Chapter 164: Destiny

Zhou Xuan not only has his own scenery, but also affects the fate of many people.

Zhou Gaozhuo and Masha have become celebrities in China. There are often reporters who come to interview, it turns out that relatives who can't see each other twice a year come to visit with gifts in three days, and Zhou Xuan and a group of classmates who were originally ordinary also ran home, and there are many people who want to recognize their godfathers and godmothers, and they can't get rid of them.

The Chinese basketball atmosphere has begun to change. Many young people like basketball because of the "Slam Dunk" comics, who are more than 1.8 meters tall, and there are many people who run to the basket to grab rebounds. Those who can break through, the ball sticks to their hands and can not pass without passing, and they can do more alone. These people think of themselves as Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede. Now that there is a real example, young people have opened up and feel that they should learn from Zhou Xuan to play like that, so that they can get ahead in the future. A group of people started spending time practicing shooting, passing.

In the past, I felt that Mu Shenyi was the strongest person in the comics, and I began to suspect that the guy was actually a tumor, facing the 168CM Miyagi Ryota who broke through frequently, never pulled out the jump shot, never blocked and handed over to the inside line to play misplaced, is this called a point guard? It's a cancer, right?

Because Zhou Xuan made the most profits, it was the manufacturer of "copycat products", which was a fake, to put it bluntly. All products related to Zhou Xuan sell very well, copycat jerseys, copycat sneakers, copycat toy models, and even the new Olsen sisters "TheRow" are copycats, and they sell very well online, as long as they are worn by Zhou Xuan, and the shapes on the posters can be sold for a lot of money.

Because Zhou Xuan is unlucky, there are also many people, and the first ones are those who have crossed paths with him.

Coach Mike who was beaten? Rice became a vagrant, temporarily forgotten, and former Rutgers University player development director Eric ? Murdoch is in the news again.

At the time of the abuse, Murdoch also said that many of the players had moved to other schools because of Rice's behavior. By then, he had left his job and looked like a righteous man who loved basketball.

However, the story suddenly took a turn for the worse last week. The New York Times reported that the FBI is investigating Murdoch on charges of extortion from Rutgers University. On Saturday, ESPN obtained a letter from a lawyer Murdoch asking for $950,000 from Rutgers University. The letter alleges that the money was to seek a solution to Rutgers' wrongful dismissal of Murdoch, and that if Rutgers refused to pay, then he would file a lawsuit in court. Rutgers declined the request, and Murdoch anonymously provided ESPN with a video of Rice abusing the player.

Rice was not prosecuted, but he just lost his job, and Murdoch, who recruited Zhou Xuan at the time, was about to go to prison.

Another unlucky guy is Clippers guard Mike? Taylor. The Clippers lacked a point guard, but he was cut before the non-guaranteed contract player regularization deadline expired, citing owner Raheem Sterling's unpleasant view of him. Raheem Sterling would rather go to the free market again to find someone than see this "broom star". In the summer, as long as the Clippers uniform team and the Rockets trade Zhou Xuan, it will not cost much to make a comeback, and it is precisely because of Taylor's existence that they have given up this idea.

And the unluckiest man is Clippers general manager Elgin? Baylor.

The Clippers signed for the top pick, and Sterling was furious after they missed out on a potential star. DeAndrew, who replaced Zhou Xuan? Jordan didn't have a chance to play at all, since he didn't plan to use him, what did he choose for? No one can stop Sterling's neuropathy, he first drove away the scouts, and then forced the team manager Elgin? Baylor leaves.

Baylor is truly a tragic man, almost unsurpassed in the history of basketball, and he was famously unlucky when he was a player.

Baylor averaged 27 per game in his career. 4 points, ranking 4th and 13th all-time. 5 rebounds ranked 10th all-time, and there were 4 left. 3 assists. As one of the best scorers in NBA history, apart from Chamberlain, only Baylor has averaged more than 38 points per game in a single season, and he also grabbed 18 that year. 6 rebounds. In the 1962-1963 season, Baylor became the first player in history to rank in the top five in the league in all four skill statistics (points, rebounds, assists, free throw percentage). But because there was a monster named Chamberlain at that time, people had never seen his name on the throne of scoring champion and rebounding champion.

In his 14 seasons with the Lakers, Baylor has never missed the playoffs, except for the last two years of injury and eventual retirement. In the 12 years with him at the core, the Lakers reached the Finals eight times. He was the playoff scoring champion four years in a row, and his greatest performance was the 61 points in a single game in the Finals, which has not been surpassed to this day. But for well-known reasons, on the ring of champions, his name is never inscribed. 14-year career, 11 All-Star, 10-time All-Star First Team. Best Rookie and All-Star Game MVP turned out to be Baylor's highest honor. At the regular season MVP award ceremony, he was never seen.

