Chapter 108: Back to Basics
"Leon, you can't stop talking, don't you have anything to say about Erwin's comeback?"
The reporter was dumbfounded, the magician didn't talk much at all, and Zhang Mao didn't want to talk again, so they still played with eggs!
Zhang Mao shrugged his shoulders, and finally realized that the magic really didn't want to talk much, and he could only act as the team's microphone again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Now in the Lakers' pre-game and post-game press conferences, even head coach Harris rarely takes the initiative to speak, and a group of people just listen to him and talk about it.
But there is no way, who told reporters to only like to interview him alone, and as a result, the Lakers players are even more reluctant to participate in the press conference, and they will be ignored anyway.
These media are willing to interview Zhang Mao, of course, because of the report on him, people will watch him.
Fans don't want to watch interviews that are like memorizing scripts, among all public figures, Zhang Mao is a turbid current in the vast clear stream.
In the previous game against the Pistons, his sentence "Go with the wind, and you must pay attention behind you", after the game, it became a popular buzzword all over the United States, and even has a tendency to spread to the world.
"Well, since it's still early, I'll talk a little more."
Zhang Zhu's tone is like saving these reporters who lack great virtue.
But these words immediately cheered up the reporters in the audience who were short of water in the five elements, and the comeback of the emotional magician was not as newsworthy as he was to say two sassy words there.
"I've been suffering from the handsomeness and the performance on the pitch that I shouldn't have at my age, I've been tired. But now I can finally relax because we have a core that has won 3 NBA MVPs, 5 NBA championships, and 3 NBA Finals MVPs...... yes, I'm scared that it's going to be too easy right now, you don't know how Erwin is in training, and I think he's going to surprise you guys today, that all-powerful Magic is back. ā
The magician felt very cool on the side, Zhang Fu not only said sassy words and sarcastic people everywhere, but also made people happy when he said nice things.
He is also happy to have Zhang Fu to sing the leading role, as a successful person who has earned hundreds of millions of dollars by investment, he doesn't care what the media writes about him now, at this time he only cares about his position in the Hall of Fame when he really retires, and what position will fans put him in the future when they mention him?
To put it simply, the realm of him and Zhang Fu is different, "name before and after death", he cares more about "name after death", "name after death" He already has it, and Zhang Fu is still working hard at this stage, which is the key to their impossible conflict.
Magic's business savvy, unlike most of the stars who retire and sit on the empty side, Magic's current net worth is mostly earned from business, and he actually didn't make much money during his playing years, because he didn't catch up with the era of skyrocketing wages.
It's interesting, and it's worth a look.
It was one day in 1991, and the 32-year-old Magic knocked on the door of the office of the team's owner, Jerry Buss, and said to Bass with his trademark grin: "Boss, Sam Perkins' salary this year is $3 million, and mine is only $2.4 million, and I want to increase my salary." ā
The original "Big Sleeper" Sam Perkins survived to the level of Odom, and he didn't have any honors other than a first-team All-Rookie team with the Dallas Mavericks six years ago.
The 2.06-meter-tall big man in front of Buss with the skill and flashy passing skills of a small player has the following on his resume for the past 12 seasons: one All-Star Game MVP, three Finals MVP, three regular season MVPs, five NBA championships, 11 All-Star selections and 11 All-Star of the Year teams.
Old Bass thought that the contract he signed was not easy to change, otherwise everyone would ask for a salary increase, would he agree to it one by one?
So, he decided to play a trick, it was impossible for his salary to rise, but he was ready to lend Magic Johnson $3 million in the name of a loan, but according to the content of the contract, he basically gave Magic 3 million to start a business, which was to appease him with his low salary.
But there is a small premise, that is, Magic Johnson must buy a life insurance, and the insurance company requires that the magician must pass a medical examination before this life insurance can be signed.
The magician would never have dreamed that a routine physical examination would announce a turning point in his life, and his medical examination report showed that he was HIV positive.
This was the beginning of the tragedy of the magician, which turned out to be a salary increase.
Although even if his illness is not exposed because of this incident, this disease will attack sooner or later.
As for why many stars are resisting his comeback, it is because at this time the HIV virus is still considered a terrible disease that can only be transmitted among homosexuals, and people do not have a deep understanding of how it spreads.
