Although many people present thought that Huang Yu's words were a response, after all, in an interview after the Knicks preseason, the reporter asked Gallinari how he felt about the selection of the best rookie last season!

Suddenly, this eldest brother said that he thought that Huang Yu was not worthy of his name, and he was just brushing data under the protection of Kobe!

The reporter didn't expect him to react so much, after all, this question interviewed a lot of rookies after the best rookie was released, and at that time I didn't find Gallinari so I didn't ask, and I don't blame the reporter for being disrespectful, who made the Knicks not even touch the threshold of the playoffs, Gallinari returned to his hometown Italy after the regular season and after finishing his work in the United States.

So many rookies have been interviewed, but only a few went home early, and the editor-in-chief of the media left a task to ask this question, in case someone can't hold back a big news!

Sure enough, the Gallina rate fired first! There are also some rookies who stand with him, but most of them are in the second round, and few can get mixed in the first round without growing their heads!

So Huang Yu scolded him directly for this goods! There is no need to show him a little affection, although it is said that managing your network in the league is crucial to your career, but this Italian big mouth! Like Bogut's goods, he can't play All-Star data in his life!

However, Bogut mixed a championship ring with the Warriors at the end of his career, which is considered a relatively complete career, but Gallinari is like this! Unless a championship-level team is in dire need of a backup small forward, and it just so happens that he doesn't have a contract, he may be signed! After all, there aren't many small forwards like him who are tall and have three-point points, but his weaknesses are also very obvious, his athleticism is extremely poor, and his defense is sparse! It's about the same as Huang Yu, who just entered the alliance.

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The reporter heard the comment from Huang Yu's mouth that Gallinari was a parallel import, and suddenly concentrated, after all, the atmosphere of being painted by Kobe and Zen Master Tai Chi and thin mud was already a little dull, and Huang Yu's speech was undoubtedly a booster!

As for whether Huang Yu clearly pointed out that he was talking about Gallinari, who cares, our reports are always suspicious or possible! If you want to sue us, you don't have a chance, this is the experience summed up by many ancestors, and we must pass it on perfectly.

"Rain, do you think you're ahead of Gallinari?"

After listening to these two questions, Huang Yu was a little helpless, Nima! Sowing discord also depends on the situation! Now that I am not flustered, and I am not angry, how can I say brainless words for you to report.

When other reporters saw that this peer was so two, they hurriedly distanced themselves and others from him, and they didn't grasp the timing of the question, and they looked like a rookie!

"I think what's the use of being low, after all, I'm not the champion! After all, the pick doesn't mean everything, as long as I have the strength, even if I'm a second-round pick, I will still shine, of course, if I choose again, there will definitely be many teams that want to select me. Of course, there are not so many ifs, I am now a member of the Lakers, and it was the Lakers who chose me! ”

Huang Yu's answer is very simple, that is, he shows his strong self-confidence, and he will not offend the uniform group of the Lakers, although Kobe Bryant suggested that Huang Yu be traded, but it is the uniform group that makes the effort, if Huang Yu can't play, then trading Huang Yu with Ariza will be scolded as brain-dead, this pot will not be thrown to Kobe Bryant, who gave advice, then only the uniform team will knock out their teeth and swallow blood.

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After the interview, many media took Huang Yu's words as headlines! And put his consecutive triple-double hits and points up! And slightly exaggerated (about 80% of the full text) to attract the attention of fans, Huang Yu's arrogant words did not cause many fans to be dissatisfied, after all, Huang Yu is a-for-tat person, and Uncle Sam has nothing to do with it!

Although the government of the United States claims to be the world's policeman, ordinary people are not! People living in the city are under high pressure, and they can't manage their own affairs every day, how can they have so much spare time to pay attention to the battle between the two outer nuts!

However, the fans in New York are not so calm, and a group of hillbillies from the Nets always want to conquer the big market in New York! This makes Knicks fans very anxious, they are giants! Even if the glory of the past is gone, it can't be surpassed by a hillbilly in the same city!

