basketball pope

Chapter 812 [Forced to sell the team, compete for the best]

The Clippers started a wave of road trips, playing against the Cavaliers on December 12th.

Before the game, the Clippers players did not accept routine interviews, and wore their warm-up jerseys inside and out. During the official game, they all put on black socks, including wrist guards, knee guards, and leg guards. Dissatisfaction with boss racism.

Yang Rui couldn't see the deep meaning of this. Armed with protective gear, he was dissatisfied?Dissatisfied, everyone should wear a white headgear like James, with the words "Sterling must die" on it to have morale.

Of course, Yang Rui would not give them such advice.

The Clippers players, who had not trained for two days, were in very bad condition. They lost to the Cavaliers 98-105 on the road, and the winning streak was ended.

James scored a triple-double of 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, but winning is not how well the Cavaliers played. The Clippers did not score more than [-] points because of abnormal performance.

After the game, Yang Rui took all the responsibility for the loss. "It's all my fault for the loss. As a coach, I should prepare everyone and work hard to play every game well. This is responsible for the fans who support us. I'm sorry I didn't do it tonight."

Asked if he would communicate with Sterling, Yang Rui said: "It's Donald's business, we don't need to communicate. I'll just focus on the players and the game. Opponents don't care what happens to your team. , if we don't focus, we risk losing and disappointing the fans. That's what I care about the most."

Yang Rui repeatedly mentioned the fans in order to gain the support of the fans and not affect the future popularity of the Clippers. As for the two sentences about siding with Sterling, it is completely unnecessary. This product has a bad reputation. queue.

The situation is developing in the direction Yang Rui expects, and someone will come forward to fight Sterling.

On the 8th, President David Stern announced at a press conference: "Sterling is prohibited from participating in all matters related to the Clippers or the NBA, effective immediately. Sterling cannot watch NBA games and practices on site, and cannot Access to any Clippers facility, no participation in any team and player affairs, no participation in NBA board meetings and any league-related activities. $250 million fine to Sterling.”

This is the maximum fine stipulated in the NBA's regulations, and the league has no room for relaxation with Sterling this time.

On the 9th, the Clippers defeated the 114ers 87-76. The perimeter players found their crosshairs again. Seeing that Sterling was severely punished, the players were in a good mood.

The next day, Stern held a press conference and said: "I will urge the NBA board to use its power to force Sterling to sell the Clippers as soon as possible."

The president who likes basketball immediately expressed his support for the penalty decision.

Sacramento, Calif., mayor and former star guard Kevin Johnson also praised Stern for taking quick steps to address the issue.

The Clippers players collectively issued a statement saying: "We welcome and fully support the decision of the president."

Sterling was stunned. When he negotiated with the president, he did not agree to sell the team, but the other party did not give him any face and forced him to sell the team.

The racist incident has triggered a chain reaction, and Sterling has been unable to restore people's hearts.Two days ago, he actually naively thought that as long as he apologized, he would have a way out, and that he could continue to own the Clippers without affecting his money making.

Because the Clippers have the best record, fans will not give up going to the home court to watch the game, and it will not affect the ticket revenue.

In terms of telecasting, Sterling does not have to worry about heavy losses.He gets a cut of the NBA's TV revenue, and the Clippers' broadcast contract with Los Angeles' original Bills doesn't expire until the summer of 2016.

So even if fans and TV stations boycott Sterling, a 2012 "rob the rich and give to the poor" agreement between NBA team owners could reduce Sterling's financial losses.This agreement stipulates that each team must pay 50% of the annual profit every year, which will generate huge funds, and then equally distribute it to each team.It also means that if the Clippers take a heavy hit, the losses will be paid for by the other 29 teams.

It is precisely because of this agreement that forcing Sterling to sell the team has become the best sanction measure. Everyone is waiting to eat the Clippers, who is willing to help the Clippers in turn?
Major media said that Stern will urge the NBA board of directors to vote, if the votes in favor of selling the Clippers reach 75% of the total votes, Sterling will have to sell the team.

This kind of thing, his vote rate is absolutely 100%.

Moreover, if Sterling continues to own the Clippers, many of the Clippers' big-name stars will ask to leave the team.Sterling is finished, he can only sell the Clippers and leave the NBA.

On February 2014, 2, Stern, who has served as the president of the NBA for 1 years, will officially retire, and kicking Stern out of the league before leaving the league will add a lot to his career. Excited, working very hard.

Some media have put forward conspiracy theories that Sterling has been calculated.But no one suspects that the two giants of Facebook, Yang Rui and Thomas, are doing the trick. The reason is that Facebook is much stronger than the Clippers. They want to figure out how Sterling will get this year? The Clippers changed owners in 10 years.

This guy is really sick. If others want to plot against him, they can't make him say those brainless words.So even if it were a conspiracy, no one would speak for Sterling.

Yang Rui led the team to play away games, communicated with Thomas in the hotel using Minions, and decided not to do anything after discussion, wait and see, and not let anyone talk about it.

Thomas is very happy that he can win the Clippers without any effort, much earlier than expected.He doesn't expect to make much money with the Clippers, but the advertising the team plays is invaluable and saves Facebook a lot of trouble.

The two are very careful. They don't use the phone when they talk about this, but the software developed by their own company. As long as they have the heart, they can't keep any records.

On the 11th, the Clippers defeated the Celtics 123-88.

It was found that Sterling's impact on the Clippers game was not that great, and the players could still score high points, but they continued the habit of protesting by dressing.

The Green Army left Garnett in the summer, and star point guard Rajon Rondo was also sidelined due to injury, but the 10-13 record was not bad after the start of the game, and there is hope to enter the playoffs. F - Green, Gerald - Wallace three swingers support.

In back-to-back games, the Clippers lost to the Nets 103-104.

Blatche hit the key ball with a low-position strong throw in 6.3 seconds, and Gay's shot at the buzzer missed the basket.

Joe Johnson and Blatche scored 20+ points, Yao Ming, Deron Williams, Jimmy Butler also scored in double figures, Favors and Griffin exchanged, he only had 7 points and 6 rebounds. case, reduces the efficiency of Griffin.

格里芬本场很不给力，出场30分钟，8投2中，三分球2中0，罚球13中8，只得12分11篮板3助攻。

Griffin played 33.1 minutes this season, averaging 22.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1 steal, shooting 52.8% from the field, 27.3% from three-point range, and 71.5% from the free throw line. The data is beautiful, but he is inconsistent.

At critical moments, Griffin is not as reliable as usual. Yang Rui is not satisfied with his style of play. He is reluctant to shoot more three-pointers because it will reduce the overall shooting rate.Now his overall shooting percentage is good enough. Once he rushes to the basket, Yao Ming and Bu Laiqie's weak teammates with slow lateral movement cannot catch them.

Yang Rui guessed Griffin's idea. This year, the Clippers may have the best record again, and if Paul is gone, the evaluation of the team's new core will be very high. He wants to compete for MVP.

(End of this chapter)