After chatting for a while, Li Wei began to find a basket to practice shooting, and asked Alan Houston for guidance.

Alan Houston is one of the most standard shooting moves in the entire NBA, and is known as the "shooting textbook".

After observing Li Wei's shooting for a long time, Houston chuckled and said, "David, in fact, your shooting action is already very beautiful, and you don't need me to help correct it." I'm afraid I don't shoot as well as you! ”

Scott Brooks quipped, "That's right, David, I love your shooting position, and you shoot high enough, it's just ......"

Seeing that he stopped halfway through his words, Li Wei laughed and said, "It's just too inaccurate, right?" Haha, it's okay, don't worry, I'm used to it, and I'll be more and more accurate in the future. ”

Houston nodded and said, "If you are willing to practice hard, you will be accurate, and you will be sure to be accurate with this hand." I wasn't born right, I had to practice shooting every day since I was a child, and if I didn't practice well, my dad would scold me. ”

Li Weidao: "You have a good father, it's really enviable." Allan, this summer you should practice less mid-range shooting and more three-point shooting. In the new season, I want you to choose more three-point shots rather than mid-range shots. ”

"Three points?" Houston raised an eyebrow.

In this era, everyone doesn't pay attention to three-pointers, and although Van Gundy doesn't hate three-pointers like Sanders, he doesn't encourage players to shoot, so Houston's offensive style is dominated by mid-range shots!

Because God is extremely accurate, he has a shot, so he got the nickname of "King of CIC"!

In fact, Houston's three-point level is no worse than mid-range shooting, and his career shooting rate is as high as 40%!

Li Wei took over the team with the encouragement of Chuck Daley, and of course he would not let go of such a sharpshooter. I believe that in the next season, the king of the pitch will become the three-point king!

And next year, Nowitzki, Nash, Houston, the three historical sharpshooters are all together, and there is a D'Antoni design three-point tactic next to it, which is too beautiful to watch!

Before you know it, it's evening.

Garnett, Nash, and Houston are still practicing three-point shooting, and Big Z doesn't dare to exercise too much because of the doctor's instructions, so he went to rest. Brooks and Hornacek were there to help the trainers mentor the new recruits and prove to Li Wei that they could be part of the coaching staff.

Li Wei wanted to practice for a while, but he didn't have time, and he also asked David Stern to dinner.

"Cui Rong, let's go, come with me for a date."

"Oh." Xia Cuirong helped Li Wei carry the briefcase, then called a few bodyguards, and everyone walked out together.

The NBA headquarters is located in the Olympic Tower Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, not too far from the Knicks' arena, so it was very convenient for Li Wei to invite David Stern to dinner.

Because the headquarters is in New York, the staff of the headquarters are almost all Knicks fans, including President David Stern, and his assistant, Adam Silva, who will take over as president in the future!

Jean-Georges' Manhattan main location is known as the best French restaurant in New York. In the box, David Stern, who was one step ahead of Li Wei, stood up and said with a smile: "David, you have been tossing the Knicks recently, and some fans have called our headquarters for abuse." ”

Li Wei shook hands with David Stern and his assistant Adam Silva, and chuckled: "David, it seems that you have also realized that the situation is serious, and it is time to open the second frozen envelope." ”

David Stern hurriedly said, "You can spare me." This kind of nonsense, let's not talk about it, it's not good to be heard! ”

In 1985, the NBA conducted the first draft lottery in the lottery envelope. David Stern stretched out his hand, and the winner of the top pick came out, and that was the New York Knicks!

Ewing, the peerless genius, belongs to New York!

Everyone knows that New York is the largest market in the entire NBA, and David Stern and other league staff are all Knicks fans.

Major media outlets have speculated that Stern is operating in the dark, and some reporters have said conclusively that they saw the envelope that Stern pulled out, with obvious creases in the corner.

The league hurriedly refuted the rumors, and took out the video to show everyone: see clearly, the Knicks' envelope was flat and neat when the lottery was drawn, just like any other envelope!

But can Stern prove his innocence by proving that every envelope is the same?

Apparently not!

Another reporter broke the news that the Knicks' envelope was actually frozen in the refrigerator before the lottery!

