NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 304 Multiple Choice Questions

Early in the morning, Li Masi and his people still blocked the office door and did not leave. Apart from Li Masi, Crotty was the one who paid the most attention to this matter.

For a long time, he has always acted as the number one supporter of Li Shengli with the image of a lunatic. It is no exaggeration to say... Without Li Shengli, the Jazz would not have Crotty, because head coach Jerry Sloan, and even Malone, Big guys like Stockton won't even look him straight in the face.

Soldiers die confidants!

Crotty is willing to make a knife for Li Shengli. If Li Shengli leaves Salt Lake City, the position of his knife will be very awkward, and the best result is that Li Shengli puts the knife in its sheath and leads him to fight all the way.

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"Li, the coach is here!"

Crotty's eyes were sharp, and he was the first to see Jerry Sloan approaching from a distance, while Jerry Sloan frowned, apparently very dissatisfied with his players gathering to make trouble, because this is something the Jazz have never seen before unexpected situation.

"A bunch of bastards, what are you doing here? Don't you need to practice today?" Jerry Sloan tried to suppress his emotions as much as possible, but when he opened his mouth, he roared, "Get out, you don't know anything. Follow the booing, I haven't settled with you for losing two games a few days ago, if you lose to the Lakers tomorrow, you don't need to train in the future, just get out!"

"Coach..." Ma Long was about to speak.

"It's not time for you to speak!" Jerry Sloan interrupted Malone, "Except Lee, Carl, and John, everyone else go back, I don't want to repeat it a second time!"

The head coach of the team is incompetent because he can’t hold the field. Obviously, Jerry Sloan is not. After two roars, no one dared to talk back, and they all left obediently. When there were only four people left on the field, Sloan The originally strong waist was a little slack, showing a trace of oldness that shouldn't be there.

"It's just us left, let's go in and talk!" Regardless of Li Mars's reaction, Jerry Sloan pushed the door in, and Li Mars followed him, closed the door of the office, and opened the door of the Jazz Giants. first meeting.

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"John, how is the recovery from the shoulder injury?" Jerry Sloan's scalp was like a knife, and migraines were a long-standing problem. At this moment, every time he had a headache, his body would involuntarily twitch.

"I'm fine, I can play in the playoffs." Stockton replied pretending to be relaxed.

"I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm asking for the specific recovery progress and time given by the team doctor!"

"Don't ask them, I know my own situation."

"You know what a fart. I won't allow you to play the game if the team doctor doesn't give you a clear recovery certificate. Our Jazz can't stand the toss." Jerry Sloan rarely got angry with Stockton, and Li Shengli and Malone patted Stockton on the shoulder.

"Coach, what's going on?" Li Shengli, as the person involved, was naturally the first to ask.

"It's nothing, it's about the same as what you saw. Although the deal hasn't been decided yet, the general direction has been decided. Li, it's a pity...you may be traded to another team next season." Sloan slammed his fist on the desk in front of him, obviously not regret but anger and unwillingness.

"I don't believe it, who made the decision?" Ma Long stood up excitedly.

"Larry Miller!"

"How is this possible? Isn't the team's trading operation always a matter for the management? Why did he intervene? We won the championship. This season, we won 29 consecutive victories and countless honors. This is all before the Jazz. No, why trade Li, I disagree."

"Sit down!" Jerry Sloan's voice was hoarse. "Although he has never interfered with the team's operations, this time is a little different because it is David Stern who puts the pressure on him."

"Stern? Damn it, it's this old guy again, what does he mean?" Li Shengli was also upset, because he always remembered that Stern owed him the best rookie, and now he put pressure on Larry Miller, so It doesn't make sense.

"Don't get excited, Li." Sloan pondered: "He is indeed a bastard, but I should be the one who should be the most excited and angry. Believe me, I am the last person to see you being traded out."

"What's the reason for this?"

"Reason? Seriously, I don't know, it's too sudden, but the direction of capital operation seems to want to push you to a bigger market, you should know... what balls are the first to find you Teams, the Lakers and Celtics must be the most fierce, and the internationalization process of the league has just started, behind your nationality is a blue ocean."

