David Stern's information was absolutely correct. In fact, if it weren't for his efforts to use his connections, Gan Guoyang might have already undergone a full FBI investigation before Game 5 of the Finals and been taken away by the New York police during the Finals.
This would have been catastrophic news for the Trail Blazers, for the entire NBA, and would have been a huge blow to the ratings.
Of course, even if such an event happens after the Finals, the impact is not small at all, only the shock to the ratings is slightly lessened.
On the day after the Finals ended, when the other players of the Trail Blazers were about to leave New York to return to Portland to celebrate their championship, the New York police sealed off the hotel where the Trail Blazers were staying and summoned Gan Guoyang back to the police station for investigation.
Local media had long been notified, and the entire hotel was so packed with reporters that it was impenetrable.
