The rest is just noise

Ahead of the first game in December, Louie announced a position change.

Liu Yuqing was promoted from substitute to starter.

Prominent super striker Dale Ellis was demoted to the bench.

Regarding this arrangement, the reaction from the outside world is not "???", but "Is it finally here?" because Ellis has declined greatly this season.

In the past month, Ellis averaged only 6 points per game. His efficiency was not high and his defense was poor. It has become increasingly difficult for him to be a starter. On the bench of the Lakers, Liu Yuqing spent 25 minutes per game.

He averaged 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and hit 3.2 three-pointers with a 41% three-point shooting rate in each game.

Liu Yuqing is one of the shooters in this explosive era.

Whether it is the number of shots, quality, or stability, he is among the best in the league.

Being pushed to the bench by Liu Yuqing, Ellis had no complaints. He also knew very well that his time had come.

Just like all veterans over the age of 35, no matter how prosperous they were when they were young, they must be prepared to sit on the bench when they reach this age.

Ellis is relieved that at least the person replacing him is not a stinking bastard like Kobe.

Things haven't been quiet in North American sports this month.

Hockey god Wayne Gretzky became the first man in NHL history to score 3,000 points on behalf of the New York Rangers at the famous Madison Garden.

The NBA followed suit, and the Timberwolves fans who had "I want Duncan" written on their foreheads made it a difficult night for the home fans.

In order to lose, they deliberately rested Kenny Anderson, Juwan Howard and Ray Allen in the game against the Vancouver Grizzlies. As a result, their main player on the court became...a big player from China.

Forward Wu Qi.

No matter how much time passes, Wu Qi will not be proud of this. Even if this is his first 36-minute appearance in the NBA, even if this is the first and only time that an NBA team plays with him as the core, he does not like it.

this game.

The Timberwolves only scored 54 points in this game, and allowed their opponent, *** Rauf, to score 52 points.

In the end, the Timberwolves lost the game by a terrifying 47 points.

After the game, the Canadian media mocked: "MAR narrowly lost to the Wolves by a margin of 2!"

What is the concept of 52 points in a single game? Since the NBA introduced the 24-second offensive rule, the lowest score in a single game is 57 points.

Tonight, the Timberwolves set a new "record" by abandoning the lower limits of sportsmanship in order to lose.

Wu Qi scored 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. This is a performance that the Chinese media will talk about, but he himself is undoubtedly in pain.

In mid-December, earthquake-like news came from the Boston sports circle.

Roger Clemens, star pitcher who has played for the Red Sox since the 1980s, announced his transfer to the Toronto Blue Jays.

The MLB superstar spent his prime years in Boston but failed to win a pennant for New England. As the first pitcher in history to strike out 20 opponents in nine innings, he could have been like Bird.

, Sampson, (Bobby) Orr (Bobby Orr/NHL), Ted (Williams/Tedilia/MLB) have become local city heroes, but it is a pity that he has only been in those non-decisive games.

He performed well and then made a lot of money that was the envy of his peers, but he could not guarantee his attendance rate.

A star player who cannot succeed in Boston cannot gain the goodwill of the media - to put it another way, it is the same everywhere - Clemens's relationship with the media deteriorated, and he gained weight due to a lack of exercise. Finally, he chose to compete with the media this year.

Boston parted ways.

A more dramatic follow-up was the press conference when Clemens signed with the Blue Jays, where a large number of Boston media gathered. They wanted to ask Clemens some questions about Boston and relive the good memories.

However, Clemens, a 28-year-old male dog, avoided all the demands of the Boston media and concentrated on stroking the Blue Jays hat in his hand. His only concern seemed to be to make everyone--repeatedly and painfully.

, blatantly—realizing “how excited I am to be a bluebird.”

What is the current impact of this incident?

It can only be said to be huge.

"The Boston Globe" wrote: "Compared with the anti-Christian Roger Clemens, Leader Lu looks so kind!"

As we all know, since Louis led the Knicks to overthrow the Celtics dynasty in 1986, he has been ostracized and regarded as an enemy by people in New England.

Now they actually find Louis more pleasing to the eye than Roger Clemens, the superstar who dedicated 10 years of his youth to them.

This is just like the farce of Kawhi Leonard in 2018, when he transferred from JKL to TES, the final result was breaking up with his old club, and arousing the unanimous resentment of team fans.

However, the above two have at least brought the highest honors to their clubs. When they reach the twilight years of their careers, the attitude of team fans may soften, and then they will enter the nostalgic mode of "remembering and loving" together, reconcile with each other, and forget.

In the past, we just relived the good times together.

And Roger Clemens(1)?

This kind of treatment will never be possible (2).

Although a lot of things happened this month, most of them had little impact on the NBA.

The league is disgusted by the Timberwolves resting their main players in order to lose games, but the tortured fans are very supportive of this approach.

Because every time they lose a game, they are one step closer to Duncan.

Since the Timberwolves were just a small team that received zero attention from other places, the league did not punish them in a big way. It only contacted its management on the phone and issued repeated orders, requesting that such an incident should not happen again, and held an emergency meeting to discuss how to put an end to this complete lack of sportsmanship.

squandering behavior.

When they asked Louis for advice on the matter, Louis felt it was bullshit.

As long as the draft system remains, bad behavior will not disappear.

Put yourself in his shoes, if he were to take over a bad team that lacked talent, would he still need that bullshit sportsmanship when faced with a talent like Duncan?

Not to mention sportsmanship, he doesn't need any spirit. If necessary, he can sacrifice his soul and heart to the devil.

How else can we let people play if we don't give it to a bad team that no one cares about?

Louis' suggestion was to reduce the probability of the bottom team getting the No. 1 pick, and then they chatted for a few words before hanging up the phone.

After the Lakers put Liu Yuqing into the starting lineup, they only lost one game.

Until the Christmas game, they ranked third in the league with a record of 20 wins and 6 losses, second only to the Knicks and Magic.

As a regular participant in Christmas Day games, the Lakers are also not absent this year. The opponent arranged for them by the league is the old rival Boston Celtics.

This is also the second regular season game between the Lakers and Celtics.

After this campaign, the only way to meet again this season is to reach the finals together.

The Celtics are definitely a team that cannot be underestimated.

After Sampson returned, he also hooked up with Karl Malone.

These two people are the foundation needed to build a strong team.

In addition, there is a Grant Hill who continues to grow.

Sampson also used his personal fame to help the Celtics recruit players.

There may not be many people willing to play for the Celtics, but there are many players who want to be teammates with Sampson.

Coming to a familiar forum, Sampson enjoyed the boos from the fans.

Bird was first, Wilson was second, and Sampson was third... As Conqueror and Larry Legend came to Los Angeles to play for the Lakers, Sampson suddenly became the most hated basketball star in Los Angeles.

"Man, I'm so envious of Ralph. What has he done to Los Angeles?" Garnett said with envy.

Bird said jokingly: "When you beat the same opponent four times in the Finals and personally defeated the opponent's best chance of winning, you will get the same treatment."

(1) The NBA case closest to Roger Clemens in reality should be the breakup of Carter and the Raptors. However, if Carter’s achievements are compared in terms of honors, they are not on the same level as Clemens, and he is nothing.

None of them have won for the Raptors, and in the end they got a touching tribute video and cheers from the audience, so... I can only say that there is a difference between fans and fans.

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(2) As of 2020, Roger Clemens is still the most hated (note, not Hate), but Detest sports star by Bostonians. There are also several familiar old people on the list.

Friends, Laimbeer ranks fourth (the player Bird hates the most), Thomas ranks ninth (ending Bird's dominance), and Miller ranks thirteen (retiring Bird).