827. Esterius
At noon on the 27th, the Eagles came to the Detroit airport, just got off the plane, there were police to protect them, escorted to the hotel, and then there were police patrolling around the hotel, Liu Mang understood, before they came to Detroit, the hotel had been inspected by the police many times, and to get out of the hotel, the team management agreed to sign an agreement to voluntarily give up protection.
Not only the Hawks, but also the Bobcats and Warriors who came to Detroit yesterday and the day before yesterday were treated the same.
In the past few days, the police in Detroit have been busy enough, as soon as the visiting team comes, they have to be under martial law, outside the court, and when it comes to the game, the players' tunnels and fan aisles by the stadium are all police, for fear that something will happen to the away players, and now Detroit fans are very irritable before the verdict and punishment of the Auburn Hills palace incident comes out.
After arriving at the hotel, Liu Mang turned on the computer to open the NBA official website, and saw the results of the brawl involving the criminal case.
Due to too much pressure from public opinion, the four players were very anxious to get the verdict quickly, and there was no meaning to the penalty, so they passed it directly.
In the end, the players pay for it.
Artest spent $1 million to get the forgiveness of the wrongly beaten fans, and reached an off-court settlement, which saved Artest from being prosecuted for intentional injury, and the worst-case scenario was avoided, at least without jail time.
Seeing this price, Liu Mang felt that it was good for Artest, and the fans who were beaten by mistake were also happy to accept such a price.
1 million US dollars, this kind of compensation money is not taxed, that is, it is equivalent to a middle-class employee in Detroit, about 25 years of non-taxed pure salary, and the average middle-class employee in the United States may not be able to save 1 million US dollars in 50 years.
But this is nothing to Artest, to avoid prosecution for intentional injury, not to go to jail, and the contract will not be canceled, 1 million US dollars will be paid directly by the club, and reasonable tax avoidance, that is, his salary for playing a month in the regular season.
Of course, only a settlement of the injuries can be reached, and Artest needs to be placed on probation for two years, similar to probation, but a little more lenient than probation, and he is not allowed to leave the United States, and if he does not make a mistake within one year, the probation period ends early, in addition, there is a 60-hour community labor penalty, as well as a fine of 50,000 US dollars and the medical expenses of the beaten subject.
Artest's side is in the nature of beating, he is one-on-one, and the other party has no chance to fight back at all, and even from the video, the person who was beaten by Artest is confused, he didn't fight back at all, and he has been hiding, so there is a situation of intentional injury.
Artest and O'Neal Jr. are in the nature of a brawl, and the punishment is much lighter, with a one-year probation period, which can end early after six months, with a fine of 50,000 US dollars each, and the medical expenses of the beaten fans are borne.
Ben Wallace was sentenced to 40 hours of community labor in the community for inciting fans to fight.
Ben Wallace is pure bad luck, he is just a normal on-court conflict, not to mention being banned and fined by the league, and the court has also found him a job.
The court's verdict did not surprise Liu Mang too much, rich people are unlikely to go to jail for hurting people, although Artest because of his personality, he is already the second scorer in the Pacers team and the best defensive player in the team before getting a middle-class contract extension, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he is already super rich, there is no such thing as going to jail for hurting people, the American system is like that.
At most, you can't leave the United States during the probation period, which is not a big deal for players who don't have much commercial value, at most they can't go to sea when they're fishing.
Liu Mang plans to tell Maddie about this, who knows that when he went to find Maddie, Maddie was already video chatting with Artest, Liu Mang didn't bother, went back to the room to rest for a while, couldn't go out of the hotel today, and the team didn't go to rent a training hall or anything for safety reasons, anyway, tomorrow after the game, I will leave, the last game in a row, let the players rest more.
At six o'clock in the evening, the final results of the NBA's official punishment for the Auburn Hills palace incident also came out.
No matter how angry Big Bird is at this incident, he will have to try to help the players appeal for a reduced penalty.
In the end, Artest was banned from participating in all games in the 04-05 season, that is, there were five months of salary left in this season, and Artest couldn't get a penny, counting the 1 million US dollars paid to the beaten fans, the team helped pay, Artest was equal to no income this season.
Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games, O'Neal Jr. was suspended for 25 games, Fred Jones, who was beaten in the fan zone, was suspended for five games and Ben Wallace was suspended for 10 games.
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People love to watch the excitement, and before the final punishment comes out, it is the time when people's mood to watch the excitement is at its highest, but when the results come out, the interest suddenly decreases.
The players are also human beings, and they love to watch the excitement, and of course they have the same emotions.
Liu Mang paid a lot of 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 already settled, and he didn't pay attention to it anymore.
Liu Mang began to settle down to study the video footage of the Pistons' games this season.
After watching it, I realized that the Pistons have changed too much in a summer!
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New York, Fifth Avenue, New York University, Harlem District, New York University, District Industrial Park, NBA Headquarters Building, 7th Floor, Office of the President.
