You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 731
Sterling's appearance directly stimulated the blacks in the NBA.

Roger Mason, the vice-chairman of the Players Association at the time, said: "If the Sterling racial discrimination incident is not resolved before the start of next season, I don't think we should start playing. I talked to LeBron about this in the morning. Our players also have leaders and representatives. Everyone will agree. If this person is still there, we will not play, and LeBron said the same."

James' team expressed serious objection to Mason's behavior of spreading such whispers.

At night, Mason changed his words: "I mentioned that I talked to LeBron and other players. If I didn't make it clear, it's my fault. LeBron never said anything about strike."

"LeBron is a friend of mine, and I will never reveal something he never said. Bottom line, our presidents, owners, fans, players, and the world will not allow racism in our league."

Obviously James didn't say a word, but made headlines for a long time.

Before the start of the first round of Game4, James told the media his thoughts: "I don't think we need to worry about a strike. I believe that the official will do things that are beneficial to the entire league. As players, we have all seen what the president is doing. He is dealing with it. If he continues to handle it like this, then as players, we don't have to worry at all. We believe he will continue to deal with it aggressively."

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was apparently the only one in this turmoil who didn't support Sterling's immediate exit.

But he knew how sensitive people's nerves are. If he said a wrong sentence, he would be labeled as an accomplice of Sterling, so he said eccentrically: "I know the NBA will have a way, because I have been threatened many times that I will be kicked out."

Since everyone's attention is generally not on Cuban, no one can rest assured of his yin and yang.

Sterling began to run wild. He vowed that he would never give in, would fight the NBA to the end, and would never pay a fine.

"If you talk to a girl and you say the wrong thing, can they take your team away and take away the right to own the team for life? Just because you said the wrong thing to a girl? I won't let anyone take my team away," he said.

More and more people express their opinion that in the current political correctness, no one dares to speak up for Sterling. They either shut up, say something irrelevant, or support severe punishment of Sterling.

Sterling put on the look of being an enemy of the world.

The Clippers began to report that they would leave the team if Sterling didn't leave.

On the fourth game day of the first round, some teams were about to leave the stage, but the attention of basketball fans all over the world was taken away by the Clippers.

No one cared that Wesha scored 30 points in Game 40 against the Bobcats, leading to his first [-]-point series in his career.

The media only cares about whether he will be as politically incorrect this time as he was in 2008.

His inaccuracy last time only concerned him personally. If he is not sure about his own ass this time, he will once again attract criticism from all over the United States.

You know, Sterling slandered black people this time, and the NBA is a black league. In the 76ers, only Wesha, Nash, and Hayward are not black.

If this question cannot be answered properly, the 76ers will face serious internal turmoil.

Therefore, when the reporter asked Wei Xia what he thought of Sterling's recording door, his silence made the 76ers' press and public relations very nervous.

Obviously everyone knows Wei Xia's dark history with the Lakers.

The publicists only hope that Wei Xia will speak well this time.

Say the right thing.

"Before answering this question, I want to say one thing first - when I decided to participate in the draft in 2005, I excluded three teams. The Boston Celtics were one of them." Wesha suddenly fired, but it was on the Celtics. "My grandpa and my father lived in Boston since I was a child. Through their dictation, I know that Boston is one of the most racist cities in the United States. After the Celtics won the championship in the 60s, they were not allowed to eat in white restaurants. They were at the top of the league all year round, but their attendance was not guaranteed. They did not respect these heroes who brought honor to the city. I hate this city and these fans."

"Wish, what do you want to express?"

Wei Xia said: "What I want to express is that opposing racial discrimination is something that flows in my blood, passed from my grandfather to my father, and then from my father to me. I oppose discrimination from the bottom of my heart, hate discrimination—but!"

Thousands of mountains and rivers can always turn around because of a but.

"About Donald Sterling, we don't need that phone recording to know he's a racist. Anyone who cares about sports, anyone who cares about the Clippers, knows he's racist, from all the oppression of people of color that he's seen in the press, to the contract that he gave Elgin Baylor that shamed me and the racism in 2009-is there any evidence that he's not a racist? I hate him, I hate him, he's a racist, but this time, I care more about that. The source of the phone recording." Wei Xia smiled faintly, "This can't even be used as evidence in court, and now everyone is arguing to convict that racist because of this illegal recording, sorry, I have nothing to say about it."

