Chapter 423
Lamar may have moments when he gets out of control, but more often than not, he learns how to control his emotions. The update is the fastest, especially when he becomes the boss of a team, Lamar understands what his responsibilities are!
In the face of repeated provocations from the Pistons, Lamar began to respond with his performance on the court, scoring, rebounding, and assisting! He was still so omnipotent on the court, completely suppressing the Pistons' interior on the defensive end, allowing Ben Wallace to only get 8 rebounds in the whole game.
The night was destined to belong to Lamar, and as the boss of the team, Lamar was naturally more than happy to take on such a responsibility. Lamar, who has held back for almost the whole game, is not a master who swallows his anger, and will certainly not hesitate to choose to counterattack in the face of the Pistons' dirty defense.
Towards the end of the game, the big picture is basically decided. Lamar dribbled the ball inside and once again showed his hard elbows in the face of Ben Wallace who pounced.
Hearing a scream, Lamar's elbow hit Big Ben's cheek, and people could clearly see the scene of Big Ben's face being hit with blood through the big screen at the scene, and they couldn't help but shiver.
After taking out Big Ben, Lamar doesn't seem to want to hide his intentions at all, or to justify himself. In Lamar's opinion, this was just a relatively large foul.
At the end of the game, Lamar turned and walked towards the players' tunnel with the sound of scolding from the audience. As for whether the league will impose additional penalties for his fouls in the final stages, he will not care.
"It seemed to me that it was just an accidental foul, and I didn't want to maliciously use my elbow to attack Ben, but Ben was unfortunate to be in the wrong position when he was defending!"
Lamar's Auburn Hills Palace wounding didn't get much attention in the league. David Stern's handling of this matter can also be called resolute, and the punishment of an additional one-game suspension is not too serious for the Knicks, and the Knicks' press spokesman also made a statement of accepting the punishment.
Of course, Ben Wallace, the main victim of this incident, is not doing it, and he has a broken nose, which will definitely make him miss the upcoming All-Star Game. Direct or indirect economic losses are difficult for Big Ben, whose current annual salary is less than three million.
"If you think the Coalition's punishment for that bastard is fair, then I don't have anything to say! I just want to tell the truth, yes! It's the truth, the truth is that I was abandoned by the Alliance. ”
"I don't know what the secret is between that bastard and that old bastard Stern. Or what they made in private, I would say that the bastard did enough to me to get him banned for ten years. He can't hide it from others, and when he jumps, his elbow is in my face. He just wanted to get me down, but there was no obvious evidence of such an obvious malicious foul in the eyes of the league higher-ups, maybe he thought I was the only one who was killed by that bastard. This is the evidence. ”
"Very good! Stern, the old bastard, is the boss of the league, and I can't afford to fight him, but I will never let go of that Lamar guy, and I will make his comeback at a painful price. ”
Perhaps Ben Wallace didn't realize how much trouble he would get into when he said this, or maybe he was just angry and didn't think about the consequences.
was scolded as an old bastard, and for Stern, who is not big in heart, if he can laugh it off and not be punished, then he will not be David Stern.
inappropriate speech, a fine of 100,000 US dollars, Ben Wallace was beaten up and couldn't even find a place to reason, it was really unpopular.
Of course, it's not just David Stern who doesn't want to see him, and the league's punishment for Ben Wallace has just come out. The acting boss of the Pistons publicly stated that Big Ben is a retarded person who speaks without a brain, and the harm caused by his behavior to the team will be borne by himself.
Stackhouse's statement directly pushed the internal contradictions of the Pistons, which were still hidden, to the cusp, and all kinds of rumors were rampant for a while.
The most talked-about version is the battle for the team boss within the Pistons. This was also confirmed by an internal Pistons staffer, who allegedly had a long-standing conflict between Ben Wallace and Stackhouse, which was triggered by Big Ben's dissatisfaction with the disproportionate between his efforts and returns, and Stackhouse's dissatisfaction with the team's ambiguous positioning.
Now that Stackhouse has put the contradiction on the surface, Big Ben will naturally not swallow his anger, and it is inevitable that he will fight back.
