Chapter 828 827. Ester

At noon on the 27th, the Eagles arrived at the Detroit Airport. As soon as they got off the plane, the police came to protect them and escorted them to the hotel. Then there were police patrolling around the hotel. Liu Mang learned about it before they came to Detroit. , this hotel has been inspected by the police many times, and to leave the hotel, the team management must agree to sign an agreement to voluntarily give up protection.

Not only the Eagles, but also the Bobcats and Warriors who came to Detroit yesterday and the day before yesterday received the same treatment.

In the past few days, the police in Detroit have been very busy. When the away team comes, they have to enforce security and outside the stadium. When it is time for the game, the players' tunnel and the fans' aisle beside the stadium are full of police. They are afraid that something will happen to the visiting team's players. Now Detroit fans were furious ahead of the verdict and punishment for the Palace of Auburn Hills incident.

After arriving at the hotel, Liu Mang turned on his computer and opened the NBA official website, and saw the results of the fight involving a criminal case.

Due to too much pressure from public opinion, the four players were anxious to get the verdict quickly. The penalty had no meaning and was passed directly.

In the end, the players still pay.

Artest spent $1 million to gain forgiveness from the fans who were wrongfully beaten and reached an off-court settlement. Artest was exempted from prosecution for intentional injury, and the worst situation was avoided. At least you don't have to go to jail.

Seeing this price, Liu Mang felt that it was good for Artest, and the fan who was wrongly beaten was happy to accept this price.

1 million U.S. dollars. This kind of compensation is not taxed. It is equivalent to a middle-class employee in Detroit who does not pay taxes for about 25 years. An ordinary middle-class employee in the United States will not pay taxes for 50 years. You can definitely save $1 million.

But this is nothing to Artest. He can avoid prosecution for intentional injury, will not go to jail, and his contract will not be cancelled. The $1 million will be paid directly by the club, which is a reasonable tax avoidance, that is, he will play for one month. Just regular season salary.

Of course, the only thing that can be reached is the settlement of the injury. For crimes such as affray and endangering public safety, Artest needs to undergo a two-year probation period, which is similar to a suspended sentence, but it is looser than a suspended sentence and is not allowed. If you leave the United States and make no mistakes within one year, the probation period will end early. In addition, there will be a 60-hour community labor penalty, a fine of $50,000, and the medical expenses of the beaten person.

Artest's side was a beating. He was one-on-one, and the opponent had no chance to fight back. Even from the video, the person who was beaten by Artest was confused and did not fight back at all. He kept hiding, so Only then does the crime of intentional injury arise.

Stephen Jackson and O'Neal Jr. were fighting in nature, and the penalties were much lighter. The one-year probation period can be ended early after six months, and each was fined $50,000 and paid for the medical expenses of the fan who was beaten.

Ben Wallace was fined to perform 40 hours of community work in the community for inciting fans to fight.

Ben Wallace was just unlucky. It was just a normal on-field conflict. Not to mention being suspended and fined by the league, the court also found him a job.

The court's decision was not too surprising to Liu Mang. A rich person is unlikely to go to jail for injuring someone. Although Artest is already the No. 2 player on the Pacers because of his personality. The scorer and the best defensive player on the team only got a mid-level contract extension, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he is already a super rich man. There is no such thing as going to jail for hurting someone. The American system is like that. of.

At best, the probation period means that you can't leave the United States. It's not a big deal for players who don't have much commercial value. At most, they can't go out to sea when fishing.

Liu Mang planned to tell McGrady about this. Who knew that when he went to find McGrady, McGrady was already video chatting with Artest. Liu Mang did not bother him and went back to the room to rest for a while. He could not leave the hotel today. For the team's safety I didn't think about renting a training hall or anything. Anyway, I will leave after the game tomorrow. This is the last consecutive away game, so the players can rest more.

At six o'clock in the evening, the NBA official's final punishment for the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills came out.

No matter how angry Big Bird is about this incident, he still has to work hard to help the players appeal and reduce the punishment.

In the end, Artest was banned from participating in all games in the 2004-05 season, which meant that there were still five months of salary left in this season. Artest could not get a penny, including the $1 million paid to the fans who were beaten. , the team helps pay, and Artest has no income this season.

Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games, O'Neal Jr. was suspended for 25 games, Fred Jones, who rushed into the fan zone and was beaten, was suspended for five games, and Ben Wallace was suspended for 10 games.

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People love to watch the excitement. Before the final punishment is announced, people's enthusiasm for watching the excitement is at its highest, but when the result comes out, their interest suddenly drops.

Players are human beings too, and they also like to watch the excitement, and of course they feel the same way.

Liu Mang was very concerned about this matter before. After all, he was an employee of the same "big company", but after the results came out and the matter had settled, he stopped paying attention to it.

Liu Mang began to calm down and study the Pistons' game videos this season.

After watching it, I realized that the Pistons' changes in one summer were too huge!

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New York, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Island, New York University Harlem Campus District Industrial Park, NBA headquarters building, the president's office on the seventh floor.

