Chapter 943: NBA in crisis

The 2017 NBA All-Star Game came to the southern city of New Orleans again after 2014.
This is the third time New Orleans has hosted the All-Star Game in the past ten years, in 2008, 2014 and 2017.
It can be seen how much the NBA wants to develop the southern market.
But this year's All-Star is really a bit heavy.
The Eastern Stars are dim. The starting lineup is Irving, George, Antetokounmpo, Harden, plus a Jimmy Butler.
Fortunately, Harden was traded to the Celtics in January and entered the starting lineup of the Eastern Conference. Otherwise, this card would not be comparable to the Western Conference.
The starters of the Western Conference are Li Liang, James, Curry, Durant and Westbrook. Davis is still sitting on the bench. Leonard, Paul, Thompson and others are really star-studded.
This All-Star, not counting the Eastern Conference, some of the James and Li Liang teams in the Western All-Stars are estimated to have more highlights than the current All-Star game.
At the same time, Li Liang broke his promise again and did not participate in this year's three-point contest and dunk contest.
Last year's slam dunk contest was really good-looking, in comparison, this year is a bit inferior.
There were still no top stars to join, and the final champion was taken by Robinson III.
In the three-point contest, Curry saw Li Liang not participating, and he didn't want to participate.
The winner went to Eric Gordon.
Round-faced Deng is second only to Li Liang in the number of three-pointers made by the Kings this year and has become the most important scorer around Li Liang.
When it comes to the All-Star Game, the gap between the West and the East is really too big.
Durant, Li Liang, and James teamed up, and the offensive frontcourt simply couldn't play.
The western troops crushed it all the way like a bulldozer.
Curry this guy throws three-pointers and furiously in the game.
There are more and more three-pointers in the NBA All-Star Game, and fewer fancy dunks.
In the past, people, balloons and stars were all deductions.
Nowadays, people and balloon stars are all three-pointers.
In the official game, the three-point shot was enjoyable.
When it comes to the exhibition game, you will get three points one by one and you still don't make it. Can the audience be happy?
The ratings for the 21st Century All-Star Game have been declining.
In 2002, the ratings reached a peak, 82 ratings.
Because that year, Michael Jordan returned, which directly raised the ratings of 51 the previous year by 3 points.
By 2003, Yao Ming joined the NBA, Jordan's final season, the All-Star ratings still reached a high of 66.
After that, the All-Star Game never broke 6 again, and it has been hovering around 4 in recent years.
Li Liang's honor should have been the guarantee of the All-Stars, and this year this product is the king of votes.
Unfortunately, he is a Chinese, not an American.
If he were a black American player, he would have been completely enchanted in American basketball and directly book the seat of the greatest athlete in history.
If he is a white player, not to mention, NBA will surpass lb in the four major leagues and catch up with nfl.
This is the effect of superstars, but there are prerequisites, Americans.
In the first two seasons of Li Liang's entry into the league, it was so cute, and flowers blossomed.
Because of the freshness, a Chinese low-ranking player who miraculously achieved such an achievement is simply a perfect inspirational script.
Everyone loves to watch such a plot, and they all like such a protagonist.
As a movie, it was absolutely successful, especially in the first year of the Lakers.
By the second sequel, Los Angeles City Brothers, the big guys still feel fresh.
Because it turns out that someone dared to do this, refused to renew the Lakers, ran to the Clippers, and won the championship, it was so cool.
The second part was still a big success.
In the third part, when I went to the walkers, the plot was still good.
Give up the opportunity to establish a dynasty and ran to a remote small team to save the team that had not won the championship.
However, because the Pacers are far less popular than the Los Angeles team, they are not popular.
Bad reviews of Li Liang must have begun to appear.
In the fourth part, Li Liang has basically become the big devil in the hearts of American fans.
In addition, since then, the United States has suppressed more and more public opinion on China, and there have been more and more negative comments. Therefore, Li Liang is no longer the "people who love Gan Liliang."
At present, the only people who truly welcome and love Li Liang are the Kings fans and Celtic fans!
Yes, Celtics fans still have an inexplicable love for Li Liang.
Li Liang's popularity in Boston has always been very high in various website voting.
It is indeed the spiritual hometown of Li Liang.
The imbalance between the east and the west, the aesthetic fatigue of the audience, the impact of the Internet, and the players are no longer gorgeous and beautiful, the 2017 All-Star Game is quite satisfactory.
Not too bad, and there are no classic clips left.
Compared with the previous season, the ratings dropped by another 01%. If the decline continues, it will fall below 4 next season.
Adam Silva, as the new president, is of course very anxious to see this situation.
During the period since taking office, he has been carrying out various reforms.
For example, in order to expand the influence of the NBA, this year's NBA awards will no longer be awarded at the end of the regular season and the playoffs, but will be unified to hold an awards party after the finals.
Also, in terms of the competition system, the long-timely meaningless regional ranking system has been abolished, and the East and the West are all ranked according to the winning percentage.
But these reforms are all minor repairs and supplements, not fundamental changes.
NBA is like a feudal dynasty, after experiencing the aggressive and drastic reforms of the Stern period, it gradually entered a bottleneck period.
When Stern reformed, the NBA was an internal and external trouble, and it was so bad that it was recorded and broadcast late at night in the finals, which was precarious.
He can be said to be in danger and was ordered to reform the NBA from a deep level.
"Politics" completely overthrew the past draft and free market systems, and used draft lottery and soft salary caps to stifle the possibility of the Celtics dominance in the league and let the nba enter an era of full competition.
"Economically", it signed a new broadcast contract with a TV station and actively sought sponsorship companies to achieve mutual success with companies like Gatorade, which greatly expanded the alliance's financial resources.
In terms of "culture", he has established a star-oriented strategy. He is good at telling stories and creating opposition. From the yellow and green duo to the throne of Jordan, the heroes shaped by the NBA are everywhere. The story is full and beautiful.
In terms of "military", it pursued expansionism. First, it continued to introduce new teams in the United States to open up new markets. At the same time, it pursued a global strategy to conquer cities in Europe, Asia, and Australia's sports culture market, creating a strong brand of NBA. UU Reading www.uukanshu.cOM
This series of reforms allowed the NBA to reach a peak in the 21st century.
But the so-called prosperity and decline, NBA wants to go further, and it meets the ceiling-the influence of basketball itself is not as good as football in the world, and inferior to baseball and rugby in the United States.
After Adam Silva took over, he made various attempts, but he did nothing in "politics" and couldn't get out of the framework set by Stern. In "cultural", a group of people headed by Li Liang were embarrassed and lost. The right to speak and dominate, the "military" is also unable to continue to expand. Europe will never be able to do football. Only the Asia-Pacific market is the last treasure. "Economically", the new broadcast contract was signed in the Stern era. Wa wanted to break the game and wanted to take the dangerous road of gambling.
At the same time, as the overall environment changes, Silva will face more and more problems.
Hidden behind the prosperity scene are many crises.
It's no use worrying, at least now the NBA is still second to none, the best basketball league in the world.
And the second place can't see its back at all.