In mid-March, the trade deadline for the 2012 season was approaching.

Every year at this time, the alliance will be rumored and all kinds of rumors will continue.

But this year is obviously an exception, and there are basically no major revelations on the news before the trade deadline.

The only thing reporters are concerned about is whether Dwight Howard will choose to apply for a trade, or jump out of his contract early, or reach an agreement with the Magic to renew his contract early.

At present, Howard's career with the Magic has entered the countdown, and the Magic team has lost championship contention in the East.

The Heat and Bulls are rising, the Celtics are old and strong, the Cavaliers are thriving, and there is no room for the Magic in the Eastern Conference.

Aside from the future of the "No. 1 center", none of the other teams have made any big moves worth watching.

Because this season, the East and West are very strong, the strong teams are strong, the weak teams are weak, and the midstream teams don't have many opportunities.

In the East, the Heat, Cavaliers, Celtics, and Bulls are competing for a place in the Finals, the Magic have withdrawn from the championship ranks, and the Pacers have not yet become a climate.

In the West, the Clippers, Thunder, and Lakers troika took shape, leading the record rankings in the West.

The Spurs, Grizzlies, Nuggets and other teams followed, but there was a big gap between them and the top three in terms of record and strength, and there was no longer the feeling of the Wild West before.

The pattern of imbalance between the east and the west for ten years is gradually returning to a state of equilibrium.

Even, there is a faint feeling that the east is overpowering the west.

The root cause is because Min Congda is making trouble.

His two picks in the draft, as well as random picks in free agency, ruined both teams' rebuilding plans.

One is the San Antonio Spurs and the other is the Indiana Pacers.

Both of these teams are the kind of small clubs that don't have much of a market.

If you want to rise, you can only rely on the draft and some tinkering small deals.

It's harder to catch big fish in the free market.

Popovich was careful in his calculations, and after repeated investigations in the summer, he took a fancy to Leonard, a rising star.

With a click, it was taken away by the Clippers, causing the reconstruction plan to be completely disrupted.

They had to bite the bullet and continue to use Richard Jefferson to play a decent regular season.

But Popovich knows that it will be difficult for such a Spur to compete with the Clippers, Lakers, and Thunder in the playoffs.

Therefore, the Spurs have been looking for trade opportunities to strengthen the team's No. 3 position and squeeze the oil out of GDP.

Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker still had gas in their tanks.

Like the Spurs, the Pacers have a new star Paul George who was snatched away by the Clippers.

Bird saw that George was getting bigger and better with the Clippers, and he was so angry that he wanted to quit.

Since he took the helm of the Pacers, every time the Pacers were about to rise, they had trouble and fell short.

In 00, he met the Sharks in the finals, in 04 he encountered the Pistons, and in 05 he fought and disbanded.

After a few years of hard work, players like Granger, Hibbert, David West and others have pieced together one by one, and a strong Pacers will emerge.

But Paul George's important talent puzzle was taken away, which made Bird very uncomfortable.

Min Congda ruined the Spurs and Pacers, and indirectly made the Cavaliers and Lakers.

At present, these two teams can be described as strong, even if the Clippers have won 17 consecutive games, they still have not opened a gap with the Lakers in the rankings.

Although the Lakers do not have a long winning streak, their winning rate is very stable, and the combination between Paul and Kobe Bryant is becoming more and more tacit.

Many domestic Lakers fans basically wake up in the morning, have a late breakfast, and turn on their mobile phones or TV to watch Lakers games.

After watching halfway, you can basically go to lunch with peace of mind, because the suspense of the game is often lost in the first half.

If the Lakers play on the road, the game starts at nine o'clock or half past nine, and waking up is a victory for those college fans who sleep in.

Under Phil Jackson's tutelage, the Lakers are very stable, and they want to make some minor tinkers at the trade deadline to strengthen their strength.

In the hope of being able to make the playoffs smooth and stable, and to win the championship.

The Cavaliers are in a similar situation to the Lakers, with a perfectly built roster with few flaws.

LeBron James is racing towards his third MVP trophy.

All this is the result of Min Congda's secret help.

