The invincible kryptonite of basketball

In addition, his current five-year contract of 5 million has only been fulfilled to the third year.

The four words "high quality and low price" are the best adjectives. If he can be traded, it is the best way to stop losses for the Cavaliers.

The only thing stopping this deal now may be that it will make the Bucks stronger after doing so.

After all, the Bucks with only Antetokounmpo showed enough competitiveness last season.

One news is related to Owen, while the other news is related to George.

Jenny Buss changed his mind, and it was Linda Rambis, his most trusted advisor to management, who made him change his mind.

Linda has served as a consultant to the Bass family for 40 years, and has worked with Jenny for more than 20 years. It can be said that she is the most trusted person in Jenny.

She believes that George's offensive and defensive dominance after a serious injury is no longer enough to become a super giant, and his future development potential is not as good as Simmons, so she organized Jenny at the last moment.

Jenny followed the persuasion, and the Lakers withdrew from the battle for George.

After the Lakers withdrew, George's next home was basically determined, the Thunder.

The composition of the Big Three of Westbrook, Griffin, and George has basically taken shape.

Just one year after losing Durant, the Thunder are back in title contention!

"Great Sam Prest! He saved Oklahoma!"

"Ms. Durant, your departure only makes us stronger, now meet our challenge!"

"The script has been written, Thunder's Revenge, Thunder's championship!"

"We'll win a championship without Durant! We're better off without you!"

"Come on, come on, come on the deal, come on the new season!"

……

Amidst the fans' discussions, the league held its first regular league meeting of the new season at its headquarters in New York.

Because it involves the replacement of the president, many team bosses visited the headquarters this time.

This will be an epoch-making day in NBA history.

It is worth mentioning that Xiao Hua also came to the meeting.

His expression looked relatively natural, as if he was not in conflict with his upcoming destiny.

Tatum was at the venue early on, greeting the bosses of the teams with a relaxed expression.

Although he has been the president of the alliance for more than half a year, there has always been the word "temporary" in front of it, and it can finally be removed today.

He also greeted Xiao Hua, and asked about his condition with concern.

How to put it, Xiao Hua is also his former boss, and the two of them have worked together for several years, so they still have to do superficial work.

The meeting starts soon.

Tatum first apologized to the team representatives, after all, the meeting was earlier than expected.

Then he summed up last season.

Last season, the off-court topic of the league reached an unprecedented level, and the ratings of the playoffs also hit a new high. It is expected that this data will continue to grow in the new season.

In general, the league is thriving and prosperous.

After finishing the summary, the next step is the most important part of the regular meeting.

vote.

Vote anonymously.

Whether Tatum will be the official president.

If the vote rate exceeds 50%, the temporary two words in front of Tatum will be removed, and Silver's position as president will also be officially resigned.

If the vote rate is less than 50%, then Tatum will not be able to serve as the official president, and the committee needs to determine a new president candidate.

The rule is such a rule, very simple, but in fact it is just a formality.

It was also voted by the committee when Tatum became the president, and he won more than 90% of the votes.

Tatum has done well in the past six months, and the league is booming. The 50% figure is very easy to achieve.

The staff began to vote anonymously, and all the results will be packed in a cardboard box, and will be counted on the spot, fair and open.

At this time, Tatum was chatting with the assistant beside him, and they were talking about the two things that happened just after the free market.

They won't stop Irving going to Milwaukee, but they need to intervene when George goes to Oklahoma.

Just like Hayward might go to the Pelicans before they were blocked.

They need to keep the number of superteams in check and not kill the roads in small cities.

While chatting, Tatum noticed that someone had been looking at him, and turned around to find that it was Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua's eyes at this time are quite strange.

It's like watching a monkey in a zoo, or watching a death row prisoner who is about to be sent to the execution ground.

Tatum frowned slightly, that look made him very uncomfortable.

He snorted coldly.

He has already done enough on the surface, and when he officially becomes the president of the league, he doesn't even need to do the surface work.

