In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 193 The magician who led the battle, Stern's plan

Zhang Tian did not let O'Neal focus on the front, and the ratings of the first three games of this finals also speak for themselves. After the three games, the ratings were 19.00%, 18.00%, and 20.00%. Although this rating is not comparable The last finals of the 12.00 Bulls was astonishing, but compared to last year's average ratings of less than [-]%, it really slowed down a lot.

Through these three games, Stern discovered the wealth code of the NBA's resurgence after Jordan left, that is, O'Neal and Zhang Tian.

One of these two is currently the strongest insider ruler, and the other is the strongest outsider. Although O'Neal currently has no championship, there is no need to doubt his dominance. The only insider in the entire league who can wrestle with O'Neal is Duncan. , but Duncan's injury this season will completely turn into a floor flow, and if he leaves the Spurs, no one knows what will happen in the future.

Therefore, Zhang Tian and O'Neill are undoubtedly the best means of publicity. Although Zhang Tian is Chinese, this is even better, because the former can open up the Chinese and Asian markets like a business card. Stern knows very well that in the North American sports circle No matter how the NBA develops, it can't be compared. Football and baseball, just compete with ice hockey for who is the third. As for the top two, don't even think about it. The reason why the NBA is so uncompetitive in North America is that There are many reasons for this, and now they have ushered in a new opportunity for development.

"Helping Zhang Tian fight against O'Neill, he is a Chinese, not us Americans." Adam Silver was the first to jump out and object. He did not object to the global development plan proposed by Stern, but he went like this Is it really good to promote a non-American basketball player?Those black players are not easy to fool, they are making trouble every day.

Stu Jackson habitually sang against Silver, "I think David's idea is good. Apart from his playing age, the current Zhang is fully qualified to be on the same level as O'Neal in terms of strength. Compared with Hill, Hardaway , Carter and others, Zhang's performance at the critical moment is obviously more memorable, I don't think there is anything wrong with it."

Stern didn't let these two people continue to fight. Since he had this idea in his heart, he had to put it into practice. As for Xiao Hua's opinion, let's treat it as fart. This successor can give up his eyes too much. It's short.

The next day, the media front pages in the entire sports circle were all about the NBA Finals. Zhang Tian scored 40+ twice in three games.As for O'Neal, it was three times. This kind of exciting duel is really the first time in the history of the NBA Finals.

"This matchup in the finals may become the most classic matchup in NBA history. If you don't fight to the end, no one knows who will be the winner. The three games are all won in the last minute. This kind of game It's really addictive. I'm glad I didn't have such a scary inside and outside in my player days."

After the commentary, the magician said so in an interview, but he played against the basketball god Jordan in the finals. What does the magician mean by this?The reporters were excited.

"What I mean is very simple. The current Zhang is better than me when I entered the finals for the first time. As for Michael, his season seems to have ended in the first round of the playoffs. I don't mean to start a war. , Zhang may become the greatest player in the NBA finals in his debut season. Without him in the Indiana lineup, he would have surrendered a long time ago. After all, Shaq can still score three consecutive games in the face of many people. 40+, which is very telling."

But the reporters didn't intend to let the magician go. "Ervin, you seem to have forgotten one person. Bone Crusher Unseld participated in the finals in his rookie season."

The magician let out a sigh, "But in the finals, although FMVP gave him, I think Big E is more worthy of that award. Although it seems that the statistics of both of them are similar, without Elvin Hayes, he has no chance at all." He couldn't break through the defense of Jack Sigma and Marvin Webster, he was standing on the shoulders of giants, while Zhang and I fought our way completely by ourselves, even though when we came to the team, there were already A core, but they still have to look at us at critical moments. This is the biggest difference between Weiss and us. I don’t mean to disrespect him, I’m just stating a fact.”

The magician's words kindled a fire, and the entire American basketball world began to vibrate again. The old rascal, a guy who has not been very lucky recently, was the first to choke.

"What kind of teammates were I in my rookie season, what kind of configuration did they have, if I was given that kind of configuration, I could win the championship." Jordan was very unhappy with Zhang Tian, ​​who was born out of nowhere. Before that, Nike planned to make himself a trip to Asia. As a result, with the rise of Zhang Tian, ​​this itinerary was put on hold at once.

Although Rich Paul has rejected countless hooks, Zhang Tian's performance in the playoff finals is really obvious to all. It's all money, so the hooks just think that Rich Paul is up for sale, so they must To get Zhang Tian out of the way before Adi, as for the signing price, naturally it can't be as shabby as before.

And the retired guy, the old hooligan, has become a yellow flower of yesterday. The most important thing is the rise of Zhang Tian, ​​which has made many basketball fans in China start to like him, and many Jordan fans have also "rebelled". Therefore, Nike I feel that nothing is more important than signing Zhang Tian right now.

Jordan's sneaker sales are still number one in the basketball field, but Zhang Tian is likely to surpass him in the future, especially on the premise that Zhang Tian is playing so well.

So it is understandable that the old rascal has such resentment towards Zhang Tian. After all, Zhang Tian has robbed him of his job.

Zhang Tian more or less knew these things from Rich Paul, but Zhang Tian didn’t care at all. Among NBA stars, there are really not many good ones. Like Jordan’s previous China tour in 04, it was all kinds of big names. Some fans even knelt down with him.

And this guy is a scum with all kinds of poisons outside of basketball. Fortunately, he plays basketball, or else he would have gone to hell to report to Satan a long time ago.

On the side of the bone crusher, he didn't express any opinions. His fan base is far from being comparable to that of Zhang Tian and the magician, and what the magician said is correct. Ever since he won the FMVP, there have been people by his side Beep, it’s still the same after more than ten years of retirement, it’s really painful, didn’t I just win a championship, as for pushing to the death?

(End of this chapter)