Under normal circumstances, after the dress code was enforced, many players still openly boycotted, but Stern was determined to implement the dress code, which was very unpleasant on both sides.

However, despite the public boycott, no one dared to violate the dress code......

The reason is simple, because the penalties are just too scary.

With a maximum fine of $500,000, who would have so much money that they have nowhere to spend it......

You know, some players don't earn more than $500,000 a year.

……

"Richard strikes deal with the League to enforce a dress code"

"The Terrible Richard, Extraordinary Influence"

"The Real Boss Behind the Scenes in the NBA - Richard"

The day after the press conference, various media outlets published articles one after another, speculating about why the dress code could be implemented so easily.

There is no leakage of West Lafayette's players, and Richard and Stern and others will not talk about it, but after all, this matter is quite obvious, and smart people can see it at a glance.

Stern sat in his office, his face flushed, and he felt that the news that broke out one after another made him very shameless.

On behalf of the NBA official, he has made a deal with Richard, a single individual, and now all parties are spreading that Richard can influence his decision.

"Adam, find a way to calm this matter, I don't want to hear that I'm a puppet of Richard." Stern was visibly angry.

Xiao Hua felt a pain in his eyes, and he didn't expect these media to be so bold that they would report directly to the outside world without any shadow or evidence.

"Okay, Mr. President, I'll figure it out......" Xiao Hua sighed.

It's hard to do, so how can you silence these media?

For the first time, Xiao Hua thought of Richard.

Richard is the subject of this matter, and it seems that if you want to silence the media, you still have to let Richard come forward to solve it.

……

"Yes, but you owe me a favor, and try to give me as little as possible in the future." Richard agreed to Xiao Hua without saying a word and helped them settle the matter.

There are pros and cons to having too much influence, as the saying goes, Richard didn't want to be too showy.

With the media reports from all sides, Richard is now being blown into the NBA's behind-the-scenes boss, and the owners of other teams will certainly not be too happy......

So Richard decided to take action and settle the matter as much as possible to minimize the impact.

"What can you do now? It's better to say it and we'll discuss it......" Xiao Hua asked curiously, Richard actually agreed so simply, which really surprised him.

"There must be a way, but first say it, you should be fined, but I won't give you a dime."

……

The next evening, the Pistons' home game, the entire Auburn Hills Palace Arena was lively like the New Year.

All eyes on the field were focused on Richard, and even the opposing players were dumbfounded.

I saw Richard wearing bright green pants with flowers, a V-neck bells and whistles vest on his upper body, a West Lafayette gold medal around his neck, and a toad mirror covering half of his face......

Anyway, Richard violated all the prohibitions in the dress code.

Speaking of which, in fact, when the New Army voted at the previous meeting, Stern said that Richard passed on his pants to coach the game, which was purely ruining Richard's reputation.

But Richard really did it tonight, not only wearing pants, but the whole person was dressed in a riotous way.

is completely the old American version of Nicholas Zhao Si.

……

There were crazy cheers at the scene, and as soon as the dress code was introduced, Richard made such a dress, what does this mean?

It represents that Richard is not afraid of power!

It means that Richard didn't take the ban seriously at all......

……

"Heroes who are not afraid of power!"

"This outfit is just a sassy explosion......"

"Richard, you should go to work at the White Horse Club!"

The fans at the scene cheered, Richard was stunned, the White Horse Club......

Isn't this grandma's a well-known duck club in Detroit?!

Almost no one on the field cared about the game on the field, all of them paid attention to Richard pacing back and forth on the sidelines.

Before the game was over, the NBA's official website immediately updated a bombshell news.

Because Richard violated the dress code, the league decided to impose a fine of $500,000 on Richard!

This is the upper limit of the dress code fine, and Richard has violated all the provisions of the dress code, and it is not possible to impose no penalty.

……

Many reporters have already received the news and are waiting for the press conference to start later.

"Here, here, good guy, I've changed my body again, and I'm even more angry than the one just now!"

"Richard is really ruthless, where did he find these clothes......"

