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

Chapter 495 Create Your Own Era
In mid-March, the trade deadline for the 3 season was approaching.

Every year at this time, the alliance will be jittery, and all kinds of rumors will continue.

But this year is obviously an exception. Before the trade deadline, there were basically no major revelations on the news.

The only point that the reporters are concerned about is whether Warcraft Dwight Howard will choose to apply for a deal, or jump out of the contract in advance, or reach an agreement with the Magic to renew the contract in advance.

From the current point of view, Howard's career in the Magic has entered the countdown, and the Magic have lost their championship competitiveness in the Eastern Conference.

With the rise of the Heat and the Bulls, the Celtics are old and strong, the Cavaliers are thriving, and there is no room for the Magic in the East.

Except for the future ownership of this "first center", none of the other teams has any major moves worthy of attention.

Because this season, the East and West divisions are very strong, the strong teams are strong, the weak teams are weak, and the mid-range teams do not have many opportunities.

In the East, the Heat, Cavaliers, Celtics, and Bulls compete for the Finals spot. The Magic have already withdrawn from the title race, and the Pacers have not yet become successful.

In the West, the Clippers, Thunder, and Lakers have formed a troika, leading the record rankings in the West.

The Spurs, Grizzlies, Nuggets and other teams followed closely behind, but in terms of record and strength, they were far behind the top three, and they no longer had the feeling of the Wild West.

The imbalance between the east and the west has gradually returned to a state of balance, which has been out of balance for ten years.

Even, the east has a faint feeling of overpowering the west.

The root cause is that Min Congda played tricks on it.

His two cuts in the draft and the random signings in the free market ruined the rebuilding plans of the two teams.

One is the San Antonio Spurs and the other is the Indiana Pacers.

These two teams are the kind of small clubs that don't have a big market.

If you want to rise, you can only rely on the draft and some tinkering small transactions.

It is more difficult to catch big fish in the free market.

Popovich carefully calculated, repeated inspections in the summer, and took a fancy to Leonard, a rising star.

With a click, it was taken away by the Clippers, causing the reconstruction plan to be completely messed up.

They had to bite the bullet and continue to use Richard Jefferson, who played well in the regular season.

But Popovich knows that it is difficult for such a Spurs to compete with the Clippers, Lakers, and Thunder in the playoffs.

Therefore, the Spurs have been looking for trading opportunities to strengthen the team's third position and squeeze the oil out of GDP.

Duncan, Ginobili and Parker still have gas in their tanks.

The Pacers are the same as the Spurs, Paul George, the rising star, was snatched away by the Clippers.

Bird saw that the bigger and better George was in the Clippers, he was so angry that he wanted to resign.

Since he took charge of the Pacers, every time the Pacers want to rise, they will always encounter troubles, resulting in a fall short.

He reached the finals in 00 and met the Sharks, encountered the Pistons in 04, and disbanded in 05 after a fight.

After struggling for a few years, Granger, Hibbert, David West and other players have pieced together one by one, and a strong Pacers will emerge.

It happened that Paul George, an important piece of talent, was taken away, which made Bird very uncomfortable.

Min Congda destroyed the Spurs and Pacers, and indirectly made the Cavaliers and Lakers.

At present, these two teams can be described as strong and strong. Even if the Clippers have won 17 consecutive victories, they still have not widened the gap with the Lakers in the rankings.

Although the Lakers do not have a long winning streak, their winning percentage is very stable, and the match between Paul and Kobe has become more and more tacit.

Many domestic Lakers fans basically wake up in the morning, have a late breakfast, and turn on their mobile phones or TV to watch the Lakers game.

After watching half of it, you can basically go to lunch with peace of mind, because the suspense is often lost in the first half of the game.

If the Lakers play on the road, the game starts at nine o'clock, 09:30. For those college fans who sleep in, waking up is a victory.

Under the guidance of Phil Jackson, this Lakers team is very stable. They still want to make some small repairs on the trade deadline to strengthen their strength.

In order to be able to be stable in the playoffs and win the championship.

The situation of the Cavaliers is similar to that of the Lakers. The lineup construction is quite perfect and there are almost no defects.

LeBron James is racing toward his third MVP trophy.

