Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Before the rise of the Internet, television programs were the main means for people to obtain news, information and entertainment.

In the beautiful country, there are four major television networks, namely the CBS television network owned by Colombia, the ABBBC television network owned by ABC (American Broadcasting Company), and the FOX television network owned by Twentieth Century Fox.

They respectively focus on radio listening, investment and broadcasting of movies and TV series, live events, production of reality shows and other projects, and control most of the media direction.

TV series "Crazy Housewives", "Friends", "The Simpsons", "Prison Break", "Bones", "House", quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", reality show "Swap Wife"

》 (the selling point is the collision of different backgrounds and cultures, without any H content) is their entry point.

In addition to the Big Four, there are also many pay television networks run by small companies. Among them, the United Television Network (CW), formed by Columbia and Warner Bros., after the merger of the two, became the fifth network that may threaten the previous four.

Big TV network.

However, the gap between the top four and fifth may be larger than the gap between fifth and fifteenth. Therefore, after knowing that it would be difficult to shake the dominant position of the top four, United Television Network changed its direction and specifically targeted young viewing groups.

Mainly targeting young people aged 18-34.

They have produced a large number of TV series with youth selling points, such as "The Vampire Diaries", "Gossip Girl", "Basketball Brothers" and the reality show "American Model Rookie Competition".

Compared with its previous television networks, people are more familiar with Warner Bros. This is because they have many subsidiaries, and Pictures is their most famous subsidiary.

Warner Bros. Pictures' famous works include the "Batman" series, "Superman" series, "The Matrix" series, "Harry Potter" series, "Lord of the Rings" series, "The Hobbit" series, "Gravity" series

"Inception" and "Interstellar" as well as "Batman v Superman" released in 2016.

Warner Bros. Television also produces hit series such as "The Big Bang Theory," "Brothers Broke" and "Gotham."

The television network is just an industry of Warner Bros.

Even so, WarnerMedia also owns the famous entertainment and sports program television network ESPN and the pay television network TNT.

Yes, ESPN also broadcast entertainment programs when it was first established. However, as sports programs developed and expanded, it gradually specialized in broadcasting sports programs. In addition to the four major leagues in the United States, ESPN also broadcasts the Premier League, Champions League, basketball, golf,

Tennis, F1 and other popular projects are equivalent to five sets of sports channels.

TNT is more like a cultural and sports channel of a local station. In addition to broadcasting sports events, they also rebroadcast dramas from other TV stations, but later they also produced masterpieces such as "Westworld" and "Crime Ending".

A little trivia: TNT once interviewed Mr. Bruce Lee and left behind precious video materials.

As for programs about the NBA, TNT also has "NBA Insider", in which retired athletes Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, the two bettors of the Barkley kissing donkey incident, serve as commentators to report and explain to the audience.

Something about the NBA.

In the summer of 2011, Shaquille O'Neal, who announced his retirement, reached a multi-year contract with TNT and became the commentator for "NBA Insider."

Afterwards, the combination of O'Neal and Barkley, which became known to fans, took shape for the first time.

On January 30, 2012, the second game between the Pacers and the Magic in six days became a live game on TNT.

On the one hand, the matchup between the two Eastern Conference playoff teams itself reflects the gold content;

On the other hand, it is the relationship between O'Neal, Magic and Howard.

After selecting O'Neal, the Magic gradually became a strong contender for the championship. However, compared to O'Neal, the Magic wanted to make Penny Hardaway the core of the team. They even publicly asked fans in newspapers whether O'Neal was worth it.

A billion-dollar contract.

A full 91% of the fans - what a magical number - chose not to be worth it, so the Magic lost O'Neal.

Now, it seems that O'Neal's mistakes are about to happen again with the Magic:

He is also the well-deserved number one center, but his technical characteristics seem to be the same rough, and he is also at odds with the team.

Well, there are still differences, and that is the technical features:

That is, O'Neal has been improving his basketball skills under the guidance of Magic during his rookie period.

"Shaq, what are your expectations for the Magic's performance today?"

As a veteran, Kenny Smith decided to help O'Neal quickly integrate into the studio and began to give him messages.

"You know, in the last game against the Pacers, Howard was everywhere in the paint. Even though he was limited by foul trouble, he still won the game."

Next, O'Neal only needs to understand the game according to his still hot game and praise Howard. It is enough.

O'Neal did the same. He nodded, turned to face the camera, and said:

"Dwight (Howard) has proven himself when he led the team to the finals. In fact, I have high expectations for him. I think he can win at least one championship."

Kenny Smith nodded and agreed with O'Neal's words. Similarly, O'Neal's performance without stage fright also made him very happy. At least, he could talk in front of the camera without his own guidance, which proved that O'Neal was capable.

This bowl of rice is very powerful.

Next to him, Buckley had a different opinion:

"I don't think the Magic can win the championship with Howard as the core, and it will be difficult for the Magic to even enter the Finals again."

Kenny Smith raised his eyebrows, not surprised at all.

This is a TV show, not a house show. If you want to attract viewers to pay to watch, you have to create gimmicks. At this point, he believes Buckley can grasp it.

O'Neal is a little unhappy. When he sees Howard, he will think of his past self. Now that Barkley looks down on Howard, isn't he also looking down on his past self?

"Why do you say that, Charles?"

Very good, when the gimmick comes, just say:

On his first day on the job, O'Neal went head-to-head with Barkley!

The director next to him nodded happily and began to think about the cover of today's program.

Buckley smiled slightly and continued:

"Even O'Neal needs Kobe and Wade to win the championship. Who is on the Magic team now? You can't turn Nelson into Kobe, right?"

"I am!"

The director next to him cursed and looked at Buckley excitedly.

He thought Barkley was just looking for a topic, but Barkley immediately gave him a surprise. This was not talking about Howard, it was clearly belittling O'Neal!

"Four-time O'Neal is looked down upon by Barkley!"

That’s today’s cover!