From today on is the king

Chapter 828 827. Estelle
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. They escorted them all the way to the hotel, and there were still police patrolling around the hotel. Liu Mang found out.

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 visiting team comes, martial law is imposed, and martial law is imposed outside the stadium. When it comes to the game, the player aisle and fan aisle beside the stadium are full of police. They are afraid that something will happen to the visiting team players. Now the Detroit fans are very irritable before the judgment and punishment of the Auburn Hills Palace incident.

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

Due to too much pressure from public opinion, the four players were very anxious to get the judgment quickly, and it didn't make any sense for the penalty, so they passed it directly.

In the end, the players still pay.

Artest spent $100 million to get the understanding of the fans who were wrongly beaten, and reached an off-court settlement. Artest was exempted from being prosecuted for intentional injury, and the worst case was avoided, at least not in jail.

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

100 million US dollars, this kind of compensation money is tax-free, which means that a middle-class employee in Detroit has a net salary without paying taxes for about 25 years. An ordinary middle-class employee in the United States may not be able to save 50 million US dollars in 100 years.

But this is nothing to Artest, avoiding prosecution for intentional injury, he will not go to jail, and the contract will not be cancelled. The 100 million dollars will be paid directly by the club, which is a reasonable tax avoidance, which is his salary for one month of regular season.

Of course, only the reconciliation of the injured can be reached. The crimes of gathering a crowd and endangering public safety and other crimes require Artest to face a two-year probation period, which is similar to a probation sentence, but a little more relaxed than a probation sentence. He is not allowed to leave the United States. If he makes no mistakes within one year, the probation period will end early.

Artest's side was beating. He was one-on-one, and the other party had no chance to fight back. Even from the video, the person beaten by Artest was in a daze. He didn't fight back at all and kept hiding. That's why the crime of intentional injury appeared.

Stephen Jackson and O'Neal belonged to the nature of fighting, and the punishment was much lighter. The one-year probation period can end early after six months.

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

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

The court’s decision did not surprise Liu Mang. Rich people are unlikely to go to jail for injuring someone. Although Artest’s personality made him the Pacers’ second-leading scorer and the team’s best defensive player, he only got a mid-level contract extension. But in the eyes of ordinary people, he is already super rich. There is no such thing as injuring someone and going to jail. The American system is like that.

During the probation period, at most, you can't leave the United States. It's not a big deal for players who don't have much commercial value. At most, you can't go to sea while fishing.

Liu Mang planned to tell McGrady about this. Who knew that when he went to find McGrady, McGrady was already chatting with Artest via video. Liu Mang didn't bother him. He went back to his room to rest for a while. He couldn't leave the hotel today. The team didn't rent the training hall for safety reasons. Anyway, they will leave after the game tomorrow. For the last game in a row, let the players rest more.

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

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

In the end, Artest was banned from participating in all games in the 04-05 season. That is to say, there are still five months of salary in this season.

Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games, O'Neal was suspended for 25 games, Fred Jones was suspended for five games and Ben Wallace was suspended for [-] games.

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People love to watch the excitement, and before the final punishment comes out, people's mood to watch the excitement is at its highest, but when the result comes out, their interest suddenly drops.

Players are also human beings, and they also like to watch the excitement, and of course they have the same emotions.

Liu Mang paid close attention to this matter before, after all, he was an employee of the same "big company", but after the results came out, the matter had been settled, so he didn't pay any more attention.

Liu Mang began to settle down to study the game tapes of the Pistons this season.

After watching it, I realized that the Pistons have changed a lot in one summer!

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President's Office on the seventh floor of the NBA Headquarters Building, Industrial Park, New York University Harlem Campus Division, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Island, New York.

"The game between the Pistons and the Eagles, both BJ's side and ESPN's side want to broadcast it, boss, do you agree to this matter?" Adam Silva asked.

David Stern is very unhappy now. He has worked so hard to make the image of the NBA better day by day. The Auburn Hills Palace incident suddenly seemed to return to the end of the 80s. The ticket prices of the entire NBA30 teams have dropped by 5.00% because of this incident, and the cost of live broadcasting has also been reduced.

Originally, there was no nationwide live broadcast of the Eagles playing the Pistons, because in the past three years, the Pistons have been played by the Eagles.

