Chapter Fifty-Six: The Wind Rises
The Lakers' next game is against the Pistons.
When I arrived in Detroit and got off the plane, it was about 3 o'clock in the morning, and the wind was so strong that the sound of "whirring" could be heard outside the car.
The wind is blowing......
The NBA headquarters in New York also blew a "big storm".
"Listen, I repeat, I don't want this to have a bigger impact!"
"This is just a contradiction on the court, inform all the media that tomorrow's report will put a photo of Li Wan and Allen Iverson hugging, and this matter will stop here!"
"Heavy penalties for Lee Wan and J.R. Smith ......"
"No, the punishment for J.R. Smith is heavier!"
"Tomorrow there will be another statement on the official website, and at the same time notify the general managers of each team, I hope they understand that racial discrimination is taboo in the NBA, and I don't want to see any team in a similar situation again, especially rookies, they need to know that each of them represents the image of this league!"
"Okay, let's do it first, I'll call those media who like to mess around later, as long as it doesn't ferment at this time tomorrow, this matter should end here!"
……
David Stern hung up the phone, pinched his temples and removed the gold-rimmed glasses from the bridge of his nose, his face tired. It's been 23 years since he accepted the NBA in 1984.
A great number.
He actually enjoys being the president of the league, and he enjoys every challenge, which is why he changed from an NBA lawyer to an NBA president in the first place.
The NBA is also recovering from the near death under his leadership, and it's getting better and better!
In particular, Michael Jordan became a "god", coupled with Yao Ming being elected as the champion in 02, the "NBA internationalization" strategy was officially launched, and the league took off at a rapid pace.
These are all things that he has built with almost half of his life, he only hopes that this alliance will get better and better, and any hidden dangers will be strangled in the cradle!
There were some things he didn't want to see happen in the Lakers' game against the Nuggets.
Fortunately, Allen Iverson's charlatan who likes to wipe his brother's ass helped him, leaving a photo that was enough to stifle the influence of public opinion.
David Stern has always disliked Allen Iverson and thinks he has too many street habits, but this time he found that the morality is still very good, and even looking at Allen Iverson is a lot more pleasing to the eye.
However, this Nuggets team, he hopes to disband as soon as possible. How many things have this guy on this team messed with off the field since last year!
Including this time, it was also JR-Smith who took the initiative to use discriminatory gestures first!
fxxk!
He had to give this team some warning.
After rubbing his sour eyes for a while, David Stern put back on his gold-rimmed glasses, and the moment he opened his eyes, he regained his usual calmness as an NBA president.
This night, he didn't sleep, and after dealing with things, he has been waiting for feedback from all parties. Finding out that this incident contained the momentum in time, I finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
The wind blew all night, and the streets of Detroit looked a little chilly the next day. Li Wan specially added a blue striped sweatshirt, thinking that today would be much colder than before, but Odom bought a few newspapers, except for the praise of his explosive score, all he saw was "love and peace", and the pictures of him hugging Alan Iverson filled almost every newspaper.
Just when Li Wan thought that this was the end of the matter, he received a call from his agent, Arne Tylen.
"The league's penalty is out, and we have to pay a fine of 100,000."
“what?”
Li Wan was shocked, his monthly salary was only 107,000 dollars, and he asked for a month's salary.
"How much is JR?"
"250,000!"
"Okay!"
Li Wan's heart suddenly balanced.
He doesn't regret making that move, respect is mutual, you respect me, I respect you, you don't respect me, I don't need to respect you.
In addition, the most reported is that Kenny Smith lost the bet with Barkley and was going to kiss the donkey's ass naked, Li Wan knew about it last night, Greg Auden and Yao Ming both texted him as soon as possible to inform him of this. Thinking about the video he watched on the Internet of Barkley kissing the donkey's buttocks, he suddenly looked forward to what Kenny Smith would look like at that time.
At this time, I have to see what domestic fans are saying, but unfortunately the current mobile phone is not so smart, and the computer has to be plugged into the network cable and network card, Li Wan sent a message to Tyron, asking him to go over the wall to see the domestic comments.
When he arrived at the hotel, Taryn also sent a screenshot of the domestic review to his mailbox:
"Da Yao let Barkley kiss the donkey's buttocks, and now Li Wan has Kenny Smith kissed the donkey's buttocks, this wave is called fulfillment to the end!"
"It's really unreasonable for Li Wan to get up, he can be so good!"
"I watched the live broadcast of that game, and my mother asked me several times, why do I kneel to watch the computer when I look at the computer."
……
As expected, domestic fans were unusually excited.
He Li Wan can be regarded as playing the first famous scene in his career!
The mobile phone rang at this time, Li Wan picked it up and glanced at it, and answered with a smile: "Man, morning." ”
The caller was Mike Conley.
"Dude, you're too fierce! Why are you so strong now? ”
"If Kenny Smith knew that you had such strength, he would never have fought Charles like that!"
Mike Conley chatted about what an amazing thing it was to be able to play against Alan Iverson, and he never dreamed of doing it once. Speaking of how Kenny Smith would be disgraced, the topic suddenly changed: "You're so strong, you can definitely teach me a lesson from that bastard, it's up to you!" ”
Huh?
Belch......
Good guy, I've been trying to talk about this for a long time!
I still can't forget it for so long, which shows how much of a nest he had in that game.
But it's really fast, after playing Detroit, go back and play two more home games, and Li Wan will also be on the same page as the 07 Bangyan show.
Kupchak also made a phone call and told him about the documents that the NBA had officially sent to him asking for serious attention to the issue of racial discrimination.
Li Wan bent the corners of his mouth: "What I can guarantee is that I will not take the initiative to do these things to the other party!" ”
Kupchak didn't say anything more, he just wanted to tell Li Wan how seriously the alliance took this, and Li Wan's answer was the best outcome he had expected.
The fact that other teams have been calling him more frequently lately proves that more and more teams are aware of Li Wan's potential, and he will not do anything stupid to destroy his relationship with the team by asking Li Wan to give an attitude.
"By the way, man, although the impact of this matter has not fermented, you are now a villain like the Emperor of the Universe in the eyes of many black people, including in the future games, you may encounter the deliberate targeting of some players, you should be careful."
Li Wan could feel Kupchak's concern, he nodded gratefully, and joked: "Thank you, sir, I can already open it. The age of the room. ”