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Chapter 160 Miami Big Three

"Good evening, viewers. This is ESPN [-]. The upcoming game will be the Los Angeles Lakers playing against the Miami Heat at home. My name is Rachel Knicks."

"I'm Isiah Thomas, good evening everyone."

"Hi~ I'm Jeff Van Gundy."

"Both, I believe you all have your own expectations for tonight's game. Isiah, can you tell me your opinion first?"

"Okay, I like the Lakers and Kobe Bryant very much, but tonight's game, I'm.sorry, I choose the Miami Heat." Isiah Thomas has been used to guest commentary after retiring for many years Life, so express your own views, not ambiguous at all.

"Oh, why?" Rachel asked.

"Why?" Isiah Thomas said: "A team with James, Wade, and Bosh, what can I say? Maybe move out Michael to compete with them."

"Is this a sarcasm, Isiah?" Rachel asked.

"Sarcasm?" Isiah Thomas said: "I don't know, but I can't imagine that Michael and Bird and Johnson are on the same team, so that our Pistons can't win the championship. In fact, if this thing really happens Now, other teams in the alliance don’t have to play.”

"Do you think it's wrong for the Heat to stick together?" Rachel continued to ask.

"From the player's point of view, there is nothing wrong with fighting for the championship ring, but from the league's point of view, such a team is really against the spirit of competitive sports. If these three people are over 35 I can understand, but how old are they? Each is at the pinnacle of his career, this kind of team formation is too harmful to the fairness of the league." Isiah Thomas said: "I want to use Barkley's words here , The star team at its peak will easily dissatisfy the management, and the lockout incident last year is a wake-up call."

"Are you afraid that the NBA will become like the baseball league, where so many teams rotate every year?" Rachel asked.

"Bingo!" Isiah Thomas said: "As a person cultivated by this league, I can say that without the NBA, I wouldn't be where I am now, so the unfavorable labor negotiations are the last thing I want to see."

"You mean, you don't like LeBron doing this?"

"Yes, I don't like it. Believe me, LeBron has the strongest body and ball skills in the world. According to his conditions, he is completely the savior who saved a city. I really can't understand that he can choose to hold a group at the peak. Lei Chell, do you know why so many people only talk about LeBron and not Wade? The answer is simple, because he went to Miami to find Wade, not Wade to Cleveland to find him. De show in Cleveland, then I can guarantee that nothing will happen to LeBron."

"However, LeBron also made a statement in "Sports Illustrated". For tonight's game, I also did a lot of homework in advance. Most of the questions are very attractive, and at the same time it is very easy to cause disputes.

Regarding this "spitting" question, Isiah Thomas blurted out: "I have read this interview report. Indeed, LeBron's memory is very good. The Big Three model or even the multi-giant model. In the history of the league, Not uncommon, such as Jerry West + Elgin Baylor + Wilt Chamberlain, or Larry Bird + Kevin McHale + Robert Parish, and Michael Jordan + Pippen + Rodman, etc., and the last time there was Kobe Bryant + Shaq O'Neal + Gary Payton + Karl Malone of the Lakers, but there is one thing he confuses here, that is age and who takes the initiative It’s a question of who to hug.” Isiah Thomas continued to say clearly: “In the 1968-1969 season, the Lakers formed the Big Three. At that time, Chamberlain was 32 years old, Baylor was 34 years old, and the youngest West was also 30 years old. The Big Three of the Heat, James was 25 years old, Wade was 28 years old, and Bosh was 26 years old. The player has never changed teams, so if you want to talk about grouping, 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 didn’t have any big honors. I was neither selected for a first team defense nor an All-Star. On the contrary, after coming to Boston, I was selected as an All-Star for the first time and was selected to the best team for the first time. The difference is too big. At that time, he was not a star at all. As for McHale, he had the same experience as Bird and was drafted by Boston. Peng + Rodman, I am familiar with this combination. Needless to say, Michael and Pippen have always grown up in Chicago, and there is no grouping. As for Rodman, he is 34 years old when he came to the Bulls. I said, it was Rodman who joined the group, and it had nothing to do with Michael and Pippen. In the end, there are the "Four Kings" of the Lakers. These four are indeed All-Stars and future Hall of Famers, but it's a pity At that time, except for Kobe, everyone was over 30 years old. Among them, O’Neal was 31 years old, Payton was 35 years old, and Malone was 40 years old. Everyone knows that superstars are also human beings. The out-and-out veteran is old, and everyone has a certain respect for the veteran, so the tolerance is different. If LeBron has struggled to 35 in the Cavaliers and has no ring, then he will join another team. No one will. If you accuse him, you will send him away with admiration just like how Salt Lake City treated Malone."

