The rest is just noise

At first, Louis was amused by the bickering between the two sides.

But gradually, this incident took over their lives and became a part of it. Every day, reporters asked Louis related questions.

No one is paying attention to the fact that the Knicks have won 20 consecutive games.

Everyone wants to know the Knicks' team's further response to Chamberlain's nonsense.

When Louis reviewed what Chamberlain said, he felt that it was not worth refuting.

So, when Louis was asked this question before the start of the next game, he asked unhappily: "It seems that Wilt thinks he is the greatest player in history. Well, statistically speaking, it may be true.

, but if he’s really as good as he says, shouldn’t he win a few more rings?”

"It's amazing, Little Lu joins the war!"

The news spread through the media and quickly caused a thunderous response.

"I don't know, I didn't watch the game at that time. I only know that Patrick has just played professional basketball for five years, but he already has as many rings on his hands as Wilt... Since Wilt is so powerful, why?

What if he played professional basketball for 14 years and only won two rings?"

After Louis got involved, he stopped arguing with Chamberlain about strengths and weaknesses and went straight to the core of the problem.

How many times have you won?

Number of champions?

How about saying less?

"Little Lu should know that one person cannot win the championship. No matter how strong the individual is, basketball is a team sport!"

Chamberlain made a formal response to this: "Russell has many great players around him. Kareem has Irvin. They are all great players. I also have some great teammates, but compared with my opponents, they are not enough.

, this is the fact.”

But Louis had already thought that he would say this.

"It sounds like Wilt is complaining that his teammates are not good enough? Is this true? Maybe, I say again, I didn't watch the game at that time, I can only prove it based on statistics and certain facts.

In Wilt's opinion, Russell has the better teammates. So what's the truth? Russell's teammates have been selected to the All-Stars 27 times, and Wilt's teammates have been selected to the All-Stars 25 times. I think from this point on

Generally speaking, there is no obvious difference between the teammates of both sides, but Russell has 11 championships and Wilt only has 2. Then he feels that his teammates are not good enough. Why is this? Is it his teammates who have failed him, or he who has failed him?

I don’t know about my teammates. I said I haven’t watched the game, but I know that basketball can always objectively reflect the strength of the two teams.

If two equally matched teams meet repeatedly in the playoffs and fight to the tiebreaker until the last minute, then the stronger person will often lead the team to win the game. Russell has experienced 10 tiebreaks in his career.

He won every game. And Wilt's tiebreaker record is 4 wins and 5 losses; if you think this is not enough, then in the games where the team is about to be eliminated, Wilt's record is 10 wins

11 losses, Russell is 16 wins and 2 losses. I’m done, I think the result is very obvious, don’t take it seriously, I just said it casually.”

The addition of Louis elevated this spat to a debate about Chamberlain's historical status.

In 1990, there were still many people alive who witnessed Chamberlain's playing career. They were the ones who chose Bill Russell as the best in NBA history on the 30th anniversary of the NBA. They all stood up to respond to Louis' doubts about Chamberlain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chamberlain changed the subject, made a super drift, and fired at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

This is his repertoire. Every few days, he will complain about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s poor behavior. Fortunately, he played professional basketball, otherwise he doesn’t know what he would have been like.

From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's personal life, to his playing style, to his cookie-cutter hook shots, to his inhumane public image, to his long career.

Especially during Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career, in the mid-to-late 1980s, every time Chamberlain mentioned Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he always said, "Why is this guy still fighting?"

In the past, Chamberlain's attacks on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never received a response, but this time, it was different.

On March 20, 1990, Kareem Jabbar officially announced his retirement, ending his long career.

He wrote an open letter to the Los Angeles Daily News.

In this letter, just like his Hall of Fame speech, he thanked many people and gave a comprehensive response to Chamberlain's ten-year attack.

"Wilt Chamberlain disparaged my honor and my career in a column in the Los Angeles Herald yesterday for probably the millionth time.

Wilt and I have known each other for a long time. When I was in high school, I had two role models, Wilt and Bill Russell. I have a scrapbook full of photos of the two of them in action.

Wilt was living in New York at the time, and I found his apartment and ran down the street to say hello. But as I grew older, I strongly disagreed with his stance on certain things, such as in his

The autobiography supports Nixon as president and denigrates black women. But I never really hated him, and I always respected his career achievements. He is one of the best centers of all time. So, I decided to take this opportunity to respond to these

He has slandered me in all kinds of ways over the years.

