Chapter 240 Regular Season First Battle (1)
"Cameron, what do you think of the strengthened Los Angeles Clippers, and what do you think are the chances of the Nuggets winning today's game?" Anthony is a superstar, and as soon as he got off the plane, he was surrounded by a group of reporters.
Anthony didn't refuse, "I never pay attention to other teams, in my opinion it is the most important thing to be myself, and I never think about the odds of winning because in my opinion every game we go for 100 per cent victory. â
"So do you mean the Nuggets will definitely take the win away from Los Angeles?" A Los Angeles-based media outlet asked a pointed question, but it shouldn't be as difficult as Anthony, who has been in the league for a few years.
Just as Anthony was organizing his language to answer, another reporter's question made Anthony lose his cool a little.
"Cameron, what do you think of you compared to Gu Fei?"
You must know that Anthony has been a proud son since he was a child, and he has become more mature from a young player with many problems in the NBA for many years, but this does not mean that his inner pride allows others to violate at will, and in his eyes, even if Gu Fei plays well, he is just a lost player, and he is selected, which is equivalent to an identity, and he does not want others to compare him with Gu Fei.
"Of course, no one can stop me from taking away the victory, Gu Fei is a good young man" In just two sentences, Anthony's pride in his heart was clear, and he gave himself and Gu Fei's identity a superior, he was Gu Fei's senior.
"What do you think about JR's departure from Denver as a former teammate?" Another local outlet in Los Angeles threw the question at Anthony.
"What I want to say about JR is that he will only regret leaving Denver, I hate betraying loyal guys, and his name has disappeared from my friends list from the moment he left Denver" Cameron was like a complete loss of his mind, leaving no emotion, much to the surprise of Billups on the side.
Compared to Anthony, who couldn't control his pride, the mature and sophisticated Billups immediately drew the attention of the media. If he doesn't do this, I'm sure Anthony will say something today, "No team wants to lose, so winning is what we are after, last season was a failure for us, we will do it again in the new season, Gu is a great young player, he is a huge threat for us, not only that, Ron, Andre are the objects we need to focus on, I think both sides will give everyone a good game." â
For the media, Billups's words are no longer important, what matters is what Anthony says. All they need is a gimmick, and they don't care about anything else.
"Betrayal of Loyalty, Meet as Enemies" - Yahoo Sports headline, with Anthony's angry emoji photo and JR Smith's half-Nuggets and half-Clippers jersey, perfectly interprets what they want to say.
"The Melon of the Seniors"-FOX Sports distilled this sentence into a title, and deliberately exaggerated Anthony's disdain for Gu Fei to create a reaction from readers.
"Carmelo Anthony: I'm Only Here for Victory" - Los Angeles Times.
All of a sudden, everyone knew that the Denver Nuggets were hell-bent on taking away the win from Staples to comfort their wounded hearts from the double whammy of being abandoned by J.R. Smith last season.
"Loyalty? I don't think my approach has anything to do with loyalty, I never let up when I was in Denver, and I feel like I'm worthy of every penny Denver gives me. It's also worthy of the Denver fans, everyone has the right to pursue it, I didn't hurt anyone, and I don't want to say anything more about Cameron's words. I would say I'm doing well in Los Angeles. J.R. Smith grimaced a question from a reporter about Anthony's loyalty theory.
"If he wants to win, he should ask me about my elbow, I am afraid that the melon skin is too tender to eat, you must know that I am old. Even more afraid that young people can't afford it. Ron Artest said in front of the media, and his dissatisfied look made all the media look forward to the offensive and defensive duel between him and Anthony.
One is the sharpest spear in the alliance and the other is the strongest shield in the alliance, a spear-to-shield duel.
October 28 at Staples Arena in Los Angeles. Staples, which is enough to accommodate more than 20,000 people, was once again full, and when the court TV film crew arrived at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, there were still many fans outside the arena who were shouting frantically, and when the Nuggets bus arrived at the arena, Anthony was booed by the Clippers fans as soon as he got off the bus.
Anthony's face was cold, and the sarcasm of Clippers fans kept drilling into his ears.
"Is the melon ripe?"
âfâŚâŚ uck, you s*** is a raw melon"
Soon the question and answer formed a uniform sound, burrowing into Anthony's ear and deeply stimulating his eardrums.
And that's what Clippers fans gave Anthony a pre-dinner snack.
On the Staples court, the Clippers were warming up, talking and laughing without any seriousness.
"Hey, Ron you should let that rotten guy know that he can't take away the victory." Tyson Chandler shouted at Artest after making up for the ball thrown by Gu Fei.
Artest threw the ball out of his hand, looked at Tyson Chandler and smiled and said, "Tyson, you're a boxing champion, don't let that Brazilian look down on him, he said he's going to give you color and I don't want you to be blown up with only panties left." â
"He's going to fix his eggs and come back to me, I'm afraid I'll accidentally smash his eggs," Tyson Chandler said, looking confident.
Most of the people participated in the discussion, and only two people were a little silent, just smiling faintly and watching their teammates play, one was JR-Smith and the other was Gu Fei.
For JR Smith, Denver is his new place, he left New Orleans and found his place in Denver, leaving was his choice, but he never felt that he owed Denver anything, he didn't argue too much about Anthony's loyalty, he just wanted to tell people on the court that JR was a professional player.
And Gu Fei's silence is not because he is worried that the game will not be won, but because he is considering the team's run-in, although the cooperation between teammates in the ten preseason games has matured a lot, but there are still deficiencies, not to mention that the intensity of the preseason game does not say much about anything, and now the regular season and even the playoffs are the real test, and now the inside line that is about to face the Nuggets has Kenyon Martin and Brazilian Nene and a super brush who can grab the board, which is undoubtedly the first test of the new season for the Clippers' inside.
When the warm-up was over, Gu Fei passed by Anthony when he entered the players' tunnel, turning his head sideways almost at the same time, and the eyes of the two people looked at each other, and the fire splashed.
Gu Fei trotted out of the Staples live DJ's hoarse shouts, and Staples's cheers instantly surged several times, in the eyes of the Clippers, Gu Fei was already their well-deserved core, and they were looking forward to Gu Fei, the new captain, leading the Clippers to sail away.
Tyson Chandler and Brazilian Nene stood in the center circle ready to jump the ball, Artest clung to Carmelo Anthony, his eyes full of defiance, and with the referee's whistle, the orange basketball was thrown into the air. (To be continued.) )