"The game between the Pistons and the Hawks, Beijing and ESPN both want to add air, boss, do you want to agree to this thing?" Adam Silva asked.
David Stern is so unhappy now, he has worked hard to make the NBA's image better day by day, an Auburn Hills palace incident, all of a sudden seems to be back to the end of the eighties, the ticket prices of the entire 30 NBA teams have dropped by five percent because of this incident, and the cost of live broadcast has also been reduced, that is, after this season, it is possible that the income is at most the same as last season.
Originally, the Hawks played the Pistons, but there was no national live broadcast, because in the past three years, the Pistons have been beaten by the Hawks.
This season, seeing the Pistons' fighters so good, and the style of play is relatively good-looking, although it is still iron-blooded, but the offense is doing well, which makes David Stern a lot satisfied, who knows that such a thing will be done again.
After hesitating for a moment, David Stern said: "Inform the referees, blow the penalty tightening, avoid conflicts, they want to add the air, of course we have to agree, this season's revenue growth depends on you, Adam." ”
Because of this, David Stern has to rely more on Adam Silva, and only Adam Silva has the potential to increase the NBA's revenue in the current unfavorable situation.
"I'm honored, boss." Adam Silva got a reply and left the president's office.
Maybe everyone involved in the NBA, whether it is management, players, fans, wants to see such a bad thing happen, but for Adam Silva, it is a good thing, because only when there is a financial crisis, can he have the opportunity to play his talents!
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On the afternoon of November 28, the Eagles arrived at the Auburn Hills Palace Arena early.
"Wow, there are still so many cops!" Liu Mang was surprised to see that there was still a large group of policemen under martial law, and then said to Iguodala behind him with disgust: "Andre, why are you so slow, hurry up and help me put my luggage in!" ”
Iguodala has her bag around her neck, a backpack behind her back, and two big boxes in tow, and she is about to cry, it's too bullying!
But thinking that the summer boss might still take him to play with the big guys, Iguodala gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes and quickly walked in front of Liu Mang to avoid being disliked by Liu Mang.
Originally, there was no need to be so tired, Iguodala at most used the luggage cart at the airport to help Liu Mang drag his luggage and when he arrived at the hotel, he helped Liu Mang put his luggage in the car or put him off the car, and at other times, the hotel concierge was in charge, and the tips were also paid by Liu Mang himself.
However, this is also the point that Liu Mang has been complained about the most, in people's eyes, Liu Mang is on the same level as Maddie and Rashid Wallace, and the tip should be 100 US dollars.
At the level of Jason Terry and Kwame Brown, who are recognized as first-team players, there is a $50 tip.
Prince's low-key and unremarkable starters are usually $20 in tips, and the rest of the bench players are all $10.
And Liu Mang's tip, the previous three years was always 10 US dollars, according to his words, he was still a child, he was the youngest in the team...... This season, with Josh Smith, a high school student, he reluctantly rose to 20 US dollars......
Because of the unease of living in Detroit this time, after the game, I had to go directly to the airport from the Auburn Hills Palace Arena to Atlanta, the key is the bus provided by the Pistons, and I am unwilling to send the Hawks to the airport, of course, the Pistons will do this, the bitter lord, I have to find some trouble for the Hawks, and the Hawks can only rent a car to pick them up at night.
And the luggage piston team didn't help keep it, so he could only put it in the lounge by himself, Liu Mang came out to play away for 10 days, and Alexia was stunned when he was going to the North Pole to investigate.
The unlucky one is Iguodala, Liu Mang's exclusive little brother.
Seeing Josh Smith, who was chatting happily with Maddie, was carrying two ordinary backpacks, one for Josh Smith and one for Maddie, Iguodala was so envious......
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The NBA's most imposing head coach, Pat Riley, who has not yet taken away his disciple's head coach position, must be the leader.
In second place is not Phil Jackson or Popovich, but the Pistons.
From the perspective of the face, Philip Saunders is the head coach who Liu Mang feels to have the most "godfather" face.
The head coach who was called "father" by the not-so-big-minded Kevin Garnett, and the head coach who made the future 2015 No. 1 pick collapse in agony after his death, Philip Saunders was recognized by the stars as much better than most head coaches, and Liu Mang learned about those who only learned how good the head coach was after the fact.
For such a head coach, Liu Mang just wanted to say: "Old man, can't you wait for Billups and Ben Wallace to be two years old?" ”
What a hassle!
The Pistons won the championship for the Civilians, and the most questioned place about the "civilian" statement is that the Pistons Five Tigers had four players selected as All-Stars at the same time during the Pistons era.
But when all four of them were selected as All-Stars at the same time, it was not a championship season, nor a defending season, but the 05-06 season after Larry Brown was fired, when Coach Sanders was coaching, Billups and Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace played the best season of their careers with the Pistons, even better than in '05 and '04, with 64 wins in the regular season, making Billups, Hamilton, Rashid Wallace, Ben Wallace an All-Star together, and all four were benches, That is, an All-Star that all head coaches recognize.