Him and Jerry? West's Lakers were suppressed by the Celtics throughout the '60s and never won a championship. In the 1971-1972 season, Baylor, who had been plagued by injuries for many years, retired after playing nine games. Unfortunately, this season, the Lakers created a 33-game winning streak in the regular season and finally won the championship, which really makes people lament Baylor's bad luck.

Now, Baylor has been forced out of his position as manager of the team he has held for 22 years, and the Clippers have claimed that he left voluntarily, and Baylor feels insulted. And the direct reason for his expulsion was that the team missed Zhou Xuan. Of course, in fact, Baylor has done too many things wrong to count, and Zhou Xuan is just a fuse. Dunleavy, the coach who originally proposed to bring in Zhou Xuan, became the new manager.

Zhou Xuan's hatred effect is far more than that, at present, Chinese fans live every day to eat and drink enough to scold the Basketball Association, they think that if Zhou Xuan enters the national team in the 2008 Olympic Games, he may have won the championship at home.

Calls for reform of the basketball association are getting louder and louder, and many fans want China to pick new players from the campus and conduct a draft like the United States. But that's just wishful thinking.

First of all, the two countries are different, there is no school in the United States that specializes in training athletes, and it advocates studying well and then engaging in the sports they like. In China, athletes are all from sports schools, sacrificing their time to study in order to make themselves famous.

Secondly, Chinese children do not have the freedom to practice sports. Parents prefer to let their children participate in cram classes in their spare time, or practice calligraphy, learn Chinese painting, play musical instruments, memorize ancient poems, and so on. Although these are not needed in real life, parents generally believe that it is necessary to be literary and elegant, in case you travel to ancient times, you can be a prince, a villain, and almost a super scholar, the best family or something......

The United States is different, students after school, they all want to do whatever they want, they want to play basketball, such students want to play from the bottom of their hearts, play well, so the effect is outstanding.

The most recent is that the United States has built a complete basketball system, with competitions in junior high schools, high schools, colleges, states, and neighborhoods. And there are also a lot of spectators, compared to commercial games like the NBA, some viewers prefer to watch games like the NCAA that are not commercial in nature and have more than enough passion.

In China, there is no mass base in this regard, the poor go out early and go to work late, and those with children are tired to death, and they have no time to do anything else. Even if you are single, even if you don't date, it is better to watch more TV, play games, and sleep more when you have some time. The rich people are all going to socialize, chatting at the wine table, who has time to watch the game?

Therefore, sports in the United States is a virtuous circle, but in China it is a vicious circle. Americans play for fun, while China sacrifices time and lives for the sake of play.

The failure of basketball to develop is not only the fault of the Basketball Association, but also the "bystander fan".

Recently, the Warriors have not been clean inside. Andris? Biedrins finally made his displeasure public. He was also widely favored in the summer and was considered the leader of the new generation of centers, but since Randolph arrived, he has taken up the job of a power forward, with shorter playing time and shrinking statistics. His agent, the well-known Dan Fagan, had a conversation with the Warriors' uniform crew.

Despite signing a big contract, Biedrins didn't want to fall into a blue-collar dilemma, so he offered to re-enter the interior and play the familiar center position, let Randolph defend the pick-and-roll, or simply trade him to other teams, there are too many teams that lack a center.

Letting Randolph go to the pick-and-roll is definitely not going to work, and after the Warriors' uniform team has deliberated, they have begun to prepare to trade Biedrins. If it weren't for Zhou Xuan and Randolph's blocking and dismantling, Biedrins would be the team's non-sale.

Biedrins has a high trade value, and a six-year contract of 54 million is not too high. He proved himself to be excellent last season, and when Randolph was not here, he averaged 11+11 data per game.

The Detroit Pistons were interested in Biedrins in the summer, and as a trade chip, they were even willing to send Chauncey? Billups, at that time, the Warriors refused, they believe that an old guard is not worth as much as a top-10 potential center in the league, after all, a player like Billups, who is almost 32 years old, will have a hard time adapting to the Warriors' fast-paced offensive and defensive style, and they just want to put Harrington at the negotiating table.

Now the Warriors' goal is to bring back a player who moves fast and is good at blocking and pick-and-roll, and doesn't need the classic, slashing No. 4 position, but must be good at defense.

It's still easy to find such a rough guy, but the Warriors are more troublesome because they try to find someone with a contract as big as Biedrins and whose contract expires in the next two years. Waiting for Zhou Xuan's contract to expire is convenient for a big contract to keep people, which is another important reason why they want to send Biedrins. Randolph, Jackson, Margety, and Ellis already have high salaries, and Biedlings is close to 10 million annual salaries.