Chapter 745: Arrogance
"Meng, what do you think about Kevin Garnett joining the Celtics and Shaq O'Neal joining the Suns?"
On August 1, 2007, when one after another blockbuster transactions and signings were impacting the entire league, Meng Xu took several signed stars under Odin to leisurely engage in the Odin brand tour of the United States, but when Meng Xu arrived at the last stop in Los Angeles with these signed stars, he was blocked by the Los Angeles media led by the Los Angeles Times.
Since the Odin brand became independent from Nike, Odin has been insisting on the signing plan of one star a year, signing Dwyane Wade in 03, Andre Iguodala in 04, Chris Paul in 05, and Brandon Roy in 06, and in this year's draft, Meng Xu originally liked Kevin Durant, but this time he was given a head start by Nike, and in desperation, Meng Xu could only retreat and sign this year's No. 4 pick Mike Conley, After signing with Mike Conley, Meng Xu took Odin's signed stars to start the annual national tour and meet the fans.
This season's offseason is indeed one hot trade after another, first the Suns exchanged the big shark O'Neal from the Heat, forming the Big Three lineup of O'Neal, Steve Nash, and Stoudemire, and then the Celtics brought in Kevin Garnett, forming the Big Three lineup of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett, and then the Los Angeles Lakers traded Ron Artest from the Kings to form Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest's three-All-Star lineup, coupled with the Spurs' GDP combination, the three-All-Star and superstar teaming seems to have become the mainstream of the league's powerhouses, but the Pacers, as the defending champions, have not moved this summer, and after re-signing Mutombo and Darko Milicic, there has been no action.
"Everyone's pursuit is different, some people want a big contract, some people want to achieve their ideals, and some people want to be champions, so everyone has to take a different path, I can understand their thoughts, whether it's Shaq or Kevin, they are not young now, so they want to take advantage of the time they can still play, there is no problem in fighting for a championship trophy, I don't think this is a violation of the league rules, let alone that they are targeting me and my team."
After the Suns and Celtics formed the Big Three, the public opinion of the entire United States immediately exploded, for their behavior of huddles, there are both praise and disapproval, the pro-side side thinks that they are helpless to do this, if they don't huddle, I'm afraid they will be like Karl Malone, Barkley, those stars of the same era as Jordan, no championship for life, opponents believe that their behavior is undoubtedly a very bad start for the latecomers, if after them, those stars who want to win the championship will also follow suit, Huddle warmly, that will definitely have a very bad impact on the entire NBA.
"Meng, you mean, you don't care if they are in a group or not, do you?" After Meng Xu answered that he could understand their idea of huddles, the reporter of the Los Angeles Times immediately followed the temptation, hoping to get a little bit of fierce information from Meng Xu's mouth, for the prevailing huddle style this summer, the Los Angeles Times is very shameful, although the Lakers are now also suspected of hugging, but they never aim at the Lakers, but keep accusing Kevin Garnett of being cowards, if they can't beat them, they want to win the championship, why not just join the Pacers? In fact, in the final analysis, it is the ass that decides the head, as a supporter of the Lakers, the Los Angeles Times has a deep prejudice against Kevin Garnett's refusal to come to the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, and instead chose to go to the Boston Celtics, the Lakers' sworn enemy.
"Haha, only great opponents can bring out the greatness of another person, just like Carl, Charles, Patrick, it is their excellence that brings out Michael's greatness, isn't it, so I don't care about Kevin and Shaq's choice, as long as I can beat them, then it doesn't make sense if they are three people together or four people together." Although he knew that the Los Angeles Times reporter's question had a trap, Meng Xu still followed his question and gave the answer he wanted, only a strong opponent can bring out his greatness, so Meng Xu didn't mind, whether they were grouped, whether they were going to target themselves, as long as they could defeat them, then everything would not be a problem.
And after Meng Xu's answer ended, Dwyane Wade and others, who were interviewed by reporters with Meng Xu, were directly stunned by Meng Xu's domineering answer, Michael Conley, who had just entered the league, looked at Meng Xu's confident face with admiration, and at the same time fantasized in his heart, when can I be like this with the boss, although Meng Xu is also a player, but Meng Xu has shares in Odin and the right to speak as a signed player, these players under Odin, In private, they also call Meng Xu the boss.
"Meng, do you mean that as long as you are here, even if the four superstars form a team, there is no way to defeat you, right?" After hearing Meng Xu's answer, although he was very disgusted with Meng Xu's arrogance, the reporter of the Los Angeles Times was still very excited in his heart, but in order to prevent Meng Xu from repenting, the reporter of the Los Angeles Times asked Meng Xu more carefully.
"Yes."
When Meng Xu nodded yes, the reporter of the Los Angeles Times immediately thought of tomorrow's front page headline in his heart, since Meng Xu is so arrogant and arrogant, then he doesn't mind adding fuel to the fire and making him more arrogant.
"As long as I'm here, you'll never want to win the championship!"
When the Los Angeles Times published a color photo of Meng Xu in the sports section of the next day, and wrote such a paragraph in bold and enlarged font, the media in the United States immediately boiled, some praised Meng Xu's self-confidence and dominance, and naturally some angrily criticized Meng Xu.
Although the outside world is repeatedly discussing this report from the Los Angeles Times, in the NBA circle, no player or coach has publicly stood up to refute Meng Xu's statement, not because they don't want to, but because Meng Xu has brought them too much pressure, even O'Neal, who has always been incompatible with Meng Xu, chose to swallow his anger at this time.
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