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Chapter 472: Conquering the Opponent's Supporters

"I admit that seeing the score in front of me made me feel unbelievable. At least I admit that this is not the score that the Boston Celtics should have." Tolbert, who was in charge of commenting on the game, took advantage of the opportunity to interject the advertisement, took the microphone and muttered.

He is a supporter of the Celtics. He claims to be the smooth blood in his body with green color, but in the program commentary, he cannot comment on the side he likes, especially in the game, because it is at the home court of the Supersonics. Although this game is broadcast live across the country, the commentator is also required to try to stand on a neutral side.

This neutrality means trying not to favor the Celtics, because although the Celtics have been at a low point in recent years, their influence has not completely subsided. The accumulation of decades of historical accumulation has allowed their supporters to spread across various related fields.

All of these people dream that the great Celtics can revive and stand on the top of the alliance again. This expectation has always existed and will not disappear because of the short passage of time. It has been deposited in their hearts, longing, surging, and nostalgic.

Teams like the Lakers and Celtics that have luxurious, heavy and glorious history have this charm. In the league, their status is equivalent to Real Madrid in La Liga and Barcelona, ​​and to some extent, it is even better.

"I think the Supersonics team is already qualified, and I am not surprised at all by this score." Although Tirito is not a supporter of the Supersonics team, he has become accustomed to opposing because of opposition after following Tolbert for a long time.

"A team may perform well, but it will inevitably not last long, especially during the long season. Even if they finally enter the playoffs, they cannot last until the end with a single person. The Los Angeles Lakers last season are a very obvious example. Even if Kobe Bryant performs well, it is useless. The Supersonics this season are the Lakers last season, and they are missing a Phil Jackson." Tolbert insists on his own opinion.

"So do you think this kind of situation where superstars gather together is normal and is worthy of encouragement? As far as I know, this situation did not occur in the previous Celtics, whether it was during the Bill Russell period or the Larry Bird period." Tirito didn't like this way of gathering several superstars into this way of building a team.

The reason why the league sets up a salary cap and establishes a draft system is to encourage fair competition. Everyone competes in the same environment, so that the power of capital can be weakened as much as possible, and the gap between cities, big and small ball markets can be narrowed as much as possible, so as to limit competition to basketball itself and technical levels.

This is the significance of the existence of the league. It is not just a commercial development alliance. This is a process of the league's development. This effective system has gradually been formed. The situation of having three maximum-paid players like the Celtics has never happened before, but it has happened now.

Judging from Tirito's observations on the development of the league over the past twenty years, he feels that once this situation occurs, in order to fight against such a lineup, other teams will inevitably form an equally luxurious lineup to fight against him. However, there are many top players in the league. The gathering of superstars in one or several teams will inevitably bring market attractiveness and competitiveness to teams without superstars.

In this way, it will become increasingly difficult for teams without superstars to survive, or they will have to increase investment and attract more players to join. This will inevitably produce a lot of garbage contracts, which will have a negative impact on the market and will break the current balance of the league.

Tirito did not want to see such a situation. Although he himself felt very sorry and regretful about the fall of the Celtics, what he wanted to see was that Celtics would slowly reach the point of the past through accumulation and recovery over time, rather than completing it like now through crazy and gambling operations.

He is a relatively conservative person who doesn't like to break the current situation, while Tolbert is crazy. At the same time, Tirito is also relatively neutral in his feelings towards the Celtics, while Tolbert is very biased, so when it comes to treating the Celtics, the two people's positions are very obvious.

"I think this is just a normal market action. All transactions are made based on fairness and there is no violation of the rules of the alliance." Tolbert paused and organized the language. With his vision and experience, what Tirito could see, he could naturally see, but his feelings for the Celtics made him support this behavior.

"Haha, old friend, I don't believe you can't see the harm of this development trend." Tirito said to Tolbert with a smile, then put on his headphones and listened. The director still had no new instructions, indicating whether the advertisement was still going on or the commentators in the studio were saying something.

