Chapter 842: Evans' Back Hurts
Jordan said this, of course, he wasn't really drunk, he just wanted to help his old club.
Who are the players most closely related to? Teammate? Team? No, it should be said that it is the fans.
Fans are the parents of the players, and they are willing to be fans of a player if they really love him. And the team and the players are just business partners, if they can't do it, they will be pulled down, so the fans are the best friends of the stars.
Jordan is Chicago's number one hero, almost the entire city is his fan, even now that he has been retired for more than a decade, he can still enjoy the cheers of the emperor when he returns to Chicago.
Therefore, Jordan has always maintained a good relationship with the Chicago fans, and many times he can help the Bulls a little, and he will help the Bulls, so that he can get further support from the Chicago fans.
The reason why James was saying good things this time was because the Bulls wanted to get James, and Jordan had to show his strength.
According to ESPN, Bulls fans didn't just set up a domain name for LeBron James to attract him. .com, and the fans who built it also paid a lot of money to build a 30-foot advertising sign in downtown Chicago to beg James to leave Cleveland for the Windy City.
On the giant billboard, the front reads "Chicago needs LeBron to finish the unfinished business," followed by a Chicago backdrop and the words "Lebron" in bull red. In the bottom left corner of the billboard are the Bulls' six championship trophies, and it's clear that all six championship trophies were won under the leadership of Michael Jordan.
As for the seventh trophy? In the other corner, this is undoubtedly a hint that LeBron can lead the Bulls to another brilliant achievement.
This is a point that Cavaliers fans are very unhappy with, just like a husband who is dissatisfied with the beautiful wife of dried apricots attracts bees and butterflies.
Chamberlain is actually more capable of leading the team to win the championship than James, but why didn't the Bulls show their hospitality to Chamberlain? Not to mention that Chamberlain's style of play is not compatible with the Bulls, now that the Bulls have a champion guard, there is a lack of such a super interior partner as Chamberlain.
Now, not only Chicago, but also other countries such as the Knicks, the Nets, etc., are also secretly sending Qiu Bo to James to join him, and Chamberlain's side is much more deserted.
The reason is very simple, Chamberlain has long made his attitude clear, Lao Tzu will stay with the Warriors and will not go anywhere, it is useless how much money you give me and how many beauties you give me! James's side has an ambiguous attitude, the team has reached the finals, and he still does not say that he will stay in the team next season, which gives other teams infinite reverie, who do other teams not harass him harass?
From the last game, we can see the different results produced by the different attitudes of the two team giants, Chamberlain and James, the Warriors are united and united, and they have a clear goal, that is, to create a zào dynasty.
What about the Cavaliers? James played hard, O'Neal worked hard, Vallejo worked hard, everyone worked hard, but no one was willing to fight for the win.
One is to do your best, the other is to work hard and make a judgment!
The NBA hierarchy is very unhappy about the current situation, and the Cavaliers have no chance of winning in front of the Warriors, which is not a good thing for the NBA Finals, which is based on fierce competition.
According to ABC TV, the ratings for the first game of the NBA Finals this time reached 15. 4 percent, compared to 12 last year when the Warriors played the Magic. 9%,。
This rating, which was counted by all the families of Tongguò entering a program, shows that the ratings of the television station became the biggest winner in the first match of the finals yesterday.
In this way, the topic of the league's first-man battle between Chamberlain and James is no worse than 24V23, which makes the league's top management happy, but what is not happy is that if the Cavaliers lose like this, who will watch the game later?
In the hearts of fans, the NBA Finals is a gluttonous feast for basketball people all over the world. However, this year's situation is a bit special, because the 2010 World Cup has begun, but fortunately, the World Cup is only a group stage, and the impact on the NBA Finals is not very large.
Even if the United States is not a big football country, there are still many football fans, and it must be admitted that basketball is not qualified to compare with football in the world.
Even if it's just the group stage of the World Cup, the impact on the NBA finals is starting to show.
Chamberlain remembered that in the finals last year, the reporters went to get the interview card, and there were too many people, and the reporters of the domestic CCTV couldn't squeeze in, and waited for more than half an hour, without waiting for the staff to find an interview card, and finally had to ask him to help get the interview card.
But this year was particularly smooth, as Chamberlain left the press conference and met a lot of reporters on his way back to the locker room.
Chamberlain noted that although the ratings for this year's finals have risen, there are still fewer media covering the finals this year than last year.
The phenomenon is even clearer in the arena, where it is customary for the NBA to empty the space used for eating during the Finals each year, and set up long tables with power to serve as seats for text and photojournalists, which is the response to the sudden increase in the number of media in the Finals.
This year was no exception, the long tables were set up, but they were empty, and it was easy to find a spot, unlike the previous two years, where you had to go a lot in advance to find an empty seat, and this year it didn't bother at all.
The number of journalists in Europe last year was unprecedentedly high, and this year there has been an understandable decline. On the other hand, the number of reporters in the United States has increased, and most local metropolitan newspapers have sent basketball reporters who used to cover their teams.
But Chamberlain and the others liked the situation, they didn't have to give endless interviews, and they could focus on training and competing.
Now that the '09-10 season is over for all teams except the Warriors and Cavaliers, all sorts of topics have begun: preparing for a trade, preparing for a head coach, preparing for a change of owner, and so on.
Among those topics, the more intriguing one is about where Lakers coach Phil Jackson is going in the summer.
