NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 428: Broken, I became a pioneer of the Enlightenment Movement
The Knicks were swept, and New York fans were so angry that they went crazy and booed the Knicks players on the court.

They were still booing the New Jersey Nets generals, but now they are no longer interested and have begun to target their own home team players.

Faced with the boos all over the place, O'Pang didn't take it to heart at all. He had never seen anything in so many years. When had he ever been to the Orlando Magic to play an away game without being booed?

Even when the Lakers play away games, the fans at the scene are not so friendly to him.

Besides, Ao Pang doesn't think these boos are dedicated to him. He is already 40 years old. Does winning or losing the game have much to do with him?

You have tried your best but still can’t win the game, so who can you blame?It must be James, Marion or McGrady’s fault!

McGrady looked ugly. He had been having a rough time these past few years.

When he left the Raptors, he thought that he had enough honors and that he could rack up statistics unscrupulously while he was still young, so he found a team like the Magic to join him.

After playing for the Magic for a few years, his thinking changed significantly. He was tired of statistics and wanted to taste the taste of winning a championship again.

Then he was lucky enough to swap clubs with Iverson and join a super-rich club like the Philadelphia 76ers, but he failed to achieve results.

Now that he has been traded to the Knicks, he thinks that with such a luxurious lineup as the Knicks, he can at least reach the Eastern Conference finals this year.

As a result, not only did they not touch the floor in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Nets even swept them in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Seeing that he was getting older day by day and his injuries were getting more and more day by day, McGrady felt very desperate. Could it be that after leaving Kongbu, he really had no chance to win the championship?
Thinking about Iverson's situation again, he felt relieved again. At least he had entered the Eastern Conference semifinals. Iverson was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

Another matchup in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Philadelphia 76ers versus the Bobcats, is currently also a one-sided situation. The Bobcats are already trailing by a score of 1:3.

The absolute core of the Bobcats, Chris Paul, is indeed strong enough. He is the number one point guard in the league today. Except for Rondo, everyone else should have no objection.

But Paul is a traditional point guard. He is not an offensive point guard like Curry in the future. Traditional point guards need strong inside players to partner with them.

The Bobcats' inside line is certainly not weak. Bosh, Big Ben, Hammer and David Lee usually play against other teams. Paul can maximize the combat effectiveness of these four people. Even Big Ben and Paul appeared together. , the score can be improved a lot.

It's a pity that the opponent they faced in this series was the Philadelphia 76ers who have the Super Twin Towers. The Bobcats' inside line not only has no advantage, but is also at a full disadvantage.

Then the power that Paul, a traditional point guard, can exert will be compromised.

After all, you can't expect Paul to score [-] or [-] points in a game.

Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before the Bobcats are eliminated.

Jordan has been trying to call Kongbu in the past few days, but Kongbu simply didn't answer the call. He could guess with his big toe that Jordan definitely wanted to complain to him.

The situation in the Eastern Conference is extremely clear. The Eastern Conference Finals will be the Nets versus the Philadelphia 76ers.

The match between the Suns and the Jazz in the West has also been decided. The Jazz were swept by the Suns. Their reconstruction was effective, but the effect was not enough for them to reach the Western Conference Finals.

In another set of duels between the Spurs and the Lakers, in the fourth game, a scene appeared that frightened all the fans.

Spurs outside core Gerald Wallace was elbowed in the chest by Lakers rookie center Bynum when he broke through to the basket with the ball.

The strength of this elbow was so amazing that even a muscular man like Gerald couldn't bear it. He fell to the ground on the spot and fainted.

Kongbu didn't watch the live broadcast of this game, but he was still shocked when he learned the news.

It seems that his time travel did not change Gerrard's fate. He was still seriously injured by Bynum.

Under normal circumstances, Gerald Wallace plays for the Bobcats, but he was eliminated by Bynum against the Lakers.

Now he is playing for the Spurs. When he met Bynum in the playoffs, he still couldn't escape bad luck.

