Chapter 612 [Old Immortal of the Stars, Sun Lingtang]
Stern called a meeting of league officials, and it was almost unanimous that Kobe Bryant was in big trouble.
Kobe Bryant forgot that Yang Rui was the majority shareholder of Facebook, and Bass Jr. was also slow to react and inactive, but Stern and others knew how deep Yang Rui's background was, because the two sides worked together very happily.
Facebook has a dedicated NBA section and has bought the rights to broadcast football games, and much of the league's publicity is done through Facebook.
If Yang Rui wants to discredit anyone, this person has no way to live. Facebook's pop-up news, video bombardment, and ability to guide online public opinion are better than those of the three major cable networks in the United States. And Yang Rui just sprayed Kobe Bryant a few words in an interview, leaving room for the alliance, which gave the league face.
Even without a background, officials feel that Yang Rui is better than Kobe, and they all know how difficult it is for a team to get a 70-win record in the regular season, and Yang Rui himself has three times. And whichever team he joins, this team can immediately rebuild successfully, hit the championship, and be a bit evil.
What about Kobe? Before Yang Rui coached, he was simply possessed by a declining god, his personal honor was only the scoring king, he had never been an All-Star vote king in terms of popularity, and the only time the championship was said to be hugging O'Neal's thigh, and because of the image of the Eagle County incident, the contract was terminated by Adidas and other endorsement companies. On the court, Kobe Bryant had a terrible performance in the three Finals and was abused by the Raptors.
At this meeting, what they discussed was not to continue to praise Kobe, but to worry that Yang Ruiyi would stop playing and use Facebook to say bad things about the NBA league, which would be really fatal. Yang Rui can do this, his family has a big business, and if he is not a coach, he can also develop Facebook, invest in making movies, and there are many things.
Yang Rui's brother Thomas Bentley's customized luxury yacht "Tranquility" has been in the news, the world's largest, and the cost of a ship can completely destroy Kobe's entire net worth. People are like this, what kind of fight does Kobe Bryant take?
After the discussion, Stern decided to communicate with Yang Rui through Facebook to test his tone, Kobe Bryant finally got his current popularity, and they were unwilling to give up easily.
Yang Rui doesn't want to offend the league ruthlessly, unless he completely quits the NBA in the future, such a big piece of cake, even Facebook is unwilling to give up, cooperation is to pick up money.
Therefore, Yang Rui expressed his stance to Stern and said that Kobe Bryant was given three chances. Before the end of the regular season, he will give Kobe Bryant one last chance, and as long as he is willing to apologize and repent, then the Lakers will be fine. If he can't catch it, it proves that this person is hopeless, and it is recommended that the alliance stop praising him.
Even if you are mentally retarded as the protagonist, you have to find someone like Guo Jing and Xuzhu, right? Kobe's character, in martial arts, is a star monster. He has an arrogant personality, and there is always a group of people behind him waving their flags and shouting: "The old immortal of the stars, the magic power is boundless, the attack is invincible, and the battle is invincible"!
After understanding Yang Rui's bottom line, Stern wanted to be a peacemaker, and sent someone to contact Kobe Bryant during the star game and ask him to quickly submit to it.
It is a pity that the efforts of the alliance were doomed to be in vain.
Kobe Bryant is stubborn like Batman in the comics, this kind of person will stick to his beliefs, even if they are wrong.
How far does Batman hold on to his beliefs? No matter how bad a criminal is, I just don't kill, I just go to jail. Even if there is a problem with the law, and the bad guy is released within a few days, and he kills 10,000 civilians, including killing all my horses, I can't kill him.
This kind of person, he's insane.
Kobe Bryant held back his strength to participate in the star game, and Maverick Carlisle did not limit his playing time, Kobe Bryant was really playing, not here to perform, cutting 30 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, helping the West defeat the East 146-119 and win the Star Game MVP.
Kobe Bryant not only did not plan to bow to Yang Rui, but also wanted to prove his strength in this way.