According to the New York Post, Jenny Buss, the girlfriend of the "Zen Master" and vice president of the Lakers, recently wrote an email to the newspaper, in which Jenny said that she would not stop Jackson from coaching elsewhere and that she would not object if the 64-year-old "Zen Master" was willing to coach in New York.
Former Knicks president "Smiling Assassin" Thomas once said that if it weren't for the lover relationship between Jackson and Jenny, it is very likely that the "Zen Master" would have accepted the Knicks' handsome seal in 2005, thus changing the history of the Knicks.
At present, it is generally believed that because the Lakers have lost in the Western Conference Finals twice in a row this year, Jackson is very dissatisfied with this result, even if he has a physical examination, he will not continue to stay with the Lakers to coach, and if he is unwell, he will choose to retire directly.
As a result, his whereabouts remain a mystery, with other teams such as the Knicks, Bulls or Nets all hoping to get Jackson, as James had said at the beginning of the season that he would like to win his first NBA championship ring under Jackson's leadership, and that James could switch to one of those teams.
Jackson is currently seeking his 10th championship ring as an NBA head coach, an experience unmatched in the four major professional sports leagues in North America.
Although the Knicks already have a good head coach D'Antoni, if Jackson can be hired, Knicks President Walsh will not hesitate to fire D'Antoni. Coincidentally, Jackson used to play or work for the Knicks, Nets, and Bulls.
These things didn't have much impact on the Warriors, and Chamberlain didn't care where the Zen master went, let alone where James went.
Now Chamberlain sees clearly, James is powerful, but he is not worthy of being his lifelong enemy, because he is too shrewd, too calm, and attaches too much importance to some external things, in Chamberlain's eyes, James is more like a businessman than a player.
The outside world is hyping up the World Cup and various NBA gossip, and the Warriors are heating up, because after playing Game 2 with the Cavaliers, after getting up, Evans called Nelson Sr. and said that his latissimus dorsi had some pain.
This frightened the old man, Chamberlain and others were also very uneasy, Evans is a real tough guy, he doesn't talk much, he is silent, but he acts hard, his temper is iron-blooded, he usually doesn't say anything when he is injured, if he takes the initiative to say that he is not feeling well, then he must be very uncomfortable, and he can't bear it anymore.
Nelson Sr. directly asked the team doctor to take Evans to the best local general hospital in Cleveland, 'Chamara Hospital', and after X-rays and MRIs, the results made the group very shocked: the surface layer of the latissimus dorsi muscle was torn!
Although it is only a tear on the surface of the muscle, it is a nightmare for a player, because the players, especially the inside players, often deal with the back or have to play the back, the back is the center of gravity of the force, and the tear of the latissimus dorsi surface is very painful!
However, fortunately, this is a hard injury, and as long as you recuperate for a period of time, you can heal.
So the question is, it's the finals, Evans is burdened with the responsibility of defending O'Neal, how can he cultivate?
Both old Nelson and the players were quiet.
When they checked before, they had seen that Evans had a bruise and a purple patch on his chest, and there was no doubt that it was left over from defending O'Neal.
O'Neal's temper is well-known throughout the league, and he will definitely not be honestly stuck by Evans, elbowing, pinching and other small actions are continuous, and other players only then understand how much Evans paid to limit O'Neal in the last game.
This is not a terminal illness, the doctor also notified Evans as soon as possible, and the latter waved his shoulder after seeing the results, and said: "Actually, it's nothing, I'm just a little painful, not too painful, so it's no problem for me to appear." ”
Looking at Evans' nonchalant appearance, Chamberlain didn't know what to say, but he knew that he really couldn't let Evans continue to play, otherwise it would not be a tear on the surface of the muscle, but a tear on the muscle of Yan zhòng!
Muscle tears are incurable, and the cure in the eyes of ordinary people is not a complete cure, such as Maddie, who has been plagued by back muscle spasm, which is the sequelae of latissimus dorsi tears.
Of course, the news that Evans was sent to the hospital could not be hidden from the reporters who had been staring at the players, and the elder Nelson simply held a press conference and said: "Evans is not feeling well, so we took him to the hospital, but it turned out to be a false alarm, and he is in very good shape at the moment. ”
The Warriors had an emergency meeting, Evans' absence was really a bolt from the blue, before Nelson Sr.'s plan and arrangement, Evans was a protagonist in this year's Finals, and he will be responsible for confronting O'Neal to free Chamberlain, so that Evans is injured and the Warriors will have no one available.
Old Nelson was depressed, he finally tasted the bitter fruit of lack of people again, and the old man made up his mind to wake up, and he must find a good helper for Chamberlain in the inner line this summer.
Evans is a tough guy and said: "It's nothing, BOSS, I can still fight, even if I can't fight, then it's OK to get a closed needle, give Shaq to me, and I'll get him!" ”
Gibson was anxious and said, "Man, are you crazy? No, let me go, Shaq O'Neal? An old man, I'll let him know how good a young man is! The rivers and lakes are no longer the rivers and lakes they were back then, I will watch him! ”
Gibson spoke firmly, obviously not politely, but old Nelson didn't dare to use him, the young man thought O'Neal was easy to deal with, a typical newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, it is estimated that this kid will play six fouls in two minutes.
In the last game, Evans kept intimidating O'Neal with fouls, but he played a full 25 minutes on the court and only committed six fouls, during which he gave O'Neal two big hats and made him two offensive fouls!
In this way, the Warriors have a problem, who will take Evans' place?