The article titled "China's First NBA Player" written by the Philadelphia Evening News reporter Maxson was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples...
Well, such a big lake, of course it soon returned to calm.
The speed of dissemination of print media and television cannot be compared with the social , so this is why it took a full five days for NBA senior executive Mark to notice this report.
After all, the Philadelphia Evening Post is just a local newspaper in Philadelphia.
If Maxon's report had not been viewed as full of ridicule by the industry, Stern probably would not have noticed that there was such an interesting Chinese high school student in Philadelphia.
You know, even when ESPN broadcast the Lower Merion vs. Chester High School game, and the clip of Su Feng and Kobe using Sam Gold, everyone's focus was mainly on this new breakthrough technique.
In Su Feng's previous life, it would take another two years for "Sam Gold" to become popular, but in the future, even if "Sam Gold" became popular, Sam Gold himself would not be popular.
The reason is simple, because Sam Gold himself failed to make a name for himself in the NBA.
Therefore, this is also the reason why the industry generally believes that Maxon’s report is not professional enough.
Are you talking about talented high school students who play basketball in the United States?
The American media are not exaggerating. They can really find one for you every day, and no two are the same.
Unless you are Kobe, Carter, McGrady, or some other future guy who frequently appears in mainstream basketball magazines and newspapers in high school, otherwise, in the American basketball world, who knows who you are?
A player who has never played in an official high school basketball league game is not worth bragging about in the eyes of his peers in the industry.
Therefore, after Maxon's article was published, everyone's sarcasm towards Maxon came in waves...
But it was precisely because of this that NBA executive Mark had the opportunity to notice this report and take notice of Su Feng.
So, this is fate!
Mark and Stern are in different positions, so naturally what they see is different from those of their peers in the industry.
In the eyes of Mark and Stern, whether Su Feng can play in the NBA is still unknown, but so what?
Can they provide Su Feng with other opportunities in the future?
What the NBA needs is a bridge. Does it matter whether this bridge is a cross-sea bridge or a stone arch bridge?
Um……
At least it doesn’t matter at this stage!
Of course, in Stern's view, necessary investigation is still needed.
Therefore, he discussed with Mark privately and asked Mark to send someone to Philadelphia to further investigate the specific situation of this Chinese high school student named Su Feng.
If he really has talent, then in Stern's opinion, he must be touted as much as possible.
Because if you don't exaggerate too much, with the speed at which news spread in the 1990s , who knows how long it would take for the news to reach China, which is separated by such a vast ocean.
If the news cannot reach China, how can the cross-sea bridge between the NBA and the Chinese market be built?
Moreover, if Su Feng doesn't exaggerate, what if he can really play in the NBA in the future, but ends up being eliminated because NBA teams don't believe that yellow players can play in the NBA?
For Stern, as president, he must formulate Plan C while formulating Plan A.
But no matter what, Stern's mood has improved a lot in the past two days.
And looking at the young Chinese guy sitting on a chair with a basketball in his arms in the newspaper, Stern always felt that he looked very much like his long-lost... Ugh!
"She's pretty good-looking. If she can play well, she'll be an idol." Stern thought to himself with emotion.
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Let’s put aside the secret observation from the big guys for now.
Philadelphia.
As a journalist with journalistic ethics and conscience, Maxon now feels remorseful.
Of course, it wasn't the report that Maxon regretted.
What he regretted was that he forgot to consider Su Feng's feelings when he was writing the report.
“He’s just a kid now, I was so stupid!
Such prediction reports without sufficient evidence will certainly trigger ridicule in the industry.
So I was mentally prepared, and the newspaper was also prepared, but what about him?
What if he can't stand the pressure from the outside world and collapses mentally? "Maxon felt that he needed to go to Raul Meilien and apologize to Su Feng in person.
Just when Maxon decided to apologize to Su Feng in person, in the basketball hall of Lower Merion High School, tool man Swartz was tremblingly feeding Kobe with the ball.
Swish——!
Another picturesque backward shot.
"Su, forty push-ups!" After scoring the goal, Kobe looked at Su Feng and said with a smile.