But fortunately, the Nets have also been terrible in recent seasons, and they haven't surpassed the Knicks by much! Just two positions? Of course, from the eastern side, it is only two positions behind. With the Warriors 29-52, the Timberwolves 24-57, the Grizzlies 23-58 and the Thunder 22-59, these jewels are in front, the Knicks' 31-50 is already a good record, as for the perennial bottom of the Clippers, and the increasingly bad Kings just ignore it.

However, to meet with the Knicks, the Lakers still have a long time, and it is estimated that there will be no drama before December! And the Lakers' next opponent is the city brothers Clippers! Although the Clippers signed the bearded Byron Davis last season, the integration was not good, and it did not achieve the expected results, and the communication problem with Dunleavy was a hard injury.

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Huang Yu stood in the familiar venue, looking at the somewhat unfamiliar floor! To be honest, the Lakers played the Clippers away last season, and the first few yellow rains didn't react, and I thought it was the Lakers' home court! As a result, the effort to go to the toilet and return to the locker room in the middle of the court almost rushed to the locker room of the Clippers, but fortunately, the security guard at Staples Arena reminded him that he did not make a joke.

Although the whole arena is full of people, it obviously doesn't feel like playing away, and most of the Clippers fans are also Lakers fans.

Many Clippers fans think so, there is no conflict of interest between such two teams in Los Angeles, a team that ranks in the championship ranks, and a team that is at the bottom of the lottery all year round and often dangles in the lotto area, it is completely incomparable!

One mountain can't tolerate two tigers, unless one male and one female? But it's clear that this description doesn't work with the Lakers and Clippers, and it's inevitable that the two teams will compete in one city, but why do the Lakers and Clippers get along so well?

This starts with Sterling, the owner of the Clippers, whose main business is real estate, and his focus is mainly in Los Angeles, and after seeing the success of his old friend Buss running the Lakers, he was also ready to move, so he bought the San Diego Clippers at the suggestion of Buss, and has always wanted to move the Clippers to Los Angeles, in the summer of 1984, after negotiations with the league failed, he decided to move the Clippers to Los Angeles, which immediately caused a great shock in the NBA.

In order to compete with the other three major sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL), the NBA has detailed rules for team relocation to avoid teams being grouped together. Even if both teams come to the same city for unavoidable reasons, the latecomer must pay an expansion fee to the first to arrive. When the NBA and ABA merged in 1976, the ABA's New York Nets paid 4.8 million to the Knicks.

After the approval of the alliance, there is still a 4.8 million expansion fee, and Sterling dares to move without the approval of the alliance, how should this be punished? At that time, Chairman Stern had only been in office for less than 5 months, and it is estimated that Sterling had planned this relocation for a long time, otherwise he would not have been so accurate and so quick to hit the league by surprise, and the Clippers' unauthorized relocation has become the first problem to test Stern's leadership of the NBA.

Although Stern is a lawyer, he can be eloquent, and he is good at citing rules and regulations to arm and support his decisions, and this time his opponent Sterling is also a lawyer, and he is also extremely good at ripping off, according to the rules, Stern issued a sky-high fine of 25 million (including penalty fees and expansion fees paid to the Lakers), but Sterling did everything possible to cheat and refuse to pay, which made Stern angry.

The first fire of establishing majesty was almost extinguished, and Stern, who had no authority and appeal among NBA owners, first threatened to sue in court in the face of Rippy like Sterling (but according to monopoly law, such matters need to be resolved by sports leagues according to internal regulations), and then held a joint meeting of owners to try to reach an agreement by voting to force Sterling to sell the team. But the bosses responded with few responses.

When Stern took over, many teams were just barely breaking even, and only a few big city teams like the Lakers could make a lot of money, so many owners were eager for the NBA to be as evenly divided as the NFL, but they couldn't do it! Until the Clippers moved to Los Angeles without authorization and directly carved up the Lakers market, many owners saw hope, and Stern's first fire was stabbed back by Sterling, so these bosses were silent about it, and chose to abstain from voting very tacitly, watching the gaffe continue to develop, and maybe they will add to the fire when the time is right, of course, it is sure that whose interests are greater will add to the fire over there.

