Chapter 207: Love and Hate
"Well, this Zhang Kong really makes people a little unsure of what to do, this kid is really arrogant!" Sitting in his office, David Stern, the head of the league, watched the ongoing game between the Magic and the Pacers on TV, his eyes narrowed, and the young men standing next to him didn't dare to say much, just stood there.
They naturally understand what the old man who has controlled the league for several years is thinking, this Zhang Kong, who is playing, is really a delicious big piece of meat in front of a fat man with cholesterol, everyone wants to eat it, but after eating it, eighty percent will be fat and overfat, but if they don't eat it, they will be hungry, and now David Stern is the fat man.
This old man has exhausted all his strength and all his mind to make the NBA a well-known brand in the world.
Like the football league on the other side of Europe, he is confident that basketball will become a supersport in the world.
He's almost succeeded, because of the old masters, he squeezed the NBA into the four major leagues in the United States.
Because of Michael Jordan, he let the whole world know about basketball, let the whole world know that the best basketball league is the United States.
Through the operation of a system, including the Lakers dynasty, the Bulls dynasty, and the chaos of the early 20th century, he successfully raised the status of basketball in the United States, and has squeezed out ice hockey to become the third largest league in the United States, but in the face of baseball and football, basketball can only be relegated to third, but this seems to David Stern is only a matter of time.
Now he is more interested in the overseas market, people in Europe do not accept the idea of rugby, baseball is only played more in the Ben side, compared to rugby and baseball, basketball in Europe is not so popular, but it is not too bad.
European basketball leagues are now learning from their soccer leagues, the ball market is constantly expanding, and many NBA-level players have gone to Europe to pan for gold, so Europe has become more interested in basketball than before.
In addition to Europe, Asia is another important base for David Stern, as the largest in Asia, but also the richest market in a country, China will always be a matter on David Stern's mind, the original rough and buses are all he advocated the introduction, but unfortunately the two did not make any waves in the NBA, until Yao Ming joined.
With the development of Chinese sports in recent years, almost up to ninety-nine, down to the children who can just walk, all know Yao Ming's name, and by the way, the NBA has also become a famous brand.
Think about the huge base of China's 1.3 billion people, this is simply a big cake, in the era of football downturn, Stern brought basketball into the eyes of Chinese sports fans, and opened the door to China with Yao Ming seasoning, and if you want to really occupy the Chinese market, you need more Chinese players to attract more Chinese players.
Yi Jianlian, who originally had high hopes for him, performed well in the international arena and in China, but in the NBA, the data is like Wang Erxiao's New Year, every year is not as good as a year, and Zhang Kong was born in such a situation.
But Zhang Kong's surname really makes David Stern love and hate, this guy never attends any official NBA party, and he will take some money out of the public cause party, which seems to be not stingy, although he will not be on the scene, but will let the manager buy a lot of good things to give to those who care for the NBA action.
But he never participated in the drinking parties held by those NBA executives, he never signed any contract with the NBA, and the NBA had no way to fine him money, so it can't be said that he was fined because he didn't attend the drinking party.
The NBA Care Action, that is for the league to earn popularity, and the NBA's drinking party is for the league to earn gold coins.
If a league wants to exist for a long time, it must first get good popularity, and then get enough money to support it.
However, Zhang Kong seems to have a grudge against these rich tycoons, no matter what kind of drinking party it is, he will not go to it.
"Since it's so difficult, why don't you notify the referee to take care of him and let him learn a lesson!" At this time, a tall middle-aged man next to him whispered to David Stern that this guy was the head of the referee organization.
"Heh, if such a little lesson could make him obedient, he wouldn't have made black money in the first place!" The matter of Zhang Kong's black money is not a secret in the alliance, but there is no direct evidence.
"Then let him continue like this?" At this time, a young man next to him looked at David Stern with a frown.
"Hehe, naturally it can't be like this, let's take a look at this kid's color first! It's time to try his game this season! Looking at Zhang Kong, David Stern helped his glasses, and then looked at Zhang Kong on the TV and laughed.
At this time, Zhang Kong, who was on the field, suddenly played a cold station, he always felt that someone was calculating his appearance, but this feeling did not last long, because Zhang Kong quickly shifted his attention to the field, at this time JJ Redick had already walked over with the ball, looking at Zhang in front of him, JJ Redick's eyes narrowed, he had been driven crazy by this guy in front of him.
