NBA backer king

Chapter 609

On the 27th, the Suns and Lakers appealed to the league early in the morning.

On this day, the US media and many media around the world reported news related to the G5 game in the Western Conference Finals last night.

Wang Tiejun was dunked by O'Neal, and the news about him dunking O'Neal afterwards is of course the focus, but the biggest news is the news that Wang beat O'Neal on the court and O'Neal off the court. O'Neal's malicious foul was ignored again.

Except for the local media in Phoenix who supported Lao Wang and severely denounced O'Neill's malicious foul, almost all American media collectively condemned Lao K's violent behavior and called on the league to deal with this violent incident seriously.

At 9 a.m. in Phoenix, the Lakers released O'Neal's injury report to the media, with minor concussion, extensive blunt trauma to the epidermis, broken nose bone, two front teeth knocked out, a centimeter tear at the corner of the mouth, tearing trauma to the left eyebrow, etc.

The Lakers also specially released some photos of O'Neal after he was injured. These miserable photos received sympathy from the media, so the accusations against Lao Wang went up to a higher level.

At this time, in New York, David Stern held a meeting of the presidents to discuss how to deal with the incident.

Xiao Hua, special assistant to the president, said seriously: "O'Neill's malicious foul was indeed excessive, but Old K's violent behavior is even more heinous.

And this is not the first time he has done this. When he first entered the league, according to the information I got, he beat the postman many times off the court. We can no longer tolerate it and must be severely punished. "

"The Suns also have a complaint. O'Neal can be suspended, but the old K must increase the scale of the suspension."

"We cannot tolerate old K attacking the opponent's core players in this way."

"O'Neal probably won't be able to play in the Western Conference Finals. We can suspend him for two or three games, but Old K must be suspended for at least ten games."

"Ten games is too little. This is a good opportunity. We have to implement a zero-tolerance rule for violence on and off the field. I think it is better to ban for one year."

"One year is definitely not enough. After all, he is No.1 in active service and No.1 in history. He can bring a lot of ratings to the league. We can prevent him from continuing to win the championship, but we should extract his remaining value."

"We still have four major shooting guards. Even if old K retires now, the impact will not be great. In the Chinese market, Yao can also support him. Old K's meaning to us is more of a negative impact. If we severely punish his behavior this time, we will get the support of all the media. I think the punishment should be increased."

"Sprewell was the coach who choked the coach back then. We were banned for one year, and in the end we were banned for 68 games. This time, Old K's violent incident is no less than a chokehold. If the punishment is not severe, the civilized image that the league has worked hard to build will be completely destroyed. And how to explain to the entire league? How to explain to the fans and the media? I think severe punishment should be imposed, and I support the one-year ban."

"Forty or fifty games, we need his influence in the playoffs, and a profit of tens of millions of dollars."

"Agreed, if he can't play for half a season, his condition will definitely decline, and we can just win the top four shooting guards. If the Lakers win the championship next season, Kobe's popularity will definitely skyrocket a lot, and he will top the old K's position."

Under the leadership of Xiao Hua, the executives talked in a hurry, and the general consensus was that they should be severely punished.

David Stern also intends to take the opportunity to suppress the old K. He hopes that the old K will continue to shine for the league, but he does not want to see the old K win the championship again. For the long-term plan, the league needs fresh blood.

At 12:5 noon, the NBA announced additional penalties for malicious fouls and violence in the Western Conference Finals G[-] game.

O'Neal was suspended for three games and fined $3.

Wang Tiejun was suspended for an additional 50 games and fined US$[-].

Phoenix, the Suns headquarters, Colangelo Jr. was notified, and sighed: "The league really doesn't want to see old K win the championship."

Later, Lao Wang received a notification from Colangelo at home. He was silent for a long time, and then called Dayao.

"Brother, I just saw Alliance's..." The call was connected, and Dayao's voice sounded.

Old Wang interrupted Dayao and said, "Okay, listen to me, Dayao, if the Lakers make it to the Finals, O'Neal may not be able to come back, and even if he does, he may not be in a good state. You can use foul tactics to deal with him. You can pull him out and drag him to death. Kill the Lakers for me. I believe you and Kidd can do it. This is your best chance to win the championship."

"I see, brother, I will not let you down." Dayao said in a deep voice.

Just as he put down the phone, a call came in from his agent Hawksman. Before he could say anything, Lao Wang said, "Lance, help me arrange a pool party, at the championship level. I'm going to have a party after the Western Conference Finals. Thank you teammates for their support."

"no problem."

Hawksman directly agreed, and then asked: "Old K, the ban is 50 games, and there are two games left in the Western Conference Finals. Next season, he will be banned for 48 games. He is almost an All-Star. This period of time is very long. Do you have any plans?"

"I haven't considered it yet, let's talk about it later." Old Wang said.

The two chatted for a while before ending the call.

Some more calls came in, from Lao Zhang, from Buckley, from Lei Gong, from Dameng, and then the news was heard in China, and his wife Fei Ge also called.

"Honey, you shouldn't come back, come back quickly, Zhou Zhou misses you."

