Chapter 275: 274: The youngest fifty superstars, an offense(2/3)
And another teenage basketball boy felt that the most embarrassing person in yesterday's game was not the shark, but Van Exel.
He celebrated in advance before the goal was scored. It was so social that it exploded. I, Nick Young, would never be able to do such a funny thing in my life. I really can’t imagine what kind of ordinary man could do this.
How shameful O'Neal is, and how angry Shay is at this moment.
After successfully winning the championship last season, Shay was already a popular player.
As a result, in the first game of the new season, in the traffic war between New York and Los Angeles, something shocking happened again.
This directly pushed Shay to the altar.
Shea also got a new nickname: "Killer 47".
Although this game has not yet been born, such a cool nickname is still very popular.
Shay would not waste this heat and immediately arranged for his own brand to quickly start producing the Killer 47 series of products!
Just like the previous double-sided jacket that was sold out of stock and represented both the scoring champion and DPOY. You have to seize the hot spots to win the favor of consumers~
O'Neal was despised by thousands of people, and Shay made a lot of money.
This wave of sharks is called sacrificing oneself to achieve others.
However, Shay's popularity hasn't dissipated just yet.
November 2, the second night after the NBA opening game.
David Stern held a press conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York and announced the lineup of the top 50 NBA superstars!
Among them, there are 14 centers, 8 power forwards, 10 point guards, and 9 players at each of the other two positions.
Seeing this, O'Neill was still looking forward to it.
Center is the position with the most quota, maybe I can squeeze in?
But he soon became disappointed. Stern read out the names of the candidates one by one starting from position 5, and the first one announced was the center position.
But after the 14 center players finished reading, O'Neal didn't hear his name!
The last one to be announced is the point guard position, and Shay is the last person to be announced in the last position!
Los Angeles fans cheered when Stern read Shea's name.
George Mikan, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Barkley, Baylor, Worthy, Logo, Magic and Shea, the Lakers have a total of 9 people selected into the top 50, second only to the Celtics' 10 people.
The Lakers and Celtics combined accounted for 19 of the 50 teams.
Of course, what makes Lakers fans happiest is not just the Lakers’ large number of top 50 players.
What makes Lakers fans happy is that Shay became the youngest member of the top 50 superstars!
Shay, who was born in 1970, is only 26 years old this year and has become one of the fifty greatest superstars in NBA history. This is an extremely valuable achievement!
Sure enough, as Shay said, he could reach the 50th National Congress even while lying down!
The day after the list of the NBA's top 50 superstars was announced, people found that Shai once again had long queues at Quan Chou's brand stores.
It turns out that it was Shay who started selling NBA 50th anniversary commemorative T-shirts and shoes. And, as always, they are limited editions!
The reporters were very surprised. Stern announced the top 50 list yesterday, but Shay is selling commemorative merchandise for the top 50 today.
Damn it, the workers on the assembly line can't do it even if they don't eat or drink 24 hours a day.
Therefore, there is only one possibility - Shay has already prepared the 50th anniversary commemorative merchandise. He has long thought that he will definitely be selected into the 50th anniversary, and he is just waiting for it to go on sale!
What confidence this is!
This time, however, no one would call Shay arrogant.
Because judging from the state of the opening game, the whole world knows that reaching 50 points is not the end for Shay.
Shea, who has already won three championships at the age of 26, beat O'Neal to the point where he was unable to fight back.
His finish may be the best in history!
In short, Shay is making money again this time.
News of queues at major stores have continued to fuel Shay's brand awareness.
It also made Shay's own popularity continue to rise.
Following the start, the Lakers also went on a five-game winning streak.
After defeating the Knicks, the new Lakers defeated the Timberwolves, Hornets, Raptors and Suns respectively.
Among them, in the game against the Suns, the Lakers also defeated their rivals in the Western Conference Finals last season by 13 points!
Of course, this is mainly because Sir Charles Flying Pig has to sit on the bench to watch the game today due to injury.
The three young players of Hill, Webb and Rasheed Wallace are simply not enough for the Lakers to fill their teeth.
As for Barkley, the reason for his injury is also quite strange.
Sir Flying Pig went to see rock star Eric Clapton's concert the day before the opening game. After all, Barkley still has some artistic talent, unlike Ewing and Bob who only visit stores every day.
While watching the show, Buckley put some hand cream on his hands.
Do you think these two things have nothing to do with the injury?
But here's the weird thing, because the concert lights suddenly shone into Buckley's eyes, which was too dazzling, and Buckley subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his hands.
Just like that, Feizhu rubbed the freshly applied hand cream into his eyes, causing burns to the cornea and forcing him to be absent for three weeks.
As expected of Sir Flying Pig, he suffered injuries so differently.
He can be regarded as dedicating himself to art.
Xie Yi also doesn’t know what maintenance Fliggy’s pair of pig hooves have. Although he has worked with Fliggy for so many years, you really can’t understand some of his brain circuits.
Although the Suns lost the game, Sir Charles Flying Pig naturally would not be soft-spoken.
At the post-game press conference, Barkley shrugged:
"If I were here, the Lakers' winning streak might have been ended.
The Suns lost by 13 points today, do you think I can't even score 13 points in a game?"
"But, didn't you just say last season that Shay was the best in the world?"
"Yes, Shay is the best in the world, and I am the second best in the world. McDuck? He may only be ranked third or fourth.
This is not the point. The point is, I never said that the Lakers are the strongest!
Shay is the strongest as an individual, but the Lakers are not necessarily the strongest as a team.
Personally, I may not be as strong as Shay, but with me, the Suns will not necessarily lose to the Lakers!"
Jordan:.
Since that matter is not the point, then don’t say it!
Shay didn't pay much attention to Barkley's words.
A guy who is stupid enough to hurt himself even during a concert, even the Logo Man won't allow Shay to play with him.
"Charles can say whatever he likes. Anyway, we are in the midst of a five-game winning streak and this will not change."
"So, the team is playing its best from the beginning, are you worried that the team will not have enough stamina in the long season?
After all, the Lakers are still one of the oldest teams this year."
"The best situation? No, no, no, we are still in the running-in period.
You have no idea how scary we are at our best."
Reporters were a little surprised by Shea's confidence.
They have won five games in a row, but they are just “still getting used to it”?
Some people think that Shay has the ability to say this this season.
Some people also think that Shay is a little too inflated.
The Lakers got off to a good start, but there are only 82 games in the regular season.
And there is a very strange statistic - the Lakers' offensive efficiency ranks tenth in the league this season, the lowest since Shea joined the team.
The entry of Rodman and Mutombo into the starting lineup has a huge impact on the Lakers' offense. Thanks to the support of Shea, last season's scoring champion, the Lakers' offense would have been ranked in the middle of the league at best.
Not even as good as lottery teams such as Greencaps and Kings.
Therefore, "Chicago Tribune" reporter Sam Smith, who was famous for his book "Jordan Rules".
Taking this opportunity to point the gun at Shay:
"As I say in my book, Shay is a pseudo-superstar who relies heavily on his teammates.
The reason why he has achieved such an achievement is because he is very lucky and the Lakers have always maintained a very competitive lineup.
Let him win the championship and enter the top 50.
To be honest, any player with some ability can win the championship by teaming up with Barkley.
But this year, when Robinson left, Ewing completely fell.
To be continued...