plumnovel Chapter 230 We will be the best players of this era!
Chapter 230 We will be the best players of this era!
Chapter 230 We will be the best players of this era!
He Li held a press conference with McGrady after the Bucks and Magic game.
When the media reporters were almost all there, He Li didn't need any host, and took the initiative to pick up the microphone and briefly talk about today's events.
"Thank you all for coming to this impromptu press conference today despite your busy schedule.
The main purpose of today's press conference is to pay tribute to the great Michael Jordan.
Tracy and I made a decision together, and we are willing to voluntarily give up the starting position of the Eastern All-Star forward.
I hope that after this press conference is over, everyone can help convey this meaning. "
He Li finished what he had to say, then sat back in his seat, and gave the microphone to McGrady.
For a while, McGrady was quite uncomfortable, not knowing what to say, but he tapped his fingers on the table helplessly, waiting for the reporter to ask questions.
However, the reporter still found He Li first.
"May I ask He Li, the All-Star voting has not yet ended, and the final roster of the Eastern Conference All-Stars has not yet been determined. Isn't it a little inappropriate for you to hold today's press conference?"
The implication of the reporter is that you look down on Jordan, so anxious to hold this press conference.
But the question is, if the voting results are announced, and then come out to make way for Jordan, will Jordan be willing to accept it?Is Jordan doing well?
There is no doubt that it is the most appropriate way to talk about things earlier and drive fans to vote for Jordan.
After Jordan heard the news, he would react immediately, and set up a stage with He Li and McGrady, and everyone hyped each other.
But that is something in the future, now He Li has to answer the reporter's tricky questions first.
"I don't have an opinion on anyone, I just express my own opinion.
I grew up watching Michael Jordan play.
In my opinion Michael Jordan is without a doubt the greatest basketball player of the last century!
His strength and greatness have been proved in the past!There is no need to prove it again with the current All-Star ticket.
I support him as the Eastern All-Star starting forward.
But his fans are mostly 30-year-old and 40-year-old people who are busy with their livelihoods, successful careers, and happy families.
They may not have so much time, so much energy to continue to support Michael Jordan.
But this does not prevent Michael Jordan's status in their hearts, and his status in NBA history. "
What He Li said was well-founded, convincing, and sincere, showing enough respect for Jordan.
After the reporters on the scene listened, they were immediately in awe. They didn't know whether it was for Jordan or He Li, and they immediately burst into applause, which was endless.
"Although I am a Magic fan, I am an Anfernee Hardaway fan.
But Michael Jordan was also an integral part of my childhood.
Michael Jordan's greatness is beyond doubt, in my mind he is the best player of the last era.
And next, we will be the best players of this era! "
After He Li finished speaking, McGrady followed He Li's words and showed his attitude.
Like Kobe, McGrady is also a fan of Penny Hardaway.
The only difference is that McGrady got Penny's autograph.
But Kobe was rejected by Penny, and in the end O'Neill overlord took the lead and signed Kobe, the little hapless guy, and the OK combination kicked off.
Having said that, McGrady was born in Bartow, Florida, not far from Orlando.
So it's no surprise that Magic fans are fans of Penny.
In 2000, McGrady left the Raptors, and the Heat recruited McGrady by Mourning himself, wanting to play hometown basketball with McGrady.
At that time, Mourning took McGrady to fly, drive a yacht, travel in mountains and rivers, and in the end, Riley, a fortune teller, came forward and offered McGrady a maximum salary contract, but McGrady still didn't accept it.
At the end of the day, the hometown basketball McGrady wants to play is in Orlando, with the Magic.
McGrady wanted to join forces with Penny, but in the end he only inherited Penny's No. 1 jersey.
In McGrady's mind, Penny Hardaway is undoubtedly the strongest.
But Penny, as Jordan's successor, still failed to be better than blue, better than Jordan!
But this time, McGrady seems to have something to say, the old hooligan is old after all, and we will take over the next shift.
McGrady admits that Jordan is the best in history, but that is a thing of the past.
History is written by the future, and McGrady believes that he is expected to become the new best player.
But the problem is, the best player can be the best player in history, or the best player of the month, the best player of the week, or the best player in a regular season...
From this point of view, McGrady did not talk big.
At least in the Magic, Tracy McGrady is indeed the Magic's best player in recent years.
"He Li, do you think your achievements in the future can surpass Michael Jordan?"
Obviously, He Li held a press conference with McGrady, but He Li was more eye-catching.
