Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 241 Iverson!Red number 3!The brave are invincible!
"There is nothing more painful than being pushed down on the bench by someone who doesn't trust you on a night where you can announce the return of the king to everyone, right? Iverson..."

When Iverson was still wearing his peaked cap backwards as always, and appeared on the streets of Memphis dressed in hip-hop all the way, the voice behind him made him suddenly turn around subconsciously...

"You are?!"

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"Oh! I know you, you're the manager of Houston, the amazing Oriental..."

He handed over his fists in a friendly manner. The two fists bumped up and down. Finally, they clenched tightly together, bumped their chests, and hugged each other. This is a ceremony for brothers in the hip-hop world to meet...

"My agent mentioned you...but you know, no GM has come here with his team and followed me after the game just to sit with me and have a beer..."

Iverson said with a smile.

This is a warm little bar with a rare country tone and an atmosphere that lacks basketball, but in the slightly sad soundtrack, it is easy to remind people of some unhappy things...

Like the upcoming Iron Man 2...

What really attracted Ron was not the special effects, or the tone of this American blockbuster, but the amazing villain Black Widow, who was also his ex-girlfriend Scarlett...

Even in a small city like Memphis, advertisements related to movies are overwhelming, on the bus... the scrolling screen of the bus stop sign, and the large advertisements all over the world...

There is a constant emotional entanglement with a big star, and its biggest trouble is that no matter how you try to avoid some so-called advertisements, her image makes you nowhere to escape...

Although she is always somewhere in my heart, impartial...

"Are you very interested in this?" Ron looked out the window, fascinated by the advertisement of "Iron Man 2", when Iverson interrupted his thoughts, he shrugged nonchalantly...

"No...well, I mean, it looks nice..."

Iverson's eyes were full of strangeness, and then he spread his hands and began to express his personal opinions.

"It's really cool, but I definitely wouldn't pay to see it...it doesn't have the hip-hop culture I like...it's hard to lift your spirits..."

"Is that the same with basketball?" Ron said with a sigh.

"certainly…"

The biggest embarrassment of being in the NBA is that your depression goes beyond fame and fortune.Allen Iverson fell into such depression.

"I just want to do what I like to do. If I have to abandon my principles and become an Iverson I don't like, then I will leave. I would rather play at the YMCA than compromise." He said it firmly, as if everything was undeniable, and indirectly reminded Ron—want me to be a substitute?no way.

There have always been two Iversons.

One is Iverson himself, and the other is his distorted projection under commercial packaging and media hype. It is also the Iverson that countless fans want him to be—self-reliant, rebellious, challenging the limit, and defying power—professional sports circles have never lacked rebels, but in the NBA, most of the small boys with a personality are killed by wily coaches and veterans in the locker room before they can show their power on the court.

Over the years, almost one and only Allen Iverson has benefited from his rebellious style. He has been sought after and worshiped so much that he has gradually confused the boundary between his self and the heroic image shaped by public opinion.

He doesn't want to "become an Iverson that he doesn't like himself," just like an action movie star doesn't want to bear the gap from Superman, Batman, Rocky, 007 to ordinary men when they come home from the set.

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"You really can't stand being a substitute?" Ron asked Aaron.

"No! That's why I'm having a bad time here. I've played basketball for 26 years, and I've never been a substitute." He said in a depressed mood, as if he had great reluctance to part with his lost youth...

Ron couldn't think of how to answer for a while, but AI took the initiative to intervene:

"I've averaged 27 points per game in my career. There are some stars who have one or two bad seasons and then come back to their peak. But have you ever heard of someone who didn't play well in one season and was completely dismissed? The whole world said I had a bad season. I averaged 17 points and 5 assists. But if a player makes an All-Star team with these numbers, people will say he had a great season!" He "had a great season."

Averaging 27, 17+5, All-Star... Iverson no longer plays for money, but still misses those statistics and reputation, and doesn't realize the fundamental reason why he suffered such a cold reception in the free agent market.

So Ron had to admit with regret: while the guy in front of him is "still Iverson", at the age of 34, he is still a resolute idol.

Perhaps, IAmWhatIAm is a deception full of charm, like the song of a water demon, which makes AI intoxicated and forgets the passage of time.

Behind the evil star-making movement, the person involved, Allen Iverson, is actually suffering from pain and loneliness similar to that of Michael Jackson.

The heroic legend under the sway of business would rather end abruptly, but cannot bear the embarrassment of being continuously humiliated in the slow decline.

In this bench first-mover battle, the "answer" is not against the world, but against time.

If "AIVSOK" had a 1% chance of winning back then, what about "one person VS time"?
Nobody has ever won a war like this.

Reverse Thinking…

Ron bit his cheek and went into meditation...

Perhaps the real answer to the question can be obtained from the mentality of the players...Iverson's answer...

If you turn the "I want to start" case over and look at the other side of the incident, you will find that Iverson is not unreasonable.

