Chapter 802 Li Ba Is Furious, I Will Retire!

At this time, Pat Riley was at the Heat's headquarters, a little bit battered.

The news caught him by surprise.

Neither O'Neill nor Mourning are answering his calls now, and his agent also refuses to talk to him. What if the deal is rejected?

At this time, the phone on the desk rang. After pressing it, the secretary's voice rang: "Mr. Riley, the phone number of Mr. Stern, the president."

"Come in right away," he said.

He knew there was trouble, and Stern didn't call his personal number.

"Hello, David."

Pat Riley smiled gently.

"Pat, do you want the league to go back to the days of losing Jordan? Even worse than that." Stern's voice was stern.

"this……"

Pat Riley was a little speechless, this problem is very serious.

"How much do you want the league's ratings to drop next season? How do you think the Hammers will react if you stop the Suns from strengthening while you're holding together? Will he be at your mercy?

I'm telling you, there's a good chance he'll walk away.

He's in Las Vegas right now, and he's probably going to stay there and watch our ratings jump from hundreds of millions to 10 or 20 million.

Pat Riley, are you ruining the league? Are you a mole in boxing? "

Stern was growling, his voice a little shrill.

Pat Riley was sweating, and he really didn't think too much about Hammer's reaction.

But now that the news has been exposed, what should we do?

Li Ba got the news of the deal first, which is acceptable. He is training his opponent himself, so he doesn't care if his opponent becomes stronger.

But after hearing the news that Colangelo revealed that the Suns' reinforcement was blocked by some people's conspiracy, he was completely angry.

In the case of preventing the Suns from strengthening, these guys actually made such a big group deal, what do they want to do? This is too rogue, right?

"Go to hell, let them play by themselves, I quit!"

He worked so hard to hit 5 doubles, which raised the ratings by tens of millions, and directly exceeded 100 million, which has doubled several times. The status of the league in the four major professional sports leagues is almost second to none, which has greatly benefited the entire league. Now it is backhanded Get together to punish him?

"Give me a press conference. Immediately, I'm going to announce my retirement." He yelled at Bill Duffy and Gao Yuanyuan who were sweating profusely.

The two nodded. This matter was not discussed. It was too bullying. It was great that they changed their careers to become boxing agents.

An hour later, the press conference was held.

"I'm announcing now that I'm officially retiring from the NBA. You can play on your own." Li Ba only said this sentence to the hundreds of media that rushed over.

Rumbling, the number one player in active service was about to retire, and a huge thunderbolt struck the head of the NBA.

"Hahaha……"

Back to Michael Jordan, who was working on a trade in Charlotte, laughing like crazy at the news, finally seeing a guy like him.

Choosing to retire at the peak of your career, this kind of courage and cruelty, can ordinary people do it?

But right away, he stayed.

He is now the small boss of Charlotte. With Li Ba's peerless five-double, even though the Bobcats are only a small team, the market value has doubled immediately, and his net worth has increased a lot.

Moreover, the sales of his Nike shoes have also experienced a surge with the increase of basketball fans, which is real money and benefits.

But now, everything is about to go to waste.

"Damn, can't let him retire."

He decided to go to Las Vegas immediately to find Li Ba.

At this time, Barkley also came out to make trouble. He said to the media: "I said earlier that the major rugby league should act, and the hammer will not disappoint you."

"What are you going to do now? I believe that the broadcasters of the Heat will call you immediately. They want to suspend contract negotiations. You will lose tens of millions every year, and you will lose hundreds of millions in ten years. The market value of your newly raised team will be If you cut it in half, most of your other sponsors will go away... Also, how much are you going to reduce the ticket price for next season? 30%? Are you still going to make that deal now?

Listen, we lost our 5-double creator, we lost our signature player who just broke 100 million ratings, and it's your fault. "

After seeing the news of Li Ba's retirement from the media, the furious Stern smashed the computer in front of him, and then called Pat Riley, just a roar.

"I……"

Pat Riley was sweating profusely.

He didn't expect that the Hammer really dared to retire.

He is the number one active player in the league. He has huge interests in this league. To retire means to give up everything in the league. How dare he?

"Shet, what did Riley do?"

Heat owner Micky Arison had just been notified by TNT that negotiations with the Heat on broadcast contracts had been suspended, and he was really blown away.

Benefiting from the 5 doubles, benefiting from the viewership rating exceeding 100 million, the status of the NBA in the sports industry is improving, sitting on the sidelines, in fact, the total ratings of the finals have surpassed the Super Bowl by several times, plus the entire season The value created by the post-game far exceeds that of all rugby events, so the value of the entire league in the sports market is being revalued.

All of this is progressing steadily, and the entire league is completing a big breakthrough, which can be described as thriving.

The market value of all teams has easily doubled, especially the teams in big cities.

Because his Heat team is located in the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States, the market value is estimated to have more than tripled, making his net worth soar by more than one billion US dollars in just two days of a playoffs.

Then the team is negotiating a broadcast contract with TNT that can reach hundreds of millions, and other broadcasters are also pouring in.

But now, everything could be over.

"Pat, you take a rest for a while."

He yelled at Pat Riley, and then made a phone call. Regardless of the opponent's face, he directly suspended all duties of the opponent's team.

"..." Pat Riley was stunned.

"David, I'm sorry. I have suspended Riley. But what we have to do now is to restore the bad consequences of this incident."

Arison then called President Stern and said so.

"Come on in your special plane, Mickey, let's go to Las Vegas together. By the way, bring Pat Riley. And, Mickey, you'd better be mentally prepared, we need to do something to the Hammers. Make certain concessions, and even do the work of other team owners." Stern said.

"OK, the most important thing now is to get the Hammers back into the league." Mickey Arison agreed immediately without thinking too much.

Like the owner of the Heat, the owners of all teams in the league, even the owner of the Spurs, were all furious and called Stern one after another.