Chapter 456: The Biggest Loser
The popularity of Youmamen first soared on the Internet.
As a representative of the new era of social media, Twitter has shown the world of sports its influence for the first time.
For a while, Delonti West and Gloria James became hot topics on Twitter.
Then, Kwame Brown, who followed Yu Fei to join Twitter last year and became the Twitter king of the supersonic team, was on the front line of eating melons.
The self-proclaimed NBA's No. 1 interior player tweeted: "I've heard an incredible rumor, DeLongty, and hopefully it's not true! ”
A day later, the Seattle Times reported on Youmamen.
This was the beginning of the mainstream media following suit.
Since then, the rumor of Youmamen from a gossip website without any conclusive source of information has become a "scandal" that has swept the world.
It spread from the United States across the Pacific to China, and then scattered to the world, thus laying the foundation for future self-media to try to use outrageous news such as "Vanessa is married to Jordan and is pregnant".
But James didn't exert his strength, and O'Neal couldn't be the winner.
Bucks fans at the scene illuminated the malice of the Internet into reality.
Especially the impact on James himself.
This came as a surprise to their core player, Danny Granger.
The Bucks unexpectedly beat the Cavaliers at home.
"It's not hard to understand." Granger tried to be friendly, "If this happens to my life, I don't want to play. ”
Tonight, 37-year-old Shaquille O'Neal was more of a king, scoring 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
But at the moment, the blow to the James camp is staggering.
“GO! GO! GO! LeBron West! ”
The damage has been done, the impact continues to spread, and the Cavaliers have lost one of the most demanding games of the year.
James's slump was soon linked to his friend's mother.
Late.
Now that they're back at home from a 3-2 down, James is picking himself up, but his team-mates have lost their spirits.
In this season-related battle, James shot 3-of-14 from the field and got 15 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.
The important thing is that James was affected, which exacerbated the spread of the incident.
James immediately contacted his lawyer, Fred Nance. But Nance argues that this rumor is not really true and does not deserve a response.
From this moment on, the authenticity of Youmamen is no longer important.
James accepted his professional opinion.
James' lawyer finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and the day before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, he sent a warning letter to the website where the rumor was sourced: "I am Gloria and LeBron James's lawyer, and I am writing to ask you to stop spreading rumors about Gloria James. They are outright slander. ”
Before that, James had never considered the influence of social media, and he was not willing to open his own Twitter account like Yu Fei. But when he saw that people on the internet and Twitter were using rumors as weapons. His mentality collapsed as he humiliated his mother with countless tweets.
Then, in the battle of Kings Mountain in Milwaukee, Bucks fans pulled out a Delonte West wearing a crown on the spot, while James knelt in front of him to photoshopped posters.
Delonti West is gone.
The Cavaliers players are all at risk, they don't know the truth, and there's no way James can put it on the table.
As a result, the sixth battle became a stage for one person.
James chipped in 34 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists against the Bucks, and he completely blew up Granger, but it didn't work, because the Bucks still have Kevin Martin and Dajia teaming up with Aldridge inside.
Tonight's O'Neal is no longer majestic, he was targeted to death by shooting, and James's supergod alone was exchanged for a glorious ending despite defeat.
But does this ending really make people think he's glorious?
"LeBron James failed to lead the Cavaliers out of the quagmire." Bill Simmons wrote caustently after the game, "Before writing an elegy for LeBron's final Cavaliers game, let's pretend we don't know who brought the team into the mud." Let's start by confirming one thing, if this is the last game LeBron played as a Cavaliers player. Then his record is losing to Frye Yu for six consecutive years and being eliminated by the Bucks in the playoffs for four consecutive years. Especially this year and last year, he was undoubtedly the best player in the series, but we never saw him turn the tide. That's the epitome of his six consecutive defeats to Fry. We thought he could do it, but he just let himself fail with dignity. ”
Now, the door of the friend mother is no longer important.
What matters is where James will go from here in the summer.
Bazz Bissinger, a New Yorker writer who previously co-authored his autobiography with James, chose to "criticize" James in his column after another defeat for James.
