"Good evening, viewers. This is ESPN 1. The next game is the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Miami Heat at home. I am Rachel Knicks."
"I'm Isiah Thomas, good evening everyone."
"Hi~I'm Jeff Van Gundy."
"Both of you, I believe you all have your own expectations for tonight's game. Isiah, can you tell me your opinions first?"
"Okay, I like the Lakers very much, and I also like Kobe Bryant very much, but for tonight's game, I'm sorry, I choose the Miami Heat." After retiring for many years, Isiah Thomas has become very accustomed to guest commentary.
Life, so when I express my opinions, I am not ambiguous at all.
"Oh, why?" Rachel asked.
"Why?" Isiah Thomas said: "For a team with James, Wade, and Bosh, what else can I say? Maybe we can compete with them by moving out Michael."
"Is this a sarcasm? Isiah?" Rachel said.
"Irony?" Isiah Thomas said: "I don't know, but I can't imagine Michael, Bird and Johnson teaming up. It would be impossible for our Pistons to win the championship. In fact, if this thing really happens
No, other teams in the league don’t have to play anymore.”
"Do you think it's wrong for the Heat to stick together?" Rachel continued to ask.
"From a player's perspective, there is nothing wrong with this in order to win a championship ring, but from a league's perspective, such a team formation is really against the spirit of competitive sports. If these three people are all over 35
Years old, I can understand that, but how old are they? Each is at the peak of his career. Such a team would harm the fairness of the league too much." Isiah Thomas said: "I want to use Barkley's words here.
, it is easy for the management to be dissatisfied when stars stick together during their peak period. Last year’s lockout incident was a wake-up call.”
"Are you afraid that the NBA will become like the baseball league, with just a few teams taking turns every year?" Rachel said.
"Bingo!" Isiah Thomas said: "As a person trained by this league, I can say that without the NBA, I would not be where I am now, so the unfavorable situation in the labor negotiations is the last thing I want to see."
"You mean, you don't like what LeBron does?"
"Yes, I don't like it. Believe me, LeBron has the strongest body and skills in the world. Based on his conditions, he is completely the savior of a city. He can choose to join a team at the top. I really can't understand it. Lei
Chell, do you know why so many people only talk about LeBron and not Wade? The answer is simple, because it was him who went to Miami to find Wade, instead of Wade going to Cleveland to find him. If it were Wade today
If De shows up in Cleveland, then I can guarantee that nothing will happen to LeBron."
"But LeBron also made a statement in Sports Illustrated. There is a precedent for teaming up. Jordan also held a team up back then, and even named the number of people in 7 groups in one breath. What do you think of this?" Rachel seemed to
I have done a lot of homework in advance for tonight's game, and most of the questions are very attractive and very easy to cause controversy.
Regarding this "salvation" question, Isiah Thomas blurted out: "I have read this interview report. Indeed, LeBron has a very good memory. The three giants model or even the multi-giant model, in the history of the league,
It’s not uncommon, such as Jerry West + Elgin Baylor + Wilt Chamberlain, or Larry Bird + Kevin McHale + Robert Parish, or Michael Jordan +
Pippen + Rodman, etc., and the most recent one was Kobe Bryant + Shaquille O'Neal + Gary Payton + Karl Malone of the Lakers, but there was one thing he confused here, and that was age and who took the initiative.
It’s a question of who to embrace.” Isiah Thomas continued to speak clearly: “In the 1968-1969 season, the Lakers formed the Big Three. Chamberlain was 32 years old, Baylor was 34 years old, and the youngest West was also 30 years old. Compare that.
The Heat's Big Three, James was 25 years old that year, Wade was 28 years old that year, and Bosh was 26 years old that year. The difference is clear. Furthermore, the most important point is that Baylor and West have always been members of the Lakers.
They have never changed teams, so when it comes to teaming up, you can only say Wilt Chamberlain. Let’s talk about the next group, Larry Bird was drafted by Boston itself, and Robert Parish came to Boston.
Before, I had no major honors. I was neither selected to the first-team defense nor the All-Star. On the contrary, after coming to Boston, I was selected to the All-Star for the first time and to the All-NBA Team for the first time. This is the same honor as the Miami Big Three when they were combined.
The difference was too big, and he couldn't be called a star at that time. As for McHale, he had the same experience as Bird. They were both players drafted by Boston, so there was no problem with this group. Furthermore, Michael + Pi
Pippen + Rodman, I am relatively familiar with this combination. Needless to say, Michael and Pippen have always grown up in Chicago, and there is no teaming up. As for Rodman, he is 34 years old when he came to the Bulls. If you insist
I said, it was Rodman who came to join the team, and it has nothing to do with Michael and Pippen. Finally, there are the recent "Four Kings" of the Lakers. These four people are indeed All-Stars and future Hall of Fame members, but it is a pity.
, except for Kobe, everyone was over 30 years old, including O'Neal, 31, Payton, 35, and Malone, 40. Everyone knows that superstars are also human beings. When they reach the age of 35, their status will be greatly reduced. This is no longer the case.
A true veteran is old, and everyone has a certain amount of respect for veterans, so their tolerance is different. If LeBron struggles with the Cavaliers until he reaches 35 and still doesn’t have a ring, then no one will join him if he joins another team.
If you accuse him, you will send him away with admiration just like Salt Lake City treated Malone."