When a reporter asked such a question, He Li could only make it official: "I won't talk about Michael Jordan because it hasn't come yet.
Those who go up the mountain should never look down on those who go down the mountain, because they have been beautiful before.
People on the mountain should not look down on those at the bottom, because the people at the bottom may climb up at any time.
There are many peaks in the history of the league, and Michael Jordan is undoubtedly the highest one.
I only have a championship now, an FMVP, and I don't even have a regular season MVP.
I haven't created my own dynasty, and I don't have one, so what qualifications do I have to talk about legendary things like Michael Jordan?
If you talk to me about who is the number one power forward in history, I might be very interested in chatting with you. "
"So if it's in the Bucks, do you think you can surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?"
Another reporter asked, this time He Li did not evade the question, nodded and said: "I think I will.
I've brought the Bucks a championship!
I think my partner and I can still make great achievements. "
The Bucks have played almost one-third of the games this season and have only lost one game so far. This is a good situation.
Furthermore, because of the thick lineup, complete bench, sufficient soldiers and food, and a good rotation system, the personnel is not like last season, and the camp is full of injuries when it is close to the All-Star Game.
If things go on like this, the Bucks defending the championship and winning the second consecutive championship should be like the Lakers before.
To be honest, there is no unhealthy trend of superstars grouping together these days. Most of the stars have to look at their face, and everyone is sticking to one person, one city.
It is precisely because of this that a normal championship team can easily successfully defend the title.
Even in the era of the Magic Birds, where the two powerhouses competed side by side, the Lakers successfully defended their title, followed by the Pistons, the Bulls, the Mosaics, and the Bulls again, and then the Lakers again with the Spurs in the middle.
This 15-year NBA history is enough to prove the dominance of a championship team.
The only lack of dominance is the much-maligned Spurs, who have shrunk the season championship.
And this is also one of the evidences that the Spurs' first championship is not rich enough.
Today's Bucks are also in such an era of "pure style of play". If this continues, the Bucks will surely be able to connect the past and the future.
Therefore, He Li dared to boldly say in public, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's historical record and status in the Bucks.
Now the reporters heard what He Li said, but they didn't object. They were all happy, and hurriedly recorded and took pictures of He Li, preparing to write the manuscript overnight.
After that, the reporter didn't pester He Li anymore, but asked McGrady a few questions.
Like He Li, McGrady took a look at Versailles and expressed his willingness to win the first championship in team history for the Magic, and to surpass Penny's status in the team history of the Magic.
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After the press conference, He Li returned to Milwaukee with the team for rest.
However, as soon as the plane landed, He Li was infinitely bombarded by the news reports he fired.
There are many media in Milwaukee who want to interview He Li, and Jordan is also actively looking for He Li, wanting to call He Li.
In this regard, He Li did not refuse, after all, good brothers, if you have money, make money together!There's nothing to pinch about making money.
He Li communicated with Jordan, and was about to jointly hype it up. He didn't want other "All-Star candidates" in the Eastern Conference to follow suit with great fanfare.
On December 12, the Celtics played against the Nets as a guest in New Jersey.
Before the game started, Kidd copied the press conference held by He Li and McGrady exactly like Pierce, expressing his intention to make way for Jordan in the All-Star Game.
emmm, judging from the number of votes, both Kidd and Pierce can only be used as substitutes.
But now, with the help of He Li and McGrady, he said the words to give way to Jordan, but was praised by everyone.
Well, this is the same as the Swedish environmental protection girl. It can only be said that this is very Western and very American.
After He Li, Tracy McGrady, Pierce, Kidd and others got extra heads one after another, Jordan also publicly appeared in front of the media, responded to the recent incident, and then played the emotional card.
Immediately afterwards, Iverson also approached the media to express his thoughts, and also expressed his willingness to give way to Jordan.
The excitement of the All-Stars in the East has aroused the unwilling stars in the West. Kobe Garnett also explained Jordan's greatness in front of the media and his willingness to compete with Jordan on the same stage in the All-Star Game.
Even some retired historical figures, with the help of this incident, began to recall and tell about their glorious past.
For a time, the whole league had an atmosphere of respecting the old and loving the young.
But the biggest winner of this event is not Jordan, not He Li, but Stern.
The NBA headquarters counted the data of the second round of voting results of the All-Star Game and found that the total number of votes was only much less than the first round.
You must know that the first round of voting took nearly a month, but the second round only took two weeks.
The main source of votes is the fans who enter the stadium to watch the game.
