On the evening of the 3rd, the Great Western Forum Arena.

At half past six, in the visiting locker room, Zhou Quan was eating after having dinner with his teammates, and a Lakers player came to visit.

"I'm looking for Iron Fist."

After the supersonic crew pushed the door open, Bryant stuck his little flat head in.

Zhou Quan's memory is as high as level 95, although he has only seen Kobe Bryant once, he still remembers this rookie, and even remembers his name, so he stood up and walked to the door, stretched out his hand to Kobe, and said, "Kobe, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"Can you come out for a while? I have something to say to you. ”

Because he is not very familiar, coupled with Zhou Quan's temporary status in the league and sports, the young Kobe Bryant said a little embarrassed.

"Iron Fist, this kid won't want to confess to you, will he?" Rodman laughed weirdly.

"You talk nonsense, my sexuality is normal."

Kobe Bryant jumped up like a stingy cat and glared at Rodman.

Zhou Quan laughed, pulled Kobe out of the locker room, walked to a secluded place and asked, "Say, rookie, what do you have to say to me?" ”

"You, you're really leaving the NBA?" Kobe Bryant looked at Zhou Quan with some trepidation and asked.

"You're concerned about that?" Zhou Quan asked with interest.

Kobe nodded: "I think you should put all your energy into the NBA, isn't basketball your favorite sport?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Kobe, I have to thank you for your concern." ”

"Do you insist on continuing to cross borders?" Bryant asked sensitively.

"Do I have a reason not to insist?" Zhou Quan asked rhetorically.

Bryant thought for a moment, the SuperSonics don't seem to have a bad record now, and Iron Fist's personal data is also the best in the league, he shrugged his shoulders, and then said: "It's your choice, but I think the best option has to be more pure." ”

"So, rookie, you're you, I'm me." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Kobe snorted coldly: "I'm going to shake you down tonight." ”

Zhou Quan was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Rookie, it is said that you ate duck eggs in your debut, do you still have a chance to play?"

Do you want me to blow up Eddie Jones and give you a chance? Ah, I forgot, you shouldn't be the first substitute in the second position, and if you knock him down, it shouldn't be your turn. ”

When it came to his debut, Kobe Bryant said with some annoyance: "I will fight for playing time myself, and I don't need you to help me." ”

After Kobe Bryant left, Zhou Quan returned to the locker room, and Rodman asked curiously, "Iron Fist, what is that rookie looking for you?" ”

"He had the heart and persuaded me to focus on the NBA." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Iron Fist, are you connected to that rookie?" Schramf asked curiously.

"There was a contact information, but there was no contact, he was just a fan of mine." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Iron Fist, now the media is getting more and more excessive." The glider said with a worried look on his face.

"There are also a lot of media outlets that support Iron Fist, and it's not one-sided, so what's the concern?" Rodman grinned.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "Dennis is right, don't take the media's remarks to heart, we can't let the media affect us."

As I told you, this season we are the target of the public, we are the public enemies of the league, every team that meets us wants to win us, every player wants to step on us to be in the limelight, so it's normal for the media to target me.

We have to keep a low profile and not spend too much in the regular season, because in the regular season we build up and the playoffs are when we can make a difference. ”

"The boss is right, no one wants to see us win three consecutive championships, and the same is true for the media that targets the boss." Hawkins agreed.

Schramf also nodded: "We really didn't practice in the offseason, but it was our own decision, anyway, I was like that, I want to have a complete relaxation after two consecutive championships, and then start from scratch, it has nothing to do with Iron Fist."

That Leewstone can really say that he actually got to the body of Iron Fist, and I think his purpose is to target Iron Fist, and then cause internal discord between us, so that we can't defend the triple title. ”

"He's a racist, and he's an extreme white supremacy, and I've seen a lot of that." Veteran Minkas said.

Leitner laughed and said: "Iron Fist, in the United States, at least five out of ten white people are racists, Michael Jackson is about to be made insane by them, he hasn't appeared in public for a long time, and now it's your turn again." ”

"Are you?" Rodman asked.

