NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 75 Unexpected punishment result!
New York, NBA headquarters.

CEO's office.

David Stern is looking at a world map on the wall.

His eyes remained fixed firmly on the Asian dragon.

Opening up the Chinese market once seemed out of reach, but now he feels it is within reach.

David Stern opened the drawer and took out a photo of Meng Jin.

His confidence comes from the man in the photo.

David Stern looked at the photo with a very affectionate look and he had very high expectations for Meng Jin.

He originally wanted to enter the Chinese market in the next one to two years, but now he doesn't want to wait any longer and feels the time is ripe.

David Stern has already created a publicity story for Meng Jin, a foreign teenager who emerged out of nowhere in the NCAA finals, led his team to win the championship, and then entered the NBA that year to continue his magical performance, sweeping the league with his talent and making himself remembered by the entire league in less than 10 games.

He is described as graceful, talented, unique, warm, friendly and gentle.

David Stern is full of confidence. I am sure that fans all over the United States will fall in love with this big guy. As long as Meng Jin performs well on the court, his popularity will skyrocket.

This is the first step.

In the second step, David Stern will use Meng Jin, a Chinese star in the NBA, to open up the Asian market.

Very clear, everything is planned.

Everything is ready, now it's just a matter of time.
"President!" Vice President of Media Rick Weisz rushed into David Stern's office without even knocking on the door.

Rick Weitz was rarely so reckless. David Stern glanced at him and said, "Rick, what's the matter?"

Rick Weitz didn't bother to explain too much, and went straight to the point: "That kid beat someone up again, in tonight's game."

David Stern appeared calm on the surface, but he felt like he had been struck by a bolt from the blue!

This is not the first time that David Stern has played the star-making game. In order to succeed in making stars, he would even help some stars to deliberately conceal scandals. If there was any gossip about Meng Jin outside the court today, David Stern would have a way to deal with it, but this kind of on-court fight cannot be concealed!

Live broadcast across the US!
You can't tell all the audience, sorry, this was just a drill to tell the kids not to get into conflicts on the court. In fact, Meng Jin and Bill Laimbeer are good friends, right?

Play!

David Stern quickly regained his composure: "Show me the video."

David Stern wanted to see what was going on.

Before watching the video, David Stern thought: Don't panic, maybe there is still a way out.

After watching it, David Stern fell into silence for 2 minutes.
Two minutes later, David Stern blurted out, "Why doesn't this guy go boxing? It would be easier for me if he didn't play basketball."

Rick Weisz, Vice President of Media: "President, there is also a video of Meng's post-match interview."

David Stern was already hopeless at this point. He waved his hand and said, "Let it go."

Meng Jin's disdainful face soon appeared on the TV screen.

"First of all, I firmly oppose violence on the field."

David Stern and Rick Weitz couldn't hold back their laughter as soon as Meng Jin said the first sentence.

"Secondly, I want to apologize to all the children present here and watching on TV. I set a bad example."

A reporter from Detroit interrupted Meng Jin's speech: "Will you apologize to the three injured Pistons players?"

"I don't regret my actions, and I won't apologize to anyone. Yes, I took action, but it was definitely not to vent my anger or for my own selfish desires! Look at what the Detroit Pistons have done in recent years! They turned the league into a Colosseum! They always think they are strong enough, and they can only beat others, and others won't attack them, just like Germany in World War II, bombing others everywhere but falling into the illusion that other countries would not bomb them. Today I want to use my actions to tell them that these guys are wrong!"

"If I don't take action, it would be condoning this evil behavior, which is a crime! I won't allow myself to do this, and I will keep doing this until the atmosphere of the alliance is purified!"

Jordan was stunned. Meng Jin, who had just beaten up his opponent, was now talking about boycotting violence on the field? He was talking about purifying the league's atmosphere?
The reporter turned to Jordan and asked, "Michael, do you agree with Meng's statement?"

Jordan held up the microphone: "Meng is my brother, my teammate. No matter what happens, I will stand by him and support him unconditionally."

Jordan's tone was firm and he was speaking from the heart. After Meng Jin helped him deal with Rick Mahorn, their relationship quickly heated up.

