basketball pope

Chapter 653 [Media darling, the city of air pick up]

In July and August, the media were discussing the Lakers and Cavaliers, thinking they were the favorites to win the championship next season.

The Lakers also signed veterans Ratliff, Joe Smith, Matt Barnes, and Derek Fisher, and re-signed Shannon Brown, who has amazing physical fitness, to strengthen the inside and outside lineup.

But after the World Championships, all the news of the Clippers, Yang Rui and Griffin stole everyone's limelight.

Griffin's "beast" power forward is too popular. Fans are looking forward to his cooperation with Paul in the new season. Jordan and Gay are also players who are good at dunks, and they will play very beautifully.

Yang Rui is also the darling of the media, frequently appearing in sports news and entertainment news, more and more people discuss Yang Rui's success in the entertainment industry, and every movie he invests in is a big profit.

"Twilight: Lunar Eclipse" was released at the end of June, and the box office was lower than that of the previous film, and the global total exceeded 4468 million US dollars. The film's 4455 release scale surpassed the [-] of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Home, became the first in film history.

The box office of Twilight 3 is more than 1 million higher than that of Yang Rui's previous life, because they did not face "Despicable Me", both of which were produced by Echo Company, and their release time was staggered.

Facebook's logo "Minions" has finally hit the big screen.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Minions were not the selling point of the movie at first, they were unexpectedly popular, and they even gave Minions the English name "Lags".

Now, although the protagonist of the movie is Gru, who claims to be the most frightening super jerk in the world, the charm of the Minions is obviously greater. Young people go to the cinema mostly to watch the Minions.

There are some adaptations of the movie plot. Minions are male and female. There is no difference in body shape, but the hairstyle is different.

Bentley, Yang, Nina, and Scarlett, who have the most roles, lead the Minions Army, and together with Gru, plan the craziest heist in the entire history of mankind, intending to steal the moon.

After the movie was released, the word of mouth exploded, the plot was very interesting, the little girl was cute, the minions were funny, and the box office exploded.

The North American box office quickly exceeded 7 million, and the overseas box office was even crazier than North America, exceeding [-] million.

All netizens all over the world know Minions, and they don't need publicity at all, so the box office is much scarier than Yang Rui's previous life.

In September, "Despicable Me" surpassed 9's "Pirates of the Caribbean 10.8" with $2006 billion at the global box office, ranking fourth in all-time grossing.Only "Avatar", "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" are ahead of them.

At the same time as the box office explosion, with Facebook's stock price soaring, Yang Rui's net worth has soared to the point of terror.

Yang Rui made headlines in entertainment news. After returning to China, he accepted an exclusive interview with the entertainment channel and was dubbed the "Father of Minions".

In mid-September, LeBron James made a shocking statement in an interview to increase his sense of presence: "What I want for the Cavaliers is not a championship, not two, not three, not four, not five. , not six, not seven championships."

The implication is that he wants to lead the Cavaliers to at least eight championships, surpass Kobe, surpass Jordan, surpass everything, Macross, Wade and Bosh are his wings!
The Cavaliers fans are going crazy. Yang Rui only finds it funny after reading the news. I don't know how James will take back these words in the future.

Of course, he is likely to make that promise, because once the Clippers develop well, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to get a championship.

A reporter asked James to comment on the Clippers. He said: "Jerry Young is a great coach. He has won a lot of honors, but I don't believe he can lead the Clippers to beat the Cavaliers."

The reporter also interviewed Spurs coach Popovich, who won the Coach of the Year award last season and led the team to a championship.

Popovich said: "Jerry Young should be able to lead the Clippers into the playoffs. I don't know how far they will go. I think the Clippers need to dig a big star next year to have a chance to rise. Now their lineup is not enough. Strong, even with Paul joining."

David Stern is following the NBA news, expecting the Clippers and the Lakers to compete fiercely, and preparing to arrange the opening match between the Clippers and the Cavaliers. Everyone wants to know how strong these two rebuilding teams are.

On September 9, the Clippers held a media day. In the past, it was deserted and no one paid attention.This time, the number of reporters interviewing the Clippers has skyrocketed, and although it has not surpassed the Lakers, it is also a good start.

Yang Rui arrived at the venue wearing a white casual suit, greeted the players, and was surrounded by reporters for an interview.

He announced the core candidates for the new season, and the four of them took photos of the core makeup.Paul, Curry, Guy, Griffin.

Dunleavy was excluded, and as soon as the old Dunleavy left, the status of "Prince Prince" immediately declined.Yang Rui didn't trade him away because he couldn't get a strong man. Instead of looking for a long-term role player with average strength, he might as well spend a season and wait for the contract to expire to free up salary space.

Many people were surprised, including Guy himself, that he was a role player during his time with the Cavaliers and was never taken seriously.When he joined the Clippers, he failed to see Yang Rui, and the two never communicated, but now Yang Rui makes him the core.

Guy was on fire with excitement, and he vowed to take his chance.

After taking the photo, the reporter focused on asking how Yang Rui planned to use Guy.

Yang Rui replied: "Rudy Gay has super physical qualities. I think as long as he is trained properly, he can play a role on both ends of offense and defense, and he will become Iguodala's type of player. He can fight on the ground. He has the potential to be an All-Star by cutting, catching and shooting, going up front on the counter-attack and one-on-one."

The reporter asked: "Gay didn't play in the Cavaliers for four years. What do you think is the reason?"

"The position overlaps with James, the Cavaliers need a three-point shooter, and the coach has not played his strengths."

The reporter asked: "In the new season, how are you going to allocate Curry and Paul's playing time? They are both point guards."

"Curry comes off the bench. I will arrange to play a double guard at a certain period of time, which will be adjusted according to the opponent's lineup."

The reporter asked: "Will the Clippers play offensive basketball in the new season?"

"Sure, did I focus on defense? I liked the way the Raptors played the most. The fans called us the Dragons. Now, I want to turn Los Angeles into a lob city."

Yang Rui directly put forward the concept of "air connection city" and won the "naming right".If he doesn't say it now, there will be fans who will use this name in the future.

The reporter asked: "Are you so confident because you are optimistic about Paul's organizational ability?"

"Of course, I've always been cultivating stars. Even if Yao Ming, I traded him to the Lakers, he didn't play at the star level. Chris is the only instant star I named to dig. Before I coached him, he It's already been called the number one point guard."

When everyone thought about it, they found that Yang Ruizhen had never poached a big-name star. Even in the summer, he did not take the initiative to invite a group of free people such as James and Wade.

This is big news. People who can be favored by Yang Rui have extraordinary achievements.

A reporter immediately asked: "What height do you think Paul can reach?"

"MVP, maybe after this season, he can win the regular season MVP, as long as he implements his tactics seriously. He is the most critical part of the Clippers, the team has just completed the reconstruction, there are many new players, and it takes time to run in. Paul's Play will determine our run-in speed and regular season record."

(End of this chapter)