With the two super opponents in the East and West as double insurance, it is really difficult for a young team like the Clippers to win the championship.

In particular, the Boston Celtics broke the Clippers' winning streak on the road, which made Min Congda feel good.

What makes him feel better is, of course, that his ban is about to come.

Dr. Mia issued him a psychiatric diagnosis and believed that Min Congda was currently emotionally stable and could watch the game from the sidelines.

In the last psychotherapy, Min Congda was fighting wits and courage with Mia, fake hypnosis, making up stories, and getting through in confusion.

This time is different, Min Congda is taking medicine seriously, really taking medicine.

Then through a series of tests, it is certified as: no problem.

Min Congda was already hungry and thirsty, and he couldn't wait to go to the scene to watch the game.

He's now completely fascinated by the NBA scene.

The grand, bright venue, noisy and interesting environment, and fierce confrontation are all fascinating.

After 25 games and more than a month of not watching the game, Min Congda really missed the feeling of the game.

Of course, he thinks the league's ban is very good.

Because in those 25 games, the Clippers lost two!

If you watch from the sidelines from beginning to end, you won't be?

Now, in the first game after the ban is lifted, the Clippers challenge the Oklahoma City Thunder away!

It is true that where you fall, you get up from there.

Min Congda was suspended for the game between the Clippers and the Thunder.

After the ban was lifted, the first game was to go to the scene to watch the Clippers play the Thunder.

This makes the alliance quite worried, will Min Congda be a moth again?

Before the start of this game between the Clippers and the Thunder on March 17.

New York, Olympia Building, inside the office of the president of the NBA league.

After the afternoon's regular work meeting, Adam Silva convened an internal meeting to discuss the league's work ahead of the trade deadline.

Since Adam Silva became president of the league, such cabinet meetings have been held much more often than under Stern.

First, Silva had just become president of the alliance, and there were many issues that needed to be discussed and decided with the vice president.

Second, Silva needed such a meeting to assert his authority.

During the referee's strike last time, Silva was well prepared to dismantle the offensive of his vice president and referees.

This further increased Silva's authority in the alliance, and the voices below who dared to oppose him were naturally smaller.

And after the incident, Adam Silva further expanded the size of the league's referee reserve, and at the same time asked the referees in the reserve team to participate in the NBDL and this summer's summer league games to increase their experience.

He also asked the official to increase the number of referee training camps and enhance the training of novice referees from the beginning of the new season.

There is no doubt that in this way, Silva is tightening his grip on the referee team and paving the way for future plans.

And in today's cabinet meeting, the issue of refereeing was raised again, and this time it was related to Min Congda.

Bozia, who is in charge of refereeing work, said: "Mr. President, there is a problem that needs to be reported to you now, tomorrow, that is, March 17, the Clippers vs. Thunder game, no referee is willing to play to enforce the law." ”

Silva raised an eyebrow and said, "No one wants to come out to enforce the law?" Why? ”

Bozia said: "Because... Smart is coming back for that game, and he'll definitely be on the sidelines to watch the game. ”

Silva smiled: "Smart is back, so the referee refuses to blow the game?" What is the reasoning of this, and do they still want to make a strike? ”

"No, no, no, they don't want to strike, they just don't want to blow the game with Smart on the sidelines..."

"It's a strike in disguise, Smart is out of ban, we can't ban him from going to the game as a spectator. The referee can't refuse to enforce the law just because of a spectator, you get the idea, Bozia? ”

Bozia nodded, and at the moment he and the referee team had no room for resistance in front of Silva.

This slight struggle was also easily suppressed by Silva's bullet.

Bozia knew that if the referee insisted on not playing, the result would be to use the referee of the reserve team.

Then these referees who refuse to play will definitely be sanctioned by the league and lose the qualification to continue law enforcement.

With the backing of Stern and most of the top management and shareholders, Silva's authority cannot be challenged.

But what makes Bozia even more incomprehensible is why Silva is so protective of Smart.

"Tomorrow's game will have to be enforced, but Smart is a real problem. So, send a steady and fair referee to blow the whistle tomorrow. Don't let Fitzgerald's temper go away anymore, steady, steady! ”

Silva was still quite worried after thinking about it, so he asked that a steady and reliable referee must be dispatched, and that Min Congda not be allowed to seize the handle and go crazy.