Wish is still the same Wish.

However, the 76ers' publicists were relieved.

In their view, Wish has handled it much more maturely this time than in 2008.

He is still the same, he will not stand in line with the crowd.He has his own thinking and judgment.It can be clearly seen that he is opposed to beating Sterling to death through the recording, but he cannot stand against everyone for that scum, so he first used various precedents to label Sterling as a racist while skipping the recording, and then objected to the recording.

It is certain that some people will make trouble with his speech, some will question him, and some will spread rumors to create unrest, but his speech is clear, and anyone who has doubts will not think that he is Sterling's accomplice as long as they read his original words.

As for those idiots who are not even willing to check and listen to the wind and rain, the truth is not important to them, and using their mouths to get shit out is the top priority in their lives.

Wei Xia got up from his seat, turned and walked into the passage.

At this time, compared with him in 2008, his influence is far beyond.

His words tonight will soon spread across America.

He first had to stabilize the locker room, so he returned to the locker room immediately and expressed his views on this matter to his teammates.

In the same way, first say that Sterling is a shit, and then show that he despises this behavior of exposing the recording of the phone through private phone routines.

"There are not many saints in this world. Does anyone here feel that they can guarantee that they will not say anything wrong when they make a private call? If one day, you have to use most of your life's foundation to be responsible for a wrong word in a private call, is this fair to you?"

Odom responded: "Wish, I understand what you're thinking, but I still have to call Donald Sterling that old bastard on Twitter!"

Wei Xia said with a smile: "This is your freedom. I just hope that you will not be influenced by media reports. See with your own eyes and listen with your ears, but you must know how to distinguish information. At the same time, don't forget that you can learn the whole story through the Internet."

"I'm not interested!" Cousins ​​was the black man who reacted most calmly to this matter among the 76ers. "I'll beat anyone who dares to discriminate against me face to face! But if he is far away, why should I care what he says? The discrimination planted in the heart cannot be completely eliminated."

After he finished speaking, the locker room was quiet for half a minute.

Hayward sighed in surprise: "Steel egg, it really makes me ashamed to say such philosophical words from your mouth."

Wei Xia's words spread rapidly in the next few days.

There are those who oppose him and those who agree with him.

Toronto Raptors coach Dwyane Casey publicly expressed his disappointment with Wei Xia: "I am very sorry. Wish is the best player in the league. He should know how much weight his speech has. He is not on the right side. No matter where the recording comes from, Sterling's speech hurt many people, and that is the fact."

"Really? I don't regret his regrets to me at all. I know what I'm talking about." Wei Xia rarely responded to other people's doubts, "I still say that, anyone who pays attention to the NBA and the Clippers knows what Donald Sterling is. We all know that he is a racist. Now someone exposes the recording of the phone call between Sterling and his girlfriend, and then all of us will be furious and want to push him to the guillotine. Is this really reasonable?"

Wei Xia's words made the incident even more heated.

He's the only one in the NBA who has come forward to comment directly.

His speech is not the kind of talk that believes in the league. He stated his views, which aroused fierce echoes among fans and the media, and now there are active black NBA coaches who have expressed their dissatisfaction with him.

Coincidentally, Casey, who expressed his dissatisfaction and regretted Wei Xia's remarks, led the Toronto Raptors to be the opponent that the 76ers will face in the semifinals.

With the end of the first round of the game, the strong teams in the east and west basically did not encounter upsets.

The biggest upset was that the No. [-] Spurs in the West and the No. [-] Mavericks in the West barely won in seven games.

On the eve of the game against the Raptors, Jay Wright parachuted into Odom's chat group.

"Wish, please reduce your comments on current affairs and focus on the game." Wright was kicked out of the group chat as soon as he spoke.

"Hey, lama, why did you kick the coach?"

Odom replied: "It is impossible for our coach to play TTBOY."

Then he disbanded the original chat group very wittily, and then created a new chat group called "Lama Brotherhood", which only allowed players to enter the group.

Everyone entered the group and pretended that everything was normal, as if Wright had never snooped into the group chat, joined it, and got kicked out.

In the training session that day, Wright took the initiative to raise the matter and asked who kicked him.

Odom took out the operation record and found that there was no record of kicking people at all.

Wright had to give up, and everyone couldn't help applauding Odom's wit.

(End of this chapter)