"David, calm down."
Seeing Stern swear, Granic patted his shoulder comfortingly and said, "Besides, I think Jerry only announced this publicly to make a statement."
"He wants to tell the other teams in the league that he'll pay any price to keep Chen, hoping it'll make them back off."
Transferring ownership shares is no small matter. For a team's shares, the process—from submitting the plan to the board of governors' approval and the finance committee's review—taking six months would be considered fast.
So, an announcement is just an announcement. Whether the transfer will actually succeed is another question entirely.
Stern took a deep breath and waved his hand to show he was fine. "I'm fine. I just never expected a situation like this."
One man, causing so much trouble in the league all by himself.
Stern quickly calmed down and said in a low voice, "I still need to talk to Chen directly."
