The Rest, Only Noise

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Before the annual small meeting, Louie met with Garcia Lynn, one of the most powerful people in the league office, the host of the small meeting.

Louis and Lynn's relationship began in 1984.

At that time, after Louis led the Celtics to the championship, the NBA's overseas strategy had just been launched, and the first few promotion locations were China.

To bring the NBA to that eastern country, there must be a proper facade.

Louis, who officially rose in that year, is the most suitable choice for the facade.

On the surface, Louie is the consultant of the NBA delegation to China, but in fact, he is the core person who decides everything.

Including the members of the delegation, they all need to pass Louis' approval before they can make the trip.

Today, that delegation is scattered as a group of stars, some remain in high positions in the alliance, and some are heading for a further future, and the status quo is good.

Louie kept in touch with all those people, especially Lynn.

He is now David Stern's right-hand man, the director of NBA entertainment, the director of the league committee, and a key person who can handle almost everything in the league.

Lynn asked Louis to meet today, mainly to test the other party's tone on the alliance's next plan.

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Lynn asks Louis where is the best place to meet.

Louis replied: Whatever.

In the end, this old man is still a sincere person. Since he is casual, there is no need to make special arrangements. Let's meet in the hotel restaurant.

Few people know that Louis does not like the restaurant provided by the hotel.

He couldn't say why, he just didn't like it.

But eating is small, and meeting Lynn is the most important thing. If you really can't eat, you should lose weight.

"Coach Lu, you look the same as you did back then, nothing changed at all."

Lynn's opening remarks made Louis very happy.

This shows that his current one-day weight loss plan is very successful.

"Garcia, you don't look good. The white hair looks more than our Mr. President."

"Oh, Lu, you know that work is not easy these days."

Lynn talked about the difficulties the league has encountered in recent years.

In fact, it is nothing more than two, rule restrictions have led to the convergence of all teams.

If defense is the answer to the meta, then of course you won't be successful if you don't follow the meta.

The league doesn't want all teams to play the same style of play.

However, to change the trend of national defense, it is necessary to carry out drastic reforms in the rules.

The steps are too big and the other teams can't accept it.

Another is the negative impact of super teams.

The league office once wanted to weaken the super team through a hard salary cap, but before the major giants responded, the players union threatened to strike, letting some people know that some red lines should not be touched.

This makes it difficult.

After listening to Lynn's words, Louie already knew what the alliance was doing.

To put it bluntly, I just want to change, but the general situation does not allow it.

Essentially, the league is the coordinator of the interests of the various clubs.

They have the power to restrain teams and players to a certain extent.

But that's about it.

If the new rules are to be passed, they cannot be implemented without the support of a majority of the teams.

Why did the league allow zone defense after 2001?

Why was Hand-checking completely banned after 2005?

There is no way to come to an answer without incorporating historical context.

The reason for promoting zone defense is simple. The league doesn't want teams with super big insiders to always be in a dominant position.

In 1999, 2000 and 2001, Duncan and O'Neal shared three championships, but the ratings and commercial value were not long.

Super insiders can guarantee performance but not commercial value. This has been the case since ancient times. Therefore, the league needs zone defense to limit these insiders.

In addition to the opposition from the Lakers and Spurs, the strong inside teams, the teams that were abused to death were too late to promise, so the joint defense was launched smoothly.

And so you can see Popovich and the Zen master lashing out at how the zone defense can hurt a player's sense of responsibility.

But in fact, zone defense is a very advanced defensive tactic, especially the favorite use of NCAA college coaches.

With the professionalism of Bobo and Zen Master, do they really not know the value of joint defense?

It's a matter of **** deciding where to stand.

Then, in 2005, Hand-checking was banned altogether, in favor of ball-handling attackers and deft defenders.

The background that drove this was the blood-splattered Finals between the Spurs and Pistons, but the ratings were appalling.

That was the lowest point in NBA ratings in the post-Jordan era, until 2020, which was overtaken by the finals played in the park due to various objective factors.

Being ruled by a super-giant makes you unable to stand out. This is a small matter, but the ratings of the finals are a major event that will affect the wallet. If this goes on, will the TV station still give a big contract? Are the days over?

Why is this happening? Isn't it because the Spurs and Pistons' gang of Birdmen are too defensive, causing irreparable psychological trauma to passers-by fans who just want to watch players rattle and dunk on the court?

So Hand-checking must be banned!

Hand-checking is banned, and the game looks good.

Hand-checking is banned, and the ratings are high.

Hand-checking is banned, and the more you make money with the knife.

Looking back at the times when Stern was in power, every time there was an earthquake-level change in the alliance, its core appeal was only one thing, and that was money.

Now, Stern wants to plan ahead and make changes in advance, but the teams who feel that the status quo is good have no such intentions, which is why it is difficult to implement the policy.

Stern needs supporters.

This supporter must be a person of high moral character and able to respond to every call.

Looking at the league, people with this qualification and status are basically retired and semi-retired, and they have a common feature that they do not like Stern, especially the salary cap system that Stern vigorously promotes.

Like some unmotivated Boston scumbag who admits he doesn't understand the salary cap.

So no one is there?

Not really, that's why Lynn asked Louis to meet.

This man nicknamed "Messiah" is only 36 years old, but he is the founder of the Celtics dynasty (one of), the founder of the Knicks dynasty, and he holds seven championship rings at a young age. Allies All over the league, it can be said that he is the most influential person in professional basketball in the world today.

If he can get his support, no matter what the policy is, there is room for promotion.

"So, the president wants me to help him implement the new policy?"

Stern has a lot of radical new policies, and just one of them could change the game—like shortening the 3-point line.

"Shorten the three-point line, limit the application scope of Hand-checking to the three-point line, refine the rules of thugs, and the referee has zero tolerance..."

Louis smiled: "If all these rules are introduced, let alone the championship-winning teams, even I can't accept it, Garcia, doesn't Mr. President know that ~www.readwn.com~ nothing is okay? Did it happen overnight?"

"So we need your support, Coach Lu..."

"Don't, don't call me Coach Lu, Garcia, these rules are too extreme, and I won't agree to them." Lui said lightly, "We Chinese pay attention to compromise. For example, if I feel hot and want to open the window , if I mention it directly, there will be a blind idiot who will disagree with me, so I will suggest that the roof be lifted, and then someone will suggest that I open the window."

"However, each of these rules is 'lifting the roof'. I haven't seen one that is 'opening the window'. It is very difficult to pass one of them, let alone pass all of them."

Lynn asked, "Coach Lu, which one do you think is likely to be passed?"

"Limit Hand-checking to the 3-point line."

"However, you need the support of a person of high moral character."

"Isn't that you, Coach Lu!"

Louie smiled: "Why should I support you? If this rule is passed, will it affect me the most? Who else likes to use full court press more than me?"

In fact, this rule has no effect on Louie, since he no longer plays murder press...

"Coach Lu, aren't we friends? The president very much hopes that you can support this matter, after all..."

"Don't get along with me, Garcia." Louis interrupted the other party's soft whisper, "We are old friends, you know me, don't throw eagles if you don't see a rabbit, and you want me to help you push this rule, it's not No, but it will seriously affect my tactical system, so you have to give me some compensation."

"What compensation?"

"I think the No. 1 pick in the first round in 1997 barely made up for my loss."