Meanwhile, in the Spurs locker room, Duncan and Robinson stood beside Popovich.

"Coach, the team doctor just said it was a severe concussion, and the situation was not optimistic." Duncan whispered.

Popovich nodded, "This damn grizzly bear is really crazy. What the hell are they going crazy? Why did they do such a thing?"

I heard that the young general had a severe concussion, and Popovich, who had always been calm, couldn't calm down and started cursing.

Severe concussion may cause extremely serious consequences, such as amnesia that often occurs in TV dramas, which are the possible sequelae of severe concussion, as well as different sequelae such as anorexia and inattention.

Even without these sequelae, the young general has to wait for at least two months to observe the situation, and cannot perform mental and physical activities during this period.

It was about to be the playoffs, and the team's main controller suddenly disappeared. It would be strange if Popovich was not in a hurry.

Fortunately, the young general's life is safe and worry-free. Otherwise, Popovich would not have been calling the Grizzlies a madman here.

"They must pay the price. The alliance cannot sit idly by and watch this vicious incident!" Robinson said angrily.

After the tragedy tonight, although Grizzlies head coach Jiang Dongbing took the initiative to admit his mistake and also gave up the game voluntarily and gave the Spurs a victory, this obviously could not calm the anger of the Spurs players. They must make Artest pay a heavy price.

"Let's go, the press conference is about to begin." Popovich took Duncan and Robinson to attend the press conference.

In the Grizzly Collar Room, Jiang Dongbing and Artest sat silently without saying a word.

After a while, Artest said, "Coach, I'm sorry, what should I do now?"

Artest was completely panicked now. He was just a young boy who had never seen any world before. He had caused such a big disaster and had already become disregarded.

"Don't worry, I will try my best to calm the Spurs' anger. You will follow me later and apologize to the Spurs first. At least we must first express our attitude."

"Second? You have to promise me? I will arrange a psychiatrist, and you need to actively perform treatment? You should be clear? There is something wrong with your mental health now."

"Also be mentally prepared. Even if the Spurs forgive you? The league will not spare you easily. It will definitely be extremely serious ban on you? But it just happened to take advantage of the ban? You participate in psychotherapy." Jiang Dongbing said slowly.

Artest's face was stunned and asked himself to see a psychologist?!

At the first moment, he felt a strife in his heart. Not everyone is willing to admit that they have psychological problems, especially players like Artest with a happy future? Once they are confirmed to have psychological problems, which team will be willing to sign a contract with them in the future?!

In fact, Artest suffered a loss in this regard under normal circumstances. No salary in his entire career reached an annual salary of tens of millions of yuan. The highest year was the annual salary of 7.4 million US dollars obtained by the Kings.

With Artest's strength, this salary is obviously too low? The reason is his psychological problems. No player dares to give a time bomb maximum salary.

But despite the resistance in his heart? But seeing Jiang Dongbing's solemn expression, Artest also knew that he had to obey Jiang Dongbing's arrangements? Otherwise, his career might be over immediately!

The young general even fell into a coma for a while? Such a serious matter? The NBA hasn't happened for many years? Stern is promoting harmonious basketball again, and he will definitely treat it as the target of killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

If Jiang Dongbing did not help Artest, it is hard to say how serious the punishment Stern would impose on Artest.

...

Taking Artest out of the locker room, the two walked straight towards the Spurs locker room, and happened to meet Popovich and the other two who were about to attend the press conference at the door.

"Greg, I'm sorry to you, I'm sorry to Avery," Jiang Dongbing said sincerely.

Artest, who was standing beside him, also spoke: "I'm sorry, please forgive me."

"Forgive you? You murderer, you are murdering Avery, why do you forgive you!" Robinson roared at Artest.

He had no disgust for Jiang Dongbing. In his opinion, what happened tonight had nothing to do with Jiang Dongbing. Jiang Dongbing was able to bring the players to apologize at the first time, which was a reflection of his demeanor.

Popovich's face looked very bad, and he looked at Artest coldly, without any intention of forgiveing ​​Artest.

Jiang Dongbing waved his hand and asked Artest to leave first, while he said to Popovich: "Greg, can you talk alone? Give me two minutes."

Popovich was stunned and chatted alone? Does Jiang Dongbing have any shameful words to say to him?

After the two walked to the corner of the aisle, Jiang Dongbing directly said straight to the point: "Greg, this time it was indeed our Ron's fault, but he is just a young man and has a bright future. I don't think you want his career to be destroyed like this."

"Jiang, what do you want to say? Do you want to say to me alone just plea for Ron?" Popovich said dissatisfied.

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "No, I want to make a deal with the Spurs and give Manu to you."

This made Popovich stunned. He didn't realize what Jiang Dongbing meant for a moment. He made a deal with their Spurs and gave Manu Ginobili to the Spurs?

Popovich has been paying attention to Ginobili.

How come he doesn't know the problems the Spurs are facing now? Of course, the double towers in the interior are very strong, but the outside lineup is really too shabby. Even the young general is not considered to be able to take action in the point guard.

A point guard who has no three-point ability at all, a fool knows that he is destined to be eliminated by the times, so how can Popovich not know?

If Ginobili can join the Spurs, Popovich is very sure that this will be an unparalleled reinforcement for the Spurs' outside lineup, and will definitely increase the Spurs' outside offensive firepower by at least two levels.

The original Spurs' outside line was the weakest level in the league. With Ginobili, they could at least reach the mid-level level in the league.

Although Ginobili's average data per game for the Grizzlies is not very eye-catching, in those games where playing time reaches more than 25 minutes, Ginobili can also score quite outstanding scoring data. The key is that Ginobili has no shortcomings on the offensive end, and his impressive three-point ability is exactly what the Spurs need.

Even though Popovich was already very moved, he remained silent.