"Having said so much, here are the main points. The term Baotuan can only be used on 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 , that is not qualified to hold a group, the so-called group will only criticize the person who took the initiative to hug, look at Wade, this is not difficult to understand. The last is everyone's tolerance for the age of the group. It is not ugly to sum up the fans' comments on the Internet It seems that everyone is not disgusted with veterans hugging their thighs, so the Miami Big Three are too young, which is also a reason for everyone's attacks and dissatisfaction. Let me explain here that I personally do not dislike LeBron, but when I was in the Cavaliers , I love this guy very much, but even so, I have to say that a young talent who was only 25 years old at the time, a 2-time regular season MVP winner, has countless honors in one defense and one defense. Such a person has just reached the beginning of his career. On the right track, there is really no need for him to form a group. If Michael ran over to find Johnson or Bird at a young age after being intercepted by us a few times, the scene would definitely not be worse than LeBron's "decision" last year. go."

"It seems that Isiah, you have already made preparations before you came. You blurted out such a long sentence, didn't you sleep last night?" Rachel interrupted the atmosphere and joked on purpose.

Isiah Thomas is also very good, and immediately smiled cooperatively: "Yeah, in order to cope with the national live broadcast, I didn't close my eyes all night."

"About this matter, Jeff, do you have anything else to add?" Rachel turned and asked Jeff Van Gundy on the other side.

"I thought you guys had forgotten about me." Jeff Van Gundy "complained" and said, "I basically agree with Isiah's statement, but I would like to add one more point here, why does the group mode cause Labor negotiations broke down."

"please say."

"In fact, the so-called peak grouping 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. That year Garnett was 31 years old, Ray Allen was 32 years old, and Pierce was 30 years old, but even so, I think everyone still remembers the sensation of 2007? Last season was at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and the new season has not yet At the start of the game, the title of "Hulk" shrouded Boston. And the facts also proved that the "Hulk" is powerful, directly from the last season in the Eastern Conference last season, the record jumped to the first place in the league. The only team with more than 60 wins. Not to mention the playoffs, winning the O'Brien Cup is the best proof. Starting from the Celtics, the power and temptation of the boss team, It appeared instantly. Before joining the Celtics, Ray Allen's data was 26+4+4, Garnett's data was 22+12+4, plus a 25+5+4 Paul Pierce, and they all There is one thing in common, that is, last season, they were the bosses of each team. In the following years, the Green Army has always been a strong contender for the NBA championship. In fact, starting from this season, the bosses of each team They are already not very happy, especially after losing their bosses Seattle and Minnesota, the ticket sales in the second season plummeted, the city's influence has shrunk significantly, and the large financial losses have made the bosses unspeakable." Jeff Van Gundy laughed at himself and said, "Fortunately, I stopped being the head coach in 2007. Otherwise, I would have to complain a few times in this situation."

"Then, when the Celtics got 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 Wade to form a younger and more impactful 'New Big Three'. , the anger of the owners erupted. After all, they did not buy the team to let the team lose money. When the eyes of the world are focused on a few teams, it is actually very difficult for most teams. The disadvantage is that the lack of attention will further shrink the teams in small cities. In the long run, the disadvantages to the league are self-evident. This is why, in this session of labor negotiations, the employers strongly demanded to add a hard salary cap. , imitating the NFL model is indeed a good way to restrict superstars from getting together. Because of the soft salary cap and the strength of the restriction, many bosses think it is not strong enough. Because of the luxury tax, many big city teams don’t care about paying 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 point of view, it is the players and stars who won. But it is foreseeable that if the future stars continue to work together, this topic will be restarted in the labor negotiations in 2017, because no owner is willing to only be a supporting role in a big city team."

"Jeff added this very well. For 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. If things go on like this, It is actually a kind of harm to the player's own interests." Isiah Thomas nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's get back to the topic, Isiah chose Miami tonight, what about you, Jeff? What's your choice?" Rachel readjusted the topic in a timely manner.

"I have a different opinion than Isiah. 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 I came today, he told me that the Lakers will definitely beat Miami tonight." Jeff Van Gundy said with a smile: "So I choose to believe him."

"Is this true? That guy Kobe really texted you?" Isiah Thomas said.

"Of course it's true. I don't believe you can come and see for yourself." Jeff Van Gundy shook his phone and said.

"It looks like Kobe is going crazy tonight, um, Rachel, can I change my choice?"

"Sorry, gentlemen are responsible for their own choices, aren't they?" Rachel said, "Players from both sides are starting to warm up. Let's take a look at the starting lineups from both sides."

PS: Xiao Zi personally has no opinion on Zhan Huang. After all, after winning the championship, all problems will be no problem, but the book is still in March 2012, and Zhan Huang still has zero championships, so it is common to be talked about and ridiculed. At that time This is the general environment of , everyone should have not forgotten, right?
This is the second update, and there will be a third update later~
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