At this time, the votes of each team have been packed in the carton, and then there is the public voting session.

The whole process is all open, and it cannot be faked at all.

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."

The staff began to count the votes, and the first three votes were all in favor of Tatum as the official president.

Tatum smiled.

This is actually something that is not suspenseful.

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"disagree."

"disagree."

"disagree."

"disagree."

……

But soon, Tatum's smile gradually disappeared, and he frowned.

Unlike when he was the interim president, there were so many dissenting votes.

And as the call for votes went on, things got more and more wrong.

Disagreeing votes are significantly more than agreeing votes.

Tatum turned his head to look at Xiao Hua again, and seeing the latter's meaningful smile, he suddenly understood something.

Xiao Hua must have reached an agreement with some team owners in private!

but why?

Xiao Hua's reputation was completely tainted by the media incident back then, why did these bosses still help him?

He can't understand.

But the situation was out of his control.

In the final result, only 12 teams agreed with him to be the official president of the league, 40% of which did not meet the minimum requirement of 50%.

This also means that he cannot be the official president of the alliance!

After the result came out, not only Tatum didn't expect it, but the team representatives who voted for it didn't expect it either.

It is impossible for Xiao Hua to come back again, and they do not agree with Tatum as the official president. These teams are playing snakes!

Tatum gave a wry smile at last.

A done deal, the result cannot be changed.

"I want to know why, even though I can no longer be the president of the team."

He looked around and asked everyone.

Voting is over, it doesn't matter who is anonymous or not.

"We can't afford the risk of player injuries. Last year's playoffs had at least three super giant season reimbursements."

The first to speak was the representative of the Spurs, owner Pete Holt.

"Yes, although the penalty scale that is too loose brings viewing pleasure, it makes the team need to take a sharp increase in risk, which is not good in the long run."

The representative of the Mavericks, team owner Cuban also nodded.

"Is this kind of thing negotiable?"

Representative of the Pelicans, general manager Demps said.

To say that it supports Tatum, the Pelicans must be firm.

"Didn't we bring it up during the season? But the situation hasn't changed."

Representative of the Rockets, general manager Daryl Morey spoke.

"That's just part of it. Allowing challenges to the referee makes the game very lengthy, and the current rules are too unfriendly to attacking teams."

Representative of the Warriors, team owner Joe Lacob followed suit.

"Yes, we definitely don't want to see the Pistons playing against the Spurs again. Everything is too much."

Morey continued.

"The increase in our financial revenue has become significantly lower. This is a very rare thing. I believe that many teams have this situation."

Representative of the Lakers, owner Jenny Buss spoke.

"Yes, we know the league is balancing teams, but it's a free market and fans love seeing stars play together right now."

Thunder team representative, team owner Bennett said.

It can be seen that he has learned from the grapevine that the league is planning to intervene in George's trade.

The bosses of each team in the conference room spoke one after another, and various questions were thrown out.

Those changes that Tatum made are beneficial to the league and fans, but they obviously touched the interests of many teams.

The NBA is a commercial league. Many owners don't think about it that much. They only care about the income and development of their own teams.

"What you said can be further discussed and changed! Without Tatum, who else can we let be the president of this league?"

Dempsey was a little annoyed.

Facing the bosses of the teams, he is under a lot of pressure, but he knows that Tatum will lose more to the league if he does not continue to serve as president.

"I think Mr. Xiao Hua did a good job before. The new broadcast contract has brought us a qualitative change in income. He is an expert in increasing income."

Jenny Buss then suggested.

"Yes, it is also to limit the grouping of stars. The luxury tax method formulated by Mr. Xiao Hua is more scientific, rather than interfering with it."

Bennett nodded in agreement.

"I think Mr. Xiao Hua is theoretically still the president of the team. Now that he has recovered from his injury, he should return to work."

Joe Lacob also went on to say.

There were constant echoes in the conference room. While denying Tatum's appointment as the official president, they seemed to have already figured out a countermeasure and prepared to make Xiao Hua come back again.

"You guys forgot about the media event?"