Legendary Basketball Tycoon

NBA League headquarters in New York City.

In the president's office, Stern sat on his desk and carefully looked at the major newspapers published today.

Looking around, Stern showed a bright smile.

If you really want to say that what happened in the past two days is known to all Americans, then the happiest person is even the president of the league Stern.

Not to mention that Kobe has become the youngest 50+ in NBA history. How did Kobe achieve 50+ in a single game? It's not because of the special training of Kobe and Jordan during the offseason, and why? Jordan will go to New York to train Kobe specifically. It is because of the invitation of Bruce, the owner of the Hans, so now that the NBA can have traffic in the United States so quickly, it is thanks to Bruce that kid...

For Bruce’s little kid, Stern loves and hates it. What he loves is that this little kid is particularly interesting, knows how to respect him, and can always do it when he needs his work, especially in China. Now it is said that the NBA has the highest ratings in China’s external broadcast of professional leagues, and the number of fans of NBA teams in China has been increasing year by year, and more people like basketball and NBA professional leagues.

(I have to explain here, why the domestic and international broadcast of professional league NBA has the highest ratings. It is because of the protagonist Bruce. It was Bruce who let the NBA enter the sight of the domestic people in advance, and the No. 1 sports football? In 1989, CCTV began to broadcast the Serie A through video. Note that the recording is not a live broadcast. Of course, there will be many fans in China who like Serie A. It was not until 1994 that CCTV began to broadcast Serie A matches live. However, pay attention to this but , Is Serie A live broadcast free? Of course not. CCTV and Serie A have signed an agreement. It can be said that only one Serie A game can be watched in a week.)

(In contrast to the NBA, Stern allowed CCTV to broadcast the whole process for free under Bruce’s suggestion. In particular, Stern adjusted the start time of the game specifically to take care of the time when the game was watched by China, plus the regular season. Basically, there are several games a week. Is it cool to watch one game a week or to watch a few games a week? Any fool would choose. Under these conditions, more people like watching the NBA than watching Serie A. .)

What I hate is that this kid is too uncomfortable. You can talk about how many things he has done since he joined the league to help him wipe his butt. This must be a lot. Stern is not only going to help He wipes his **** and even gives him a little "sweetness" from time to time, hey, it's really tiring to be alive!

In addition, what worries Stern the most is that this kid is still a must-see. You can see how he treats Jazz boss Larry Miller. It is an absolute "cruel role", in case he is that day. It would be terrible to turn around to deal with myself...

And Stern also discovered that Bruce was actually gathering his "small team". How old is this kid to form a "small team"? Stern wasn’t worried about Bruce’s “moths” during his reign. What he was more worried about was whether his successor could control Bruce...

In any case, the current Bruce is still harmless to him. At least the kid knows that even if the dragon is here, he can only lie down and the tiger can only lie in his arms. Bruce can't turn the sky over.

And the current situation is in Stern’s expectation. Kobe in the East and Iverson in the West are now hot topics. With Iverson’s remarks, Stern believes that it will not be long before the New York Hans and Seattle. The Sonics games will definitely make the United States pay more attention to it, it's all traffic...

As for Jordan’s idea of ​​starting a training camp, to be honest, Stern didn’t want to believe it. What a joke, it’s impossible for him to recognize Jordan. What kind of person is Jordan? Stern, who is playing his game, is the most qualified to comment. The game is really awesome, but once the offseason is definitely going to nightclubs and going to the casino, he can calmly and specially train people. Stern would rather believe this. There are ghosts in the world and do not believe in Jordan's broken mouth...

But he still can't ignore it. Since Jordan has already released his words, whether it is true or not, he himself must ask the Alliance Propaganda Department to increase its publicity...

The Seattle Supersonics won the championship for three consecutive years, and Jordan has lost a lot of honor, but this year's Jordan finally has no rivals. The disintegration of the Supersonic dynasty can allow Jordan to win the championship this season, and this can also Bring him more personal honor...

It can be said that this is Stern’s only idea to make Jordan a global superstar. As long as Jordan becomes a global superstar-level figure, he will definitely add the most dazzling touch to his resume as the president of the NBA. Look, Lao Tzu Niu Not good, global superstars play under the hands of Lao Tzu, at least Jordan is a global superstar in the four major leagues in the United States, and the other three major leagues have not played!

Stern called his assistant Xiao Bald and asked him to give his instructions to the propaganda department. Taking advantage of the fact that the topic of Kobe and Jordan has attracted the attention of the United States these days, he must also increase his propaganda efforts.

Of course, this is not enough. The United States is the most developed country in the world, and various things happen every day. Maybe something will appear at any time to reduce the traffic belonging to the NBA, so Stern can only Let the topics belonging to the NBA stay as long as possible...

Speaking of which, since Bruce's little kid has cleaned up Larry Miller, it seems that I haven't contacted that kid for a long time. Should I call this kid or something? I understand. Let’s take a look at what he said last time to arrange things. How long has it been since then, why hasn’t it been followed?

Besides, I returned to New York immediately after the first opening game of the CBA. Will the Chinese side have any opinions...

Do whatever it takes, Stern took the initiative to pick up his personal phone and call Bruce's kid.

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Mountain city, Bruce Villa's home.

When Bruce received a call from Stern when he was about to go to bed at night, he also looked dumbfounded...

What's the matter with Uncle Si? It seems that his team didn't cause trouble. Why are you calling so late? I wonder if it's a kid who wants to go to bed earlier?

"Hello, Dear President Stern, I am very happy to receive your call..."

After groaning for a while, Bruce immediately changed his Erpi face expression, no way, this old guy really can't afford to offend, he has to be a good "grandson"...

"Little Bruce, I'm sorry, I still called so late to interrupt your rest. How are you doing? It seems that you are about to graduate from elementary school..."

Hearing Bruce's tone, Stern on the phone was a little embarrassed at the moment, he immediately asked with a kind tone.

Looking up at the clock in the office, it shows 10:18 at noon, and according to Huaguo Yanjing time, it is after 11 at night. At this point, it seems that the kid should have rested.

It is really annoying to let a person who is already asleep or about to sleep to answer the phone. The most important thing is that personal mobile phones in China are not the common type at this time. At this time, the number of mobile phones is about 3000. The black screen machine, in 1996, the salary was still relatively low. Many people earn only a few hundred yuan a month, and if they can earn more than 1,000 yuan, they feel quite wealthy. The average salary at the time seemed to be around 600 yuan.

Therefore, those who currently play mobile phones can only be used by white-collar workers or rich people in China.