The rest is just noise

Text Volume Chapter 1312: Can You Do More Damage? Dejan Bodiloga's reply to that online post caused a huge stir in the European basketball world.

But in the United States, almost no one noticed this.

Even Louis, the instigator, gave full power to Zhao Yuanzheng to handle it because of the tight playoff competition.

Louis had only one request for Zhao Yuanzheng.

Use every method to disparage European basketball. You must be well-founded and don’t make people think you are an unreasonable troll. The logic must be strict and the examples must be detailed and reasonable. In the end, Bodiloga must use a defensive posture to indirectly admit: Indeed,

European basketball is inferior.

Once it reaches that point, Bodilloga will definitely be unconvinced and want to know what higher-level basketball is.

At that time, Zhao Yuanzheng only needs to send him a videotape of the Lakers game - of course a carefully selected game - and as long as Bodiloga comes into contact with it, maybe he will change his mind.

For a relic like him who didn't make it to the NBA not because of his ability, if you want to make him change his mind, relying on fame and fortune is useless. You have to have a more noble pursuit.

On the other hand, if you can't even attract him, then Louis doesn't have to continue to put in the effort.

Louis, who had no time to care about it, flew to Washington after defeating the Spurs in the first game of the semifinals and cast his precious vote for Kobe.

There was still no suspense in the result. Allen Iverson was elected Rookie of the Year with a high vote.

In addition to the Rookie of the Year, other regular season awards were also announced on the same day.

Team of the Year: Drazen Petrovich, Michael Jordan, Benjamin Wilson, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon.

All-NBA Second Team: Gary Payton, Penny Hardaway, Chris Webber, Charles Barkley, Ralph Sampson.

Third Team of the Year: Kevin Johnson, Reggie Miller, Danny Manning, Shawn Kemp, Shaquille O'Neal.

Defensive Team of the Year: Gary Payton, Michael Jordan, Benjamin Wilson, Karl Malone, Dikembe Mutombo.

All-Defensive Second Team: John Stockton, Reggie Lewis, Danny Manning, Hank Gathers, Patrick Ewing.

Defensive Player of the Year: Dikembe Mutombo.

Sixth Man of the Year: Earvin Johnson.

...

No controversy, no awards.

All institutions with a systematic awards mechanism find it difficult to coordinate everyone's tastes when making selections.

This year has been surprisingly controversial.

Jinzhou people are not convinced:

Sports Illustrated complained:

USA Today:

"***":

Awards are always like this, some are happy and some are sad.

However, the media complains more, and this year's controversy was actually caused by them.

The series of negative impacts brought about by the Knicks' astronomical luxury tax cost them a lot of impression points when voting.

This is the Knicks' worst regular season award announcement day since 1988.

Los Angeles is quite satisfied. The only regret is that Kobe was not selected to the All-Rookie Team.

On the surface, Kobe was very magnanimous: "This is all about data. The best team selected for us is not the best team. In my eyes, Steve and I should have been selected for the best team.

But we are playing in a more competitive team, so we don’t have such good data. Awards are selected one by one.

It has no value in my eyes."

Privately, it is...

Ellis couldn't believe he said that.

Liu Yuqing, a last-hit master, said:

Hearing this, Kobe had something to say again:

This kind of controversy has happened countless times within the Lakers team.

Kobe always had the last laugh with greater enthusiasm for discussions.

In his mind, he is the winner.

His team won more games, and he got Louie's vote.

The young Kobe seemed unable to understand the concept of emotional intelligence, just as Louis would not make an irresponsible voting decision just to please him.

At this time, Louis was in the president's office listening to the assistant coaches' briefing on last night's game.

For a big win like yesterday's, the briefing usually consists of praise for the players.

Let's not talk about country bumpkins like Bird who only have eyes for Garnett.

Louis could see that Carlisle and Budenholzer were already trying to find faults, but what they found were basically small mistakes that occurred in individual rounds.

After all, humans are not machines and cannot play the entire game accurately, so the shortcomings mentioned in the briefings of the two of them are basically nitpicking.

Stevens' briefing is useful because his report is not about the game from a broad perspective, but based on the defensive performance of individual players.

Last night, Stevens focused on Kobe, who had 2 qualified defenses, 5 bad defenses and 3 excellent defenses.

As a rookie, it is inevitable to make mistakes on the defensive end. Stevens's defense requirements for Kobe are very strict, and he has the highest standard of not giving room for mistakes.

Because he felt that Kobe could become the best perimeter defender of his generation.

Nelson was the only one who did not prepare a briefing.

Because he and Louis agreed that yesterday's game was perfect and there was no need for a briefing.

Louis smiled and said:

Bird nodded and said:

Louis said angrily:

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room looked ambiguous.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said in disgust:

Obviously, Coach Lu was breached.

Jabbar said calmly.

Seeing that the thief was invulnerable, Louis immediately adjusted his mood and said to everyone:

It’s not easy to find fault with yourself, but finding fault with others is not always a problem at first glance

Everyone immediately understood the game

How to play.

Bird smiled and said,

Louis rolled his eyes:

Louis should have known that this country bumpkin was hopeless.

This is no good idea. If he could be dealt with in a few preseason games, Louis would have done it long ago.

It is precisely because Bodilloga has a kind of obsessive contempt for the NBA that Louis did not ask the league to arrange for the Lakers to play with them in the preseason.

Because the level of the preseason is really not high. No matter how much Louis emphasizes the importance of the game, the players will relax, and it is difficult to say the level and state of their on-the-spot performance. If they want to convince Bodiloga with one game, the Lakers have to

What a high level of performance

This is unrealistic.

Or is this kind of trick of benefiting oneself at the expense of others more in line with the interests of Louis...the Lakers?