This Forward is Not Serious

"David, they said everything was ready and it was too late to cancel."

After making the call, Xiao Hua came back and gave Stern a reply.

Stern pressed his forehead angrily.

This James, why is he so ignorant this time!

After Xiao Hua left, he did another thing.

He directly contacted ESPN's Schipper, who was responsible for the live broadcast, and asked the latter to cancel the show.

Obviously, what he asked Xiao Hua to do was only part of it. As the leader of the league, he has his own unique channels.

It was a call that lasted more than twenty minutes, and the final result was that Stern was convinced by Skipa.

"You ESPN have done too much. The media should not have that much power."

This was Stern's attitude from the beginning.

In addition to players and owners, there is now a tense power struggle between the league and the media.

James has used or cooperated with the media more than once to fight for his own interests.

"We estimate that 10 million people will watch this live broadcast. There are 10 million people watching the live broadcast of your league players. What is the concept, David?"

It was this sentence that made Stern finally compromise.

There is more to basketball than just basketball. Even basketball has a smaller market share in North America than football.

This is indeed a great promotional opportunity.

Then, there are the overwhelming predictions.

ESPN began to release various definite news that fans have been speculating for a long time.

James, Wade and Bosh will go to the same team, so this "decision" will not only decide James, but the Big Three.

This time, not only the NBA, but the entire sports circle is in trouble.

There are even some definite rumors starting to rule out the team.

The first to go was the Cavaliers.

According to ESPN insiders, that is also quite heartbreaking news.

If James decided to stay, why would he make such a decision with such a big fanfare?

Of course, although Cavaliers fans were speechless, they certainly didn't believe it.

What if James wanted to surprise them?

Then the Clippers were out.

This time it was the news released by the Clippers management.

They already knew James wasn't coming to Los Angeles.

Of course, for the same reason, Clippers fans are not willing to believe this result.

This may be their only chance to come back against the Lakers. Even if it is bad news, they must persist until the last minute.

But now, James' next home seems to have been narrowed down to the Heat, Nets, Bulls and Knicks.

And right now, the Knicks are the most likely place.

July 8, local time in the United States, is the live broadcast day of the ESPN program, and the United States is paying attention.

ESPN will use an hour to broadcast James and this final decision.

In the cities where the six teams have met, or outside the arena, or in the bars, a large number of fans have gathered invariably.

They are all looking forward to James' arrival to save their team.

Outside the ESPN live broadcast building, a large number of fans gathered. They held up slogans like "LeBron, come to the Nets", and many even wore James jerseys with the modified team logo.

The police have deployed a large number of police vehicles to maintain order.

If nothing else, this operation is unprecedented.

…

In Sanya, Kobe, Durant, Lin Ying and Grover sat in front of the TV early in the morning to watch the live broadcast.

"Why am I looking at this kind of thing?"

Kobe frowned, but his eyes never left the TV.

Obviously, he found James's operation boring.

"Then you go practice for a while first, and we'll watch first."

Lin Ying suggested.

"It should be soon."

Kobe's next reaction stunned Lin Ying, and then he couldn't help laughing.

Who isn’t a curious cat?

In fact, he also felt that James's decision, which was the same as in history, was boring, but he couldn't help but be curious.

Will James go to the Heat as in history?

Or he said he would go to another team.

If it's the former, that's actually fine.

But if it's the consequences, it's really exciting.

And this show is really boring.

There were dozens of people sitting in the audience, and one surprise was that there was the famous singer "Kanye" Kanye West.

Then a reporter named Gray sat face to face with James on a small stage and started asking some irrelevant questions.

Things like what you did this summer, how many people know your results, whose opinions did you listen to, etc.

A true appetizer!

But what is very interesting is that the real-time number of viewers will be displayed in the lower right corner of the live broadcast, and it has already exceeded 10 million in a short while.

Then they actually talked about such a boring topic for almost an hour!

This can be done in five minutes at most!

What was even more boring was that Lin Ying and the others just sat and watched for an hour.

Of course, they are not the only ones who are bored. There are a lot of people in North America who are waiting like this.

"So LeBron, what's your decision?"

Finally Gray asked the final question.

James finally announced his decision after diluting for long enough.

"I'm going to take my talents to the East Coast and I'm going to join..."

Of course, he still used the necessary pauses.

"New York Knicks."

Knicks!

"Fuck!"

Lin Ying's "fuck" sentence instantly attracted the attention of Durant and Kobe.

Wasn't it said in the news before that James is most likely to go to the Knicks? Why did Lin Ying react so much?

"I want to be quiet."

Lin Ying said as he walked out of the gym to take a breath and let go.

Big reaction? How could it not be big!

James goes to the Knicks!

This is so different from history!

What happened in the middle!

Lin Ying definitely couldn't guess what happened.

But I just finished talking to Kobe about the issue of getting stronger opponents, and now I am definitely getting stronger.

Apart from anything else, the Knicks now have two first-class forwards, one is Wilson Chandler and the other is Danilo Gallinari, both of whom averaged 15+ per game last season!

These two are still on rookie contracts!

The Knicks have a lot of maneuverability.

And speaking of the same situation in history, the Knicks were the most likely next destination, but in the end James went to the Heat.

But things are different now!

When we return to the arena, the TV show is not over yet.

ESPN has already shown the reactions of fans from all over the world.

At this time, a scene of Cleveland fans burning jerseys happened to be shown.

Tsk, even though I didn’t go to the same place, some things that were supposed to appear were still missing.

And when he was letting loose just now, he also felt that even if he went to the Knicks and teamed up with the Big Three and two more, there would still be problems inside.

And James must be paired with fully functional role players. Chandler and Gallinari may not necessarily be able to play their strengths at the same time in history.

