Chapter 1,076 David Stern’s Black Hand!

Now, after watching the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, audiences across the United States and the world are looking forward to the second game between the two teams.

The second game of the Western Conference Finals will be held two days after the first game, on May 21, at the Key Arena in Seattle.

Before the war, the atmosphere in the Seattle SuperSonics training ground was very lively.

Originally, before the battle between the Lakers and the SuperSonics, the Seattle SuperSonics' undefeated record had already attracted a lot of attention to this team. After the game between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, the SuperSonics' attention has even increased. To an incredible point.

This made the already crazy Seattle SuperSonics training facility even crazier.

"So many people gathered around to watch a team's pre-game training, I had never thought about it in the NBA before."

It’s so overwhelming!

David Stern looked at the conditions on the third and third floors of the Key Arena training facility and it was incredible.

But he heard from his assistant that reporters from all over the United States and the world were still gathering in Seattle.

As long as the Seattle SuperSonics do not lose, more and more reporters will gather in Seattle, which will not reach its peak until the Seattle SuperSonics win the championship undefeated this season.

And now, it's just the end of the first game of the Western Conference Finals, and it's still far from the end of the Finals.

Therefore, he needs a strong nerve, which is just a child now.

However, as a manager who is determined to build the NBA into the first professional league in the United States.

The current situation in the NBA really makes him unable to contain his excitement.

"President, although the Seattle SuperSonics should have no problem in the Western Conference finals, this year's finals..."

"President, do we need..."

need?

The assistant's words brought David Stern's thoughts back from his fantasy.

Of course he knew what the assistant said was needed.

Ever since his last prince was so 'jokely' that he abolished it, there have been many people who want to stand out.

After all, the NBA is developing so well and the benefits are so great, and he is almost 70 years old. It seems that retirement is on the agenda. This is full of temptation for many people, the temptation of rising to the top.

It can be said that many people around him are expressing their ideas to him intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to be taken seriously.

Some people are imitating him in the past, and some are finding new ways. In short, David Stern is very clear about the thoughts of these people, but he neither praises nor criticizes.

It is precisely because of his attitude that the internal competition among the current NBA management is quite fierce.

The emperor is getting older, the crown prince is vacant, and the emperor seems to be letting everyone fight. So if we don't fight, why don't we wait to see someone else take the throne?

"President, I don't think we should do anything now. The current development model of the NBA is very healthy. Now that we have withdrawn our hands, we cannot put them back. If the Seattle SuperSonics can win the championship this season, it will naturally be the best." Okay, if you can’t do this, it doesn’t matter, the future is long, and there is no need for us to interrupt the future development momentum of the league for the short-term benefit of one season.”

"The future development momentum of the league is built up from the present. If the present is better, the future will be better. Otherwise, it is just a castle in the air. The NBA needs stories and great stories. Great stories can make the NBA greater!"

Since David Stern temporarily moved the NBA's headquarters and offices from New York to Seattle in the past few months, he has been surrounded by such quarrels almost every day, and he has long been used to it.

In New York and New Jersey, the NBA has so many departments and offices, and it is basically difficult to see the people in charge.

But when you come to Seattle, this is just a temporary headquarters. It is impossible for Seattle to prepare an office location for every department of the NBA. Everyone basically works together.

Stay with David Stern together.

Since everyone wants to be around David Stern, there will naturally be no harmony.

Just when these David Stern's assistants were getting into a heated argument, another assistant who came in later whispered a few words into David Stern's ear. He had remained calm in the face of such a big controversy before. David Stern's expression suddenly changed.

Now the focus of the NBA playoffs has all focused on this series between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Lakers.

On the other side, the Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat and Magic seemed to be transparent.

But as the commissioner of the league, David Stern will not treat this series that has been ignored by the media and fans as if it does not exist.

What's more, the Heat are the team that causes him and the league the most headaches.

Ever since the Heat formed such a terrifying team by cutting first and playing later, David Stern has been very passive.

I always feel that the NBA's trading system makes the league too passive.

As long as they comply with the rules of the league, the team's general managers can trade with each other at will and form giant teams at will.

If the Heat really succeed in this way, the NBA will not be full of giants in the future. If they can't beat them, they will form a team, or even if they can't beat them, they will join. By then, the NBA will be completely destroyed.

Fortunately, because of the existence of Yes, these evil teams have never succeeded.

However, as the president of the league, he cannot always passively rely on a player on this kind of matter.

What if Yes can't stop it in the end?

So what to do?

He can't help Yes on the court through referees now, and he can't refuse such a deal that complies with the rules for "basketball reasons" without abiding by the rules.

Then the only way is to make the alliance's tentacles extend longer.

Understand the trading operations of each team better.

Commercial espionage doesn't have such a good reputation, but now David Stern has indeed arranged NBA liaison officers for various popular teams.

Now that the world's communications are so advanced, the job of liaison officer has long been eliminated. The main responsibility of these NBA official liaison officers stationed at a certain team is not to contact these teams, but to be the same as those NBA reporters stationed on the team. , contact the players of each team. The official duties of these liaison officers are only to assist the players in handling some of the benefits provided by the league or other chores. In the past, players contacted and applied for these matters to the league through the team, but now the league directly establishes contact with the players.

Many players in the NBA like to reveal team secrets to their team's reporters.

But I have never heard of NBA players leaking team secrets and news to the league.

It's not because the players are inherently hostile to the league, but because they can't find a way to connect.

In the past, there were many connections between the league and the teams, but too few connections with the players, especially those in the middle and lower levels.

And it is precisely these middle and lower-level players who have the most respect for the league and are the most willing to do things for the league.