"Damn it!" This is weird. It's okay that you can't beat Kobe in a one-on-one situation, but why did he hit you several times in a three-on-three situation?
Well……
It's not that Su Feng looked down on Kobe, but Su Feng thought that with his overall view and team awareness, it would be impossible for him to lose to Kobe in a three-on-three match.
well……
Fortunately, Stewart and Lassman, who were on the same team as Su Feng, did not hear Su Feng's thoughts.
Otherwise, Stewart and Lasman would definitely kneel in front of Su Feng and beg humbly: "Brother, please, please put the pass button back!"
Well, it’s not that Su Feng doesn’t want to pass the ball.
But his current passing, vision ability and potential are all very low.
Therefore, in Su Feng's opinion, instead of passing the ball to the opponent, it is better to use his best shooting to decide the outcome.
On the court, after doing forty push-ups in one breath, Su Feng looked at Kobe unconvinced and said, "No, try again!"
If you lose, you lose. After all, failure is the father of success.
However, I haven’t accumulated enough blacksmithing points for today!
You know, ever since he set the goal of entering the NBA, Su Feng has been very strict with himself every day.
Well... In Su Feng's opinion, the problem of bugs is that his body can't keep up, otherwise he can play with Kobe until the end of the world without eating or drinking.
"Let's take a rest first." Kobe suddenly waved at Su Feng and said.
Su Feng was surprised. Oh, Kobe...did he go out to recharge his emotional intelligence today?
As soon as Kobe finished speaking, the other tools of Lower Merion quickly fled the basketball stadium, which they complained as the "Mores of Moria".
At this moment, these tools of Lowmerien felt for the first time in their lives the deep love from their boss.
"Su, you haven't read the newspaper or watched TV recently, right?" Looking at Su Feng, Kobe asked worriedly.
"I read the newspaper. What's wrong?" Su Feng asked back.
"Then you...I, what I mean is, Su, actually you shouldn't care too much about the media's opinions. Didn't they always compare me with Vince before?" Kobe comforted Su Feng.
ha?
Su Feng sent Kobe an O'Neal question mark emoticon.
Oh, yes!
Su Feng reacted quickly
Even some professional basketball newspapers and magazines have commented on this matter.
All these complaints and comments were about Maxon being unprofessional and questioning Su Feng's ability.
but……
To be honest, after reading these media reports, Su Feng also felt that what they said was very right!
Su Feng was not stupid. He knew very well that Maxon's report was nothing more than an attempt to make a big prediction, and then when he succeeded, he could become a prophet.
Su Feng had seen a lot of such reports in his previous life. As for some media questioning his ability, there were also some who said that he was Maxson's long-lost biological son...
To be honest, Su Feng's first reaction after reading these reports was:
That's it?
That's it.
Was the media in the 90s so uncreative?
You don't even know how to scold others?
As a keyboard warrior who had fought numerous battles with NC fans and NC mommy fans on various forums and had received various badges for insulting others, Su Feng felt that these reports would not affect him at all.
Moreover, even if it is negative news, it is not necessarily a bad thing in Su Feng's opinion.
Because it means someone is starting to pay attention to you!
Black fan, if you divide him in half, then isn’t he also a fan?
Su Feng really wanted to teach these media how to criticize him, otherwise there would be no novelty and the popularity would easily fade away.
In fact...
The wave of popularity brought about by Maxon did not last long.
Of course, unlike Su Feng, in Kobe's opinion, these reports were already quite bad, so Kobe was worried that Su Feng would be affected by them.
After all, people today are less able to withstand criticism than they will be in the future.
For example, let’s take DOTA2, which Su Feng loved to play in his previous life.
As we all know, Newbee won the championship at TI4, and Chen Zhihao from the Newbee team was also deified because of this.
However, Chen Zhihao himself once said in his later recollections that fortunately the public opinion environment at that time was not that bad!
Otherwise, the hook he got at TI3 would probably have directly blasted him into retirement.
