Adam Silva faces many challenges after becoming the league's acting president.
Especially in such an eventful season as the lockout season, Silva's rise to the top was somewhat hasty, which resulted in his foundation not being solid enough.
According to Stern's plan, he will gradually transfer his authority during the 30th anniversary of becoming the league president, that is, the 2013-2014 season, and successfully complete the power transfer in the middle of the season.
As a result, due to the unexpected suspension of the season, this process was advanced by a full two years.
Without two years of preparation, there must be different voices within the league's senior leadership.
Silva's authority and experience were insufficient, causing him to face resistance when carrying out many tasks.
Although David Stern is Silva's biggest supporter, it is impossible for Silva to use Stern's authority to suppress everyone until the most important and critical moment, otherwise he, the president, would not Is it just a name for nothing?
Moreover, Stern was affected by his physical health. After he retired, he suddenly felt relaxed and he really didn't have the energy to continue working.
Just like Mike Dunleavy, after working at a high intensity for so many years, he finally relaxed and couldn't hold on anymore.
Therefore, although Adam Silva is titled "acting president," Stern has no plans to return to his job.
He would hang out at the alliance headquarters every week, attend work meetings, listen to some opinions, but not make decisions.
He handed over all the decision-making power to Adam Silva and respected the authority of the new president. This was a good thing for Adam Silva, otherwise he would have a king over his head and nothing could be done.
But for those below who were ready to take action, Stern's "inaction" gave them an opportunity to think carefully.
This time, Bozia, the league's vice president in charge of refereeing, used the Min Congda incident to put pressure on Adam Silva regarding the United Referees Association.
They threatened Min Congda with a strike and a suspension of the whistle, and demanded that Min Congda be severely punished and that the referee's treatment should be improved.
Punishing Min Congda heavily is one thing, but it is true that the referee's treatment is improved. After all, it is useless to get up early.
Referees are an extremely important part of NBA games and cannot be ignored.
This group often bears a lot of infamy. As the NBA pie gets bigger and bigger, referees are becoming more and more controversial.
The league was shut down last year and Donaghy's death brought the conversation about referees to a peak - a negative peak.
Now that Donaghy's death is about to be forgotten, the Referees Association has revived this topic with the help of Min Congda.
On February 1, a new month, Steve Jarvie, the head of the Referee Association, spoke out again: "Although Donaghy made a huge mistake, death should not be his punishment. His death must be punished." One way to say it is to give him justice."
Jarvi is a well-known referee in the league, known as Mr. T. After the end of last season, he announced his retirement due to leg pain.
But he has not been idle after retirement. While actively participating in NBA referee training, he also serves as a spokesperson for league referees to convey the voice of the group.
At the same time, Javi and Fitzgerald's father have a deep relationship. Javi was born in Philadelphia, very close to the New Jersey area, and has close ties with the New Jersey refereeing community.
Javi brought up Donaghy's matter again, and undoubtedly had the idea of further making the incident worse.
But the Clippers seem to be motionless. So far, Min Congda has not made a positive apology statement.
On the afternoon of February 1st, Rob Racheli hurried into Min Congda's office and said: "Mr. Smart, Mr. Smart! Oh no, there is bad news!"
Min Congda is playing games in the office. In the game "Grand Theft Auto 4" produced in 2008, also known as "Gta 4", this guy is driving a car and holding a rocket launcher and rushed into the "Liberty City" Olympia Building, destroying the NBA headquarters building with one shot. Blast a big hole!
"Don't be in such a hurry. If there's any bad news, don't panic."
Min Congda felt very stable when he heard the bad news from Racheli. He only panicked when he said the good news.
Racheli wiped the sweat from his head and said: "The league office just sent a fax, saying that you will be fined 1.5 million US dollars! The highest amount and the largest fine in history."
"What? 1.5 million US dollars?" Min Congda was shocked and threw away the game controller.
"Yes, this is too much. How can there be such a big fine! This is unfair. However, the league has not officially announced the news. I think they faxed it first and wanted to see our reaction. Do we want to strongly protest?"
protest? Protest against what? Protest that this fine is too small?
1.5 million U.S. dollars, no tax required, converted into RMB is more than 10 million!
More than 10 million yuan! Is it enough to buy an apartment in Shanghai?
Min Congda took a deep breath to calm down.
He coughed and said, "Ahem, besides the $1.5 million fine, are there any other penalties?" 33
"Well, I'm also prohibited from watching games from the sidelines for 20 games, and I have to receive psychological treatment... It seems like it's the same as last time, not much difference."
"very good!"
"Very good? Where is better?"
"Where is good? Uh...everywhere is good. Richele, hold a press conference immediately to announce the punishment results. Then issue a press release stating that you accept the penalty decision of the league president Adam Silva. However, add one more thing, to the league's We protest against the refereeing work and demand that all current referees be replaced and a new referee association be established!”
"Huh? Is this...appropriate?"
"Um?"
"Yes, I understand, let's do it right away!"
So, at 4 p.m., the Clippers held a press conference at Staples.
Min Congda personally attended the press conference. Before the conference, he could not help but cover his mouth and laugh out loud.
1.5 million, 10 million! 10 million, 10 million, all spent on one house!
However, Min Congda does not need to go back to buy a house. Instead, he can seriously consider purchasing real estate in Los Angeles.
At the press conference, Min Congda first "sincerely" admitted his mistake.
He said that there was no personal grudge between him and Fitzgerald. It was purely due to different understandings of the situation and rules on the court and different positions that led to some conflicts.
"And I didn't buy that bucket of popcorn. I didn't violate the rules. I took someone else's popcorn and threw it at it. Later, the owner of the popcorn, the little boy, educated me and told me that food cannot be wasted. I think he You are absolutely right. I deeply reflect on myself, accept all penalties from the league, and respect all decisions made by Mr. Adam Silva."
"However, I would like to make another suggestion. As a representative of the league's shareholder meeting, I propose that in order to prevent tragedies like the Donaghy incident from happening again, we must replace most of the referees in the league, conduct a major shake-up, and establish New, just and fair referee team!"
Min Congda received a "favor fee" of 1.5 million and began to fight back.
Some people died, but not completely...