"Come on, I'm not reconciled to being a dynasty anymore, so you don't have to persuade me. Zhou Zhou, let her talk to me."

"dad……"

"Good boy……"

After talking on the phone with Zhou Zhou for a long time, just after hanging up, another call came in, which surprised him. It was Shani O'Neill. Could it be that he called and scolded him?

"Old K, I'm sorry, Shaq did too much on the court."

"Oh, no, no, I'm a bit too much off the court."

But no, Shani O'Neal actually apologized.

The two chatted for a while, but they didn't know how they got involved with music. Shani O'Neill said that she recently went to Hong Kong and was interested in Cantonese songs.

……

That night, the Nets eliminated the Pistons with a score of [-]-[-] and took the lead in reaching the finals.

This is also the second consecutive year that Dayao and the Nets have reached the Finals.

On the 28th, Lao Wang watched the G6 game between the Suns and the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals at home.

The Suns played away, Kobe personally defended Nash, Nash was defended to death, Hardaway was not in good shape, and everyone else had no ability to attack with the ball, especially without Lao Wang on the defensive end.

And for this Western Conference Finals, the ratings plummeted. There were still 5 million viewers in the G3200 game. In this G6 game, the ratings were cut in half, exactly 1600 million.

This cut in half directly chilled the executives of the alliance, and they knew that there might be trouble.

On the 29th, the league convened 14 teams that did not make the playoffs to conduct a draft lottery in the broadcasting room of Disney Times Square in New York.

This year is the year of the draft, and many teams are playing badly to win the lottery, so this lottery draw has attracted a lot of attention, and I don't know whose luck is better.

The last record in the league is the Spurs. The Spurs are already shameless. They only won 12 games this season, followed by the Cavaliers with 17 wins, and the Nuggets third.

Popovich has served as the head coach and general manager of the Spurs for these years, and he has great power, but the team has not even completed the reconstruction. The reason why he can still sit firmly in these two positions is that he has a good vision in the draft.

Even in the second round, he can dig out good seedlings, and then cultivate them, keep them if they are suitable, and trade them out if they are not suitable.

This time, under his hard-working coaching, he finally got the last record, the first lottery draw, and the hope of getting a good lottery is very high.

His first goal is James, the second is Milicic, the third is Wade, and the fourth is the damn league. If the Spurs can't even get the top three picks, there must be ghosts.

The old God David Stern sat on the ground, smiling, watching the draw ceremony.

"God bless!"

When the lottery began, Popovich stood up, glanced at the Buddha-like David Stern, and quickly made a sign of the cross on his chest.

"Damn!"

After 1 minute, Popovich walked back frustrated, he didn't draw.

Next came the Cavaliers draw, and up for the draw was owner Dan Gilbert.

"yeah!"

One minute later, Gilbert's cheers and other teams' frustrated sighs were heard.

"Shit luck!"

Popovich grumbled dissatisfied.

Next, he was going to go up again, this time drawing the second place lottery.

Three minutes later, Popovich roared excitedly, and he successfully drew the second lottery.

"Shit luck!"

This time, other team owners or general managers began to complain.

Next, the lottery will be drawn, and the Nuggets are the first to go up. After 1 minute, the cheers of the Nuggets boss and the sighs of other team bosses sounded.

"Sorry, I haven't decided who to choose yet, yes."

After the lottery ceremony, Gilbert accepted an interview with ESPN TV. He said: "We hope to be more cautious. The management can make a prudent decision. We have to choose the most suitable and best one."

"Mr. Gilbert, Milicic is a nice lad. Insiders are always the most precious. I believe he is a godsend."

After Gilbert was interviewed, Popovich went up to chat with him and praised Milicic without hesitation.

Gilbert is at a loss, as if I don't know you well, who are you so enthusiastic about my choice?

On May 5, the Western Conference Finals tiebreaker was held in Phoenix.

Lao Wang didn't go to the scene. He guessed that the Suns would not be able to play, and he didn't want to watch the Lakers eliminate his team.

In the end, Kobe scored 42 points, led the team to defeat the Suns, won the tiebreaker, and completed the comeback when they were behind by one to three.

But even though it was the tiebreaker of the Western Conference finals, the ratings of this game were not as good as the G6 game, only 1500 million, which dropped another 100 million.

This statistic made the top management of the league not have much hope for the upcoming finals. They knew that trouble might really happen.

Before the tiebreaker was over, the president of TNT TV called David Stern and directly expressed his disappointment with the league's decision to punish Old K heavily.

David Stern regretted it a bit. The punishment for Old K should not be so heavy. The major loss now is the league. If the ratings of the finals are not satisfactory, not only the owners of the 29 teams will be dissatisfied, but also ABC TV, the live broadcaster of the finals.

On May 5, Lao Wang held a pool party at a private hotel with great privacy in Phoenix.

"Patrick, I'm sorry!" Old Wang said to Ewing.

"Forget it, this is my life."

Ewing shook his head helplessly, and impatiently walked towards the hotel with two hot bikini models in his arms.

