The Rest, Only Noise

If Louie is leading a small city team, or a team with little commercial value, such as the Boston Celtics, it will be a bit of a loss, and it will be eaten.

But now that he's the coach of the New York Knicks, with New York on his head, it's very different.

As of 1990, the commercial value of the alliance can be regarded as a formal take-off compared to the previous decade.

Annual contract dividends alone make most teams profitable, and teams like the Knicks make money no matter how competitive the team is.

The difference is a small profit—the underdog is still the most commercially valuable and profitable team in the league.

Or make a lot of money - when it comes to a strong team or even a championship contender, it is unmatched in the league and a real money-sucking machine.

Not to mention, the Knicks are now targeting the Yankees' fan base, and want to take advantage of the opposite way to shape the image of the city totem in the hearts of the New York generation.

According to the previous year's financial report, excluding the TV contract, the league's pure commercial income, the Knicks accounted for 50%, the Lakers accounted for 30%, and the remaining teams accounted for 20%.

You know, the Knicks account for 50% of the league's revenue, but they have to allocate a considerable part to other teams.

This means that, including the league's top management, the entire NBA, with the exception of the Lakers, all have to share money from the Knicks.

It's not much to say that a big city team is helping other teams, but it wants you to share your income, and it has to mess with you at such a critical moment, what is this?

A bunch of beggars, have they become elites, and dare to bully Lao Tzu?

That's how Louie reacted when he found out that the Knicks had been dealt with by the league.

Do you want to play one more finals? Yes, but if you hate me, I will hate you too;

You want to watch a game that is highly entertaining, but after you disgusted me, you still delusionally think the game is entertaining?

TV broadcast contract? The little money that the sponsors give to the Knicks every year is not enough. I value that stuff?

This matter belongs to not wanting to be okay. The more you think about it, the more you get angry, and you can't control it when you get angry.

The next person to call Louie was the league's vice president, Rod Thorn. .

Before 1986, Thorne served as the general manager of the Bulls, and was later appointed by Stern as vice president as the league's chief discipline officer. At the beginning of this year, he joined the American Basketball Association Olympic Committee, just to promote the league to let American professional players. Participate in the national team.

This person is undoubtedly Stern's right-hand man, and asking him to persuade Louis shows that the top officials of the alliance are really anxious.

Louis came outside with a mobile phone called "Big Brother" by later generations, because there were players in the locker room and it was inconvenient to speak.

"Coach Lu and the referee, we will take it seriously after the game. I wonder if you can coordinate a little with the players..."

"Wait a minute, Rhodes, don't talk to me in the tone we've already talked about. It's not over yet, are you going to tell me that this game has developed to this point because you're instigating the referee's favor behind your back? The Lakers? Can you take that responsibility?"

"No, Louie, I..."

"Relax, I know this has nothing to do with you. The gentleman and I have always had a good time working together, but he has gone too far." Louis said bluntly, "Now, the only thing you can make is this The way the game becomes normal is for him to come and talk to me. I want a promise, a guarantee, I want to make sure that **** like this doesn't happen again, and if he doesn't want to, let the ratings for this game go **** up Eggs!"

After Louis hung up the phone, only half a minute later, the third call came.

"Looks like we really need to have a good talk."

the other said.

That's the sound.

This is the only voice that Louis wants to hear, such a slut, it sounds very kind, but everyone inside the alliance knows that this person is like a pseudo-mother's voice, and there is a grumpy heart.

He is undoubtedly a grumpy president.

Being forced to make phone calls like today and clearing up misunderstandings with an NBA head coach under 30 years old, no one would believe it.

"Indeed." Louie laughed coldly. "You did this, and you insulted three groups at the same time. First of all, you insulted the Lakers. You thought that with their strength, if they played normally, they couldn't delay the series according to your plan. To Game 6 or even Game 7. It's ridiculous, how weak are the Lakers in your eyes?

