Chapter 157: Mystery
The Madison Square Garden brawl on the night of December 15 was completely unexpected by everyone, and it all came so suddenly.
And in recent years, the NBA has been working hard to improve the image of the NBA, and now you can't escape a ban just by throwing a punch on the court, let alone this brawl is even worse.
This undoubtedly seriously damaged the image of the league, which had just improved, and the brawl was most prominent near the base camp of the whole league.
This brawl has also directly changed the league's recent trade rumors, and more people are focusing on this brawl.
In the eyes of many sports professionals, the brawl was nowhere near as violent as the "Auburn Hills Palace Incident" two years ago, and in a poll on the sports website SportNation, 81% of voters believed that the biggest difference between the brawl was that the friction between the Knicks and the Nuggets did not reach the fans in the audience.
But despite this, Yahoo columnist Michael Want believes that the Knicks-Nuggets brawl was worse than the brawl between the Pacers and Pistons, because "the incident was triggered solely by the actions of the players and escalated by themselves." ”
ESPN even gave awards to the leading actors of the brawl, awarding them seven awards: the most troublesome, the best style, the best sneak attack, the most innocent, the best black foot, the biggest black pot, and the most confident.
And George Carr, who was awarded by the ESPN judges, is even more optimistic, estimating that Anthony, who averaged 31.6 points per game this season, will not be suspended for more than five games.
ESPN made a CG simulation animation after the awards, and WWE officials quickly launched an animated version of the Madison Brawl, and announced the launch of the brawl-themed WWE Challenge, which further expanded the influence of the brawl.
NBA commissioner David Stern didn't want to see such a scene, and after the fact, he decided to impose strict penalties on players involved in the brawl.
Everyone knew that the league was likely to issue another blockbuster fine this time, and as expected, NBA officials held a press conference early the next morning to officially announce the punishment decision for the Madison brawl.
Ten players were sent off the court, seven of whom received league suspensions, bringing the total number of suspensions to 47, resulting in $1.2 million in salary penalties for players and $500,000 for each team.
The biggest name, Carmelo Anthony, ranks sixth on the all-time ban list with 15 games, and will not be paid $640097 for those 15 games.
JR Smith, like Nate Robinson, was suspended for 10 games and lost more than $100,000 in wages.
Maddy Collins, who maliciously fouled and caused the brawl, was banned for six games, and Jeffries, who was innocently attacked, was also banned for four games.
The rest of Nene and Jerome James are each suspended for one game.
The heavy fine shocked the whole league, and although everyone expected the brawl to be heavily fined, no one expected it to be so severe.
The Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks appealed at the same time, but both were dismissed, and in the end, both sides had to accept the result.
The original overwhelming trade rumors were all overshadowed by the news of the brawl, and at this time, the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers directly canceled Kevin McHale's previous trade offer to Linson.
McHale hung up the phone, originally he was only thinking about the Philadelphia 76ers, but he didn't expect that the 76ers, who proposed the trade first, would take the initiative to interrupt the trade negotiations.
However, McHale also knows that this disruption is also a clear hint that Philadelphia has found Iverson's next home.
"We can't go to Philadelphia."
Lin Sen was relieved by the words of David Falck on the other end of the phone, and there were hundreds of fans outside his home at the moment.
Through the corner of the curtain, there were banners outside the house, which clearly stated that they wanted him to stay in Minnesota, and the cheers of the fans outside the house kept drilling into his ears.
Lin Sen couldn't help but think of the first time he came to Minneapolis for a tryout, and the scene of Kevin McHale personally picking up the plane seemed to be still in front of him.
Putting down the curtain that had pulled up a corner, Lin Sen sighed: "Can David stay here?" ”
David Falck on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Linson to put forward the idea of wanting to stay with the Timberwolves.
"Weishenme wants to stay?"
"I want to give an account to the fans who support me, and I don't want to be seen as a deserter."
"No one thinks you're a deserter."
"David, help me, I want to stay, even if it's just for this season."
Listening to Lin Sen's request, from the perspective of an agent, he disagreed with Lin Sen's insistence, but this time he wanted to help Lin Sen.
He didn't know the outcome, but David Falke was determined that even if he was traded, Linson would be a positive image rather than a cancer for the team.
"I do my best, but you know I can't guarantee the outcome, all I can do is let you stay or leave in the best way possible."
Lin Sen hung up the phone, feeling uncertain about his future for the first time.
When he came to Minnesota, he thought he could make his own and enjoy everything here with Garnett's help, but what he didn't expect was that it would become like this in just 20 games.
Lin Sen wrote on his Twitter account: "I want to stay!" ”。
The update had nearly 30,000 comments in less than an hour, and Lindsay Lohan, who had just opened a Twitter account, directly said that you are welcome in Orlando @Linsen.
Most of the female stars led by Carolina Kokuva expressed their support for @Linsen, and of course there were many people who wanted Linsen to be traded.
However, at this moment, an unknown small newspaper revealed that McHale and the Timberwolves owners will now be likely to choose between Linson and Devin Casey.
It is likely that Devin Casey will be fired as head coach rather than Linson being traded.
David Falck nodded in satisfaction at the news, and then added $5,000 to an account.
Although it was absolutely impossible for McHale to come forward and clarify the matter, it was still impossible to stop the news from spreading.
Coupled with Lin Sen's Twitter message, many people are even more convinced.
While there has been no shortage of players in the history of the league who have forced out a head coach, there are far too few such facts, let alone a rookie.
'It's absolutely impossible, I'm on good terms with Wood, he's going to play tonight and I'm sure those rumours will be broken.'
Just before the Timberwolves face the Atlanta Hawks at home, Devin Casey said this to the media.
At almost the same moment, there was official news from the NBA that the Philadelphia 76ers, who had been rumoring trade news with the Timberwolves, officially sent Iverson to the Denver Nuggets.
For a moment, Lin Sen couldn't leave, like a mystery.
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