All this is the result of Min Congda's secret help.

With the double insurance of these two super opponents in the East and the West, it is really difficult for a young team like the Clippers to win the championship.

In particular, the Boston Celtics broke the Clippers' winning streak in the away game, which made Min Congda feel good.

What makes him feel better, of course, is that his suspension is about to count.

Dr. Mia issued a psychological diagnosis certificate for him, thinking that Min Congda is currently emotionally stable and can go to the sidelines to watch the game.

In the last psychotherapy, Min Congda fought wits and courage with Mia, fake hypnosis, made up stories, and got away with it.

This time is different, Min Congda took medicine seriously, really took medicine.

Then it passed a series of tests and was certified as: no problem.

Min Congda was already hungry and thirsty, and couldn't wait to go to the scene to watch the game.

He is completely obsessed with the NBA scene now.

The grand and bright venue, the noisy and interesting environment, and the fierce confrontation are all fascinating.

After 25 games, Min Congda really missed the feeling of the game after not watching the game for more than a month.

Of course, he felt that the league's ban was very good.

Because in these 25 games, the Clippers lost two games!

If you watched this from the sidelines from beginning to end, wouldn't you be pissed off?

Well now, the first game after lifting the ban, the Clippers challenged the Oklahoma City Thunder away!
Get up wherever you fall.

Min Congda was suspended in the game between the Clippers and the Thunder.

After the ban is lifted, I will go to the scene to watch the Clippers play the Thunder in the first game.

This made the alliance quite worried. Will Min Congda mess up again?

Before the start of the game between the Clippers and the Thunder on March 3.

New York, inside the NBA Commissioner's Office in the Olympia Building.

After the afternoon work session, Adam Silva held an internal meeting to discuss the league's work ahead of the trade deadline.

Since Adam Silva became the president of the league, such small cabinet meetings have been held more frequently than before Stern.

First, Silva has just become the president of the league, and there are many issues that need to be discussed and decided with the vice president.

Second, Silva needs such a meeting to establish his authority.

During the referee strike last time, Silva disintegrated the offensive of his vice president and referees through adequate preparation.

This has further enhanced Silva's power in the alliance, and the voices below who dare to oppose him are naturally smaller.

And after the incident, Adam Silva further expanded the size of the league referee reserve team, and at the same time asked the referees of the reserve team to participate more in NBDL and this summer's summer league to increase their field experience.

He also asked the official to increase the number of referee training camps and strengthen the training of novice referees starting from the new season.

There is no doubt that Silva is strengthening his control over the referee team in this way, paving the way for future plans.

In today's small cabinet meeting, the issue of refereeing was brought up again, and this time it was related to Min Congda again.

Bozia, who is in charge of the refereeing work, said: "Mr. President, I have a question to report to you. Tomorrow is March 3th, when the Clippers play against the Thunder, no referee is willing to come out and enforce the law."

Silva raised his eyebrows and said, "No one wants to enforce the law? Why?"

Bozia said: "Because...Smart will come back in that game, he will definitely watch the game from the sidelines."

Silva laughed: "Smart is back, so the referee refused to blow the game? What's the reason for this, do they still want to strike?"

"No, no, no, they don't want to strike, they just don't want to brag about games with Smart on the sidelines..."

"This is a strike in disguise. Smart's suspension time has come. We can't ban him from going to the game as a spectator. The referee can't refuse to enforce the law because of a spectator. Do you understand, Bozia? "

Bozia nodded. At this moment, he and the referee team had no room for resistance in front of Silva.

This slight struggle was easily suppressed by Silva.

Bozia knows that if the referee insists on not playing, the result will be to use the referee of the reserve team.

Then these referees who refuse to play will definitely be sanctioned by the league and lose their qualifications to continue law enforcement.

With the support of Stern and most of the top management and shareholders, Silva's authority cannot be challenged.

But what makes Bozia even more puzzled is why Silva is so protective of Smart.

"Although law enforcement is necessary for tomorrow's game, Smart is indeed a problem. So, send a steady and fair referee to blow the whistle tomorrow. Don't let Fitzgerald's violent temper stupefy him anymore. Be steady, Be sure to be steady!"

