273 Putting pressure on David Stern
So didn't Duffy think about the dynasty last summer?
Of course!
But it was a different time.
Last season, O'Neal was the MVP of the regular season, and although his form declined, he was still at the top of his peak.
As for Li Lei, a second-year star, he has great potential, but it is not certain how much he can achieve in the future.
So trade away Li Lei, keep O'Neal and Wade, and the Heat still have a high probability of winning the championship.
But this season is different.
O'Neal suffered frequent injuries, his playing time plummeted, his form was good and bad, his attitude began to become more and more lazy, and he did not obey Riley's discipline.
What about Li Lei?
One season, two 50+, this is 50+ at the beginning of the century!
The single-core led the team to defeat the Bucks and complete the great record of 34 consecutive wins.
The development of the triple threat, although it is still a prototype, has also begun to have a taste of unsolvable.
In addition, Li Lei made 80 appearances in the regular season, and the two games he missed were banned for helping Wade out.
In his three-year career, Li Lei has almost worked full-time.
What is it?
Resistant to injuries and diseases, durable!
This is the most valuable attribute of an NBA player.
The NBA's talented monsters are crawling all over the place, but they have been ruined by injuries.
Grant Hill, Chris Webb, Hardaway, Bill Wharton...... and later generations of Yao Ming, Maddie, Okafor, O'Neal Jr., Rose, Griffin, Jabari Parker...... This is true of all of them.
In addition, Li Lei's defense has also made great progress, and he has truly embarked on the road of integrating offense and defense.
It was this season that the status of O'Neill and Li Lei was adjusted.
Now, Li Lei is the cornerstone of the Heat, and O'Neal seems to be the icing on the cake.
After all, in the days when O'Neal was away, the Heat team still played well with Li Lei and Wade.
Now, some people dare to say that if Li Lei is sent away and O'Neal is left, can the Heat still win the championship with a high probability?
On the contrary, most people think: send O'Neal away, leave Li Lei and Wade, and the Heat will be a favorite to win the championship in the next ten or even fifteen years.
However, as mentioned earlier, Li Lei and Wade are here, and no other team will take over O'Neal, unless the Heat team gives it away for nothing.
So......
"So there's a good chance Riley is signing you now."
Bill Duffy concluded.
"But ......"
"You should also see that Popovich, old Bass and a bunch of guys are bragging about the Heat and bringing rhythm among the fans, do you think these old and cunning guys are really singing praises for the Heat?"
Of course not.
These guys, they are all old foxes, how could they do thankless things, and they happened to run into each other.
That's where the secret comes in.
These old foxes who wish the Heat team would fall apart are singing praises for the Heat.
Are they big-hearted?
Of course not!
Li Lei thought of a word mentioned by Duffy, "killing".
These old guys are going to hold the Heat high and then fall to their deaths.
Of course, this is not enough.
They have a deeper purpose.
That's why Duffy was in a hurry to come to Miami and talk to Li Lei.
Bill Duffy took a sip of coffee, cleared his throat, and his face gradually became serious: "These guys are irritating David Stern!" ”
Li Lei: "......"
Yao Ming: "......"
Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu: "......"
The four guys were confused.
Duffy explained slowly: "On the way here, I looked up a statistic. ”
In the last three years, Miami's ball market has skyrocketed, becoming the third largest ball market in the NBA, behind only New York and Los Angeles.
In the past two years, the attention of the Heat team has skyrocketed, and they are the hottest team in the NBA, even surpassing the Lakers, Bulls, Mavericks, Houston......
For example, in the recent playoffs, the Heat's game ratings have repeatedly broken records.
That's certainly a good thing.
But at the same time, the NBA's other 29 teams are all experiencing a decline in viewership.
To put it simply, the Heat are getting hotter and hotter, but the NBA as a whole is getting colder.
When Li Lei and the four of them heard this, they all quieted down.
They really haven't paid attention to that.
"You know what? Even during the two dynasties of Jordan, this did not happen. Because in those years, the bull was strong, but not invincible. ”
"But right now, the Heat are too strong, too strong to be desperately strong."
"Look at last year's playoffs, the champion Spurs in '03 and the Pistons in '04 were all top teams, but they were all swept by you."
"If you look at this year, you've only had a negative regular season. Only...... Hehe! But you have a 34-game winning streak. You and Wade have improved dramatically, and you look stronger than you did last year. In the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Bucks and Cavaliers lost by an average of about 30 points per game. In the first game of the Eastern Conference finals, the Pistons played so well, but they still lost miserably......"
"You guys, it's so desperate!"
"This is a big family!"
"Stern may allow a superteam like the Bulls to exist, but he won't allow an invincible team like yours to exist."
"A game that loses suspense will only lead to the loss of most fans."
"After all, the results are known, what is the charm of competitive sports."
"Your presence has brought the NBA to an end!"
There was silence.
Li Lei and the four of them were silent, they had only heard that the team was too weak to go on.
But now, the Heat are feared because they are too strong.
"David Stern, he's not going to allow the Heat to continue to dominate the league. But this guy has a bottom line in doing things, he won't mess around, he may wait for a year. After all, in another year, O'Neal will be older, Mourning will almost retire, Wade and you will definitely have one left, and the Heat will fall apart. ”
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But Popovich and Old Bass couldn't wait.
They sang praises for the Heat in front of the media, which was actually a funeral.
They're spurring Stern to do it this summer.
"You see, Popovich talked about retirement. He's telling Stern that if he can't disarm the Radiators, he won't have confidence and he'll retire. ”
It's a threat!
And Stern can't take his anger out on Popovich yet, because the Heat are the public enemies of the NBA.
"I can guarantee that more people will come out and speak in the near future."
Things are as Duffedo said.
In the days that followed, Mavericks owner Cuban, Warriors head coach Nelson Sr., Houston owner Alexander, Knicks owner Dolan ......
While singing praises for the Heat, these people have also expressed a loss of interest in the league and the possibility of leaving or pursuing other careers.
It's the NBA's giants coming together to put pressure on David Stern.
After all, the Heat stole everyone's interests, and this really affected them to make money.
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