Chapter Forty-Eight: The Lord of the Alliance! David Stern's ambition!
This night, absolutely perfect for Chicagoans! They taught the arrogant supersonic a hard lesson, regained the first place in the league, and can be regarded as washing away many people's prejudice against them!
Jordan's wonderful performance of 50 points in the third quarter and Lin Tian's amazing performance of one pick three are even more happy for Chicagoans!
What's more exciting than having an unrivaled superstar on the team and an unrivaled superfighter on the team?
No, yes!
Chicago fans start this day and no longer fear and worry about anyone!
New York? Denver? Utah? Indiana?
As long as they dare to come, as long as they dare to provoke, Lin Tian will beat the fuck!
There are even quite a few Chicagoans who have shouted new slogans overnight.
"Kill Malone! Kill Stockton! Kill Barkley! Kill Miller! ”
What do you mean by arrogance? This is arrogance!
And on this night, in addition to the excited Chicago fans and the frustrated Seattlemen, there was also a group of people who couldn't sleep-
The top of the league led by David Stern!
Before the game was over, Stern had already called many senior members of the league for a meeting.
They want to discuss how this matter will be punished!
"Heavy fine, heavy punishment must be given!" The head of the Alliance's PR department slapped the table and roared, "How hard is it for us to build a healthy image of the Alliance?" We've been working hard for 10 years! We have not had any kind of brawl or full-fledged martial arts for 10 months in a row! These two teams, ruined everything! Ruined our efforts! ”
"At least 20 starts! Don't even think about running away from those who stir up trouble! ”
"I think you're crazy!" The head of the marketing department frowned: "Do you know what Chicago and hypersound mean in the alliance?" They are all in the top five in terms of ratings, as are the stadium attendance and jersey sales! The record is more directly the first in the east and west! ”
"With two teams like this, you ban their main players for 20 games? How about you make less money this season, how about you take care of it? ”
"But there is always a punishment, otherwise how can we manage it?" Stern's chief assistant Xiao Hua said: "Otherwise, it will have a very bad impact on the teams, and they may feel that the management of this league is lax again, and their opportunity is here again!" ”
"But it can't be too strict, if it affects the ratings and the league's revenue, it will be more than worth the loss."
"Adam, congratulations on your useless nonsense!" None of the rest of the people at the scene gave Xiao Hua face, they snorted coldly one after another, and didn't pay attention to him at all.
"All right, gentlemen, all right!" It was only then that Stern finally spoke: "I know what you mean, I know better than you what we are facing!" ”
"I can now remember what a mess I faced when I became president of the league 12 years ago! Drugs, brawls, gangs, promiscuity...... Bad public opinion, bad environment, bad reputation, everything is so bad and desperate! ”
"I still remember how shocked we were when Baias died of a banned drug overdose the day after the draft, and I remember how desperate we were when 'Magic' was diagnosed with AIDS, but we got through it, didn't we? We are on the right track to become an excellent alliance for a healthy development! ”
"What's a small brawl compared to those real crises? He is not worth our quarrel at all! ”
"I brought you here this time, but it's not really for this brawl at all! This kind of trivial matter, let's just follow the rules of the alliance! Larry, according to our rules, how should this conflict be handled? ”
Larry, the head of the refereeing department, said: "Payton took the lead in stirring up trouble, banned for 1-2 games, fined 3-50,000 US dollars, Johnson and Kemp escalated the conflict and took the initiative to rush over to stir up trouble, it stands to reason that they should be banned for 2-5 games, but they didn't hit anyone, which is really rare." ”
Speaking of this, Larry almost laughed, shook his head and said, "As for Lin, he will be banned for 5-10 games and fined 5-100,000 US dollars, that's all." ”
Stern smiled and said: "Don't punish too heavily this time, I think Peyton will be banned for one game and fined 30,000 yuan, and poor guys like Camp and Johnson who have only been beaten will not be banned and fined 20,000 yuan, as for Lin, he will be banned for 5 games and fined 50,000 US dollars, so be it!" ”
"Look, it's solved! It's that simple! ”
"David, what are you coming to us for?" The head of the public relations department spread his hands and expressed his doubts.
"It has something to do with this brawl! Or rather, something to do with one of them. At this point, Stern suddenly stopped talking and moved on to something else.
"Ladies and gentlemen, although the league is thriving and we have even successfully brought in two Canadian teams, we also have to admit that the development of the league has indeed reached a bottleneck! In the race against the NFL, MLB and NHL, we don't have an advantage, we're still only the fourth largest league. ”
"So, if we want to continue to grow, if we want to continue to improve, our best goal is to set our sights on overseas markets! That's why I'm crazy about pushing professional players to play in the Olympics and getting European stars from all walks of life to play in the NBA! ”
"We need to be international, we need to be global! We need to look our way around the world! That's the biggest reason why I've been flying around the world for the last 5-6 years, hoping to get them to broadcast it, or even broadcast our games for free! ”
After a pause, Stern continued: "We need to open up the visibility! But I have to admit that our process is not smooth, Sabonis, Schramf, Kukoc, who I have high hopes for, has not been able to play the performance and effect I want, and our development in Europe is not ideal! ”
"I know, it's not everyone's fault! This blaming football is too hot! Football is played all over Europe, and there are so few people willing to play and watch basketball! So I think we should look away from Europe and look at Asia! ”
"A region that is developing rapidly, the economy is taking off, and it is no longer a desert! 4 years ago, I went to China alone! That huge country with a population of 1 billion! That country is so strange to us! The speed at which he has developed has definitely exceeded all of your expectations! ”
"High-rise buildings, all kinds of modern cities, all kinds of new things, the capital is probably more prosperous and lively than half of the cities in the United States! I waited there for a full 5 hours before meeting with their principal.
"All I got was to send them a tape every week and let them show 20 minutes of highlights from the news and at a certain time!"
"At the time, a lot of people didn't understand why I was so humble and why I was so groveling to a developing country, but now, I want all of you to understand why I did that!"