Chapter 42: Famous Basketball Circle
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to ESPN Sports News Broadcast, here is St Wells and Dap Cascia to explain yesterday's game and the latest sports news, yesterday the NBA had a total of seven games with a total of 14 teams in the game, namely the Washington Wizards lost to the Indiana Pacers 79-111, and the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the Toronto Raptors 98-106...... The Philadelphia 76ers lost 96-118 to the Golden State Warriors......"
"Yesterday, the team doctor of the Trail Blazers officially announced that the team's first-pick pick Greg Oden who was just selected this season will have knee surgery, and it is expected that all games will be reimbursed for the entire season, and the best result is also a playoff comeback. So let's bless the hapless Trail Blazers and make the playoffs, and let's take a look at what has been said to be the best center in 20 years......
"Although we are not blessed to watch Oden's game, fortunately this season the league has a new super rookie, and like Oden, this rookie is also an insider, named Chamberlain, a Chinese-American. In the last four games, Chamberlain has averaged 16 per game. 8 points, 21 rebounds and 8. Five blocks completely dominated the game, becoming the first rookie star in NBA history to win the Season Beginning of the Week award......"
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"Hello fans and friends, this is "TNT Basketball Storm", I am your old friend Chris Cedron, since the start of the NBA, the Golden State Warriors have become the biggest dark horse, in the past four games, they have won four games, and the scene net difference has reached as many as 12 points, showing combat effectiveness, so that the defending champion Spurs can not reach the dust! When it comes to the Golden State Warriors, it's impossible not to mention their rookie this year, Chamberlain, who has set multiple records since entering the league......"
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"Hello viewers and friends, this is the CCTV sports live broadcast room, today we will focus on the Golden State Warriors and their new super center Chamberlain, after the investigation of our journalist colleagues in the United States, Chamberlain's identity has been revealed, he is a three-generation Chinese American, his ancestral home is Jiaozhou Bay area of Shandong Province, his grandfather and grandfather left China with their family 65 years ago to arrive in the United States......"
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Chamberlain's strong rise has injected a new wave of firepower into the already hot NBA arena, and his incredibly strong defensive ability has brought a small earthquake to the world basketball world, and since the beginning of the game, he has continued to lead the ranking of rebounding king and best rookie, setting a record in the NBA for nearly two decades, and Kevin Garnett, who is in second place, is averaging 15 per game in three games this season. Seven rebounds, more than five less than Chamberlain.
Chamberlain's excellent physical fitness has sparked discussions among fans, according to common sense, such a strong rookie could never have been so unfamous before, according to the popularity of the NBA, a fierce man like Chamberlain should have been dug up in middle school, but in fact, Chamberlain came to the NBA quietly, and he did not have the slightest fame before.
The ubiquitous paparazzi dug into Chamberlain's all-round excavation, and got little information, they interviewed Chamberlain's middle school, the school teacher had no memory of Chamberlain, and later the head coach of the basketball team remembered him and told him what he knew about Chamberlain.
Chamberlain's name had spread throughout the United States, including San Francisco, through the first four games of the tournament, but no one else equated the court-beating SUPER-Z with Chamberlain's gigantism, except for Chamberlain's parents and relatives, who were particularly familiar with him.
Because of gigantism, Chamberlain was once very autistic, which is why he is so eager for friendship now, except for Sudmons, Chamberlain has no other friends, except for his parents and family, he has no other relatives, so that the mutation of his body has not had a wide range of effects, only his family wonders how his physical fitness has changed so much.
As early as after the first game of the Lakers, Chamberlain's father called him to ask what was going on, but he prevaricated, and it was also after this game that Chamberlain realized that his father had never given up his love for basketball, just to not stimulate him, and never watched live basketball at home.
Now Chamberlain's home does not have anything related to basketball, those posters and jerseys that he once regarded as treasures have been burned by him on the day he was diagnosed with gigantism, and his parents usually don't mention anything related to basketball, as if they don't know what basketball is.
Obviously, this is an illusion, Chamberlain's parents are still so concerned about basketball, and secretly pay attention to basketball.
Chamberlain's alma mater, St. Lawrence High School basketball coach at San Francisco's St. Lawrence, told the reporters who flocked to him that Chamberlain was a Chinese with excellent hand and ball intelligence but extremely poor physical fitness, and that he had suffered from gigantism and could not walk steadily.
Isn't this that makes journalists scoff? Every reporter who heard Thomas say this about Chamberlain was dismissive of his news: Is the Chamberlain that Thomas is talking about the same Chamberlain they want to know?
Chamberlain's impression to fans now is that he is tall, has amazing jumping, super speed and strength, and his physical fitness is the strongest in the NBA once in a century.
Thomas was a man of integrity, he stood by what he knew about Chamberlain, and he also cited the school's all-time three-point record, which is still held by Chamberlain.
But no one believed him, because seeing is believing, and Chamberlain's current performance on the court is that of a rough brother with a flowing body.
For the sake of the fame of St. Lawrence High School, the principal and members of the school board hinted to Thomas not to be stubborn, and finally in the face of the suspicion of reporters, Thomas could only tell nonsense, he told reporters that Chamberlain had not played basketball in high school before, so his skills would be so poor, and the reason why he was rejected to enter the school team was because Chamberlain only had a good body and did not understand basketball skills.
