Chapter 44: Guest Brad Turner
For the first time in the history of the NBA, the Lakers actually blocked the Los Angeles Times, and an NBA team banned his local media.
The major media in North America were a little surprised, and the most surprised was the president of the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Emremore, as a Turkish-American, Emremore enjoyed his current job, and in his hands, the Los Angeles Times became not only the largest magazine newspaper in Los Angeles, but even the largest folio newspaper in the western United States.
But early this morning, the Los Angeles Daily News suddenly broke the news that the NBA Los Angeles Lakers, the face of Los Angeles sports, suddenly announced the banning of the Los Angeles Times, until the Los Angeles Times fired sports reporter Brad Turner.
Emremore also knows a little about Brad Turner, a basketball reporter who is a well-known NBA expert in North America and an ace reporter in the sports section of the Los Angeles Times.
"Qiao Hai? The youngest journalist in the NBA? Emremore laughed, shook his head, and picked up the phone microphone in front of him: "Tell Brad Turner in sports that the Los Angeles Times will never fire his loyal employees, and besides, contact ESPN and ask them to arrange for Brad Turner to make a cameo as a commentator." ”
Emremore held his ring, from the reporter all the way to this position, Emremore has his pride, the journalist is the uncrowned king, this so-called Chinese Joe does not even have a champion, why is he clamoring to ban the Los Angeles Times?
It's a dream!
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On March 10, the Lakers played the Clippers again.
At the pre-game press conference, the Lakers refused to allow three Los Angeles Times reporters to enter the interview, in accordance with their previous declaration, which caused an outcry from the three Los Angeles Times reporters.
Of course, it is useless to protest, Bradturner, who came to the scene of this game and also tried to enter the interview, scolded in his mouth and led a few colleagues: "Damn, forget it, let's go, there is nothing to say about this game anyway, wait for the next one, I will make them look good!" ”
Kevender is also one of the three, and Kevending is also unheard of and unexpectedly for the Lakers to block the Los Angeles Times.
But now that I look at it, the Lakers really did what they said.
The Los Angeles Times didn't even have the right to interview, Kevending looked at Brad Turner jumping up and down, and wanted to laugh a little, he had also been in contact with Qiao Hai, the initiator of this blockade, many times, and Kevin felt that the result of this blockade was likely to surprise most people.
The Lakers played the Clippers, another crushing victory, the Lakers continued their winning streak, and since Joe Hai took office, the Lakers have won 11 in a row.
Qiao Hai's personal record of leading the team has also become 11-0, with a 100% winning rate.
The Lakers are already 13-8, and their record has soared from the bottom of the league to sixth in the West, and they are only one win away from the fifth Houston Rockets, and they may be surpassed at any time.
Flipping through the next schedule, the Kings on March 12, the Warriors on March 14, the Timberwolves on March 16, and the Cavaliers on March 18 are basically 2 days of battle, the schedule is much looser than before, and the opponents are also strong and weak.
The Warriors and Cavaliers are a bad team in the lottery zone, the Kings and the Timberwolves, one is currently fourth in the West, and the other is currently seventh in the West.
Especially the Kings, the Kings' lineup is not bad, Chris Webber averages 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and the league's top four power forwards, Lakers veteran Divac, averages 14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists per game.
The Kings also have white chocolate Jason Williams, excellent sixth man Chris Williamson, rookie Pejastojakovic, veteran Joan Barry, and more.
After playing the Clippers, the Lakers continued to play at home.
The team's excellent form has filled the Great Western Forum arena, although the beginning of the season was not good, but through Qiao Hai's efforts, the Lakers have been pulled back on track, so now the Lakers fans are still very supportive of Qiao Hai, and after Qiao Hai blocked the Los Angeles Times, Lakers fans also responded.
Before the Lakers vs. Kings game, the Los Angeles Times reporter couldn't get into the infield, so he could only hang around outside the court, grabbing a fan and wanting to interview, but most fans waved their hands and chose to refuse the interview after seeing the Los Angeles Times logo worn by the reporter.
This made the reporters of the Los Angeles Times very helpless, whether in the field or on the field, they did not even have the slightest chance.
Before the game started, Brad Turner also appeared on the sidelines, and Kevending, who had been hanging around on the sidelines, saw Brad Turner and chased after him and grabbed Brad Turner: "Brad, do you want to go in?" ”
Bradturner looked at Kevindin with a smirk: "yes, I said last time, I'm going to go in this game." ”
Kevinding hesitated: "But someone stopped at the door." ”
When Bradturner heard this, he was even more stunned, and held up his new ID: "See, ESPN's commentary card, I'm the guest commentator for this game." ”
Kevending was stunned, watched Bradturner walk all the way into the arena unimpeded, then thought about it and dialed Qiao Hai's phone......
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Before the game, Qiao Hai was arranging tactics, and the team was in good shape in this game, after all, after two days of rest, his physical condition had recovered to his peak, and when Qiao Hai received a call from Kevending, he had already ended his tactical arrangement.
Brad Turner, who didn't deal with him, was actually invited by ESPN to the stadium to explain the game.
Qiao Hai shook his head: "There is going to be one more to the ban list." ”
ESPN didn't have that kind of awareness, or in other words, they weren't afraid of the Lakers' ban, so after Emremore called them, they agreed as soon as possible, with Brad Turner appearing on the sideline commentary box as a mystery guest, along with two other commentators, Gary Cohen and Michael Kay.
On the commentary bench, Gary Cohen welcomed Bradturner.
"Let's welcome! Mr. Brad Turner, an NBA expert at the Los Angeles Times, will be our guest commentator today......"
Michael Kay didn't have any nonsense, and directly gossiped: "Mr. Bullard, I heard that the Lakers blocked the Los Angeles Times incident, and you are one of the protagonists?" ”
Brad Turner didn't hesitate and nodded directly: "Yes, this coach Joe of the Lakers just read one of my reports and announced the banning of the Los Angeles Times." ”
"Can you tell us how you feel?" ESPN's live game channel suddenly turned into a talk show, and Brad Turner introduced the whole story with a smile on his face.
The Lakers fans in the Great Western Forum arena have already scolded that ESPN actually invited Brad Turner, which is definitely provoking the Lakers.
So, for a while, there was boos in the Great West Forum Arena.
"Brad, tell me what you think of this game."
Bradturner immediately began to shake his head: "To be honest, although I am a big fan of the Lakers, starting with my grandfather, three generations of our family have been Lakers fans, but this game, to be honest, I really don't like the Lakers, China Joe is a little too young, I have to admit that he led the team to 11 consecutive wins, which is a very good result, but it all ends here, the Kings are strong, they have Chris Webb and Divac ......"
Brad Turner made no secret of his pessimism about the Lakers, and there was a wave of scolding on the sidelines.
"Traitor Brad Turner!"
"Get out of the Great Western Forum Arena!"