"Both BJ and ESPN want to broadcast the game between the Pistons and the Hawks. Boss, do you agree to this?" Adam Silva asked.

David Stern is very unhappy now. He has worked hard to make the image of the NBA better and better. The Auburn Hills Palace incident suddenly seemed to have returned to the late 1980s. The ticket prices of the entire NBA 30 teams have dropped by 5% because of this incident, and the cost of live broadcast has also been reduced. That is, after this season, the income may be at most the same as last season.

Originally, the Hawks played against the Pistons, and there was no national live broadcast, because the Pistons were beaten by the Hawks in the past three years.

This season, seeing that the Pistons fighters are so good, the play is relatively better. Although they are still iron-blooded, the offense is good, which makes David Stern satisfied. Who knew that such a thing would happen again.

After hesitating for a while, David Stern said: "Notify the referee union to tighten the penalties and avoid conflicts. If they want to add more broadcasts, we must agree. The revenue growth this season depends on you, Adam."

Because of this incident, David Stern had to rely more on Adam Silva. Only Adam Silva could increase the NBA's revenue under the current unfavorable situation.

"I'm honored, boss." Adam Silva left the president's office after receiving the reply.

Maybe everyone related to the NBA, whether it is management, players, or fans, does not want to see such a bad thing happen, but for Adam Silva, it is a good thing, because only when there is a financial crisis, he will have the opportunity to show his talents!

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On the afternoon of November 28, the Hawks arrived at the Palace of Auburn Hills early.

"Wow, there are still so many policemen!" Liu Mang was surprised to see that there were still a large group of policemen on martial law, and then said to Iguodala behind him with disdain: "Andre, why are you so slow? Hurry up and help me put my luggage in!"

Iguodala had his bag hanging around his neck, a backpack on his back, and two large boxes towing. He was about to cry. It was too bullying!

But thinking that the boss might take him to play with the bosses in the summer, Iguodala gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes and walked quickly to the front of Liu Mang to avoid being disliked by Liu Mang again.

Originally, it didn't have to be so tiring. Iguodala could only help Liu Mang drag his luggage with a luggage cart at the airport and put or put the luggage on the car when he arrived at the hotel. The hotel concierge was responsible for other times, and Liu Mang paid the tip himself.

But this is also the most complained point of Liu Mang. In people's eyes, Liu Mang is at the same level as McGrady and Rasheed Wallace, and the tip should be one hundred US dollars.

Jason Terry and Kwame Brown, the first-tier players, get a $50 tip.

Prince, a low-key and unnoticeable starter, usually gets a $20 tip, and other substitutes get $10.

Liu Mang's tip was always $10 in the past three years. In his words, he was still a child, the youngest on the team... This season, with the high school student Josh Smith, he reluctantly raised it to $20...

Since they were not comfortable living in Detroit this time, they had to go directly from the Palace of Auburn Hills to the airport to return to Atlanta after the game. The key was that the bus provided by the Pistons was unwilling to take the Hawks to the airport. Of course, only the Pistons would do this. As the victim, they had to cause some trouble for the Hawks. The Hawks had to rent a car to pick them up at night.

The Pistons did not help keep the luggage, so they had to put it in the lounge. Liu Mang was out for 10 days, and Alexia thought he was going to the Arctic for an expedition, so he took as much as he could.

The unlucky one is Iguodala, Liu Mang's exclusive little brother.

Seeing Josh Smith happily chatting with McGrady, carrying two ordinary backpacks, one for Josh Smith and one for McGrady, Iguodala was envious...

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The most powerful head coach in the NBA, Pat Riley, who has not yet taken away the head coach position of his disciple, must be the leader.

The second one is not Phil Jackson, nor Popovich, but this one from the Pistons.

From the perspective of appearance, Philip Saunders is the head coach who Liu Mang feels looks the most like a "godfather".

The head coach called "father" by Kevin Garnett, who is not very broad-minded, and the head coach who made the future 2015 No. 1 pick collapse in pain after his death, Philip Saunders is recognized by the stars and is much better than most head coaches. Liu Mang only realized how good this head coach is after he learned about those things.

For such a head coach, Liu Mang only wants to say: "Old man, can't you wait for Billups and Ben Wallace to grow two years older?"

What a trouble!

The Pistons won the championship with a team of ordinary people. The most questionable thing about the term "ordinary people" is that four players of the Pistons' Big Five were selected to the All-Star Game at the same time during their time with the Pistons.

But when the four of them were selected for the All-Star Game at the same time, it was not the championship season or the defending season, but the 2005-2006 season after Larry Brown was fired. When Coach Sanders was in charge, Billups, Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace played the best season of their careers in the Pistons, even better than in 2005 and 2004. They won 64 games in the regular season, and Billups, Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace were selected for the All-Star Game together. Moreover, all four of them were substitutes, which means that they were All-Stars recognized by all the head coaches.

That is, they were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals because they encountered Wade at his peak and O'Neal at the end of his peak.

