Chapter 944
Coupled with the fact that his decision has caused dissatisfaction among many NBA celebrities, Stern is not in a good situation. After understanding the disadvantages of these things for him, Stern quickly ordered the league's press officer to hold a press conference at which the so-called fan survey was clarified earlier.
The press officer, following Stern's instructions, declared that the investigation was nothing more than an ordinary social investigation, and that the NBA league has always been committed to building a pure league. The league also wants to see what fans think about Lamar and O'Neal's previous incident at the Staples Center, and it doesn't involve the final voting results of the NBA All-Star Game.
O'Neill was relieved, and the fans who supported him also died down and walked away unharmed after being explained. Although the league did not explicitly give a specific commitment that O'Neal would start this All-Star Game, there is nothing to worry about in terms of the league's compromise attitude. But such an explanation does not satisfy the other protagonist of this event.
"I'm not going to play in this All-Star Game, and I won't be in the future, unless David Stern personally apologizes to me and the fans he ignored! ”
"I would like to ask Mr. David Stern to learn that I am not their husky, and I am not someone he can call and drink. I can't accept the explanation he gave at all, it's a conspiracy! It's a conspiracy against me! I hope he can give me a more reasonable explanation. ”
Lamar is crazy! When Lamar talks about the incident on television, almost everyone thinks Lamar is crazy.
Asking league chairman David Stern, the dictator, megalomaniac, tyrant to apologize to him, is even more unreasonable than O'Neal's fans forcing the league to turn the Big Sharks directly into the Western Conference All-Star starting center.
After David Stern learned the news, the only good impression he had of Lamar was gone, and he scoffed at such an unreasonable and absurd request. Stern feels that although Lamar is crowned as the first person in the league today, Lamar's actual value has not yet reached this height, and there is still a big gap compared with Michael Jordan back then.
In Stern's view, no matter how much fans like Lamar, there is a bottom line, and Lamar is not the only superstar in the league. Besides, since last year's All-Star Game, some of the topics on Lamar should no longer have the value of hyping up again, and no matter how wonderful the performance is, it will be boring to enjoy every year.
So Lamar automatically withdrew from the All-Star Game like this, and while Stern remained silent, he secretly rejoiced in his heart, he couldn't ask for it! This was just the right time to make his newly recognized godson LeBron James popular.
But David Stern underestimated Lamar's appeal among fans, and on the same day Lamar opened fire on the league, New York fans organized an even more massive protest march. Soon the front of the league headquarters building was once again crowded with protesting fans, and in the face of the black pressure in front of them, the league's top management felt a headache, and they couldn't even carry out normal work.
"Shit, shit!
David Stern was about to go crazy, and the front of his league headquarters building was like a vegetable market for the past two days, constantly surrounded by fans. Of course, if these fans came to cheer for him, of course he wouldn't mind, but every time these fans came to greet his mother, it was difficult for him to accept!
Stern roared regardless of the image, he could no longer care if the porcelain vase was really an antique, and he picked it up and smashed it.
"Mr. President, now is not the time to vent, we must do something about it, or you will be swept away. Stern's assistant was very calm and patiently reminded Stern.
"So what do you think you should do? Those guys out there are just a bunch of crazy people, a bunch of terrorists!"
"Isn't it just a player? It's not the Pope, why are these people going against me for that guy, why?" David Stern roared, looking like a manic man who had lost his mind.
"Grant Lamar's request!"
"What are you talking about? Are you asking me to throw in the towel to that bastard?" David Stern glared at his assistant with wide eyes. If his assistant didn't give him a reasonable explanation, I believe Stern would definitely throw this assistant down the fifteenth floor and give it to those fans to vent their anger.
"No! It's not a towel! We don't have to admit defeat, even if we apologize? Are we going to throw in the towel? No, Mr. President, that's not the case. No matter what time it is, you are the winner!"