To be honest, during the period when Min Congda was banned and banned, the league referee's office was really a lot more relaxed.

No one has to give comments all day long, and they don't have to respond to nitpicky emails.

But to be honest, I don't really have much motivation to work like this.

"By the way, also, think of a way to give Smart the best general manager this year. Use this award to appease this guy and make him less against the alliance in the future. ”

Since it comes to Min Congda, it is natural to talk about everything related to him, otherwise it is still very annoying to always mention this trouble.

Silva bluntly said at this kind of meeting that he would give a certain award to whoever he wants, which is something that Stern has only dared to do in the past.

Silva has only been president for half a season, and he has shown his dictatorship.

The vice presidents were secretly dissatisfied in their hearts, but they didn't say much.

Everyone knows in their hearts that there must be some PY deal between Smart and Silva.

The two of them are actually a gang.

In the last referee incident, the two simply sang and harmonized.

One is troublesome, the other is peaceful.

Min Congda seems to have been punished very badly, but in fact, he secretly got a lot of benefits from Silva.

Judging from the current momentum, Silva not only wants to give Min Congda the best manager, but also estimates that the championship is also thinking about giving it to the Clippers, right?

Because the new president always wants to create a superstar and create a leading role on the league stage.

Before the Stern era, Michael Jordan was the best protagonist, the most perfect superstar.

To a certain extent, it can even be said that Michael Jordan has made the NBA and the league brilliant.

That's why after Jordan retired, the league has always had the ridiculous-sounding statement "Jordan's successor".

The present and the future look ridiculous, but not at the time, because people knew that Jordan was too important to the league.

He is the perfect protagonist of the NBA drama, the protagonist is over, who will continue to watch the show?

Later, Stern praised a lot of people, and in the end, Kobe Bryant was half of the successor.

And James is known as the chosen son, but the result is that Adou, who can't be supported, just can't win the championship.

Now, James is very close to the championship, and Kobe Bryant also has the strength to win again.

But both men are legacies of the Stern era, and whoever wins the championship will be considered the afterglow of the Stern era.

Adam Silva, as the new president, naturally hopes that there will be new representatives, new superstars, new protagonists to step up.

In the 1983-1984 season, when Stern became the president of the league, the Celtics and Lakers started the yellow-green battle mode, which became the peak and classic in NBA ratings history.

And the representative of the Larry O'Brien era, the superstar Julius Irving who poached from the ABA, won the championship in 83, and failed to touch any championship in 84, and the Super 76ers, who had just returned fofofo, fell apart in just one season, leaving all the glory in the early 80s.

Everyone can see that Silva also wants to create a new era of his own, and the representative team is the Los Angeles Clippers!

It's just that Silva is still too embarrassed to say.

After discussing a few more matters, the vice presidents left the president's office.

Silva pulled out his phone and dialed Min Congda's mobile number.

"Hello, Smart? I'm Adam, and I'll take care of the ban for you. You can go to the game tomorrow against the Thunder...... Haha, of course it's not that easy, there are still objections internally. You're really going to have to rein in this time, and don't get into any more trouble. At least you don't want to get in trouble this season, including the playoffs, OK? ”

On the other end of the phone, Min Congda heard Silva's words and knew that this guy was here to "invite credit", and he must have something to do for himself.

"I won't trouble you anymore, don't worry, thank you very much for your attention. If you have any orders, just tell me that I, Smart Min, will do my best. ”

Min Congda thought to himself, as long as you don't want the Clippers to win the championship, I am willing to do anything.

Oh, by the way, and the charity dinner donation, so spare me.

Silva didn't mention these two things, but said: "I want to talk to you about the development of the Chinese market. I heard that you have set up an Asian youth basketball training center in China for two seasons, have you achieved any results? ”

"Uh... Yes, we've bred a talented basketball boy! ”

"Really? Why is there no news? ”

"There is news that the last time I was banned, the one who was kicked out of the game was the one who was kicked out of the game."

Some people died, but not completely......