the current Trail Blazers' lineup is actually quite deep, even if these two are banned, it will not make the Trail Blazers' strength decline to the point of a fish belly!

On the other hand, the Jazz didn't have such good luck!

Stockton's comeback time is undecided, and Malone is banned again, and their next schedule will be quite uncomfortable!

……

All the Trail Blazers players were thrilled to hear the good news.

"Kobe, it's been banned for more than half a month, go home and rest well, and when you come back, I will make you take greater responsibility!" Richard said to Kobe Bryant with a smile in the team meeting.

Kobe Bryant's face was overjoyed, and he asked excitedly: "Coach, are you going to increase the number of shots I have to make again?" ”

Richard waved his hand: "No, after this incident, you will not be a child in my eyes, you are a man!" ”

"Men should take their own responsibilities, and in future competitions, I will not limit your shots!"

Hearing this, Kobe Bryant was so excited that he couldn't control himself, he finally got rid of the shackles, and finally turned over as a serf and sang......

But with the excitement comes a huge sense of pressure!

……

"Ben, during this time, you can also recuperate well, you don't have to worry about the record, since the Jazz side is finished, then it is time for our Trail Blazers to taste the top of the Western record list!"

Richard said with a smile to the generals.

The Jazz's record will definitely be greatly affected, and the Trail Blazers' record is not far from the supersonics, as long as the Trail Blazers move forward steadily, it is really not too much of a problem to hit the first place in the West!

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