Now, after watching the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, audiences across the United States and the world are looking forward to the second game between the two teams.

The second game of the Western Conference Finals will be held two days after the first game, on May 21, at the Key Arena in Seattle.

Before the war, the atmosphere at the Seattle SuperSonics training ground was very lively.

Originally, before the battle between the Lakers and the SuperSonics, the Seattle SuperSonics' undefeated record had already attracted a lot of attention to this team. After the game between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, the SuperSonics' attention has even increased.

To an incredible point.

This made the already crazy Seattle SuperSonics training facility even crazier.

"So many people gathered around to watch a team's pre-game training, I have never thought about it in the NBA before."

It’s so overwhelming!

David Stern looked at the conditions on the third and third floors of the Key Arena training facility and it was incredible.

But he heard from his assistant that reporters from all over the United States and the world were still gathering in Seattle.

As long as the Seattle SuperSonics do not lose, more and more reporters will gather in Seattle, and it will not reach its peak until the Seattle SuperSonics win the championship undefeated this season.

And now, it's just the end of the first game of the Western Conference Finals, and it's still far from the end of the Finals.

Therefore, he needs a strong nerve, which is just a child now.

However, as a manager who is determined to build the NBA into the first professional league in the United States.

The current situation in the NBA really makes him feel uncontrollably in high spirits.

"President, although the Seattle SuperSonics should have no problem in the Western Conference finals, today's finals..."

"President, do we need..."

need?

The assistant's words brought David Stern's thoughts back from his fantasy.

Of course he knew what the assistant said was needed.

Ever since his last prince had such a "joke" abolished, there have been many people who want to get ahead.

After all, the NBA is developing so well and the benefits are so great, and he is almost 70 years old. It seems that retirement is on the agenda. This is full of temptation for many people, the temptation of rising to the top.

It can be said that many people around him are expressing their ideas to him intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to be taken seriously.

Some people are imitating him in the past, and some are finding new ways. In short, David Stern is very clear about the thoughts of these people, but he also praises and criticizes them all.

It is precisely because of his attitude that the current internal competition among NBA management is quite fierce.

The emperor is getting older, the crown prince is vacant, and the emperor seems to be letting everyone fight, so if you don't fight, why don't you wait to see someone else take the throne?

"President, I don't think we should do anything now. The current NBA development model is very healthy. Now that we have withdrawn our hands, we cannot put them back. If the Seattle SuperSonics can win the championship this season, it will be natural*

**If we can't do this, it doesn't matter. The future is long, and we must interrupt the future development momentum of the league for the sake of the short-term benefit of one season."

"The future development momentum of the league is built up from the present. If the present is better, the future will be better. Otherwise, it is just a castle in the air. The NBA needs stories and great stories. Great stories can make the NBA greater!"

Ever since David Stern temporarily moved the NBA's headquarters and offices from New York to Seattle in the past few months, he has been surrounded by such quarrels almost every day, and he has long been used to it.

In New York and New Jersey, the NBA has so many departments and so many offices that it is basically difficult to see the person in charge.

But when we come to Seattle, this is just a temporary headquarters. It is impossible for Seattle to prepare an office location for every department of the NBA. Everyone basically works together and stays with David Stern together.

Since everyone wants to be around David Stern, naturally there will be no harmony.

Just when these David Stern's assistants were getting into a heated argument, another assistant who came in behind whispered a few words into David Stern's ear, but he had remained calm in the face of such a big controversy before.

David Stern's expression suddenly changed.

Now the focus of the NBA playoffs has all been focused on this series between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Lakers.

On the other side, the Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat and Magic seemed to be transparent.

But as the commissioner of the league, David Stern will not treat this series that has been ignored by the media and fans as if it does not exist.

What's more, the Heat are the team that causes him and the league the most headaches.

Ever since the Heat formed such a terrifying team by cutting first and playing later, David Stern has been very passive.

I always feel that the NBA's trading system makes the league too passive.

As long as they comply with the rules of the league, the team's general managers can trade with each other at will and form giant teams at will.