"Having said so much, the main points are these. The term "Baotuan" will only be used for superstars or super giants. Ordinary players are not qualified to use this word. If the captain is looking forward to it, or is a player who has been waiting for
, then there is no qualification for grouping. The so-called grouping will only criticize the person who takes the initiative to hug. Look at Wade, this is not difficult to understand at all. The last thing is everyone's tolerance for the age of grouping. Based on the comments from fans online, it is not difficult to see.
It seems that everyone is not disgusted with veterans hugging each other, so the Miami Big Three are too young, which is also a reason for everyone's attack and dissatisfaction. Let me explain here, I personally do not dislike LeBron, but when I was with the Cavaliers,
, I love this guy very much, but even so, I have to say, a young genius who was only 25 years old at the time, a two-time regular season MVP winner, with countless first-team and defensive honors, such a person has just reached the beginning of his career.
On the right track, there is really no need for him to team up. If Michael had been intercepted by us a few times and ran over to Johnson or Bird at a young age, that scene would definitely not be any worse than LeBron's 'Decision' last year.
go."
"Isiah, it seems that you were already prepared before you came. You blurted out such a long sentence. You didn't sleep last night, right?" Rachel interrupted the atmosphere and deliberately joked.
Isiah Thomas was also very good at it. He immediately smiled and said, "Yes, in order to cope with the national broadcast, I didn't sleep a wink all night."
"Jeff, do you have anything else to add about this matter?" Rachel turned to Jeff Van Gundy on the other side and asked.
"I thought you had forgotten me." Jeff Van Gundy "complained" and then said: "I basically agree with Isiah's statement, but I would like to add something here, why does the grouping model cause
Labor talks break down."
"Speaking."
"In fact, the so-called peak team-up in modern times should start with the old Big Three in 2007. As we all know, the term 'Big Three' became popular when Garnett and Ray Allen joined the Celtics.
Garnett was 31 years old that year, Ray Allen was 32 years old, and Pierce was 30 years old. But even so, I think everyone still remembers the sensation of 2007, right? Last season, he was still at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and the new season has not yet
As soon as the game started, the title "Hulk" hung over Boston. And the facts also proved that the "Hulk" was powerful. They jumped directly from the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season to the first place in the league. They were also the regular season players that year.
The only team with more than 60 wins. Not to mention the playoffs, winning the O'Brien Cup is the best proof. Starting from that Celtics team, the power and temptation of the boss team,
It appeared instantly. Before joining the Celtics, Ray Allen's statistics were 26+4+4, Garnett's statistics were 22+12+4, plus Paul Pierce's 25+5+4, and they both
One thing they have in common is that last season, they were the bosses of each team. In the following years, the Green Army has been a strong contender for the NBA championship. In fact, starting from this season, the bosses of each team
They were already unhappy, especially Seattle and Minnesota, which lost their respective leaders. Ticket sales plummeted in the second season, the city's influence shrank significantly, and they suffered huge financial losses, which made the bosses unspeakably resentful."
Jeff Van Gundy said, mocking himself: "Fortunately, I stopped being the head coach in 2007, otherwise I would have to complain a few times if I encountered this situation."
"Then, when the Celtics grew old, the bosses thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but they didn't know that LeBron and Bosh would go to Miami to join forces with Wade to form a younger and more impactful 'new Big Three'.
, the bosses' anger broke out. After all, they didn't buy the team just to make the team lose money in vain. When the world's attention is focused on a few teams, for most teams, it is actually very difficult.
The disadvantage is that the lack of attention will further shrink the small city teams. If things go on like this, the disadvantages to the league are self-evident. This is why, in this session of labor negotiations, the management strongly demands that a hard salary cap be added.
, imitating the NFL model is indeed a good way to limit the gathering of superstars. Because of the soft salary cap, many bosses think that the restrictions are not strong enough. Because of the luxury tax, many big city teams don’t care about paying it at all.
, so the main disagreement this time is stuck on this point." Jeff Van Gundy said: "But it is a pity that this proposal was not passed in the end, so from this aspect, it is the victory of the players and stars.
But it is foreseeable that if the stars continue to work together in the future, this topic will be restarted in the 2017 labor negotiations, because no owner is willing to just be a supporting role for a big city team."
"Jeff added this very well. For the sake of the healthy development of the league in the future, I personally suggest that the stars should not stick together during their heyday. Otherwise, every time the season is suspended, the damage caused to the league will be difficult to recover. In the long run,
It’s actually a kind of harm to the players’ own interests.” Isiah Thomas nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Isiah chose Miami tonight. What about you, Jeff? What was your choice?" Rachel refocused the topic in a timely manner.
"Isiah and I have different opinions. I choose Los Angeles tonight." Jeff Van Gundy said.
"Oh? Can you tell me why?" Rachel asked.
"Because I received a text message from Kobe before coming today. He told me that the Lakers will definitely defeat Miami tonight." Jeff Van Gundy smiled and said, "So I choose to believe him."
"Is this true? Did that guy Kobe really text you?" Isiah Thomas said.
"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, you can come and see for yourself." Jeff Van Gundy shook his phone and said.
"It looks like that guy Kobe is going crazy tonight, um, Rachel, can I still change my choice?"
"Sorry, gentlemen are responsible for their own choices, aren't they?" Rachel said: "The players from both sides have begun to warm up. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides."
PS: Xiao Zi personally has no objection to James. After all, after winning the championship, all problems will be non-issues. But in the book, it is still March 2012, and James still has zero championships, so it is normal for people to talk and ridicule. At that time
The general environment is like this, everyone must have not forgotten it, right?
This is the second update, there will be a third update later~