NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 217

In order to end the dispute between Meng Xia and Linda, Lu Yusheng had to find a way to divert their attention.

Focus on what's going on on TV.

"Are you saying that these two people are not too much? It's all up to this point, and they are still insulting me." Lu Yusheng pointed to Barkley and Cuban on the TV and said.

"What did they say?" Linda asked.

"Listen."

On the TV, Big Mouth Buckley was arguing with A. Smith.

"Oh no, Smith, your point of view is very ridiculous to me as a professional athlete," Barkley said, "I admit that Lu Yusheng did play well in his rookie season, but this is not the case. It means that he can be compared with Michael Jordan in his rookie period. I must say, this is absolutely ridiculous. Of course, I completely understand. After all, you are not a professional athlete. You are good at talking on paper. You have never played any games, so I think it is completely understandable for you to say such absurd things. But please stop misleading our young basketball players into thinking that Lu Yusheng At that level, it can be compared with the original Michael Jordan."

A Smith smiled slightly after listening, "It sounds like our Mr. Buckley is not only refuting my point of view, but even has some professional discrimination in it, am I right?"

"I don't think it's discriminatory, but I think I'm right, obviously we athletes are more professional in these areas, come on, we've been dealing with all kinds of athletes from the beginning, only when we're on the field I feel that when you compete with them in the game, you can truly feel the difference in talent between each athlete, instead of seeing them on TV or from the sidelines and thinking that it is all. It’s outrageous for a player to score two strikes and think he’s Jordan’s successor.”

"So, is Mr. Barkley finished, can I speak?" A Smith asked politely.

"Of course, I didn't forbid you to speak," Barkley said, "I'm just explaining something to you, OK, let's talk, let us also listen to your theory."

A. Smith smiled, and then said, "Okay, since I can speak, I will first explain some correct things and some inappropriate things about Mr. Buckley's words just now.

First of all, I have to admit his point of view, that is, NBA players are more professional than most of our commentators in some aspects. I can fully admit this, but I must say, only in recent years, Why?Because in recent years, with the promotion of the NBA league around the world and the increase of teams in the league, the demand for basketball commentators and reporters has expanded rapidly. These vacant positions should have been filled by professional people. Yes, but the market is expanding too fast, there are not so many professional people, and because of the high salary, so many laymen have squeezed in for a while, and with the development of Internet media in these years, they are not interested in timeliness. The requirements of the media are far greater than everything else, but other requirements are far lower than those of the paper media, so as long as the articles are published quickly, and there are gimmicks, attracting attention, the quality of the articles is not cared about, which greatly reduces the professionalism of our industry. The journalists who wrote the manuscripts, they couldn't even tell the difference between ordinary fouls and technical fouls, so they began to write close-ups in the manuscripts, so I have to admit that the problems Mr. Buckley mentioned just now do exist, because our industry , the current level of professionalism has indeed declined, but I only recognize the present, not the past.We used to be very professional. "

"No, no, Mr. A. Smith, I am not talking about this issue. I think you may have misunderstood. I am not saying that because your professionalism in the entire industry has declined, you are not as professional as our athletes. I mean, you It's never been as professional as us," Barkley said.

Several other people laughed. Barkley is really low in EQ. Just now A. Smith said it very implicitly, but in the end this guy is hard steeled.

However, A Smith is obviously well-informed about this kind of scene. He didn't mean to be irritated at all, but just smiled lightly, "I don't know what Mr. Barkley said about your athletes are more professional than us. This reflects that." Where is it? If it just shows that we can play basketball better than us, then I don’t think it’s comparable, because I think everyone has their own good things, just like I asked you to write a [-]-word editorial, you I'm afraid it will be very difficult to complete, and even if we barely complete it in the end, I am afraid it will only make us feel that we will not turn bad karma, so what is the comparison?"

Barkley smiled, "What I mean by unprofessional, of course, is that we have common areas. It is impossible to say some areas that we have no intersection at all, so we have nothing to compare at all."

"Okay, then tell me, what do you mean by the common field?" A Smith said.

"The common area, of course, refers to our prediction of the game. The prediction of an athlete, to put it bluntly, is how much Lu Yusheng will achieve, or whether he can reach Michael Jordan's rookie year this season. Judging by his achievements, in this regard, I think our mobilization is far more professional than your paper commentators, and I am also more professional than you. At least I will not say that Lu Yusheng’s performance in his rookie year is better than Jordan It's naive to say that," Barkley said.

"Oh, if you say that, I understand." A Smith said, "But I may not be able to agree with your point of view, because I think you are talking nonsense, you say you are more professional than me?"

"Does it need to be said? It's an obvious fact." Barkley said, "I won't say that Lu Yusheng's rookie year will be greater than Michael Jordan. Come on, that's the god of basketball, Michael Jordan!"

"Before Michael Jordan, who was our recognized basketball god?" A Smith asked directly.

"Maybe...Russell, maybe...Chamberlain, maybe Magic and Kareem. They can all be." Barkley said.