After the pre-game press conference and the two returned to the locker room, the Lakers players who had been ambushed for a long time greeted the original owner of the arena with some streamers and other things that only elementary school students use, which made the magic laugh again.
"Okay, let's celebrate after the game."
The magician said with a smile, and Zhang Yu pointed to the largest and most luxurious wardrobe in the dressing room, which was originally his wardrobe, but he sensibly gave it to the magician.
"I'm not polite, you're back, I'm sure I can't use that wardrobe anymore, that's my respect for you."
Zhang Fu knows that the magician can not care about how the media reports it, nor can he care about the core position of the team, but no one is exempt from these face-saving things, if Zhang Fu does not take the initiative to give up this wardrobe, then he can only say that he is not sensible.
Of course, the magician will not be polite, this is like the ranking of a large family at dinner, no matter how wise and martial the current head of the family is, even if his contribution to the family is greater than that of all the previous families combined, he will let the previous generation of the family head who is still alive sit in the main seat.
Zhang Wei is not dissatisfied with this, and even he was notified in today's order of appearance that he was moved to the first place, and Magic will be the last Lakers player to play, and this season will be the same, but he also has no dissatisfaction, because this is what should be done.
The Magic didn't make a comeback speech before the game, in fact, they have been training together for more than two months, and they have been playing team training games for the past month, and what should be said has been said for a long time, and now they have only one goal - to kill the Bulls and Jordan!
'They're also back-to-back, or away back-to-back, we don't have a physical disadvantage, and it's our home stadium, it's our turf, and now it's ...... Let's end their winning streak! ā
The magician just gave everyone a few words of encouragement, but the same words were said by him, and the effect was indeed very different from Zhang Zhu.
Zhang Yi also discovered that since the magician officially joined the joint training, no one in the team dared to be lazy anymore, he used to just make these guys afraid of him, but Van Exel's thorn is just a yin and yang violation, what should be done when he turns his head.
But once the magician gives an order, even a thorn like Van Exel, can only obey his orders, and dare not disobey in the slightest.
That's where true locker room leaders come in, and the Lakers' outstanding record this month is inextricably linked to the Magic's control of the locker room, helping Zhang to make the Lakers' locker room impregnable, and making the Lakers more united and tenacious.
Zhang is not yet a qualified locker room leader, and he only recently learned that the NBA's locker room leader is not the same as the leader on the court, he is now the team's on-court leader, but not the locker room leader.
The locker room leader of an NBA team may not necessarily be the team's leading scorer, but he is definitely the hardest-working, most influential, and most professional on the team.
He must be able to inspire his teammates with his actions, he must be able to use his influence and experience to correct his teammates' mistakes, and if his teammates make mistakes, they must criticize and give encouragement, and they must be convincing, so that he is a dressing room leader, and it is difficult to convince the crowd without a certain level of qualifications.
Zhang is not yet a qualified locker room leader, and his criticism often keeps his teammates in a slump because he only criticizes but does not encourage, and he is often unconvincing.
During last year's playoffs, Pippen refused to play because he was not satisfied that the last shot assigned by the Zen master was not him.
That's why there is no leader in the locker room who really holds down the field, and if Jordan is still on the team, even if he lends Pippen two guts, he will not dare to play this temper.
Zhang is now a qualified on-field leader, and his clear judgment of the game situation makes him qualified for the role of on-field coach, but it will probably take a few seasons to become a locker room leader.
The atmosphere in the Bulls locker room is a little weird, Pippen and Rodman don't have a good relationship, but here it's more that Pippen hates Rodman because his story with Madonna comes first, and then it's Rodman's turn, and Pippen's second brother is the ex who has fallen out of favor.
That's why there are cases where the "big worm" takes the initiative to speak for him, and Rodman's heartless character often does unexpected things. He can hold grudges for a while, and take the initiative to show favor for a while, and the ghost knows if tomorrow will break out the words that he admires Zhang Qi again.
Jordan had always been jealous that both guys had been favored by Madonna, and Pippen had been Madonna's male favorite for a while, and that was during the Bulls' first dynasty.
