Bishop of the Devil

Chapter 259

When stern saw the dozens of newspaper reports, he was furious!

These newspapers, except the local newspapers in Salt Lake City, are all on Richard's side?!

How could it be?!

How could that crazy Richard get such a multimedia support?

What makes stern feel more unacceptable is that many of them even list Stockton as the culprit and ask the League to punish Stockton!

Stern couldn't understand. Stockton was the real bitter master. He woke up the next morning and said he couldn't be sure how long he would be cultivated. These damn media asked the League to punish Stockton?!

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, the owners of each team or their spokesman appeared in the conference room of NBA headquarters!

The people who can attend this meeting are the most powerful people in the NBA!

Some bosses don't want to come over, so they let the team's executives come to the meeting instead of themselves

What many people didn't expect was that Paul Allen, the pioneer's boss, appeared at the meeting!

Stern realized that things are a little tricky today. Paul Allen's appearance will not be aimless

And jazz boss Larry Miller is here at the moment, not only for him, but also for the owners of about 14 or 5 teams in the league.

These owners, with the exception of Paul Allen, are basically all owners of team based businesses.

That is to say, these bosses have no other industries except the NBA team they hold

Anyway, I'm also idle. I'll come here to have a party.

Larry Miller's assets are less than US $500 million, which is probably at the middle level in the league ranking. He is about 15. But his wealth is too much less than Paul Allen's, which is less than Paul Allen's small amount

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Paul Allen's arrival made the scene a lot more lively, and many team owners or management came forward to greet him warmly.

Among them are the heat, magic, rockets, 76ers, warriors and other allied teams

There are also some small bosses who may be worth only $120 million and want to be close to Paul Allen.

Paul Allen became the focus of the meeting!

Larry Miller, he was very upset. He had already contacted stern. Today's meeting is to make Richard and the pioneers pay a heavy price!

But now with the arrival of Paul Allen, it's obviously not so easy

"Well, since we are all here, let's start. Please take a seat!" Stern went to the chair and said to the owners who were still greeting.

NBA is a Business League. More vividly, it's a group company. Each team is a subsidiary of the group company. But the difference is that the group company is just a shell. It's not responsible for creating revenue, but for management.

The leaders of each team are the shareholders of the group company, and stern is the spokesperson recommended by them to help them manage the group.

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Stern cleared his throat after seeing the bosses all seated.

"You must have known what happened last night. Now you can talk about your views."

Stern didn't come up to vent his dissatisfaction with Richard, which was not the work of such a smart man as stern.

If Paul Allen is not here, he may take a little rhythm to express his idea of severely punishing Richard, but now Paul Allen is here, he can't say that.

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"Our Jazz are the victims of the incident. I think Larry Miller will tell you my opinion first." Larry miller can't be a shrinking turtle at this time. He's a real stakeholder.

"Stockton is just waking up now. According to the team doctor's examination, he must rest at least until March next year! And carmaron's injury is not light, at least two months to recover! "

"Our Jazz lost a lot!"

"The trailblazer's troublemakers must be severely punished. Kobe Bryant and Ben Wallace must be suspended from the game until the end of the season. Other trailblazers who take action or attack must also be suspended from the game!"

"Richard, I'm sure everyone knows that he is the real culprit. I'd like to ask him to be expelled from the NBA. You can think about how many things happened after he entered the NBA!"

"He will destroy our alliance!"

Larry Miller stood up and said fiercely.

The meeting was quiet. Good guy, Miller, the little boss, was a little tough. When he came up, he was going to ban him for the whole season, and then he was going to drive Richard out of the NBA?

Paul Allen looked at Larry Miller playfully.

Larry Miller is a smart man, he said the incident was serious, especially that Richard would destroy the NBA, which is to let the owners of all teams choose to stand on his side because of their interests."Larry, it's beautiful!"

"I despised you before. You are a smart man, but you are not smart enough to play us as fools!"

Paul Allen knocked on the table and said with a faint smile.

"Sir, you really lost a lot this time, which I admit has something to do with our Pioneers!"

"But are you Alzheimer's? Forget what stoketon did to my players last season

"My trailblazer, didn't lose last season?"

"Your money is money, my Paul Allen's money is not money?"

Paul Allen's tone was quite calm. In his opinion, this kind of thing is not worth his anger.

"Can't you mind your damn player? Without your provocation, that would never have happened last night! "

"You said Richard would ruin the NBA? I'm sorry, after Richard took charge, the market value of my pioneers has increased by about 20%

"Last night's incident, I was going to refund tickets, but guess what? No fan refunds! "

"And today our Blazers' jerseys, sneakers and other peripheral products are out of stock!"

"Larry, what do you say about Richard ruining the NBA

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"It's just that you pioneers have benefited, but the league has to pay for it, and our other 28 teams have to pay for it!" Larry Miller roared.

Before Paul Allen spoke, patrilly spoke

"Larry, how do you say that? We are not used to helping others pay the bill. Don't bind us. This is between your jazz and the pioneers. Don't talk about us!"

"Yes, Larry, Richard's appearance will affect the ticket sales of magic? Are you sure you're not kidding? "

"Our rockets are not affected, Larry. You are an adult, but you should be responsible for what you say!"

"Our warriors don't recommend punishing Richard severely, because this matter has a Maoist relationship with Richard. The rule we make is that coaches can appear when there is a conflict! Now if you want to punish Richard severely, you have to give a reason? "

"Yes, why? Is Richard on the court? Or what? You have to explain this to our Philadelphia 76ers. You can't do whatever you say you want. The 29 NBA teams can't do it because of your own ideas! "

"Rules are rules. We should follow the rules. Would you please give us the reason to punish Richard severely?"

The owners or spokesmen of all teams spoke one after another, and Larry Miller, who refuted, was speechless.

"Larry, so what do you want to do now? If you want me Paul Allen to pay for your jazz loss... "

"I can tell you very clearly, no way!"

Paul Allen said coldly to Larry Miller.

Stern's scalp is numb. After he received Larry Miller's phone call last night, he has promised to deal with the matter seriously!

Stern was also angry at that time. He naturally agreed to be relaxed

But now it's over. Some influential bosses in the league are all on the side of the trailblazers, which makes stern have no idea what to do!

Several team owners who have a good relationship with Larry Miller, kittens, three or two, don't know how to help him out at the moment.

"Mr. stern, since Larry has nothing to say, let's start formally." Paul Allen frowned at stern.

This look makes stern even more headache