The extreme Komi are also very happy, sneering at Yang Rui on the Internet, as if he won the MVP of this star game, the idol is the king of the world, and Yang Rui, who sprayed Kobe, was blind.
Some Comirates will never give up if they don't ruin Kobe's character.
After the All-Star Game, Bryant continued to stick to his style of play and competed for the fifth scoring title.
Originally, he was still a little worried about whether Yang Rui would talk to him again, or say bad things about him on Facebook as his agent said, which would affect his image.
As a result, nothing happened, Yang Rui just let Kobe Bryant practice shooting alone on the side during training, arranged for Yao to be the offensive axis, and led the role players to practice tactics, even if Kobe Bryant was heads-up in the game, these tactics couldn't be played.
Doing so looks like isolating Kobe, and the average player must communicate with Yang Rui and strive to return to the team. The arrogant Kobe Bryant is still angry with Yang Rui and openly spewing his anger, waiting for Yang Rui to coax him.
You came to coax me, I only considered giving you face, you ignore me, why should I ignore you?
People with this kind of selfish mentality, if they are not rich and powerful, they will break up when they fall in love, even if they are a big beauty, it will be difficult to get married, and they will be dumped after being played.
As soon as the team is infighting, the record will inevitably deteriorate, and the players are not aligned, how can they play a smooth cooperation?
The estrangement between Iguodala and Kobe Bryant was the worst, and the two stopped talking.
Iguodala also has selfish intentions, when he first joined the Lakers, he said that Kobe Bryant was his idol, and he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Lakers as soon as possible, and learn from Kobe Bryant to improve his strength.
What now? Bryant has always treated him like a blue-collar worker and rarely passes the ball to him. The strongest scorer of the opponent on the defensive end is generally defended by Iguodala, and Kobe Bryant wants to focus more on the offensive end, but at the end of the regular season, Kobe Bryant entered the best defensive team, and Iguodala was not mentioned.
The judges are to choose the best defensive lineup based on popularity, Iguodala can't help it, Kobe Bryant can thank him privately a few words.
As a result, Kobe Bryant didn't mention it, and he dragged it in the team, and even when Iguodala was blown up by the super scorer, Kobe Bryant stared and yelled twice, which was too bullying.
Over time, even if Iguodala is recognized as a well-mannered person, he can't help but want to give Kobe Bryant a middle finger and yell - "Kobe, I'm too!" Yang! Cause! Don"!
Jim Buss was rushed by his father to communicate with Yang Rui and Kobe Bryant twice, ostensibly to make peace, but in fact he was still a little towards Kobe, and that tone seemed to say: "He's just a child!" ”
Bass Jr.'s bias is unconsciously generated. Yang Rui has been with the Lakers for five years and has received countless praises, but Buss Jr. is rarely mentioned by the media, and most fans don't know that he has replaced Buss Sr. as the owner of this team. He was jealous of Yang Rui and disgusted that Yang Rui was too crazy.
Although Old Bass saw the hidden dangers, he was powerless and had no energy to care about the Lakers' affairs, so he could only let the situation develop.
On April 15, the regular season ended.
Bryant played an average of 38.7 minutes per game, averaged 23 shots per game, shot 45.3% from the field, 34.6% from three-point range, and scored 29.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocks from the free throw line, and finally ranked second on the scoring list, the first being Dwyane Wade of the Heat.
Wade said in a mid-season interview: "I'm not going to be the leading scorer, and if you lose in the playoffs, people will forget about it very quickly." I like to win, I want to put myself in a position where I can help the team win, I'm always fighting for the championship, I always want to win the championship. ”
However, after all, the Heat lacked scoring points, and in order to win, Wade could only increase his individual offense, and he barely averaged 22 shots per game, the only season in which he took more than 20 shots.
He played an average of 38.6 minutes per game, shooting 49.1 percent from the field and a career-high 31.7 percent from three-point range, making 1.1 shots per game for 30.2 points, 5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.3 blocks.