"Originally, I didn't want to mention the man's name, but now that he has said it, I'm going to make it clear. He said that I was hot-headed and disregarded the interests of the team, but in fact he was the one who really disregarded the interests of the team! For the sake of money and status, he had already made our team miserable, and he always put on an appearance of being exploited to win sympathy, and this was his nature, a greedy villain who only cared about his own interests. ”
Soon, the scolding battle between the two cores inside and outside the Pistons became more and more intense, the two people slandered and abused each other, and it was even revealed that the two were still fighting in the training hall, which had reached the point of incompatibility. Of course, Lamar doesn't believe this, and Stackhouse's body is no match for Big Ben.
Following the Pacers' incident of O'Neal Jr. and Artest fighting on the court, the Pistons also broke out again about the clash between Ben Wallace and Stackhouse, which greatly lowered the image of the entire league.
Stern was naturally very annoyed, but the most urgent thing in front of him now was how to recover the loss. The previous punishment of Lamar was a small plan of his, in order to take the initiative to show favor to Lamar and let him do him a favor at the All-Star Game. Now the situation has completely changed, the overtures have turned into weakness, and now the only one who can pull the league out of the continuous burst of negative news is Lamar.
With Lamar's global reach, his appearance in the All-Star Game would certainly divert attention from the glamorous side rather than the messy news.
Stern knew very well that Lamar didn't have the slightest crush on him, so he turned to Knicks owner Dolan for help. For this mutually beneficial matter, Dolan is naturally very concerned. This is not only to restore the image of the league that has been lost due to the scandal, but also to improve the image of the Knicks. Of course, the decision on this matter is still in Lamar's hands, and Duo Lai doesn't want to make decisions for Lamar on his behalf, which is likely to cause Lamar's dissatisfaction, and Dolan doesn't want to bear this loss.
In fact, Lamar has already decided to participate in the All-Star Game, although he is not interested in those individual events, but he is still very interested in participating in the main game. But now that Stern has come to the door, Lamar will inevitably ask the lion to open his mouth!
Now that Ben Wallace has confirmed that he will not be able to participate in this All-Star Game, Lamar has put forward the condition that Alan Houston will participate in the replacement. This is not a difficult thing to do, and David Stern is naturally willing to agree to it very happily.
Now that a consensus has been reached, the next thing is Stern, this All-Star Game has caused a lot of damage due to the absence of AI and Mudembo due to injury, but now Lamar has agreed to participate in Stern, believing that the loss can definitely be remedied.
The next day, the NBA's official website announced the All-Star lineup for the East and West of the Houston All-Star Game.
Although the Eastern lineup of this All-Star Game seems a little star-studded due to the absence of AI, Grant Hill, Mutembo, and Ben Wallace due to injury, Lamar's decision to participate in the last minute still attracted a lot of attention.
Especially from the perspective of the East and West lineups of this All-Star Game, the 96 golden generation has begun to grab the power in an all-round way, occupying three seats in the main lineup alone, plus the substitute lineup The players of the 96 generation will have a total of five players to play. It can be said that starting from this All-Star Game, the era belonging to the 96 generation has officially begun.
Lamar's confirmation of his participation in this year's All-Star Game is great news for basketball fans around the world, with the Los Angeles Lakers successfully defending their title last season and the New York Knicks soaring under Lamar this season. Lamar has become a banner figure in the NBA. Although in some respects it may not be as good as Shaq, Garnett, Tim and other long-established superstars. But there is no doubt that the NBA arena will definitely be Lamar's world in the future.
The times determine a person's fate. In this social environment, Lamar, who has a flamboyant personality, arrogant personality, and unruly, is right on the appetite of young people, and it is conceivable that they worship Lamar as an idol and crazy.
In addition, the Chinese fans are probably the happiest about Lamar's decision to participate in this year's All-Star Game. His friendliness to Chinese fans in his last interview has made Lamar one of the most popular NBA stars among Chinese fans.
Since the last interview with Lamar, the administration of CCTV's sports channel has reached out to the Knicks' management to continue to report on Lamar.
This event will not only increase Lamar's influence in China, but also build the Knicks' reputation, and Dolan is certainly more than happy to facilitate this. As for the development of the Chinese market, Dolan doesn't care much, and the amount of money is just a number for him like this. What he really cares about is the number of fans, and if he can overpower the Los Angeles Lakers, that's what he's most happy about. (To be continued.) )