full court guidance

Chapter 33 Overweight Ticket
In the early morning of March 3, the NBA headquarters building in New York was already busy. President David Stern once again felt a bit of a headache amidst the quarrels among the league executives.

Just before today, Mr. President was still in a good mood, because the Chinese market has further opened up to the NBA. Although almost all Chinese fans only pay attention to the Rockets, this is an improvement after all. I believe that after a period of time, these fans will gradually Turn around and support your favorite team instead.

At the beginning of the season, Francis and McGrady switched clubs, and the Rockets formed a combination of super center and super guard, which is so exciting.

However, the follow-up development was very disappointing. Yao Ming was only in his third season, and he was troubled by fouls on the court. Although he was strong, he couldn't show it.McGrady probably got used to the statistics in the Magic, lacked cooperation with Yao Ming, and often forced shots when the efficiency was very low.

Since Late joined, more fans have paid attention to the Rockets, especially when TNT TV broke the news that Late is a supernova in the scientific research world, this attention has been greatly improved.

The late joining really integrated the Rockets. Although there was a little conflict in the middle, after McGrady "returned from injury", the Rockets' offense has a clear sense of hierarchy. Yao Ming has made rapid progress in the interior, and McGrady has begun to transform The organization forward style of play has a bit of Pippen's shadow, and he is late to contain the opponent's defense on the outside. Many people believe that the Rockets already have the capital to become a championship.

This made the president even happier. If the Rockets can win the championship, there is no doubt that China will pay more attention to basketball and the NBA. More fans will start watching the NBA. These are all money!

However, in an ordinary regular season last night, shocking news broke out, the Rockets super undrafted rookie, the greatest scientist on the basketball court is actually a martial arts master, and a Limen elbow knocked Garnett out. !
Only four months after the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, the league barely emerged from the shadows and suffered another blow.

Stern is outraged, fine!And he will be punished heavily!A heavy fine must be issued, even if Garnett was the most valuable player of last season, even if he is a super rookie who is late, he must also show that the league will never tolerate violence on the court.

However, what Stern did not expect was that a small fight incident actually attracted the attention of various forces.

The Chinese embassy in the United States spoke out immediately, strongly condemning the racial discrimination on the court, which put great pressure on Stern.

As soon as he arrived at the headquarters this morning, he heard from his deputy, Adam Silver, that the American government also expressed strong concern about this incident.

Stern is a smart man. He was able to take the position of NBA president from an ordinary lawyer. How could he do it without any skills?After so many years, he has dealt with countless important people. In terms of sensitivity, he is even stronger than many politicians.

Almost immediately, Stern thought of it, you can't move if you are late!

The NBA is just an ordinary sport. In North America, baseball, ice hockey, and rugby can be tied with the NBA. It is only in the past two years that the NBA has become the second largest sport in the United States.

Can ordinary athletes compare with scientists?

Especially the black technology mastered late, even if it is not as good as Einstein, many people probably think that his future achievements will not be inferior to Tesla, so that a person who can only be produced once in a hundred years of human history, can Garnett compare?
And after a night of fermentation, the direction of public opinion has basically been determined. The cause of the whole incident was provoked by Kevin Garnett, the most valuable player of last season.

Garnett is the boss of the Timberwolves, but because of his personality, many people on his team disapproved of him.

When Madman Sprewell was interviewed later in the game at the end of the day, he (Sprewell) clearly confirmed what happened. He (Sprewell) said: "We all know that he (Garnett) is a guy who likes to swear, Mike Coach Haier thought in the pre-match arrangement that the late three-pointer on the perimeter was the lubricant of the Rockets. It was because of his presence that we could not double-team McGrady and Yao Ming, so the coach asked Garnett to find a way to control it. Stay late and put more defensive energy on him. But we didn't expect things to turn out like this. Garnett provoked many times, and late calmly ignored his actions. After that, Garnett began to use race Discriminatory remarks, and even scolded late 'go home and eat shit', which obviously angered the monster. Later, like Bird, pointed to his feet and told Garnett 'I'm going to shoot a three-pointer here', Garnett couldn't guard him. Late responded to Garnett with his tough play and strength on the court, but Garnett lost his mind, we didn't expect him to hit someone first, and all of us at the time Everyone will know what happened after that.”