That is, O'Neal, who met the peak Wade and the peak tail, was eliminated in the Eastern Finals.
And now, the group is a year younger, the power forward has also been replaced by Rashid Wallace, who is least liked by Coach Sanders, to Chris Bosh, who is more like Garnett, the Pistons have played too well this season, Ben Wallace has only been suspended for 10 games, and the Pistons are still complaining that there may be a further reduction.
Coach Sanders doesn't like Rashid Wallace because of the grievances in the West, Garnett and Rasheed Wallace have never dealt with each other, the main thing is that in the 2000 playoffs, Garnett was shot by Rashid Wallace, who was supervised by Sabonis to defend, and almost got into a fight.
A head coach is very important for a team, Liu Mang put aside the pressure brought by Coach Sanders first, he himself knows how good the opponent's head coach is, but his teammates don't know, Liu Mang knows that he can't bring pressure to his teammates.
Looking at the players on the opposite side and the police on the sidelines, Liu Mang calmed down, this picture is still very interesting, the police are about to focus on the benches of the two teams, and the Pistons team has to lose a lot of money.
Deserve! Liu Mang silently praised the Pistons for losing money.
The Pistons have now canceled most of their pre-game activities, and they didn't have a pre-game appearance ceremony, for fear that the fans would smash something when the atmosphere came.
A glass of water can start a brawl......
In the final preparation time before the game, Liu Mang took the ball and shot, and looked at the opponent's lineup by the way.
Chris Bosh, Ability Rating 88, Offense 91, Defense 80, Three-Point 81, Shooting 85, Layup 92, Speed 82, Power 86...... He averaged 20.3 points, 9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 blocks per game.
This season won the title of Detroit Hammers, Coach Sanders is worthy of the coach who trained Garnett, for Bosh with similar size and physical fitness, Coach Sanders made good use of his all-round skills, the defense is not as good as Garnett in the same period, far less than that, but the offensive end is better than Garnett in the same period.
Liu Mang didn't expect that Bosh arrived at the Pistons, and it was even better than the original chance!
Hell, this is, but before the game, Bosh secretly came to the away team's locker room behind his team's back to greet Liu Mang, and Liu Mang expressed his appreciation for Bosh's great progress.
Hamilton, Ability rating 87, offense 90, defense 84, three-point 69, shooting 95, driving 87...... He averaged 20.1 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game.
Hamilton has stolen Alan Houston's nickname as the king of mid-pitch in the past two years,
Billups has earned the title of a new generation of master handlers this season, with a ability rating of 90, offense 83, defense 89, three-point shooting 79, shooting 79, driving 84 layups, and passing 90......
In this game, Ben Wallace was not there, and Antonio McDyes, who was signed by them for 4 years and 22 million in the summer, was temporarily the starter, with an ability rating of 70, barely enough to start.
The most surprising thing for Liu Mang was the position of small forward, I didn't notice it at all before, Carlos Delfino, the No. 25 pick in 03, was actually from the Pistons!
Carlos Delfino, 72 Ability, 69 Offense, 77 Defense, 78 Three-pointers, 69 mid-range shots, 80 ...... layup
Ginobili's best helper for the national team also played on the Pistons.
This season, due to the departure of Stephen Jackson, the Pistons could not catch fish in the free market, and only caught Antonio McDyce, whose form plummeted after he was over 30, so he signed Argentine handsome Carlos Delfino from Serie A.
Delfino was not delayed by Larry Brown for a year as he used to be, his all-round skills were reused by Coach Sanders, who is good at using offense, and the characteristics of President Sean Battier on the defensive end were also used, and this season was considered a rookie season, averaging 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.
This starter, if it weren't for Ben Wallace being banned, Liu Mang would feel no worse than his own side!
Mainly this lineup, the chemistry is so good!
"Why is it a piston again?"
Liu Mang has now emerged with the original time and space, from 04 to 08, for 5 consecutive years, the team that has reached the East Finals.
In the original time and space, from 03 to 08, the Pistons reached the Eastern Conference finals for six consecutive years, and from the second year, it made the opponent depressed.
Liu Mang faintly has a feeling that now that he has the Pistons led by Coach Bosh's Sanders, he may become his fierce rival in the future!
However, it turns out that men's sixth sense is always so inaccurate.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the referee let the starters play, and the substitutes and staff left the field.
"Ding...... Title Mission: Estrius trigger. ”
"Title Mission: Estre, the host needs to lead the team to a big win over the Pistons in this game, and give Detroit basketball a new title: Estry."
"Ding...... Special Buff: Estridan triggers. ”
"Esterius: The host has broken their dignity by defeating the Pistons for three consecutive years, and the team led by the host has high morale every time they meet the Pistons, and if the Pistons have not changed their core lineup, their self-confidence will collapse when they meet the host leading the team."
"I'll you!" Liu Mang was taken aback when he heard the task.
But when I saw the buff in the back, I was relieved,
Esterius? This title is very interesting!
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