Chapter 69: Influence

If there is one team that will stand out the most this summer, it is undoubtedly the Celtics of Boston's North Shore Gardens, and the big clover, who makes up the green triumvirate, is one of the most terrifying teams in the NBA. The Celtics, who formed the Big Three, also transformed from an ordinary playoff team to one of the most powerful contenders for the championship, which can be called the evolution of the pheasant to the phoenix.

But now the most high-profile team has to be added, and that's the Cleveland Cavaliers, the little king LeBron James and the super-rookie 'Desperate' Zhang Kong

The Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game caused a huge shock and repercussions in the media after the game. Its shock and influence have endured, and for many days, every basketball fan has been talking about the Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers six-overtime battle.

Against this backdrop, the three Christmas games that have been heavily packaged by the NBA league even seem somewhat uneventful...... Terrible.

It seems that after that shocking fight, no one cares about the outcome of other matches.

The Daily Telegraph, "The Best Matchup of the Decade", first praised every player on the two teams, and then analyzed the game process, the terrifying data obtained by the star players of the two teams, and their playing time, and finally gave a conclusion.

"Rivers' key mistake in the final quarter of overtime was the most critical reason for the Celtics' loss, because if he had put all the Big Three on the court early instead of letting Pierce and Ray Allen rest off the court, the Cavaliers would not have been able to pull away the score, in fact, it was because of Pierce and Ray Allen that the difference in the final minute was quickly chased to only two points."

"We Need This" The New York Times once again ridiculed the Knicks up and down in a critical tone, from the management to the players and even the court management in charge of cleaning, they were all sarcastically ridiculed by the New York Times with a spicy pen, calling the Knicks "the worst team in the NBA" at the same time, and also rated James Dolan as "the worst team owner in the NBA".

Congratulations, Knicks, you're super ghostly at this moment. Heading into December, the Knicks have only won one game against the Nets, and the rest of the game has been an unmistakable defeat, with only the laughter and boos you can hear at the Knicks both home and away.

USA Today launched a survey after the game, "Your Favorite NBA Player," which was open to all New Yorkers, and the final ranking was quite surprising.

Because the number one is not 'Black Mamba' Kobe Bryant, nor 'Little Emperor' LeBron James, nor is it the 'immortal bird' who is in the limelight this year, Paul Pierce, and it is not 'The Flash' Dwyane Wade or Carmelo Anthony of the Nuggets. It's Zhang Kong, nicknamed 'Despair'.

In a survey conducted by USA Today, New York fans' favorite star Zhang Kong ranked first by a far margin, followed by LeBron James.

I have to say that the most important reason why Zhang Kong was able to achieve such a high ranking is probably because of his experience of dominating Rock Park. Now his experience of playing at Rock Park has been unearthed by the media for the world to know. Everyone knew that Zhang Kong ran directly to Rock Park after being picked by the NBA with the 30th pick in the second round

Zhang Kong even joked in an interview: "The main reason I went there was to see if my level was really that bad, and I could only be picked out with the thirtieth pick in the second round." Because I've heard a lot of NBA stars have suffered at Rock Park, I went there and tried my hand at it. Then I realized that none of them had eyes. ”

It was just a joke made by Zhang Kong out of boredom, but the media clearly took it seriously. Their barrage of reports once again brought the 2007 draft to the forefront. The most direct impact is that all 30 rookies in the league have been labeled as parallel imports.

What the? You say you're not a parallel import?

Are you better than Zhang Kong?

No? Your ranking is ahead of him, but you are not as good as him, what are you not a parallel import?

So Auden, who didn't play a game, became the champion of parallel imports, Durant became the eye of parallel imports, Al Horford became a parallel trader, all in all, everyone ranked before Zhang Kong became parallel goods, considering Zhang Kong's ranking of cheating fathers, it seems that no rookie can get rid of the title of parallel imports.

Kevin Durant said helplessly in an interview with the media: "Mitchell Thompson is unlucky, he is called a parallel commodity only because there is a guy named Larry Bird who was drafted in the same year as him. We were all unfortunate because we were in the same year as Zhang Kong. I should have been in college for an extra year......

"He's my idol." Auden the Great, who is still recuperating, said excitedly in an interview with the media: "He is the best one among this rookie, and he deserves to be the champion." I'm going to try to heal and I'm excited to play with someone like that! ”

As for Bill Simmons, it is rare that this time he did not write an article in his column that criticized and belittled Zhang Kong, but he wrote an article "Undying Fighting Spirit, the Re-Emergence of the Green Dynasty" praised the Green Shirts' toughness and unyielding in the face of adversity, and as for the Cavaliers, who also performed, Bill Simmons chose to ignore it gorgeously.

