redvbooks Chapter 251 Winning the championship parade! The draft! Running for the chairman of the Players Asso
Chapter 251 Winning the championship parade! The draft! Running for the chairman of the Players Asso
The grand championship parade covered almost every street in Boston, lasting from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and the parade around the city finally reached its end at Boston's largest municipal square.
Looking at the extremely excited fans, Lin Long held the microphone, stood on the high platform, and shouted at the fans:
"notone!nottwo!notthree!notfour!notseven!35
Lin Long's declaration completely drove the fans crazy. If Lin Long said it, wouldn't they recreate a super dynasty that did not lose to Russell's period?
Whether it can be done or not, with this ambition, it is enough to drive all fans crazy!
"Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty!"
"Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty!""
"Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty!" 5
In waves of cheers, the Celtics' championship parade finally came to an end.
Three days later, the "Three Six Three" 1998 NBA draft held in Vancouver also opened as usual, and Auerbach spent a lot of thought on the draft.
It's a pity that no one is willing to easily sell their top draft picks in this draft year, which is favored by everyone.
Especially after Auerbach got Lin Long last year, everyone was very wary of Auerbach's draft right purchase. Instead of selling him the draft right, they wanted to know who Auerbach was optimistic about and wanted to try Cut Hu.
Under such circumstances, it was naturally difficult for Auerbach to complete any quality transactions, and the old man who took a back seat was so angry that he kept yelling in the office.
Ultimately, he referred to Lin Long's opinion.
With the 25th overall pick in the first round, he won Rashard Lewis, who was missed by Houston in a row.
Lewis originally had a draft prospect on the edge of the lottery, but he only wanted to play for his hometown team Houston, so he refused all invitations for trial training and interviews, and the draft market naturally fell all the way.
In the end...the Houston Rockets with three draft picks let go of the talented forward who was bent on returning to his hometown.
Lewis, who came to the Celtics office, still had red eyes, and the feeling of being abandoned by his hometown made him extremely uncomfortable.
Auerbach looked at this forward who was close to 210 in height, but had guard skills and range, and only said a word to make Lewis forget the Rockets.
"Welcome to the Celtics, this time next year, you can wear your championship ring! If you treat people who look down on you, double your training to make them regret it! Also, it's Lin who let us choose you, go in the summer Find him to train, he will let you integrate into the team quickly!"
Lewis was flattered by the optimism of the new MVP in the finals, and the attention of a team aiming to defend the title made Lewis immediately rekindle his fighting spirit. After a few more chats, Lewis left Auerbach's office.
In addition to Lewis coming to the Celtics, Pierce airborne Detroit partner Grant Hill.
This year's draft was no different from what Lin Long had in mind.
And on the night of the draft, Stern, like everyone else, made an announcement.
All operations of the team are temporarily frozen, including but not limited to contract renewals, trades, training, interviews, team activities, and various team schedules. Simply put, Stern will suspend all the day-to-day operations of the team.
The two sides will conduct the final round of negotiations three days later, that is, on July 1. If they still cannot reach an agreement, the lockout of the alliance will continue until the labor and management can reach an agreement.
The next day, Lin Long received a call from Ewing and invited Lin Long to New York for an internal meeting of the players' union.
After this meeting, the players union will come up with their final demands to negotiate with the management.
Most players in the league.
Except for a few who are not in the country, have injuries that require treatment, or are unable to be present for other things, all the rest will attend this meeting.
Lin Long certainly will not refuse, for him, this is his first step to change the league lockout.
Kill the brainless guy Ewing! Be the chairman of the players' union and negotiate with the management.
This is the first step in all of Lin Long's plans.
Also the easiest step.
Even though Lin Long knew little about the so-called labor disputes and details, Lin Long has 20 years of knowledge and experience ahead of him. The most important thing is that Ewing is indeed an idiot who is useless except for playing football. Lin Long He is confident that he can easily get the position of the chairman of the players' union from his hands.
The next day, more than 400 players gathered in the Times Conference Hall in New York City. Ewing, as union president, presided over the meeting and gave his speech.
But Lin Long couldn't help frowning after only listening to it for 3 minutes.
My own judgment on Ewing is correct, this guy is indeed an idiot!
Ewing's speech was empty, without any substantive content, without any planning and really effective advice, it was all about making useless slogans to keep the brothers together, we will always be together or something.
"Charles, if I don't like him, can I impeach him and let him go?" Lin Long whispered in Barkley's ear.
"Of course, do you think I'm cool with him? If it weren't for the fact that most of the star players didn't bother to take care of this mess, and this guy Patrick was active in doing things, the name of the union president wouldn't fall on him! I have a very bad hunch that if we let him negotiate on our behalf, we're screwed!"
Barkley echoed Lin Long's sentiments and made a wave of very accurate predictions. …
"Then what am I going to do? I promise not to let the league shut down and let the brothers have food." Lin Long began to encourage Barkley.
"Do you still understand labor agreements and negotiations?" Barkley looked at his little brother again with admiration.
"I don't understand it at all! But I know that professional things should be done by professional people, and I also know that empty slogans and nonsense will only make things ugly." Lin Long is very honest, and did not draw anything unreliable for Barkley of flatbread.
But it was this attitude that made Barkley very fond of, he patted Lin Long on the shoulder and said, "Leave it to me then! 99
After speaking, Barkley stood up directly and interrupted Ewing's nonsense roughly: "Patrick! Shut up, what you said won't help us at all, and it won't help this league! I don't think you deserve to continue at all. Be president of the players' union! You're only going to make things worse! Because you're a planless, total idiot! 359
"So direct?" Lin Long thought that Barkley had a complete solution, such as attracting a few well-connected stars first. Never thought it was so simple and rude.
Barkley's relentless interruption made Ewing extremely angry, and he said angrily:
"What's the matter, Charles, did you forget who you are when you won the championship? I can't, can you?"
"Neither can I." Barkley shrugged. "Because we're a bunch of idiots who are useless when they leave the court! But I know who can, my brother Lin! Lin has a whole plan. and ideas that can help us all keep our jobs and live better!99
"Lin?" Ewing sneered: 3.3 "A 19-year-old kid from Asia, what can he understand? You can't be self-righteous if you won the finals MVP! This is not a stadium, you better shut up your brother, Charles, You too!"
Ewing's temper is equally hot!
As long as he was not allowed to face Jordan, he always had a lot of confidence.
"Patrick! I think Charles is right, we should listen to what Lin has to say, if he's an idiot like you who can only talk shit, then I'll help you knock him down! Jordan in the front row suddenly spoke, as the league The highest-ranking guy, Jordan's words immediately brought quiet to the chaotic scene.
Facing Jordan, Ewing also fell silent.
After all, no one can be tough against the guy who taught him like a high school student half a month ago.
"Lin, come on, if you're right, I'll support you, but if you're just wasting your time, don't blame me for being rude to you!" Jordan waved at Lin Long and sat back again. on top of his stool.