Chapter 277 Hot discussion on the Internet! Shen Fei thinks about refereeing!
Soon, Shen Fei boarded a plane flying to Sacramento without stopping.
Night had fallen by this time.
If it had been in his previous life, Shen Fei would probably have found a way to attack the base tonight.
But now he has responsibilities, and there is Under Armour's shareholders meeting to be held tomorrow morning.
In other words, Shen Fei could only have a quick meeting with Ajiali tonight, and then fly back to Houston without stopping.
"Sigh... I'm still attracted to her after all, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed up so late at night and traveled a long distance to see her."
Shen Fei muttered to himself.
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On the plane, Shen Fei had nothing to do, so he checked his cell phone.
At this time, all major social platforms are full of discussions about the Christmas war.
Of course, among the five games, the most popular one is naturally the game between the Heat and the Rockets.
The contest between these two championship favorites is not only a major event in the basketball world, but also attracts the attention of many big names in other fields.
Shen Fei also noticed this on the big screen during the competition.
James' fanatical female fan Rihanna, basketball-loving Justin Bieber, football heartthrob David Beckham... all appeared at the game.
From this you can get a glimpse of how popular this game is!
Before the game was over, the entry #ChristmasBattle, Rockets vs. Heat# was trending on Twitter.
When Shen Fei clicked on this entry, there were already tens of thousands of comments below.
Among them, several highlighted messages impressed Shen Fei deeply.
Some lamented the power of rockets:
"This game fully reflects the gap between the two teams. If they really meet in the finals, I can't imagine the possibility of the Heat winning. Are the Big Three who have worked so hard to form just become cannon fodder?"
"Yao Ming dominates the inside, and McGrady and Curry can't stop him. The winner of this season seems to be obvious."
"Shen Fei, you are my god! What magic did you cast to turn the 'ruins' of Houston into a basketball paradise?"
Some find reasons for the Heat's failure:
"A big reason for the Heat's defeat is that...except for James, no other players stepped up! In the three quarters, James scored 30 points and Wade scored 28 points, which is more than half of the team! They have done a good enough job!”
"The Heat lost, but James didn't lose!"
"Bosh Bosh, who can't even beat a rookie like Griffin, can still rack up statistics on a weak team."
Some are also thinking about how to defeat this rocket that is in full swing:
"Based on my decades of experience in watching football, there are only three teams in the league that can possibly beat the Rockets.
One is the Heat, but they need to focus on strengthening the inside line and cannot let Yao Ming play so easily;
The second is the Mavericks. Nowitzki can accurately attack the Rockets' weak fourth position. Moreover, the German tank can be pulled to the outside, and Yao Ming cannot help his teammates cover him.
The third is the Thunder. The talent of these kids in Oklahoma City has no limit, but they still need time to develop, and they may become the Rockets' strong rivals in the future."
"It's not that complicated. Let's form an Eastern Conference All-Star team. Maybe we can beat the Rockets."
"The previous Rockets actually had a weakness - their outside shooting was not stable. But now, the addition of Curry and the transformation of Danny Green have completely made up for this weakness!"
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Seeing the netizens expressing their opinions, Shen Fei smiled slightly, but what he was thinking about was the potential crisis in the victory.
During the game, the Asian young people could clearly feel that the referee's call was biased towards the Heat.
However, today's game is played at the Rockets' home court!
Even though there was no home whistle, the referee clearly favored the visiting team.
This made Shen Fei couldn't help but suspect...the alliance is going to take action against the Rockets!
"In the final analysis, the NBA is Nike's back garden..."
The Asian young man murmured to himself.
What this means is not that Nike controls the NBA.
To be precise, it should be...the NBA tends to promote Nike's top brand as the face of the league.
As for today's Rockets, none of their core players are owned by Nike.
Needless to say, Curry and George have just signed with Under Armor.
With the two core players of the team - Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, one has signed a long-term contract with Reebok, and the other is the owner of a lifetime contract with Adidas.
It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming also had a humiliating experience similar to Curry's.
In fact, Nike provided Dayao with a contract when he was in high school.
The cooperation between the two parties continued until 2002, the year when Yao Ming was elected as the No. 1 pick.
In 2003, the contract expired and the two parties began to discuss renewing the contract.
What makes people speechless is that Nike only offered a four-year contract extension of US$1.6 million.
Yes, they want to sign Yao Ming at an average price of $400,000 per year!
What Yao Ming and his team want is an average contract of US$5 million per year.
The Nike representative who was in charge of contract renewal negotiations said directly, "Are you kidding me?" after hearing Yao Mingfang's offer.
The negotiations between the two parties were immediately terminated and broke up unhappy.
To put it simply, among the Rockets' five starters, only Griffin is owned by Nike.
If such a team is allowed to become the champion, Nike will naturally be unhappy.
But considering the Chinese market that Yao Ming represents, the league has not suppressed the Rockets too much before.
However, with Shen Fei's "bold words" at the Under Armor press conference, things changed.
Shen Fei speculated that the league felt the pressure from Nike and was preparing to sanction the Rockets.
Today's Christmas war seems to be the beginning.
However, Shen Fei was not too worried.
On the basketball court, strength speaks for itself after all.
The referee may be able to change the normal situation in certain rounds or even in a certain game.
But in the playoffs, in a best-of-seven series, Shen Fei did not believe that the referee could decide the victory.
Of course, confidence is confidence.
While Shen Fei despises his opponents strategically, he still respects them tactically.
In his previous life, he was involved in the business world, did countless crisis public relations, and had very in-depth research on "public opinion guidance".
Now that he knew about the sanctions that the alliance might impose, Shen Fei immediately thought of countermeasures.
[Don’t you want to suppress me with a black whistle? Then I’ll just be a poor victim.]
At this thought, Shen Fei's lips curved in a sly arc.
He took out his cell phone and dialed the number of the director of the Rockets Publicity Department.
"Starting tomorrow, I will write articles about the league's suppression of the Rockets every day."
"As long as there are some controversial penalties in our games, they will be immediately hyped up on various social media."
"In a word, as long as there is a penalty that makes the Rockets lose money, it will be crazy on the Internet. Do you understand?"
Shen Fei emphasized.
After receiving a positive reply, the Asian young man hung up the phone with satisfaction.
After all, the NBA is a business alliance, and it still needs to maintain its "great and upright" image.
Shen Fei's move actually captures this point!
Of course, he has not yet considered that the current NBA president is David Stern. This old man who is about to retire is quite shameless.
If the public opinion about "Black Whistle" becomes too big online, Shen Fei believes that Stern will change his mind.
If it were Adam Silver (Stern's successor), Shen Fei's move might be useless.
After all, Xiao Hua is really shameless.
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After Shen Fei finished all this, the plane also arrived at its destination.
The cabin opened and the escalator descended slowly.
As soon as Shen Fei walked out of the cabin door, he saw a tall woman waiting for him not far away under the night cover.
Of course, there was a row of bodyguards standing behind her...