Sometimes it's like this in the world, no one believes you when you tell the truth, but when you tell a lie, everyone trusts you.
After the processing and refinement of the reporters, a resume about Chamberlain was released, in which Chamberlain became a rough brother who was physically strong and did not pay attention to technical training, so his reputation was not obvious before. In these reports, the elder Nelson was in the limelight, and he was recognized as a man with a sharp eye, and one time he wandered the streets and spotted the physically perverted Chamberlain, who then introduced him to the road of basketball.
Chamberlain naturally scoffed at this nonsense report, but he did not defend it, he had been trying to find a way to explain the changes in his body, but he did not find a reasonable reason, and these reporters found it for him.
In this way, after hundreds of media hype, Chamberlain's past was changed.
Time passed quickly, and Chamberlain's first phase in the NBA passed, and after playing the 76ers, he played four games.
After these four games, Chamberlain has gained a lot, but it has also exposed a lot of problems, such as although he scored an unprecedented 24 rebounds against the 76ers last time, his scoring hit a new low, with only a pitiful 10 points.
Since Allen Iverson was sent to the Denver Nuggets, the 76ers have become a soft persimmon for everyone this season, and the Warriors can win before the game, but Chamberlain's performance on the offensive end of this game is really not very good, eighteen times sent to the free throw line, only four free throws, which is really unreasonable.
Fortunately, the performance on the defensive end made up for Chamberlain's shortcomings, and the 76ers only had two available inside, Hellam Porter and Reggie Evans, both of whom were rough and thick-skinned black men, the latter was nicknamed 'Rebounding Maniac', born with a yaksha face, and his body size was unmatched, if he went to "Water Margin" to play Li Kui, then he would definitely not need makeup.
However, the two have physical defects, the strong Evans is only two meters and three, facing the two meters and sixteen meters of Chamberlain, if you want to see each other, you have to tilt your head, and Durham Porter is tall, two meters one, the problem is that he is too thin, and Chamberlain almost sat him to death at the beginning.
In this game, Evans and Hellam Porter's combined rebounds only reached half of Chamberlain's, that is, 12, but Evans defended Chamberlain very effectively, he just pushed Chamberlain out and did not let him stay safe in the restricted area, which greatly weakened Chamberlain's threat.
Regardless, the Warriors came home with a big win and stabilized their No. 1 record in the West with a four-game winning streak. After playing with the 76ers, Chamberlain's ten-day contract expired, and Samael took him to Mullin's office to sign.
Nelson Sr. has given the Warriors' uniform team a death order to keep Chamberlain, no matter the price, and he also told Mullin that he has overturned all the team's tactics and rebuilt, and the core of the rebuild is Chamberlain.
Mullin also started as a player, and his era was the era when the big four centers swept the league, can you not know how to help the team with a super center? But now he is not a fan, but the general manager, he needs to be responsible for the team, and he can't let the team's salary exceed the salary cap, otherwise he will wait to be fired by the owner Chris Khan.
As Bynum once said at the beginning, Khan is the famous Grande among the 30 team owners in the league, and the Warriors can play a pleasing but unsuccessful small-ball tactic that has no chance of winning the championship, and for him, it doesn't matter what championship or streak, as long as the team can sell tickets and make money.
Before talking to Chamberlain about a contract extension, Mullin contacted Khan for a brief conversation:
Mullin: "Boss, what price do you think is right for us to give him our contract with rookie Chamberlain?" ”
Khan: "Rookie has to match the rookie contract, he didn't participate in the draft, and although he played well, who knows if this is an illusion? So I think it's okay to give him a million contract. ”
Mullin: "That's not appropriate, is it?" Chamberlain's ability is obvious to all, he is much better than the little guys in the lottery, and there are already people in the league who are willing to offer him a rookie contract with a maximum salary, starting at five million. ”
Khan: "Alright then, this little guy is good, we can match these contracts, I've changed my mind, we're going to keep this kid, and it should be useful to use him to open up the Chinese ball market in San Francisco." ”
Mullin: "But then we will have a lot of salary pressure, Davis's contract is going to expire this season, if you give Chamberlain a big contract, then we may not be able to match Davis's value next season." Moreover, it will have a bad impact on the players, and every rookie will get a high salary......"
Khan: "You mean, Chamberlain and Davis, only one can be kept?" ”
Mullin: "As a last resort, it's true, but I recommend keeping Chamberlain, Davis is no longer physically able to adapt to the high-intensity games of the NBA, while Chamberlain is young, and there is a vast Chinese market behind him, and his tough defense may bring us a second championship in history." ”
Khan: "No, let's keep Davis, what's the use of a championship?" I want the box office! I don't want to see ugly defensive battles, I want fast break and freestyle basketball, and Chamberlain can't bring that, that's my opinion, you can see it. ”
Mullin hung up the phone and understood Khan's plan, and Samael walked into Chamberlain's office with Chamberlain to begin a new round of negotiations. As soon as the two sat down, old Nelson also rushed over, and the old man rarely wore a neat suit, and his big belly held up the shirt high, which was really not very good-looking.