Chapter 485 Departure: Desert City!
The 2008 All-Star Weekend was held in New Orleans, which was the first time Desert City hosted a large-scale event after experiencing Hurricane Katerina.
It has extraordinary significance for cities.
As the All-Star selected, Wei Xia needs to arrive in Desert City one day in advance.
He has been a popular figure recently and has made headlines every few days. Although it is all about him, Adidas feels that good reputation and bad reputation are both popular. He should strike while the iron is hot and promote him with all his strength.
Therefore, on the first day of Wei Xia's arrival in Desert City in advance, he was greeted not by a holiday, but by endless activities and endless media visits.
Wei Xia and Elaine Trovis made a phone call and arranged the family matters.
Since my sister moved back, she has arranged everything at home. Wei Xia just said that it would take him a few days to come back, and there was nothing else to worry about.
"I think you should hire a few bodyguards, just like Kobe."
Wei Chun is very sensitive to the situation outside, and Wei Xia is undoubtedly the least popular NBA player at present.
"Don't worry, it's OK."
Wei Xia was not sure whether there was any problem or not. He just felt that nothing might happen. As for why, he couldn't say it.
Maybe he had never seen a madman who was so crazy that he had guns shot at the crowd.
The night before heading to New Orleans, Wei Xia slept very deeply and deeply.
The real experience made him better understand Bill Russell in the old days.
Now he just made a politically incorrect mistake, and in the 1960s, Russell's skin color was incorrect itself.
"Luss, how did you keep yourself going?"
Wei Xia asked seriously.
Russell's answer understates: "I know I'm doing the right thing, and one day everyone will know."
Will everyone know? Maybe it is the struggle of several generations that has made "Nigg" a limited term that only blacks can greet each other. It makes blacks always become the selfless victims in the blockbusters. It makes all kinds of blacks appear in the background of stories that shouldn't have appeared.
Skin tone is balanced and skin tone is correct.
Wei Xia remembered his own experience. His situation was worse than Russell. Racial discrimination was a despicable thing everywhere. The country took the lead in promoting negative news from another country, but as a member of that country, he was simply a traitor.
Wei Xia found that he might never get the same understanding and support as Kassel, even if he was right.
The truth of the story is not important at all to the Americans.
"Hongduo, do you have any worries?"
Russell asked this question when he saw Havlicek not speaking for a long time.
Wei Xia smiled lightly and said, "Nothing."
The Celtics in 1964-1965 were a year of decline, and their aging staff made them deserve to give up the throne. As a result, Russell, Jones, Havlicek and Tom Sanders played like monsters, with half the schedule, firmly occupying the league's first place, and it seems to be stronger than any previous year.
The NBA Alliance in 1965 was a year forgotten by history.
It was not as vigorous as the 1964 All-Star Weekend General Strike, nor was there another Chamberlain averaged 50 points per game to define a season.
The most popular thing for fans is probably Chamberlain was traded.
That was the first time since the birth of NBA, there had been a social incident that the people liked.
Chamberlain was traded, which made NBA become out of the circle for the first time.
In fact, judging whether something is highly concerned, especially in everyone's small circles, you will know just by paying attention to how the elders in your family who never care about these small circles react.
Chamberlain lets the Warriors go to Philadelphia, and your mother will suddenly ask you at the hotel: "Who... Zhang and other things seem to be sold, do you know?"
Chamberlain got a group of excellent teammates, who and his teammates made a good spark at the beginning. They are generally considered the biggest obstacle to the Celtics' defending title.
As for other strong teams, each has its own problems.
Before there is no good inside, the Lakers want to challenge the Celtics, and the success rate is almost 0.
In the past few years, Elgin Baylor averaged 40 in the finals and Jerry West averaged 30 in 2018, but lost in the tiebreak. No duo in NBA history still couldn't win the championship after performing like this.
The lack of talent in the inside allowed them to score 30 points and 40 rebounds in that tiebreaker.
Now, Baylor is in an old state, West is rising steadily, and there is a vague momentum to compete with Oscar Robertson.
