After sending off Kobe and O'Neal, Zhou Quan just picked up his son, and the mobile phone rang, it was the phone of the general manager Whithit, he gave the little Zhou Yuan to the nanny, and connected the phone, "Bob? ”

"Iron Fist King, there's something unexpected that needs to inform you." Whithit's tone was a little helpless and a little annoyed.

"You say?" Zhou Quan said calmly.

He estimated that some of his teammates might have had an accident at home that caused the injury.

"The police have just informed the team that they have arrested Ruben Patterson." Whithitt said.

"Why? Speeding? He was stunned.

Although Ruben Patterson is only in the second grade, he has already shown some prickly character, but he is kind of obedient to him, that is, there are some signs of thorns, which are not too serious, and he does not take drugs and alcohol, and he can't think of anything else that may be arrested by the police.

"The nanny at his house called the police and said that he was a strong woman." Whithitt said.

"What?" He was really surprised.

"I don't know if it's really or not, I'm going to deal with this matter now, let you know, if there is a media interview, that's for sure, you just say you don't know if you don't know." Whithitt said.

“OK。” He replied.

Soon, the external mobile phone rang, and a reporter called in, and he casually coped with it.

By this time, the television media had stepped in, and news about Patterson began to fly.

"Boss, is the Patterson thing real?" Cory Magetti called and asked.

"I don't know, the management has already dealt with it." Zhou Quan said.

"This guy, I knew he was going to have something happen sooner or later." Margety muttered.

"What else do you know?" He asked casually.

"Oh, Patterson's family is in trouble, there are a couple of drug addicts, and I've heard that he often beats his wife and abuses her, and he brings it up to us." Margeti said.

"How did I not know?" He was a little confused.

"Boss, where does he dare to say this in front of you? He is ten times better before you than before us. Margeti said.

"Well, don't talk about these things outside, especially in the media." He admonished.

"Understood."

"The media will definitely be staring at us these days, so don't accept media interviews first."

“OK。”

As soon as he hung up Margety's phone, Big Ben's call came in again.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, Whithitt called and said that Ruben Patterson had been released on bail.

"Bob, is it true?"

"I don't know, Patterson denies, the police are still collecting evidence, and the police say that the babysitter has formally charged Patterson's strong woman guilt."

"What are the teams going to do?"

"I was going to let him make a good deal of the data and then trade him, but it's in vain." Whithitt said with some annoyance.

Speaking of this, he remembered Zhou Quan's question, and immediately said: "Let him return to the team for the time being, this matter is in trouble, if the police find evidence to formally charge him, there will definitely be a lawsuit, he has to appear in court often, and he will be absent from the team's training and games." ”

"Damn!"

Zhou Quan was also annoyed, he didn't want to play with a strong female criminal, but things hadn't been figured out yet, and he couldn't do anything.

"Iron Fist, if you ...... Or do I dispose of his contract? ”

When Whithit heard Zhou Quan's "special", he knew that he was unhappy and immediately said.

Zhou Quan pondered for a while and said: "Bob, we are not judges, if he really does it, I really don't want to play with him, I hate such people, I hate them very much." ”

"I see."

Whithitt immediately understood what Zhou Quan meant, that is, there was no need for evidence, as long as it could be established that Patterson had indeed forced the other party to behave in a good manner.

At this time, Ruben Patterson had just returned home.

His wife, Shannon Patterson, was surprised to see him come back, this bastard bailed out so soon? That's right, in her eyes, Patterson is a jerk.

This bastard often abuses her, and she is not surprised at all to rape the nanny when she goes out walking the dog today, because Patterson used to harass the nanny in front of her.

The nanny called the police and she was also very happy, this bastard had better be caught in jail and never let out for the rest of her life, if it wasn't for the money, she would have left Patterson a long time ago.

"Look at what? What is that look on your face, don't you want to see me back? Damn, did you collude with that female cousin to call the police? ”

"No, that's not about me."

Patterson, who was in a bad mood, scolded Shannon as soon as he came in, and the more he scolded, the more angry he became, and his temper grew bigger and bigger, and he was slapped in the face when he rushed over.

"Smack!"

"Ahh Don't hit, Reuben, please, don't hit me......"

A slap from an NBA professional athlete directly pumped Shannon a few laps before falling to the ground, and Shannon was beaten to the point of screaming and begging for mercy.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Zhou Quan received another call from Whithit.

"Iron Fist, we have to get rid of Patterson, we can't keep him in the team anymore."

"Is it decided?"

"No, it's too late to know for sure. Just another incident happened, Patterson's wife Shannon called the police, saying that Patterson abused and beat him, Patterson was arrested by the police again, and Shannon was taken to the hospital by the police. I went to see it, and I was indeed beaten, and my face was swollen. ”

"......" Zhou Quan was speechless.

……

"The Iron Fist King's teammate, the No. 2 pick in the second round in '98, Ruben Patterson, was arrested on suspicion of raping a babysitter and abusing and beating his wife, and has not yet been released on bail." New york times.

"Iron Fist teammate Ruben Patterson was arrested twice in a row by police in three hours." Los Angeles Times.

"Ruben Patterson has been arrested by Seattle police on suspicion of rape and wife abuse." The Seattle Post.

"Under local law in Washington state, Ruben Patterson can get up to the death penalty if convicted." The Seattle Times.

The next day, because of the attention of supersound, the news about Ruben Patterson was reported by the media all over the United States, which was very lively and boiling.