This guy doesn't have a trace of strong dignity at all, and if there is any team in the league that is the most annoying, it must be the Mavericks, because this guy can always rotate to the opponent's weakness, and then use his strongest point to beat the opponent.
It's strange that this style of play doesn't make people annoying! And if there is anyone who is the most hated player in the league right now.
JJ Reddick will definitely vote for Zhang Kong, because this Zhang Kong looks too annoying to him.
He finally understood why Kobe Bryant and James said that they didn't like to play against Zhang Kong, but he completely understood it today! This guy is like a mad dog, and when he attacks, you just wait to be ravaged!
Crashing into the air, rolling past the side, this is considered light, his breakthrough, not flashing at all, holding the ball and rushing straight forward.
Your lord can't get over the defense at this time, and when it passes, he will hit you straight and hard, and knock you away.
At that time, if you can't defend, you are very likely to be injured, and even if you don't get hurt, you will be hit and hurt! And if you don't go over, do you see the eyes of Big Van Gundy off the field that are going to eat people? I guess I'm going down, so this Zhang Kong is really annoying.
Not only offense, but also defense, or like a mad dog, ordinary people play games back and forth, the offensive end gives the opponent enough pressure, the defensive end is lighter, so that the opponent also gets a few points, after all, you don't see what you look up and don't look down.
And Zhang Kong is such a freak, you want to score? OK! Pass me! Now the question is, can anyone in the league get past him? He's a guy who doesn't let go of the ball, all offense and defense, the way of playing Dutch football.
Now it flashed perfectly on Zhang Kong's body, but unfortunately Zhang Kong's level can only be a goalkeeper on the field.
But there is more he can do on the basketball court, he is like a big lock, directly locking the area he defensives, those superstars can also be like international thieves who are high thieves, looking for a crack in the door or window or something to find a way to rush into the inside line to make trouble and score out, and a thief like JJ Redick with a small wire, even if he gets a keyhole out, he will poke it for a hundred years, it is estimated that he will not be able to poke it open, Zhang Kong, this guy is really not scared of anyone on the defensive end.
Seeing JJ Redick dribbling over, Zhang Kong pounced again, like a pervert with a colored heart and no lust, his hands kept changing positions, and he kept touching JJ-Redick's body, whether it was his face, chest, or underneath, Zhang Kong's hands were in special place, and the only proof that Zhang Kong was not a pervert was that his hands did not touch JJ Redick's body.
And seeing Zhang Kongxiang entangled himself like an octopus, JJ Redick knew that he had no chance at all, so he could only hoist the ball into the inside, as far as the current situation is concerned, the only chance for the Magic team is to play the inside line, hoping that Howard will play.
And Howard is not good now, the moment he receives the ball, Hibbert behind him has already pushed him up.
Reckless steals? Hibbert thought about it, but let Zhang Kong strictly prohibit it, the best player in this league to defend Howard is none other than Zhang Kong! Zhang Kong's method of dealing with Howard is very simple, don't let you turn around, if you have the ability, you can hook your hand!
Hibbert listened to Zhang Kong's words and did a good job! Although Howard's hook hand this year is stronger than last year's, it is not strong enough to hook ten into ten.
suppressed the play of Warcraft on the inside, and it was much easier to do on the outside, the only thing that needed to be marked by someone was the old guy Vince Carter, who shot well today, and by the way, Petrus also had a certain shooting percentage.
The shooting percentage of the entire Pacers side is still maintained at a considerable number, and he does not always share the ball after the empty breakaway, and he also began to try to shoot inside in this game, three-pointers, mid-range shots, emergency stops, throws, and layups.
Almost everyone saw Zhang Kong's full surname at the Amway Centre today, and Charles Buckley in the TNT commentary table spent almost the whole night in the sound of 'Emily hugging' (incredible).
Although the hit rate is not as high as expected, it has caused great trouble to the Magic, and the Magic is in trouble!
The masseter muscle is strained, it should have been too ruthless when I ate steamed bread slices yesterday morning~ Steamed bread slices? Xiao Fei really can't understand, how can eating steamed bread slices cause masseter muscle strain???
(To be continued)