"Wouldn't it be great to have Lamar go to the All-Star Game and use his fame to promote your league and end up benefiting from it? ”
Stern was a little tempted, he didn't understand this truth, but he was a little unconvinced: "But even if it succeeds, those people will say that it is all the credit of Lamar Odom, just like Michael Jordan back then." ”
"No, so what? The important thing is that when the NBA goes out into the world, the president of the league is you, the great Mr. David Stern!"
Stern was completely convinced, nodded and said, "Yo Xi! ”
"Yes, Chairman. ”
The question of Lamar's All-Star Game qualification has finally come to an end, and in the end, Stern's wishful thinking did not sound, but instead earned a brain-dead name. Lamar also accepted it when he saw it, nodding his head and agreeing to attend this year's All-Star Game.
After all, now that Lamar is still guilty, there is no need for him to further deteriorate his already stiff relationship with the alliance.
This year's All-Star Game is no better than last year's, Lamar is aiming for a championship, and he did not hesitate to refuse the league's request to participate in the Skills Contest (newly formed), the Three-Point Contest, and the Slam Dunk Contest.
In Lamar's view, there is no point in winning those titles at all, and the O'Brien Cup is king. What's more, he also didn't want to always get in the way of his teammates, Billups was about to lose sleep thinking about the title of three-point contest champion, and Arenas also decided to hit the slam dunk contest this year.
Lamar's affair is over, and the Knicks are back on the road. The previous loss to the Lakers didn't have much of an impact on the Knicks. After all, there is a big gap between the current team and the Lakers because of bans, injuries and suspensions, and the lineup. Besides, the Knicks have tried their best, and they have not given up for four quarters of the competition with the Lakers, although they still lost to the Lakers by 11 points in the end, but they can also be called defeated.
The loss to the Lakers at home also ended the Knicks' January journey, and the next February schedule was not too dense because of the All-Star Game. It also gave the Knicks, who were plagued by physical problems, a respite.
On Feb. 1, the Knicks challenged the Hornets as a team in North Hills New Orleans. The Hornets have not improved much this season, currently sitting in 11th place in the East, and basically have little hope of making the playoffs. But the Hornets don't want to just start playing for the lotto jackpot, and even if they lose, they have to let their opponents know that they are not easy to bully.
As a result, the Knicks, who happened to hit the muzzle, almost fell victim to their bee needle. Baron Davis played a rare high level in recent years in this game, and when he competed with Billups and Wade on the outside, he was really possessed by Charles Barkley, and it also made people understand why this guy had the strength to rank ahead of Lamar in the draft.
Although Lamar has been in the Knicks in recent years and has become one of the league's superstars, Baron Davis has fallen behind a little further due to successive injuries and stagnation. But the rising queen bee still let people see his strength, only in the first quarter of the game, relying on his strong breakthrough ability to score 11 points in the Knicks' head, beating the old spicy flounder to a disgraced face.
In the second quarter of the game, the Knicks, who were scolded by Jeff Van Gundy, finally woke up and began to exert their strength.
Devin Wade came up and forced the inside line, knocked PJ Brown into the air, and then turned around and slashed Huashan, declaring that he was possessed by the gods, and at the same time, he also showed the potential of a leader.
But soon, Baron Davis showed Wade what it meant to be happy and sad. Davis saw that his big ass had no good way to take Wade for a while, so he immediately changed his mind and began to shift his position. His tricks are not limited to eating with a big ass, but his mid-range pull-up shooting is also quite good.
That's why Barang Davis was ranked ahead of Lamar in the draft.
"Huh!"
"Huh!"
"Huh!"
The basketball drilled into the basket one by one, and Davis had many shooting points, so that the inexperienced Wade was not scratching his head at all. Realizing that he couldn't prevent it, Wade simply acted on the offensive end, and as a result, the two completed the mutual explosion of the opponent after the first quarter of the game.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the two main cores who were almost exhausted in the first half were replaced by their respective head coaches, sitting on the sidelines panting and sticking out their tongues. At this time, the gap in the overall strength of the two sides is also reflected. 2k reading web