The rest is just noise

This 3-on-3 amateur ball match lasted for half an hour, and Wilson's team won with an overwhelming advantage.

Lu Wuxia deeply felt that he was not a kind person, so he unfortunately found Bird and Kobe as teammates.

Of these two people, one was bad at paddling, and the other was arrogant (referring to his eyesight).

In the middle of the game, Wu Xia couldn't stand it anymore and asked his father to come on the court to replace Bird.

Bird didn't respond at all, and Louis was the first to stop.

"Guizi, who do you want me to guard against? Your brother Wang or Benj?"

In the end, Louis did not play, and Wuxia had to continue to endure Bird's paddling.

Since Bird and Wang Zhideng were playing against each other, Wang was also sensible and did not dare to make too many moves. He basically just took the ball with his back and turned around for a jump shot.

After Wang Zhi hit him on the head with this ball to score points, Bird nodded and praised: "There are very few young insiders with skills as good as yours."

"Hillbilly, what do you think of Wang's future in the NBA?" Louis asked casually.

Bird boldly predicted: "Better than Harold (Yu Tiancan)."

This is really bold. Yu Tiancan was an All-Star insider before his injury. To say that Wang Zhizhi is better than the former is to say that the latter has the potential to compete for the best lineup.

The gold content of the NBA's best five-position lineup in the 1990s was extraordinary.

Forget about Bird paddling, Kobe is the one who makes Wu Xia the most angry.

"I'm empty!"

"Kobe?"

"Pass the ball!"

"Kobe, if you can see me!"

"Kobe!!!"

Kobe was obsessed with the duel with Wilson. No matter how Wu Xia wanted the ball, he turned a blind eye.

The outcome of this asymmetrical 3V3 half-court basketball game was doomed from the beginning.

Before the meal, Wu Xia had been complaining about Kobe's shot selection.

"Even if I give you the ball, what can you do? Can you score under Jiang Duo's defense?" Kobe glanced at Liu Yuqing, "His defense is not that bad!"

Only a fool would go all out in a house that's not even a game.

Liu Yuqing looked at Kobe with contempt.

"You haven't even tried, how do you know I'm not good?" Wu Xia often heard his father complaining about Kobe's shot selection. Today, his eyes were opened, "You don't trust your teammates at all!"

Hearing this, both Louis and Wilson laughed.

"Believe in your teammates" is Kobe's mantra.

That night's Thanksgiving dinner was probably the busiest the Louis family had had in years.

For Thanksgiving in previous years, Louis also invited Wilson, Tomjanovich and others, but he had never invited so many people at once.

As a new guest at Louis' house for the first time, Kobe left a deep impression on several hosts besides Louis.

Li Xuanbing had a good impression of him because Kobe was not as vulgar as some black Americans from lower-class backgrounds, and was not full of slang and street-style accents. He was well-educated, had gentleman-like manners, and had a slight Italian accent.

When Kobe and Lorraine talked about Italy, he acted like true Italians.

However, the young master Lu Wuxia has a very bad impression of Kobe. The reason...

Overall, Louis felt happy this Thanksgiving, and it was rare for him to feel as comfortable as if he were truly on vacation.

However, these peaceful days soon ended.

After Thanksgiving, the Lakers faced the Phoenix Suns at home.

After Yu Tiancan was retired for the season, the Suns focused entirely on the outside.

However, Kevin Johnson was not in good form tonight.

They made 2 of 10 shots from the field and only scored 8 points. The Suns also ended in a disastrous defeat.

At this point, the Lakers' November schedule is all over.

The next day, Louis accepted an exclusive interview with "USA Today" and talked about many issues within the team.

But what really caused waves had nothing to do with the Lakers.

Previously, NBA officials announced early that they would launch the top 50 superstars in NBA history during the All-Star Weekend of the 1996-97 season.

Discussion surrounding candidates for the top 50

It started long ago.

That was the main talking point in the media during the offseason, and the discussion intensified after the season started.

The reporter from "USA Today" did not ask such outrageous questions as asking Louis to list his top 50 superstars.

They just asked Louis to name 10 players who must be selected for the top 50.

"Benj, Patrick, Larry, Ralph..." Louis said these four names first without thinking, and then, "McCann, Russell, Kareem, Elgin, Big O, Jerry."

The reporter asked in surprise, "Isn't Wilt among them?"

"Oh yes, and Wilt."

"Where's MJ?"

"Uh...MJ is fine too."

Louis is one of the few people who did not think of Chamberlain first.

When people list the top 50 players now, the first three players selected are Wilson, Chamberlain and Bird.

Louis is a Chamberlain guy, and he had a quarrel with the Lakers star in the early years. I didn't think at first that it was mainly related to prejudice.

Chamberlain was generally regarded as a loser by his generation.

Many years after retiring, he began to whitewash himself on TV shows, saying that if he was a loser, so were everyone else.

You know, he was really right.

Bill Russell, who has done all kinds of bad things, led the Celtics to win 11 championships in 13 years. From the perspective of a generation's narrative, except for Russell and the Celtics, everyone else is a loser. Chamberlain has received more

The reason for the accusation is that he could have done it but failed to do so.

The NBA is going to select the 50 greatest superstars, and the people who are most interested in this are the old people who have retired.

On the contrary, the current stars don't care.

Some people know that they will definitely be selected, such as Wilson, Ewing, and Sampson. Some ordinary All-Stars know early on that they have no hope.

On the contrary, those retired celebrities, regardless of their strength or honor when they were in service, after retiring for such a long time, they all hope that they can reappear in people's sight and let people know "Oh, he was also awesome before."

", especially those ordinary stars who did not perform outstandingly as players, they want to make some big news and try to get into the big list.

The old superstars began to express their opinions.

In Bill Russell's mind, the player who should be selected into the top 50 is Oscar Robertson.

West chose his old teammate Baylor.

Baylor also understands it well, and West is the first choice.

"Kangaroo Boy" Billy Cunningham, who had been out of the first line for a while, began to boast, "People today no longer know how great the players of the previous generation were. They will only use stupid evolution theory to deny the achievements of their predecessors."

"If I am not selected, it means this list is ridiculous." An anonymous celebrity told the tabloid.

Someone proposed holding an exhibition match for the old superstars.

However, this idea is stupid.

If the exhibition games of the old superstars are still entertaining, the NBA, which has always made money without restraint, will not give up such a good idea as the Legends Game.

This group of pampered celebrities have stopped playing football a long time ago, and now having them come out to perform for fans is an unpleasant torture for both young fans and old fans who have watched them play in the past.

Young fans will become more and more disdainful of the NBA of the past.

The precious youth memories of old fans will be torn apart, and some may even have extreme thoughts like "I actually liked this precious thing back then?"

Those who try to use exhibition games to gain points are basically people who have no hope of being selected.

Celebrities who really have a chance to be selected will use their connections to find out information.

Lakers star Gail Goodrich contacted West and wanted to know if he needed to prepare for the 50th celebration.

The Top 50 is not only a lifelong honorary award for players, but also brings glory to the clubs to which the players belong.

Therefore, clubs with glorious team histories all called the league office to inquire about the news.

The day after the interview, Louis returned home and settled down to analyze it.

The current NBA has been changed by him.

How many will there be

Players who were influenced by him and became better will squeeze out the original top 50 and become the new top 50?

The list will start with Benjamin Wilson, Ralph Sampson...