"The harm is not that serious. Other teams are not the same. I think there are no real superstars in this league. I don't know when a player like Larry Bird will appear." Tolbert said in a deep commemorative tone. He did not see the most glorious period of the Celtics with his own eyes, but the Celtics in the 1980s have accompanied him to mature, leaving deep traces in his heart.

"Lary Bird, why don't you say a player like Jordan?" Tirito also respects Larry Bird very much. He can be called great in terms of his skills and character, but he admires Jordan who has made great achievements even more, so he naturally has to take it out and fight with Tolbert.

"Jordan is great, but it is not completely insurmountable. The growth trajectory of each superstar is different. Maybe there will be no next Jordan, but there will definitely be a striking figure. Although I like the Celtics very much, I also appreciate the player Stephen. I think that if there is no major injury and he can play for more than ten years of career, then his achievements will not be inferior to any leader-level superstar." Tolbert turned over Stephen's data and said to Tirito.

"I think Stephen this season is in an abnormal state. Under the current rules and confrontational intensity, it is impossible for a player to average 40 points per game throughout the season. His score will inevitably slowly fall, and he will even be less than 35 points in the end." Tirito's statement is also based on the average of the season. Except for Chamberlain, a non-human, only Jordan once scored more than 35 points per game in the season, but even Jordan only completed one season.

In the past twenty years, the closest thing to this result is Kobe's average of 35:20 last season. Stephen's performance is very crazy, but it is not much different from Kobe last season. Tirito believes that Kobe's madness has a lot to do with becoming the boss of the team for the first time, but taking action at will. Stephen's same reason is precisely because of his suppression in the San Antonio Spurs that he is now crazy.

He firmly believed that Stephen could not go crazy like this all season. His ability was on one hand, and his scoring was on the other hand. Whether his teammates could always allow him to take action so wildly is on the other hand.

"I have different opinions on this. I think there is still a possibility of more than 35 points, and it is very high. It is a bit difficult to average 40 points per game." At this time, the two people's position changed. Tolbert stood on the side of the Supersonics, while Tirico was looking at the Supersonics.

"If you don't believe it, let's make a bet. I think Stephen's average score per game will be below 35 points in the end. What about you?" Tirritor immediately started to make a bet with Tolbert, but Tolbert obviously wasn't so easy to be fooled, so he immediately refused: "Gambling is impossible, I can't make mistakes like Sir Charles."

Sir Charles is Charles Barkley. Because Yao Ming and his partner Kenny Smith made a bet, he had to kiss a donkey's butt, which has become a laughing stock in the entire media industry. Tolbert would not make such a mistake. He would not tie his destiny to others.

"Can you predict Stephen's score for everyone?" After hearing the director's voice, Tirito immediately put the headphones on his ears and continued to discuss this topic with Tolbert.

"I think it will be above 60, which is just a conservative estimate. Stephen's scoring ability is undoubtedly one of the top players in scoring among the players today." Although Tolbert is a fan of the Celtics, this does not hinder his support for Stephen.

"The second half is about to begin, let's wait and see if Tolbert's prediction can be guessed." At this time, the players have already started to enter the court, and Tirrito immediately brought the topic to Tolbert.

"I am very convinced that he can do it. Please remember that this is what Tolbert predicted for you." Tolbert didn't think that Stephen got 40 in the first half, and couldn't even get 20 in the second half, and even if he couldn't get it, he wouldn't lose much to himself. Why not take a gamble?

At this time, Tolbert suddenly saw that the familiar figure was gone in the SuperSonics' lineup. When he looked carefully, he found that Stephen was sitting on the bench and was resting. At this time, he realized that Stephen had just played the whole first half and had to rest in the second half before he could play. How could he forget this factor?

However, he thought that with Stephen's scoring ability, even if he had a rest in the next half of the quarter, the 20-digit task could be easily completed. At this time, he didn't think too much about it. For most players in the league, being able to score 20 is considered to be a super level performance.

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