If Meng Jin's face was blocked, he would have thought it was some moral model speaking.

Assistant coach Phil Jackson couldn't help but sigh after listening to him: "This guy is very good at speaking." Bach smiled: "This is a talent. Even I was almost moved."

David Stern's eyes suddenly lit up after watching this interview.

Meng Jin, you really gave me a surprise!

Rick Weitz gave David Stern another piece of good news: "After the interview was broadcast, the response was good. Many league players stood up to support Meng Jin. It's not because they like Meng Jin so much. Some people have never met him or talked to him. There are too many players who hate the Pistons' style."

The league is going to take action and establish a flagrant foul rule!
David Stern nodded, he felt he had found an angle to clear Meng Jin.

"Notify management and hold an emergency meeting in half an hour."

After David Stern finished speaking, he took out his little notebook and wanted to organize his thoughts.

Half an hour later, in the conference room of NBA headquarters.

This is the second time in three days that David Stern has called an emergency meeting because of Meng Jin.
If Meng Jin wasn't 213cm tall and had yellow skin, these people would even think that Meng Jin was David Stern's illegitimate son!

David Stern didn't waste any time, just played the game video and got straight to the point.

David Stern said he wanted to clean up the league and protect professional players from physical harm.

David Stern decided to introduce a flagrant foul rule as soon as possible to limit major actions in the league that are intended to harm players. At the same time, he asked the media department to guide public opinion, directing all conflicts to the three Pistons players and portraying Meng Jin as a messenger of justice who punishes evil and promotes good.

David Stern has always been disgusted with violence on the court, and he has long wanted to rectify this trend. Now he can whitewash Meng Jin and rectify the trend at the same time, isn't it wonderful?

The top brass were stunned. They thought it was fine to rectify the work style and introduce new regulations, but it was outrageous to portray Meng Jin as a defender of order and the embodiment of justice!
But no one refuted or said anything more. David Stern has the final say here and he has absolute dictatorial power.

Before the meeting ended, Rick Weisz reminded: "President, how do you want to punish Meng Jin?"

After all, Meng Jin did take action, and it would not work if the alliance did not say anything at all.

David Stern thought for a moment and said, "Two-game suspension and $5000 fine."

"What about the three Pistons players?"

"Punish them severely and let them learn a lesson."

The next day, the league announced the penalties for the Chicago Stadium rampage.

Meng Jin: suspended for 2 games and fined US$5000.

Isaiah Thomas: Suspended three games, fined $3.

Bill Laimbeer: suspended five games and fined $5.

Rick Mahorn: suspended seven games, fined $7.

Rick Mahorn received the heaviest penalty because his action of pressing on Jordan was obviously intended to disable him, and his action was the fuse of the conflict.

Seeing the penalty result, Bill Laimbeer, who was lying on the hospital bed, almost fainted.

At this moment, Bill Laimbeer's head was fixed on the hospital bed. He had an injured neck and multiple fractures on his face.

Bill Laimbeer looked at his body which was temporarily unable to move, then looked at the damn penalty ticket, and finally shed tears.

Damn, the person who hits others is suspended for two days, and the person who is hit is suspended for 3, 5, or 7 games. Is there still law? Is there still law?
Pistons head coach Chuck Daly was so angry that he almost exploded. After receiving the penalty ticket, he immediately filed a complaint with the league.

The alliance’s response was quick, two words: rejected.

This wasn't the only bad news for the Pistons today.

That afternoon, the league introduced the flagrant foul rule.

A flagrant foul is considered an unnecessary or excessive foul. There are two types of flagrant fouls, flagrant foul 1 and flagrant foul 2.

Flagrant Foul 1: Unnecessary Contact.

Second degree flagrant foul: refers to unnecessary or excessive physical contact, usually intentional severe collision and subsequent action.

The following long paragraph was about the penalties for flagrant fouls, but Chuck Daly didn't read it because he was already completely in the dark after just looking at the previous part.

Chuck Daly collapsed and collapsed in his office. How can the Pistons continue to play in the future?
(End of this chapter)