"Jiang, what chips do you want for us Manu? You have to know that our Spurs don't have many chips."

Jiang Dongbing shook his head, "Free gift!"

"Free gift?" Popovich exclaimed.

"Yes, it's just for free. We don't want anything. Of course, in order to make this transaction normal, you can find a second-round pick for us, no matter how you sign the position." Jiang Dongbing said.

Popovich's heart couldn't stand it anymore, and it was really a waste of money. Ginobili, who had excellent potential and combat power, gave them the Spurs for free? This is definitely a good thing that a pie fell from the sky.

"What do you need our Spurs to do? Take the initiative to ask the league not to punish Ron Artest? You know this is impossible." Popovich sighed.

Artest did such a thing. If Popovich spoke out and asked the league not to punish Artest, it would be unreasonable. How could the Spurs players agree?

Now that things have been spoken, Popovich is very clear that if compensation can be obtained from the Grizzlies, it will be the most cost-effective thing for the Spurs.

If you just vent your anger, even if Artest is removed from the NBA from now on, what benefits will this do to the Spurs? On the contrary, it is likely to completely annoy Jiang Dongbing.

"No, I just want the Spurs to prevent the situation from getting worse." Jiang Dongbing said in a deep voice.

Popovich nodded and understood what Jiang Dongbing meant. Jiang Dongbing's request was to let the Spurs not add fuel to the fire in this matter. The specific punishment plan will be decided by the league.

Usually when such a big thing happens, the alliance will definitely consider the feelings of the victim first.

"Okay, but you're sure to give Manu to us for free. Can you do this?" Popovich asked inconscience.

Popovich has absolute authority in the Spurs, but as far as he knows, although Jiang Dongbing has a high status in the Grizzlies, it may be a bit reluctant to give away a high-quality newcomer like Manu for free.

If the "deal" between the two parties is reached and the Grizzlies do not send Manu to him, today's conversation will have no meaning.

Jiang Dongbing laughed directly, "Greg, I have won so many players for the Grizzlies to help them win the championship. If such small things cannot satisfy me, then I don't need to stay this Grizzlies."

"Don't worry, even if I can't give Manu to you for free, I owe you Spurs a favor. As long as you need it in the future, I will definitely return it to you." Jiang Dongbing gave Popovich another guarantee.

Popovich was completely relieved. If he could get Jiang Dongbing's favor, he would not have to worry about not being able to win a player like Ginobili.

In an instant, Popovich felt a little better. Although it seemed a bit unkind to trade this with the Grizzlies, Popovich would definitely not be willing to miss this kind of deal that was obviously beneficial to the Spurs.

He actually has a strong sense of crisis now!

The Spurs look pretty competitive. With the existence of the Spurs' double towers, they can still gain a place in the league.

But think about Robinson's age, how many years can he play? Two or three years? Robinson's competitive state may have dropped to a very low level in two or three years. If the Spurs fail to obtain other reinforcements in the past two or three years, it means that the entire team will rely entirely on Duncan to support it alone.

For teams like the Spurs that have no money and no market, the key is that they are not willing to play badly. If they want to strengthen, it is not that easy to go.

If Duncan is exhausted and does not want to stay with the Spurs to waste his youth, the Spurs will be completely finished.

This is Popovich's sense of crisis, and he has even realized that Duncan has some strange thoughts.

This is not Popovich's random thoughts. Under normal circumstances, Duncan has almost left the Spurs to join the Magic in the past year.

If the Spurs' lineup makes Duncan completely unable to see hope, it is extremely normal to have the intention to leave.

Once Duncan leaves, Popovich's coaching career may end. Even last season, Popovich was almost removed from his position as head coach because the team did not want Popovich to serve as general manager and head coach.

Now Jiang Dongbing is willing to send Ginobili over for free to strengthen the Spurs' outside lineup. Popovich naturally does not want to miss this opportunity. This is definitely an opportunity that can change the Spurs' future!

...

After separating from Jiang Dongbing, Popovich went to the press conference alone. The reason why he did not bring Duncan and Robinson was because he didn't want things to make a big deal. Since he had already made a deal with Jiang Dongbing, he had to fulfill his promise, otherwise Ginobili would not be so easy to get it.

"Coach Popovich, an unbearable vicious incident occurred on the court tonight. What do you think?" A reporter asked this question directly.

Popovich said slowly: "This kind of vicious incident should not happen. I think the alliance will make a fair judgment."

The reporters in the audience were stunned. That's all? The Spurs did not put pressure on the league to let the league punish Artest severely?

"Okay, maybe we should focus on the upcoming playoffs."

The reporters became more and more confused, always feeling something was wrong, but they didn't know what was going on.

The Grizzlies did not hold a post-match press conference, so the reporters could not find out any news from Jiang Dongbing. Now they can only wait for the league's penalty.

...

That night, the senior Grizzly executives held a meeting. Stewart sat with a sad face and said to many executives: "I contacted Mr. Stern just now, but the phone was not connected. It is very likely that Stern didn't want to discuss Ron's affairs with us."

Because of some personal relationships, Stewart naturally wanted to contact Stern to see if Artest's punishment could be lighter.

The playoffs are about to be around. Although Artest is not the most important player in the Grizzlies' starting lineup, his existence is also extremely important.

Jackson, Artest and Billups are the nightmare of the outside line for all teams in the league.

Although Artest's offensive data is not good, this season's defensive data with averaging 2.1 steals, 1.8 blocks, and 94 defensive efficiency is already the most reliable defensive point for the Grizzlies' outside.

If the league is suspended very much and Artest is unable to participate in the playoffs, the Grizzlies' overall strength will definitely be affected.

The external iron gates lack the important point of Artest, so the defense intensity will naturally drop by more than one level.
Chapter completed!