"Do you want to fight again next season?" Lao Wang shouted from behind.

Ewing paused for a moment, looked at the two girls beside him, these were beautiful white girls that he couldn't enjoy before, and the calls he called before were too low-end, this is the real high-end product, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "For the party, no, for the championship, I will stay."

"What the hell, you should retire, I won't keep you anymore." Old Wang scolded.

"Old K, you can't do this." Ewing was anxious.

Old Wang waved away people, but did not agree to Ewing.

After this incident, he could see that Ewing was no longer interested in the championship. He would definitely not train during the offseason, and his figure might be completely out of shape next season. He didn't want to keep anyone.

The league's current attitude towards him and the Suns has become clear from this suspension. It must be very difficult for the Suns to strengthen. The only way is the free market, and Ewing can only occupy an inside spot in vain if he stays in the Suns. What's more troublesome is that he is suspended and no one can use the inside.

"Old K, you don't keep your word." Ewing said urgently.

"It's not that I'm not trustworthy, I can let you stay, but you must maintain moderate training during the offseason. I will not be here for the first half of next season, and you need to carry the inside line. Can you agree?" Lao Wang asked.

"This? Let's forget it then, my body is already failing."

Ewing shook his head helplessly, dropped these words, and couldn't wait to walk into the hotel with the two beauties in his arms, seemingly unaffected by his mood.

At 1 am on the 9st, the NBA announced the best lineup.

Wang Tiejun was selected for the first team, and the two honor leagues must be given to him. With his statistics, if he is not given to him, the league is not worthy of justice.

At noon that day, Pharaoh arrived in Los Angeles, and the plane in the afternoon flew directly to the capital.

After getting off the plane, he received a message from Shuangqiu. After checking the system, he didn't even get a point reward.

In other words, after playing for a season, he didn't earn a single point, and because he was deducted by O'Neal, he was deducted 200 points, leaving only 300 points on hand.

Just when Pharaoh arrived in Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles Lakers headquarters, O'Neal was undergoing a concussion return check.

If he wants to return to the game, he has to accept this process. This process has many procedures and takes several days, or even up to a week.

The finals will start tonight. That is to say, the first game of the finals will continue to be suspended, and the second game will be on the 4th. He will also not be able to participate. The G6 game on the 3th will depend on whether the process can be completed and whether the league will allow him to return to the game, otherwise he will still not be able to return to the game.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Wang boarded the passenger plane back home.

On the afternoon of June 6, the passenger plane landed at Capital International Airport.

Brother Fei came to pick him up with a group of people, all of them were security guards from Fengshen Street, all of them were experienced in training.

In this day and age, the domestic public opinion environment is a bit weird. This time, the domestic media scolded him even more than the American media.

When he came back this time, he didn't avoid the media, because he couldn't avoid it. His home was on Fengshen Street. It was impossible to avoid such a big target. It was impossible for him to hide at home all day long and not see anyone.

As soon as I got out of the security check, I was surrounded by a large number of media.

All kinds of questions were thrown out, most of which were unfriendly. He answered two friendly questions and left under the protection of security guards.

After getting into the car, Brother Fei said, "Husband, Dayao won the G1 game of the finals."

"Win? Good, good to win." Old Wang nodded.

"But the ratings are very low, only 1700 million." Fei Ge said with a smile.

"..."

Lao Wang was shocked, the finals, so low?

The top ten single-game ratings in NBA history were created by him and Jordan in the finals, especially during his three consecutive championships with the Lakers. With his and Jordan's influence, they often rushed to 5000 million.

However, he retired due to injury in 01, and Jordan also retired, and the ratings of the NBA dropped back to their original shape. Last year's finals were around 2000 million.

After his comeback last season, the popularity of the NBA began to rise. The ratings of the Suns games were very good. In the regular season, when they met good opponents, they often exceeded 2000 million, and even against opponents like the Lakers, they could reach 3000 million.

With an audience rating of 1700 million, will the live broadcaster of the finals, ABC Television, cry?

"You deserve it, who asked them to suspend you?" Brother Fei gloated and smiled.

"That's what I asked for. Looking at it this way, next season's ratings won't be very good." Old Wang laughed.

"You said that O'Neill usually has a joking relationship with you off the court. Why does he always attack you when he is on the court?" Fei Ge asked.

"I don't know what the bastard is thinking." Old Wang said.

Brother Fei burst out laughing, and said again: "In the G1 match, you just broke his ball, and he could pull you down from behind, without any protective action, it's disgusting!"

Speaking of which, she made a suggestion and said, "Why don't you ask the club to suspend his membership? Let's not earn his little money."

"Hey, that's good. The bastard really can't make money. I'll talk to the second sister later." Old Wang laughed.

Back home, before the car stopped, Zhou Zhou ran out of the living room, and Dad ran over yelling.

"Oh, I haven't seen you in a few months. Come, Zhou Zhou, give me a hug from Dad." Lao Wang hurriedly got out of the car, and stretched out his arms to his precious daughter with a happy smile.

(End of this chapter)