The same plot, if the Spurs are in the Lakers in the Celtics, Iverson is jealous of Parker, Fisher, Rondo, everyone can loudly accuse AI of selfish behavior of destroying chemical reactions-but the problem is that the background of the story is in fucking Memphis!
Losing games there year after year, the audience in the stands is always pitifully small, they sent the only superstar (Pau Gasol) to Los Angeles, and 5 of the 3 starters are famous for their stats (Gay, Randolph, and the previous Mayo) - what Boss Heisley manages is not the glory and dream of competitive sports, even from a pure business perspective, they are not serious enough and dedicated enough.

When the current coach Hollins took over the coach, he said tremblingly, "I don't care too much about the outcome...Of course, if my team can steal some victories in the game, it is also very gratifying."

OK, Ron has never seen an inaugural speech more embarrassing, depraved, and realistic.

Conley is not good, a star point guard in the future. After losing Mayo, since Hollins doesn't care too much about winning or losing, he still chooses Tony Allen, who is known for his defense, instead of Iverson...

It stands to reason that for such a team, is there any drama that is more popular with the masses than "The answer to not being old is soaring 55 points, the Grizzlies are losing streak only because of others"?
Championships will always be a niche game in the NBA, so why not bring the greatest living icon to throw a wild party in Memphis?

In this regard, coach Hollins' refusal of AI's first request is ridiculous. It's like Jay Chou's request to be the protagonist in Wang Jing's movie, but he was told with righteous words: "We are making an art film, very serious!"

It's just that after the injury of Rudy Gay, the top player of the season, the latter played a wave of strong winning streak instead, and there was a wave of bear avoidance in the league for a while...

The AI ​​turmoil has different opinions, and the curiosity of the outside world generally focuses on: Before Iverson signed with the Grizzlies, how did they talk about it?Was there a prior commitment on the first issue?Today, the details of the negotiations are unknown, but before Iverson left the team, he left the sentence "I admit that I also made mistakes (in communication with the team)".

It is not easy for AI to admit that it was wrong, and then contacted it to "cooperate with the team" and "help young people" after signing the contract. It can be inferred that the two sides did not clearly insist on whether to start or not during the signing negotiations.

In view of the fact that no other team in the league offered better terms, the AI ​​had no choice but to obey.

The lack of choice when signing the contract and the "never abandon the principle" on the court are entangled with each other, causing future troubles...

Then there's the real factor...

In fact, this is a common feature of many superstars who end up doing nothing and fading out of people's sight...

Magician, MJ, Olajuwon... There is no need to repeat the bench experience of those seniors who have touched the ball for more than 26 years and have a higher historical status than AI. Of course Iverson knows this. He just can't stop competing with the world, and he can't give up those idealism full of decisive tone. Otherwise, it will be tantamount to tearing up the famous trademark of "Allen Iverson".

Never compromise - Iverson is caught in a redemption about the dignity of a hero and cannot extricate himself. His fans also know that he must be unable to extricate himself. If he pulls out, he will be soft, and "there is no Iverson in the world".

Did you see, another proud son of heaven who was deeply crushed to death by the glory of the past...

"Will you return to the game?" Ron sincerely asked a very worrying question...

He nodded with empty eyes, and shook his head again: "You know what? When you get used to that arena, you can hear the basketball and the whistle when you close your eyes... I won't leave, I'm the kind of person who was born for basketball... It's more important than my life!"

The hero's twilight is always embarrassing...

Ron looked at his empty eyes, and his skinny torso, and his nose was sore: "Um... I hope so, and I also firmly believe that you will return to glory one day. (Iverson smiled self-deprecatingly) At the Staples Center—the battlefield that once made your most glorious page—end in humiliation, everyone who loves AI will hate this version of the ending of the story, and hate this miserable reincarnation metaphor."

He suddenly stood up like a lion waking up, his empty eyes reflected an astonishingly sharp light...

"Yes, my story is not finished yet...I have to..."

"First of all, you have to eat a little more..." Ron nodded seriously.

"Huh?" He was slightly startled and then laughed...

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"Can you imagine life after leaving the NBA?"

"Like hell." He replied without hesitation.

There's never been anything like Peter Pan, save escape and premature death.

Elvis Presley, Lennon, Cobain, Jackson—the sudden death has prevented us from witnessing how these heroes who symbolize the spirit of Western rock and roll decayed and aged, and how they moved from being all-powerful to being calm and calm.

This makes their legend more powerful, but less real.Therefore, we are even more reluctant to see Allen Iverson-the NBA rock hero-sudden death in his career.

He must come back, face reality, face time, and move forward bravely, just like back then.

On March 3th, the day before setting foot on the Pampas Plateau to challenge the Denver Nuggets again, a energetic red No. 8 suddenly appeared at the Toyota Center media meeting with a charming smile on his face...

The number doesn't matter, the key is the ditch and sharp eyes, which suddenly made all the people in Aerospace City feel that the O'Brien Cup has never been as easy as it is now...

　Guarantee a change!There is a big explosion to save manuscripts, and the wind is blowing. It is expected to be on the 24th or 25th.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)