"Jiang, what kind of punishment do you predict Stern will impose on Ron?" Stewart asked when he saw Jiang Dongbing who had not spoken.

Jiang Dongbing waved his hand, "I know that it may be a ban on ten or eight games plus a fine, or a ban on dozens of games plus a fine. Anyway, the ban on the game will definitely be a ban."

"But don't worry, even if Ron cannot make a debut in the playoffs, we have an absolute advantage against other teams, and the championship is still our favorite." Jiang Dongbing said confidently.

Artest was suspended, and he was extremely confident that this was the case, but Jiang Dongbing had too many chips. Without Artest, he could have put Jackson in the second position and then put Kirirenko in the third position.

In this way, the team's outside defense intensity will not drop much. Speaking of the only opponent of the Grizzlies this time, this playoffs are the Lakers. Jackson defends Kobe, and Kirilianko defends Glen Rice, the problem is not very big.

In addition, if Kirirenko is not allowed to start, Ginobili can also play the second starting position. Although the Grizzlies' defensive strength has been reduced a lot, their offensive firepower has been enhanced, and the game effect may not be poor.

No matter how bad it is, you can still let Peja play the third position and Jackson play the second position, which will have the same effect.

Because there are too many generals available in their hands, Jiang Dongbing is not worried that the Grizzlies will still be their favorite in this playoffs.

The main reason why Jiang Dongbing wants to protect Artest now is that he doesn't want Artest's career to be destroyed.

After hearing Jiang Dongbing's words, the executives here relaxed a lot. It would be great if they could win the championship. As long as they could win the championship, it wouldn't matter how many games Artest was banned.

"By the way, the Spurs performed very strangely this time. Putting themselves in their shoes, if we were the Spurs, we would never be so easy to make big things small. I don't know what they are selling." An executive asked curiously.

This made others nod their heads frequently. The Spurs' performance was indeed very strange. Logically speaking, in such a situation, the Spurs would definitely ask the league to punish Artest severely, but the Spurs had a completely slight attitude.

Jiang Dongbing coughed gently, "Cough cough, I'll discuss this with you."

"The reason for the Spurs' attitude is that I made an agreement with Mr. Popovich that we will sell Ginobili to the Spurs after the season."

Everyone then realized it? No wonder the Spurs had such an attitude? It turned out that they had benefited.

"Ginger, as far as I know, the Spurs don't have any decent bargaining chips? What are they using to trade our Ginobili?" Stewart asked curiously.

Who doesn't know that the Spurs are very poor in the league? The only valuable one in the team is probably Duncan. Robinson is too old? The contract is too big. No team will be interested in Robinson? In addition, the Spurs have always had a good record? Their draft picks are not valuable either.

That's why Stewart asked this question, he didn't know what the Spurs could have to trade Ginobili.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head and said, "They will not give any bargaining chips, or they will not give any bargaining chips that you can like, which means we are giving Ginobili to the Spurs for free."

All the executives in the venue changed color suddenly? Ginobili was given free?! What's going on?

Stewart was stunned? He didn't understand what Jiang Dongbing meant for a while, and how he gave Ginobili away for free.

"Jiang, aren't you kidding?" Stewart smiled bitterly.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "It's not a joke, this is a deal I discussed with Popovich."

Everyone stopped talking? But they were a little dissatisfied with this deal. Jiang Dongbing is indeed the mainstay of the Grizzlies? But Ginobili is also a super newcomer with unlimited potential, and was sent out for free? Could it be that Jiang Dongbing doesn't have to discuss with them?

Stewart's heart skipped a beat. He knew that Jiang Dongbing was in trouble this time? With his relationship with Jiang Dongbing? Even if Jiang Dongbing did such a decisive action and then report it? He would not have too many ideas.

Stewart knows better than anyone else that the reason why he is the general manager is so stable is that Jiang Dongbing can always win outstanding new players and lead the team to achieve good results. Now Jiang Dongbing sends out a new player he has chosen, and Stewart is not dissatisfied.

But his absence of dissatisfaction does not mean that the team boss Heisley can tolerate such a thing. Who is Heisley? Heisley is a profit-oriented businessman. Ginobili is extremely valuable. He was sent out for nothing by Jiang Dongbing. It would be strange if Heisley was willing to do so.

"Ahem, let's stop here for today's meeting. Let's wait and see the news about the league." Stewart directly announced the end of the meeting.

After everyone left, Stewart left Jiang Dongbing.

"Jiang, you did too arbitrary this time. You should discuss it with me first." Stewart said with a wry smile.

"Time is too urgent. The climax is about to be about to be a press conference after the game, and there is no time to discuss it with you." Jiang Dongbing replied.

"Young people are still too frivolous in their work. Of course, I have no problem here. No matter you make any decisions in terms of trading, I will not object to it, but have you ever thought that the team's new boss, Hesley, is not as easy to talk to as me."

"Maybe Medak will agree to your deal like me, but Haysley is definitely not Medak. He may block this deal at that time, and I will definitely not be able to help you at that time." Stewart said with a sad face.

Although he is the general manager of the team and has the power of the team, he is just a working person after all, and the team boss is the real person in power. At that time, Hesley will not give Ginobili, what can he do?

Jiang Dongbing frowned, "Ginobili was selected by me with the bottom of the second round. This time, I gave him away for free in order to protect Artest. If Hasley has any objections, I welcome him to fire my squid."

"Stuart, how many teams do you think the league is willing to coach their teams now."

Stewart began to roll his eyes. Sure enough, Jiang Dongbing, whom he knew, was really lawless. He went anywhere and threatened his boss.

However, he also knew very well that Jiang Dongbing’s statement was correct. As long as Jiang Dongbing announced his departure from the Grizzlies, then the league may immediately have twenty-eight teams extending an olive branch to him, that is, any team except the Grizzlies!

