In New York, NBA League headquarters, David Stern learned the results of the game and immediately called several vice presidents to the office for a meeting.

The female secretary brought coffee and tea, then left the office and closed the door.

Stern's expression was very complicated, and his excitement was mixed with a hint of helplessness.

"Everyone, I believe everyone knows the results of the Bulls vs. Wizards tonight. Wang Jun's strength has reached a higher level this season. His single-game score has overwhelmed all active stars. After tonight, his popularity will increase to a whole new level. I want to ask you what you think."

What attracts fans the most is the scorer, and a scoring champion can greatly increase the popularity of players.

For example, McGrady, who scored two scoring champions in the Magic, had a large number of fans. Those who like him can directly ignore the fact that he never led the team to break through the first round of the playoffs.

Vice President Granick said: "David, do you want Wang Jun to be the league's number one star? It's just a high-scoring game, isn't it too hasty?"

"No, he doesn't need to make a lot of publicity now. Fans will naturally dig out his information. What I want to ask is, if a Chinese player ruled the NBA, would this be what local fans want?"

This is Stern's concern. He is afraid that Wang Jun will continue to be so popular, which will cause dissatisfaction among local fans.

The Dream Team has lost continuously in international competitions, and American basketball seems to be about to give up its dominance. If international players become the strongest star in the NBA, what will fans feel?

Fans like it, what should they do, and what should they do if they don’t like it?

Stern was unsure. He had never had such a great international player, so he held a meeting to brainstorm.

If most people think that Wang Jun should be praised, then the league should also make a statement and let the stars accept interviews. Promote Wang Jun's high-scoring performance.

As for suppression...

Even Clark, who has always strongly supported local stars, dared not propose to suppress Wang Jun at this time, unless he is a brainless person and wants to put his face to someone else's hand and make someone slap him hard.

Those who can become NBA leaders naturally have outstanding features, at least they are not mentally retarded. They can all see Wang Jun’s business potential and the energy behind him.

NBA is a business alliance. Jordan retired in 1998 and the shutdown caused by labor-management negotiations has led to a decline in viewership. The alliance suffered a major blow. After several years of rest and recuperation, it has recovered its popularity.

The league has taken great pains to find Jordan's successor and find a super scorer who can attract fans.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to let the Lakers substitute Kobe Kobe become an All-Star starter, but until now, no fans think that Kobe can surpass Jordan, he is an excellent imitator. The imitation is better.

Carter and McGrady were unable to resist the banner of "Jordan's successor". Not to mention the data, the record alone is too far behind. Currently, James and Wade have flaws. Although the average data per game is beautiful, they do not have a super performance in a single game.

Now there are finally players who can score high scores, and they are still in the Bulls, giving people a sense of inheritance. Isn’t this the authentic Jordan successor?

Although Wang Jun is not a local player, he has to be a treasure. Suppressing him means not being able to get along with himself and not being able to get along with money. What benefits can the league get if he suppresses him?

Show your determination to racially discriminate?

Take an arrogant attitude and let Chinese fans know that we Americans just don’t like you Chinese?

Isn't that just SB? Apart from the Japanese devils who are fishing for fishing, who would be so openly unable to get along with China?

After a while of discussion, several bigwigs reached an agreement. While preparing to promote Wang Jun, they vigorously promote several opponents with enough weight and compete with him.

Adam Xiao Hua said: "The number of Chinese fans is increasing, and the Chinese are getting richer. This is the best opportunity to open up the market. I suggest promoting Kobe and James compete with him. The data of these two people are not bad now. As for Iverson, it is difficult for the 76ers to enter the playoffs, and his defensive weakness is too obvious."

Granick asked: "This kind of publicity is like admitting that Wang Jun is one of the strongest stars in the league. He is only in his third year. If the Bulls' final record is good, will this be fine? He may win the regular season MVP."

Stern shook his head and said seriously: "If you win MVP, that's his strength. Is there any problem in the third year? Unless someone has the same data as him and his record is similar, what can we do?"

Granik was silent. His data and record were combined. No one could compare with Wang Jun now. He was closest to MVP.

It is not possible to issue MVP to others too blatantly. Modern basketball has improved and the Internet has developed. If Jabbar fails to enter the playoffs but wins the MVP in the regular season, he will be scolded to death by fans.

Stern continued: "If Wang Jun is targeted in the regular season and the Bulls fans see it, will they say nothing? That will only have the opposite effect and make the fans unwilling to watch the NBA again because no one wants to watch the fake ball."

Like American professional wrestling, what's the use of many tricks? Everyone knows it's fake.

NBA has many shady stories, including trading, betting on football, and referees, but at least the fake ones are not obvious.

Xiao Hua added: "I think it's difficult to suppress him, unless he gets into foul trouble and calls him down, he doesn't jump much in defense, and doing this is also obvious. Moreover, he currently averages 7.1 free throws per game, how can he reduce it? Let a star get less than five free throws? He has made a lot of breakthroughs this season."

The reduction of Wang Jun's free throws last season can be explained by not having much breakthrough and poor ability to hold the ball. This year he made many breakthroughs, and if the free throws are far inferior to others, it will be unreasonable, and everyone will see the problem.

The NBA has racial discrimination, which is implicit.

Other international players are either too soft or not strong enough. They say that "racial discrimination" is simply untenable and there is insufficient evidence.

Wang Jun is different. He attracted everyone's attention, and the referee's actions will be infinitely magnified.

In addition, China has a huge fan base. It would be amazing if everyone thinks that Wang Jun is treated unfairly in the NBA.

A minor impact is to reduce fans, but in serious cases it is an international incident that affects future commercial cooperation with Chinese basketball. These two points are something that the league officials do not want to see.

Everyone finally decided to promote Wang Jun in the regular season and treat him as the top five superstars in the league. They let Kobe, James and others compete with him. It is also said that they entered the playoffs.

Currently, Wang Jun's average score has risen to 33.1 points, surpassing Iverson's 32.9 points to jump to the league.

Wang Jun also occupies the top spot in the MVP rankings.

Although the Pistons scored the best record in the league, Hamilton, who scored the most, averaged 20 points per game, and no one would think that Hamilton could be elected.

Duncan, ranked second, has seen his data decline compared to last season, and many people say he is old.

The third place is Nash. Suns inside star Stadameier was reimbursed for the regular season. Nash led the team to a good record, but he won the MVP and defended the title, which was more difficult and his data was not as beautiful as Wang Jun.

James and Nowitzki, who are behind, have beautiful numbers and are much worse than the Bulls.

As long as the Bulls guarantee their record in the regular season, Wang Jun will reach the peak of personal honor, and the MVP trophy is already waving to him.
Chapter completed!