Back then, Madonna often drove a luxury RV to pick up Pippen to be merry.
Jordan was not convinced, and at that time he said to Madonna: "Let go of that Pippen, I can make you happy to close your legs, so tall that you don't know where to go!" ā
Madonna smiled, looked at the lower half of Brother Pi's lower body, looked at Jordan again, and sneered: "Save it, it's absolutely impossible." ā
Now Jordan is finally not so mentally retarded, this time he is silent, and completely stands in the perspective of the onlookers to watch the broken things of these two generations of male pets, I don't know whether to call it "Harem Pi Er" or "Harem Deman".
Zhang Wei also felt that this matter was very broken, and he had to mock this shit harem story after the game.
And when he thought of these two darlings, they could still stay and play together, and he didn't have a good impression of these superstars in his heart.
Although he himself is not a good bird, at least he is not as disgusting as these two, and "fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter" is not suitable to describe him and these people.
Of course, he didn't see that there were more disgusting things in the future, such as the deeds of a certain sister flower are not inferior to Madonna, and it is really "there are women in the country and mountains for more than ten years", and the horizontal criticism is "one generation is stronger than the next".
The off-court stories of NBA players are extremely spicy, but the stories on the court are very enjoyable.
So it's good to just watch the game, it's still nice to watch, especially with the two returning legends who make today's game more interesting than the national live broadcast.
Who says the ratings of live streaming in the U.S. will necessarily be higher?
This is definitely a rumor, even if there is only one TV station that broadcasts live, but as long as everyone comes to watch, it will definitely have higher ratings than the national live broadcast.
Today there was an all-American live broadcast two hours ago, and it was the absolute highlight of the Rockets vs Magic.
But the ratings for this game were not high, because everyone was waiting to see the matchup between Magic and Jordan.
The league and major TV stations couldn't have guessed that the Magic would pick this game to come back, and they couldn't schedule the game to be broadcast live in the United States in the morning, but that didn't affect the ratings of the main event in the slightest.
The Lakers' entrance ceremony has become slower today than ever, as the DJ has to devote a longer time to the Magic after introducing Zhang.
But what hasn't changed is that Zhang Mao's magnesium powder sprinkling session is still the focus of the audience, and there are still a large number of "No. 14" jerseys at no less than "No. 32".
Zhang's historic performance in the first 20 games made him the Lakers' number one star early on.
Although the status of the magic is high, he is unlikely to have too much impact on Zhang Mao's core and tactical position in the team, and the Lakers still have to rely on this "koala baby" to win.
Today, the Lakers have an extra link in the entrance ceremony, Elvin Johnson came to the middle of the court to reminisce about the past with the fans after sprinkling magnesium powder on Zhang, and commented on the present, and finally looked forward to the future.
The Bulls players said they stood stupidly in the tunnel for more than ten minutes, which is unreasonable!
At 9:05 p.m., the fans in front of the TV finally saw all the players on both sides enter the field, and the players of both teams will have to warm up for at least ten minutes on the field, and the game will be at least 15 minutes later than scheduled.
"There are still too few fans!" After Zhang Yu came out, he glanced at the female fans on the sidelines, and thought of the two female fans who had not yet succeeded, and his heart began to itch again.
"Fortunately, I've saved 2,300 competition points, and as long as I don't fight like today, I should be able to exchange two cards for kicking and start officially contacting Miss Mira."
Today, none of his three good-looking fans are there, but they will definitely enjoy his performance in front of the TV, which is also a kind of motivation.
Zhang Qi cleaned up his mood and looked towards the Bulls' halfcourt, and saw a horse face from afar, as well as a 2B youth who dyed his hair green, and of course, a basketball god with an expressionless face.
He could see that Jordan's face was a little old, but there was no edge on his body, and he looked a little back to basics.
Zhang Wei felt that this kind of back-to-basics talent was really terrifying, which was much more terrifying than Jordan, who was sharp in the previous seven years.
A long time ago, he imagined the moment when he competed with Jordan, what would he say to the other party, and how would Jordan respond?
But now that he has really met this childhood idol, Zhang Mao does not have the slightest fan emotion in his heart, he didn't even say a word to the other party, just a polite hug before the opening, and then said "Good luck".