After thinking about it, Silva was quite worried, so he demanded that a steady and reliable referee be sent, and Min Congda should not be caught off guard.

To be honest, during the period of Min Congda's suspension and silence, the league referee's office was really quiet and relaxed.

Nobody gives advice all the time anymore, no need to reply to critical emails.

But to be honest, this kind of work is really not very motivated.

"By the way, also, think of a way this year and give Smart the best general manager. Take this award to appease this guy, so that he will not fight against the league in the future."

Now that we are talking about Min Congda, it is natural to talk about everything related to him, otherwise it will be very annoying to always bring up this trouble.

Silva bluntly said at this kind of meeting that he would give a certain award to so-and-so. This is something that Stern dared to do in the past.

Silva has only been the president for half a season, and he has shown Stern's dogmatic demeanor.

The vice presidents were secretly dissatisfied, but they couldn't say much.

Everyone is a sensible person, knowing that there must be some PY deal between Smart and Silva.

The two are actually a team.

In the last referee incident, the two simply sang together.

One is troublesome and the other is normal.

Min Congda seemed to be punished badly, but in fact he secretly benefited a lot from Silva.

Judging from the current momentum, Silva not only wants to give Min Congda the best manager, but it is estimated that the championship also wants to give to the Clippers, right?
Because the new president always hopes to create superstars and protagonists on the league stage when he takes office.

Before the Stern era, Michael Jordan was the best protagonist and the most perfect superstar.

To a certain extent, it can even be said that Michael Jordan made the NBA and the league brilliant.

That's why after Jordan retired, the league has always had the term "Jordan's successor" that sounds absurd.

The present and the future seem absurd, but they didn't look like it at the time, because everyone knew that Jordan was too important to the league.

He is the perfect protagonist of this big NBA drama. After the protagonist has finished the curtain call, who will continue to watch the drama?
Later, Stern praised many people, and in the end Kobe was regarded as half of his successor.

And James is known as the son of the chosen one, but he turned out to be a dou who couldn't afford it, and he just couldn't win the championship.

Now, James is very close to the championship, and Kobe also has the strength to win again.

But these two are the legacy of the Stern era. No matter who wins the championship, they will be considered as the afterglow of the Stern era.

Adam Silva, as the new president, naturally hopes that there will be new representatives, new superstars, and new protagonists who can stand up.

In the 1983-1984 season, when Stern became the president of the league, the Celtics and the Lakers started the yellow-green battle mode, which became the peak and classic in the history of NBA ratings.

And the representative figure of the Larry O'Brien era, the superstar Julius Erving dug from the ABA, after winning the championship in 83, he has not been able to win any championship since 84. The Super 76ers who just returned to fofofo, short It fell apart in just one season, leaving all the glory in the early 80s.

Everyone can see that Silva also wants to create a new era of his own, and the representative team is the Los Angeles Clippers!

It's just that Silva is too embarrassed to say it.

After discussing a few more matters, the vice presidents left the president's office with their own concerns.

Silva took out his mobile phone and dialed Min Congda's mobile number.

"Hello, Smart? I'm Adam. I've taken care of the suspension for you. You can watch the game against the Thunder tomorrow... Haha, of course it's not that easy. There are still internal objections. This time You really have to restrain yourself and don't cause any more trouble. At least you don't want to cause trouble this season, including the playoffs, OK?"

On the other end of the phone, Min Congda heard Silva's words, and knew that this guy was here to "take credit", and he must have something else for himself to do.

"I won't cause trouble for you anymore, don't worry, thank you very much for your care. If you have any orders, just tell me, I, Smart-Min, will do my best."

Min Congda thought to himself, as long as you don't want the Clippers to win the championship, I am willing to do anything.

Oh, by the way, and donating to a charity dinner, please forgive me.

Silva did not mention these two things, but said: "I want to talk to you about the development of the Chinese market. I heard that you have set up an Asian youth basketball training center in China. It has been two seasons. Any results?"

"Uh... Yes, we have cultivated a talented basketball boy!"

"Really? Why is there no news?"

"There is news. When I was suspended last time, the one who was kicked out with me was the one."

(End of this chapter)