shooting guard era

Chapter 193 223. The Benefits of the Alliance

The Bobcats ranked fourth in the East with 43 wins and 29 losses, while the Celtics ranked third in the East with 39 wins and 33 losses.

Due to the weird regulations of the league, the champion of the division must be ranked in the top three of the division, which led to such a situation.

At this stage every year, it’s time for fans to complain. In previous years, it was only fans in the United States who complained. After all, overseas fans seldom have a sense of belonging to NBA teams. Most of them are interested in winning. The player is good-looking, or the player has a very strong personal ability, and the statistics are better than most people, making them admire him.

These teams and stars admired by overseas fans are either super teams, division champions, or lead the team to struggle alone on the edge of the playoffs. It has nothing to do with the rule that the first in this division must be ranked in the top three in the division. They usually watch it for fun, watching these fans complain about the teams they don't support.

But the situation this season is a bit different. As an emerging market in the United States, China, the largest cake overseas, this year Chinese fans have a new fan group-Ye Han's fan group, which has become the two largest fan groups in China with the previous Yao Ming fan group. a fan group.

Unlike Yao Ming's fans, who mostly have the sentiment of family and country, most of Ye Han's fans who came from wild backgrounds fell in love with his personal heroism and his scoring ability.

Now, these two major fan groups are protesting against the NBA's regulations on division championships.

No way, who told the Bobcats and Rockets to become victims of this regulation this year.

火箭现在45胜28负排在西部第五，超音速39胜32负西部第三，而排在西部第四的是极有可能拿到60胜的小牛。

According to the current ranking, the Rockets’ opponent in the playoffs will be the Mavericks, and basically there will be no better situation. If the Mavericks’ record exceeds the Spurs, then the Rockets’ opponent in the first round will become the Spurs. calf.

And the Mavericks are not easy to play. After the head coach changed from Nelson to Avery Johnson, after a few short adjustments, they have won a wave of ten consecutive victories, and their record can compete with the Suns and Spurs.

If there is no rule that the champions of the division must be ranked in the top three, then the Rockets' opponents will become the Sonics, and even the current lower-ranked teams will be in completely different positions.

For the Bobcats, it's actually okay. No matter how they line up, they either play the Bulls or the Wizards in the first round.

At the NBA headquarters in New York, NBA President David Stern also has a headache. Recently, he has received many letters of advice from across the ocean, most of which are related to the division system.

Unlike the local fans in the United States who complain every year, but decades have passed and have become accustomed to this system and even like to complain about these things every year, those Chinese fans will complain when they disagree!

"Adam, look at this, how do you think this problem should be dealt with?" Stern handed the recommendation letter from the players union and the NBA Legislative Committee to vice president Adam Silva, his successor with high hopes.

Silva frowned and watched for a while, then smiled suddenly: "David, I don't think I should worry about it for now."

Stern nodded in satisfaction when he heard Silva's answer: "That's right, you have the same opinion as I do, it's also our job to be scolded."

For this kind of thing, NBA executives will certainly consider the feelings of fans, but it is still not so easy to make any changes.

As China is the largest market outside of the NBA, their opinions cannot be underestimated, but the division system cannot be destroyed either. If the championship of the division does not play any role, then what is the point of dividing into six major divisions?
And the fans will always make progress. If the division system is cancelled, they will definitely be dissatisfied with the fact that the west is strong and the east is weak, and they will demand the cancellation of the division.

In the eyes of fans, these requirements are canceling some unreasonable rules to make the NBA fairer, and NBA officials can understand it very well.

But insisting that it should be the management of those teams who feel unfair, right, but why do those managements of those teams always endure this rule?Their opinions are far more useful than fans complaining!

"We need to make changes as much as possible for fairness, but our primary goal is to maximize the interests of the team. Our 30 teams are too scattered, almost all over the United States, and the purpose of dividing divisions and divisions is to reduce ball competition. The distance traveled by the varsity team, if the Bobcats played the Lakers the same number of times as the Bobcats played the Eagles, it seems fair, but the time cost and various funding costs are obviously more than the Lakers, and the Bobcats actually get more. The income has not changed at all." Stern said slowly, "Our source of income is still too single, most of it is from ticket sales, and most teams are losing money. If the division is cancelled, the loss will be even greater."

"Many brands have contacted me and wanted us to start a jersey advertisement. This may be our chance to turn a profit!" Adam Silva suggested.

Adam Silva is responsible for the commercial operations of the league. He was very moved to see that football, rugby, baseball and other high-income sports have made a lot of money from jersey advertising.

"There's no rush, we're far from the time to touch this cake." Stern vetoed the suggestion with a smile.

Not yet?Silva doesn't quite understand, perhaps most of the teams that lose money through jersey advertising will make money.

Still too young!Stern let Silva go down first without much explanation.

Silva leaned against the NBA map hanging on the wall, staring at the gold of the West Coast, thinking that this team would be the first to jump out and reject the jersey advertisement, right?The wise old man is, this jersey ad plan is not going to work.

Stern once again turned his gaze back to the proposal letter on the table. Now that the players, jobs, and the legislative committee hired by the league are dissatisfied with the division championship system, it is time to make some changes!

But not this year.

……

At Harvard University, Ye Han is attending a lecture in the Psychology Department of Psychology.

Hearing the voices of whispering and pressing the shutter of the camera behind him, Ye Han remained unmoved and concentrated on listening to the class.

However, Ye Han was still a little dissatisfied. The professor didn't care about whether the students were paying attention to the class.

But he didn't care too much, he just came here to listen in during his break. This is Harvard University. When I was a child in elementary school in China, the Chinese teacher said it was the best university in the world. It's really nice to come and listen. good.

Psychology courses are always so interesting. Ye Han's major in University is Soul Science, and his grades are not bad. This is why he is so homey, and he can be so calm and cold on the court, and he is rarely disturbed by his opponents, because he is learning this of.

Who would have imagined it when he first chose a major, but choosing a fun major with such an open mind actually benefited his career a lot...

(End of this chapter)