If the Heat really succeed in this way, the NBA will not be full of giants in the future. If they can't beat them, they will form a team, or even if they can't beat them, they will join. By then, the NBA will be completely destroyed.

Fortunately, because of yes, these evil teams have always been successful.

However, as the president of the league, he cannot always passively rely on a player on this kind of matter.

*Yeyes can’t stop it in the end?

So what to do?

He can't help Yes on the court through referees now, and he can't refuse such a deal that complies with the rules for "basketball reasons" without abiding by the rules.

Then the only way is to make the alliance's tentacles extend longer.

Learn more about the trading operations of each team.

Commercial espionage has such a good reputation when it comes to talking about it, but now David Stern has indeed arranged NBA liaison officers for various popular teams.

Now that the world's communications are so advanced, the job of liaison officer has long been eliminated. The main responsibility of these NBA official liaison officers stationed at a certain team is not to contact these teams, but to be the same as those NBA reporters stationed on the team.

, contact the players of each team. The official duties of these liaison officers are only to assist the players in handling some of the benefits provided by the league or other chores. In the past, players contacted and applied for these matters to the league through the team, but now the league directly establishes

Established contact with players.

Many players in the NBA like to reveal team secrets to their team's reporters.

But I have never heard of NBA players leaking team secrets and information to the league.

It's not because the players are inherently hostile to the league, but because they can't find a way to connect with them.

In the past, there were many connections between the league and the teams, but too few connections with the players, especially those in the middle and lower levels.

And it is precisely these middle and lower-level players who have the most respect for the league and are the most willing to do things for the league.

What the media across the United States and the world can do, David Stern can certainly do.

After getting to know each NBA team better, he may not be able to change the situation where the top players of these teams are leaving or the teams are trading, but he can get information as soon as possible and will not be fooled by the crazy people of these teams.

**Suddenly made a move.

Maybe sometimes after knowing the news in advance, you can create some loopholes and traps in the rules to prevent it.

Since the launch of the official liaison officer system, the Heat and Celtics, the most trouble-making teams, have been the focus of his and the league's monitoring.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm very sure, according to the news from the Magic, Howard has been revealing his dissatisfaction with the Magic and Orlando during training recently. He has been bragging about the special relationship between him and Yes during training, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Yes's hope that James will join.

The news is very dismissive.”

"Various reports indicate that Howard has already considered leaving the Magic, and the next team he's looking for is probably going to the SuperSonics."

"On the Heat side, ** would still stimulate James from time to time during training and force James to go to the SuperSonics. Before, when Durant and Rondo won the MVP, James and ** would go to the SuperSonics.

There were some disputes about the matter, but now there is silence again, and James is now beginning to hesitate about whether to go to the SuperSonics next season."

Are you hesitating again?

David Stern doesn't care much about Howard wanting to go to the SuperSonics. According to statistics from the NBA's contact system, more than 80% of star players in the league first seek a yes partner as a teammate, and even more ordinary role players.

It is above 90%.

Therefore, Howard's message is basically the routine message he hears every day.

It's just that yesterday it was another superstar, and today it's Howard.

But James is different.

After awarding the regular season MVP awards to Durant and Rondo, he always felt that it must have prevented James from going to the SuperSonics.

It is impossible for James to accept the status of the fourth or even fifth leader of a team.

Or does James feel that the positions of Durant and Rondo as the second and third leaders of the Sonics are not stable enough, and he still has a chance to make a comeback?

Thinking of this, David Stern had a headache.

This kid James is really giving him a headache.

Does James now feel that Durant and Rondo's positions in the Sonics are not solid enough?

Okay, then let Durant and Rondo's positions in the SuperSonics become more stable.

We must stop the idea of ​​James going to the SuperSonics next season!

"No matter what, James going to the Sonics must never happen!"

Although David Stern was very upset by James, it can also be seen from this that he is different after the NBA established the liaison officer system.

If this liaison officer system is eliminated, he will still be just the superior league president. Maybe James will suddenly join the SuperSonics as a free agent next season, and he can only stare blankly.

Maybe at that time he was still feeling proud that he had blocked James' path to the SuperSonics.
To be continued...