Chapter 48 Lord of the Alliance!David Stern's ambition! This night is absolutely perfect for Chicagoans!They gave the arrogant Sonics a lesson and regained their No. [-] spot in the league, which also eliminated many people's prejudice against them! Jordan's 50-point performance in three quarters and Lin Tian's amazing one-on-three performance were a double blessing for the Chicagoans!
What is more exciting than having an invincible superstar and an invincible super fighting expert on the team? No more!
From this day forward, Chicago fans no longer fear or 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 them up!
There are even many Chicagoans who have shouted new slogans overnight.
"Kill Malone! Kill Stockton! Kill Barkley! Kill Miller!"
What is arrogance?This is arrogance! And on this night, in addition to the excited Chicago fans and frustrated Seattleites, there was also a group of people who couldn't sleep——
The league's top leaders headed by David Stern! Before the game was over, Stern had already called many senior leaders in the league and held a meeting.
They want to discuss how to punish this matter! "Heavy fines, must be heavy fines!" the head of the league's public relations department slammed the table and roared: "How difficult is it for us to build a healthy league image? We have worked hard for ten years! We have not appeared for 10 consecutive months. Any kind of brawling or all-out violence! These two teams ruin everything! Ruin our efforts!"
"At least 20 starts! None of those who stirred up trouble can even think of running away!"
"I think you are crazy!" The head of the marketing department frowned: "Do you know what Chicago and SuperSonics mean in the league? Their ratings are among the top five, stadium attendance and jerseys The sales volume is also in the top five! The record is more directly the first in the east and west!"
"Two teams like this, how about you ban their main players for 20 games? How about you be responsible for paying for the less money you make this season?"
"But there have to be penalties, otherwise how can we manage it?" Stern's chief assistant Xiao Hua said: "Otherwise it will have a very bad impact on each team. They may feel that the management of this league is... They relaxed again, and their chance came again!”
"But it can't be too strict. If it affects the ratings and the league's income, then the gain outweighs the loss."
"Adam, congratulations on your useless nonsense!" None of the other people at the scene gave Xiao Hua face. They all snorted coldly, not taking him seriously at all.
"Okay, gentlemen, okay!" Stern finally spoke at this moment: "I know what you mean, and I know better than you what kind of situation we are facing now!"
"I can still think of what a mess I faced when I became the league president 12 years ago! Drugs, fights, gangs, promiscuity...bad public opinion, bad environment, bad reputation, everything... It’s so bad and despairing!”
"I still remember how shocked we were when Bias died of an overdose of illegal drugs the day after the draft, and I also remember how desperate we were when Magic Johnson was diagnosed with AIDS, but we all have it. We've gotten through it, haven't we? We are on the right track and have become an excellent alliance with healthy development!"
"Compared with those real crises, what is a small fight? He is not worth our quarrel at all!"
"The reason why I brought you here this time is actually not for this fight at all! For such a trivial matter, we can just follow the rules of the league! Larry, according to our rules, how should this conflict be handled?" Referee Department The person in charge, Larry, said: "Payton was the first to stir up trouble. He was suspended for 1-2 games and fined 3 to 5 US dollars. Johnson and Kemp escalated the conflict and took the initiative to stir up trouble. Logically speaking, he should be suspended for 2-5 games. field, but they didn’t hit anyone, which is really rare.”
At this point, Larry almost laughed, shook his head and said: "As for Lin, he will be suspended from 5 to 10 games and fined from 5 to 10 US dollars, that's it."
Stern smiled and said: "Don't punish him too harshly this time. I think Payton will be suspended for one game and fined 3. Poor guys like Kemp and Johnson who only got beaten should not be suspended." A fine of 2 US dollars is fine, but as for Lin, he will be suspended for 5 games and fined 5 US dollars, so let’s do it!”
"Look, it's solved! It's that simple!"
"David, why did you come to us?" The person in charge of the public relations department spread his hands and expressed doubts.
"It has something to do with this fight! Or, it has something to do with someone in it." When Stern said this, he suddenly stopped talking and turned to talk about something else.
"Everyone, although the league is thriving now, and we have even successfully introduced two Canadian teams, we have to admit that the development of the league has indeed reached a bottleneck! In the competition with the NFL, MLB and NHL, we are not With the advantage, we are still only the fourth largest league."
"So, if we want to continue to develop and make progress, our best goal is to set our sights on overseas markets! This is why I am crazy about promoting professional players to play in the Olympics and striving for European stars to enter the NBA. reason!"
"We need to be international, we need to be global! We need to set our sights on the whole world! This is why I have been flying around the world in the past 5-6 years, hoping to get them to broadcast our games, or even broadcast them for free. The biggest reason!”
After a pause, Stern continued: "We need to increase our visibility! But we have to admit that our process is not smooth, whether it is Sabonis, Schremf, or Kukoc, who I have high hopes for. We failed to achieve the performance and effect I wanted, and our development in Europe is far from ideal!"
"I know, it's not everyone's fault! It's just that football is too popular! Football is played all over Europe, and there are too few people who are willing to play and watch basketball! So I think we should move our gaze, no No longer focus on Europe, but look to Asia!”
"A region that is developing rapidly, has taken off economically, and is no longer a desert! Four years ago, I went to China alone! That huge country with a population of 4 billion! That country that is extremely strange to us! Its development speed is absolutely It’s beyond all your expectations!”
"With high-rise buildings, various modern cities and all kinds of new gadgets, the capital there 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 person in charge.
"And the opportunity I get is just to send them a videotape every week and let them play 20 minutes of game highlights on the news and in a certain time period!"
"At that time, many people didn't understand why I had to be so humble and why I had to kowtow so lowly to a developing country, but now, I hope all of you understand why I did that!"
(End of this chapter)