Bishop of the Devil

Fans are still eagerly looking forward to the league's punishment plan, but they don't know that during the phone call between Xiao Hua and Richard, the punishment plan has been determined.

Richard did not force Xiao Hua too hard, so that Xiao Hua would not completely ignore what happened tonight. In that case, Xiao Hua would probably not be able to agree.

He gave the punishment as severe as he could accept.

Xiao Hua can also accept the intensity that Richard said. At least this punishment plan will not cause too much complaints once it is announced.

Of course, this is Richard. If it were another team, Xiao Hua would probably really scare the monkeys, and directly appoint a new official to take charge of the team and impose heavy punishments.

Regarding Richard, Xiao Hua is actually full of fear. He is very aware of Richard's energy in this alliance...

If there is a bad relationship with Richard, the lightest consequence will be that the policies promulgated by Xiao Hua will be difficult to implement in the league, and the heaviest consequence will even be the loss of his job.

The position of league president does not mean that once you hold the position, you can continue to do so. If you make most of the bosses dissatisfied, they can easily oust you with a vote.

In the final analysis, the president is just a wage earner who serves the owners of various teams in the league.

Xiao Hua knows exactly how many teams Richard's current energy in the league can affect.

Although he feels that even if the Clippers are severely punished this time, Richard will not really gather people to drive him out, but Xiao Hua is naturally willing to take less risks if he can.

…

After hanging up with Xiao Hua, Richard took Ben to the press conference venue.

Seeing Richard's arrival, the reporters at the scene immediately became excited. It had been several years since there had been such excitement.

"Ahem..." Richard coughed slightly and took the microphone from the public relations manager Sun Xiaoben.

"I know that the main thing everyone wants to come here tonight is to hear my opinion on this matter tonight."

"Actually, I don't have any opinion. You should all have heard what happened on the field."

"Are you kidding? Is Stoudemire a fool? He dared to mess with Ben. I really don't know if he had acid in his head at the time."

"When Ben was dominating this league, Stoudemire was just a kid with no hair on his head!"

"To talk about tonight, I think he played well and Stoudemire deserved to be beaten. If I hadn't been older now, I would have gone on the court to give him a kick!"

Richard said gently into the microphone with a smile.

The reporters in the audience took a breath, this is Richard, the devil Richard who has not changed for more than ten years.

When other head coaches encounter this kind of thing, they will take the initiative to admit their mistakes, take responsibility, and strive to get leniency from the league.

But Richard was good. When he came up, he said that he had beaten well and deserved to be beaten, so he just jumped on the table and clapped his hands.

Now reporters are also wondering, if Richard does this, isn't he afraid of heavy penalties from the league?

There is no attitude of admitting mistakes, how can the alliance endure it?

"Mr. Richard, so you think the Clippers did nothing wrong this time?" A reporter stood up and asked.

Richard was about to answer, but Ben got there first.

"It's not just true. If it happens again, I think I will still do it. No, it may be more cruel..." Ben shrugged and said quite relaxedly.

"How will you face the league's next punishment?" Another reporter asked.

Ben shrugged again and handed the microphone to Richard. Obviously Ben didn't want to think about this kind of thing, and he didn't need to think about it. Who would let him play under Richard now...

"We at the Clippers will accept all the penalties you mentioned from the league. No matter what kind of penalties the league imposes, we will accept them."

"As for the losses caused by the players, I think as the owner of the Clippers, I must have an obligation to help the players bear it."

Richard sold out his face to Xiao Hua, and he was very cooperative in facing the league's punishment.

And because Richard is now in sole control of the Clippers, he can now help the players without any psychological burden.

Before this, for example, when running the Pirates with Jordan, if something like this happened, Richard would probably not say such things.

It's not that Richard is reluctant to part with money, but it's just inappropriate.

Bearing the player's fines and suspension losses, it is inappropriate to spend this money no matter what.

If Jordan were to share the burden, he is not a philanthropist, so why would he waste so many dollars in vain?

If he had to bear the responsibility alone, Jordan wouldn't be able to save his face. Everyone is the owner of the team. Why can't you, Jordan, do what Richard can do...

This is also the reason why Richard later thought of setting up his own business.

Now, Richard can subsidize the players however he wants, provided he has enough money on hand.

In the past two years, after winning the Clippers, Richard's net worth has increased significantly. It is now heading towards the tens of billions mark. He is just one step away from it, maybe Apple, Facebook or Twitter. If the stock rises just a little bit, Richard can break through the tens of billions mark and become one of the richest people in the world.

Now to subsidize Daben or Chasing Egg Green, this amount of money is completely astronomical in the eyes of ordinary people...

If Ben is suspended for 20 games and fined, his final loss may be as high as more than two million US dollars.

Chasing Egg Green's losses were small, less than $100,000...

This more than two million US dollars may be a huge amount of money that ordinary people cannot earn in a few lifetimes.

But for Richard, it's really just a drop in the bucket...

Now Richard may spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a vacation with his family.

In his previous life, Richard thought it was great to be rich. But now that he is really rich, he realizes...

Having money is not only good, it is simply wonderful.

…

After the press conference ended, the press conference waited for the league's penalty results to be announced the next morning.

That night, Xiao Hua did not hold an emergency meeting to discuss a punishment plan for the Clippers. Instead, he directly contacted Tan Huimin, the current vice president of the league, and asked him to formulate a punishment plan.

At first hearing the name Tan Huimin, fans may mutter, is this a Chinese again? Why do Chinese people have such a strong presence in the NBA?

In fact, Tan Huimin is not Chinese, he just has one-eighth Chinese blood in his body. His mother gave him this Chinese name.

His English name is Mark Tatum, but when he faces Chinese media or Asian media, he usually uses the name Tan Huimin...

"Mr. President, don't we need to discuss this matter?" Tan Huimin looked at the punishment plan Xiao Hua gave him and asked with a frown.

In his opinion, this punishment plan is too light. Even without taking into account Xiao Hua's need to establish his authority when he first took office, this punishment was a bit light in the era of Stern.

Tan Huimin has not entered the core power circle of the NBA before, so he is not very clear about the relationship between Richard and Xiao Hua.

"There is no need to hold a meeting, just announce the punishment results directly on the official website." Xiao Hua shook his head and said.

"Okay, Mr. President, I'll do it right away..." Tan Huimin said and left Xiao Hua's office.

…

Early the next morning, the league's official website announced the penalty plan.

Ben Wallace of the Clippers was fined $30,000 and suspended for 17 games, and Draymond Green was fined $15,000 and suspended for three games.

New York Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire was suspended for one game and J.R. Smith was suspended for one game.

As soon as this news came out, everyone in the alliance was dumbfounded...

Is this a punishment plan? ! Are you sure Xiao Hua is not joking? !

That's not to say that the punishments given by Da Ben and Chai Dan were too light. In the eyes of the fans, the suspension increased to more than 10 games. In fact, this was already a quite serious punishment.

What really left them speechless was that the two victims, Stoudemire and JR, were also suspended.

But if you think about it carefully, this punishment is not completely unjustifiable. After all, before the incident happened, Stoudemire had an action of hitting Ben with a ball. This was also the trigger of the fight, so it is reasonable to give him a suspension.

As for JR Smith, he also had the intention of attacking Ben, so he was also suspended for one game.

The three things that fans originally predicted for the new official's appointment did not take off. The league's punishment cannot be said to be taken lightly, but it is certainly not serious.

Under this situation, many fans are speculating whether Xiao Hua is a president who advocates a brutal style of play. Does he also feel that the current league lacks fierceness and wants to bring the league back to the 1990s? That style from the 1900s? !