"Yes, so, before Michael Jordan was born, none of us could have imagined that one day, there would be an athlete who could surpass Magician and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. After all, they used to be such excellent athletes, such legendary superstars , It's hard for us to imagine, just like it's hard for us to imagine now that someone can surpass Michael Jordan, we have all witnessed the greatness of Michael Jordan, so it is hard for us to believe that someone can surpass him, and emotionally, it is also difficult for us Accept that someone can outdo him.

But man, history is developing, and human beings are also developing. Similarly, the sport of basketball is also developing and evolving. Development means that one day, there will always be someone who comes later and breaks the record of the predecessors. , This is the law of human development. "

Buckley shook his head directly, "Oh, you guys are really good at talking, this thing can be related to the law of human development, it's too good at talking."

"It's not nonsense. I'm just stating some laws of the world. If you think it's nonsense, I hope you can read more books," A Smith said bluntly.

"Does this count as a personal attack?" Barkley spread his hands.

The host laughed and said to A Smith, "Old man, this is a debate, please both of you control your emotions."

"OK," A Smith said, "Then let's put this topic aside for now. After all, in fact, this argument can only be concluded after Lu Yusheng's season is over and compared with Michael Jordan. I will say first One thing, just now Barkley said that he is more professional than me in predicting the development of a player, which I will never admit."

"You can't help it, man," Barkley said. "It's true."

"Is it a fact? If you want to tell the truth, I have a fact. I don't know if I can tell it."

"You've already talked about this. You must want to say it. Don't hide it. Say it quickly."

"If I remember correctly, in 2002, when Yao Ming entered the NBA, before he played a few games, our Mr. Barkley made a so-called professional prediction that Yao Ming would not even get 20 in his career. More points, then..."

"OKOK," Barkley interrupted A Smith, "I already guessed that you must talk about Yao Ming."

"Isn't that true?"

"It's a fact. I agree with Yao Ming's misjudgment. It was indeed my mistake. Mr. Smith, everyone makes mistakes. I think there is nothing wrong with it? Besides, even if I made a mistake, this matter , it doesn't mean that you are more professional than me? After all, I made a prediction, but you..."

Before he finished speaking, A Smith took out his cell phone and pointed it at him.

On the phone, it was a piece of news from 2002, and it was A Smith's statement in an interview on Barkley's remarks at that time. He said that Barkley's remarks were somewhat absurd, and Yao Ming would definitely become the core of the Rockets' tactics.

Now it was Barkley's turn to be embarrassed.

The others couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, guys, why do I feel like I've fallen into a trap he designed?" Barkley said, "He's already found these, just waiting for me to drill in."

"So, Mr. Barkley, when you talk sometimes, you still need to leave some room for yourself." A Smith said, "I admit that in things like playing basketball, athletes must be more professional, but predicting the development of an athlete, I don't know. I don’t think players who have to play or have played in professional leagues are more professional, because this is not a quality that can only be acquired by playing. Watching is also fine. When you were in kindergarten, Barkley, I was already watching the New York Knicks win the championship. I already knew a lot of talented players at that time. I can use their talents and their later career trajectories as a reference to predict how another athlete with similar talents can develop. Space, this is a natural thing, this is the process of accumulating experience, so when Yao Ming appeared, I could immediately think of which level his talent belongs to in history, where is his upper limit, and where is his lower limit? Where, since I've seen a kid as gifted as him, I don't think you're any more professional than me at this."

These words made Barkley somewhat powerless to resist. You must know that A. Smith, as an old commentator on ESPN for so many years, can easily handle this kind of debate. He is best at grasping the opponent's logical problems, and then Using logic to refute the opponent is in itself what he is best at.

Barkley is good at creating topics, and he can talk about the world with a big mouth. When he meets a logical geek like A Smith, he is no match. Barkley has no way to refute these words.

"OK, OK," Cuban saw that Barkley of his camp was speechless by A Smith, and quickly answered, "I think A Smith completely changed the concept just now, and Barkley is telling you Today's topic, the matter between Lu Yusheng and Michael Jordan, you directly involved Yao Ming, everyone knows this matter, but it's just an old story, it has nothing to do with what we are going to discuss today."

"OK, let's discuss today's matter, Mr. Cuban." A Smith said, "I really want to ask you something."

"What happened?" Cuban asked.

"If this year's draft is re-opened, and the Dallas Mavericks have the No. [-] pick, I want to know whether you will use this No. [-] pick to select Lu Yuyu or other players." A Smith asked.

"Oh, I... I might pick Aldridge," Cuban said.

"Really?" A Smith stood up and said to the host, "If they have such an attitude, I don't think there is any need to continue the debate. The current personal data of Lu Yusheng is still the ability to lead the team. , Is there anything Aldridge can compare to? And it’s not 01:30, he can say such a choice, I can only say that Mr. Cuban is here today purely for the purpose of arguing, or, He just simply despises the point guard position."

Speaking of this, A Smith suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, he must be like this, we seem to have forgotten something."

The host asked, "What did we forget?"

A Smith laughed, "Mr. Cuban must be very dissatisfied with the player at the point guard position. Think about it, our Mr. Cuban just replaced an MVP-level point guard last season. Get out of here."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help laughing.

It's over, and Cuban was also caught by others.

(End of this chapter)