"Aside from that incident, what do you think of the alliance during the Shaw era, you know, Americans are sometimes very generous, and they will selectively forget when they need to."

Barkley is really digging holes, and he is also a big mouth.

Those NBA owners, the management only has money in their eyes, and what happened half a year ago was a big deal at the time, but if it involves interests and when there is a need, it is not a thing.

"Charles, you should look at social media more."

Tang Tian knew that this was a pit, so he didn't jump into it directly, he was angry, but he wouldn't lose his mind.

"Huh?"

Barkley looked at Tang Tian suspiciously.

"After the pace of the game is getting faster and the game is more and more dominated by the referees, the fans are no longer talking about the game, but about the data."

Tang Tian continued.

Barkley was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

This sentence directly killed the game.

The era of small balls, the era of three-point points, did have a period of irritation, but it was like the emptiness after the climax, and it has not eased until now.

Because of that, it's really boring to watch too much.

Shooting three-pointers and dunking, in order to conform to the league's gradual fading out of the league's traditional big men, because the absence of the top big man has led to a serious decline in interior defense, because the interior line has no defense, the outside players can play one at will, because the tactical simplification caused by the wanton one-hit-one, because the tactical simplification brings the aesthetic fatigue of the game itself.

All of these details are actually linked, and short-term stimuli cannot guarantee long-term development.

This is actually short-sightedness, drinking to quench thirst.

The league in Stern's time still had such high ratings, and now after the development of informatization, the ratings will only be higher if the playing style of that period is maintained.

This has been evident since Tetum took office.

Therefore, Xiao Hua satisfied those alliance bosses for a while, but the sacrifice was the future of the alliance, and of course, the future interests of those bosses.

It's just that this kind of thing takes time to prove, not everyone is so patient, and not everyone sees that far.

"What we should see is the future of the NBA, under the new broadcast contract, even the income is guaranteed at a lower limit, and I believe that if we keep playing now, the league will usher in an unprecedented development in the next few years."

Tang Tian finally said.

This sentence is obviously not said to the TNT Big Three, nor to the fans, but to the NBA owners who will watch this episode.

And this sentence is not a big pie for him, empty words, it is verified by his personal experience in his previous life.

After participating in TNT's show, Tang Tian did not sit and wait for news.

He kept Demps connected to the Jazz, Mavericks, and even the Pacers.

And he also called Walker and asked him not to rush to sign with the Celtics first.

The incident of the president of the alliance came suddenly, and he did not have time to prepare.

But fortunately, in terms of time, he is not late and there is no way, he took the initiative to participate in the TNT show to do what he could, but it does not mean that he will only prepare for it.

He has planA, and naturally he has planB.

Even if things really go in a direction he doesn't want, planB may be even more exciting.

Fast forward to July 9, the end of the freeze on the NBA's free agency market.

At this time of year, players who have reached a verbal agreement with the team will reach a formal contract with the team as soon as possible.

But this year, many players have delayed this signing.

The change of the president of the alliance affects all aspects.

The league is also well aware of this, although the president is only a spokesperson, but it can be seen from Xiao Hua and Tetum that it may represent two completely different development directions.

Two days later, the second regular meeting of the alliance resumed at its headquarters in New York.

The focus of this meeting was to vote on whether Xiao Hua should return as the president of the alliance.

The issue of approval rating, which was previously discussed, was finally decided to be the same as Tatum, and only when it reached 80% of the support rate could it come back.

In other words, out of 30 teams, at least 24 teams must vote in favor.

If that number is not reached, then Tatum will remain interim president until a year later.

The weather in New York today is very hot, and it feels like it will rain at any moment.

The air conditioning is on in the conference room, although the outside temperature is isolated, but the closed environment and the dark environment outside the window still make people feel a little oppressive.

The meeting was still chaired by Tatum.

Compared to the last time, Tytam's mood is noticeably not good.

This is also human nature.

If Xiao Hua comes back, then he will continue to be the vice president, even if Xiao Hua's comeback fails, he still has the word temporary in front of him.

Either way, it's not a good thing for him.

With a few brief opening remarks, Tatum asked the teams if they had anything to say before the voting began.

Most of the team representatives didn't speak, and you could tell that they had already made a decision.

"I have something to say."

Pelicans owner's wife, Gail Benson, raised her hand.

This time Demps didn't come, she came herself.

Tetum motioned for him to speak.

"I'm sure all of us watched the latest episode of TNT, and we should all take a long-term view and not regret it later, and we'll have to sit down again and do it again."

Benson's words are implied strongly.

However, her purpose in saying this is also to remind the representatives of other teams that if they only focus on the immediate interests, they will lose the greater interests of the future.

Tetum nodded, Benson was saying this in favor of him.

"Anyone else?"

Tatum swept around the room.

No one was talking.

He took one last look at Xiao Hua, who looked calm and looked like he was in his chest.

"So...... Let's go. ”

Tetum finally spoke.

The staff began to collect the ballots with the boxes, and the bosses of the teams also took out the tickets they had prepared and stuffed them.

The conference room was eerily quiet, except for the sound of the staff's footsteps.

"Wow!"

Votes were being collected when it suddenly rained heavily outside the window.

The sky became darker and darker, reflecting the lights in the conference room, and the atmosphere was indescribable.

Benson turned his head to look out the window, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

Xiao Hua is like a dark cloud shrouding the alliance, if the final vote result is that Xiao Hua continues to serve, it will be like the weather outside, it is really dark, and I never know when it will dissipate.

The rain became heavier and heavier, accompanied by thunder and lightning, pouring down and pouring down.

The staff had collected all the delegates' ballots and had taken their seats at the end of the table, where they were supervised.

Immediately the final result of the vote will be counted.

Everyone's eyes were on that side.