Therefore, there is still a chance to beat the Knicks.

"Lin, I suddenly thought of something."

At this moment, Durant put down his phone and looked at Lin Ying with a suppressed smile.

"What?"

What's Durant's expression like? Weird.

"It seems Anthony can't go to New York!"

"install……"

Damn it?

It seems true!

James went the way of Anthony, leaving Anthony with nowhere to go?

Or to put it another way, James NTR Anthony?

There is, something!

No need to guess, Anthony's lungs are probably about to explode at this moment.

After all, the person who blocked his path was his lifelong enemy!

As for saying that Anthony and James teamed up together, that is unrealistic.

If Anthony had this idea, he would have signed a one-year contract less with James and the others.

And ESPN has given confirmed news that James, Wade and Bosh will play together.

James and Wade have a close relationship. They must have been together, and Bosh joined later.

If Bosh were replaced by Anthony, he would actually be even less able to play. It would be not playing but grabbing the ball.

So now a more curious thing comes. Anthony's way to the Knicks was robbed by James. Where will he go?

…

New York.

Anthony was so angry that he almost smashed the table!

Yesterday he also chatted with James, and they said they were brothers. James said he was ready to follow Wade to the Bulls.

result!

This operation is really cruel!

He felt like he was really going to vomit blood from anger!

James, how dare you!

At this moment, Anthony has crossed James off his list of brothers.

When we meet next time, we will be enemies!

While I was getting angry, my cell phone rang.

Pick it up and take a look, good guy, James is calling!

He picked it up angrily.

"I'm sorry brother, I just made the decision when I got up this morning. I didn't know how to tell you before that, but now I want to tell you that I'm sorry. This decision is very difficult for me, but you will always be my brother. …”

After hanging up the phone, Anthony's expression was numb.

Because he was still angry, but suddenly he didn't seem to know who to be angry with.

It’s numb!

…

James' decision caused an uproar in the league.

And contrary to the intentions of ESPN and James' team, the negative impact it brought was much greater than imagined.

Almost overnight, James' image collapsed.

The abuse was endless.

The fans on the Cavaliers side had the biggest reaction.

In addition to burning James' jerseys, a large number of fans have even surrounded James' mansion in Cleveland.

Team owner Gilbert even published an open letter to Cavaliers fans, cursing James as a traitor and cursing James and the Knicks for never winning a championship.

And it turns out that Stern's intuition is really high, and this kind of thing is not suitable for live broadcast at all.

Except for the moment of pleasure during the live broadcast, everything after that was negative.

Teams whose appetites are whetted end up getting nothing and will not be satisfied.

Other fans watching the show also felt that James was performing poorly.

So it can be said that except for the reveling New York fans, basically no one is satisfied.

In contrast, Wade and Bosh, who have also left, have not received much criticism.

The decision was considered a complete farce.

Of course, this is temporary.

In competitive sports, strength speaks for itself.

If James can lead the Knicks to the championship.

Then all these negative news are relatively unimportant.

…

Just after James made his "decision", the entire free market began to operate again, and the signings of most players were settled.

The Bulls quickly signed Boozer to a five-year, $80 million contract.

Judging from the results, the capabilities of this Bulls management team are still very good.

Make two preparations. If plan A fails, start plan B immediately.

And including the trade of Noah in the previous draft, this Bulls team has finally formed the team that once reached the top of the Eastern Conference in history.

Rose is getting closer and closer to his MVP season.

Of course, the other three teams look miserable in comparison.

The Cavaliers are the worst, because no one wants to go to Cleveland!

When James leaves, they lose not only the strength of the team, but also immeasurable off-court losses.

It's no wonder why Gilbert cursed.

He doesn't feel sorry for the fans, he feels sorry for the money!

The situation with the Nets and Heat isn't much better.

Because James decided too late, there are not many players left to sign in the free market.

There was absolutely no movement on the Nets side, and it looked like they were preparing to train new players.

Riley was also very angry on the Heat's side.

Because he thought he had James for sure.

But he also showed his ability as a "divine fortune teller" and started Plan B.

He began to proactively contact the Nuggets to discuss the possibility of trading Anthony.

Soon after, he successively reached deals with the Timberwolves and Kings.

A first-rounder, a second-rounder, and a large exception were traded from the Timberwolves to acquire Al Jefferson, who was deeply involved in leaving the team due to the rise of Love.

Immediately afterwards, Kevin Martin was acquired from the rebuilt Kings with a special case and two second rounds.

The Beasley deal was stopped, and O'Neal was renewed with a two-year, $12 million contract.

Then follow up by acquiring Mike Miller from the free market.

Martin + Beasley + Jefferson + O'Neal Jr., plus Miller on the bench.

This lineup can be regarded as temporarily filling the poverty line, and it is also competitive in the Eastern Conference.

Moreover, Riley quickly contacted Wade's team after being unable to restore Wade and discussed the issue of signing first and then trading.

Taking some second rounds and some super special cases are all preparations for subsequent transactions.

His ambition is definitely more than that. Riding a donkey to find a horse is his current mentality.

However, these will not be the focus of outside attention at this time.

The outside world is now watching how the Knicks will show off their operations.

You must know that the Knicks' current space is not enough to completely sign the Big Three.

Even if they don't want anything and let go of David Lee, whose 20+10 contract expired last season, there is still a ten-year-old potential stock in the team, Eddie Curry, who has an annual salary of tens of millions.

Curry has only played a few games due to injuries in the past two seasons, and it is not easy to send him away.

Some teams have even closed Curry's trading channels, just waiting to see the Knicks' jokes.

If only two of the last three people went there, it would definitely be the scene of a major accident.