It's just that Stern has a headache.

The biggest difference between Stern and Silver is that he balances the strength of each team in the league and maintains the suspense of the season.

It's just like reading a novel or a movie. Without a sense of suspense, it's hard to watch it.

As for Stern, except when Jordan took shape and he was really unable to balance, his shadow can be seen at other times.

Various rules that restrict O'Neal, such as introducing three seconds of defense, allowing zone defense, etc., are just because they don't want the "OK combination" to continue to win consecutive championships.

Another four consecutive championships may sound nice, but it will be a devastating blow to the league.

This is actually the reason why he trained James to become the next number one player in the league. He needs a dragon-slaying warrior.

It's a pity that the dragon slayer has become an evil dragon now. Coupled with the unexpected outbreak of the Dolan incident, he has lost control of the Knicks.

In fact, he also talked to Riley before Riley left for New York.

But Riley didn't listen to his advice in the end. After all, who wouldn't want to go to this dynasty team that is visible to the naked eye!

As for what is balanced and unbalanced, that is what Stern should consider, not something that he, the team president, cares about.

So under the current situation, one thing Stern will do in the future is definitely to try his best to create a team that can compete with the Knicks.

Of course, he won't take action immediately, because judging from the previous Christmas game and the Knicks' loss to the Mavericks, the Knicks may not necessarily be the championship this season.

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Shortly after Riley announced his departure to the Knicks, a trade broke out between the Heat and Nuggets.

The Heat sent Michael Beasley, Kevin Martin, a first-round pick from the Clippers, a future first-round pick, and acquired Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith from the Nuggets!

The two teams' best players in the season, plus a guaranteed lottery, plus a first-rounder, this is basically stud!

You must know that what this transaction obtains is probably only half a year's usage rights for Anthony.

It's no wonder Riley is leaving, because this is not the way he builds a team.

However, after consecutive transactions, the Heat also re-formed the trident combination of Baron Davis, Anthony and Jefferson, and their strength has been enhanced.

After the trade, Anthony quickly expressed his excitement on social media:

“I can’t wait to see the beaches in Miami!”

Lin Ying couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw this transaction.

James went to New York, where Anthony would go in history, and Anthony went to Miami, where James would go in history?

Why does this sound a little weird?

Oh, by the way, didn’t Anthony say before that he wanted to go to New York to spend more time with his wife?

It seems that the beach girls in Miami are more attractive!

The Nuggets sent away Anthony on the front foot, and sent Billups to the Rockets on the back foot.

This is a three-party deal, the Rockets sent Brooks, Battier, and got Billups;

The Nuggets traded Billups for Brooks, Thabeet and a first-rounder from the Grizzlies;

The Grizzlies sent Thabeet, a first-rounder, to get Battier;

Each of the three parties in this transaction gets what they want.

The Nuggets have collected consecutive first-round picks and are obviously heading towards the goal of rebuilding.

The Grizzlies did not get Allen as they did in history. Now they get Battier, and their perimeter defensive strength has been significantly improved.

Of course the most important thing is the Rockets, they got Billups!!

Because of Courtney Lee's outstanding performance and the presence of Artest, Battier seems dispensable to the Rockets.

After this deal, the Rockets' lineup will be: Billups + Lee + Carter + Artest + Yao Ming, or Billups + Carter + Artest + Scola +

Yao Ming.

Either set of these two sets will make the team extremely competitive!

Will the Rockets reach the Western Conference Finals, or even make it back to the Finals? This will become a high probability event!

This should be the Rockets management's last attempt to retain Yao Ming!

This also makes the already confusing situation in the Western Conference this season even more unpredictable.

Lin Ying also sent congratulations to Yao Ming.

I don’t know if the two will meet again in the playoffs this year.

This year's transactions came relatively early, but after this wave of transactions, the market returned to temporary calm.

Because this part of the transaction actually revolves around Anthony, but other transactions will not be finalized so quickly.

After the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline will have another wave of excitement.

It was during this time that the NBA All-Star voting was in full swing.

The first round of voting was in late December, when Lin Ying was not injured yet.

At that time, Lin Ying's votes were already ranked first among Western Conference forwards and third among all players.

As a result, the second round of voting results are now out, and his votes directly surpassed Kobe, ranking first among all players!

This is obviously related to his scoring performance in Madison before the injury.

Originally, there were still two months until the All-Star Game, and if his performance fluctuated, the number of votes would have dropped.

But when he was injured, the fans' influence only stayed on his 51 points.
Chapter completed!