"Teacher, the transaction has been blocked, do we need to reply to Daniel?"

"No, we didn't cancel the transaction just to give him such a bad breath, and we don't need to give him any reply!"

"Okay!"

Xiao Hua was about to leave, and Stern suddenly stopped him: "Wait a moment, is there any reaction from other team owners?"

"From what I know, many of them are waiting for the latest developments, but after you stopped the transaction, they did not express any views on this matter."

"Okay, I get it!" Stern responded again, nodding and looking for information.

"That's right!" Stern thought of something again: "How is the negotiation of the new labor agreement contract?"

"It is difficult to unify, especially after this season, Daniel, Herb, and Michael Jordan. They have a lot of opinions. They all think that the contract for the players is too big, especially the contract for the core of the team! This is for them. It’s really unfavorable to operate a small city team in China!"

"In addition, the transfer between LeBron and Yi Jianlian is also grudged by the owners of other small city teams, and they are afraid that such things will happen to them at that time."

"Humph!" Stern snorted coldly when he heard this, took off his glasses, and threw them on the table. "This kind of rhetoric was originally used to deal with the media, and these guys are now going to use it on me. Up?"

"Did they make any money? They should know in their hearts how much money did George Sean spend to buy the Hornets? It's less than 100 million. Now I will give him 350 million. In a few years, we will have to sign. The high-stakes broadcast agreement will definitely increase the market value of all the teams in the league by a big margin. Such a high-return investment is actually crying poor with me, this bunch of capitalists!"

"Furthermore, player transfer transactions are inherently part of the NBA. Is it possible that players want to leave and can restrict them?"

"And Michael Jordan, 10 years ago, he represented the players union to plausibly, fighting for the benefits of the players, what? Now that he is the owner of the team, and he feels that the treaties he won at the beginning were too harsh? It's hypocritical!"

Stern rubbed his temples, muttering words in his mouth, and made complaints to the guys Xiao Hua said. After rubbing for about five minutes, Stern put on his glasses again, and at the same time complained to the team boss. He did not continue. When he took off his glasses and took a break, he could temporarily stop thinking of himself as the president of the league, but he returned to work. He knew very well that the owner of 30 teams was the root of the NBA. For their requirements, Stern can only do his best to meet, and he knows the minds of these bosses, so he will do these things.

"You and these bosses, especially the bosses in these small cities that you said, please explain that canceling Chris Paul's trade to the Lakers represents our determination! We will come up with a plan as soon as possible to help the small city teams retain Cultivated superstars, LeBron James, and... and Yi Jianlian’s transfers no longer happen frequently."

Stern really doesn’t want to talk about Yi Jianlian. Even from his point of view, Heberkol’s transfer of Yi Jianlian is so stupid. If he wants to sell the team, he can’t sell it, so he immediately dismantles the team and saves money. Want to make money, want to be crazy, right? Others don't know if Hebokor is making money, doesn't he know yet?

From what Stern knew, only a few of the 30 teams in the league really lost money. Although the Bucks said they didn't make much money, they absolutely did not lose money!

He just has too much appetite!

"Okay, how to do it, I'll leave this to you!"

Xiao Hua nodded and left, and Stern made another call: "Damps, you have to appease Chris Paul as soon as possible!"

He called Demps, general manager of the Hornets, who was depressed at this time: "Mr. President, maybe you have to tell me a reason, why you want to cancel this transaction, I have nothing to violate the rules. , Isn't it?"

"But you didn't bring any favorable chips to the Hornets. Do you think your new boss will like the chips you traded with the league's first point guard?"

"..." Demps was silent. Indeed, it was the Lakers who made the most money in this deal. In addition to Chris Paul, they also got a special deal. This special deal is enough for this team to get any maximum salary. Players.

Kobe plus Paul plus a player who is at least the All-Star level or above, it means to think with your toes and know what it means.

"It is impossible for the league to host the Hornets all the time. We need a new owner to join, and you have to put in some results to make the Hornets not look so bad at least. Even if Chris Paul has to go, then you have to get to follow him. Corresponding chips, rather than perfecting others, Chris Paul’s contract has a long time to expire, we have enough time to find a team with higher chips! Let this team look even if it lacks a master Core, but the future is still bright, so stop complaining, Demps, get into your work!"

"...I see!" Demps lost his temper.

"Then go ahead and hang up."

"Huh!"

Stern put down the phone and finally heaved a sigh of relief. This matter is at least over to him~lightnovelpub.net~ The reason why he blocked this transaction is nothing but two reasons: the first is because of labor and management. The agreement is imminent, he must submit a certificate to the league bosses, especially those small city team owners in the league, to see the league headquarters’ determination to "rebalance the league". There are too many big-name transfers this season, and except for Anthony It was forced by the team to trade outside of Orlando. The other big cities are going to. If Chris Paul also goes from New Orleans to the big city Los Angeles to join forces with Kobe, I’m afraid this summer’s negotiations will be very troublesome. As Xiao Hua's teacher, more importantly, as the president of the league, he must pave the way for his successor and let him finish the matter successfully; secondly, for the purpose of attracting investment for the Hornets, no boss wants to see himself. There is a stupid general manager who gave out a core and a special deal to complete other teams. Any boss who is interested in the NBA, even if he wants to enter the Hornets, will immediately give up such an idea after seeing the birth of such a deal, right?

In short, the trade between Chris Paul and Kobe Stern has to be stopped publicly and privately. It can be said to be for the long-term development of the league, or for the Hornets to have the next successor as soon as possible.

***

At the same time, the entire league was completely chaotic. First, Chris Paul publicly bombarded the league for interfering with his choice, and then prepared Billy Hunt, the director of the United Players Union, to try to defend his rights through legal means.

Players from various NBA teams also fought for Chris Paul at this time. Danny Granger even changed his Twitter id to "Stern is a biaozi", openly mocking Stern.

The relationship between the league and the players suddenly became tense.