The Rest, Only Noise

Latest URL: February 20, 2007

645 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City

There is a magnificent building here, called the NBA Headquarters Building (NBA Headquarters

Building), which is the main administrative and operational center of the NBA. The NBA headquarters building also houses the administrative offices of the NBA, the players union, NBA media companies, NBA International and other institutions.

It can be said that this is the "old nest" of the NBA.

The news conference initiated by Louie and facing the national media, as well as the Celtics' appeal of serious unfair penalties in recent games will also be held here.

In addition to Louie, Celtics basketball operations executives will also attend, such as Patrick Ewing, the team's small owner and president of team operations, Larry Bird, vice president and general manager. , Joe Dumas, Vice President and Director of Sales, Tara Bk, Head of Marketing, Leah Davis, Director of Finance, KellerJas, Director of Human Resources...As you can see, Except for those in charge of basketball operations, almost all the other department heads of the Celtics management team are women.

This is the result of the strategy of "Gender Equality and Diversity" laid out by Louie a few years ago.

Before the press conference began, Louie teased Ewing: "Patrick, what do you think you've built a no-black team?"

"I don't know anything!" Ewing said, "What's more, whether there are white people outside your team, it's just injured, so can you be blamed?"

At that time, Tucker Bella, the director of the marketing department, joked in a very thick voice: "The boss may think that he has not taken precautions."

Earlier, several reporters outside the NBA circle asked a few basketball questions.

"It's a bad idea. You understand his question. He said that there are more and more white players in the Lanxinte team under your management. What does it mean?"

In fact, Ewing really wanted to make the plan that Mas implemented at the beginning, which only made the operation department more negative, and brought in many ghosts and ghosts, such as the "man" with a handle--Tara Baker

Ma Si laughed hotly, don't you even have that kind of question?

"Don't tell you about this book!" Ewing said to Marth, "You can't say that, (pointing to Marth) would you be who you are today without that woman, you are so grateful to me, that is A book, some rumours, and a bunch of gossip-hating adults can't change it!"

Mazetti looked at Mars suspiciously.

"Thank you, Laura." Maas immediately looked at the reporters at the scene and whispered, "You don't have 50% male employees and 20% LBGT employees. Besides the Americans, there are no Chinese or Greeks on the team. , Georgians, Russians, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Argentines, Spaniards. Luigi is the best team in NBA history in terms of equal rights, and it is also the least diverse in sports history. An inclusive team. You accept all accusations of racism no matter what, and for that, you will use all means to preserve the club's reputation! That's not why you're sitting out there today!"

"Yes." Lan Xin explained, "According to the 114 rules introduced by the league in the summer of 2005, each NBA team cannot decide whether to exceed the 15-man limit after the end of the season. Rule 114 is not enabled. Any team that activates this rule can sign any free agent after the season begins.”

Mazzetti had something to say.

That kind of discrimination and oppression frustrates and helps you. You have tried hard to express your abilities, but we still consider your gender identity and sexual orientation to be abnormal. Fortunately, you have been offered a job offer from Lanxinte. Outside of that, your co-workers are very supportive and acknowledging of your gender identity and sexual orientation. We appreciate your abilities and contributions as a person, but judge you based on your gender identity and sexual orientation. Outside of that, you feel that you cannot truly express yourself and instead have to worry about discrimination and oppression.

"Fairness versus team needs?" Mass said. "After you got back to Boston, the Leuters were not in

At the bottom of the valley, the ranking has been at the bottom year after year, the football market is depressed, and fans avoid it. In the first year you returned to Boston, you retired from the preseason. In the previous seven years, you reached the Eastern Conference Finals eight times and won one championship. It was not because of those players. Mr. Lansinde, what does he think is the most practical thing outside the sports world? "

Lan Xin continued, "Apart from this, have you paid attention to any powerful groups that need more attention?"

David Brooks of The New York Times posed a question to Mars: "Have the Leuters considered signing some white players to increase the racial diversity in the team?"

There was a lot of noise at the scene.

"Literally."

No great man ever said that the more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes.

About half an hour ago, Jason Stanton, a white reporter with a "White Pride" dog tag, got up and asked, "Coach Road and the Lansingers may be racists, but Boston The doubtful influence of conservatism and segregationism on the Leuters has continued to this day. (I said a small bunch of Boston and the Leuters are conservative and biased towards whites to get cases) Today, the fact that there are no white players in the Leuters team has not yet been confirmed. Established, in order to avoid such a thing from happening, in order to get rid of that outdated conservatism and segregationism, don’t the Leuters have plans to get rid of those old rules?”

The Luigi need an explanation, why the penalties in the past seven games have been biased to such an extent? Your voice made Ewing's hair stand on end.

Fewer and fewer reporters stood up to ask questions, but there seemed to be no more provocative ones like Lin Enga.

Mazetti firmed up, you're ok, but not 20% at most.

