The Bobcats, from the managers to the players, felt that the schedule was a little too smooth. And in fact, there was someone who did do a little bit of tricking with the schedule, and that was David Stern.

This season, Stern made a series of changes to the NBA league management and prepared to start promoting the league's new image. Put an end to the star whistle, the home whistle, and make the NBA game fairer.

Hayes, the spokesperson of the alliance who was named by Stern, did not match Stern's surname at all if he didn't get any benefits, so he ordered someone to make a slight change to the schedule.

Modifying a team's schedule is a matter of words for David Stern. Compared to the, this is nothing compared to Ben.

The most vivid example, because of the schedule, the NBA official put a "big oolong". In the 2011 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Griffin defeated McGee to win the title of dunk king, but it was widely questioned afterwards. It's not because Griffin's dunk isn't as difficult as McGee's, it's that his dunk championship is predetermined!

American journalist Ben Moeller reported that before Griffin participated in the slam dunk contest, NBA officials directly called the Clippers champion the championship in the schedule. While reporting this fact, Moeller also posted an ironclad piece of evidence - a screenshot of the official schedule of the day!

It is not difficult for fans to see from the screenshot that before the slam dunk contest was held, Griffin was already called the champion. In the official schedule, there is a column that reads: "Five middle school students will participate in this event to show off their talents to the 2011 NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest winners." ”

According to the schedule, the event takes place from 1:20 p.m. to 2 p.m. local time, and the slam dunk contest is held at 6 p.m. local time. It can be seen that as early as 4 hours before the slam dunk contest, the NBA official had already decided the result of the game.

In addition to the schedule, Mohler further proved it through emails received by journalists. Moeller said NBA event organizers sent reporters a schedule of events at 5:28 p.m., which included that. This once again confirms that before the slam dunk contest (6 o'clock) was held, the NBA had already decided that Griffin would be the champion of the slam dunk contest. It is worth mentioning that before the start of the game, the NBA officially sent the second schedule to reporters, and the relevant content has been changed. Doing so is undoubtedly a way to find loopholes and make up for them.

To corroborate these facts, Mohler also interviewed a staff member of the popular website Griffinwas. The staff member said they did receive the news that Griffin had won the championship before he entered the slam dunk contest. And for this purpose, there are also relevant preparations and topics, and after Griffin is officially declared the champion, he will hang it on the website.

Even before Moeller reported on Griffin, there were suspicions that the All-Star Game was unfair. Previously, the Kings' rookie DeMarcus Kusins played 30+10 data, and he didn't even win the MVP of the rookie game, which was considered unfair. In the dunk contest, Wizards player McGee's two dunks - two dunks and three basketball dunks - were considered peerless and deserved to win the championship. But Griffin ended up winning with 68% of the vote, which is really strange.

It can be seen that there are really a lot of things in the NBA that are indulged. It's easy for Stern to change the Bobcats' schedule, and it's hard to be noticed. Because the Bobcats opponent remains the same, but a little adjustment has been made in the match time, such as the Bobcats back-to-back games, the first opponent is the Lakers, and the second opponent will not arrange a strong team like the Timberwolves, but arrange a middle and lower team for the Bobcats to play and adjust the state. And when the Bobcat encounters a strong opponent, you can arrange for the opponent to play back-to-back first, so that the Bobcat has a physical advantage.

If the away schedule is particularly tight, it is not uncommon to play four or five consecutive away games in the NBA. In this case, the Bobcats will not be arranged to face the top three in Texas and then play the Lakers and Hawks...... The Timberwolves, which Stern didn't like very much last season, encountered such a wave of devilish schedules in the regular season, otherwise their record would definitely be better.

Unless someone is extremely attentive, this kind of thing will not be noticed at all. Stern's support for Hayes is not as obvious as conniving at James' "crab step" and Kobe's "body hair foul", which is already within the fair range. What results can be played depends on the strength of the Bobcats.

On this day, Michael Jordan went to Time Warner Arena again to watch the players practice.

In the group confrontation, Hayes did not play.

The combination of Rondo, Morrow, Durant, Landry, and Lopez actually led the main side of Billups, Azubuuk, Miller, Bagnani, and Camby.

Durant's confidence has been fully played, and he and his teammates' blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation is very tacit, whether it is Bagnani or Miller, it is difficult to defend Durant. Rondo also burst into the box on a number of occasions and sent good passes to assist Moreau and Landry. Lopez pulled high posts again and again to cover Durant, and his offensive distance was much farther than Camby. Camby is strong on the inside, but when he pulls up to the high post, defensive jumpers are not his strong suit.

"Michael, the Bulls' record, we're probably going to break it this season." Hayes observed Jordan's expression and smiled.

"If you can break 72 wins, that's fine. A team with more than 65 wins is almost certain to win the title. In 2007, if the Rockets had played with you or Yao Ming as the core offense and let Maddie look for opportunities to be a pitcher on the outside, that record might have been broken long ago. I'm very happy if the Bobcats can achieve this result. Jordan looked ahead, recalled his past, and smiled: "I have a hunch that you will definitely break this record." ”

"I think so too, because the Bobcats' current lineup may have surpassed the Bulls of the year." Hayes laughed.

