Chapter 308: Why not rename it the Los Angeles All-Star Team

"... From the moment Jack entered the league, he has been plagued by scandals. He is always photographed in photos or videos that seem to be in intimate contact with various female stars, and even photographed twice on Miami Beach. Why?"

"There is a mole. Someone reported Jack's itinerary, otherwise who could catch so many photos? Jack is not the kind of exceptionally tall height like Yao. He stands in the crowd, wearing a hat is not conspicuous."

"Who is this person? It's Jean."

"This is the only answer. In the whole world, only Jean Bas hopes Fan Xi is not good. Look at what she has done. Not only did she not renew the contract in advance, but she also traded away the youngest Finals MVP in history."

"After Jack was traded, Jean Bas not only did not give etiquette blessings in the media, but every time she was aggressive, every time she was suppressing Jack, disparaging Jack to a mess."

"Most importantly, according to the latest news. Sterling's scandal was triggered by Jean. She wanted to ruin the Clippers' chemical atmosphere and crush the new forces led by Jack in one fell swoop in the Christmas game."

"However, she forgot. Jack is the Son of Miracle. Jack signed a contract with Sterling that originally had no binding force and would never be realized, until Jean Bas and that whistleblower woman made a big fuss."

"Then the things, everyone knows. Jack led the team to win the Christmas game, stood firm in the City of Angels, and divided a piece of Clippers fan territory. Moreover, Jack became the largest shareholder of the Clippers."

"Every time Jean Bas wants to harm Jack, she fails. Including her hype of Jack's scandals, and communicating with the media to sneak photos of Jack, she wants Jack to become an unhealthy playboy, but she never dreamed that teenagers love Jack even more."

"Moreover, look at these Hollywood female stars, they are not fools either. When they sit together, it explains everything. Do those people still want to fabricate that these female stars who are loved by thousands and have a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars will marry Jack together?"

This authoritative Los Angeles media issued their voice firmly.

Although it was full of speculation, and even quite a conspiracy theory.

But with the Lakers' defeat, Fan Xi stood at the top of Staples again.

This article caused crazy heated discussion, and the tendency of public opinion in this article full of subjectivity was uncontrollably tilted toward Fan Xi, and Jean Bas's reputation plummeted.

She finally saw the power of rumors.

She thought she was an innocent disaster; she knew she had never done this thing.

But she couldn't explain it.

The most feared thing about rumors is this kind of nine-point true and one-point false.

She didn't even dare to send a lawyer's letter, acting like a turtle.

Pretending nothing happened, after all, yellow mud fell into the crotch, you say it's not shit, does shit believe it?

And after this report was exposed, Sterling opened fire.

He confirmed that this thing was true. In fact, this was also found by his private detective. He never dreamed that it was Jean Bas who was playing tricks behind his back.

He was furious, and the crazy backstabbing of the Bass family to him made him extremely uncomfortable.

You f***ing target Fan Xi, why target me?

Sterling's opening fire confirmed the authenticity of this report. For a time, Jean Bas's reputation dropped below the freezing point.

At the same time, Fan Xi's reputation as the Son of Miracle also reached an unprecedented height.

After all, in that incident, he was played by both sides.

Sterling took a contract that could never be fulfilled to play with him.

Jean Bas played tricks behind the scenes, also to destroy him on the court.

But what was the final result?

The final result was that Fan Xi not only frustrated Jean Bas's conspiracy, won the Christmas game, and stabilized his market position in Los Angeles. At the same time, he passively frustrated Sterling's trick, fully acquired all of Sterling's shares, and became the actual controller of the Clippers.

"This is simply a fairy tale with black humor."

Many TV media commented like this.

This is the story that fans and audiences love most. It even transcends the influence of basketball itself. Because human beings, regardless of race or age, hope that kind people without schemes will be rewarded, although this is very difficult to happen in real life.

When this story was presented to the public exactly as it was, except for Jean Bas and Sterling, and their stakeholders, no one was not happy.

"Isn't this describing me as a silly white sweet?"