David Stern had an obvious wheezing movement when he pulled out the envelope, in fact, he was using this short time to touch which envelope was cold!

As soon as the idea of freezing the envelope came out, Stern was at a loss for words. The Coalition apparently did not measure the temperature of each envelope before the draw, so there is no evidence to prove its innocence!

Under the pressure of public opinion, Stern had to change the lottery method from drawing envelopes to shaking table tennis. As for whether the 1985 envelope was frozen, I am afraid that only he and the New York boss at the time knew the truth.

Now, Li Wei doesn't open any pot and which pot he wants, so he naturally wants to remind Stern: New York is the largest market in the United States, and you have to take special care of us!

Stern can't take this stubble, and he doesn't dare to take it. The NBA commissioner sounds imposing, but in reality, he's just a wage earner.

Who is he working for?

The bosses of the Alliance, of course!

The owners of the 30 NBA teams together form the board of directors of the NBA, and Stern is the professional manager hired by the board.

When he became president, his first promise was: I want every boss to make money!

The salary cap system and the draft system are all for everyone's interests to be evenly distributed and get rich together. Only when most bosses think that he is doing the right thing can this president position be secure!

On the other hand, if more than half of the NBA's owners are dissatisfied with Stern's job, then he can be rolled up and left at any time!

Stern needs to be in awe of Li Wei, because Li Wei is his food and clothing. But he can't take care of Li Wei specifically, because he has twenty-nine parents (later thirty), Li Wei is just one of them, he can't let other bosses think that he is biased and think that he is unjust, otherwise he will be ousted immediately!

Li Wei also knew this situation, so he complained loudly: "David, I think the current league system is terrible, we have to take out a lot of money every year to distribute to those small ball city teams, we are feeding them, but in the draft, salary cap and other aspects, we don't have any discounts." If they don't get their hands on a frozen envelope, the Knicks' situation will get worse and worse, and the league will lose the nation's largest market. ”

Adam Silva laughed: "Mr. Lee, Mr. Stern complained about your operation, just from the perspective of a fan, he will not interfere with your Knicks swing rebuild." You're the head coach yourself, and I'm sure the Knicks will get a lottery pick next season. ”

From the perspective of fans, Li Wei sold Ewing, Aunt and other team signs, which is obviously unforgivable. But from the perspective of coalition officials, both Stern and Silva understood what Li Wei was doing.

Superstars and management have conflicts, and they can only be sold cheaply, while it is more common for managers to be bad as head coaches.

Far from it, last year, the Celtics were coached by the team's director of operations, Carl, and the Spurs, who were also the general manager of the Spurs, Popovich. Although Carl is better in terms of swinging, but in terms of luck, Popovich is better, so the Celtics can only be everyone's laughing stock.

Li Wei sold the star and served as the head coach himself, but he just followed the old path of being scolded by his predecessors, and there was nothing to make a fuss about. That is, the New York media, which is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, will hype it up non-stop.

Stern said: "Adam is right, as a Knicks fan, I am sad about the current situation of the team, but as the president of the league, I have to be impartial, I believe that the difficulties are only temporary, you can definitely run the Knicks well!" ”

Li Weidao: "It seems that you also know how helpless I am to be the head coach. One more thing I need to tell you is that in this year's draft, as a fresh graduate, I was not selected by any team and became a draft loser. “

Stern and Silva chuckled together: "David, someone is willing to choose you to hell!" ”

Li Wei said: "Okay, I know I am not qualified. But right now, I'm a free agent and I'm signing a contract with the Knicks to play for the team! ”

"What, you're going to play for the Knicks?" Stern and Silva's eyes widened together.

After a long while, Stern finally determined that Li Wei was not joking, but serious, and he had to think carefully about the feasibility of this matter.

The NBA has long banned players from owning shares in league teams, as well as from serving in management.

When Li Wei bought the team, he transferred all the shares to his girlfriend Luo Wei, and he can't be regarded as the real owner of the team. If he resigns as president and becomes a player-coach, there is nothing wrong with it!

So actually, is there anything wrong with doing this?

Then you have to think about why the NBA has this ban.