"Well, these pants look familiar, they're Clark's mother's pants, right? I remember seeing ...... before."

Richard took his squad to tonight's post-match press conference.

In tonight's game, the Pistons played the Nets at home and won by 27 points, and it stands to reason that this game is quite interesting.

But no reporter paid attention to the matter, and now they just want to ask Richard what he thinks.

……

"Mr. Richard, just now the official announcement of the alliance that you were fined 500,000 US dollars, do you know about this?" A reporter stood up to ask questions.

Richard nodded, he had just heard the team staff in the locker room talk about this.

The penalty is fine, anyway, he is doing the alliance a favor, and he will not give the alliance a dime.

500,000 US dollars, although it is not much for Richard, but he does not want to be the wronged leader.

"Coach Richard, you should be well aware of the severity of the dress code, why did you violate the dress code tonight?" Again, the reporter, continued to ask questions.

Richard frowned, thought for a moment, and gave an answer that made many reporters faint.

"Rich."

"You can do whatever you want with money."

"Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem."

Richard smacked his lips and said with a smile.

Without waiting for the reporter to continue to ask questions, Richard said: "This ban seems to me to be a decoration. ”

"As long as I want, I have 82 games a year, counting about 20 games in the playoffs, I can wear whatever I want, and I can afford it."

Poof, the reporters in the audience are about to vomit blood, just play 100 games a year, Richard will be fined 500,000 US dollars a game, and that will be 50 million US dollars in a year......

How rich Richard really is!

Seeing the stunned appearance of the reporters in the audience, Richard was happy in his heart, he was naturally bragging about what he said just now, if he was really fined 50 million US dollars, he would definitely have to be anxious......

"Of course, I advise young players not to follow my example, it's not easy for everyone to make some money, after all, they have to support their families."

"If it's too much money, it's not that you can't learn from me, so you should spend $500,000 to support the construction of the alliance......"

The reporters were about to vomit blood, which was half a million dollars, which was not even as good as toilet paper in Richard's mouth.

They didn't dare to continue asking, and if they continued to ask, they would have to provoke Richard to death.

My own group of reporters, tired of dying and living all year round, can finally earn two or three hundred thousand US dollars, it is good.

But Richard's guy casually threw away 500,000, which is simply hateful.

Hearing Richard mention the word breadwinner, reporters immediately remembered Richard and Paul Allen's Tiana, which is also a good news material.

"Coach Richard, when it comes to raising a family, do you and Tiana Allen have any plans to get married?"

Hearing this question, Richard looked puzzled, this is a rather difficult question.

He and Tiana hadn't really talked about it......

At the moment, if there are no plans to get married, I don't know what kind of news these reporters will arrange.

I guess I can call Paul Allen the next day......

"Ahem, Tiana still has to make up his mind about this......"

"This kind of personal question, try not to ask it in the future, I'm not an entertainment star, why are you staring at my private life."

"Alright, that's the end of today's press conference."

With that, Richard began to leave the field with the players.

……

As soon as the press conference was over, after Richard returned to the locker room, Xiao Hua made a phone call, he hadn't slept so late, obviously watching tonight's game.

"Lee, well done!" Xiao Hua said with sincere admiration.

In this way, the rumors outside are basically self-defeating, and Xiao Hua feels that Richard is really neat and beautiful this time.

"Okay, we're all old acquaintances, so there's no need to be so polite."

"I still say that, you will punish you, I won't give you a dime anyway." Richard whispered.

"Don't worry, it's just a formality, and I won't really fine you 500,000 US dollars." Xiao Hua said with a wry smile.

Looking at Richard's performance at the press conference, he was simply a super tyrant, with half a million dollars without blinking.

But now I've been talking about not giving a dime, and there are still big tyrants there.

……

With Richard making such a fuss, the rumors from the outside world are self-defeating.

Stern finally breathed a sigh of relief and preserved his dignity, but what happened next made him sulk, and he couldn't get angry.

As the saying goes, there are policies above, and there are countermeasures below.

