Chapter 329: The Abandoned Pawn
Philadelphia upheaval!
Early the next morning, almost all sports media gave such a headline.
Although so far, Billikin, who was arrested last night, has not been convicted, and the Philadelphia 76ers have not made any official statement, but how shrewd the media is, after such an incident, Billkin, the 76ers manager, may not be able to sit on the throne.
In the United States, domestic violence is a very serious crime, although domestic violence itself may not necessarily have life-threatening consequences, but as a public figure, beating up one's wife at home is the most despised behavior of Americans, and will be spurned by society.
It is said that domestic violence is common in the western and central United States, but perhaps it is precisely because of the prevalence of this behavior that it is even more serious about the behavior itself. Billy King, a seemingly well-mannered manager, would behave like this at home, much to the bewilderment of many fans and media in Philadelphia, across the United States, and around the world.
Although Chen Mu has never liked Bilijin, and can even be said to have a hostile mood, after all, he is also the manager who signed a contract of tens of millions of dollars for himself, and he is the one who gave him a second chance to have a ten-day short contract. Now that Billy King is in prison, Chen Mu also feels a little uncomfortable.
On the morning of January 27, the Philadelphia 76ers training center.
“KEEPMOVING!”
Cheeks waved his hands and clapped, this is not to applaud the players for their hard work, but to use applause to give the players a rhythm, and use the accelerating sound to make the players make high-frequency training movements.
"Hurry, hurry! Speed, speed is our lifeline! What's wrong with one by one? Didn't you sleep yesterday when you were listless?!! ”
Cheeks asked knowingly, most of the players were not in good spirits, except for Carney, who has never been brainless, and Evans, who was weird and couldn't figure out what was going on in his head, the other players all had panda eyes. Sleepy yawn.
Looking at Cheeks himself, he said that the players don't sleep, and there are dark circles around his eyes, which is not much better.
“FASTER! FASTER! ”
This is a necessary way for Cheeks to warm up every training session after determining that the team's main style of rapid counter-attacking is to allow the players to quickly get into the groove, adjust their physical and mental state to the best, and then burn the physical energy through a series of targeted individual training. When the physical energy is almost consumed, the whole team will practice together and practice tactics. Half-time or full-court confrontational practice.
It is said that this allows players to forcibly remember the team's tactical play and ideas when they are most physically tired, and ensure that they can still maintain good tactical execution on the court and during the game, when the players are physically exhausted.
This kind of training, which Cheeks calls the "extreme training method", seems to be at least for the young players of Philadelphia who have unlimited physical strength for now. The effect is very good.
"OK, end of the set, take a minute's break!"
The first set finally ended, and Cheeks' words came out. Chen Mu and the others immediately softened, but they didn't dare to stop.
You know, at this time, all organs in the human body are operating at full capacity, especially the cardiopulmonary system. It is even more overloaded. If you stop exercising suddenly, your heart and lungs will be damaged. This is the most basic theory of sports medicine, and the players know it very well.
Maintain a small range of movement. To maintain the heat of his body, Chen Mu hadn't caught his breath yet, and Iguodala had already rushed up as if he was flying, the gossip king, about to start to exert his might.
"Chen, Billy Kim ......"
"I said, Andre, you haven't stopped since the beginning of the breakfast club, can you stop for a while!" Before Chen Mu could speak, Korver on the side couldn't listen anymore, and shook his head with a wry smile.
"I want to stop too! But will those guys off the training ground stop? Yes?? ”
Iguodala said, pointing in the direction of the training center's gate, outside which countless reporters were waiting for the team's players and coaches to appear, guns and guns, and countless questions would come flooding in.
"Andre has a point, and although the official answer is a matter for the team, we will definitely be asked a lot of questions. How to answer, you have to discuss it carefully. Chen Mu nodded.
After the events of last night, or this morning, the management of the Philadelphia 76ers team did not hold a player meeting immediately. So far, how should we respond to the questions of the media, and what attitude should we take to deal with the Bilikin scandal? Everyone has no bottom in their hearts.
While this is the case, some should not be there for an established team that has been playing in a top-tier commercial sports league like the NBA for decades. Without the overall idea of the team, if everyone is not consistent in their answers, the final result will be difficult for the team.