He also knew that the reason why Jiang Dongbing gave Ginobili for free without any psychological burden was that Jiang Dongbing believed that Ginobili was "gifted" to the Grizzlies, and now that he wanted to give it to other teams, he naturally would not have any psychological burden.

"Jing, things have not reached that point yet. Don't worry, I will try my best to promote this deal. I will communicate with Haysley." Stewart could only say helplessly.

Jiang Dongbing smiled and shook his head, "I have nothing to worry about. Even if this deal is not successful, I have countless ways to make up for the Spurs."

...

Early the next morning, Jiang Dongbing and the Grizzlies got up very early because they had already received news that the league's punishment for Artest was released.

A ban on 68 games, plus a fine of 20,000 US dollars!

Such a super heavy penalty directly made Artest look dead. Artest's case of a real ban on the field due to a fight in the NBA history, Artest should have broken the record this time.

The most notorious fight in NBA history should be the game between the Lakers and the Rockets in 1977. Lakers player Komitt Washington Boxing, current Rockets head coach, said that Tang Shuai's brain was pounded out, and later experts also gave the name "the-punch" specifically for the punch.

Interestingly, Washington became the image ambassador of the NBA Players Union thirty years later, specifically guiding young players to stay away from violence on the court.

But even with such a serious incident, Washington was actually only suspended for 60 games in the end.

Artest's elbow strike is actually similar to Washington's nature, but the two have different starting points. Washington is the bodyguard of the Lakers superstar. He does these dirty work on the court, while Artest is completely out of control.

And the consequences of the two incidents were different. It is obvious that Artest's consequences this time were much lighter.

As a result, Artest's punishment was more serious than that of Washington, which made Jiang Dongbing a little dissatisfied with the league's punishment.

These 68 bans directly tied the record of the most bans in NBA. The current record of bans is the madman Spreville. The reason for his suspension is not because of the fight on the field, but because he was dissatisfied with the accusations of head coach Karesimo during training, he choked Karesimo's neck and almost strangled his head coach to death...

In fact, Karesimo can sue Spreville for such incidents, and sending Spreville to prison is not the same as the fight on the field.

"What? Sixty-eight bans? Stern is absolutely crazy!"

"What a joke, I thought it would be only twenty games at most. How could it be so many?"

"Coach, can we complain to the league? This punishment is too serious!" After the Grizzlies generals learned about the punishment decision, they complained one after another.

Jiang Dongbing said silently. Now the alliance's punishment results have been released. Let's not talk about whether you can appeal. Even if you appeal, it will not change anything. Stern will never change his punishment decision.

Originally, Jiang Dongbing thought that Stern was fined about 30 games banned, but this is still a bit too much. According to previous cases, it was basically between fifteen and twenty games. After all, the Spurs didn't pursue it much, so the league wouldn't do it too ruthlessly.

But now Stern is really doing ruthlessly and directly awarded Artest the most serious punishment in history!

Jiang Dongbing thought, maybe Stern had the purpose of trying to weaken the grizzly's combat power. After all, if the grizzly bear is so strong, if it does not weaken it, the grizzly bear will be lawless.

Just now, there is a ready-made opportunity, so I simply punished Artest. No matter whether the impact on the Grizzlies is great, at least it will definitely reduce the Grizzlies' combat effectiveness.

"Just punish me, just take advantage of this time to reflect on me."

"You are still young and the losses are not very big. Don't worry, you will still have a happy future." After the other players left, Jiang Dongbing patted Artest's shoulder and comforted him.

"Coach, I must restrain myself in the future!" Artest said solemnly.

"Okay, I believe in you. If you don't control yourself, God will be unable to help you."

"Don't do this training during this period. In addition, you must take the matter of psychologists to heart."

Jiang Dongbing is not worried that Artest will not be able to find a job in the league in the future. With his strength, even if there are psychological problems, there are many people in the team that want him, but he must not get a maximum salary contract. No team will give Artest a maximum salary such as unstable factors.

Just like the madman Spreville, since he beat him up to score Caresimo, only players like the Knicks are willing to give him a good contract. Even if other teams want him, they will not dare to give him a decent contract.

...

Just after parting with Artest, Jiang Dongbing received a call from Popovich.

"Jiang, I've seen the punishment of the league, it's really..." Popovich was a little hard to describe. He didn't expect that the league would be so cruel and directly gave Artest the heaviest punishment in history.

Popovich hates Artest? Of course he hates it, but he is also worried that such a serious punishment will cause Jiang Dong to change his mind and change his plan to give Ginobili to their Spurs.

After all, Jiang Dongbing's deal with the Spurs was to reduce the punishment of Artest. Now the punishment is so serious that even if Jiang Dongbing changes his mind, Popovich has nothing to say.

"Greg, don't worry, the transaction has not changed." Jiang Dongbing was not in the mood to greet Popovich.

With this guarantee, Popovich felt relieved and felt a little grateful to Jiang Dongbing. Artest was punished to be like this. It was not easy for Jiang Dongbing to keep his promise.

...

"What? What did you say? Jiang Dongbing gave my player to the Spurs for free?"

At the same time, in the Grizzlies' general manager's office, only the boss Haasley roared at Stewart.

Stewart looked embarrassed. What's going on when the player Jiang Dongbing gave him? When you bought the Grizzlies, you promised Jiang Dongbing that Jiang Dongbing was responsible for the transaction.

"Mr. Haysley, there is nothing I can do about this. Jiang just wants the Spurs not to pursue Ron." Stewart said.

"Not pursued? Now Ron has been suspended for 68 games? Do you think this deal has played a role?"

"No, I absolutely do not agree to give Manu to the Spurs for free!" Hesley continued to yell.
Chapter completed!