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Bissinger believes that James has not done anything to be proud of for Cleveland, and if he leaves this year, then it will not be a "successful retirement", but a "run away in embarrassment".
He believes that James's heart has never really matured and that it can only be strengthened by going through the trials of a tough team, but the Kings seem to refuse to accept the trial.
Bissinger's backstab is the epitome of public opinion.
With yet another defeat, James came under general criticism.
ESPN's famous troll Skip Bayless said directly on the show: "LBJ is a regular-season superstar. He's fitting to be featured in our Sports Center Nights because he's always done well in the regular season. Suddenly losing energy in the playoffs, he's the most overrated, overhyped superstar I've ever seen in the industry. ”
As a public relations person responsible for maintaining James's media image and outside public opinion, Maverick Carter is powerless.
He hired the writers who helped James write his autobiography to blatant backstab, and ESPN, who was friendly with them, allowed their trolls to spray James Bo traffic on the show, and articles in major media outlets were full of the words "James is overrated". No one can tolerate anyone comparing James and Yu Fei together.
In the words of the blow, "This is the greatest insult to Frye." ”
Since James has become a loser again, even contemptible rumors such as Youmamen, which are not credible, have become a weapon of public opinion.
Why are you so incompetent and acting like shit in the battle of Tennosan? Because of rumors? If the rumors are false, do you care what he does? If an inconsequential rumor can make you lose motivation to play, does it mean that the rumor itself is true?
For years, Nike's media network for its stars suddenly failed.
During these days, no one spoke for James.
Not only has he become the biggest loser in basketball, but he is also the most overrated athlete in the world.
So, what about Yu Fei? Will he mend this weak enemy?
He didn't do that, first because he didn't have to, and secondly, he didn't have time.
At this point in the season, the regular season awards have been announced.
Not surprisingly, Yu Fei, who led the team to create the best record in history, shattered the filter of "aesthetic fatigue" and was elected as the Most Valuable Player of the regular season with a high vote.
It was his fifth MVP trophy.
From now on, his MVP numbers are tied with Jordan.
In addition, Yu Fei was once again selected for the double team.
Meanwhile, Durant and Roy were named to the three-team team.
Marion was once again called in the second defence.
DeAndre Jordan was selected to the rookie second team with a bit of controversy averaging 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block per game.
It's been a bumper year for the supersonics, they've got everything they can get, and there's only one goal left for now.
After that, Yu Fei held a symbolic press conference.
He answered a few questions, but most of them were inconsequential formulaic questions.
It wasn't until James's name came up that his mood fluctuated a little.
"LeBron is the biggest loser in sports, what do you think of his six years in Cleveland?"
Yu Fei couldn't help but say: "I heard you right, you said he was the biggest loser in the sports world? I mean, do you think a guy who has never played a grand finale is the biggest loser in sports? ”
"I thank you for the teams that finished second."
After that, no one talked about James anymore.
Because there is no competition between Yu Zhan, mentioning the latter is nothing more than wanting Yu Fei to make up for the knife, but since the Chosen One disdains to do this, why bother?
"2009 Top Pick Stephen Curry said he would most like to play for the SuperSonics, does that have anything to do with their experience with the Dream Team?"
"You know," Yu Fei smiled casually, "Stephen is a great young man, and we're a great team. There is always a mutual attraction between the good individual and the great collective. ”
"You now have the same number of MVPs as MJ, does that mean anything special to you?"
Yu Fei glanced at the other party flatly, "Oh, Jim (Gray/ESPN well-known reporter), the significance of this incident is that I have to accept the award (Kobe) in front of the second person in the MVP vote again." ”
"I don't think Kobe Bryant will mind."
"I think so." Yu Fei smiled, "What did you say earlier?" ”
"You've equaled MJ in the number of MVPs"
"Really?"
"yes, what do you think?"
"I don't have any feelings." Yu Fei stood up and greeted everyone, "But thank you for voting for me." ”
In this way, he left, obviously a rude exit, but no one felt that anything was wrong.
He comes when he wants and goes when he wants.
Those who voted for him at the MVP award didn't even get a chance to ask questions, but hearing him say thank you, some felt that their choice was worth it.
Frye thanked me, but what else do I need?