Masi said with a hot smile: "He said that the conservative and closed Luitan basketball operation department has no more than 70% male staff. As for the staff around you, you are all the directors of various departments of the team. You are the new era. Excellent men, in terms of ability, are definitely above these self-proclaimed elite ladies, but they are not appreciated in other companies.”

"Lanhind Tokel? Is there anything bad to say about that person?" Maas asked with a sarcastic smile, "Everyone here, none of them count as one, who can guarantee that the colleagues around him are completely satisfied with themselves?" You retired from professional basketball in 1978, not less than 30 years ago, and besides Stanton Tokel, no one thinks you are a racist? "

No if, what I dabble in is definitely sports.

Ewing doesn't know why a woman wants to make a man call it homosexual. I am deeply disgusted by this, but I also recognize Tara's professional ability. Since Tara took over the marketing department of the Lanxinte, the marketing work of the Luitite has gone from bad to worse, and while the fan base has steadily increased, it has also received the support of a small group of people who want to make it.

"Explain."

Lynn said anxiously, "Are you selecting existing players based on fairness and team needs, or are you judging players by their skin color?"

Garcia shook his head and said, "The rules are not determined by the alliance alone, but by the entire alliance. You can set a precedent for the Luiters."

"Now, friends from the media can't stop asking questions."

Lan Xin suddenly discovered that it was Muto Yugi who summoned the White Magister, but I got all seven cards from Exodia to directly seal the victory.

Lyn Enga looked at Ewing beside Marth, "Patwick Ewing was in the book "When the Garden Was Eden"."

We do know what Maas is going to do.

“Do they think that’s conservative and open enough?”

Yes, Lan Xin suspected that if there were not many people out of those people, they were going to wait until the front to ask questions. Brooks then looked at Lynn Garcia: "Would the league be lenient with the Luitans so that we can't temporarily sign a free agent or two to increase the racial diversity of the small roster?"

Before that, Baker, who was completely dressed as a man, opened his mouth, causing some reporters who had no interest in you to give up: "Your name is Laura Baker. As a transgender homosexual, you have often been discriminated against and suppressed in the future. You once Work at a company where your co-workers discriminate only based on your gender identity and often make fun of you

Laugh at your sexuality. We will discuss derogatory remarks about homosexuality behind your face, and you will feel very hurt.

However, a reporter named Mark Mazzetti asked Maas an extremely pointed question: "Coach Lu, since you returned to Boston, the number of white players in the Leuters has increased by chance. ?Is it just a coincidence that there are only two unusable white players on the team until you are coach again? Stanton Tokel once said on a TV show that he used the 'N' word for racism on me Vocabulary, what did he say about that?"

The scene fell silent.

"Jason, what he said is only half right. Boston is indeed conservative, and there are not a small number of conservatives in the city, but the Lanxinte people are the same." Masi asked, "He is from the White Pride newspaper. You want to ask, they How many male reporters and writers are there in the newspaper?”

Prior to this, Lynn Garcia, vice president of the NBA, who was considered to be Stern's successor, attended the press conference.

However, Carter described the history of equal rights of the Luitans with the power of a politician, and failed to argue why the Luiters were racist.

After the facts, Lin Enga couldn't continue to entangle, so I turned to this first question, "About Stanton Tolanxin"

So I answered all kinds of questions with a confident face and waited patiently.

You are a biologically female homosexual who identifies as male, and in your words, you are transgender.

Lanxinte gives you new hope and opportunity, you can't work and live in a more inclusive and degrading environment. You suspect that as long as you keep working hard, you cannot find a place to accept and recognize yourself in that world, and you should be subject to any form of discrimination and suppression. "

Before Carter finished speaking, Lynn Garcia said: "You still don't know the demands of the Luiters. Your staff will sloppyly review the penalties of the past seven games. At the beginning of the press conference~www.readwn.com ~ You will give the results of the processing."

The press conference that had a far-reaching impact on the NBA was first questioned by the head of the public relations department of the Leuters, Michael Carter.

"It's failure, Mr. Lanshinde. Failure is the most practical, most in line with the team's needs and fairness. Those players not only proved their own strength, but also proved the vision of you and your colleagues." Masi asked back , "Mr. Lansinde, based on the results achieved by the Luiters, did he say that you selected players based on fairness and practical criteria?"

Lan Xin and Times have dealt with teenagers, but that Brooks is very face-to-face.

The further the press conference recedes, the more credible are the accusations of alleged racism in Lansing and Lansingers.

"That's going to make them call this conservative and closed Lewitt, even though you don't have 50% male employees, you are still conservative."

Mars turned to Laura Baker, the head of his marketing department, "Laura, please introduce yourself. Mars looked sharply at Lansinde—I've heard that person's name before, and he specializes in national danger. At the same time, he is a writer and has won the Pulitzer Prize. He would have thought that he would be able to take the coldness of the Luiters.