The United States is a capitalist society, the real owner of the NBA is the owners of each team, Stern also works for the bosses, not for the players, he must formulate all kinds of rules to restrict the players and protect the interests of the bosses!

Since this ban is used to restrict players and maintain the boss, Li Wei, as the boss behind the scenes, bypasses the rules, and is willing to degenerate and be with the players, which really doesn't affect everyone.

It is impossible for other bosses to lose their power and shares because of this!

Secondly, this ban can prevent teams from circumventing the salary cap by giving players shares and rights - when you own a team, you will definitely not care about the salary that the team pays you, after all, as long as the team makes a profit, there is a shareholder dividend every year.

This problem also does not exist in Li Wei. The short and slender Li Wei is not worth a big contract at all, no matter how much the salary is, it is a waste to count it in the salary cap!

The Knicks themselves are willing to suffer, and they can't affect others!

The third thing to consider is match-fixing. If a person holds a stake in the Knicks and is at the same time a Celtics player, then when the two teams meet, it is easy for him to play match-fixing and deliberately let the enemy win!

Li Wei doesn't have a stake in a team other than the Knicks, but can't he play match-fixing?

Apparently not!

He will definitely play match-fixing and deliberately make the Knicks lose the game!

This kind of thing, Stern resolutely cannot allow!

Thinking of this, the president of the league said, "David, you can't play on the court. Any NBA player can blow you up, and the league won't allow it to rot in this way! ”

Silva also said: "Mr. Li, in fact, you are a part-time head coach, it is enough to arrange for the players to be bad, and you don't have to play in person." If you play, you're going to have a bad impact on the league! ”

Li Wei spread his hands and said: "You think too much, I didn't play to lose the game, but I really wanted to play." Don't you think it's also a selling point for a one-meter-four-five person to challenge the professional league? ”

"I don't think so!" Stern shook his head vigorously.

Li Wei said: "David, don't be like this, I promise you that I only play in garbage time, can't you?" ”

"Garbage time appearance?" Stern frowned.

Li Wei only played in garbage time, and of course it can't be regarded as a match-fixing swing. But a person who does not have the NBA level to join the league will still discredit the image of the league!

As the president of the Alliance, he couldn't let that happen!

"David, you're not good enough to be a professional athlete, and even if I can tolerate it, the board won't tolerate it!"

Li Wei said helplessly: "David, it's just that the team signed a free agent, and it didn't violate any rules, you can't be so unsympathetic!" ”

"Not really!" Stern shook his head vigorously.

Adam Silva suddenly said: "Mr. Stern, if Mr. Lee only appears in garbage time, this matter has a certain amount of workability. ”

"How?" Stern looked at his assistant.

Silva smiled: "Our alliance needs to care for people with disabilities, and we are willing to accept a person with a person with disabilities as an athlete, which is positive and worthy of publicity." ”

"Caring for people with disabilities?" Stern raised an eyebrow.

In the United States, defending the vulnerable is politically correct. For example, the magic Johnson was infected with AIDS because of indiscriminate (harmonious) sex, which was originally a big scandal, but now he has become an AIDS patient and a vulnerable group, so everyone can't scold it!

After turning around, this AIDS patient has become an ambassador for AIDS promotion!

The same is true for Li Wei.

If Li Wei is a normal person and wants to rely on nepotism to enter the league to play, it will undoubtedly have a very bad negative impact on the league - how can the world's highest level professional league have a foothold for this kind of garbage?

Are you funny, funny, or funny?

Even this kind of person can get in, and the NBA is embarrassed to claim that it is the highest level in the world?

But is Li Wei a normal person?

No!

He is a dwarf who is only 1.45 meters old, and belongs to the ranks of the old, weak, sick and disabled!

As long as Li Wei's flaws are used as a selling point to publicize, then no one can criticize it, at least not in public, because people are a vulnerable group!

This is just like not openly discriminating against blacks, the elderly, women, and AIDS patients!

Think again, caring for people with disabilities, taking care of people with disabilities can really boost the reputation of the NBA!

A dwarf with a height of one meter four or five challenges the professional league with the highest average height in the world is a positive and positive thing no matter how you look at it!

The dwarf Li Wei, who dares to fight with the giants, is simply the new idol of the United States in the new era!