Chapter 357: Champion Award Ceremony
The Spurs players walked off the field and the staff set up a podium in the middle of the field!
After a short celebration, the Knicks walked up to the podium!
Xie Siqi wore a No. 1 jersey of Li Wei and stood on the podium hand in hand with Li Wei, while Ivanka pouted and looked at them a little depressed from a distance.
Xie Siqi is the goddaughter of Li Wei and team owner Luo Wei, of course there is no problem when she comes to the stage, Ivanka has no position in the team, and she is not Li Wei's official girlfriend.
NBC host Costas handed the microphone to league president David Stern after his simple opening remarks!
The corners of David Stern's eyes were moist.
As a Knicks fan, he always expects the home team to win the championship again, but more than 20 years later, the famous coaches hired by the Knicks have changed like a marquee, but there is no championship trophy.
Hubby Brown came and went, not taking a cloud with him, Rick Pitino came and went, leaving a mess of chicken feathers, Pat Riley, the much-anticipated generation of great marshals, and then the same gone, and Madison Garden raised just one banner of Eastern Conference champions.
Today, Li Wei fulfilled the dream of New Yorkers for many years, and he brought the Knicks the third championship in team history!
The last time the Knicks won a championship was in 1973, when Stern was just over 30 years old, just a lawyer working for the league, and dreaming of having a house of his own in Manhattan, New York. The Knicks were still owned by Ned Eilish at the time, and Stern often got close to him, getting some free tickets to give to friends and family.
It's been 26 years, his hair has turned gray, how many 26 years can there be in his life?
Stern tried to keep his voice from being uncontrollable, and he said, "We are very honored to witness this wonderful round of the Finals, the Spurs are the first former ABA team to reach the Finals, and the Knicks are the first team to reach the Finals in eighth place, and they met in the Finals to give us the highest level of basketball!"
First of all, I want to thank the Spurs, your owner, Pete Holt, and your general manager and head coach Popovich for a great job. And then there's the Knicks, thank you to Coach Li Wei, thank you to your boss Luo Wei, President Ms. Xia Cuirong, and Assistant Coach Chuck Daley, even though they didn't come to the scene today! Thanks to Dennis Johnson, KC Jones...... Congratulations, you are NBA champions! ”
The players screamed in unison!
David Stern picked up the trophy and handed him to Li Wei and Xie Siqi!
The NBA's championship trophy is now called the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, named after David Stern's predecessor, NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien in '75-84.
During his tenure as president, Larry O'Brien completed the merger of the NBA and ABA, expanded the league to 23 teams, and negotiated a broadcast contract with CBS.
CBS, along with NBC and ABC, is known as the three major broadcasters in the United States, and is the Big Three in the field of television broadcasting. However, on November 9, 1989, when the NBA's contract with Colombia was about to expire, David Stern and NBC agreed on a four-year, $600 million contract, so from the beginning of the 90-91 season, the NBA switched to NBC's arms.
Larry O'Brien, the founder of the NBA's prosper, is named after him with 14.5 pounds of sterling silver and 24-karat solid gold plated on the outside, 2 feet tall, and designed to look like a basketball is about to enter the net.
The glorious trophy was in hand, Li Wei and Xie Siqi jointly lifted it, and the Knicks players raised their arms and shouted together!
We are the overall champions!
The first to be interviewed was Xie Siqi, because Luo Wei and Xia Cuirong did not come, Xie Siqi represented the owner of the team, and NBC also introduced Susie Lee, the daughter of the team owner Luo Wei and the equity holder.
Xie Siqi's English name is Susie Lee, which is very similar to Siqi Lee's homonym.
Costas said: "Susie, this is the second season that your adoptive mother bought the team, and then you won the championship, does she have anything for you to bring and tell everyone?" ”
Xie Siqi said loudly: "Mother Wei asked me to thank everyone, thank you to every player on the team, and every Knicks fan, thank you!" Thank you also to our opponents, the Spurs, and to the Spurs fans on the spot! ”
Costas said, "Who do you want to thank the most?" ”
Xie Siqi said: "I want to thank my father Li Wei, I am proud of him!" He said he was the emperor of basketball and could do anything on the court, and I think he did! ”
Costas handed the microphone to Li Wei and chuckled: "Coach Li, your daughter said that you are the emperor of basketball and can do everything on the court, what do you think?" ”
Li Weidao: "I can't beat her when I play at home, she is too tall, I always eat hats!" ”
"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed, and the Knicks players booed Li Wei together!
Li Wei turned around and said, "Who is booing me?" ”
Big Ben and Garnett saw Li Wei looking over and continued to shout!
Li Wei shrugged his shoulders and said: "I can't beat my daughter at home, but when I get to the team training hall, it's no problem to bully Ben and Kevin and others casually, they know how good I am, and no one can beat me!" ”
"Hahahaha!" The crowd continued to laugh.
Costas said, "Is this true? I can't imagine they can't beat you alone! ”
Li Wei said: "This is true, because they know that once I lose, I will be in a bad mood, and everyone's training volume will be doubled!" ”
"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed and fell down.
Costas said: "David, many people have been coaches all their lives and have not won a championship, this is your second year in charge, and the championship belongs to your team, what do you think makes this Knicks so extraordinary?" ”
Li Wei said: "First of all, I want to thank the Spurs, the owners of the Spurs, Pete Holt, Popovich, and the Spurs players, they are the strongest team this year, but they are not too lucky. Secondly, I would like to thank the Knicks owner and my girlfriend Lovi, even though I came up with the idea to buy the team.
Again, I want to thank the team's president, Cui Rong, with whom I slapped the table with Dirk last year, but without Dirk, we couldn't even get through the first round. In the same way, I want to thank the general manager of the team, Dennis, KC, Chuck, Dick, and all the members of our management and coaching staff, as you know, I am actually a puppet of this team. ”
"Hahaha!" The crowd burst into laughter again.
Li Weidao: "Finally, I want to thank all the players of the Knicks, they are very talented, and they rely on each other and trust each other, we are all very selfless, I love each and every one of them!"
Kevin took on the role of defending David Robinson in the next few games, he was shorter and thinner than the opposition, which was a huge challenge, but he did a very good job......