In Su Feng's previous life, as social networks became more and more developed, in addition to faster information transmission, the cost of trolling people became lower and lower, so the techniques of trolling people became more and more diverse...
Take LeBron James, whom Su Feng particularly liked in his previous life. To be honest, regarding those reports criticizing the Emperor, if you replace him with a normal person, do you think he would explode? Do you think how long he could last?
Although he who wears the crown must bear its weight, and many things are caused by oneself, the level of pressure resistance of people in the future is far beyond that of people in the 1990s.
However, no matter what, although Kobe's comfort seemed unnecessary to Su Feng, as his best friend in this life, being able to receive Kobe's comfort made Su Feng feel warm in his heart.
There is true love and true friendship in the world!
This is the friendship of steel!
Just when Su Feng was about to tell Kobe that he was fine, suddenly...
"Excuse me, excuse me, is Su here?" Maxson asked loudly while standing outside the basketball hall.
"Is it the report he wrote that caused you to be questioned?" Kobe clenched his fists, as if he was ready to rush up and beat Maxson at any time.
Su Feng was very calm, because in his opinion, the report written by Maxon was beneficial to him in terms of practical effect.
Again……
As for those doubts, Su Feng really wanted to teach them how to question themselves!
Otherwise, when I really make it to the NBA in the future, what’s the point?
"Su, I'm sorry... I came here specially to apologize to you because your reputation has been damaged because of my report." Maxon walked up to Su Feng and Kobe and apologized to Su Feng sincerely.
Kobe, who was beside Su Feng, was about to get angry but was stopped by Su Feng, "Apologize? Why do you want to apologize?" Su Feng looked at Maxson curiously and asked.
“I’m sorry…I didn’t consider that you were just a high school student before publishing the report.
If you need psychological counseling, I'll pay for it." Maxson looked at Su Feng and said.
Su Feng didn't expect Maxon to be such a conscientious journalist. This was quite different from the journalists he remembered...
"Are you talking about those reports? To be honest, I'm fine, I think you know my experience.
And I'm not the kind of person who will be defeated by setbacks." Su Feng is not a saint, but he is also a person with conscience. In Su Feng's opinion, there is no need to make others feel guilty.
“No, no, no, of course I know about your experience in Nefaria.
But Sue, this is all because of my poor performance.
You may not be willing to accept my apology yet, but that’s okay.
Sue, I have already applied to the editor-in-chief.
Next season, I will open a column in the newspaper to report on Lower Merion’s games.” Maxson said seriously.
Raoul Merrien's column?
Su Feng knew that Maxson's implication was that since those colleagues in the industry ignored you today, I will use reports to record your story, so that when you enter the NBA in the future, they will be unable to reach you!
Good thing, this is!
Su Feng knew very well that this kind of report was what he needed most now.
Because without this kind of report, I will have no chance to play in the NBA in the future!
Do you really think the NBA is powered by love?
Whether it is playing in the high school basketball league or in the NCAA in the future, in Su Feng's view, this is all to pave the way for entering the NBA.
But since it is a prelude, how is it possible without the help of the media?
Especially in the 90s, there were no social networks.
Take Kobe for example, his fame was also built up by those so-called professionals through reports.
Su Feng looked at Maxon's sincere eyes. At this moment, even his wretched face looked much more handsome in Su Feng's eyes.
"But, if you do this, I'm worried that industry authorities will question Su even more." While Su Feng was still thinking, Kobe beside Su Feng said with a worried look on his face.
“I know, I’m just an ordinary photojournalist.
My words and my judgment will likely continue to draw ridicule from those in the industry.
But don't worry, I have sent Sue's resume to my brother and he is very interested in her.
Oh, I forgot to introduce you, my brother is Jackson, he is an NBA scout." Maxson said to Su Feng and Kobe.
NBA scout?
etc……
Su Feng felt that this matter needed to be sorted out.
its not right!
This script is wrong!
Su Feng always felt that in this life...
Isn't it a bit too smooth?
"I am indeed 360 degrees handsome without any blind spots." Su Feng, who had previously doubted himself in front of the system roulette, regained his confidence and thought to himself.
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