When Stern saw these dozens of newspaper reports, he couldn't help but be even more angry!

These newspapers, except for the local newspapers in Salt Lake City, are all on Richard's side?!

How is this possible?!

How could that madman Richard get so much media support?

What made Stern feel even more unacceptable was that many of these newspapers and magazines actually listed Stockton as the culprit and demanded that the alliance punish Stockton!

Stern couldn't understand it at all, Stockton was an authentic sufferer, and he only came to his senses the next morning, and he didn't know how long he would have to recuperate, and these damn media actually demanded that the league punish Stockton?!

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, the owners or spokespersons of each team appeared in the large conference room of the NBA headquarters!

The people who can attend this conference are the most powerful people in the entire NBA!

Some bosses don't bother to come over, so they let the team's executives come over for a meeting instead of themselves......

What many people didn't expect was that Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen actually appeared at the venue!

Stern realized that things were a little tricky today, and Paul Allen's appearance would not be without purpose......

And Jazz owner Larry Miller is also present at the moment, not only him, but the owners of about 15 or 5 teams in the league are present.

These owners, except for Paul Allen, are basically all owners whose main business is the team.

In other words, these owners don't have much property except for the NBA teams they have......

Anyway, if you're idle, you'll be idle, so I'll come over and have a good time.

Larry Miller's assets are less than $500 million, which is in the league rankings, probably at the middle level, about fifteen, but his net worth is much worse than Paul Allen's, less than a fraction of Paul Allen's net worth......

……

The arrival of Paul Allen made the scene a lot lively, and many team owners or management came forward to greet them warmly.

Among them are league teams such as the Heat, Magic, Rockets, 76ers and Warriors......

There are also some small bosses who may only have a net worth of one or two hundred million dollars, and they want to be close to Paul Allen.

Paul Allen directly became the focus of the venue!

Larry Miller, extremely unhappy in his heart, he had already contacted Stern, and the purpose of today's meeting was to make Richard and the Trail Blazers players pay a painful price!

But now with the arrival of Paul Allen, it is obviously not so easy......

"Alright, now that everyone is here, let's get started, please take a seat!" Stern walked to the presiding position and said to the bosses who were still greeting in the room.

The NBA is a business league, more figuratively, it is a group company, and each team is a subsidiary of this group company, but the difference is that this group company is just an empty shell, and he is not responsible for generating revenue, but only for management.

The people in charge of each team are the shareholders of the group, and Stern is the spokesperson they have elected to help them manage the group.

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Seeing that the bosses were all seated, Stern cleared his throat.

"I think you all already know what happened last night, and now you can share your opinions."

Stern didn't vent his frustration with Richard as soon as he came up, and that was definitely not something a shrewd man like Stern would do.

If Paul Allen wasn't here, he might have taken a little rhythm and expressed his idea of punishing Richard, but now that Paul Allen was here, he couldn't say that.

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"We Sir are victims of the incident, and I thought I, Larry Miller, would like to give me my opinion first!" Larry Miller can't be a shrunken turtle at this time, he is the real one who suffers from interests.

"At the moment, Stockton has just woken up, and according to the team doctor, he will have to recuperate until at least tomorrow March! And Karl Malone's injury is not light, and it will take at least two months to recuperate! ”

"We've lost a lot of money!"

"The Trail Blazers' troublemakers must be punished severely, Kobe Bryant and Ben Wallace are suspended until the end of the season, and other Trail Blazers players who shoot or have offensive intent must be similarly suspended!"

"And Richard, I believe everyone knows very well in their hearts, he is the real culprit, I ask to be kicked out of the NBA league, you can think about how many things he caused after entering the NBA league!"

"He's going to ruin our alliance!"

Larry Miller stood up and said in fierce words.

The venue was quiet, good guy, Miller, this little boss is a little ruthless, he will ban people for the whole season, and then he will kick Richard out of the NBA?

Paul Allen looked at Larry Miller playfully.

Larry Miller is a smart man, and he deliberately said that the incident was more serious, especially that Richard would ruin the NBA league, just to make the owners of various teams choose to side with him because of their interests.

"Larry, that's beautiful!"

"I used to underestimate you, you are a smart person, but you are not smart enough to play us fools!"

Paul Allen knocked on the table and said with a faint smile.

"Your Jazz has indeed suffered a lot of losses this time, I admit this, and it has something to do with our Trailblazers!"

"But are you Alzheimer's? Forgot how Stockton treated my players last season? ”

"My Trail Blazers, didn't lose last season?"

"Your money is money, and my Paul Allen's money is not money?"

Paul Allen's tone was still quite calm, and in his opinion, this kind of thing was not worth his anger.

"Can't you take care of your damn players? If it hadn't been for your provocation, it would never have happened last night! ”

"You say Richard is going to ruin the NBA? I'm sorry, but after Richard coached, my Trailblazers' market value is now up about 20 percent! ”

"Last night's incident, I was going to refund the ticket, but guess what? Not a single fan refunded the ticket! ”

"And today, our Trailblazers' jerseys, sneakers and other peripheral products are out of stock!"

"Larry, where do you start when you say Richard will ruin the NBA?"

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"That's just you Trailblazers benefiting, but the league has to pay for it, and our other twenty-eight teams have to pay for it!" Larry Miller roared.

Before Paul Allen could speak, Pat Riley spoke......

"Larry, how do you say this, our Heat don't have the habit of helping others pay, don't tie us up, this is a matter between your Jazz and the Trail Blazers, don't get involved with us!"

"That's right, Larry, Richard's appearance will affect our Magic's ticket sales? Are you sure you're not kidding? ”

"We rockets haven't been affected, Larry, you're an adult, but you're responsible for what you say!"

"We Warriors don't recommend punishing Richard severely, because this matter has something to do with Richard, and the rules we have set are that coaches can come on the pitch when there is a conflict! Now if you want to punish Richard severely, you have to give a reason, right? ”

"Yes, why? Did Richard hit someone? Or what's the matter? You have to explain this to our Philadelphia 76ers, you can't just do whoever you want, the 29 teams in the NBA can't mess around because of your thoughts alone! ”

"Rules are rules, we have to follow the rules, please come up with a reason to punish Richard?"

The owners or spokespersons of each team spoke one after another, and Larry Miller, who refuted it, was speechless.

"Larry, so what the hell do you want to do now? If you want me Paul Allen to pay for your Sir loss......"

"I can tell you very clearly, no way!"

Paul Allen said coldly to Larry Miller.

Stern's scalp was numb, he actually gave the other party a certain promise on the phone after answering Larry Miller's phone call last night, promising to deal with this matter seriously!

At that time, Stern was also angry, and he naturally agreed easily......

But now it's over, some influential bosses in the league are all on the side of the Trailblazers when they see this posture, which makes Stern completely unsure of what to do!

Several team owners who have a good relationship with Larry Miller, three or two kittens, don't know how to open their mouths to help Larry Miller clear the siege at the moment.

"Mr. Stern, since Larry has nothing more to say, shall we get started?" Paul Allen looked at Stern with a frown.

This look made Stern even more headache......