"Where I play, will it affect them bastards to develop the Chinese market? It has nothing to do with it!"

"No, a big ball market means more exposure opportunities, the more dazzling you are, the faster the market development process." Sloan continued: "Of course, this is just my guess, maybe it may be because we Jazz is too popular, maybe there are two factors. And no snowflake is innocent in an avalanche, when many factors come together, the avalanche is not an accident, but man-made."

"Is this the final explanation?"

"No, no one has ever explained anything to me, so this will not be my final explanation, it's more of a guess."

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The operating philosophy of the current NBA president Stern has always been balance. The so-called salary cap and lottery draft are all born for balance.

Out of consideration for the future development of the league, even if some people continue to complain, most people can see the benefits of this model.

However, the salary cap and the lottery show are all maintained by formulating rules to maintain balance. Now it is unimaginable to attack the Jazz privately without asking the reason.

Other speculation aside.

The Jazz only won one championship. Even if they have hope of hitting the championship this season, it is just two consecutive championships.

Not counting forward in NBA history, the Pistons and Bulls have won two consecutive championships. Does the current Jazz make Stern feel afraid?Feeling off balance?

In fact, Jerry Sloan can probably understand the purpose of Stern's big fanfare and hard demolition of the Jazz.

The existence of the salary cap is to limit the grouping of league superstars, but the Jazz is the first team to eat crabs, because Li Mars is all top players in their respective positions, and the power of the Big Three grouping is even in the middle of last season. The back stage has already been highlighted, and it can be said to have swept the entire league.

In this way, if they want to win the Jazz's crown, all other teams with ambitions for the championship can only do it in the same way, return to the other, and use the same multi-giant teaming up to fight.

When there are more wolves and less flesh, when all the players in the league who can play are scooped up by the giants, the situation in the east and west can be imagined... the strong are stronger, and the weak are weaker.

This situation does not bode well.

The hard demolition of the Jazz is a red flag and a high-tension line issued by the league officials.

Jerry Sloan can boldly predict that even the official is likely to make bigger moves in the near future, and it is possible to adopt a hard salary cap.And if this is the case, Stern will not only touch the interests of the Jazz. It is estimated that the hard salary cap is unacceptable to all teams in the league.

However, this reason alone is not enough for the league officials to act too early, but it doesn't matter if there are other reasons, because the Jazz's ups and downs have finally fallen on Li Shengli.

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"If things can't be violated, Li, listen, we still need a championship this season!" Jerry Sloan returned to the topic. The head coach of the current team, even Larry Miller as the team owner, can only catch a small profit in the eye of the wind.

"Is there really no way?"

Sloan laughed at himself, and said, "There is no way. If you simply guess that you are moved because the Jazz is too strong, all we can do is to pretend to be bad, but... if we don't advance towards the championship, we will get together There's no point in being together, is there?"

"Impossible, it's simply impossible!" Ma Long was annoyed.

"Yes, the meaning of each of us is the championship!" Stockton also had a hard time calming down the complicated mood.

Compared to the other three, Li Shengli was really disgusted.

His first team was the Hornets, and there were a lot of messy things. He finally left Charlotte and came to Salt Lake City, but now Salt Lake City has only stayed for one and a half seasons and is going to be traded out for no reason. Also upset.

"Lee, stand the last guard for Jazz!"

"I will fight for your best interests before that. If any team wants to negotiate a deal with us, no matter what the bargaining chip they offer, as long as you want, you can choose the list of teams listed at that time. Of course... ...The premise is that no one will intervene in the middle and interfere with your choice!"

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Many times, the choices I can give you are very limited, but I hope you can find a good development among the limited choices! Now you should go, go talk to everyone Let's train together!"

Jerry Sloan stopped talking after finishing speaking, and the three of Li Mars looked at each other, not knowing what else they could do for a while.In the end, the raging jazz internal turmoil dissipated in a breathless and powerless way...

(End of this chapter)