Therefore, in other teams, when a player encounters a similar scandal or other circumstances, the team will generally immediately hold a meeting to determine the direction of follow-up public opinion. For example, after the Thorough Bar incident at the beginning of last season, the team immediately contacted Iverson, asked Iverson to take all the responsibility, and held a player meeting as soon as possible.
But when you think about it, it's not surprising that Philadelphia isn't doing this now, because:
The person in charge of convening such a meeting and determining the direction of follow-up propaganda is none other than Billikin himself, who is behind bars!
"You say, will there be reporters waiting at our doorstep? Want to interview us? Carney asked.
"Definitely!" Iguodala nodded heavily, obviously from someone who had come over.
“YEAH! That's great! Hahaha! Someone interviewed me!! "Carney's way of thinking is always different.
"Then again, Chen." Ignoring the two living treasures, Korver said to Chen Mu worriedly: "You say...... Will Mr Kim get fired? ”
Dismiss.
Chen Mu was also stunned when he heard this question.
If memory serves, in the original timeline, Billikin was fired this season, but it was supposed to be in December of last year.
At that time, Billy King was fired for the simple reason that the team's record was too poor to see any hope, and the trades and draft picks in the rebuilding process were too unreliable.
Although Billikin is the manager of the team, to put it bluntly, he is also a senior wage earner. In the eyes of shareholders, it is also a role that can be replaced at any time, and can be discarded as an outcast at any time as long as the war situation requires it.
In the original timeline, in order to calm the fans' dissatisfaction with the team, the management chose to fire Billikin, scapegoated Billikin, took most of the responsibility, and left Philadelphia with the fans' scolding.
It's not quite certain to say that Billikin is the scapegoat, because in the original timeline. After Bilikin was fired, the Philadelphia 76ers' record did have a wave of improvement, which shows that some of Bilickin's ideas and strategies still have certain problems.
Before Billikin was fired, Cheeks was also fired by the team, and the team had a bad record, firing the head coach first, and then firing the manager who had been with him for ten years after no effect. This is what was bound to happen in the original timeline.
When he arrived here, Chen Mu found that neither of these things had happened. The reason, needless to say, is naturally also because of the record.
Due to the arrival of Chen Mu. The Philadelphia 76ers have risen strongly, and the team has played more than fans expected for the second year in a row. In this case, the head coach and manager, of course, do not need to be fired.
This made Chen Mu think for a while. Unless you become an MVP-level superstar in a short period of time. The mountain of Billikin is about to be pressed on top of his head all the time. Unexpectedly, there is such a thing now.
How will this turn out in the end? Will Billikin still be that outcast? Will Philadelphia give such a scandalous old manager a chance?
Chen Mu didn't know, everyone didn't know.
The training in the morning ended quickly, and there were tactical exercises in the afternoon, and the players simply did not leave the training center tacitly, ate in the internal cafeteria, and found a place to rest and wait for the afternoon practice.
On this day, the Philadelphia 76ers training center entered a state of martial law, and even a descendant like Justin could not take a step. It is estimated that at this time, the shareholders of the team are still meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter!
It's so hateful and pitiful!
Looking at the list of team staff hanging in the corridor, the name of Bilijin at the top was still very clear, and Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.
In the end, it will be such an end, and the grudge between Billikin and himself, at this moment, does not seem to be so important.
It's a pity, Billikin, if you were willing to listen to me and follow my way of thinking, our record would have been even stronger, and maybe you would have stayed after this incident......
After looking at the staff list for a while, Chen Mu was already wandering out of the world, sighed, and turned back to find Iguodala and them.
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia 76ers team center, the top floor conference room.
An emergency shareholder meeting was underway, and several people, old and small, sat around a long conference table, with no one sitting in several seats but younger staff doing the work, computers set up with cameras and screens facing the center of the table.
For such an urgent meeting, it is naturally impossible for all the busy people of the team shareholders to participate, but the meeting will still be held, and the agenda is very simple and clear:
Whether to continue to hire Billy King as the team manager.
"In my opinion, let's change people."
One of the older men looked serious and said, "I think, everyone has seen the list of draft suggestions given by different people before the team's draft last year, right?" Several of them are now shocking. Billikin didn't take it seriously, and judging from his performance all along, even without this scandal, it was time to leave. (To be continued......)
PS: The cries of the masses are very strong, and the mood of the keel porridge is very excited!
This week, counting from Sunday, there must be an outbreak of 10,000 words, and everyone will supervise me together!