On December 24, 2011, the day after Stern was hospitalized for a stroke.
NBA officials held a press conference to inform reporters of Stern's condition.
Two decisions were announced at the same time. One is to appoint Adam Silva as the acting president of the league, with temporary president powers to arrange the rematch of the new season.
This decision was voted unanimously by 29 team representatives in the morning, and Adam Silva temporarily became the general manager of the league.
When Stern will return will be determined by his health.
Judging from Stern's current situation, he may need to take a good rest for some time.
If Silva does well during his time as acting supervisor, it is not impossible to give up his position directly in the future.
After all, Silva was originally Stern's designated successor. If he transitions to the position as soon as possible, everyone can get used to it.
The second decision was to veto the deal between the Hornets and the Lakers. Paul's plan to go to the Lakers was stillborn.
As soon as this decision was proposed, public opinion was in an uproar.
Needless to say, the Lakers fans must have criticized him.
Last season, the Lakers were obsessed with defending their title and achieving three consecutive championships.
As a result, they were beaten hard by the Mavericks in the playoffs and were swept out of the playoffs, losing all face.
The Lakers' lineup was originally a dead end, with aging players, no space, no draft picks, and no potential stocks.
But the Lakers management is indeed very smart. They used a bunch of scraps to acquire Gasol, creating the second Lakers era in the 21st century.
Now that Gasol is not doing well, he immediately uses him as a bargaining chip to bring in Chris Paul, who is still on the rise.
This made Lakers fans happy. Lakers fans around the world were overjoyed and opened champagne before the game.
So when I woke up, the transaction was cancelled? It was the alliance that personally canceled it.
As for the reason for the cancellation, Silva’s explanation was simple, “because of basketball reasons.”
What's the difference between this **** and no explanation? If it's not a basketball reason, could it be a football reason?
Is it Benzema’s fault?
In addition to Lakers fans wanting to curse, the media in Los Angeles also continued to criticize.
Originally, Paul came to the Lakers and formed a backcourt with Kobe. What a topical and box-office attractive lineup?
Los Angeles will undoubtedly continue to be the center of conversation in the NBA in recent years.
Well now, the topic center for several years has become the topic center for a few days.
Media workers in Los Angeles said they couldn't accept it!
As for the Lakers and Hornets players, they are even more confused.
Once the news of the transaction is sent out, it means that the relationship between the team and the players has been severed.
Especially heroes like Gasol and Odom who have been with the Lakers for several years and won the championship.
Now that he is being sold off, although he knows rationally that the NBA is just a business, it is still difficult to accept it emotionally.
But as a professional player, if you trade, you will be traded. Anyway, this is not the first time.
As a result, the deal was canceled again, do you still want to stay with the Lakers?
How will you get along with your teammates and management in the future?
It seems that nothing has changed, but in fact if you eat the vomited food back, will it feel the same?
Besides being disgusting, the Lakers will definitely collapse in the new season if they don't make new deals.
Because in the locker room, it is difficult for people to unite.
European players like Gasol are OK, but black players like Odom are emotionally unstable.
Once he knows that he has been traded and then cancelled, it will be difficult to accept it psychologically, and it will be difficult to tell his condition.
As for Kobe and Paul, it was even more embarrassing. When the news first came out, the two contacted each other through text messages.
We are already thinking about the wonderful scene of working together next season.
As a result, when I woke up, the transaction was canceled and everything was empty.
It would be difficult for anyone to accept it. If you don’t say it, you will definitely curse it in your heart.
Canceling the deal is reasonable, but unreasonable. If Stern had done such a thing, the parties would probably not say anything.
Stern's prestige has been there for so many years, and he has been scolded enough. He doesn't care about this, it's just drizzle.
But Adam Silva is different. He has just taken over as acting president, and he still lacks prestige, trust from all parties, and recognition from fans.
Although everyone knows that this decision must have been made by Stern, you are the president and you are the one who gets scolded.
As a result, fans, media, and players began to unite and speak out through various channels to accuse Silva and the NBA.
The press conference had just finished at noon, and the NBA’s media department was bombarded with emails and phone calls in the afternoon.
Although the fans, management, and owners of other teams all agreed that Paul could not go to the Lakers, most of them felt secretly happy when they saw the new president being scolded like this.
It must be said that this was a mistake made by Stern in his decision-making. He handed over the highly criticized task of canceling the transaction to his new successor.
In fact, he should do this kind of dirty work himself and get rid of all the dirty work.
And leave the beautiful work of starting games and resuming work to Silva, so that he can increase his popularity and show his face in front of fans, management and players.
It can only be said that Stern was indeed tired, too tired. The stroke almost killed him, and he could no longer think about it that much.
Or perhaps Stern thought of it, and he deliberately gave Silva the job of being scolded to see how he could handle it.
It can be seen from this whether he is a qualified crisis responder.
Silva is still very experienced. Faced with overwhelming doubts and criticism, he immediately held another press conference in the evening.
A more detailed explanation of the league's hosting of the Hornets and the reasons for canceling the deal was given at the press conference.
However, when the result cannot be changed, no amount of explanations can calm the emotions of all parties.
Silva was helpless and angry. The helplessness was that the league, as the owner of the Hornets, actually canceled the deal without any reason at all.
The angry part is that the owners of the small teams who previously clamored that the transaction was unfair and wanted to cancel the transaction have stopped saying anything now!
The alliance obviously decided to cancel the deal in order to balance you, but now that it has complied with your wishes, you hid when the alliance office was verbally criticized, right?
But which team is willing to stand up and be the villain at this time?
The number and power of Lakers fans are terrifying.
After the press conference, Silva had nowhere to vent his anger.
He could only go to the hospital, hoping to see Stern and get some advice from him.
When he arrived at the door of the ward, Silva saw a man sitting at the door holding a bouquet of small white flowers.
"Smart? Why are you here, with Mr. Stern in your hands?!"
It was Min Congda who was sitting at the door. The flowers in his hand made Silva misunderstand.
Min Congda hurriedly put away the flowers and said, "This is for my girlfriend. I'm sorry. I wanted to come and see Mr. Stern, but the doctor said he needs to rest, so I was about to leave."
Silva then felt relieved and said, "Smart, what do you think of the cancellation of the deal between the Hornets and the Lakers? Maybe you should say a few words for the league."
Silva followed Stern's teachings and believed that Min Congda could help.
Unexpectedly, Min Congda said: "I think the deal between the Hornets and the Lakers should not be cancelled. If you really want to calm the anger of the fans and the media, I can help you."
Silva was stunned and said: "Can you help me? How do you want to help?"
Min Congda said: "I can contact the Hornets and Lakers, act as an intermediary, and make a new deal."
Silva pushed up his glasses and nodded: "That's okay. Letting Paul go to the Clippers is a good choice."
When Min Congda heard that his legs almost gave out, he quickly shook his head and said: "No, no! We don't want Paul to come to our Clippers! Let him go to the Lakers!"
Silva was shocked. Should he go to the Lakers? So what do you plan to do with the Clippers?
"Smart, tell me what you think."
"Actually, Baron Davis wants to return to the Hornets."
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