The Thunder-Pacers trade was escalated to the league office and approved, but it caused a huge controversy in NBA management.

This transaction is fully in line with the rules in terms of the contract amount, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the transaction between the two parties is extremely unequal.

Li Liang is already the out-and-out first person in the league and the king of the finals, but the Thunder exchanged one Ibaka plus two draft picks for it?

Although this kind of unfair trade is not uncommon in history, and it is considered to be the NBA's much-talked-about repertoire - robbery.

The problem is that Li Liang is not a problem of robbery, but a feeling of teasing the rules and management of the alliance.

Beginning with David Stern, the NBA has enacted all sorts of complex rules, from draft to signing, from trade to free agency, for two words – checks and balances.

Use the draft draw to prevent a bottomless swing and make the league's teams even.

Use the salary cap to prevent some giants from dominating the league and balance the competition in the league.

Use various trading rules and terms to maintain market order, try to make each team have its own signboard, have a chance to rise, or to make the competition balanced, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

Now it's okay, Li Liang has completely messed up the league, and it has become three years of Li Liang and three years of Bruce Lee.

It's not that there are no wanderers like Jim Jackson, who basically have all the rainbows.

Even if the top stars, like O'Neal, have been to many teams, as well as Moses Malone, they are all in the late stage of their careers, and they generally take a shot to change places and play a little bit of residual heat.

But Bruce Lee is already the best player in the league! What do you mean by changing homes every year?

Well, at the beginning, no one thought that a player with the No. 56 second-round pick could play such a performance, which was a miracle.

Now this miracle is jumping up and down the whole league, east and west, left and right.

One of the direct effects of Li Liang's behavior is that the attractiveness of other top players is declining.

Anyway, wait another year, or two, and you'll have a chance to get Bruce Lee, so why go to such lengths to hire those top-paid players?

And these so-called top stars can't beat Li Liang at all, and Li Liang's price is more fair.

So this year, in the free market, there is no super big contract, and the renewal of each team is driving down the price.

Love continues to go or not, and you don't think you have enough money? Look at Bruce Lee next door. No more, you look at the MVP Curry opposite, 11 million a year.

The NBA has rules for the purpose of checks and balances, and the basis for this is that "no one is at odds with money."

The same contract, the mother team has the right to bird, the contract is one year long, and the total amount is tens of millions of dollars.

That's tens of millions of dollars, not thousands of dollars, and no matter how much you want to win, people have to make money.

Not only do the stars have to make money, but the agents, family, and friends who surround the stars also have to use money, and no one will have trouble with money.

Aside from the so-called emotional factors, the vast majority of people will follow the guidance of the rules to complete the contract and achieve balance.

Li Liang is good, people don't care about money at all, and the tractors at home are selling in North America.

Broker? The agent is his wife, your money is my money, my money is still my money.

Pal? Under Li Liang's cultivation, the alliance's No. 1 news monger, a tweet of tens of thousands of dollars, and relied on Li Liang's change of door to attract traffic.

You Li Liang is not bad for money, but many players are poor for money, and some stars are quite complaining in private, especially some agents, who have complained to the league office that Bruce Lee's behavior has affected the expected income of the players.

However, this kind of sound does not have much impact, and the reason is very simple, because it affects the top stars.

And most players in the middle class, or a little stronger, on the edge of the All-Star have benefited.

The team is willing to give them a contract, to work hard to build the structure of the team, and to be ready to come to the door one day.

These people are actually the backbone of the league, top players take tens of millions less, they still have tens of millions, and the backbone players may earn tens of millions at a time in their lives, so in addition to top stars, ordinary players are not disgusted with Li Liang.

Instead, many people say, "Bruce Lee has changed this union of wealth inequality and made it more dynamic." ”

In short, all kinds of voices are passed back and forth in the top of the alliance, President Adam Silva has a headache, why did Lao Tzu meet such a person when he took office?

After the Thunder and Pacers trade plan was approved, Silva held a meeting to discuss issues related to the Li Liang contract and the trade.

He hoped to come up with a rule to restrict Li Liang, but he couldn't find a suitable reason at all.

Because most of the rules are encouraging, guiding players to make choices, rather than forcing players to accept a certain choice.

In the "free" United States, where a player plays depends fundamentally on his own will.

So even if he has a contract, he can still ask for a deal.

Now that all of Li Liang's actions are done within the rules, if he really wants to change the rules, it is likely that this freedom will be destroyed.

To be honest, Xiao Hua can't afford this crime.

In the 14th season, Li Liang has been labeled as a "racial discrimination", which made him unable to get off the stage.

If there is a "hindrance of personal freedom" this time, then it will be over, and the two most taboo political correctness in the United States will be violated, then he Xiao Hua will really be a talent.

And Xiao Hua is sure that Li Liang will definitely make a fuss about "freedom", this person is too difficult to deal with, too difficult.

Sometimes he thinks, just just start it, and praise him as the first person in the alliance, who has never been seen before or since, isn't it beautiful?

Moreover, his current achievements are unprecedented, three teams in three years, three championships and three FMVPs, and he is still in his third year in the league.

Therefore, the meeting was held for a long time, and nothing came of it.

Later, Xiao Hua had no choice but to consult Stern, and Stern gave him an explanation:

"Cherish what you have, make good use of what you can, and don't blindly pursue illusory things."

Stern is a Jew, a lawyer, and a pragmatist, in fact, he is teaching Xiao Hua to be down-to-earth, not to keep thinking about the whole moth to clear his name, the NBA is developing well now, and he can't change for the sake of change, let alone use a knife on the best players in the league.

It doesn't matter if he's an American or a Chinese.

Although Stern is retired, he has been closely following the movements of the Alliance, going to the office every day to work, receive consultations, and work on some paperwork.

It's just that since he stepped down, he completely hid behind the scenes, and never appeared in front of the stage to steal Xiao Hua's limelight.

From this point of view, the high wind is bright.

And Xiao Hua's guidance is very insightful, but I don't know if this bald head listens or not.

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On the other hand, Li Liang ended his Indiana career, and when he left the city, he saw many signs and advertising banners on the streets, highways, and stadiums, which read "Thanks Bruce!" (Thank you Bruce).

The last person to enjoy this treatment was Reggie Miller, who dedicated an 18-year career in Indiana and unfortunately didn't win a championship.

And Li Liang spent a year to get what Miller didn't get, and he deserves this thanks.

This kind of treatment will not be available in Los Angeles, although the Clippers are also winning the championship for the first time, but there is still a Laker in Los Angeles.

And how expensive billboards are in Los Angeles.

Therefore, Li Liang feels that this may be the biggest gain he has gained from choosing the road of poverty alleviation.

Seeing these sincere thanks, Li Liang couldn't help but shed tears.

And when he took the plane to Russia, got out of the car, left the airport and entered the city, tears came down again.

It's really smaller and more broken than Indianapolis, I didn't think it was when I came to the game before, I got off the plane and went to the hotel, went to play the game and left.

Now it's a different feeling to be in the city by car and settle here.

In addition to a few high-rise buildings in the core area, the whole city radiates to the entire 18th-tier county.

It has a total population of 500,000, and in China, the most populous town is Shishan Town, Foshan, with a population of more than 600,000.

This Russian city is also a big town in China, so it is really a big rural area.

Li Liang sighed and thought to himself, this strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside seems to be going to continue to be implemented.