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Chapter 795 795 515 Kevin Durant Cant But Kobe
Chapter 795 795 515 Kevin Durant Cant But Kobe
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“50 points?”
Kobe raised an eyebrow and stared seriously at Little Gasol, “Did he really say that?”
“Absolutely true,” Little Gasol said, “There were a lot of media folks around, I think they’re already promoting it on TV now.”
Little Gasol’s judgment was correct.
The difference between television media and traditional news media is that they pursue more entertainment and interest.
Especially in the sports world, it’s feasible to turn taking comments out of context into an art form as the now corrupted traditional news industry does, but it’s not a long-term plan.
TV programs that retain viewers are often those that are very “lively.”
Therefore, they welcome all ideas that can attract an audience.
Like tonight, the news that Yu Fei voluntarily said he would score 50 points is a natural hot topic.
The experienced TNT Crew quickly canceled the scheduled pre-game show and had the Inside the NBA studio crew focus on this matter before the game started.
“Just a moment ago, Frye made a circus-like shot from the backcourt warming up with the ball and smashed it into the basket on the Lakers side. He also asked Marc Gasol to convey a message to Kobe,” Ernie Johnson said with his signature news-announcer intonation, “He’s going to score 50 points tonight.”
Ernie looked to his old buddies in the studio, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller—legends of the NBA.
“Guys, what do you think?”
“A classic Frye moment!” Big-mouthed Kenny exclaimed, “There’s definitely going to be a good show tonight!”
Miller, however, asked, “Just asking Marc to pass a message to Kobe? What about LeBron? Doesn’t LeBron matter in Frye’s eyes?”
Upon hearing this, Barkley was amused, “You know, in the ’95 finals, Shaq and Penny certainly wouldn’t have let Kenny take trash talk to Clyde, because they all knew who the boss of Houston was.”
Smith’s big mouth immediately grinned so wide he couldn’t close it: “Why do that to LeBron? Is LeBron not playing well? LeBron is trying his best!”
This was the reason the TNT Crew has been widely acclaimed since its inception—excellent chemistry and spot-on commentary on NBA events.
The problem is, their jocular attitude towards James isn’t because they dislike him, but because the public likes to hear them talk that way.
Outstanding media personalities often become the voice of the public, using their own mouths to echo what the outside world wants to hear.
This is LeBron James’ situation with the Lakers.
He originally thought that coming to the Lakers, although it would cause criticism, as long as he could achieve victories, as long as he could defeat Yu Fei, as long as he ultimately won the championship, all the negative public opinion about him would dissipate.
Those professionals who strongly supported his decision told him that history only remembers the winners.
But now, with his great achievements still unfulfilled, external circumstances have caused James to have doubts.
More and more signs indicate that the Lakers’ success was not his success, and the Lakers beating the Supersonics didn’t mean he defeated Yu Fei.
Kobe was the big winner of this cooperation; he didn’t receive the kind of grim criticism that James did and was far ahead in the MVP voting.
Yet James, every achievement he had with the Lakers team was scrutinized under a biased magnifying glass.
This made him wonder if even with a championship, things might not change.
Yu Fei asking Little Gasol to relay a message to Kobe exacerbated the situation.
A feeling of indignation from not being respected arose in James’ heart.
“This is his trick!” Kobe had his own judgment on Yu Fei’s action of asking Little Gasol to pass a message, “Don’t fall for that, as long as we play our game, Seattle doesn’t stand a chance!”
These words steadied people, and that’s what James thought, too.
Although he still had many other thoughts, defeating Yu Fei remained his primary concern before anything worse happened.
In the face of this, everything else could be put aside.
Both sides began their shooting warm-ups.
Before the game started, the celebrity audience at Key Arena was also a rare sight.
Compared to the Staples Center, backed by the big market of Hollywood, Key Arena might lack some starlight, but still, many big-name stars came to watch the game.
Among these were Yu Fei’s ex-girlfriend Christina Hendricks, Jackie Chan from China, and Will Smith.
However, the television media were more interested in the gossipy aspects of the event.
They were willing to give more screen time to Christina who had recently risen to fame.
But when the cast of “Twilight” showed up at the venue, and splurged on airing the trailer for “Twilight 3” on the big screen at Key Arena, the gossip among the crowd started to blaze.
The gossip surrounding Yu Fei and the Twilight Girl was just as rampant back in the day as the current rumors about him and Scarlett.
This was something Yu Fei found very helpless.
In fact, Rachelle Lefevre, a supporting actress from “Twilight,” was the one he had actually dated; their relationship was brief.
Yu Fei couldn’t provide Rachelle with a sense of security, so the relationship came and went in a hurry.
Yu Fei had visited the “Twilight” set. He admitted he’d been seduced by the Twilight Girl. In his opinion, the Twilight Girl and Scarlett were like two extremes: one high and mighty, knowing she’s loved by everyone, hence her lofty standards, unattainable by ordinary men. The other was an extreme case: she also knew she was a goddess, but she wasn’t picky. Even having a top-tier Hollywood hunk like the Twilight Boy as a boyfriend, she wanted to keep an open relationship, from sleazy directors to top athletes like Yu Fei, she wanted to “try” them all.