Fan Xi looked at the newspaper, and he said to Lu Yuan, Chen Ye, and Yao Ming on the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year.

These Chinese people finally had time to reunite with Fan Xi.

This was the hottest news in the American news industry.

The story of Fan Xi acquiring the Clippers was described by the Wall Street Journal as an interesting fairy tale.

"This is an authoritative financial media. Don't they go to interview Ballmer? I showed my spirit and vision in the thrilling business war. This is what is worth writing about. As for Jean Bas calculating me, Sterling calculating me, it's not the point at all. It makes me look like I got it without effort, purely relying on luck."

Fan Xi complained righteously.

He thought such reports were unfair, and the focus was completely deviated from his personal efforts.

However, Yao Chairman, Chen Ye, and agent Lu Yuan sitting in front of him were all silent.

Cough cough.

Chen Ye even coughed twice awkwardly, and he said: "In fact, if you look at it this way, it is indeed very lucky..."

"However, can't they describe the confrontation between me and Ballmer? That is also very exciting. No one can withstand such temptation," Fan Xi continued.

"Jack, let's put it this way. If my few Hollywood female stars are willing to lend me money for free, I can even be tougher than you," Lu Yuan was rarely straightforward in front of his boss.

"In fact, Ballmer also accepted an interview. He only said one sentence: Jean Bas is an idiot."

Fan Xi was very sorry to hear this news.

He thought Ballmer would talk about his calmness in the negotiation, and the helplessness as an opponent in the interview.

However, Ballmer didn't do that. He obviously hated Jean Bas's operation more.

After the focus battle on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ballmer contacted Lu Yuan. Although he didn't explain it directly, his desire to become a Clippers shareholder was very strong.

Fan Xi suggested Lu Yuan hang him.

Since Ballmer wants to wait and see, let him continue to wait and see.

Fan Xi always believed that time was on his side.

It was as if Time Warner provided a new offer to Kupchak again. They proposed that they were willing to give the Clippers a broadcast fee of $1.2 billion for 10 years.

However, Fan Xi refused.

This was already very high. $120 million all put into the Clippers' revenue would make the Clippers' profit more considerable.

But Fan Xi felt that it was far from the time.

Since they were willing to offer the Lakers a $5 billion, 20-year contract, in this long-distance race, could the Clippers still lose to the Lakers?

Fan Xi had strong confidence in his ability.

…

On the evening of the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Clippers went to the away game.

Nowitzki didn't travel with them. Nowitzki would return at the end of April. Fan Xi gave him enough rest time.

Because during this period, Fan Xi would fully improve the combat effectiveness of the team members. He wanted to make the Clippers a fierce tiger group, and every player could stand alone when taken out.

DeAndre Jordan, Leonard, Butler, and Kwame Brown were the key training objects, and there were also veterans like Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Vince Carter, and Hamilton, who still needed to strengthen their ability at critical moments.

Fan Xi hoped to build a super strong team with extremely high individual literacy.

In Fan Xi's view, the Lakers' superstar policy was a failure because they were already superstars before coming to the Lakers. The Clippers were different. The Clippers wanted to create superstars, and Fan Xi had envisioned that he would export superstars in the future. Griffin was an example. Fan Xi wanted to build the Clippers into an NBA superstar school.

In this way, the Clippers could not only create revenue but also continuously obtain new forces.

Therefore, Fan Xi lost to the Kings in Sacramento.

This even exceeded the Kings' expectations. They originally thought the brutal Clippers were coming to slaughter them again.

However, in this game, Kwame Brown and DeAndre Jordan got a lot of opportunities for inside isolation. Yao Chairman stood on the sidelines, constantly teaching them offensive skills, and even went on the court to demonstrate teaching in person.

Undoubtedly, this experiment was a failure. Even DeAndre Jordan and Kwame Brown themselves thought they could not try again in the future because they really had no talent in offense.

Fan Xi said at the post-game press conference: "We never intended to enter the playoffs with the results of the upper half of the Western Conference. We just need to enter the playoffs. Home court advantage doesn't mean much to us."

