Big Yao, You're Too Humble!
" He's also the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers…"
The New York Times reporter didn't say this because Li Muchen was the owner of the 76ers. It didn't work here because the owner usually didn't manage the team well.
On the contrary, the general manager and the head coach had a greater influence on the team.
When he heard the reporter's question, Popovich still gave the same old answer,""He may be an excellent general manager and manager, but it takes time to prove it, man!”
"This old fox can't even get any shocking news!”
Hearing Popovich's words, the New York Times reporter was unhappy. There was no news about the Spurs at all.
Of course, if there was no news, he would create news. So this reporter named Joseph rushed to the New York Times to write an interview about the Spurs. He used an extremely eye-catching headline to mark it:
" Popovich: He didn't pay attention to the Philadelphia Twin Towers. The only ones who could win the championship were the Twin Towers themselves!》
This article subtly changed Popovich's words. Popovich's original words were to only focus on himself, but in Joseph's words, Popovich meant to be arrogant and disdainful of the Philadelphia Twin Towers.
Joseph also cited an established example in the league. Currently, the only team in the league that could win the championship was the Spurs!
At the same time, after distorting Popovich's view of the Philadelphia Twin Towers, he also distorted Popovich's view of Li Muchen. In this article, Joseph once again distorted Popovich's meaning of letting time prove it, and indirectly said that Li Muchen's talent was not good, his coaching ability was not good, and so on.
Exaggeration and distortion were natural skills for reporters. As long as they could catch people's attention and increase sales, the reporters would not care about your personal affairs.
When the article was published, it immediately caused an uproar. When the Philadelphia 76ers fans saw the newspaper, they were furious. Many fans even targeted Popovich and kept cursing him.
When the young coachman saw this article, he was even more furious.
Stoudemire was not particularly good-tempered. He liked to provoke his opponents and spew trash talk during the game. Now that he had been belittled by Popovich, he was furious. He faced the media and directly issued a challenge to the Spurs."I don't think the San Antonio Twin Towers can pose any threat to us. Please, the admiral is already an old man. Can he still run?
What right does an old man have to threaten the giant beasts of China and the giants of Philadelphia?
A tsunami from the Pacific Ocean would probably drown the admiral!”
When the media was praising Big Yao, there was another nickname for the Pacific Tsunami. Stoudemire's words were provoking the admiral with Big Yao.
The reporters were extremely excited by the coachman's retort. They quickly wrote various articles and posted them on their newspapers.
Stoudemire was very excited in front of the media and spoke without restraint. Big Yao was the exact opposite of him. Big Yao humbly said that he was a junior and a rookie. It was fine as long as he could learn something from the Spurs.
Big Yao's answer was very modest, but the reporters did not let him go. Instead, they translated his words into admitting defeat and published them in various newspapers. For a time, Philadelphia fans scolded Big Yao, thinking that Big Yao had no backbone and was afraid before the battle.
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Philadelphia, Wachovia Center Stadium.
Looking at the article in the newspaper and the letters sent to Big Yao by a few fans, Li Muchen crossed his legs, picked up the newspaper, and glanced at Big Yao.
Not far away, Dayao looked like a primary school student who had done something wrong. He lowered his head and did not say a word.
"Big Yao, I know that we Chinese like to be humble, and we also know that China is particular about the golden mean.”
Li Muchen smiled and handed the newspaper and a few letters from the fans to Big Yao. He said,""Dayao, this is the United States, not China. We Chinese people all pay attention to doing as the romans do. Now that we are in the United States, we also have to do as the romans do!”
"In the US, there is no such thing as modesty being a virtue. If you are modest in the US, they will automatically think that you can't do it.”
"Therefore, you should use the strongest language, or even ridicule, to fight back against them!”
"The US advocates selfishness and admires individual heroes. This is why so many people like Iverson!”
"Big Yao, when the media asks you again, you have to fight back fiercely. Don't say that you're a rookie or a junior.”
"In America, there is no such thing as competition second and friendship first!”
Hearing Li Muchen's words, Dayao nodded his head. He waited for a while and asked weakly,""Coach, but I don't know how to fight back. I don't know what to say!”
"Simple. The next time the media compare you to the Spurs 'twin towers in the paint, just tell the media that you've already begun to study how to deal with O'Neal!”
Li Muchen said with a smile. Big Yao's character was too reserved and too modest. With his character, he had suffered a lot in his previous life. On the court, even a small potato dared to bully Big Yao!
"Okay, coach, I'll listen to you!"
After a moment of silence, Big Yao stood up and said to Li Muchen heavily. Hearing Big Yao's answer, Li Muchen immediately heaved a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Big Yao would reject him.
"It's good that you can listen. If you can't, how can you be a leader?”
The leader of a team could never be " soft." Big Yao's character was considered soft in the eyes of the other players!
Big Yao could keep a low profile, but he definitely could not be soft!
After tricking Big Yao, Li Muchen looked at the newspaper on the table and threw it into the trash can with a chuckle. It was an NBA tradition to interview players before the game and to spew trash talk at each other. In this era where the Internet was not very popular, this kind of behavior could attract the attention of countless fans.
In internet terms, this was traffic!
Li Muchen was not only the general manager and head coach of the 76ers, he was also the boss of the 76ers. The more people paid attention to this game, the more attention was focused on Big Yao and the others, and the more money he would make.
As for the result…
Li Muchen had absolute confidence in himself and his players.
He might not be able to beat the Los Angeles Clippers, but the Spurs, he was still relatively stable!
Because the champion of 02 -03 was the Spurs.
The Spurs were the biggest enemy of the 76ers. After Li Muchen took over the 76ers, he began to study the Spurs.
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