As soon as the NBA dress code came out, players who liked to wear distinctive clothing immediately found a strategy for the dress code.

For example, Iverson directly contacted a well-known hip-hop brand and ordered several sets of outfits that did not violate the dress code.

Although the dress code is strict, it is not without flaws, such as not specifying the color or pattern on the player's clothing, which is a loophole that can be exploited.

With Iverson taking the lead, many players have also followed suit, and have gone to manufacturers to customize their own exclusive clothes.

In this regard, Stern is also completely indifferent, and can only turn a blind eye, which can be regarded as acquiescing to this behavior.

……

After the stormy dress order incident passed, in the blink of an eye, the time had entered the end of December.

The annual NBA All-Star Voting has begun, and this year's All-Star Voting is naturally very different from previous years because of the restructuring.

However, the impact is not very large, because there are still strong centers in the league today, such as O'Neal in the West and Yao Ming in the East, these two can enter the All-Star starters safely regardless of whether they have a dedicated center position......

As for the All-Star coach, this is not yet time, and the All-Star team has to be decided a week before the All-Star game is made, based on the divisional record.

At the top of the Western Conference list is the Timberwolves, and if nothing else, their head coach Philip Saunders will be the coach of the Western Conference All-Star.

As for the Eastern side, although the Pistons have the first record in the East, after all, Richard has coached the All-Star last season, so he has no chance this season.

Unless the coach in the East relinquishes his or her eligibility to lead the team and transfers it to Richard......

On the Eastern side, the two teams behind the Pistons are the Nets and the 76ers.

Coincidentally, the two teams are on a par at the moment, and when the Nets' new head coach Lawrence Frank leads the team, or Rick Carlisle leads the team, Richard is not sure at the moment.

The Nets fired their head coach Byron Scott a few days ago and replaced it with rookie coach Lawrence Frank.

This Frank, domestic fans should be no stranger, he has coached Yi Jianlian, Richard has some impressions of this young coach.

Quite young, even three years younger than Richard......

If it weren't for Richard, this Frank would actually be qualified to compete with Stevens, the young marshal of the later generations of Green Kai.

Many rookie coaches' records were broken by Frank, the rookie coach.

For example, the longest 14-game winning streak of a rookie coach, such as the youngest 100-win coach, for example, after only four years in charge of the Nets, he became the coach with the most wins in the history of the Nets (just the most wins at that time, excluding the Nets in later generations)

All in all, this is a very strong young manager, and if it weren't for his wife's illness, he left the team to take care of him, and was sacked by the team, I'm afraid his achievements would be quite good.

……

When Frank is mentioned, it is natural to have to talk about Stevens's development.

This season, Stevens officially joined the Clippers and took over the coaching whip of the Clippers as the head coach of the first team.

Speaking of which, this has something to do with Richard......

Like the head coach position of a team, it must be very competitive, even if it is the head coach position of a fish belly team like the Clippers, many people are staring at.

The head coach of the Clippers who started last season was Alvin Gentry, a well-known head coach who coached the Pelicans.

Halfway through the schedule, he was fired by the Clippers and replaced with Dennis Johnson.

As a result, Johnson was also a short-lived coach, and after the season, he was fired by the Clippers......

The vacated head coach seat, many people came to interview and compete.

Among them was Dunleavy Sr.

After Dunleavy Sr. was fired by the Bucks, he would definitely not be idle at home and set his sights on the position of head coach of the Clippers.

Originally, with his qualifications, this position was basically nine out of ten.

turned out to be halfway to Stevens, a Cheng bite gold.

In the end, the old Dunleavy vomited blood angrily, and the Clippers did not choose him as an old coach, but Stevens, who had no head coach resume.

It's normal to think about it, how can Clippers management not know the contradictions between Dunleavy Sr. and Richard......

If he really brought in old Dunleavy, wouldn't he be saying that he was making trouble for himself.

What if Richard goes crazy and them Clippers?

I am not afraid of 10,000 in this matter, but I am afraid that in case, no one dares to take this risk.

.。 m.