"And, I don't have much ambition for personal honors. The judges won't really list me as a regular season MVP object. Now, I am ranked second in the regular season MVP prediction list, which I think is unreasonable."

"Do they really think LeBron James is better than me?"

When Fan Xi accepted the interview, he didn't forget to complain about the recent MVP ranking.

The regular season MVP ranking is based on personal data, personal court performance, and team record, and is voted by 50 authoritative media people.

Fan Xi, this outsider, is not very loved by basketball media. He rarely gets fair evaluation on the basketball end. If he were a black player, with his current achievements, he would have been touted as the chosen son.

However, it didn't.

Basketball media were still tirelessly discussing Fan Xi's scandals and Fan Xi's off-court stories.

Clearly, it was they who said that off-court factors would affect Fan Xi's court performance, but they were also the ones who talked the most.

Fan Xi had looked down on this matter.

It was as if Nowitzki said to him: Regular season MVP is just for fun. They at least blacked me out of two regular season MVPs.

Fan Xi was now focused on training soldiers. On the Colorado Plateau, Leonard and Butler shot 48 shots, scoring 28 and 22 points respectively, with average production efficiency.

But the Clippers won the victory.

It was because Billups hit a three-pointer at a critical moment.

Billups proved with practical actions that he was still that powerful key man.

He once led the Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals here, and now he was interpreting that old soldiers never die here.

After January, February came step by step.

The most important holiday in February in the NBA is the All-Star Game.

This year's NBA All-Star Game was held in Orlando. Fan Xi was the starting point guard in the West, but this time, Chris Paul didn't say those sour words again.

Last year, he sarcastically said that Fan Xi relied on off-court popularity and NBA black-box operations to enter the All-Star Game, snatching his starting position.

This year, he had no excuses or reasons.

Because he lost to Fan Xi twice.

And Fan Xi also surpassed him on the assist list. Duke Jack was now the person with the most assists per game in the league.

Chris Paul's fans hadn't high-profilely announced Saint Paul as the number one point guard for some time.

The starting shooting guard in the West was Kobe Bryant, who still maintained a strong appeal and was still the face of the league. In the league's All-Star promotional materials, he and James still stood in the most conspicuous C position.

Nowitzki was also selected for the All-Star, but because of injury, the spot was given to Kevin Love of the Timberwolves.

However, the starting power forward in the West was Blake Griffin. Before Griffin was traded, his votes were far ahead. After arriving in Dallas, although the attention decreased, his court performance became more explosive. Fans all hoped to see his performance in the Slam Dunk Contest, and he also announced from the good flow that he would participate in the Slam Dunk Contest. Regrettably, the other two highly anticipated Fan Xi and James both declined.

Now, the Dunk King was no longer a fragrant bun.

In the 80s and 90s, it seemed that only by winning the Dunk King could one become the league's number one shooting guard.

Later, because a large group of jumping men with brains full of muscles entered the league, the Dunk King gradually became proof of low basketball IQ. Even Howard had been crowned Dunk King, which shows how low the gold content of the Dunk Contest is now.

The starting center in the West was Dwight Howard... He should have been the starting power forward in the East, and he was the host, but now, the Amway Center could only give him boos. He was called a deserter by the Orlando media, and people thought he abandoned the team for wealth and glory.

Compared to the blessings of the whole city when Nowitzki left, Howard carried the name of a traitor, and many fans burned his jersey. To show a clean break.

The Orlando management also criticized him constantly. According to this trend, Howard wanted to retire his jersey in the Magic, and there might be twists and turns, even if he helped the Magic enter the Finals.

The starting small forward in the West was Kevin Durant, which was indisputable.

This season, Durant still topped the scoring list. Moreover, his name frequently appeared behind James and Kobe, and the league was increasingly willing to list him as the third person in the league.

Fan Xi and Rose were his strong competitors.

After this starting list came out, media complained: Why not just rename the Western All-Star team to the Los Angeles All-Star team?

They thought Los Angeles stole too much light.

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