This is an open letter to Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt, you and your friends in the media have been criticizing my career for several years. Since there doesn't seem to be any end in sight, I feel I have the right to speak out about it.

Most people with your level of achievement would be satisfied with their past. Some of the things you did in your time were quite admirable. So why are you jealous and envious of me?

To figure this out, I started looking for things about me that would make you jealous, and that's when it started to click. A lot of people remember how frustrated you were when your team lost the NCAA tournament. Your

Your talent and ability are so outstanding that everyone thinks that the NCAA national championship is yours. But after triple overtime in the national finals, your Kansas team lost. After that, you complained about the referees, and you

teammates and other things, and then chose to escape and leave college early to go to the Harlem tourney. This seems to set the tone for your career. If you lose a game, you blame the people around you.

people, and then escape.

When you join professional basketball, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics teach you a lesson in competition and teamwork every year. You end up saying your teammates suck, you did your best, and the referees are biased.

Celtics, and everyone is accusing you of not taking responsibility. Oh, poor Wilt.

In 1967, you finally achieved your breakthrough. But the next year, you lost again, and true to form, you fled Philadelphia, came to Los Angeles, and joined the fantastic Lakers. The biggest shortcoming of this team was the center.

You were supposed to fill all the gaps, but what happened? The Bills and Celtics took a title from you in 1969, and then the Knicks took a title from you in '70. People are still trying to figure out who you were.

Why were you missing from those two series? After the Knicks defeated the Lakers to win the world championship in 1973, you fled as usual and never appeared on the court again.

Over the years, you have often come out to make irresponsible remarks to me. In the 1988 Western Conference Finals, you said: "Kareem should have retired five years ago." I now understand why you said that. If

That's what you do, you want me to be like you.

You have never had such stability as me. You envy my evergreenness and durability, so you hope that I will leave early like a loser. I am sorry to disappoint you⑴.

I understand, given what you've been through in your life. So, when I officially retire now, one thing will be part of my legacy: People will remember me working with my teammates and winning. And people will remember

You are a weakling who keeps whining and gives up easily, no matter how outstanding your data is. Above."

In his own way, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar settled the war of words that lasted for more than half a month.

Chamberlain didn't jump out and bother him again.

Louis and the Knicks achieved 30 consecutive victories in a quiet manner. This was originally a great achievement, but was taken away from the attention by various off-court matters. It was not until they lost the game that people discovered that the Knicks had unknowingly won the victory.

60 wins and only 9 losses.

For Louis, it was the best thing for this nonsensical spat to end in this way.

He didn't expect that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would jump out. This man who never acted according to common sense chose the most direct way to refute Chamberlain.

Louis likes these people and things, because similar things are impossible to happen in 2020. In that era when players were full of hypocritical Risby, it was difficult for fans to see the grudges between stars that lasted for decades until

They don't let each other go when they grow old, and then use this extremely dishonorable way to make young people who don't know the inside story happy and happy.

However, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was undoubtedly wrong. A few years later, fans had forgotten that Chamberlain was "a weakling who kept moaning and a person who gave up easily", but they remembered him more deeply than Chamberlain's contemporaries.

His data is so outstanding. At the same time, everyone still remembers the stereotype that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a lucky man who hugged Magic Johnson, and Russell's teammates completely defeated Chamberlain. So, data is still useful, and it will become better with time.

It’s new, there’s absolutely no harm in brushing more when you can.

After this incident, the Knicks' winning streak also ended.

It's a pity that they couldn't break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, but compared to breaking the regular season record, the Knicks' goal is still the playoffs.

Three consecutive championships is the most important thing.

There are only a dozen games left in the regular season, so they need to take heart.

⑴Except for this paragraph, everything else is the original text that has been polished by a translator. I wrote this paragraph myself because posting it as the original text conflicts with the worldview in the book. Why should I post such a long paragraph? Is the word count too low?

Of course there are reasons for this, but it is not the main reason. The real reason is my attribute: Zhang Hei. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s article on Chamberlain is deeply loved by me. I will provide you with the fastest rest, only noise updates,

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