Let’s talk about Robertson’s Royals. They fought seven bloody games with the Celtics in the playoffs two years ago. The big osses beat every Green Kai’s defender, but they were in a bad mood in the tiebreak.
After the Royals entered super rookie Jerry Lucas, they should have the power to fight the Celtics, but for some reason, they magically exploded.
As long as the Royals lose, if Robertson's data is the best in the team or looks the best in the team, he will definitely not be responsible for the failure. He will only think that "it's all my fucking Carrey, and this group of waste snacks is fucking garbage."
Sometimes, he would score 30 points with 30-40 shots, the highest in the team, and then lose a crushing defeat. When he switched to modern times, he would say that he felt bad and losing was his.
Robertson is different: "I have a group of teammates who can't play basketball without me. Look at how many points did I get? If those idiots didn't drag me down, could this game be like this?"
Dao's conceit and blame shift, as well as his desire to control the team are fully reflected in his autobiography.
Only when the team loses and his data is not good will he feel that he has some responsibility, but it is mainly the fault of his idiot teammates.
It’s a bad game for individuals, why should he keep c? Is it that difficult to expect that group of waste snacks to take him to fly once?
On this matter, Dao and Da Beidou reached a high degree of agreement.
However, Lao Zhang is a bit more kind than a big deal. He won't blame his teammates when he plays badly - but don't think too well. Regarding those examples of losing key battles, his own summary is "I can't do it, but I really don't want it." The implication is that if he fights every game like Russell, what is the point of winning the key battle? The earth has stepped on a hole for her.
(Quoting a senior fan who has read Lao Zhang's autobiography: the content of the autobiography is not a little sincere, it is full of bragging content, and it is full of self-proclaimed content. It is just that you lose so much, it is not that he can't do it, it is that he can lose so much, it is that his teammates, the coach, the management, the idiot and he himself is so stupid that he doesn't know how to be tough and use all his strength to destroy the world.)
In summary, the only one who can stop the Celtics from dominating the road is that there are only zero replacements for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Chamberlain, who got good teammates, had a big show that overturned the Celtics' ambitions.
But history has long stated everything.
Wei Xia woke up, packed her luggage, and asked Li Zhongxian to take him to the airport.
On the way, Li Zhongxian heard Wei Xia humming a certain tone.
"What are you singing?"
"Have you never heard such a famous song?"
"What song?"
"I have a friend named Elaine."
"I know, Xibaer, your girlfriend's name... Well, where have you been?"
Wei Xia said helplessly: "I mean, the song I sang is called ""I Have a Friend Name Elaine."
"And there are such songs?"
Li Zhongxian muttered unexpectedly.
Wei Xia didn't care about him anymore, and he drove to himself.
Los Angeles International Airport
Wei Xia really saw a group of reporters, and it seemed that she had been waiting for him for a long time.
Wei Xia hoped that they would just wait for Kobe to arrive there instead of waiting for him one.
If they were waiting for Kobe there, their question should be just asking them what they thought about going to New Orleans for the All-Star Weekend.
If they were waiting for Wei Xia there specifically, they would definitely ask some stomachache questions.
Wei Xia was dragging her luggage and wearing sunglasses. He was never the focus of the media, and suddenly became the focus of the media's interviews. He never hangs headphones like other players to isolate the world, and suddenly wanted to imitate the way that group of people did.
But he didn't prepare in advance, and it was too late to cram the moment he wanted to.
Therefore, he needed to walk to the reporters with a smile.
"Hello."
After walking to them, Wei Xia saw that their license plates seemed to be all local journalists and media in Los Angeles.
He was slightly relieved that even if he was politically incorrect, few California media attacked him, at most they pretended that nothing had happened and pretended to be dead.
Doing nothing is just helping him.
"Wish, what does it mean to you for two consecutive years to be selected as an All-Star?"
Wei Xia let out a sigh of relief, and what he heard was no longer the damn Sultan issue.
"It means a lot, and I'm very grateful for the support of the fans, so I'll do my best to bring the best performances at the All-Star Game."
Chapter completed!