Because the bosses collectively watched the excitement, the Clippers relocation incident was at an impasse for a while, which made Stern very unable to get off the stage. In the end, it was the "victim" Jerry Bass who came forward to coordinate, and Sterling took out 6 million.

So the Clippers' road to rot began, and 90% of the people believed that the reason for the perennial bottom was Sterling's instructions, because this product had a criminal record, and after buying the San Diego Clippers that year, he instructed the team to swing badly to seek the top pick, and was heavily fined $10,000. It stands to reason that many teams have deliberately played badly, but why is Raheem Sterling the only one to be punished? Because not only did he do it, but he also publicly stated that he was deliberately messing around. Just like racism, you may be able to do it privately but never say it publicly, and Sterling is openly justified.

In the 33 years he has been at the helm of the Clippers, the Clippers have failed to qualify for the playoffs 26 times, so they have selected many high-ranking rookies, but few rookies can play, and even if they do, it is difficult to get a high contract extension. How do you get it?

After the unauthorized relocation, Sterling became a fly in Stern's ears, but at the same time, Sterling gradually became an ally, leader, and spokesman for the owners of the small ball city.

The so-called different ways do not conspire with each other, and if the same ways are the same, friends are treacherous. Miseren Sterling's hardcore allies among NBA owners are also mostly misers: Wizards late owner Abby Boleyn, former Hornets owner George Sinn, former Bucks owner Herb Kerr, former Suns owner Jerry Cronjilo, and former Cavaliers owner The Gunder brothers. Every time the NBA owners have a meeting, these people will be waiting for Sterling to come forward and say a few words.

In fact, Sterling is not the leader of the NBA bosses at all, he can only be regarded as the spokesman of a stingy small group, and every time the owners of the small ball city try to get a piece of the pie of the big ball city team, many small ball city owners habitually expect Sterling to come forward to make a mess, and Sterling also enjoys the feeling of being needed by these bosses.

As far as Sterling's virtue is concerned, I know that he doesn't plan to use the Clippers to make money for him, so he is not afraid of being targeted by Stern at all, rich people don't have to play with a toy often, as long as it doesn't break down there! Although Stern faced this scoundrel and tried many times to get him to sell the Clippers in order to clean up the league's environment, there was no way! Although Sterling has done stupid things of one kind or another, he rarely makes people hold the handle!

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For example, taking a woman into the locker room to visit, while the players were in the shower, and unabashedly saying, "Look at these beautiful black bodies" and other statements, although this matter was poked out, but there is no clear evidence that he is racist! So these things can only make people hate him more, but there is still nothing they can do about him!

In 2003, Sterling was sued by a female employee named Davenport, who accused the Clippers owner of sexual harassment, and also revealed that Sterling had made racist remarks in front of her more than once.

Like sexual harassment, racial discrimination! Things like that often appear in the news related to the Clippers, but they never go away!

And Sterling's stinginess is well-known in the NBA, refusing to hire trainers for the team, letting former coach Paul Silas bandage players, and some fans won the shooting contest held by the Clippers, but because Sterling refused to pay the paltry $1,000 and was sued in court. The Clippers are one of the latest teams in the NBA to buy planes and hire assistant coaches, and their executive salaries are among the lowest in the NBA.

Just some time ago (the timeline in the book), Elgin Baylor, the former manager of the Clippers, sued Sterling for illegally firing employees because of age and racial discrimination. Baylor unceremoniously portrayed Sterling as a slave owner of the "plantation" of the Clippers! And the team management and players under him are his slaves*, oppressed and exploited!

Baylor revealed that his monthly salary was only $3,000 in the 80s, and even in the 21st century, when executives like Riley often earned more than 10 million a year, Baylor's annual salary was only 350,000 at its peak. The income gap between Baylor and his peers is astonishing, and although he is not as successful as Riley, he is at least famous! (Baylor said: I can't carry the pot of the team's poor record and bad operation!) Ask for a reasonable annual salary! ）

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