Chapter 393 Malicious foul
Chapter 393 Malicious foul
Victory over the Pistons should have been a good thing, but for Li Weisi's family, it was not a good thing, because after the game, they who were supposed to go home all came to the hospital.
Fortunately, Li Weisi's problem was not serious. After the filming, no matter the bones were intact, but the lateral ankle ligament was slightly damaged, everyone was relieved.
However, Li Weisi's sprain inevitably led to his absence. Due to Lambiel's step-up, the position and timing were well chosen, Li Weisi's sprain required a cast, and the fixed time was about 2 to 3 weeks.
Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that Li Weisi's comeback may take until late January.
So when the news was officially announced by the Warriors, it immediately aroused the crazy anger of the Warriors fans, and even wrote a letter to the league, demanding severe punishment for Lambir.
Not only that, Frank is also fanning the flames in private, working with TV stations, newspapers and other media to hype up this topic, that is how to stop these villains from attacking players on the court.
In this way, it was originally just a simple injury of Li Weisi, which immediately triggered a heated discussion among the fans of Quanmi. Among them, the fans of Golden State and Chicago were the most intense, and the fans who had been disliked by the two sides had been quite unanimous this time. , that is, Lambiel must be severely punished to protect the safety of the players.
There is no way, after all, the beating that Jordan suffered was much more serious than that of Li Weisi, that is to say, Jordan did not meet a provocative boss, otherwise such a public opinion controversy would have erupted long ago.
However, provoking public opinion disputes is a double-edged sword after all. He has advantages and disadvantages. Once he can't control it, he will inevitably bite himself back.
Fortunately, regarding this point, Frank controlled it very well, and did not let the topic spread in a direction beyond his control, but even so, he still caused trouble!
"Crack!" A newspaper slapped fiercely on the desk in front of Frank. Stern, who was on the opposite side, was furious. He pointed at Frank and said, "What on earth do you want?"
"What are you doing?" Frank was puzzled, just looking at his expression, how innocent he could be.
"What are you doing? Look at what's written in this newspaper? The black whistle is covering up the perpetrators, and the NBA is afraid of becoming a Colosseum? Are you trying to destroy the NBA?" Stern couldn't get angry when he mentioned this.
As we all know, since Stern took over the NBA, he has been committed to changing the image of the NBA, hoping to promote the NBA to the middle class and even the upper class in the United States. To this end, he has made a lot of efforts.
Fortunately, such a large-scale public opinion has led to an even worse impression of the NBA from the outside world. The barbaric and bloody label cannot be torn off even if you want to.
How can it not make Stern angry that years of hard work have come to naught?
Regarding this, Frank picked up the newspaper on the table nonchalantly, read it with interest, and commented as he read it, "Good guy, these people really dare to say, but the writing is really good, and the writing is as good as Really the same."
"Enough, are you here to piss me off?"
"Hey, calm down, Uncle Stern, I think this is a good thing!" Frank put the newspaper aside and sat on the sofa, the old god said.
"A good thing? Tell me, what's the good thing about it?" Seeing Frank's appearance, Stern couldn't vent his anger. He forced himself to hold back and sat back on the sofa.
"Think about it, this kind of large-scale discussion is undoubtedly promoting the NBA! It can also attract some neutral fans who don't usually watch the NBA. Like our NBA game, we are not afraid of bad news, just afraid of any news. No, no?"
"Hmph, to put it bluntly, all this publicity is negative news about the NBA, as long as I have to spend a lot of money to reverse the prejudice in people's minds?" Frank obviously did not agree with Frank's statement.
"I'm going to have a good talk with Uncle Stern about this. You see, if you had listened to me earlier and introduced the concept of malicious fouls earlier, wouldn't these things be gone!" Frank Tu said poorly.
"Hmph, I think this is your purpose, right?" Facing Frank's faceless expression, Stern's anger gradually became less intense than before.
"Hey, isn't this just a coincidence? However, you should really think about my suggestion. A team like the Pistons is obviously not in line with your plan. They are indeed a cancer of the NBA. The most important team in our NBA Is it the team? Is it a good defensive system? Neither, it's the star!
But the existence of the Pistons is a serious hindrance to the star promotion plan, let alone West’s incident this time, look at Michael, to put it bluntly, in case one day, in the game against the Pistons, Michael really If you get seriously injured and ruin your career, you might as well kill all the bad boys on the Pistons, right? "
While Frank was talking, he paid attention to Stern's face. Obviously, when he said that Jordan was injured, he obviously felt Stern's heart tugging.
The fact is just as Frank thought. Stern quite agrees with Frank’s words. In order to cultivate new star players for the league, he has spent a lot of thought. Seeing Jordan’s battle against West, it has gradually taken shape. If one of these two was destroyed by the Pistons, Stern would definitely vomit blood in anger.
As for Frank's malicious foul, in fact, as early as last season, Frank had suggested to Stern, and Stern himself was quite interested in it.
However, he needs to weigh the pros and cons of the introduction of any new rules, not to mention that the focus of the alliance's work in the past two years has been on the alliance's military expansion. He originally planned to complete one by one, but Frank's move, Clearly keeping him from doing it on his own time.
"You, it took a lot of thought to force me to do what you want!" Although Stern was a little unhappy to be swayed by Frank, he was a qualified businessman after all and knew how to Do what suits you best.
"Uncle Stern, you have wronged me. I am really doing it for the good of the NBA. After all, when the NBA is good, the value of my team will be higher, and my income will be higher. Who will make trouble with money? Huh?" Of course, Frank would not admit his inner nerd, and the appearance he showed was completely based on the overall situation, and everything was for the alliance.
"Okay, stop acting with me. However, the establishment of the new rules cannot be accomplished overnight. I need to negotiate with the team owner, players, coaches, referees, etc., and it cannot be completed in a short time." Stern withdrew One step at a time.
"I understand this. This season is definitely too late. However, there is still nearly a year until the next season. I think that no matter how many meetings are held, they should be finished in half a year, right?" Frank squinted. Eyes, said a time that he thought was reasonable.
(End of this chapter)