By the next morning, Gerrard's injury report came out. It was similar to the tragedy in Kombu's memory. He also had a collapsed lung and needed surgery to remove part of the lung lobes. This was definitely a fatal blow to a professional player. .

Such evil deeds naturally aroused dissatisfaction from all parties in the league, and they all came out to criticize Bynum for his filthiness.

Gerrard was a member of the Philadelphia 76ers dynasty. He was teammates with Yao Ming, Iverson and other Eastern Conference stars.

Seeing Gerrard suffer such a blow, Iverson certainly wanted to fight for it.

"A rookie can be so bad. If he continues to play in this league, I don't doubt that one day he will be able to take UZI on the field and shoot down his opponents."

"The league must impose the harshest punishment for this kind of evil behavior. We just sent away Karl Malone and don't want another guy worse than Malone to come back."

Iverson still has the same temperament, being straightforward and saying whatever is on his mind.

He doesn't like Malone for quite a few reasons.

On the one hand, he also suffered a loss under Malone. In fact, as long as he is the same generation as Malone in this league, as long as he is not a complete shooting outsider like Dell Curry or Old Cole, everyone else will have to suffer from Malone to some extent. deficit.

On the other hand, there is also the reason of Kongbu. Kongbu doesn't like everything about the Jazz. Iverson was affected by it and of course he doesn't like it either.

Yao Ming also took the initiative to stand up for Gerrard, "I am very sad for such a tragedy. I hope Gerrard can recover as soon as possible and return to the game."

"Bynum's behavior is a disgrace to center players. We are responsible for guarding the basket, not relying on elbows. His elbow strikes were too bad."

His speech was not as fierce as Iverson's, but considering Yao Ming's character, it was not easy for him to speak to this extent.

Deng Dadai was also angry, and Shi Fo was not without a temper. When Gerrard was seriously injured and fell to the ground, he hit Bynum and almost punched him.

After the game, Deng cursed in front of the media for the second time in his ten-year career and said the F-word to Bynum.

The first time was in the Olympic Games that year, when he won No. 4 under the leadership of Larry Brown. At that time, Deng Dudai cursed in front of the media and said that he would never play in the Olympics again in his life.

In the afternoon when Gerrard's injury report came out, the league officially punished Bynum.

Suspended ten games and fined $[-].

Such a punishment plan caused dissatisfaction from all parties, who felt that Stern was favoring the Lakers.

In fact, Stern was unjustly accused. Back then, people with Malone's elbows were not banned. Now that Bynum elbowed Gerrard like this, it was most likely an accident. A ten-game suspension is already a lot.

Fortunately, Stern is also used to the outside world questioning him. Since he took over the NBA, some controversial things have happened to him almost every year.

He has too many lice but doesn't itch. No matter what the outside world says, he just pretends not to hear.

Kongbu couldn't stand it anymore. Gerard was one of his favorite disciples after all, and Kongbu also admired Gerard's professional attitude of daring to fight.

Now that you are injured like this, Stern gave you a ten-game suspension. It is unreasonable. If you keep pretending to be dead and make the big thing trivial, wouldn't it be an advantage to that stupid and bad guy Bynum? "Hasn't the league been promoting gentleman's basketball? After the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the league has been extremely strict in punishing vicious incidents on the court."

"Artest injured a spectator and was suspended for the entire season."

"The spectator's injury was not as serious as Gerrard's. How come the player's life is not his life? Why should he be treated differently? The league officially discriminates against players?"

"Or is it because that person in the audience is white? Gerald is black?"

"Logically speaking, this matter has nothing to do with me, but I just can't see it. I hope the league official can give a reasonable explanation."

When Kongbu said this, he was righteous and awe-inspiring, but he didn't know what a huge impact these words would have next.

The first to take action was the players union. Grandpa Lu led a group of players who had not played in the playoffs and began to demonstrate on the streets.

What made Kongbu even more stunned was that the slogan they used during the parade was "player-lives-matter"!
Players' lives matter!
The ball is valuable!
A large group of players took to the streets to parade, and of course there were countless fans and people watching the fun.