This season, I saw that the Pistons have such good fighters and relatively good-looking style of play. Although they are still mainly iron-blooded, their offense is doing well, which makes David Stern quite satisfied. Who knows that such a thing will happen again.

After hesitating for a while, David Stern said: "Notify the referee union that whistle blowing will be tightened to avoid conflicts. Of course we have to agree if they want to add broadcasts. The increase in income this season depends on you, Adam."

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

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

Maybe everyone related to the NBA, whether it is the management, the players, or the 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 money crisis, can he have the opportunity to display his talent!
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On the afternoon of November 11, the Eagles arrived at the Palace of Auburn Hills early.

"Wow, there are still so many police officers!" Liu Mang was surprised when he saw that there was still a large group of policemen under martial law, and then said disgustedly to Iguodala behind him: "Andre, why are you so slow, hurry up and put my luggage in!"

Iguodala had his own bag hanging around his neck, a backpack on his back, and two big boxes dragging. He was about to cry, it was so bullying!

But thinking that the boss in Xia Tian might bring him to play with the bosses, Iguodala clenched his teeth with tears in his eyes and walked to the front of Liu Mang quickly to avoid being disgusted by Liu Mang again.

Originally, Iguodala didn’t need to be so tired. At most, Iguodala used a luggage cart to help Liu Mang drag his luggage at the airport, and when he arrived at the hotel, he helped Liu Mang put his luggage on or off the car. At other times, the hotel concierge was in charge, and Liu Mang paid the tip himself.

But this is also the point that Liu Mang is most complained about. In people's opinion, Liu Mang is on the same level as McGrady and Rasheed Wallace, and the tip should be a hundred dollars.

Jason - Terry and Kwame - Brown this level, that is, the recognized first-line players, is a $50 tip.

A low-key and unobtrusive starter like Prince is usually tipped with $20, while other substitute players are tipped with $10.

As for Liu Mang’s tip, it was always $10 for the past three years. According to him, he was still a kid, and he was the youngest on the team... In this season, with Josh Smith, a high school student, he reluctantly raised it to $20...

Due to the uneasy living in Detroit this time, I have to go directly to the airport from the Palace of Auburn Hills Arena to go back to Atlanta after the game. The key is that the bus provided by the Pistons is unwilling to take the Eagles to the airport.

The Pistons didn't help with keeping the luggage, so they had to put it in the lounge by themselves. When Liu Mang came out to play the away game for 10 days, Alexia thought he was going to the North Pole for inspection, and wondered how much he could bring.

Unfortunately, it was Iguodala, Liu Mang's exclusive younger brother.

Seeing that Josh Smith, who had a happy chat with McGrady, was carrying two ordinary backpacks, one for Josh Smith and one for McGrady, Iguodala was so envious...

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The most aura head coach in the NBA, Pat Riley, who has not taken away the position of head coach from his disciples, must be in charge.

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

From the point of view, 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, the head coach who caused the future No. 2015 pick in [-] to collapse in pain after his death, Philip Saunders was recognized by the stars, and he was much better than most head coaches.

For such a head coach, Liu Mang just wanted to say: "Old man, why don't you wait for Billups and Ben Wallace to be two years older?"

What a hassle!
The Pistons' civilians won the championship. The most questioned about the term "civilians" is that four of the Pistons' Five Tigers were selected as All-Stars at the same time during the Pistons period.

But when the four of them were selected as All-Stars at the same time, it was not the winning season or the defending season, but the 05-06 season after Larry Brown was fired. When Coach Sanders coached, Billups, Ben Wallace, and Rasheed Wallace played the best season in the Pistons. Selected as an All-Star, and all four of them are substitutes, which is an All-Star recognized by all head coaches.

That is to say, O'Neal, who met the peak Wade and the peak tail, was eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals.

But now, this group of people is a year younger, and the power forward has changed from Rasheed Wallace, who coach Sanders dislikes most, to Chris Bosh, who is more similar to Garnett. The Pistons have played too well this season.

Coach Sanders doesn't like Rasheed Wallace because of the grievances in the Western Conference. Garnett and Rasheed Wallace have never dealt with each other. The main thing is that in the 2000 playoffs, Garnett was defended by Sabonis.

