I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 400 I Can Help You (Third Change)

On December 2011, 12, the day after Stern was hospitalized for a stroke.

The NBA officially held a press conference to inform reporters of Stern's condition.

At the same time, two decisions were announced. One is that Adam Silva will serve as the acting president of the league, and the interim president will arrange the rematch of the new season.

This decision was voted unanimously by 29 team representatives in the morning, and Adam Silva temporarily became the general manager of the league.

When Stern will come back will be determined by his health.

Judging from Stern's current situation, he is probably going to take a good rest for a while.

If Silva has done well during the period of acting as the supervisor of the country, it is not impossible to directly abdicate in the future.

After all, Silva was originally Stern's designated successor, and everyone can adapt to the transition as soon as possible.

The second decision was to reject the Hornets-Lakers deal, and Paul's plan to go to the Lakers was aborted.

As soon as this decision was made, public opinion was in an uproar.

Needless to say, the Lakers fans must be scolding.

Last season, the Lakers wanted to defend their title and achieve three consecutive championships.

As a result, in the playoffs, he was hit hard by the Mavericks, swept out of the game, and lost all face.

The Lakers' lineup was originally a dead end, with aging players, no space, no draft picks, and no potential stocks.

But the Lakers management deserves to have a lot of hands and eyes. They used a bunch of leftovers to get Gasol back then, creating the second Lakers era in the 21st century.

Now seeing that Gasol is not doing well, he immediately used him as a bargaining chip and got Chris Paul who is still on the rise.

This made the Lakers fans happy, and the Lakers fans all over the world were overjoyed, and they opened champagne before the game.

When you wake up, the transaction is cancelled?Or the alliance personally canceled it.

As for the reason for the cancellation, the explanation given by Silva is very simple, "because of basketball reasons."

What's the difference between this shit and no explanation? It's not because of basketball. Could it be because of football?
Is it Benzema's fault?
In addition to the Lakers fans wanting to curse, the media in Los Angeles also continued to criticize.

Originally, Paul came to the Lakers and formed a backcourt with Kobe. What a topical and box office attractive lineup?

Los Angeles will undoubtedly continue to be the center of conversation in the NBA for several years.

Well now, the topic center of a few years has become a topic center of a few days.

The media workers in Los Angeles expressed that they could not accept it!
As for the Lakers players and Hornets players, they are even more messed up.

Once the news of the transaction is sent out, it means that the relationship between the team and the players has been broken.

Especially heroes like Gasol and Odom who have gone through several years with the Lakers and won the championship.

Now being sold off, although rationally knowing that the NBA is just a business, it is difficult to accept emotionally.

However, as a professional player, he was traded after being traded. Anyway, this is not the first time.

As a result, the deal was cancelled, and they still want to stay with the Lakers?
How will you get along with your teammates and management in the days to come?

It seems that nothing has changed, but in fact, if you eat back what you spit out, will it feel the same?

In addition to being disgusting or disgusting, if the Lakers do not make a new deal, the new season will definitely collapse.

Because in the locker room, it is difficult to gather people's hearts.

Dutiful European players like Gasol are OK, but black players like Odom are already emotionally unstable.

Once he knows that he has been traded and then cancelled, it will definitely be difficult to accept psychologically, and his status will be difficult to say.

As for Kobe and Paul, it was even more embarrassing. When the news first came out, the two contacted by text message.

They are already imagining the beautiful picture of working together next season.

As a result, when I woke up, the transaction was cancelled, and everything became empty.

It would be hard for anyone to accept it in their hearts. If they don't say it, they will definitely scold them in their hearts.

Cancellation of the deal is reasonable but unreasonable. If Stern did such a thing, the parties would probably not say anything.

Stern's prestige has been there for so many years, and he has received enough scolding. It's just drizzle if he doesn't care about this.

But Adam Silva is different. He has just been appointed as the acting president, and he still lacks prestige and trust from all parties, and lacks the recognition of fans.

Although everyone knows that this decision must be made by Stern, but you are the president, and you are the one who is scolded.

As a result, fans, media, and players began to unite to criticize Silva and the NBA through various channels.

Just after the press conference at noon, the NBA media department's emails and phone calls exploded in the afternoon.

Although the fans, management, and owners of other teams agreed with Paul's inability to go to the Lakers, most of them were secretly relieved to see the new president being scolded like this.

It has to be said that this was a mistake in Stern's decision-making. He handed over the scolding work of canceling the transaction to his new successor.

In fact, this kind of dirty work should be done by him himself, taking all the dirty water.

And give Silva the beautiful work of starting the game and resuming work, let him brush up his popularity, and show his face in front of fans, management, and players.

It can only be said that Stern is really tired, too tired, and the stroke almost killed him, and he can't think about it that much.

Or maybe it occurred to Stern, and he deliberately handed over the scolding job to Silva to see what he could do with it.

It can be seen from this whether he is a qualified crisis responder.

Silva still has a lot of experience. Faced with overwhelming doubts and criticisms, he held another press conference in the evening.

At the press conference, the alliance hosted the Hornets and the reasons for canceling the transaction were explained in more detail.

However, when the result cannot be changed, no amount of explanation can calm the emotions of all parties.

Silva was helpless and angry. The helplessness was that the alliance, as the owner of the Hornets, could actually cancel the deal without any reason.

The point of anger is that the owners of the small teams who had previously clamored that the deal was unfair and wanted to cancel the deal were silent now!

The alliance clearly decided to cancel the transaction in order to balance you. Now that you have agreed, the alliance office has been criticized verbally and in writing, so you should hide, right?
But at this time, which team is willing to stand up and be a villain?

The number and power of the Lakers fans are terrifying.

After the press conference, Silva's anger had nowhere to vent.

He could only go to the hospital, hoping to meet Stern and get some advice from him.

When he came to the door of the ward, Silva saw someone sitting at the door holding a bouquet of small white flowers in his hands.

"Smart? Why are you here, in your hand... Mr. Stern?!"

It was Min Congda who was sitting at the door, and Silva misunderstood the flowers in his hand.

Min Congda hurriedly put away the flowers, and said, "I gave this to my girlfriend, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I want to see Mr. Stern, but the doctor said he needs to rest, and I'm about to leave."

Silva was relieved and said, "Smart, what do you think of the cancellation of the Hornets-Lakers deal? Maybe you should say a few words for the league."

Silva followed Stern's teachings and believed that Min Congda could help.

Unexpectedly, Min Congda said: "I don't think the deal between the Hornets and the Lakers should be cancelled. If you really want to calm the anger of the fans and the media, I can help you."

Silva was taken aback, and said, "Can you help me? How do you want to help?"

Min Congda said: "I can contact the Hornets and the Lakers, act as an intermediary, and make a new deal."

Silva pushed his glasses, nodded and said, "That's fine. Letting Paul go to the Clippers is a good choice."

When Min Congda heard that his legs were almost weak, he quickly shook his head and said, "No, no! It's not about letting Paul come to our Clippers! Let him go to the Lakers!"

Silva is shocked now, or go to the Lakers?So what do you plan for the Clippers?
"Smart, tell me what you think."

"Actually, Baron Davis wants to go back to the Hornets."

(End of this chapter)