The opening three-pointer in basketball

The MVP League headquarters building in New York is located in Manhattan, which is a dream place for financiers around the world.

Many financiers sit in a small office but can harvest money all over the world.

The league definitely set up the NBA here because it wanted to follow the financiers who swept the world's wealth.

At this time, in the president's office of the NBA headquarters building, league president Stern, his successor Xiao Hua, and league data operations officer Hayes were sitting together.

Stern sat on one side, and Silver and Hayes sat on the other.

Stern leaned back on the sofa, trying to make himself as comfortable as possible.

He has reached retirement age.

But 20 million dollars a year, plus some invisible benefits from the alliance, he can earn 50 million dollars a year.

With such a huge fortune, Stern really couldn't bear to give it up.

If he wasn't really too old and public opinion was becoming more and more unfavorable to him, he would really want to sit in this seat forever.

Xiao Hua sat diagonally across from Stern. He had a long and thin face, a bald head, and very white skin. He looked like a gentle scumbag.

As the successor trained by Stern.

Although Stern is his boss.

But Xiao Hua really wants Stern to get out immediately.

With tens of millions of benefits, who wouldn’t be tempted?

Moreover, Xiao Hua has the support of gaming companies.

Gambling companies have always wanted to cooperate with the NBA, but Stern was concerned about the negative impact of gambling on people and was afraid of affecting the development of the NBA, so he always refused.

Due to Stern's huge influence, it was impossible to kill him.

The gaming company had no choice but to secretly support Xiao Hua and plan to put Xiao Hua in the position.

Hayes knew that the two people next to him were big bosses, and he couldn't afford to offend him, so he lowered his head and flipped through the data.

"Bai's previous 30 seconds and 13 minutes video has already had 500 million views on YouTube."

"This time, the video clip of 81 points in a single game had 200 million views on YouTube in just one day."

"In addition, he has thirty-eight videos with more than 100 million views, and 103 videos with more than 50 million views."

"Bai is now undoubtedly the most watched sports star on YouTube, even Ronaldo and Messi can't compare."

"We can say that Bai is the hottest sports star this year, and he even has a chance to compete for the Laureus World Sports Award."

The Laureus World Sports Awards are open to the whole world and the best athletes in the world are competing for them.

Generally speaking, the winners are individual sports athletes, such as Federer, Schumacher, Hamilton, etc.

Less is given to athletes in that team sport.

So far, no football player or basketball player has ever won this award.

Xiao Hua couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

"Because Bai is a Chinese, and China has a huge market worth 1.4 billion. Lawrence has long wanted to commend a Chinese, but there has never been such an outstanding athlete before."

Hayes then added, "Of course the summer Olympics are crucial. If Bai performs well, he will have a chance. If he performs poorly, it will be impossible."

Stern said nothing and listened quietly.

Hayes continued, "Bai currently has 230 million followers on Twitter, and he is undoubtedly the number one person on Twitter."

"He has 180 million fans on Facebook, which is also the number one in the world."

“On China’s Weibo, the number of fans is as high as 250 million.”

"Maybe there are many overlapping fans and many things are set by the platform, but there is no doubt that he is the most watched athlete today."

"Bai's endorsement contract has reached 40 million U.S. dollars a year."

When Xiao Hua heard this, his eyes lit up.

He only has a few million dollars now, so he is really incomparable.

He secretly glanced at Stern, and then said: "I support Bai."

This time Stern brought the two of them over to discuss whether to suppress Bai Yi and prevent him from winning the MVP.

Or let him develop freely, let Baiyi explode in his rookie season, win mvp, first team, and best defensive team.

Become one of the best players in the league in one season.

Xiao Hua naturally supports it because of Bai Yi's huge influence, especially in Asia.

The more popular Bai Yi is, the more people pay attention to the NBA, and the more people will bet on dogs.

At that time, the bookmakers will make more money.

This is why bookmakers like popular players like Kobe James. The more popular a player is, the more they make.

But a powerful man like Duncan is too low-key to attract betting dogs.

Xiao Hua now wants to speak for the financial backers behind it.

Hayes didn't really want to engage in the conversation.

Because of Baiyi's popularity, it will definitely be able to further expand the NBA's global market.

But it will also reduce the growth space for local players in the beautiful country.

James and Rose actually have huge supporters behind them.

Bai Yi ascends to the top and wins the MVP. For competitors, it is his own loss.

Whether to choose overseas or domestic is a multiple-choice question. There are gains and losses, and you must make a choice.

Hayes thought for a while and said: "Boss, I also support Bai."

He went on to explain: "If the NBA wants to develop, it must have enough fresh blood. Bai is one of them, as was Dirk before him."

"But I think European basketball has developed rapidly in recent years, and many people are even better than beautiful Chinese players."

"In the future, more and more international players will inevitably come to play in the NBA, and they can even outnumber domestic players. Sooner or later, we will select a foreign player to be the face of the NBA."

"Why not Bai?"

Stern closed his eyes and did not respond.

After a moment, he said slowly: "Then let nature take its course. Let's see who can have the last laugh between him and Ross."

Xiao Hua was overjoyed, stood up, and then prepared to leave.

Stern continued: "The league must also make changes. We must promote fast-paced games and have more rounds, so that we can have higher scores."

In the past, the competition in the league was very fierce, and even when there was no ball, the two players started to fight crazily.

The result of this is that the rhythm is slower so that the players can rest.

But as Bai Yi shoots three-pointers, they are often unreasonable three-pointers, going too far, not adjusting, not finding a rhythm, and just shooting when there is space.

This greatly shortens the attack time.

Stern feels that the league should promote it so that there will be new hype points.

Xiao Hua secretly noted that he really wished the league could score more points.

Getting 80 or 90 points all day long is too low.

Wouldn't it be great to make a hundred, two, or a hundred and three? This is basketball.

He then thought of Bai Yi. In a fast-paced game, Bai Yi would gain more than others.