A head coach is very important to a team. Liu Mang put aside the pressure brought by coach Saunders first. He knows how good the opponent's head coach is, but his teammates don't. Liu Mang knows that he can't put pressure on his teammates.

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

deserve it!Liu Mang silently praised the Pistons for losing money.

The Pistons have even canceled most of the pre-match activities, and there is no pre-match appearance ceremony. I am afraid that the fans will throw something up if the atmosphere comes.

A glass of water can start a fight...

During the final preparation time before the game, Liu Mang took the ball and shot, and took a look at the opponent's lineup by the way.

Chris Bosh, ability evaluation 88, offense 91, defense 80, three-pointer 81, mid-range shooting 85, layup 92, speed 82, strength 86... averaged 20.3 points, 9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 blocks per game.

This season won the title of Detroit Hammer. Coach Saunders deserves to be the coach who trained Garnett. For Bosh, who is similar in size and physical fitness, Coach Saunders made good use of his comprehensive skills. The defense is not as good as Garnett in the same period, far inferior to that, but the offensive end is worse than Garnett in the same period.

Liu Mang didn't expect that when Bosh joined the Pistons, his luck was even better than before!
Heck, this is, but before the game, Bosh secretly came to the visiting team's locker room behind his back to greet Liu Mang. Liu Mang expressed his appreciation for Bosh's great progress.

Hamilton, ability evaluation 87, offense 90, defense 84, three-pointer 69, mid-range shooting 95, layup 87... averaged 20.1 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

In the past two years, Hamilton has stolen the nickname of Alan Houston's CIC king.

Billups won the title of a new generation of field control masters this season, with an ability rating of 90, an offense of 83, a defense of 89, a three-pointer of 79, a mid-range shot of 79, a layup of 84, and a pass of 90...

In this game, Ben Wallace is not there, and Antonio McDyess, who was signed by them for 4 million in four years in the summer, will serve as the temporary starter, with an ability rating of 2200, which is barely enough for the starting level.

What surprised Liu Mang the most was the small forward position. He hadn't noticed before that Carlos Delfino, the No. 03 pick in 25, belonged to the Pistons!

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

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

This season, due to the departure of Stephen Jackson, the Pistons could not find any fish in the free market. They only got Antonio McDyess, who had plummeted after the age of 30, so he signed the handsome Argentine Carlos Delfino from Serie A.

Delfino was not delayed by Larry Brown for a year as before. His comprehensive skills have been reused by coach Sanders, who is good at using offense. The defensive end is extremely brainy and resembles the characteristics of President Sean Battier. This season is considered a rookie season, averaging 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. The data is very impressive.

This starting, if it wasn't for the suspension of Ben Wallace, Liu Mang felt no worse than his side!
Mainly this lineup, the chemistry is great!

"Why is it a piston again?"

Liu Mang has now appeared, and in the original time and space, from 04 to 08, the team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals for 5 consecutive years.

In the original time and space, from 03 to 08, the Pistons reached the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive years. From the second year onwards, the opponents were depressed.

Liu Mang had a vague feeling that the Pistons, led by Bosh's coach Saunders, might become his future rivals!
However, it turns out that men's sixth sense is always so inaccurate.

At [-]:[-] pm, the referee asked the starters to enter the field, and the substitutes and staff left the field. Liu Mang stepped onto the field after sprinkling chalk, which drew wild boos.

"Ding...Title mission: Estelle triggered."

"Title mission: Estel, the host needs to lead the team to beat the Pistons in this game, and give the Detroit basketball world a new title: Estel."

"Ding... Special buff: Estelle triggers."

"Estel: The host has defeated the Pistons for three consecutive years, and has already broken their dignity. The team led by the host has high morale every time they meet the Pistons. If the Pistons have not changed their core lineup, their self-confidence will completely collapse when they meet the team led by the host."

"Damn it!" Liu Mang was taken aback when he heard the mission.

But when I saw the buff behind, I was relieved.

Estelle?This title is very interesting!
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Asking for a monthly ticket, asking for a recommendation ticket~ I barely have [-] words today, but it’s not bad, I’ll continue tomorrow~ Good night, friends~
(End of this chapter)