PS: Finally, I got out of a chapter. I was so tired. The older sister was pregnant these two days, so I became a driver and porter business. The place where I gave birth was in a city a little far away. Especially recently, the National Day has come, and the expressway has been blocked for two hours, which has resulted in a waste of time during this period. The back and back pain has reached its limit. I will continue to act as a driver and porter in the next week or two. Therefore, the updates in the next few days have been temporarily reduced to one update a day. I hope everyone will forgive me. At the same time, I wish you a happy National Day in advance!

"Please come in!" Zhao Chen frowned slightly. You know, the Rockets are his team. Usually, he doesn't want others to disturb him when watching the game, because every time he watches the game, he is also the time for him to relax.

However, since you can knock on the door and disturb it at this time, there must be important things. Zhao Chen has no choice but to do so. After all, many things cannot be decided by his subordinates, and there are not many rich people and politicians.

"What's the matter?" The door opened, Zhao Chen did not turn around, but quietly watched the two teams playing on the court with red wine, and was also thinking about the comparison between the two teams in his heart.

In the inside, even if the Lakers have Tiangou Jabbar, although Jabbar's condition is good, it is no longer the peak state after all. Strictly speaking, Moses Malone and Jabbar are at the same level as the inside, but Jabbar is higher, Tiangou is impeccable, while Moses Malone is stronger and has better rebounding ability. Because in this era, the strongest NBA is Moses Malone, especially at this time Moses Malone is at the peak state. You should know that in history, Moses Malone entered the 76ers this year and swept the Lakers to win the championship in the 1983 Finals. However, the city where Moses Malone's career is not Los Angeles or New York, so he is weaker than Jabbar in fame.

On the other hand, the Rockets chose Ralph Sampson in the draft with the No. 1 pick. This inside player is not only tall, but also good at running, bounce and shooting. From his sophomore to his senior year, he was the best player in the United States every year, and has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated six times in four years. He is a well-deserved No. 1 pick in 1983. As for another inside player of the Lakers, he is only a role player. Even if Ralph Sampson has just entered the NBA, his strength is still better than the other inside player of the Lakers. Therefore, with the strong strength of the Rockets' double towers inside, the two inside players of the Lakers have been subject to certain restrictions.

But when it comes to the outside, even the Rockets with Drexler is not as good as Magic Johnson and Cobra James Worthy, not to mention Drexler, who has not reached its peak. So under the guidance of Magic Johnson, the Lakers blossomed at many points and showed their dominance. As for the Rockets, they are chasing the scores, but the pit dug by the substitute is difficult to fill.

"Boss, the new NBA president David Stern asked for a meeting!" The Rockets' current manager came in. In front of Zhao Chen, the manager was extremely polite. Because he knew that the person watching the game behind his back could determine his life.

"Oh!" Zhao Chen was slightly surprised. He naturally knew David Stern, but he didn't expect that David Stern, who had just served as NBA president, would come to him in person. This honor is probably the only one in the entire NBA. But at the same time, Zhao Chen was also a little curious. As the saying goes, he will not go to the Three Treasures Palace without any trouble. David Stern came to him in person this time. I'm afraid there is something very important, and this must be related to basketball.

David Stern is a Jewish-American. He joined the NBA in 1978 and became the NBA vice president in 1980. He succeeded O'Brien as NBA president on February 1, 1984. He retired on February 1, 2014. He served as NBA president for a total of 30 years. His successor was Adam Silva. He was undoubtedly the greatest president of the NBA and was eventually inducted into the Hall of Fame. David Stern's contribution was undoubtedly the greatest in the NBA's achievements in the future, and even Jordan was far from comparable to that in this regard.

Stern graduated from Rutgers' History Department in 1963 and became a lawyer after graduating from Columbia University's Law School in 1966. He later served as a member of the Rutgers' Supervisor Board and is currently the chairman of the Columbia University Board of Directors.

On February 1, 1984, Stern took office as the president of the NBA. That was the case a few days ago, Zhao Chen, as the current owner of the Rockets, also attended the meeting, so he was also a meeting with David Stern. At that time, Stern described the league when he first took office: "At that time, we were almost unsustainable, there were too many black players. They used too much cocaine and their salary was too high (although the average annual salary was only $250,000). Many of the issues we discussed at the meeting were whether to shut down the team or merge the team."

The reason why David Stern said this is mainly because the NBA had just finished the finals in North America and needed to be recorded. There were 23 teams in the league, 17 of which were in the loss state, with a total value of US$400 million. In order to allow more teams to survive, he implemented a salary cap system.

The salary cap system is undoubtedly the most troublesome problem for every team in later generations, because if it exceeds a certain limit, it will have to pay high luxury taxes, and only the teams can bear it. But at the same time, this policy is gradually getting on the right track in the NBA, causing these teams to slowly reverse their profits and losses, and indirectly avoiding some teams being too strong.

"Let him come in!" Zhao Chen undoubtedly respects David Stern. This old man has contributed 30 years to the NBA and can make the NBA's influence stronger. The hard work Stern puts in can imagine.

Not long after, the Rockets manager personally led David Stern to the private room and took the door respectfully when he left. His respectful attitude surprised David Stern.

Facing David Stern, Zhao Chen did not show any illusion, but looked at the greatest president of the future NBA with a warm smile on his face.

David Stern is only in his early forties, which is different from the gray-haired appearance of later generations. Perhaps he just became the NBA president and his spirit has reached its peak.

David Stern was also looking at Zhao Chen carefully. When he took over as NBA president, he naturally saw Zhao Chen once, but that was only a long time ago, or a photo of Zhao Chen from media and newspapers. In fact, this was the first time he had observed Zhao Chen so close.

David Stern would not show off his character as Zhao Chen in front of him, because he knew in his heart that Zhao Chen was the same as other NBA team boss departments. The ugly saying is that both sides are not of the same level, whether it is assets, ability or fame. What's more, David Stern still came here this time.

After all, he just accepted the NBA, which is a mess for him. The current NBA can be said to be not very famous in the United States, and is far less famous than later generations. Not to mention that the current NBA has not been broadcast live yet. This is also one of the reasons why most teams will lose money. Only live broadcast can greatly increase the team's profits, just like the five major football leagues.

Of course, David Stern didn't know that this year is also the year for the four best players in the NBA to join. They are Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, John Stockton and Michael Jordan. Among them, Jordan will be with Larry Burd and Magic Johnson in the future to attract widespread attention from the NBA, and thus gain a wide range of fans and huge profits.

In David Stern's opinion, although the quality of this year's rookie is good, whether it can be played in the future depends entirely on the players themselves.

"Mr. Stern, please sit down!"

David Stern nodded and sat on the sofa in the private room with Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen also poured him a glass of red wine.

When he saw the pure color of red wine, David Stern's eyes lit up. He naturally knew that the brand of red wine was not Rafi, but this bottle was still Rafi in 1982, and it can be said that it reached its peak in quality.

The two sides chatted for a while, but beyond Zhao Chen's expectations, David Stern did not talk about basketball, but comics. And looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he had made some preparations before coming, which made Zhao Chen confused and thought of a possibility.

Zhao Chen is currently not famous. In addition to piano music and movies, his comics are also best-selling in the United States and have a lot of fame. Among these fame, the most important contribution is not "Dragon Ball" and "Pokemon", but "Sailor Moon"!
Chapter completed!