Now, this group of people are one year younger, and the power forward has been changed from Rasheed Wallace, who is the least favorite of Coach Sanders, to Chris Bosh, who is more similar to Garnett. The Pistons played too well this season, and Ben Wallace was only suspended for 10 games. The Pistons are still appealing and it may be further reduced.

Coach Sanders doesn't like Rasheed Wallace because of the grudges during the Western Conference period. Garnett and Rasheed Wallace have never gotten along. The main reason was that in the 2000 playoffs, Garnett was defended by Rasheed Wallace, who was urged by Sabonis to defend, and his hit rate was more than 30%, and they almost had a fight.

A head coach is very important to a team. Liu Mang put aside the pressure brought by Coach Sanders. He knew how powerful the other head coach was, but his teammates didn't know. Liu Mang knew that he couldn't bring pressure to his teammates.

Looking at the players on the opposite side and the police on the sidelines, Liu Mang calmed down. This scene was still very interesting. The police almost surrounded the benches of the two teams. The Pistons must have lost a lot of money.

It's what they deserve! Liu Mang silently praised the Pistons for losing money.

The Pistons have now canceled most of their pre-game activities, and there is no pre-game appearance ceremony, for fear that the atmosphere will come and the fans will smash something up.

A water cup can cause a fight...

In the last preparation time before the game, Liu Mang took the ball and shot, and took a look at the opponent's lineup.

Chris Bosh, ability rating 88, offense 91, defense 80, three-pointer 81, mid-range 85, layup 92, speed 82, strength 86...average data 20.3 points, 9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.1 blocks.

This season, he won the title of Detroit Hammer. Coach Saunders is worthy of being the coach who trained Garnett. For Bosh, who has a similar body shape and physical fitness, Coach Saunders made good use of his comprehensive skills. His defense is not as good as Garnett's at the same time, far worse than that, but he did better than Garnett at the same time on the offensive end.

Liu Mang didn't expect that Bosh's fate would be better when he joined the Pistons!

This is a ghost, but before the game, Bosh secretly came to the guest team's locker room to greet Liu Mang behind his teammates. Liu Mang expressed his appreciation for Bosh's great progress.

Hamilton, ability rating 87, offense 90, defense 84, three-pointer 69, mid-range shooting 95, layup 87... Average data 20.1 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Hamilton has taken Alan Houston's nickname of mid-range shooting king in the past two years.

Billups has won the title of the new generation of control master this season, ability rating 90, offense 83, defense 89, three-pointer 79, mid-range shooting 79, layup 84, pass 90...

Ben Wallace was not in this game, and Antonio McDyess, who was signed by them for 4 years and 22 million in the summer, temporarily took over as the starter, with an ability rating of 70, barely enough to start.

What surprised Liu Mang the most was the small forward position. He had never noticed that Carlos Delfino, the 25th pick in 2003, was actually a member of the Pistons!

Carlos Delfino, ability rating 72, offense 69, defense 77, three-pointer 78, mid-range shooting 69, layup 80...

Ginobili's best helper in the national team also played in the Pistons.

This season, due to Stephen Jackson's departure, the Pistons could not find any fish in the free market. They only found Antonio McDyess, who was over 30 and in a slump, so they signed the Argentine handsome guy Carlos Delfino from Serie A.

Delfino was not delayed by Larry Brown for a year as before. His comprehensive skills were reused by Coach Sanders, who was good at using offense. His characteristics on the defensive end, which were very smart and similar to President Sean Battier, were also used. This season is considered a rookie season, and his average data of 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game are very eye-catching.

If Ben Wallace had not been suspended, Liu Mang felt that this starting lineup was not worse than his own side!

Mainly because of this lineup, the chemistry is too good!

"Why is it the Pistons again?"

Liu Mang now expressed the common voice of the team that made it to the Eastern Conference Finals for five consecutive years from 2004 to 2008 in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, from 2003 to 2008, the Pistons made it to the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive years, and from the second year on, they made their opponents depressed.

Liu Mang had a feeling that the Pistons, led by coach Saunders who had acquired Bosh, might become his future rival!

However, it turned out that a man's sixth sense was always so inaccurate.

At 6 pm, the referee asked the starters to play, and the substitutes and staff to leave. Liu Mang sprinkled some magnesium powder and attracted crazy boos, then stepped onto the court. As soon as he got on, the system prompt came.

"Ding... Title mission: Ester Triggered."

"Title mission: Esterlu, the host needs to lead the team to win a big victory over the Pistons in this game, so that the Detroit basketball world will be crowned with a new title: Esterlu."

"Ding... Special buff: Esterlu is triggered."

"Esterlu: The host has defeated the Pistons for three consecutive years, and has crushed their dignity. The team led by the host is always in high spirits every time they meet the Pistons. If the Pistons do not change their core lineup, their confidence will collapse when they meet the host leading the team."

"Oh my god!" Liu Mang was shocked when he heard the mission.

But he was relieved when he saw the buff behind.

Esterlu? This title is very interesting!

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