Secondly, you have insulted all the fans, whether it is live or in front of the TV. The NBA is the best league in the world. If the league can manipulate the results of the game at will, what is the value of winning or losing? David, could it be that you have forgotten how Maurice Podoloff (1) was discredited? "

"All right!"

The other party raised his voice.

"You think that's all right? Shame, Your Excellency?" Louie said angrily. "You should be ashamed, this series should have been better, and you ruined it, if you hadn't accused that A few stupid refs favored the Lakers, things won't get to this point, the ones you insult the most are not the Lakers, because they are not our opponents anyway; nor the fans, because the fans are always stupid; suffered the most from you The insult is us! We can't give our all in this game because of you! We have to take extreme measures to change this game, but in the end we're going to lose because that's what the league is for, you want to We lost. But don't forget, it only makes sense to play one more game if it's a spectator game. For **** like tonight, 10 minutes more is probably too much. Because of you, I let the players do it. A lot of unsportsmanlike things have happened, but only in this way can I make you condescend to call me and have a good talk with me!"

"Now I wonder, after insulting everyone, what do you want to talk to me about?"

After being scolded by Louis, the other party did not lose his mind.

He is very clear that if the commercial value of the league wants to achieve a second take-off in the 1990s, there must be a strong Knicks team.

Louie, as the Knicks' president of operations and head coach, is someone he can't offend anyway.

"Louis, we should be friends."

Louie said coldly, "I hope you have as few friends as possible."

"No, Louis, there must be some misunderstanding. Now that I know what you're thinking, I'll fix it."

"I can guarantee the orderly progress of the following games and the impartiality of the referee in law enforcement, but I need you to stabilize the second half for us."

Louie asked sarcastically: "How can I help you? Don't you know that I was expelled? Those are two solid T's."

"Louis, I can guarantee that this will never happen again."

It's better to say it than to sing it, what about the action? Where is the action?

"It's not that I don't believe you. Listening to Mr. President, this farce seems to have nothing to do with you tonight. Since it has nothing to do with you, does it mean that some **** **** with hairy but no eggs is making small moves behind his back? How can I believe your promises are true if even you are kept in the dark?" Louie tactfully expressed his wish, "And, like Darrell Garretson, Hugh Hollins, , Dick Bavitta, the referees, even without some wicked **** behind the scenes, will help our opponents in the game because they don't like me. I heard that they are still in the finals of the next few games. Referee, you say, how can I rest assured?"

At this point, the Knicks players came out of the locker room one by one.

The second half is about to start.

There is not much time left for each other.

After only a few seconds, the other party said: "Darrell is too old to support the law enforcement work of multiple finals in a row, Hugh Hollins' shift time has come, and Dick Bavita does. Has a reputation for favoring the Lakers in games. About their job transfer, it will be communicated right away, and you will have my fax in a few minutes.”

"Excellent, David, this is what a friend should do. I think there must be some misunderstanding. You must have been kept in the dark by some bastard." Louie's every word of "bitch" made the other party uncomfortable. .

"Can you get this game back to normal?"

"certainly!"

Louie said with a smile: "If you had communicated with me like this earlier, where would you have caused these troubles, wouldn't it be to make the game both topical and entertaining? I will give this game to you, and then I will give it to you. Looking forward to the game.”

"It's not for us, it's you who lost the game in some unjust decision by the referee."

"Yes, we lost the game, what you say is what you say."

"It's not what I say is what it is~www.novelmt.com~ This is the truth."

"Yes Yes Yes."

When Louis hung up the phone, Zhao Yuanzheng stood at the door of the locker room.

Obviously he listened to what he should and shouldn't listen to.

"Old Lu, how dare you threaten the president?"

"President?" Louie snorted coldly. "When I recognized him, he was the president. If you want to **** me off without saying hello tonight, then he's no different from a **** like Dick Bavita."

Zhao Yuanzheng asked, "What about this game?"

"You go and tell Rudy," Louie said lightly, "give the viewing back to the league."

(1) Maurice Podolph, the league's first president, was involved in a gambling scandal in the early 1950s.

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