I saw the players chanting this nickname, and then I thought about what Combe said about league officials treating spectators and players differently just because the spectators are white and the players are black.

The people who eat melons suddenly woke up. This is not discriminating against the players. It is clearly discriminating against the black people!

Countless blacks and white leftists also joined the demonstrations, which were extremely powerful and spread across countless cities across the United States.

Kongbu was in a bad mood. He made such a big noise after just saying something casually.

"It's bad, I've become the pioneer of the Enlightenment in America."

"Grandpa Lu is a real troublemaker. He can't play basketball at his job. He's worth three hundred for doing these evil things."

What a troublemaker Kong Bu is, now he starts to blame Grandpa Lu in his heart.

After the players union, there was the coaches union. Now the leader of the coaches union is Malone. Their playoffs are over and they have nothing to do. They went to the demonstration with a group of coaches to get a sense of participation.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with their coaches. Xiao Ma Long is just watching the excitement and doesn't think it's a big deal.

In less than a day, it even spread to other industries.

At two o'clock in the morning, Kongbu was asleep and was awakened by a series of life-threatening calls.

No need to guess, it must be Stern.

"Kongbu, do you want me to die?"

"Have I ever treated you badly? Why do you do this to me?"

"Good guy, do you know how many people are surrounding the NBA headquarters right now? Thousands? Tens of thousands!"

"I have no doubt that if I leave the NBA headquarters now, I will definitely not end well."

Stern was going crazy. He thought that this matter would be like before, a big deal would be reduced to a trivial matter, and nothing would come to an end.

Who would have thought that Kong Bu's casual words would directly add fuel to the fire and expand the situation infinitely.

Even Combs felt sorry for Stern. He was too reckless this time. Maybe he had been in contact with Artest for too long and started talking out of his mind, which caused such a big trouble.

"David, don't be anxious. If there is a problem, just solve it. What's the use of being anxious?"

Combu tried his best to comfort Stern.

"Aren't you in a hurry? Try being surrounded by tens of thousands of people and see if you are in a hurry!"

"Solve it? You said it was so easy. How to solve it now?"

"You ask me to take back the penalty and then impose a heavier penalty? What prestige do I have in this league in the future?"

Stern values ​​prestige very seriously. To the point where he would rather die than surrender, it is completely impossible for him to change his punishment plan.

Kongbu smiled and said, "I didn't ask you to take back the punishment."

"You can add another punishment. For example, if Bynum tests positive for banned substances, give him a two- or three-season suspension. Wouldn't that be done?"

"It can not only save your face, but also calm the public's anger. The key is to explain why Bynum did what he did on the court. He was on drugs and his brain was turned into mush."

After listening to Kongbu's words, Stern fell silent.

Even Stern thought the solution Combu mentioned was too cruel, to ban him from the competition for two or three seasons?Then this rookie player's career is almost ruined.

As for whether Bynum has taken banned drugs, Stern actually doesn't care at all. How many truly clean players are there?At first glance, Bynum is not the kind of clean and self-disciplined player.

Besides, even if he has not touched banned drugs, so what, if Stern says he has, then he has.

Sacrificing Bynum in exchange for quelling the current predicament is a good deal for Stern. The key is that it won't slap him in the face.

"Kong, what was the purpose of what you said at that time? Was it to undermine the Lakers' combat effectiveness?"

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Stern was no longer anxious and started chatting with Kongbu.

"David, if I say that I didn't think about anything at the time, it was because a sense of justice suddenly emerged in my heart, would you believe it?"

Kong Bu said with a wry smile.

"Sense of justice? Kong, you are such a funny young man. It's hard for me to imagine that you have such a sense of justice."

"In any case, the Lakers were completely killed by you this time. They waited for so many years and finally hoped for a decent center, and then they were completely destroyed by you."

"Be prepared for the wrath of the Lakers."

Kongbu didn't care about the Lakers' anger at all. They could have some anger, and even if they had anger, they could only hold it back. How could they unleash it on Kongbu? They weren't even qualified to meet Kongbu in the finals.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the Lakers' revenge."

Combe said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)