NBA一周基本是45场到50场比赛，场均1.8万人，那么也就是说一周投票数上限大概在80万到90万票。
In fact, many arenas are not full of people during the regular season, and some fans do not participate in the All-Star voting after watching the game.
Those who actually voted for the All-Stars were less than half of the game watchers.
This is also the reason why the total number of votes in the first round of the All-Star voting in one month is only 140 million.
Even though the previous month's game schedule was not so tight, and there were only 40 games a week, it was still a full four weeks.
Generally speaking, the total number of votes in the first round of the All-Star voting is 160 million, so there is no problem at all.
But the problem is that while the individual votes of the stars in the first round of the All-Stars rose, the total number of votes did not meet expectations. This shows that the enthusiasm of fans to vote is not as high as expected.
But I don't want to, during the second round of voting, there will be no such problem.
Influenced by public opinion, fans are not only excited to vote, but also willing to spend real money to enter the arena to watch the game.
The 29 teams in the league do not lack this kind of fans who enter the arena to watch the game in order to vote.
It was during this time that tickets for teams across the league were selling well, All-Star voting was rising, fans were actively participating, and the entire league was showing a thriving scene, which made Stern happy.
There is no doubt that the league will continue to drive this momentum.
Therefore, when the second round of All-Star voting was announced, Jordan's votes soared by 60, and the total number of votes exceeded 100 million.
If it wasn't for He Li's profit from the joint hype with McGrady and Jordan in the second round, coupled with the support of domestic fans, he still won 47 votes, otherwise Jordan would have surpassed him in one fell swoop.
However, after the results of the second round of All-Star voting were announced, Jordan naturally became the second only to He Li among the forwards in the Eastern Conference.
Jordan played the next All-Star game as the starting forward of the Eastern All-Stars, basically there is no problem.
However, the hype about Jordan's All-Star Game will not stop there.
Of course, these things are not He Li's concern.
What He Li needs to care about is the recent battle situation of the Bucks and the problems they have encountered.
On December 12, when the Bucks were a guest in New Jersey, they accidentally lost another game against the Nets.
In the game that day, the Bucks rarely felt cold in the hands of all members. When they couldn't make three-pointers and the mid-range shots were intermittent and not accurate enough, the Bucks could only keep hitting the basket.
But the Nets can also see that the Bucks are in poor overall condition in this game and have no touch. They can only hit the basket and score relatively simple points.
The Nets huddled under the basket to prevent the Bucks from breaking through and making close shots.
At the beginning of the third quarter, He Li, who also had a bad hand feeling, mainly attacked the basket and scored repeatedly with sky hooks.
But because the 20-point hole dug earlier couldn't be filled, and because I was used to clocking in three quarters, I suddenly worked overtime in the fourth quarter, and I couldn't find my status.
In the end, the Bucks regretted losing to the Nets by 6 points and tasted their second loss in the regular season this season.
Immediately after December 12, the Bucks returned to their home court and once again challenged the Nets.
This time it was bad luck again. Obviously the players adjusted their form, but they didn't want to encounter Kidd who made 21 of 16 shots back-to-back.
It is said that Kidd likes to shoot three-pointers these days. In the past, he often made 10 of 1 shots with the spirit of not smashing the basket, but today he made 12 of 9 shots, almost breaking the single-game three-point record.
Kidd already has 41 points in pure points by shooting alone, not to mention 6 of 5 free throws.
There are many scorers in the Nets team. When a small blacksmith like Kidd can score 21 points with 46 shots, it is difficult for the Nets to lose the game.
This game is no exception. The Bucks have already played a normal level of the game, but in the end they lost 128 points to the Nets with 133 points.
The Bucks capsized in the gutter and suffered a two-game losing streak against the Nets. However, at the time of the Sixun team's internal problems, it was a house leak and it rained overnight. The Westward Journey to Dallas suffered another defeat.
On December 12, the Bucks played against the Mavericks in the Western Conference.
The Mavericks have begun to fully copy the Bucks' running and bombing tactics last month.
The Bucks knew about this, but didn't pay special attention to it. They thought it was a case of Li Gui meeting Li Kui.
But I don't think this is bad money driving out good money, and the genuine ones are killed by pirated ones.
The Mavericks took advantage of their home court and used run-and-bomb tactics to defeat the Bucks head-on.
Although they only won by 4 points in the end, the Bucks still lost to the Mavericks!
And it was a very straightforward and normal loss to the Mavericks.
For a while, the Bucks suffered a three-game losing streak, and the whole team fell into the shadow of defeat.
(End of this chapter)