Ruben Patterson has received unprecedented attention, and even spread all over the world, and the Chinese media has carried a lot of reports and become famous.

With the exception of the Seattle media, the rest of the media basically have a title in front of Patterson's name, a teammate of the Iron Fist King.

At noon that day, Supersound held a press conference.

At the press conference, management announced a ten-game ban on Ruben Patterson.

But in private, Whithitt had put him on the shelf, just waiting for a deal.

At the same time, the league officially announced that Patterson was banned for 5 games, plus the team ban, which is 15 games.

In these fifteen bans, Patterson has no salary income, and the loss is not small.

In the evening, the Central Gymnasium.

At eight o'clock, the SuperSonics and Lakers announced their starting lineups.

Lakers: O'Neal, Horres Grant, Rick Fox, Kobe, Ron Harper

Sonics: Ben Wallace, Rashad Lewis, Bowen, Cory Magetti, Zhou Quan

On the NBA commentary bench, John Moore glanced at the starting list, put it aside, and joked: "What I'm most concerned about right now is one thing, where is Ruben Patterson?" ”

James Worthy said: "I have information that he hasn't been released on bail yet. After a second arrest within three hours, Seattle police reportedly denied bail and held him for at least 48 hours.

It's a big deal now, the whole world knows about it, and I expect that Ruben Patterson will be formally charged soon. ”

"So James, now that management has put Patterson on the injury list, do you think he's going to be traded next?" John Moore said.

James Worthy considered: "Although Patterson is only a second-round pick, he still has some strength, he is very consistent in scoring, can hit the penalty area, has a stable position in the superSonics' bench lineup, and even started the lineup, he is one of the important superSonics rotation lineups."

Logically speaking, the SuperSonics will not give up on him easily, and he should stay on the injury list until the case is resolved. ”

On the CCTV commentary seat, Zhang Lili and Xu Jicheng did not say anything about Patterson, but were analyzing the lineups of both sides.

Zhang Reasonable said: "The last time the West played the Lakers, it was the three meat shields that went up to grind O'Neal, plus the foul tactics, the effect was good, sweeping the Lakers, this No. 4 position let Lewis, a spatial power forward, play the starter, maybe I want to try a new style of play, right?" ”

Xu Jicheng said: "No matter what new style of play, Ben Wallace will never be able to carry the big shark alone anyway, so letting Lewis play the starter, I think it's just a simple grind."

But the SuperSonics are in the midst of a crucial winning streak, and if they lose to the Lakers tonight, the winning streak will be aborted, which is a pity! ”

"Indeed." Zhang Li also nodded.

Players' tunnel, the two sides meet.

"Iron Fist, has Patterson released it?" O'Neill said excitedly.

"I don't know." Zhou Quan said unhappily.

Kobe shouted: "Iron Fist, Ruben Patterson is too inferior, right, actually doing that kind of thing?" Forcing a woman is a felony, and the media in Seattle say that the maximum penalty is the death penalty, is it true? ”

"Shut up and don't talk about it in front of me, okay? I hate it most of all for a strong woman, pure scum! Zhou Quan glared at Kobe.

O'Neal and Kobe Bryant glanced at each other, and a smile flashed in their eyes.

At half past eight, the game began.

Jump ball, Lakers offense.

O'Neal made a very nimble turn and went around Ben Wallace and into the basket.

Ron Harper, who was just two steps past the halfway line, saw O'Neal enter the basket and immediately tried to pass the ball over Cory Magetti's head, taking a step back to distance himself from Zhou Quan first.

But Margeti's reaction was so quick that he would never have allowed Harper to pass the ball head-on, because then the ball would go straight to the basket, most likely O'Neal had already gone underneath.

So at the moment when Harper retreated, he immediately stepped up and waved his arms while directly going up to the body to fight, forcing Harper to take a step back again, and the rhythm of the pass was interrupted.

He was very experienced, and then he saw Rick Fox running out of the left flank and quickly passed it to deflect the ball.

"Ball!"

If it doesn't come in again, it's gone in three seconds, O'Neill hurriedly shouted.

"Whoosh!"

Fox held off Bowen with one hand, threw his right hand, and passed the ball in.

"Bang!"

The next moment, O'Neal hung on the basket.

Ben Wallace's face was like black iron, and he couldn't see anything, but in his heart he was helpless, and once he let O'Neal get close to the basket, he couldn't do anything.

"Bruce, keep up." Zhou Quan shouted at Bowen.

"Yes, Boss." Bowen hurriedly said.

Supersonic offense.

Big Ben was active in the paint area, and Lewis pulled to the bottom left corner with the highest percentage of shots.

The reason why Westphale let Lewis play the starter again tonight was not a hasty decision, nor was it because the opponent was the Lakers, the main reason was to develop Lewis.

Among the team's youngsters now, Bruce Bowen, who plays mainly defensively, has secured the main position as the starting small forward.

Patterson's shortcomings are bigger than Margety's, Margeti has gradually sat in the starting main position in the second position, and now that Patterson has an accident, Margeti has been confirmed to be the main force in the second position.

And Lewis, although his defensive rebounds are not very good, is young, and his scoring is becoming more and more consistent, and his shooting is getting better and better, and the management has made a decision to give him the starting main position at the No. 4 position.

Although Lewis has no defense, but fortunately, there is Ben Wallace on the inside, as long as the opponent is not a super dominant center like Big Shark, the average team, with Ben Wallace in it, Lewis's defense almost doesn't matter, the opponent broke him, and Big Ben can also make up for it inside.

(End of chapter)