Chapter 1193: Ban Him!

The first round will start on April 16, and the Suns will also play on the first day.

On the 15th, the Grizzlies arrived in Phoenix, and the team held a press conference at the hotel.

"Kevin, what are your expectations for the first round?" a reporter asked Garnett.

"We will fight, we have a chance, we can fight for everything, and we can beat the Suns." Garnett said almost every word.

He is really anxious. He is at the end of his career. If he cannot win a championship in the past two years, his chances in the future will be slim.

And in two years' time, he won't even be able to keep his position as the main force. Even if he gets the ring, it will only be a title with no gold content at all.

His biggest dream now is to win the championship as the main player like Marbury.

As for the identity of the core players to win the championship, that dream is long gone.

Unfortunately, even this dream seems to be far away.

"Rudy, what do you want to say about this first round?" a reporter asked.

"We will defeat the aging superstars of the Suns to win this series. We are confident that we can do this. We are the future of the NBA."

Rudy Gay said ambitiously.

"James, I heard that you called Hammer your boss, but he almost broke your wrist, so is he still your boss now?" a reporter asked.

"Of course, I'm going to make a fortune with the Hammer Boss. Don't stop me from following him. As for what you said about him breaking my wrist, that's pure nonsense." Harden laughed.

"So when you face this first-round series, will you try your best to eliminate the Suns?" the reporter asked.

"Looking at what you said, of course I have to give my best, I have the best professional ethics." Harden said with a straight face.

"OJ, the Hammers said they were going to sweep the Grizzlies, what do you think?" A reporter asked Mayo.

OJ Mayo was the No. 2 pick in the first round in 2008. He was arrogant and never convinced of his No. 2 pick. He was dissatisfied with Derrick Rose and Beasley. He believed that he was the best one in 2008.

In his rookie season, he did perform well, averaging 18.5+3.8+3.2+1.1+0.2 per game.

But unfortunately, the Rookie of the Year in the 0809 season was taken away by Rose. Rose played 16.8+3.9+6.3+0.8+0.2.

This data makes Mayo even more dissatisfied.

After hearing the question, he immediately said: "We are the best one, and we will definitely be the ones to enter the second round."

His response did not involve Li Ba. He did not lose his cool. With his identity and status, he was not qualified to provoke Li Ba.

But the media did not let him go and continued to ask: "If the Hammers want to sweep the Grizzlies, do you agree?"

"of course not."

Mayo said angrily.

In fact, Li Ba didn't say anything about sweeping the Grizzlies at all. This was just the reporter's nonsense, and he was fooled.

He yelled again: "The hammer is nothing. His average data per game has declined compared with last season. His scoring ability has declined very sharply. He has declined from his peak period. His peak period is very short. This It’s the Chinese people’s constitution that determines why he can’t survive..."

"Kacha kacha..." The reporters became excited and their cameras flashed wildly.

The Grizzlies management started sweating because Mayo said the wrong thing and he shouldn't have made such mindless remarks to the Chinese people as a whole.

"Sorry, OJ just had a problem with the language organization. He did not have any racial discrimination. He just wanted to say that the Hammer's status has declined, and he did not mean anything in particular."

The management immediately interrupted the media conference, explained and left with the team.

"OJ, are you out of your mind?"

After arriving at the floor reserved by the team, before entering the room, team general manager Colangelo Jr. became angry at Mayo.

He is the son of Jerry Colangelo. He has been with the Suns for more than ten years. He left the Suns with the elder Colangelo in 2007 and then joined the Grizzlies, where he remains today.

He knew Li Ba's character very well. What Mayo just said, under the exaggeration of the media, would definitely anger Li Ba.

His family is originally from Phoenix, and there are still many industries here, and they even have shares in other sports league teams here, so he doesn't want to offend Li Ba.

"Sir, I didn't mean that." OJ Dior also started to sweat on his head and explained quickly.

He didn't want to really offend Li Ba. Not only was he the number one active player, he was also a man comparable to Jordan. He was also a heavyweight world boxing champion and a super fierce man who could kill adult sharks with his bare hands. But what was even more frightening was that he He is also a billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars.

In the United States, you can offend anyone, even the boss. Never offend a rich person, especially a very influential rich person. He understands this very well.

"From now on, you are prohibited from accepting interviews from any media, including team reporters." Brian Colangelo said very sternly.

Less than ten minutes after the press conference ended, what OJ Mayo said had been exposed by the media. With the blessing of Li Ba's huge influence, countless media followed suit and quickly spread throughout the world.

Before Li Ba spoke out, a large number of NBA superstars stood up and criticized OJ Mayo.

Among them are Kobe, LeBron James, Wade, Duncan, O'Neal, Marbury, McGrady, Carter, Nash, Payton, Yao Ming, Nowitzki, etc. There are dozens of people. They are friends or teammates of Li Ba, and 70% of them are also shareholders of Senbei Restaurant.

Even Mayo's teammate Harden stood up to criticize him, and his words were very fierce. He publicly called Mayo trash and said he didn't want to play with him.

Following these NBA superstars, Li Ba's friends in other fields also stood up.

A large number of Suns fans surrounded the hotel where the Grizzlies stayed and kept insulting them.

Little Colangelo was under too much pressure. At this time, his father, Old Colangelo, called and asked him to contact Li Ba immediately to explain the matter clearly.

Li Ba's mobile phone was turned off to avoid being disturbed by the media. Little Colangelo couldn't contact him, so he had to go to Li Ba in person and finally met him at his home.

"Hammer, please believe me, this is just what OJ said in a moment of excitement. He was irritated by the media."

"Brian, he must have said that because he thought so in his heart. Don't defend him. He is discriminating against us Chinese."

Li Ba said indifferently.

Little Colangelo thought for a while and asked, "Then Hammer, what do you want to do?"

"Ban him." Li Ba still said indifferently.

Little Colangelo was stunned. He felt that the young man was finished.

"Brian, if you feel embarrassed, I can contact your boss, Mr. Robert Pera." Li Ba smiled.

"NONO, I know what to do." Little Colangelo said quickly.