Timberwolves substitute sharpshooter Szczerbiak did not give Garnett any face. He said to the media: "He (Garnett) said a lot of things that were too much. Even as a teammate, I think he did too much. Controlled his emotions and responded with strength on the court. I heard him (late) say, you can't guard me at all. The result is that Garnett lost his mind and did it. Obviously he underestimated the lateness God, I was shocked when I saw that move you (Limen push elbow) up close, Chinese kung fu is so cool!"

Some media interviewed Garnett, who had come to his senses. The well-known tough guy in the league said that he had never said anything racially discriminatory.

Such refusal to admit was so hypocritical and cowardly in front of the testimony of his teammates, Barkley published his own comments on the Internet: "I have always said that he (Kevin Garnett) is a soft guy, and now everyone sees him clearly. The essence of it, I dare not admit what I have done."

In addition to the verbal criticism of Garnett, more media attention has been attracted by the news announced late at the post-match press conference. The new genetic drug may change the life of athletes and has become the focus of everyone's attention.

There are already some NBA players who can't sit still, openly expressed their support for being late in public, and condemned Garnett's behavior as discrediting professional players.

Mr. President is a smart man, and soon he made an arbitrary decision at the seminar. Kevin Garnett was suspended for 30 games and fined 30 US dollars, and he was suspended for 7 games late and fined 15000 US dollars!

This difference is a bit big. Just looking at the comparison on the basketball court, Garnett is the absolute core of the Timberwolves. He was the most valuable player last season and his salary is also the top in the league. A fine of 30 US dollars does not matter to Garnett. , but the 30-game suspension will make him unable to get his salary, coupled with the damage to his image caused by being late and knocked out, and the loss of commercial endorsements, the loss is more than tens of millions.

Being late was just a rookie with the lowest salary in the league and no commercial endorsement at all. Yao Ming and McGrady were scrambling to pay the fine for being late. Apart from not being able to play the next game, there was almost no loss at all.

Adam Silver thought that such a decision was inappropriate, and raised objections to the president.

The reason for the president is very good. The cause of this incident was all on Garnett. Being late was nothing more than a counterattack in self-defense. If you strictly follow the law, it is right that you will not be punished for being late at all. The reason why you have to issue a ticket , that is for the commercial image of the alliance.

Just when Xiao Hua was about to persuade him again, his secretary hurried in and whispered a few words in his ear.

Xiao Hua's expression changed drastically. Don't look at him with a big shaved head and gold-rimmed glasses. He looks like a big villain boss, but he is very clear about his position, and hurriedly said to Stern: "China and the United States join hands. Putting pressure on, asking for a ban for being late... as many games as possible."

Stern was dumbfounded. It is understandable that the American government was late to suppress, but why did China follow suit?Are they not our own?

"Can you find out what's going on?" Stern asked, frowning.

In the end, the results of the investigation came back, which made Stern a little bit dumbfounded.

The latest experimental results that Late said at the press conference are close to completion, which has aroused the interest of the four major pharmaceutical companies in the United States. They jointly put pressure on the government, hoping that the suspension of lateness will allow him to focus more on research.

The Chinese side has already obtained the late license, and the purpose is similar to that of the four major pharmaceutical companies, hoping to achieve some political goals by lately releasing the latest research results.

In short, this joint pressure from the two countries is a combination of interests. Except for the NBA, no one is a loser.

Stern may not be afraid of the US government, but he has to estimate the attitude of the other side of the ocean. If he wants to open up the opposite market, what if he doesn't sell well?
At 21:15 on the 30st, the unexpected and unexpected league ticket was finally issued. Kevin Garnett, as the instigator, was issued a huge fine by the league, suspended for 32 games, and fined $3000.Some media roughly calculated that the total loss caused by this incident to Garnett is likely to reach about [-] million US dollars!These have already been expected by many media, so they did not cause any controversy.

The late ticket is the most incomprehensible. He fought back completely out of self-defense. Even if it was to take care of the image of the league, it shouldn't be so heavy.

Suspended 20 games for being late and fined $2!And during the 20-game suspension, he is prohibited from being late to participate in anything related to the NBA, he is prohibited from entering the arena, and he is not even allowed to enter the training hall!

Someone calculated the game schedule. If the Rockets didn't play well and were swept by the Mavericks in the playoffs, they would be too late to come back!
Even if the scores of the two sides are stalemate in the playoffs, it is debatable how much strength they can maintain without playing any games for more than a month and not being able to conduct professional training.

(End of this chapter)