Chapter 52 How much are magicians hated?He ruined everyone's post-game dessert!
In the games where Lin Tian was absent, the Bulls continued to be terrifyingly strong. They won four consecutive games! As for Lin Tian, he officially met with David Stern when the team visited New Jersey, but he did not make any substantial progress.
As Lin Tian said, he just provided Stern with a choice, a PLAN-B after continuously hitting the wall and being unable to quickly open the market in China.
Of course, Stern's statement was correct. Even if Lin Tian told him how much he understood the domestic public opinion environment and the fans' pain points, and how perfect he was about the publicity plan and overall planning, he could not directly put this into practice. Leave the work to Lin Tian.
He must first let the NBA's existing partners give it a try, or even take many detours and get frustrated before he can consider Lin Tian.
There is no way, everything must come bit by are indeed too many interests and relationships involved behind the scenes.
So neither of them was in a hurry. After just chatting casually, Lin Tian flew to Los Angeles with the Bulls!
They will play two consecutive games in Los Angeles, facing the Lakers and Clippers.
Lin Tian is still unable to play against the Lakers, but against the Clippers, his 5-game suspension will be over and he can return to the court! Although the Lakers this season still occupy the top five positions in the Western Conference, everyone knows that relying on Nick Van Exel and Divac, it is impossible to regain the top two giants in history. The glory of the 80s, becoming the championship again!
When talking about the Lakers in the 80s, of course we have to mention their leader during SHOW TIME and the superstar who once had the chance to become the No. 1 player in NBA history, Magic Johnson.
In 1991, Johnson was found to have HIV in his body and became a carrier of the virus. Public opinion exploded and the entire NBA was plunged into a new round of huge scandals.
At this time, it was Stern who came forward and held a press conference with Magic, portraying 'Magic' as a fighter and brave man who bravely fights against the virus! This crisis public relations is also called by many as the most successful crisis public relations among North American sports leagues. From the league's appearance almost collapsing due to his private life to transforming into a fighter and brave man against the disease, Stern only used one press conference. Just did it!
An absolute textbook!
But no matter how good his public relations is, Magic, who is still at the tail end of his prime, and who can still average 19 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds per game, has to face the look that most players in the league are afraid to avoid and the dislike and disdain for them. Despite his fearful expression, he sadly chose to retire.
The Lakers' dynasty in the 80s has officially come to an end.
The biggest problem caused by Magic's incident is undoubtedly the alliance's ban! The league prohibits any interaction between NBA players and cheerleaders!No matter whether on or off the court, no contact between the two parties is allowed, let alone falling in love! And you know, before this ban was issued, the players and cheerleaders had always had countless sexy legends! After all, on one side is a young and beautiful girl who longs for fame and money, and on the other side is a millionaire with endless hormones. It is true that there is no need for any friction between the two parties to directly cause a fire! Some people say that Ewing will choose a cheerleader to be happy in the team's locker room after every game. Others say that every time Mutombo sees the cheerleaders, he will directly ask: "Today" Whose turn is it to sleep with Mutombo tonight?”
There are even rumors that as long as the Pistons lead by more than 15 points at halftime, Isaiah Thomas will take advantage of the halftime break to be happy in the locker room! There are countless similar rumors!The players are eager to release their desire to play again after playing the game, and the girls on the cheerleading team want to get a lot of money. If they are lucky, they can have a rich life for the rest of their lives. Fee's alimony.
But just after the Magic incident, Stern banned all contact between players and cheerleaders, cutting off the girls' dream of reaching the top and ruining the players' little fun after the game.
During those years, Magic was definitely the most hated guy in the entire league!
However, this year, the magician is a bit ready to make another move!
Even though he is 37 years old, even though his weight has soared to an exaggerated 112 kilograms, the magician feels that he has completely suppressed the HIV virus, and this minor illness no longer poses a threat to him! He started to resume training and tried to come back!
If everything goes well, he will officially come back in half a month at most!
But before that, he has to go through a vote by the players union. Only when the players agree that he can play despite being sick can he return to the basketball court he loves! As for the current attitude of the players towards this...
Well, it's very ambiguous. More people are still afraid. They are afraid that if the magician bleeds or something, it will be ruined, not just his career, but his entire life! Many people are opposed to the magician's comeback!You ruined our postgame dessert and you want to come back and play with us? dream!
But obviously, Jordan and Rodman are not opposed to Magic's comeback. They are even looking forward to continuing to play against Magic! For example, now, Lin Tian is sitting behind the bench watching the team warm up. Jordan excitedly pulled up Magic who was also sitting in the audience, pulled him onto the court, and started playing one-on-one with Magic. !
It’s really a duel! The confrontation between the two was very strong and they fought very fiercely!Lin Tian even felt that Jordan had used the same strength to fight against the magician! After Jordan and Magic played for several rounds, Rodman couldn't wait to take the ball from Jordan and continue to fight against Magic!
Lin Tian knew that these two guys were helping to build momentum for the magician's comeback!The two of them want to use the most direct and practical way to express their support for their good friends! It should be said that one of these two guys is a complete bastard, and the other is ignorant and crazy.
But to friends, there is really nothing to say.
"You can't tell, this fat guy is very good! I thought he didn't understand basketball." A voice that could make people aware of thousands of charms just by listening to it suddenly came from Lin Tian's side.
Lin Tian couldn't help but look back, and then there was only one adjective left in his mind——
Big! It's so big! (End of this chapter)