NBA: Miller moment at the start

At Nike headquarters,

Luther, the head of the marketing department, was furious.

"What are you all for!"

"You can't even sign a rookie, what's the point of you!"

"Waste!"

Everyone lowered their heads like quails. Wang Ba just looked down on Nike. What does it have to do with them?

Of course,

They were just complaining in their hearts, and they didn't dare to say it directly, so as not to add fuel to the fire.

After Luther's rage, he calmed down his anger a little.

"Greet the media we cooperate with, and consider the best player of the week this week carefully. Don't give it casually. And the best player of the month, you should also consider it carefully!"

Nike pays the media a large amount of public relations fees and sponsorship every year, and it's not for nothing.

Those who are willing to cooperate and obedient will get honors, fame, and exposure.

When you meet disobedient people like Wang Ba, you have to teach them a little lesson to let them know Nike's ability, and then they will obey.

Luther's assistant reminded cautiously:

"Boss, there might be trouble with the media."

"Trouble?"

"In the first week of January, Wang Ba didn't get the Player of the Week award, and the fans were making a fuss. This time, they are making a fuss in advance. The media is still hesitating whether to accept it..."

Luther waved his hand:

"I don't need to know this. If you cooperate, the sponsorship will be doubled in the next quarter. If you don't cooperate, you can handle it yourself."

Thinking that the FMVP was given to Iguodala, how can a small Player of the Week award make a big difference?

The assistant wanted to remind Luther,

Iguodala's data in 2015 was at least acceptable, and he could use the excuse that the defense could not be reflected in the data, and the media could cooperate.

Wang Ba's data simply beat others. If he was forced to suppress it, his reputation might be ruined. Are the media so stupid?

Observing Luther's expression, he finally swallowed his words.

...

Open Air Stand Media Company,

Nike put pressure on, the management disagreed, and the editor-in-chief called everyone to the office for discussion, which was informal.

"Everyone, please share your thoughts."

The Open Air Stand is an emerging media, and the atmosphere in the company is relatively relaxed. People can speak their mind.

"Editor-in-chief, Nike has promised to increase its investment by 30% next quarter. I think we can agree to it. The selection is not our only media. Even if we refuse to cooperate, I am afraid we can't change the result."

"The weekly selection has low attention. There will be negative impact in the short term, but the impact will not be too great."

There are those who support the united front with Nike, and naturally there are those who support Wang Ba.

"We are an emerging sports media, and our main users are the Internet community. There are already a large number of fans paying attention to us online. If we suppress Wang Ba, it is likely to affect our reputation. A serious decline will have a serious impact. "

"If there are players with similar records and data, appropriate bias can be accepted. Wang Ba's data is leading, and it is too obvious to suppress Wang Ba."

What he said makes sense. The editor-in-chief did not make a decision immediately:

"Pull out the data of Wang Ba and other candidates for the best player of the week, as well as those who can compete for the best player of the month in January, and see how big the gap is."

Soon the data was pulled out, and there were exclamations in the office,

"Is he still a human being!"

"Too exaggerated!"

"What a monster!"

In January, the Lakers played a total of 11 games,

Clippers, 46 points, 7 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block

Cavaliers 22 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal

Raptors 31 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds

Carts 35 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal

Trail Blazers 46 points, 5 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 7 blocks

76ers 44 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 4 blocks, negative

Bulls, 14 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, negative

Cavaliers, 16 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, negative

Warriors, 66 points, 16 assists, 7 rebounds, 8 steals, 6 blocks

Bucks, 74 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 10 blocks

Raptors, 34 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds 10 steals, 2 blocks

The Lakers have 8 wins and 3 losses, Wang Ba averages 38.9 points, 8.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2.9 blocks per game.

As long as the Lakers win 1 of the next 3 games, he will be flat, and it would be inappropriate not to give him the Best Player of the Month, not to mention that Wang Ba is sure to play against the Timberwolves.

The Best Player of the Week is even better.

In the 3 games this week, he played against the top three teams in the league, and won all 3 games, averaging 58 points, 13 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 6.7 steals, and 6 blocks per game.

With these data, who can stop him?

The Best Player of the Week can't be suppressed, and it's probably hard to suppress the Best Player of the Month.

"Publish a personal feature on Wang Ba, list his data, see the attitude of the fans, and also give it to other mediaPut pressure on. "

The Bleacher Report Media is a new media, and the Internet is updating too fast. The reputation they have built with great difficulty must not be easily destroyed.

The benefits given by Nike are not enough to make them give up their bottom line.

If they force a quarrel with Nike and offend people for no reason, and release Wang Ba's data, other media may have to weigh the cost of forced pressure.

There are many media with the same idea as the Bleacher Report. It is better to offend Nike alone than to offend Nike together. Wang Ba's data suddenly became overwhelming.

The fans were shocked.

They all knew that Wang Ba had performed well recently, but they did not specifically count it. They did not expect it to be so amazing.

"38.9 points, 8.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2.9 blocks. It's so scary!"

"Based on this data, the strongest rookie is stable."

"The pattern is open, and the regular season MVP is not a problem! ”

“I’m curious, will Towns, who is competing for the Western Conference Player of the Week, feel ashamed when he sees Wang Ba’s number of blocks?”

“Find a hole in the ground to crawl into.”

Wang Ba’s statistics are very impressive, not to mention the points and assists, what is 2.9 blocks? How embarrassed are those big players in the interior?

NBA retired interior legends have stood up,

Barkley:

“The magical Eastern King! He shocked me.”

O’Neal:

“Who would have thought that Wang Ba could surpass the interior players in blocks? It’s unbelievable.”

Jabbar:

“It’s gratifying to have such young people in the league, but it’s even more sad because the interior players are declining.”

It’s still quite implicit, but Olajuwon said it very directly:

“The interior players nowadays are just softies! Come to my training camp, I’ll teach you how to be real men.”

Malone:

“The sadness of the interior players, the shame of the times, they are just softies who only know how to shoot 3-pointers! ”

Sea General:

“Wang Ba is very strong, but this is not an excuse. The inside line is really in decline. I suggest that all active NBA inside players retire on the spot!”

Their words are really too harsh. The current inside players are embarrassed. They are too embarrassed to speak out when their blocks are crushed by the guards.

But there are always people who are not convinced, such as Embiid:

“Now is the era of small ball. The function of the center has changed. The times have changed. You are all old.”

Where there is a sleeping dragon, there is always a phoenix chick.

The king of strong words, Towns said on social media:

“The function of the center is changing. We must keep pace with the times. We are changing the pattern of basketball and changing the times. Two days later in Los Angeles, I will show my talent and prove that the space center is the best. ”