"Of course I'm not." Lightner hastened to deny it.

"Me and the stakeholders I represent are now a piece of fat that everyone wants to take a bite of." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Skechers' stock price has been declining recently, and your lifetime sponsor has become a piece of fat." Lightner laughed.

"Then I'll have to go down." Zhou Quan sneered.

An hour and a half later, at eight o'clock, the SuperSonics and Lakers announced their starting lineups.

Lakers: O'Neal, Elden Campbell, Jeromy Colsey, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel

Sonics: Leitner, Rodman, Schramf, Jose Hawkins, Zhou Quan

ESPN's national livestream, narrated by Isaiah Thomas and Bill Ranbir.

When the Assassin got the list, he tossed it aside and said with a smile on his face, "There's a racist who has been active lately, and by the way, he's a member of white supremacy, and we're the target of his discrimination. ”

"Isaiah, what did he do to make you so angry?" Ranbir asked knowingly.

The Assassin smiled, "He's doing something that's going to ruin the NBA." ”

Ranbir was taken aback, this was not pretending, he was really surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't Lywston just say that Iron Fist guy is not doing his job, what else did he do to destroy the alliance?" ”

The assassin sneered, "Not doing business? Did Iron Fist do anything that didn't do anything during the season? Did he gamble, or did he party every night? Did he drink heavily, or did he take drugs?

No, he didn't do anything, he just won three championships in five seasons, won three FMVPs and two MVPs, and won four assists and steals, two DPOY, one scoring title, and also won four doubles.

Yes, he is the only one in the history of the entire league who has won the scoring title, the assist king, the steal king, the DPOY, MVP, FMVP and the championship and the double-team in a single season, and this is what he did last season without doing his job.

I want to say that there are people who are jealous, they want to ruin him, that's it, they don't want to see a Chinese, a yellow person, achieve so much in the United States, in the world of sports, so they want to ruin him. ”

When Ranbir heard a series of honors, he only felt a little dizzy, and muttered: "If I can be so strong if I don't do my job, I don't want to do my job!" ”

"Isaiah, you haven't said that Liverston did something to ruin the league?" Ranbir reminded.

The assassin sneered, "If the first person on active duty is forced to leave the NBA, will it be good for the NBA?" Isn't this ruining the Alliance? ”

In front of the TV, David Stern was brooding.

In the past half month, he has also been under a lot of pressure.

Sponsors such as Adidas, Nike, and Puma are all putting pressure on the alliance, with the aim of of course suppressing the iron fist, and then bringing down Skechers and grabbing its share.

In addition to these sneaker brands, there are also many sponsors, as well as some groups, who are putting pressure on him to put pressure on the league.

He knew that the existence of the Iron Fist touched the interests of many people, who not only wanted to protect their own interests, but also wanted to swallow the interests of the Iron Fist side.

Similarly, he was under pressure from the sponsors of the Iron Fist side.

This public opinion, first of all, is that capital is fighting, and under the pressure from both sides, he can only maintain a neutral attitude.

Now that the Smiling Assassin is very straightforward, he has to start thinking about what impact Iron Fist will have on the NBA if he does leave the NBA under pressure.

The league's overall ratings rose 10 percent last season, and the media didn't recognize it as a boost due to Iron Fist, but he knew it was the reason for Iron Fist.

And this season, Tekken's performance was not as impressive as the start of last season, and SuperSonic's ratings fell 15% from the same period last season.

It plummeted by 15% year-on-year, but he was very satisfied, because last season was a skyrocket, and he thought it was at least half, but now it is only 15%, which is very good, which shows that the part of the fans that Iron Fist has attracted has become basketball fans.

The supersonics' national ratings are now stable at around 6.7 million on average, the first in the league and 3 million more than the second-place Bulls.

The average rating of 6.7 million viewers was not necessarily the same as in the first two series of the playoffs two years ago.

And so far this season, the league's overall viewership has increased by 24% year-over-year, which is a huge increase.

