The Whip of the God of Basketball

　　 The whole discussion started at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and lasted until 5 o'clock. In two hours, there was almost no progress. The focus of everyone's discussion even remained on the boring question of what the name of the alliance should be and what LOGO to use.

On some key issues, such as capital contribution, the relationship between the development of the league and the NBA, the shares of each team, how to allocate the shares when new teams join in the future, the payment of player salaries, the conclusion of contracts, etc., the meeting only held A head, without any in-depth discussions.

　　 Leon sat in the corner and looked at the representatives from the various teams. They spoke a word to me. Some of them were fierce, some were like warm water, some actively reconciled, and some sat there in a daze. Only Adam Silva, who sat in the middle, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. He did not comment on other people's noisy discussions. He just occasionally nodded and smiled, or talked to the staff on the side without knowing what to say.

　　 "I don't know what medicine he sells in the gourd, what do you think, Leon?" Michael Carr turned his head and said to Leon. He wanted to hear Leon's opinion. The debate on the scene mainly divided into two factions. One faction agreed to establish a new development alliance, and the other faction believed that the cooperative relationship with CBA could be changed and expanded on the basis of CBA.

　　 Leon looked around, and then asked Carl, "Do you know who comes from each team? Are all development directors just like you, or are they different?"

　　 Leon needs to determine the identities of the players on each team, which is very helpful to understand the current situation. Michael Carr has been in the league for many years. In the NBA circle, he is said to be big and small. On the court are opponents and friends off the court. There are some old faces sitting around him.

Michael Carr approached Leon’s ear and said, “You know, today’s meeting time is relatively tight, it’s just a head-to-head meeting, so some teams like the Western Conference did not send director-level people over. Team representatives; the Eastern Conference, like us, as well as Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Washington have sent executive-level representatives over, like the 76ers' player director Tony DiLeo, the Wizards player director Darryl Walker... and a few more Only the team, mainly in the Southeast, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. They all sent high-level officials. Look at that tall white-haired old man. He is Magic’s human resources director Odella. -Holyfield, the Heat also asked their assistant coach to come. Did you see it? The tall man sitting at the two o'clock position is Bob McAdoo."

With Carl's introduction, Leon has a bottom in his heart. First of all, he knows that there will be no heavyweights in the meeting. The coaches and bosses of the teams have not come. This shows that this meeting will not be decisive. Things, at best, reached a preliminary agreement to say hello to the teams; secondly, the western team can say that one did not come, those permanent representatives brought ears and basically did not express opinions, and the eastern part occupied the majority; in the end, Those new teams on the southeast coast in the East seem to attach more importance to this conference, and these teams have one characteristic, that is, they are all newly formed after Stern took office.

Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, these three new teams in the Southeast are the products of Stern’s efforts to expand the Southeast Caribbean basketball market after he took office, and with the help of Stern Lotto draft reforms. In the 1990s, the three teams that hoarded a large number of draft picks all gained fresh power through the new draft rules, the Hornets’ Mourning and Johnson, the Magic’s O’Neal, Hardaway, the Heat’s Beatles and Rice.

If the Celtics were sunk by the lottery show in the 1990s, then these three new stars relied on the lottery show to stand up. Although many of their subsequent operations and training were full of mistakes, they are in line with the traditional power of the old Northeast. In comparison, they are indeed full of fresh vitality, especially the Miami Heat.

"The league must have its own idea. I guess what they mean is to first establish a regional minor league similar to the CBA, but it is not directly affiliated with the NBA, but has a cooperative relationship with the league. Regardless of whether the team opposes, as long as There is team support. The three teams in the Southeast will be the basic set. No matter what the Western team and the Northeast team think, this minor league will rely on the team that supports the league to form. Then, there will definitely be a ball. The team supports CBA and believes that CBA is enough to become a development league. Maybe there are people who want the league to invest in CBA. However, Silva must have his own ideas. He seems confident. Although he has been pretending to listen carefully, he actually He didn’t want to listen to a word of what the people on the scene said. He didn’t say anything, but didn’t want to give others a chance to refute and bargain. Look, he will come to the end when the time comes.” Leon followed Carl and analyzed himself. Thoughts.

After Carl listened, he glanced sideways at Leon. After speaking, Leon loosened his neckline, raised Erlang's legs and leaned against the sofa in a restrained position, just like a fortune teller who had finished his prediction. Quietly waiting for the advent of his prediction.

　　 It's five o'clock, five ten ten, and everyone who was noisy has slowly quieted down. Everyone knows that they don't have the right to make a decision. They just come to play an outpost and give appropriate feedback to the team's will. It's too late now, and no one likes to work overtime in meetings, so the arguing voice is getting smaller and smaller, until everything is quiet, everyone is staring at Silva.

