Chapter 228: Puxin LeBlanc (1st Update)
Min Congda and James sat in the private room drinking tea, and in the dark room, a stove of incense rose.
It is a refreshing sandalwood that calms people's minds.
Min Congda took a sip of tea, in fact, he didn't understand tea, he just pretended.
Anyway, James doesn't understand it even more, so he can give people a feeling of pretending to be forced.
Min Congda didn't really care about where James went.
As long as you don't come to the Clippers, you go to the Heat, you go to the Bulls, or you stay with the Cavaliers, it doesn't matter.
He posted on NBA-Batman in advance mainly to pit ESPN.
Who told you to post good news about the Clippers all day long? And ESPN is the big money owner of the entire NBA.
The current NBA has a $7.4 billion broadcast contract, which expires in 2016, and is the backbone of the NBA's revenue.
Although the next contract is still early to be negotiated, with the inflation rate in the United States and the overall upward trend of the economy, it will definitely be a bigger contract in the future.
At that time, it will be even more difficult for Min Congda to bankrupt the Clippers, and now he can't afford to stumble on a fund like ESPN.
A zero-cost tweet can be very cost-effective in terms of the loss of ratings.
Of course, if it is handled well, it may be able to make the ratings higher.
However, ESPN could not find the operator of NBA-Batman, and it couldn't find a chance to hype it.
As for Min Congda's suggestion that James stay with the Cavaliers, it is not that he has feelings for the Cavaliers, nor that he thinks it is a better choice to stay with the Cavaliers.
It's out of personal vendettas.
Just now, Min Congda received a call from Lao Deng.
Lao Deng complained on the phone, saying that he received a call from Pat Riley at noon and was scolded at the end of the day.
Also, after the draft, he was also called by Bird and threatened him with his son!
Min Congda was confused, and then figured out that it must be Bird who wanted to take Paul George with the tenth pick.
As for Riley, when he got the news that James was coming to Los Angeles, he thought James was going to the Clippers.
He didn't have Min Congda's phone, so he called Dunleavy for some reason and scolded him.
Lao Deng asked Min Congda to complain, as the general manager of the team, can Min Congda take care of his younger brother?
Good you Pat Riley, I didn't want James, I just talked to him and told him to follow his heart.
It's good, listening to the wind is the rain, and if there is a little news, we will be angry with our old Deng.
Well, out of personal vendettas, I can't let you agree, so I encourage James to stay as a knight.
As for the reason, I'll make it up, whatever, it's up to him how to choose.
James' thoughts at this time were completely different, and after a cup of tea, he felt that his anxious mood was relieved.
Before coming to Los Angeles, he thought Min Congda's rejection of Leon Rose's offer was a form of indulgence.
On the way to Los Angeles, he affirmed his thoughts, Smart just wanted to get away with it, and wanted to talk to him himself.
As soon as the two met, Min Congda actually proposed to let James stay in the Knights, and James felt that this was still a rhetorical strategy.
If you want me to come, you can say it bluntly, which general manager in the whole league is not a dream for me?
I am the king who is in charge of my own destiny, and the teams are looking forward to my coming and submitting to my subjects.
When the king arrives, how can there be any reason not to kneel down to greet him?
Smart, although you pretend to be a thousand miles away, you still want me to come after all.
It's just a temporary gesture to attract my attention, will I not be able to see through you?
Putting down the cup in his hand, James said, "Smart, I don't think your suggestion is very good, I don't think I will stay in the knights." ”
Min Congda spread his hands and said, "It's up to you, you can choose where you want to go, and people have to control their own destiny." There are many roads in front of them, and normal people will choose a smoother path instead of the difficult one, right, LeBron? It's hard to say how to go to another team, but staying in Cleveland is undoubtedly the hardest. ”
"If, as ordinary people, they will choose the smooth path when faced with the choice, then what right do they have to blame others and make others choose the difficult road? Isn't that too much of a double standard? I see that the people on Twitter who criticize you for going to the Heat are too cautious. ”
Min Congda said as he took out his phone and opened Twitter.
NBA-Batman's "South Coast" tweet has been retweeted and commented on on an alarming number of comments.
Because James' team has never come out to refute the rumors, more and more fans have joined the ranks of criticism.
If this is just an ordinary account guessing, then everyone will wait and see if it will be a slap in the face or a successful prediction.
But this is NBA-Batman, and the prediction is extremely accurate, and everyone is more and more convinced that this tweet is true.
James felt very uncomfortable when he heard the irony in Min Congda's words, but he still stubbornly said: "I can indeed control my own destiny, just like those who change jobs, I just go to find a place that is more suitable for me." It could be the Heat, it could be the Bulls, it could be the Knicks, or... Clippers? ”
Min Congda's heart exploded when he heard it, I XXX, you can't understand people's words?
Do you still want to come to the Clippers? Don't you feel my rejection of you? Is Smart Min so attractive?
Looks like it's going to hit a straight ball!
Min Congda replied directly: "No, it doesn't include the Clippers, I said it a long time ago, the Clippers don't have your place." ”
James had a surprised look on his face, and it was only at this moment that he realized that Smart was really rejecting him.
He is not pretending, not putting on a shelf, not wanting to catch him, but really looking down on him and not wanting to sign him.
At this moment, James especially wanted to walk away, he felt that his self-esteem had been insulted.
In the field of basketball, since high school, no one has rejected him, never.
He is surrounded by voices of praise for him, the chosen son, and the existence that can challenge Jordan in the future.
At first, he didn't believe it, but as time went on, he crushed the performance of his peers on the field, continued to tout, one champion after another, and easily made him understand that he was really the chosen one.
As a child growing up in a slum, a poor boy who didn't know who his father was, when he realized his talent, James decided at a young age to take advantage of it and control his own destiny.
So at the age of 18, he dared to turn down Reebok's $100 million contract.
He firmly believes that he is the chosen one, the strongest form on the basketball court.
Even if it was a seven-season failure, James didn't think it was his problem.
It's that the team is too bad, the teammates are too average, and basketball is a team sport after all.
If he is like Kobe, he was selected early by a giant like the Lakers, and has a teammate like O'Neal.
Or go to a team like Spurs with good management and build a GDP portfolio.
He has already won the championship, and he has already embarked on a journey of consecutive championships and opened the way to surpass Jordan.
From the beginning of playing, James has hardly heard any criticism, and he is a genius.
Not to mention the Cavaliers, the entire team and even the entire city hold him in the palm of their hands.
He was so spoiled that when he decided to make Decision, he thought it was a fun and good decision.
"Everybody will like it because they've always liked me." That's what James thought.
However, a simple tweet from NBA-Batman tore the veil of tenderness of public opinion.
Criticism and resentment are rife, and as time goes on, the rhetoric becomes more intense and sharp.
And Min Congda's cold and hard refusal made James feel that maybe he was not as good as he thought.
A voice sounded deep inside James, "Why the hell is that?" Am I unbearable? ”
This is a huge challenge to James's self-perception in the past 10 years, and he can't just walk away.
So, instead of leaving, he asked, "Smart, can you tell me, why is that?" Why are you so determined not to sign me? ”
Min Congda sighed, thinking that your tone is really a fight with Huang Xiaoming, why am I so determined, I don't think you can look ugly?
However, in order to break James' heart to come to the Clippers, Min Congda decided to talk to him and treat this popular LeBron.
Happy New Year everyone, busy for the New Year, the update time will be affected a little, and it will be restored later.
(End of chapter)