Legendary basketball manager

"Thank you. Except for the difficult fourth game, the other games went well."

Shen Fei's response was slightly indifferent.

"Ahem...Shen, in fact, my arrangement is purely out of commercial considerations, and I have absolutely no intention of targeting you and the Rockets. You must know this."

Stern quickly explained.

Ever since Shen Fei helped "steal" his black material from Nike, the two are in the same camp.

Stern naturally has no reason to help the Rockets' opponents.

On the contrary, if a dynastic team can be born in the league before he steps down as NBA president, it would be a great honor for Stern.

Once the Rockets create a dynasty as they wish, later generations will mention three dynasty teams when evaluating Stern--Jordan's Bulls, the Lakers of the ok combination, and Shen Fei's Rockets!

Coupled with his previous development of the Chinese market and promotion of the NBA... Stern's achievements will undoubtedly surpass all previous NBA presidents and become the No. 1 in history in this field!

Therefore, Stern is now naturally willing to push the boat along the way and help the Rockets and Shen Fei achieve their goals.

The fourth game of the finals was just a little thought of Stern.

After the Rockets won the championship, he also deeply reflected on himself, and felt that he should not take the risk of angering Shen Fei to win the revenue of one more game.

"Shen, I sincerely apologize to you. I don't want any estrangement or distrust between us because of this incident."

Stern said solemnly.

Shen Fei saw that his attitude was quite sincere, and his anger subsided a lot, but he didn't want to forgive Stern just because of this, so he changed the subject and said: "Well, I understand, but you are looking for me so late, there should be someone else about it?"

Stern immediately caught the latter's emotion from Shen Fei's response.

In fact, he did call Shen Fei with sincerity tonight.

Stern believed that the plan he came up with after hard thinking and meditation today would satisfy Shen Fei and let the two of them settle down!

"It's like this, Shen, I know that you have been busy with the construction of the Rockets' new arena in addition to paying attention to the finals."

"I heard that since the replacement of China's construction team, the construction speed of the new arena has become very fast, and the completion time will be much earlier than previously expected."

"Am I right, Shen?"

asked Stern.

"Well, it does."

Shen Fei said lightly.

"You have not been an owner for a long time, and you may not understand the impact of arena relocation. I have experienced many teams changing their home courts, and I will share my experience with you."

"Many teams will lose a lot of old fans in the process of relocating the arena. For old arenas like the Toyota Center, many fans have feelings for it. If the relocation matters are not handled properly, it is easy to lose This part of the fans."

Stern said earnestly.

"This is a normal phenomenon. Nostalgia is a basic human emotion, but there is no need to worry too much about it. Because the new arena is built, it will attract many new fans. Especially for a newly emerging team like the Rockets, when they arrive at the new The region will definitely harvest a lot of local fans."

Shen Fei is a very cautious person. When choosing the location for "China Times", he has considered this issue.

Lost fans?Even if we do nothing and maintain the status quo, the fans who should be lost will also be lost.

But as long as the new arena is built well, the service is good, the games are played well, and there are many stars, there will be no shortage of fans.

However, Shen Fei heard what Stern said, and it should be able to help him solve the problem of losing fans.

If there is a solution, Shen Fei is naturally happy to see it.

"Actually, there have been some teams in history that did not lose many of their original fans after moving the arena. And these successful cases have one thing in common, that is, the promotion of the new arena is very good!"

"Shen, I know you are very good at publicity, and I have heard about Under Armour's advertising efforts. But the publicity in the NBA field may be somewhat different from that of sports brands."

"I have a good idea, listen to it... The city where the All-Star Game will be held next year is still pending. If you can guarantee that the Rockets' new arena can be completed before the All-Star Game, I can make the decision and put The right to host is handed over to the Rockets!"

Stern excitedly offered his proposal.

The right to host the All-Star Game—this is definitely a heavyweight commitment!

If the first game after the completion of the new arena is the All-Star Game, then the publicity effect in the circle will definitely be full!

In terms of efficiency and effect, it is superior to ordinary advertising methods!

For Stern's proposal, Shen Fei couldn't help being a little surprised.

The right to host the All-Star Game cannot be handed over to a certain team with just a word.

Once Stern commits, he will definitely have to do a lot of work in the follow-up.

If he did this just to make amends, then his sincerity was enough to let Shen Fei settle his suspicions!

"This proposal is very good, I have no reason to refuse, but you should have conditions?"

Shen Fei asked calmly.

"I don't need anything in return from you, I just hope you can help me continue to promote the NBA in China."

"The news of the finals in the past two days has been overwhelming in China, and the popularity of the NBA has reached an unprecedented level."

"I know that you and your Huaxia players have great influence in China. I hope we can achieve a win-win situation and make basketball a sport comparable to football in the future!"

Stern expressed his ultimate appeal.

After hearing this, Shen Fei showed a little more respect to Stern.

This old man, who is about to retire, still wants to promote the NBA and basketball... He is indeed a basketball player with ideals and feelings.

Shen Fei himself is also very fond of basketball.

It's a little unrealistic for basketball to be comparable to football, but he doesn't mind giving it a try.

After all, people always have dreams.

Shen Fei wants to help the Huaxia men's basketball team stand on top of the world, which is an unattainable dream in the eyes of outsiders.The difficulty may even be higher than that of basketball surpassing football and becoming the world's largest sport.

But Shen Fei is still confident that he can complete it.

And helping the nba to promote in China is nothing more than a piece of cake for him, and there is no difficulty.

"I can promise you, there is only one request."

"In this league, there are more or less racial discrimination or unfair treatment against Asians and China."

"I request that if a similar situation occurs in the future, the league must resolutely and promptly impose severe punishment."

Shen Fei said seriously.

He himself has never experienced such a thing, but as a time traveler, Shen Fei knows that there is such a thing in the nba.

Like Bogut, Redick, and the late Morey, there have been racist behaviors.

In the previous life, the nba officials did not express their position in time to stop or severely punish these behaviors.

But in this life, Shen Fei does not allow such a situation to happen again!