Silva took a look at the fire, stood up from the sofa, and said with a full smile: "Thank you for the lively discussion and provided me with a lot of valuable ideas and opinions. The league will consider and balance each ball. The interests of the team, as far as possible to allow our efforts to be rewarded, and at the same time to allow those young people who love basketball to have more opportunities to express their potential."

After speaking a few words, Silva cut to the point and directly threw out the real idea of ​​the league: "We will strive to start next season to create a small basketball league to provide opportunities for those undrafted and free agents to play, and also serve as The league’s talent pool. The NBA will fund the formation of this minor league. At the same time, each team can contribute funds on a voluntary basis. At present, several teams have expressed their willingness to contribute funds and provide assistance in field and team construction. But. , The development league and the NBA are not affiliated but cooperative. The team is not related to each other. If there is a player’s needs, you can directly talk to the team where the player is. This is our preliminary idea. There are many details that have not been finalized. Starting from tomorrow, we will open a two-day meeting to discuss specific issues in detail. Okay, it's not early today. Let's have a meal in the restaurant. We have prepared a French meal for you tonight. "

As soon as Silva finished speaking, all the participants in the room stood up and prepared to leave. The venue suddenly buzzed, Leon also stood up and tightened his neckline. He looked at Silva with a relaxed look. Knowing that his purpose was achieved.

　　 If Silva throws out his thoughts at the beginning of the meeting, then dissidents will soon stand up and provoke them, no matter how perfect the plan is, there will always be people who provoke them. At that time, everyone will start fighting with each other around the alliance's plan. By 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it is estimated that the original idea of ​​the alliance has been sprayed out of recognition.

But Silva didn’t say anything first, leaving everyone flying around like headless flies. When everyone was tired, tired, and nothing more to say, I would postpone the meeting for a while and hungry everyone. Yes, at this time, we will release the opinions of the alliance, and no one will oppose or discuss it anymore. It is all an attitude of "that's it, let's go eat".

　　 "If Arnold were here, he would spend a week with this kid." Karl also stood up and smiled and said to Leon. Leon’s analysis is almost all. Carl really saw Auerbach's shadow from this kid, and he also somewhat understood why the bishop's hopes of inheriting his own mantle were placed on this little-known guy.

　　 "I know, the Celtics' Hundred Days War, but it was for Larry. I don't know what this development league can bring to the team."

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The talks lasted for two more days. Everything was under the control of the league. The teams resisted from the beginning and then gradually compromised. They knew that the trend of the league to form a development league on its own was difficult to stop. , Those teams that still want to get a share of the CBA look to change their flags.

During the two days of talks, Michael Carr has maintained an unmoving attitude and neither supports nor opposes it. This is Auerbach’s request. Carl should wait and see if he can gain from the formation of the minor league. What good.

However, in the meeting on the second day, Silva mentioned the formation of a scouting team to recruit and evaluate the strength of the undrafted and free agents for the minor leagues. At this time, Michael Carr, who has been quiet, finally took the initiative to attack. Yes, he was the first to raise his hand and recommend Leon to join the scout team.

"He is a young man with unlimited potential~www.NovelMTL.com~ In just a few months of working time for the Celtics, the scout report he made is the most accurate and predictable we have ever seen. Yes, at this year’s draft, he put forward a decisive opinion, which is very remarkable. I hereby recommend him to be a member of the scout team and think he can participate in more important jobs."

In the eyes of others, Michael Carr is just a rant. Although Leon is already well-known in Boston's scouting circle, he is a small shrimp in the entire American basketball world. All of you here are basketball players. People who have been around for many years, they didn't expect Michael Carr to praise such a kid so much.

"Who are you talking about, Auerbach in 1949?" Jim Ayn, a senior scout for the New York Knicks, joked, but his joke was not very good. Michael Carl stared at him fiercely. While Leon sitting on the sofa squinted at him coldly, Ain had to smile awkwardly.

　　 For the position of this scout team, it is not a hot job. On the contrary, it is a drudgery. It is necessary to face the group of undrafted and free agents, and make the big one in the scorpion, but I did not appreciate the comfort of those talented teenagers.

In the end, Leon joined the scout team without any suspense. In the next year, he added a task to examine hundreds of fringe people in professional leagues across the United States. This is important for his future basketball work. Will have an immeasurable impact.

Michael Carr’s work was also successfully completed. The task given to him by Auerbach before leaving was to "push Leon and let him join the formation of the Development Alliance~www.NovelMTL.com~ Welcome to the book Come and read it, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www.NovelMTL.com~ For mobile users, please go to read.