The biggest response is the Chinese media. Without him, just because Zhang Kong's pair of 40+ triple-doubles, infinitely close to the terrifying data of four doubles is too shocking, the NBA has never played such terrifying data since there are detailed records, if you want to trace back to the last time someone won such extremely terrifying data, I am afraid that it will be traced back to that dark time, the two giants are divided, each occupying half of the NBA.

Wilt Chamberlain, only his immortal basketball emperor who has been cast in the long river of history, can win such a terrifying double 40+ data.

"In Six Overtime, the Big Three Finally 'Despair'" published an article on the front page of the "Basketball Herald", which has the most influence in the domestic basketball industry, with the above headline, accompanied by a photo of Zhang Kong jumping into the sky at the last moment to block Garnett's three-point shot, and the smile with cold chill at the corner of Zhang Kong's mouth and the disbelief on Garnett's face are clearly reflected.

From this point of view, the level of Chinese journalists' selection of photos is absolutely world-class.

As for the content of the article, it is naked and almost a puff of praise, the article starts with Zhang Kong's rise on the streets of New York, all the way to the first NBA game, the first Rookie of the Week, the first Rookie of the Month, the first Player of the Month, and all the way to this Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers game, the writing is extremely detailed, occupying several pages, almost a special show, and even the report of the Rockets has been squeezed into the corner.

You must know that "Basketball Herald" is not an ordinary entertainment newspaper, it is almost the mouthpiece of the Chinese Basketball Association, and many times the articles published on it can be regarded as the voice of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Basketball Herald suddenly reported on Zhang Kong in such a large way, which had never appeared in the mainstream media before.

Many people smell a special smell from this.

Sure enough, it was exactly three days later. An article titled "The Director of the Basketball Association Went to the United States to Discuss National Team Matters with Zhang Kong" was published in the "Basketball Herald".

According to the content of the article, the two sides have preliminarily reached a willingness to join the national team, and at present, only on Zhang Kong's personal treatment, further detailed discussions are being conducted with Zhang Kong's agent Rich Paul, and it is going very smoothly, Zhang Kong's participation in the national team is almost a certainty!

This is really a stone that stirs up a thousand waves!

The news that Zhang Kong is about to join the national team to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics is like a gust of wind that swept across the entire land of China! Don't doubt Zhang's influence in the country, you just have to go to the basketball court and see how many young people wear the Cavaliers' No. 24 jersey.

Although it is almost impossible to buy genuine jerseys in China......

With Zhang Kong's god-like performance in the NBA, his influence in China continues to rise like a prairie fire, so that Zhang Kong's call to join the national team has long been flooded like a turbulent river. After getting the exact news from the mainstream media, the first reaction of a large part of the national fans was not to be happy, but to widen their eyes and ask, "Is this true?" ”

The discussion on the Tiger Pounce forum about this matter has turned the sky upside down.

"Damn, I can't believe it, the Basketball Association has rarely done something that is not brainless!"

"I believe that the director of the University is really powerful!"

"If you take five cents, don't give it away."

"Well, I watched basketball this year!"

"Fuck, there's more to it than a play, Yao Ming is in the center, I'm the big forward of Emperor Zhang Kong, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi are two substitutes, and the inside line composed of the two sweeps the world without pressure!"

Upon hearing this, Team USA laughed.

"Five cents, take it or not."

"The Chinese team has the strength of the inside line, Zhang Kong and Yao Ming are also the top players in the NBA, but the outside line, let's not mention it. It is estimated that it is unlikely to defeat the United States, but Argentina, Spain or something, it is still very promising. ”

In fact, in any case, in the face of the Olympic Games held at their own home, the government attaches great importance to it, and this is a matter related to international influence. For good-looking Chinese officials, it is something that cannot be done in any way. They even called Wang Zhizhi, who had never been recruited for many years, back to the national team this time, and it can be said that the Basketball Association has definitely put down face in the face of the pressure of the Olympic Games.

However, the Chinese government has always had a habit of 'concealment'. No matter what you really want to do, as long as you can hide it, you always like to hide it first, and when the matter is exactly implemented, it is naturally hello, hello, hello, everyone, and celebrate the New Year happily.

If things are yellow, it's simple, head down, let's retract the head turtle, I haven't done this thing, I don't know, I don't understand, the specific situation needs to be kept secret...... Zhao Yun said it well: 'Being able to advance and retreat is a real magic weapon.' Being able to stretch and contract is the real one...... What. ’。