David Stern can certainly do what the media across the United States and the world can do.

After getting to know each team in the NBA better, he may not be able to change the situation where the top players of these teams are leaving or the teams are trading, but he can get the information as soon as possible and will not be fooled by the crazy behavior of these teams. The operation was suddenly performed.

Maybe sometimes after knowing the news in advance, you can create some loopholes and traps in the rules to prevent it.

Since the launch of the official liaison officer system, the Heat and Celtics, the most trouble-making teams, have been the focus of his and the league's monitoring.

"sure?"

"Very sure, according to the news from the Magic, Howard has been revealing his dissatisfaction with the Magic and Orlando during training recently. He has been bragging about the special relationship between him and Yes during training, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Yes' desire for James to join. The news was very dismissive.”

"Various reports indicate that Howard has already considered leaving the Magic, and his next destination is likely to be the SuperSonics."

"On the Heat side, Wade would still stimulate James from time to time during training and force James to go to the SuperSonics. When Durant and Rondo won the MVP, James and Wade went to the SuperSonics. There were some disputes about the matter, and now there is silence again, and James is now beginning to hesitate about whether to go to the SuperSonics next season."

Are you hesitating again?

David Stern doesn't care much about Howard wanting to go to the SuperSonics. According to statistics from the NBA's contact system, more than 80% of star players in the league first seek a Yes partner as a teammate, and even more ordinary role players. It is above 90%.

Therefore, Howard's message is simply the routine message he hears every day.

It's just that yesterday it was another superstar, and today it's Howard.

But James is different.

After awarding the regular season MVP to Durant and Rondo, he always felt that it must have prevented James from going to the SuperSonics.

It is impossible for James to accept the status of the fourth or even fifth leader of a team.

Or does James feel that Durant and Rondo's positions as the second and third leaders of the Sonics are not stable enough, and he still has a chance to make a comeback?

Thinking of this, David Stern had a headache.

This kid James is really giving him a headache.

Does James now feel that Durant and Rondo's positions in the Sonics are not solid enough?

Well, then let Durant and Rondo's positions in the SuperSonics be more stable.

We must stop the idea of ​​James going to the SuperSonics next season!

"No matter what, James going to the SuperSonics must never happen!"

Although David Stern was very upset by James, it can also be seen from this that he is different after establishing the liaison officer system in the NBA.

Without this liaison officer system, he would still be just the superior league president. Maybe James will suddenly join the SuperSonics as a free agent next season, and he can only stare blankly.

Maybe at that time, he was still feeling proud that he had blocked James' way to the SuperSonics.

Now that there is a liaison officer system, he is more proactive. The liaison office is helping him analyze the secrets of each team. He can deal with the key secrets. Although he cannot help James make decisions or punish James, he can Other conditions can be changed to block James' path.

"Improve the status of Durant and Rondo..."

How can we completely establish the status of Durant and Rondo in the Sonics so that James will not have any thoughts of coming to the Sonics to compete with them when he sees these two people?

Standing on the steps behind, looking at the two Sonics players in the center of the surrounded training field in front of him, David Stern once again fell into deep thought.

There are still ways.

But he couldn't do it alone.

David Stern is staring at Durant and Rondo and thinking about something.

As for Ye Si, who is the center of the training hall, Ye Si frowned and looked at the beating hands on the superstar system.

After locking in an 88 touch in the last game, Ye Si's touch fell into a low ebb.

Can the feel return to normal in the next game?

Ye Si didn't ask for his hand to explode, just return to normal. With his normal feel and his counterattack skills, he was able to handle the game with ease.

Even if Ye Si's current hard power is bad, he won't be afraid of it, but the Lakers are indeed a very powerful opponent.

If you want to win, you still need more preparation.

What is Ye Si worried about most now?

How I feel in my next game.

As for Kobe on the other side, what is he most worried about?

The same is true for his own feel in the next game.

Although Kobe couldn't see the touch, after he understood his talent better, he knew very well that he was amazing in the previous game, but he might not be so amazing in the next game.

Of course, the next one might be amazing, it’s hard to say.

And with his hard power, if the opponents he encounters in the regular season are not that strong, even if his touch is average, he can still play a god-level game.

But this one from Supersonic Speed ​​is anything but ordinary.

In the last game, he played a game with the SuperSonics and Yes. This game was watched by the whole world, and he was still under pressure.

And it’s different from Supersonic Yes.

Yes, it used to be my way of playing for everyone, as long as I didn’t feel well organized.

But as for him, in the Lakers, everyone is for one, and he has to play even if he doesn't feel good. If he doesn't play, is it a tactical system that allows Nash and Stoudemire to play against the Suns?

Can't beat it.

On May 21, 2010, Ye and Kobe took each other's teams to the second game of the Western Conference Finals with such worries and expectations.

In this game that attracted worldwide attention, Leafs and his Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 144-120 at home.

Another 20-plus point win.

In this game, Ye's touch was indeed quite average, but it was still good, while Kobe's touch was pretty good. Although it was not 100, it still locked in a 70 touch.

It's just obvious that Kobe's 70-inch touch can't lead the Lakers to a game like the last one.

Even with such a touch, facing the Leafs' full defense, Kobe couldn't even make a quick attack in the run-and-gun triangle offense.

The Lakers couldn't develop their own complete tactical system, but the SuperSonics could. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers lost two games in a row on the road and sadly left Seattle with a 0-2 score.

After the game, Yeos and the Sonics players were surprised to find...

"Did you notice that the momentum between KD and Rajon after the game was unusually ferocious?"

The Sonics players were surprised, as if they were being enveloped by a dark hand in the shadows.

On the other side, James and Howard were really even more envious.