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 the old king beat O'Neal on the court and O'Neal off the court. O'Neal's malicious foul was ignored again.

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

At 9:00 a.m., the Lakers released O'Neal's injury report to the media in Phoenix, with a slight concussion, extensive blunt trauma to the epidermis, a fractured nose bone, two front teeth were knocked out, a centimeter tear at the corner of the mouth, and a tearing trauma to the left eyebrow. and many more.

  The Lakers also specially released some photos of O'Neal after he was injured. These miserable photos have won the sympathy of the media, so the accusation against Lao Wang has been raised to a higher level.

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

  President's special assistant Xiao Hua said solemnly: “O'Neill's malicious foul was indeed excessive, but old K's violent behavior was 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 to three games, but Old K must be suspended for at least ten games."

  "Ten games are too few, 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 the number one player in active service and history. He can bring a lot of ratings to the league. We can prevent him from continuing to win the championship, but we should squeeze out his remaining value."

"We still have four major shooting guards. Even if the old K retires now, the impact will not be great. In the market in China, there is also Yao who can support it. The old K's meaning to us is more of a negative impact. If we Severely punishing him for the second time will get the support of all the media, and I think the punishment should be strengthened."

"Sprewell was the coach who locked the throat back then. We were banned for one year, and in the end we were banned for 68 games. This time, the violence of the old K is no less than the throat lock. If the punishment is not severe, the civilized image that the league strives to create will be destroyed. It was completely destroyed, and how to explain it to the entire league? How to explain it to the fans and the media? I think it should be severely punished, and I support a one-year suspension."

   "Forty or fifty games, we need his influence in the playoffs, a Lilan worth 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 again, 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 12:00 noon, the NBA announced additional penalties for malicious fouls and violence in the Western Conference Finals G5 game.

   O'Neill, additional suspension of 3 games, a fine of 10,000 US dollars.

  Wang Tiejun was suspended for an additional 50 games and fined $100,000.

  Phoenix, 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 the alliance's..." The phone 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 drag him out to kill him, 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. It's at the championship level. After the Western Conference finals, I want to have a party." A party, thank you teammates for supporting me."

"no problem."

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

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

  The two chatted for a while, then ended the phone call.

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

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

   "Come on, I won't be reconciled to becoming a dynasty anymore, so you don't have to persuade me. Zhou Zhou, let her talk to me."

"dad…"

"Good girl…"

   Talked to Zhou Zhou on the phone for a long time, and just hung 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, and they didn't know how it got involved in music. Shannon O'Neill said that she recently went to Hong Kong, and she was interested in Cantonese songs. One song, Hua Tsai's "I'm Going To Have Sex Alone", Shani O'Neal expressed that she would try it.

  That night, the Nets eliminated the Pistons with a score of 4 to 2 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, the defense collapsed directly and lost again , tied with the Lakers three to three.

   And for this Western Conference Finals, the ratings plummeted. There were still 32 million viewers in the G5 game. In this G6 game, the ratings were cut in half, exactly 16 million.

   This cut in half directly made the league executives feel cold, and they knew that there might be trouble.

   On the 29th, the league convened 14 teams that did not make the playoffs, and held a draft lottery in the Disney Times Square broadcast room in New York.

   This year is the year of the draft, and many teams are trying to win the lottery. Therefore, this lottery draw has attracted a lot of attention. 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 if they are not suitable.

   This time, under his hard-working coaching, he finally got the bottom one 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 **** league. If the Spurs can't even draw the first three picks, there must be ghosts.

  David Stern sat on the ground, smiling, watching the drawing ceremony.

"God bless!"

   The lottery began, Popovich stood up, glanced at the Buddhlike David Stern, and quickly made a cross on his chest.

   "Damn it!"

   A minute later, Popovich walked back frustrated that he didn't draw.

   Next is the Cavaliers draw, and the one who goes up to draw lots is owner Dan Gilbert.

"yeah!"

   A minute later, Gilbert cheered and the rest of the team sighed in frustration.

   "Shit luck!"

   Popovich muttered dissatisfied.

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

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

   "Shit luck!"

   At this moment, other team owners or general managers complained.

   Next, the lottery will be drawn, and the Nuggets will be the first to go. One minute later, the cheers of the Nuggets boss and the sighs of other team bosses resound.

   "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 approached him and chatted with him, and praised Milicic without hesitation.

  Gilbert is at a loss, as if I am not familiar with you, who are you so enthusiastic about my choice?

  On May 30, the Western Conference Finals tiebreaker was held in Phoenix.

  Pharaoh Wang did not go to the scene. He estimated that the Suns would not be able to beat him, and he did not want to watch the Lakers eliminate his team.

  In the end, Kobe scored 42 points, led his team to defeat the Suns, won the tiebreaker, and completed the comeback after 1-30.

  But even though it was the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals, the ratings of this game were actually not as good as the G6 game, only 15 million, which dropped by another million.

  This data made the top executives 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 will the owners of the 29 teams be dissatisfied, but the finals will also be dissatisfied. Broadcaster ABC Television will not be satisfied either.

  On May 31, Lao Wang held a pool party at a private hotel in Phoenix with great privacy.

   "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?" Old Wang shouted from behind.

Ewing paused for a moment, then looked at the two girls beside him. They were the beautiful white girls that he could not enjoy before. 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." 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 insider in vain if he stays in the Suns. What's more troublesome is that he is suspended and no one is available 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 a moderate amount of 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 beautiful girls in his arms, seemingly unaffected by his mood.

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

  Wang Tiejun was selected for the double first team. The two honor alliances must give him. With his data, if he is not given to him, the alliance is not worthy of justice.

   At noon this day, Lao Wang 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 Shuangyi. After checking the system, he didn't even get a point reward.

   That is to say, 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 Lao Wang 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 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 G3 game on the 6th depends on whether the process can be completed and whether the league allows him to return to the game Otherwise, he still cannot return to the game.

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

  On the afternoon of June 2, the passenger plane landed at Capital International Airport.

  Brother Fei brought a group of people over to pick him up, 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.

  He came back this time, and 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. He couldn't hide at home all day long and see no one.

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

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

  After getting in 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 17 million." Fei Ge said with a smile.

   Lao Wang was shocked, the finals, so low?

  The top ten single-game ratings records in the NBA 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 50 million.

  However, in 2001 he retired due to injury, and Jordan also retired, and the ratings of the NBA dropped back to their original shape. Last year's finals were around 20 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 20 million. Even when they met opponents like the Lakers, they could reach 30 million. .

  With an audience rating of 17 million, will the live broadcaster of the finals, ABC Television, cry?

   "You deserve it, who asked them to suspend you?" Fei Ge smiled gloatingly.

   "That's what I asked for. From this point of view, 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, so why does he always attack you when he's on the court?" Fei Ge asked.

   "I don't know what the **** thinks." Old Wang said.

  Brother Fei burst out laughing, and said: "In the G1 game, you just broke his ball, and he can pull you down from behind, and there is no protective action yet, it's disgusting!"

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

   "Hey, this is good, the **** really can't make money, I'll talk to the second sister later." Old Wang laughed.

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

   "Oh, I haven't seen each other for a few months. Come, Zhou Zhou, give me a hug from Dad." Pharaoh got out of the car in a hurry, and stretched out his arms to his precious daughter with a happy smile.

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