Chapter 803 The Impact of Retirement

At the Sun headquarters, after seeing the news of Li Ba's retirement announcement, Savor and Colangelo went into a rage, cursing Pat Riley, as well as the Lakers, and none of the teams involved in the trade was let go.

Frank put down the phone and couldn't get in touch with Li Ba. He had a few words with Bill Duffy and learned about Li Ba's attitude.

"Jerry, Savor, things may be really troublesome, hammer him... If the league doesn't have an attitude, he might really have to retire!"

He said in a little panic.

"I shouldn't have revealed the news that the blocked reinforcements were a conspiracy. It's too late now. Savor, Frank, let's go to Las Vegas, right now!"

Colangelo regretted it in his heart. At that time, he did not consider how the hammer would react. At this moment, his head was profusely sweating, and he began to tidy up the documents on the table.

"Take a special plane."

Savor began to inform the airport and the crew to prepare.

Less than a week after the trade window opened during the offseason, the league caused an uproar, just like Jordan's first retirement that year, which caught everyone by surprise and messed up.

And this time the impact is even greater, because the current ratings are too high, several times higher than Jordan's at the beginning, and the benefits it brings are also greater.

But now, I don't know how many benefits will disappear because of Li Ba's retirement.

At one point, after news of Li Ba's retirement came out, all ongoing negotiations on TV broadcast contracts were suspended by the broadcaster.

With Liba, and without Liba, there is only a difference of 5 pairs, two prices, there is a world of difference, even a half cut is not enough.

After the negotiation was suspended, these teams and the league immediately went blind.

Without the huge broadcast income, the alliance must go bankrupt immediately?

Just this one involves billions of dollars in annual revenue.

Of course, even if Li Ba retires, the broadcast contract will be discussed again in the future, but how big is the contract at that time? Can it go back to its original size?

Too many people wanted to contact Li Ba, but no one could get through to his cell phone because he was turned off.

The mobile phones of Bill Duffy and Gao Yuanyuan were blown up, and they couldn't turn them off because the boxing match was in the final stage of preparation.

"I'm sorry, the hammer has announced its retirement, and this matter has not been discussed." This is what the two said the most.

"Let's go to the airport."

After receiving the call from Alisson, Stern walked out of the office with Vice President Russ Granik and Bald Xiao.

From this moment on, all transactions in the league have been suspended, because the league officials will not allow any transactions to happen, and the league is actually in a standstill.

The news spread all over the world in the shortest possible time, which also caused a shock in public opinion.

Public opinion generally supports Li Ba, because the news that someone in the NBA has teamed up to prevent the Suns from strengthening has been revealed by Colangelo.

Block would have blocked without that mega-deal, but not now.

You blocked the Suns deal, but you made such a big deal yourself, and you went to form a group by yourself. Is it a human thing?

It also aroused public opinion in China. Fans generally supported Li Ba, but some media did the opposite. They condemned Li Ba, saying that he ate other people's food and smashed other people's bowls.

"Write down the names of these domestic media for me, and these media are prohibited from participating in my press conference in the future." Li Ba cursed angrily.

"cheers!"

Arum and Mrs. Liz raised their glasses.

After receiving the news of Li Ba's retirement, Arum immediately opened a bottle of Champagne to celebrate.

"Bob, if the hammer is fully turned to the boxing world, you can't leave our WMA behind!" Mrs. Liz reminded after finishing her glass of wine.

"Of course." Arum said with a smile.

Mrs. Liz also smiled, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, who will believe who?

At this time, Barkley came out to make trouble, and he shouted to the media: "Look, I said earlier that the major rugby league should act. The Hammer will not disappoint you. Now is the time?"

On the morning of the 6th, the special planes of the Heat and the Taitai team arrived in Las Vegas almost at the same time, and the two groups just met at the gate of the Mikoyan Hotel.

"Riley, you did a great job!"

When Colangelo saw Pat Riley, he shouted with a livid face.

Pat Riley's face twitched, and he said awkwardly: "Jerry, I didn't expect this to happen."

Savor yelled: "Who else but you? Our Suns haven't strengthened much in the past three seasons. It's all about you making a name for yourself. Now it's messed up?"

"Okay, let's go to the hotel first." Stern said with a sullen face.

He thought for a while, and said to Colangelo and the others: "Jerry, you have a better relationship with him. I hope you can talk to him first."

"Of course." Colangelo and others said.

At this time in China, at Li Ba's house, Li Ba's parents have received a lot of calls, all asking about Li Ba's affairs, so annoying that they can only turn off the phone.

Li Ba had already called back and told them not to pay attention to the outside affairs. Although they were still worried, they didn't understand the outside affairs, so they could only listen to their son.

In the capital, Zhang Lili and Yu Jia, who returned to CCTV, got the news of Li Ba's retirement.

Given Li Ba's status in the basketball world, this was a big deal, and it took them an entire hour of ignorance to realize it.

They couldn't find Li Ba, so they had to find Liu Yifei.

"Mr. Zhang, I can't say it right now. The big hammer is very angry. Let's talk about the situation in the future." Liu Yifei just said this and hung up.

The two had no choice but to wait for news.

In the Shanghai stock market, Dayao couldn't get through to Li Ba's phone number, so he called Gao Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan?"

"Dayao, some people in the league are bullying too much, so don't inquire about this matter, they can do whatever they like."

"No, Hammer won't really retire, will he?"

"With his personality, that's also possible."

"..."

After the call ended, Dayao was still in a daze.

When he came back to his senses, he called Director Li of the basketball management center, talked about what he had just learned, and finally said:

"It should not affect the national team. These are two different things. Don't worry."

"I hope, you can contact me again when you have time, I'm worried. These old beauties are indeed too bullying. It's not easy for the hammer to be outside." Li Yuanwei said.

"Okay, I see." Dayao said.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, after Stern and the others arrived at the MGM Hotel, Bill Duffy and Gao Yuanyuan first received them in a business meeting room.

The owner of the Suns, Sarver, rushed to the two of them and shouted: "You two, where is the hammer?"

Gao Yuanyuan said: "He is doing boxing training and will come over after the end. But I don't know what to talk about, can you tell me?"

She looked at Pat Riley and the others.

As the boss, Stern stood up and said: "Miss Gao, that ridiculous deal was not approved by the alliance, please tell Hammer about this."