Starting the round, Gerald Wallace and Durant are certainly not as good as Pippen and Jordan. But Hayes is stronger than Rodman, and the Bobcats are even stronger off the bench than the Bulls.

"Chuck, you're too accurate to see people. Kevin (Durant) is here and plays like an All-Star, better than Mayo. Brook (Lopez) is also a good center, and the most incredible ones for me are Karl (Landry), Anthony (Moreau) and Mark (Gasol), and it's not easy for a rookie to play at a level in the second round. Jordan sighed, "As long as you can see so accurately every year, we will definitely be able to build a dynasty." ”

"It's all luck. In the future, if we trade or choose people, or from the perspective of suitable tactics, there will be no problem, but no one can say what level we can play. Hayes laughed. His talent for the draft could only be made until 2009. He didn't know which of the rookies in 2010 played better.

At this time, Durant once again borrowed his teammates to cover the breakthrough, and scored on the basketball, which also caused Camby's foul, which was 2 plus 1. Jordan applauded a few times and said, "If you want to keep Kevin in the future, it seems that you have to use a high salary." I think if he continues to play in this form, he will definitely become an All-Star in the future. ”

"Kevin has to stay. In a few years, a lot of people have contracts that expire together, and we can't keep all of them, and if the salary is not controlled, I can jump out of the contract and take a pay cut. Hayes suggested.

"Are you really willing to do that? Your performance will definitely be a big contract of 100 million yuan after 4 years. Jordan looked at Hayes and smiled.

"Really. Brooke is also very promising, if he also becomes an All-Star in a year or two, plus Chauncey and Gerrard's contracts, how can we keep so many stars on our team? Although these things will not be faced until a few years away, it is time to make a plan to prepare. This is what to consider when trading in the last two years. Otherwise, it will definitely be taken advantage of by other teams in the future. Hayes said earnestly.

Hayes is no longer short of money, and the advertising endorsement fee is higher than the annual salary of a player, in this case, he feels that it doesn't matter if he gets the top salary or not, the important thing is to win the championship. In 5 years, he will definitely be in good shape, but what about after he turns 30? What about after the age of 35? Bobcats still need to attract talent.

Hayes thinks very clearly about the renewal of future teammates, Camby and Miller after the two-year contract expires, the Bobcats will definitely not be able to renew their contracts with high salaries, the two of them are here because the Bobcats have too many young players, and their performance in the playoffs will be affected, and experienced veterans are needed, and after two years, Lopez and Gasol can grow up on the inside, and there are Azubuuk, Wallace, Durant and others on the outside, if Camby and Miller want to stay, unless they are willing to take a contract of 2 million a year or a veteran's base salary, which is very unrealistic.

In addition, Billups is already very old after the expiration of his contract, and he will definitely not be able to renew his contract with a high salary. Billups' contract for the 2011-12 season is a team option, with the Bobcats having the option to pay $14.2 million to keep Billups for another year, or buy out Billups' contract for $3.7 million.

This will free up close to 30 million annual salary, and it will not be difficult to renew Lopez after renewing Durant. And after this season, Rondo must find a way to stay in the team. In this way, once Billups leaves, the Bobcats will not drop the level of point guard very much. But it is too difficult for Bagnani, Landry and others to renew their contracts with low salaries, and when their contracts expire, they are almost certain to leave the team.

The training session continued, and Durant scored again. Jordan stood up and applauded. Aside from Hayes, Jordan's favorite person right now is Durant. As a super scorer, Jordan naturally likes people who can score.

"Kevin is better than Mayo! He's amazing! Jordan said it again.

Mayo's performance with the Trail Blazers was not too eye-catching, averaging 13.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1 steal per game. In addition to the assist statistics, it is behind Durant across the board.

Now that the Trail Blazers are a bit sorry about the trade, Durant seems to be better suited to pick-and-roll play than Brandon Roy. They didn't notice it at the time. Now the roles of Roy and Mayo overlap a little again, and there are still problems in the distribution of the ball. In the 8 games played, the Trail Blazers won 5 and lost 3.

This is not to say that Roy affects the development of his teammates and is a cancer. It's that Trail Blazers head coach McMillan doesn't know how to get Durant and Roy together. Roy is already a top-5 player in the league's No. 2 position this season, and his biggest advantage is that he has a high ball quotient and plays reasonably. But the ability in all aspects is average, nothing is particularly outstanding, and the comprehensive strength is not outstanding among the first-line stars.

Durant's talent is better suited to a breakup than Roy. So the Bobcats made Durant the number one firepower on the outside, taking more shots than Hayes, and his scoring ability was developed at once.

The Bobcats also have some problems, there are so many people who can play that Anthony Morrow is inevitably a little frustrating when he is pulled out of the rotation after playing a good game. There's also Weaver, Marc Gasol and others, who can play as long as they're on the court, but they're the most marginal players on the Bobcats.

The bobcat suffers from "happy troubles".

(To be continued)