After Jordan raised the league's ratings by a notch on the basis of the magic bird, now Iron Fist is improving again, and it is more difficult to improve than Jordan did back then, because the base is larger, which he knows very well.

If this improvement can be sustained throughout the season, it will provide a lot of operating income for the league, indicating that the league is really improving.

This season's salary cap has increased by $3 million compared to last season's big cap, because last season's operating income has been greatly improved, and seventy percent of the increased operating income comes from overseas, jersey and other peripheral sales, rights sales, etc.

He can't deny that the NBA's overseas operations have skyrocketed because of the influence of Iron Fist.

If Iron Fist leaves the NBA, will these overseas operating revenues still be maintained? How many of the people who became NBA fans because of Iron Fist will continue to follow the NBA? He wasn't sure.

It's just that the power of capital is too strong, and he can't do it, he only hopes that the capital of the Iron Fist side can withstand the pressure, and the Iron Fist can also withstand the pressure.

Now he is only worried that those sponsors of Iron Fist choose to abandon Iron Fist, which is a very likely thing, because the relationship of capital is inextricably linked, and those sponsors of Iron Fist will definitely be under pressure from all sides.

……

At this time, the starting team starts and the away team takes the lead.

When Zhou Quan appeared, he still received a very warm cheer from the Angelenos.

"It's weird that the media wants Tekken to get out of the NBA right away, but the fans just welcome him, so I'm curious to know, do these fans want Tekken to get out of the NBA, or do they want those media to get out of the NBA?" The assassin complained.

"You can commission a survey from a research company and the results will be interesting." Ranbier said.

The smiling assassin suddenly said with some excitement: "Yes, I think we were not very popular with the media back then, but there were so many fans who supported us, and we led the trend of that era, and this is the choice of the fans." So, who the fans like, those media can't decide. ”

"Smack!"

Great Western Forum Arena, jump ball, O'Neal moves the ball away, Lakers offense.

Van Exel faced Zhou Quan's defence, very carefully controlled the ball, and the ball was held very far behind, and it was clear that he was worried about being tackled.

He pushed a step beyond the three-point line on the right wing, and his heart suddenly became excited.

He is the No. 10 pick in the second round in 93, with a very low rank, although he played in the league, but he is not well-known, and he has not yet entered the All-Star.

If he could show off the Iron Fist King today, he thought the media would definitely praise him.

Thinking of this, with the blessing of strong excitement, he rose from the ground and shot three points.

Of course, Zhou Quan has studied Fan Maniac, this is a guy who dares to shoot against any defender, he shoots very casually, he definitely wants to shoot, and he is completely unreasonable, so he has always been ready for Fan Maniac to make a sudden move.

In particular, Fan Maniac likes to shoot three-pointers, even ultra-long-distance three-pointers, and after getting close to the three-point line, his vigilance is mentioned to the highest.

So, at the moment when Fan Maniac closed the ball, he made the fastest reaction speed, grabbed half a step up, and stretched out his right hand.

In the next moment, Van Axel jumped up and took the ball at the same time.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan seemed to jump higher, striking accurately, and slapping directly on the ball that had not yet been shot, Fan Maniac was pressed back to the floor by him with the ball, staggered back two steps, and sat on the floor with his ass.

"Tick!"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed at Van Exel, making a walking gesture.

"Oh roar!"

On the supersonic bench, under the leadership of veteran Mincas, a group of substitute players excitedly stood up and applauded and cheered on the field, waving white towels non-stop.

"Oh roar!"

In the Great Western Forum Arena, countless Angelenos applauded and cheered for Zhou Quan's block.

The atmosphere was very warm, which made Fan Maniac very angry, feeling that this was not playing at home at all, but as if he was playing away, but he was helpless.

"Beautiful!"

The assassin exclaimed: "The iron fist blocked the opponent and ate a big hat, Van Exel seems to be a little confused!" ”

Ranbir said: "He probably thought that Iron Fist guy was not doing his job properly and his strength had declined. But he forgot that the guy had been out of business for several seasons, not this offseason. ”

"Haha......" the Assassin laughed.

(End of chapter)